Ranting #53

Weekly review...

okie... nearing the end of this week... what have I done?

well... was pretty happy that I have finally confirmed my year end Thailand trip with mudpie... booked tix... booked hotels/guest houses... really looking forward to the trip... especially the Ploy guest house in Kanchanaburi... look so wonderfully beautiful with a very reasonable price... another main reason is being able to go overseas with mudpie again... which was pretty fun considering the m'sia trip in may... shall look forward to dec...

ya... also went cycling on the hari raya holidays... cycling for only a short while... just went bedok jetty to enjoy the breeze and to look at people fish... at least i fulfilled one resolution this week...

another resolution is to come up with the wishlist... actually i've been thinking since monday... maybe really dunno what i need so took such a long time to come up with one... here's it:

1. a year magazine subscription to either her world or shape... actually nat geo or times mag will also do...
2. a new pair of specs (which mudpie gladly offer to sponsor a pair of transition lens specs)
3. a spa session/a good massage
   
4. a new haircut and new hairdo (think unless u r a hairdresser or else i think this cannot be done...)
5. very simple... the NETS giftcard... which i think can be used almost everywhere...
6. surprise
7. more surprises
8. much more surprises...

okie... think my wishlist is kinda boliao... though these are some of the things i wanted... actually think i have too little time... can my wish list include things like 'having more time' or 'being granted another 10 days paid leave'? if these can happen then that will be so wonderful... haiz... been looking for a chance to use the telescope that i bought a few months back... been wanting to go for my dental checkup for a very long time... been wanting to sit inside a salon to do something to my hair... haiz... I NEED TIME...

enuff of whining... i'm still sick... coughing much worse than i was on monday... think maybe i shld go and see the doc again... no more haze but cough getting much worse... wonder why...

haiz... anyone wanna watch 'My Fair Lady' the musical next Jan? tix are quite ex though... even with the 20% thrown in by HSBC... anyone wanna go can jio me lah... since dec will get the AWS, which for me is pro-rated... and jan will get the productivity bonus... which is also pro-rated... shld not be a problem bah...

okie okie... enuff of crap... shall try to do something about my cough... been coughing thru the entire blog post...

Ranting #52

Weekly resolution

today boss was saying something abt his yearly resolution... how some people cursed and swore at him in the open yearly resolution for his dept... how someone wished to get rid of him and stuff...
this reminded of my new year resolution for 2006... think they are thrown to the back of my head... (think i wrote them in my diary though...)

well... they are:

1. lose weight til 43 kg (failed terribly... think it maintained at my weight last yr... well i have 1-2 more months...)
   
2. get a good job with good pay (okie lah... not too bad...)
   
3. go china as grad trip (never managed to save enuff $$$ for that)
   
4. learn to cycle (managed to... and just starting to love it...)
   
5. be more optimistic in life (definitely did... brought me out of depression... now life is beautiful...)

weird... people usually look thru their new yr resolution at yr end... but think i shall once in a while look through it to reflect bah...
anyway... i shall work hard to fulfil my new yr resolutions... in the meantime... i shall have some weekly resolutions... think this can make me come back to blog more often too...

for this week... 23 oct 06 to 29 oct 06...

1. to cycle someday
2. to get well (coughing real badly due to the haze...)
3. talk to/meet up with some of my friends (like uni friends or even my MIA buddy...)
4. come up with a wishlist for my birthday (which i was trying real hard just now but failed...)
   

well... think that shld be all... shall review them next week... will try to come up with the wishlist asap...

Random tots #44

Simple pleasures

remember when u r younger, like at 2 or 3 yrs old, a bar of chocolate, a new teddy bear, or even a hug from parents seems to brighten up your day...
but now when one is older... they either pursue materialistic wants to satisfy their needs or just enjoy being in the rat race to climb up the corporate ladder...

what then are the pleasures in life? money? fame? sex? well... i remember i once read somewhere that the one of the best things in life is brought on by simple pleasures... simple yet fulfilling... something that do not cost much yet brightens up one's day...

i remember one of my simple pleasure is to have a piece of the honey cake... a brown-looking cake that costs less than a dollar... something that i do not find in any cake shop... especially the upmarket ones like Breadtalk or Four Leaves... it is simple enough to brighten up my day...

do you remember when was the last time something simple managed to brighten up your day?