A LittLe Dreamy, A LittLe Bumpy
Workwise has not been anywhere as satisfactory. No doubt it is a good change, but somehow, the job scope is by far a LittLe unsuitabLe for a big man Like me.
On the other hand, my reLationship with DeL has been great and its astonishing just how fast one month has gone. We spent Loads of time getting to know about one another, having heLL Lots of fun, Laughing and being happy, and so far, aLL I can say is I am stiLL pretty much amazed.
.. to be continued.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Daddy's Day
Twenty-six years back when I was born, I have neither cLue nor idea how a good father shouLd be Like, for it had aLways been Mom who was there. Not untiL she remarried 12 years Later that I reaLised .. the key to being a great father is one BIG word to bear - responsibiLity.
It takes more than a great man to accept a woman aLong with three kids, but he was that. And up untiL this day, despite few words between us throughout the years, my respect for him has never dwindLed.
A good dinner with the whoLe famiLy and partners on Father's Day, nothing wouLd have been more perfect than a simpLe reunion with the company of our Love.
I do not know the Love of a father to a son, but having spent most of my chiLdhood without, I know exactLy what a chiLd needs of a father. And for that, in time to come, I beLieve my chiLdren shouLd be Lucky enough to find a super dad in me. SmiLes!
Twenty-six years back when I was born, I have neither cLue nor idea how a good father shouLd be Like, for it had aLways been Mom who was there. Not untiL she remarried 12 years Later that I reaLised .. the key to being a great father is one BIG word to bear - responsibiLity.
It takes more than a great man to accept a woman aLong with three kids, but he was that. And up untiL this day, despite few words between us throughout the years, my respect for him has never dwindLed.
A good dinner with the whoLe famiLy and partners on Father's Day, nothing wouLd have been more perfect than a simpLe reunion with the company of our Love.
I do not know the Love of a father to a son, but having spent most of my chiLdhood without, I know exactLy what a chiLd needs of a father. And for that, in time to come, I beLieve my chiLdren shouLd be Lucky enough to find a super dad in me. SmiLes!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Kicking the Habit
Biting finger naiLs is as addictive as smoking. You do not crave for it, but somehow, if you do not bite them, you feeL uneasy. This has been a chiLdhood habit and for years now.
Therefore, the best effective way to prevent human beings from doing the unwanted, is via ... FINES.
Since about a week ago, my Lady has roLLed out the system and so far, the resuLts have been pretty positive - she is Looking at a net income of $16 from fines as of yesterday. And the onLy way I can stop seeing my bucks go down, is to kick the habit out of my Life.
It was a success on 18 June 2010. Not a doLLar was added to the totaL fines.
.. and then when I reach home, I bit aLL I couLd.
When You came aLong
And stood by me
I am Everything that I wasnt
Cause You, CompLete my Life. - Long, 19 June 2010
Therefore, the best effective way to prevent human beings from doing the unwanted, is via ... FINES.
Since about a week ago, my Lady has roLLed out the system and so far, the resuLts have been pretty positive - she is Looking at a net income of $16 from fines as of yesterday. And the onLy way I can stop seeing my bucks go down, is to kick the habit out of my Life.
It was a success on 18 June 2010. Not a doLLar was added to the totaL fines.
.. and then when I reach home, I bit aLL I couLd.
When You came aLong
And stood by me
I am Everything that I wasnt
Cause You, CompLete my Life. - Long, 19 June 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Chain Effect
Every decision that one makes, wiLL affect another's Life in one way or another.
In my Life, I have made severaL choices that have mouLded some to where they are now, and aLso caused some to be what they are. On the other hand, there are peopLe who made a big difference to my Life as weLL, be it good or bad.
I wouLd not say that for the bad that happened, bLame shouLd be Laid on those who effected them, but somehow Life is a Learning process and I can onLy thank them for heLping me deveLop into a man as I am today.
ALL in aLL, as I Look back and see the present, even though I am nobody, I stiLL wake up every day being thankfuL for aLL that I have - peopLe that cares and that I care about.
That, to me, is more than enough to make me contented and happy.
.. weLL, of course, I am just a simpLe man.
Every decision that one makes, wiLL affect another's Life in one way or another.
In my Life, I have made severaL choices that have mouLded some to where they are now, and aLso caused some to be what they are. On the other hand, there are peopLe who made a big difference to my Life as weLL, be it good or bad.
I wouLd not say that for the bad that happened, bLame shouLd be Laid on those who effected them, but somehow Life is a Learning process and I can onLy thank them for heLping me deveLop into a man as I am today.
ALL in aLL, as I Look back and see the present, even though I am nobody, I stiLL wake up every day being thankfuL for aLL that I have - peopLe that cares and that I care about.
That, to me, is more than enough to make me contented and happy.
.. weLL, of course, I am just a simpLe man.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Merry May
Every year as May comes, it never faiLs to fiLL a fuLL month of unexpected happenings, often for the good!
Two weeks into the new job, somehow, if without the daiLy morning prescription of vitamins from Somebody, the bLues are bound to haunt me throughout the days. So I do appreciate the LittLe things that Somebody has done for myseLf for the past few weeks.
June is here. Come what may .. Let us aLL embrace it with open arms!
Every year as May comes, it never faiLs to fiLL a fuLL month of unexpected happenings, often for the good!
Two weeks into the new job, somehow, if without the daiLy morning prescription of vitamins from Somebody, the bLues are bound to haunt me throughout the days. So I do appreciate the LittLe things that Somebody has done for myseLf for the past few weeks.
June is here. Come what may .. Let us aLL embrace it with open arms!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
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.
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.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
五月
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.
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.
Monday, April 26, 2010
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.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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!
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!
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
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)
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)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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.
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.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
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)
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)
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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.
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.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
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