Working Dayz

Today is thursday! and after thursday comes friday. and friday is the day before the weekend. I like thursday. :)

Dispite the widely percieved moody mondays, I would have to disagree.
To me..

Monday is a motivating day. After a weekend of rest, I come back to work usually fully energized (or dead tired) and get ready to tackle new challenges ahead. Much like a new born, with all the promises in the world to look forward to.

Tuesday is a tough day. Energy restored from the previous weekend has totally and utterly been drained DRY...and its still soooooo far from the weekend. I find tuesday blues, the true bluez.

Wednesday is a slightly better day. Because i know after today, i will already be hald way through the week.

On Thursday, my mood picks up. Its almost Friday. Like the dusk, the HOT glaring sun loses its sting, and gets ready to set below the horizon.

And finally, comes Friday. This is a day which needs no introduction. High spirits, cheery smiles on everyone's faces :)

So you see... it is working life isnt that bad. Out of 1 week, there are 2 days of Heaven (Weekends), 2 days of high spirits (Thurs & Fri), 2 days of promise (Mon and Wed) and only one day of hell (Tues). Tuesday is our true enemy... not monday. Monday has just been misunderstood all these while.

Of course... unless you need to work on saturday. Then thats a different story altogether.

Diagnosis

Just paid a visit to the doctors.
Still having slight lingering headache and a funny feeling and feeling slightly retarded..... although i am sure some will argue that i have always been... but we leave that debate to another day. So i decided to be on the safe side and visited my company doctor.

The doc said the first 24 hours is critical. As long as there is
-No severe headache
-No vomiting.
-No blurred vision.
-No problems with balancing.
-No sagging of facial muscles.

Then i would probably live...

Although she did suggest maybe i would like to trim my brows, have a face lift, some botox injection, nose job, chin job (you know what they say, Chin is the new nose)... -_-"

Well, lame jokes aside...
Still having a tight feeling around my head and the lingering headache still stays. I guess all i can do now is to get more rest, and stay out of accidents. Tough. Apparently, I seem to lure them. ... like a black hole......@_@

Concussion

I literally walked into a signboard this morning. Was rushing to the busstop... when i saw a bush in the way.. so i dodged it.. and walked straight into the hidden signpost! PANG!!!! the signpost was still shaking when i looked up at it in shock..

After the impact, OBVIOUSLY i was in a state of shock. Half my face went numb for a few minutes. I had a 3 inch long cut on my forehead... luckily, no bleeding. After that... i felt a headache at the lower back of my head... near the neck... alll day long.. even till now.. almost 15 hours after the incident. I hope i'm alright... sigh...

As i heard... concussions can cause DEATH... -_-""

SO! If anything DOES happen to me...

i want a few things to be known...
1) My family to know that i love them greatly and dearly... although i never show it.

2) My manga to be burried with me! hahaaha!

3) All my (limited) savings to go to my niece... to fund for her.. erm... primary school education? .... hmm... maybe just for HALF of her primary school education. ahhaa

Convocation... again ~ Finally

Last Wed, I attended my convocation ceremony.. for the second time. Finally.
After almost 3 years of struggling, lazing and vexing, I have finally ended that phase in my life. Its been sooo long since the actual completion and the convocation, that i dont think i enjoyed the full impact of graduating. Just like when we are clearing our leave before we collect our pink IC after NS. Just that my delay is 1 year long.

But at the end of the ceremony, when all the newly graduates rushed out of the congested Hall, in the mids of the chaos, rush, falling balloons, i turn back and look at everything... the people, the research, the exams, the lifeless-ness and the mess. I thought to myself, I am glad is it over.

At that point in time, the word "Closure" came to mind. Closure indeed. I have to move on with life. And not let this part of my life hinder me.

Like a book, turned to a fresh new page. Blank, and full of promises of what is yet to be. Full of hope and uncertainties. But one this is certain, the book is getting thinner and there is no turning back in this book titled.....

LIFE.

The Decision

It has been decided! and bought!

