been awhile

well...it is been awhile since i have posted, and my life has changed quite a bit since then. Back in school..I like being back in school (not specifically liking the specific school, but really enjoy being a student again) where stress/pressure is in a logical context.. (at least it is something, i understand more)

True or Not?

Your Career Type: Enterprising

You are engertic, ambitious, and sociable. Your talents lie in politics, leading people, and selling things or ideas. You would make an excellent: Auctioneer - Bank President - Camp Director City Manager - Judge - Lawyer Recreation Leader - Real Estate Agent - Sales Person School Principal - Travel Agent - TV Newscaster The worst career options for your are investigative careers, like mathematician or architect.

What's Your Ideal Career?

Um.. That’s a bit too much! You Greedy Girl!

It is strange, the feeling you get when even with a entire cupboard full of clothing, you can think that you have nothing to wear, nothing appropriate for the event/work, nothing that reflects on your personality.

I get that feeling sometimes. It is really strange, case in point; I have 4 white buttoned down shirts, and I still think that I need one more because, none of the shirt are short sleeves, and I don’t really want to fold up my shirts sleeves sometimes.

I have about $1K worth of cosmetics, it is a mind-boggling amount of money and an entire product range that I do not use (I am glad; I didn’t pay for a good chunk of it, but still!!). I am one of those people who leave the house with barely anything, and on the days when I tell myself I really need to use some of the stash I have, the amount I put on my face is sparse.

$1K, that is a ridiculous amount of money, I could have put the money into so many better causes. I can go traveling, buy more books, put it in to my driving fund (that’s another story) and I can SAVE!! Instead, the $1K worth of stash is staring at me on my dresser, barely being used.

Duh!!

Of course, I really do like to read!!
I really keep absolutely useless information!!

Hehe..Book Snob.. I Like

Definitely Me!!

You speak eloquently and have seemingly read every

book ever published. You are a fountain of

endless (sometimes useless) knowledge, and

never fail to impress at a party.
What people love: You can answer almost any

question people ask, and have thus been

nicknamed Jeeves.
What people hate: You constantly correct their

grammar and insult their paperbacks.


What Kind of Elitist Are You?
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Blast

Was at Kino; browsing, walking around, soaking in the smell of new books, replenishing my soul.

When a blast was heard, I was no more than 10m away from the blast.

No idea why the blast came by, or how or where exactly.

For a moment, my first thought was that the blast was a bomb blast. But there was no fire, commotion or anything, just couple of strains of loud sounds and a burning smell.

All the people around me sort of looked around, and realised that no one was panicking or hysterical continued on browsing.

Thinking that I do not want to stay any longer in Kino (it was time to go home, when you hear a blast, no matter what was the cause of the blast), coz it is the sane thing to do, and also the most comfortable and instinctive thing to do.

Reflecting, I think the blast was no more than pyrotechnics going off for a Breitling event happening at the atrium. But for a moment, it was damn scary, and my heart almost leaped out of my heart.

In 3 days, I have witnessed more drama than I wanted to in a week. I live next to an execution style murder & heard a real loud blast. Did I mention I saw a pane of glass mysteriously broken at Spinelli Amara.?

My sense of security is a tiny bit rocked… Looking forward to the weekend where I will be meeting my friends (HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY), spend some time at FUN-O-RAMA and remember that younger/ slightly more innocent me again.

Hopefully, the dosage of laughter, friendships, and wonderful re-collections will make up for all the peripheral drama.

My estate has turned ghetto

I like my estate. It is generally peaceful, quiet, unassuming, and generally people mind their own business.

Something terrible happened, and my estate has become a crime scene. “An execution-style” murder happened in one of the homes. The media, the police, their reserve unit and miscellaneous random people all descended onto my estate.

I have never associated crime with my estate. It normally happens in the ‘ghetto-areas’ where the mix of flats are 1-3 room flats, where there are lots of foreign ‘talent’ living.
My estate is not like that, it is part of Marine Parade and if you do not know (this is a good GRC to be in, the lead MP is the ex-PM turned SM. How can such a little quiet estate be the locale for such a terrible incident?

The crime in itself was particularly surreal; it does not seem like something that happens in real life (at least not in my frame of real life). I don’t want to go into detail of the incident, because my blog has always been and always been fairly mild, cozy and tame. I think describing of the crime will somewhat taint my blog.

A mere 100m away from house, that was the crime scene. A crime committed early in the morning. Committed no more than 200m aways from schools. I wonder how many children walked past the scene and heard the shots while they walked to school.

A crime that begs questions, where answers are few, probably unpleasant.

The crime happened in my estate...

Tis the Season of Celebration.

Sorry for the lack of entry since my Birthday. I am not a conscientious diarist. I always love December. It is the season for reflection, changes and simple celebration.

After December, come January and February (this is where we are now). Right in the middle of February, it is the 15th today. While, the middle of February is not technically 15 (February has only 28 days), I always associate the 15th with the middle of the month. Methinks, it’s because I am a creature of habit.

Interesting to note, a ridiculous amount of holidays fall within this 3 months, there is Christmas, New Year, Hari Raya Haji & Chinese New Year. With so many holidays, the office environment becomes more relaxed, friends & family meet up more often and we generally get a bit fatter because of all the feasting and merrying.

My celebrations have not yet ended. (This is the weekend where I celebrate the quarter century milestone of a great friend, as well as birthdays of some other friends). This will be the week of yet more feasting, jolly-making and general happy occurrence.

While, I have been fairly reflective/melancholy, it always happens when one goes through 3months of celebrations (the lows are always there to balance the high). I have made a little resolution, (I hate resolutions), and I intend to celebrate this season this year.

I am going to celebrate all the highs and lows of the year; I am going to celebrate the good, the bad, the ugly, the mundane, and the dull.

While I have a great many gripes about my life, and the way I am living it, I am going to make a “paradigm shift” and basically enjoy it. Cutting down on psycho-analysis, and focusing more on living, I am going to live my life in sort of a celebration just because I can (I don’t really have yucky stuff going on, I just don’t seem to be advancing/progressing the way I imagined myself to),

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It's my Birthday today.

Let's do a list of the things that i am grateful for. I am gonna keep it to top 5..Otherwise I might be too long..

So in no particular order:

1) Family:- Even though I have said that it is in no particular order, I reckon this will be real high up. Grateful that:
- They are always around
- I know that they love me always/ unconditionally.
- Dad/Mom/Merrill/Kong... They capture my soul.
- I know that they are endlessly supportive and allow me to be any version of myself including the most yucky.
- I have never doubted that they love me
- They are willing to the stuff I want to do (Mahjong/Bridge/Korean Drama/Food/SATC/West Wing)
- They never gave me the opporturnity to doubt the stability/the wonder of the world
- They are as close to the manifestation of God's Greatest Love on earth

2) Friends:- My angels.
- Totally understanding
- Constantly Supportive
- Able to put up with my crap/ and sometimes pretend to like it
- Always Generous
- They capture my soul too..

3)Experiences
- I am older/ hopefully wiser.

4) Laughter.

The ability to Laugh at Me

5) GOD- For providing all of the above. Sorry that I sometimes forget to worship you/chat with u/ give thanks to u/surrender all to you.
You always know my failings..