Come Again

When something Like Love happens, there is simpLy no way you can avoid it seriousLy.

As it evoLves through time, you get caught and there, a brand new story begins ... however, depending on the effects of other factors, it couLd weLL come a fairytaLe ending.

New Life

Coming to a fuLL week at work .. with brand new peopLe and environment, it wouLd have been hard to pass. But it was not ..

I Like the way things are going naooooo ... =)

.. couLd have been perfect but sometimes things are beyond our own controL.

STOP!

I know I am not getting any younger.

But, from the way it Looks, neither am I growing any oLder! ALL thanks to some peopLe.


.. it can onLy be good.

A Weird Night


Having spent an evening out in town and reaching home at just past midnight, I simpLy cant get myseLf to sLeep, tossing and turning around my bed for and waking up every now and then untiL 3-ish in the morning.

Kinda weird .. since I drop dead aLmost immediateLy every singLe time I Landed on it. The brain must have been too hyper on this night.

Mad WorLd

Photo credit of The WaLL Street JournaL

It may not be our business, but any form of vioLence with Lives at stake has got to be disturbing.

Lets hope the whoLe demonstration in Bangkok wiLL subside and come to a cLose soon enough without any more Loss of Lives.

A chapter is now cLosed ...

I hope the duo wiLL do weLL @ PA, sincereLy.

五月

sunset in Krabi, 4 May 2010, on eve of birthday.

The month of May, Like aLL other months, is unique in its very own way. For me, this is a month where joyous occasions are ceLebrated - InternationaL Workers' Day, Mothers' Day, my birthday .. just to name a few.

This year in 2010 though, nothing couLd have been extra speciaL with a job switch to happen in the middLe of the month. With a soLo traveL in pLace from the 2nd tiL the 6th to Krabi, ThaiLand, I guess this must have been the best so far, despite having onLy 12 days passed.

On top of these, I happened to have more Luck in footbaLL too! Scored one goaL over the weekend for Premier FootbaLL cLub, scored another for my constituency team just today. With age, goaLs usuaLLy don't come often for me seriousLy .. sometimes it takes quite some months for one to come!

In enjoying my Leave for the past two weeks, there are things in the office where I am stiLL pretty much attached to. WeLL, I can choose to not give a heck about everything, but then, it wiLL definiteLy be reaLLy disastrous for the newbies Like DeLphina and AppLe. I think DeLphina shouLd reaLLy be gratefuL I chose to be a Samaritan, but no, I do not seek returns. Just that these two, Like previous interns and temps, inspires me to guide them towards the right direction as I am a firm beLiever that fundamentaLs are cruciaL in deveLoping a good staff in any organisation.

Its just days before I embark on my new job. Having met my new coLLeagues when dropping by my new workpLace to famiLiarise with the job, I beLieve I wiLL be exposed to many new Learning points. No doubt I couLd have taken the easy way out by staying put at PeopLe's Association, but how wouLd I have seen the worLd without moving on?

Tomorrow is an unknown patch. Where we have the present which is now, we shouLd aLways savour the moment. And I am darn gLad for the unusuaL things I have chosen to do, for that brings me the unexpected happenings, mostLy for the good!

Live your Life weLL, for being aLive is aLready a gift.

A Ferris WheeL Ride

You get enthusiastic upon seeing the grand, enormous wheeL. Upon entry, emotions run high as the adrenaLine rushes through your bLood. Reaching the very top, yet another tinge of excitement gets into you. And then, sLowLy, aLL emotions fade away as the wheeL descends .. untiL it comes to the point where you first embarked on. At the end of it, you Look back, and bring away an experience of going through aLL the stages of the WheeL itseLf.

Life is Like such ... but more Like a roLLer coaster. Except that at some phrases though, you might encounter something Like a Ferris WheeL experience - smooth, steady and quite predictabLe.

For myseLf, I think that my experience for the past two years is somewhat simiLar. But then, I think I have yet to descend and jumped straight out of it!

Come to think of it, whiLst I am stiLL dangLing at the peak of the WheeL, I wiLL enjoy aLL I can before jumping out of it .. in three weeks.

Meeting new peopLe in the organisation via participating in footbaLL and dragon boat rowing championships and attending courses, I guess aLL these came a LittLe Late to change my mind about departing PeopLe's Association.

But one thing is certain .. I wiLL consider PA once my degree is attained.

Back to the Beginning

These days, I have never stopped taLking to myseLf. So much so, I think I have become best friend with him.

I guess we have been working on cruciaL decisions and how we can obtain goaLs together once again.

As a matter of fact, I think we are working towards achieving a common objective .. simpLy to be happy.

The secret to that .. Lies in a Life of simpLicity that no amount of money can measure. I am graduaLLy feeLing it once again!

Yay!

Things

As days go by, things evoLve. Some for the better, some not exactLy the same story.

With the imminent departure of my buddy-coLLeague Sean, I can onLy foresee that my time in the current office wiLL not become any better.

It couLd be time for a new chaLLenge, to run away and not risk the chance of being bombarded with more work which wiLL increase the chances of being Less efficient.

I do not want to Look bad, because I beLieve in quaLity. With more workLoad, and taking quaLity into consideration, many things are bound to be sLower than usuaL. With the expectation LeveL of myseLf being pretty high aLready, peopLe wiLL onLy feeL that I am not giving the same, which wiLL definiteLy end up being unjustified to me.

WeLL, fingers crossed, if a better offer is in pLace, I shaLL bid goodbye to a job I Love and hate dear.

That aside, I just created a phrase of my own ...

A Rocher a Day keeps the Spirits at Bay! (enjoy chocoLate, it sure Lifts one up)

Emptiness

To be immersed straight back to work after touching down from a great hoLiday affair is one thing that shouLd not be happening.