After much lamenting, I have finally discovered my secret desire and hidden liking for................



THE GREEN ONE!
SNA 699P1

Guys, thanks for your kind offer of opinion. The winner of the votes is actually.... SDA 625 (Red one), with a landslide victory. It indeed has a nicer watch face and more color contrast, thus more fetching. However, when I tried it on at the shop, I realised it doesnt go well with office shirt. Too sporty.

The SNA 699P1 (Green one) is more classy and goes better with office wear. And.. i just cant shake this attraction to the greeeennn! The Red one looks better, thats an undisputed opinon by many, even myself. But i guess deep down inside... subconsciously, i like the green. Hmmm..... i cant believe i just wrote 2 WHOLE paragraphs on the justification of getting my watch. I must REALLY be very bored.

Decisions Decision....

Hey! Its time to vote.... which is nicer?!
One is more formal-ish, the other is more sporty.

SNA 699 P1




SND 625

Where did the weekend GO???

Where? Where did the weekend go??

The last i remember, it was friday night. I was overjoyed knowing that the looooong awaited weekend is FINALLY here! But the next thing i know, its monday morning. I was dragging myself out of bed to go work. Who stole my weekend?!

I feel... so cheated!

My boss also felt the same. Is it just us? or did someone sped up the flow of time this weekend?

Recovered and on Blades

Thanks to the super potent medicine from the doctors, I manage to recover from my food poisoning by the weekend. Just in time for SUSHI!! Yumm.. Stomach still holding up till now. Probably is alright already la!

Also, I have been beginning to like in-line skating. So far, I only bladed twice, but I've been liking it. Especially with my injury filled ankles. Doctors orders, no high impact activites for 6 months. Which means no Jogging, no Kendo... and its already been soooo long since I practiced Kendo.

Oh, I am currently borrowing a pair of blades from a friend of mine but am thinking of getting a pair for myself. Any good recommendation?

Poison~in Food Severe

I have NEVER had SUCH a horrible HORRIBLE case of food poisoning EVER!!!
It was the usual. Involves LS-ing... puking... feeling dizzy.... but everything have a whole new challenge to it when i am in office. The usual 3 doors and 75 meters from the toilet seems like a 1.5 km SOC (Standard Obstacle Course). I was also unable to drink or eat anything. Even WATER!!! whatever i ate, i puked. Whatever i drank.... well... it comes out the OTHER side... OTHER!

In short is was a horrible day... and it was a mirical i survived...to take a day's MC the next day. During which i SLEPT the whole day away... Fortunately the Doctor's medicine works. Or else i might have ended up sleeping the day away in the toilet...

Wedding weekend

Wedding density index hits record highest over the last 29 years.

Over the span of these 2 weeks, I have attended 3 weddings.
and over this 2 months, i would have attended 5!!!
Many's reaction would be that its poor on the wallet. True, but its also very heart warming to watch so many of my friends getting married. But it is scary too though. Imagine, they get married, and within 2-3 years, they will be PARENTS! PARENTs! I totally CANNOT imagine myself being a parent yet. I have never really owned even a PET! Not to mention a human being. and seeing how my sis is taking care of my niece, its been described as one of the most challenging jobs on the face of the earth.

Emmm..... i digress.....
Wedding, YEs!
the last 3 weddings i went was held at
Pan Pacific,
Sheraton Hotel,
Fullerton Hotel.

The strain on the wallet seems to be in accending order.... doesnt it.
Of all, Sheraton and Fullerton's ball room is most interesting among all the weddings i've been to.

Sheraton's is a L-shaped ballroom. and the red carpet stretches the center of the bend. Very short walk in for the couples. Fortunately, theres a live camera crew to put the event on the screens. For the people sitting far at the ends.

Fullerton's is a typical long type. However, there are doors with long stairways all along the long side of the ballroom. And the bride and groom walks in from each ends to meet at the center. Once again, with a live camera crew. The first time i witnessed a live broadcast, and it happens on BOTH the weddings i've attended. wonder if its a new trend. although it must be exexex$$$ , but its really a nice touch. IF the camera man does his job well. Oh! for this wedding, the brothers and sisters get to do their own walk in as well! haha interesting. they will walk in pair by pair as well... some sort of a recognition for their time and effort.

