Zonked...

That's how I feel everyday after work. I'm doing so much uploading work that I feel so zonked at the end of everyday... And not to mention that I believe that I'm susceptible to wrist strains from holding the mouse and typing for such long hours everyday! sigh...

Attended Ju and Van's wedding last weekend. Was helping them out with reception. Can't believe that it's over now. It felt so fast. It's like they got themselves into a whirlwind marriage as well as a whirlwind wedding. Hahah... Feels exactly like this...



This picture was taken by my dear friend and colleague Calvin when he was in a cab in China. To me, it's a picture that depicts of how people are living in their own worlds, living their own lives, and may or may not be aware of how time is flying by so quickly.

Anyway, Cal's now uploading pictures into the gallery too! It's good for him as he's such a hardcore photographer and a rather good one at that too... his pics put mine to shame... Now that the gallery provides unlimited storage, he can now put up ALL his pics and share them with the world. Hehhee...

I remember there was once when he took a snapshot of me standing in a train cabin and being the camera-shy one, I got really irritated and told him to delete the pics... And he told me that pictures or scenes must be shared with others. He may have seen me standing in the train cabin, but others have not... so must share... That's an excellent example of a time when my eyes will be rolling like crazy! Haha... Anyway, I think his works should be shared... they are really not bad at all... :) Anyway, got to thank Kian Ming for that... For being so generous in sharing his gallery! Heheh... Once again....

It's been a loooooooooong time....

Wow... it's been a while since I've come in to do my griping... Heheh... sure feels like a long time.

Ask me what I've been doing, I honestly don't know. Little bits and pieces of life going pass so quickly, that somehow you don't seem to realise that your life is going by... Heheh...

Oh well, anyway, these couple of weeks, my life's been filled with little events like getting to know new people, slight changes in terms of job scope, and helping Ju out with little things with regards to her wedding... Heheh... am going to help her out as her receptionist for her church wedding as well as the dinner...

Talking 'bout weddings.... I just love them... That's why it's always been my dream to be a Wedding planner. Will be helping Rach with hers end of this year in December and oh well, I've been asked to be the emcee for the dinner too... *Shivers* So scarrrry.... She claims that I have the experience as I used to give speeches in school when I was the head prefect... But hey! That's a different ball game altogether... giving speeches' like basically regurgitating a script. And it's in front of your peers, so it's not that intimidating. Imagine having to 'host' an event, when probably 500 of the guests are strangers..... *teeths chatters*

Back to Weddings... I really love them. And I guess that's why I like the frills and ribbons whenever I wrap presents as well... Heh... It's all about frills and ribbons... when it comes to a wedding... Now I'm just enjoying myself, helping my cousins and friends out with all the little details to make a wedding as pleasant as possible. I hope some day I'll be able to set up my own place...

Family matters....

Rohinton Mistry

There you see him... the man behind the book that I was raving about... "A Fine Balance". And now I'm going to rave about him.

I just finished reading another of his book "Family Matters"... And I would say that it's pretty good too. Although it's no where as captivating as "A Fine Balance", it is still a good book. And come on! Just one look at the title... You know it's a fine work of art.

"Family Matters"... a very apt title for the book really. All because you can read the title in two dimensions.

1) Family matters... they do. As the old saying goes, blood is thicker than water. There's no place like home... and it's got to do with the family members in the home too.

2) Family matters... that's what the book is all about. It's an intriguing story about family ties, relationships, responsibilities. It's a story about the human issues involved in a family.

Brilliant isn't it? At least I think it is. If only I can think of headlines for my articles as well as this guy does his book titles...

Oh well, moving on... in light of the periods of depression I seem to encounter lately, I decided that I need a purpose in life. Therefore, I've decided to embark on a journey with "The Purpose Driven Life". I sure hope it's purpose filled...

Sunshine after the rain...

Lately, a blanket of depression seems to have covered over me. It's simply inexplicable... I couldn't bring myself to do any work during work, I feel so restless... like there's something wrong, somehow somewhere... Some part of me seems missing...