ALthough there can be no jetLag from Hong Kong via Singapore, the sudden switch of a reLaxed mood to a fast-paced LifestyLe once again gives me pretty much a Lousy evening in the office.

Having said that, it wouLd have been a dream come true if there can be a job that gives me the ticket to set foot on more Lands. However, there is by far few, and for myseLf, aLmost cLose to none.

I wiLL await my next trip, as addiction for traveLing sLowLy buiLds up.

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

It was a pretty rush day for myseLf as there were many deadLines, so much so I Left the office onLy at midnight.

The day couLd not have been worst if not for an incident which happened in City Square MaLL.

It was aLready 5-ish and I had to submit some purchase order form by 6p.m as our finance cLoses their account for the financiaL year.

And so I waLked through City Square MaLL basement via the North East mass rapit transit. There right in front of me were the escaLators going up to the exit of the maLL. As I approached at the escaLator, this coupLe popped up casuaLLy Looking upwards and stroLLing, cutting my path between me and the escaLator without noticing me.

I stopped ... and aLLowed this coupLe to pass, but kena stepped by the 'gentLeman' who apparentLy reaLised that he was in the way.

Expecting an apoLogy, I Looked at him. SurprisingLy, he gazed at me and waLked past as if nothing happened in siLence. What the fuck man! If you stepped on someone, you apoLogise. Its that simpLe.

I kept staring at him as he went the other way of the escaLator, he was stiLL gazing at me Like nothing freaking happened! As I moved up and he moved down, I finaLLy gave him the uLtimate "what the fuck" gesture, shook my head and moved on. There was not a singLe word said between us.

It stiLL baffLes me the kind of etiquette that Singaporeans have cuLtivated throughout the years .. as we can see, sure has changed .. but definiteLy not for the better.

We need to be more gracious, more humane and better respected.

Fucking stepped on my three weeks oLd Pedro Loafers. To heLL, moron! (excuse me, pLease)

The TransLator

My Taiwanese fren, Joan, seeked my assistance on MSN as foLLows ..

味曾 says:
你可以幫我翻譯一段英文嗎?
但是要用中文跟我說
拜託你ㄌ
causes for this include the extended period of inactivity before surgery slow resolution of the skeletal muscle derangements that occur with end-stage heart failure

And then I repLied as foLLows ...
 
Long© says:
“造成的因素有。。延长无能活动期间 然后手术将延慢骨肌主枝与 心脏摔坏 (end-stage)”
不懂你看得懂我写什么

She repLied me ...

味曾 says:
?
害!!

... now we aLL know our Chinese Language sucked big time.

A new era has begun. Actions no Longer speak Louder than words.

Money does.

Kenneth's BacheLor Party

A day of rendezvous comes with a price .. getting a freaking hangover on Sunday, practicaLLy throwing up every now and then for the whoLe of the day.

More to come soon ... for now gotta run to the dude's ROM ceremony. Cheers.

3 Words

These 3 words are aLways easy to say when you do not reaLLy mean it .. and freaking difficuLt when you reaLLy do.

Right in front of me, she stood, asking me if she had done a good job in mopping the fLoor. Throughout the years, she has handLed the mop for no more than five times.

I said .. "ok Lah .."

In fact, aLL I wanted to teLL her was, no matter how poorLy it was done I wiLL stiLL Love her.
She may not be one of the best mothers, but she IS my mother.

The Pride of Asia


Everytime I watch China's mass ceLebrations on teLevision, I am absoLuteLy impressed by the efforts of each and everyone of the performers be it the singer, actor, or even a dancer with a smaLL roLe. They take great pride just being on stage, or more so being a Chinese.

You can feeL that China, being Asia's powerhouse, are so proud of their achievements that they wiLL aLways mention it even during their performances.

That makes Singaporean-Chinese Like me, feeL reaL good. And often, it is a wonder if other Chinese immigrants stiLL remember where their roots Lay wherever they are. More often, they don't, and it is a pity.

The Movie Affair

Few days back, I caught Armoured. It was so-so.

Yesterday, I caught The WoLfman. It was ok.

This morning, I caught The Royal Tenenbaums at home. And I reaLised that sometimes, the best things are actuaLLy nearer to you than you think they are.

This Light-hearted comedy gives one the Laughter they seek, and with some twists and turns of each and every character of the Tenenbaum famiLy, it makes the viewer Look forward to what happens next. ReaL cooL, with a few pieces of creative inputs to the pLot, it was no wonder the 2001 fiLm was nominated for the Academy Award.

Rent it, and watch it today!

And wishing a happy Lunar new year to my feLLow Chinese friends ..

Ginger, as good as oLd

I attended a wedding dinner on Saturday evening. The bride was my cousin on my Dad's side but we were never cLose as I grew up mainLy with the cousins on my Mom's end.

It was heLd at the SwisshoteL @ RaffLes City, quite a grand baLLroom, yet a simpLe dinner and formaLity. There were toastings, catch-ups between reLatives and friends, the joyous moments of the coupLe and their reLatives and the common things you wiLL see at a typicaL Singaporean wedding dinner. The event was what we put it as, cLassicaLLy simpLe.

The onLy moment I got out of the evening, was towards the end of the dinner when my grandmother, in her 80s aLready, hoLding hands tight with the granny of the groom's famiLy. I can onLy perceive being in her shoes.

Looking in my grandma's eyes, I see no fear, no emotions. With her grey, siLky but thinning hair, one couLd but wonder what exactLy an eLderLy being is thinking about. I did not ask her though, for my cantonese is not even cLose to basics.

Somehow I thought though, that if I were to reach my 80s and the most of the important peopLe have aLready Left, in this worLd, there are nothing more for me to hoLd onto.

The art of Letting go, can onLy be truLy understood with experience.