Speaking of which, I left home at 6am and reach home only after 2am to help out at the wedding.. AND... help out to wrap up the wedding...... with a fun filled time at the couple's wedding suite :) hoo hoo hoo

OH!!!! the bad karma!!!! retribution will come to me...:(

Test Run

Its been almost 5 months since i sprain my ankle.
It has not fully recovered yet even after all this time.
I still feel pain upon impact or rotating it at certain ankles.
Been feeling reeeeallly unheathly.
The coke, the chips, the chocolate.... doesnt help.

Finally, with all the frustration and worries, concerns and stresses overflowing....
I disregarded my ankle and went for the jog i so desperately needed.

and it felt great!
Besides the ankle of course.
and the thighs, and the lungs and the heart. haha

The next morning, instead of feeling lighter cos of the weight i MUST HAVE lost after the job... i actually felt that my body weighs a TON! Every step, every movement feels as if the air around me has drastically increased its viscosity overnight.

Talk about unfit...
But i shall go again. After my ankle feels a little better, i shall go again.
Exercise also contributes to improving our mental well-being.

of relationship

Some look for friends only when they need something from them....

Some look for friends only when these friends need something from them...

Are these considered healthy friendship? Can these be considered as friendship at all? Maybe it can.. but shouldnt friends go through thick and thin together. Good and bad. Not just one?

I went to sleep thinking last night....

"Why do people have to look for each other only when there is a need to?"

Wouldn't it be nice if friends drop an email, an sms or a call just to ask "Wats up?", "How have you been?" or "Hows life?". Busy? Well, perhaps. But i although there is still so much idealism and hope in me, we should just take things as it is sometimes, as some things just cannot be forced upon. And this is one of them. Because Hope, i recently realised, has two edges.

i digress.

Unfortunately, friendship is something you can work hard and obtain. Like all relationships, friendship is something that has to be mutual. If respect come from only one without the other... the only place this relationship exist, is in the mind of the dreamer.

They say good friends are rare, i agree.

Fear and Repression

I have been hooked to the American Sitcom, Boston Legal, lately.
With the ethically challenged James Spader portrays Alan Shore and the legendary Danny Crain, this show is too much to miss.

However, amidst the comedy and witty debates, some points does drive home interesting thought provoking issues. Some closer to our hearts (and home) than we might imagine.

In defending the bill of rights, Alan quoted the following:

Adlai E. Stevenson

Speech in Princeton University ~ 22 March 1954

The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live.
And fear breads repression.
Too often, sinister treats the bill of rights, the freedom of the mind.
Are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-communism



It is far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.
~Alan Shore

Zombieee @_@

UUrrgggg.....

I have been sleeping early lately... too early.. 3am! and i wake up at 645am!
Thats barely 4 hours worth of sleep per night. @_@.....
Well, at least i can still do math.

Hmm... lack of sleep and falling sick... these 2 topics seems to occupy the majority of my entries.. it might seem that these full occupy my life. However, that is a highly inaccurate reflection of my life. My life encompasses mainly of daydreaming.. now THATS something to occupy YOUR life. Do it TODAY!

But yes, back to my tired body and swollen eyeballs.... it feels as though they are going to explode.. @_@ Urrrgg...

A story about how i met Zinc and Vit C

Another week of cold....
Been falling sick lately... a little too often.
Its like my life is punctuated with alternate weeks of flu, cold or fever.

Thus, I have decided to try out taking health supplements.
Not exactly crazy about the idea of taking such, as i call, artificial stuff... but anything to get myself healthy again. Dont intend to take this as a perm solution, but lets see where this goes.