Some where inside me, I'm also grouching... on so many things. Many of which I don't seem to deserve... and yet, there's some discontent. "What's wrong?" seems to be a question which I am asking myself and yet refuse to do soul searching on. It's too confrontational.

And yet, despite all these difficulties that are self-found, within the walls of my soul, I know that there are simpler ways of looking at things. There's logic to be found and from the logic, solution. I guess it's just a matter of whether I want to or not.

Have been attending this feature writing class for the last two weeks. Today in class, someone asked, "What happens if we get writer's block?". Felix Cheong, our lecturer, said that there is no such thing as writer's block. It only happens when 1) you did not do your research before embarking on the journey of writing, 2) when you have not found the entry point to your story.

You know what? I think that it's applicable to life also. Life becomes difficult when you have yet to find the path towards life's goals. And the path is difficult to find when you have not yet gain enough exposure to place priorities in life.

I was walking back home from the mrt station earlier. The weather was so nice... I could even feel the coolness of the air through my relatively thick sweater. I was walking through this open-air badminton court when I saw this boy, perhaps about the age of 14 or 15? teaching his younger brother some footwork around a soccer ball. Just watching them kick the ball around, for that couple of minutes that I was walking beside them, conveyed a message to me. Life can be simple. On a friday night, instead of going out with his friends, spending unnecessary money, this boy is spending time alone with his kid brother. And he may not look like he's enjoying himself tremendously, but at least he did not look bored.

Life can be simple. It's a choice. It's a matter of contentment. It's a matter of knowing where your priorities lie and deal with it accordingly. It may not be as complicated as it appears to be although hiccups are normal and natural. Dealing with the glitches of life are part and parcel.

What more can I say? I've rambled on enough to not be aware if what I've said so far make logical sense. Somewhere, somehow, I feel the irony in my statements too. Haha... Isn't it ironic. Don't you think?

Inspirationless...

Dunno why... Must be because I took out my Wisdom tooth... I find that I hardly get the inspiration to blog now a days... Hahah... lack wisdom... Also cause I haven't exactly been thinking very hard... Sighz... what's happening to me?

Bless the numbness in my mouth...

For I just completed my wisdom teeth extraction about 2 hours ago... And I simply dread to feel the pain...

My mouth, tongue and lips are so numb now that I couldn't even tell that the soup I drank for lunch was burning hot until it went down my throat... Ouch... But I can feel the pain starting... ZzzZZzZzz.............

But..... oh well, despite the $370+ spent on my operation, I have a 5 days MC... WooWeee... Hehehe... However, the down side is I got to work from homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......... It's even more ZzZZzZZzZzzzzZzZzZz........ Got an article to write to CNETAsia Gartner Summit. Think I'll work on it tomorrow... Just took two of anti-biotic pills and two pain killers... Quite scary leh... I can only take pain killers once a day... and I can't imagine if the pain gets really bad...

Hahaha... my left cheek is now so swollen that it looks like a bun... Looks kinda funny... Just wondering if I should take a pic of it for keepsake... Hehehe... Shall consider... But now I think I wanna go sleep... getting sleepy... Must be the anti-biotic... Bumped into my friend Ad just now. She's working as a pharmacist at the Alexandra Hospital and she told me that said that one of the side effects of one of the anti-biotics is drowsiness and I suspect it's that working on me now....

Okies... Till later... Tata... :)

I got the PHONE!!!

Yes! Damn my impulse... but I GOT THE SGH e600!!! And that set me back by $330... Oh well, talk about locking away my credit cards and atm cards... Apparently they found their way back into my wallet...

Anyway, am REALLY trying hard not to spend money now. Have decided that for the rest of the month, shall take packet Nasi Lemak sold near my place for only $1 to office for lunch! But there will be two company lunches this week, so the lunch for those 2 days are kinda settled... :P

Dunno why feel so lethargic today... so sleepy... so tired... well... think I shall sleep early tonight. Suddenly lost the inspiration to blog... Heheh... Till the next time...