Haha, as i am typing this "email" at work... my boss walked by and the TODAY newspaper caught his eye. The cover was an advertisement of the new disaster movie, Poseidon. It cleverly designed to be like a REAL news article, and my boss got a shock! haha. I've been fooled a few times before i begin to always look out for the "advertising feature" disclaimer BEFORE i panic or jump to conclusion..

MI3 this wkend. Whoohoo.. WEEKEND!!!!!

Coke....

In this line.... some people smoke to relief stress.

For me? I drink Coke.

Revenge of the Grass Cutters

I dont know what i did to offend them, nor what i did in my previous life to bring this upon myself... but i believe, it must have been REALLY BAD. Cos they have dedicated their sunday morning to create a LIVING HELL for me.... >_<

Its like 8am in the morning!! COme on!!! have a heart!
"EEEeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz............"
"EEEeeeezzzzzzzzzz.........."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz............"

"AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" >_<

After an hour of hair pulling, pillow gutting, head banging...sigh... i have finally resigned to my ill-fate and logged onto the pc hoping to find some solitude in the music and surfing. Unfortunately, even my blasting speakers PAIL in comparison under the high decibel generation of the LEAN, MEAN, Grass-cutting NOISE-making MACHINE!!!!!

I have resorted to exploding my mp3 player to Jay Chou's November Choppin with my trusty ear-phones.... finally... peace.... but wide awake... -_-

Its a GOOD friday :)

I finally got to catch up some of my sleep...
i slept for 11 HOURS! *Looks PROUD* :)
AHahaha... but it really feels good. all day i feel so refreshed.
Although still feeling slightly unwell from the flu.. but definately a lot better then before. Unfortunately, i am still awake at THIS time (3am).... which is BAD BAD BAD. should sleep by 11pm! .... ya rite. ahhaa. But like what i read somewhere, a human body begins repairing itself best between 11pm-3am. Dont know if its true.. but i DO feel a difference if i sleep early.

Anyway, met up with quite a few friends today. 1 friend for lunch and 2 groups of friends to celebrate birthday :)
..... and discovered MORE people planning to travel!

Hong Kong for shopping?
New Zealand ??
I ALSO WANT!!!!

Where do YOU feel like going for a backpacking trip? Holiday?

Face Lift, the conclusion

So in the end, I only got a spare batt. and ONE exchangeable cover for my VS3.
They dont keep stock of the black-flower and the block-dots doesnt look that nice.



too bad...


So I only got the METALLIC REEEEED!!!! Goes with my red msger bag, red shoes, red t-shirt... and red undi.... *cough cough*.. nono.. no superhero here.

Actually, I havent tried it on yet, but i am sure it will look GREAT! The exchangeable COVER! not the Undi...-_-" NEVERMIND!

And with another 3.7V, 830mAh Li-ion worth of JUICE! I will never have to worry about running out of power amids my SMS sprees. ;) Cool!




But check out what other cool covers they have overseas!

Being Sick is Sickening...

Once again... i am sick...
Once again.. the flu bug paid me a visit.
Those irritating buggers. I really wonder why i ill sick so often lately....
Is this due to.....
-lack of sleep?
-stress?
-lack of exercise? (looks down... cant see my feet. something big and round is blocking)
-lack sleep?
-unhealthy food?
-lack sleep?
-lack sleep????

It all started with bad sore throat (and i still went KTV)
then headache, then a running nose followed.
Uurrggg....!!! I mean... how scary IS THAT! a NOSE running after me while i am having a freakin' headache!!!

Ahahaha.. CLEARLY, I am feeling very slightly better. For me to come up with such QUALITY lame jokes ;) But just slightly, only slightly....still feel like crap. The nose! Urgg... and the aching... Oooo....

FORTUNATELY! Friday is coming. and its a GOOD friday!!!
Many of my friends are taking this long weekend to go off on a mini-holiday.
Some to Genting,
some to diving trips,
some to TAIPEI.... just taipei. haha ;) *private joke*

Me? I stay home to pay homage to my beloved cozy comfy bed...
Hark! its calling me already...... yes.. my master.......my.... precious..............Zzzzzzzzz...