Been thinking of getting out...Out of sg...
Yes, India's the last place on my list, but it's also one of the most affordable places to go to. I think?
I'm thinking of doing it. With S$500. To try to 'bunk in' in India for the longest time...
Just a thought...
Then it struck me! I nearly forgot about my long-awaited trans-siberia trip! Oh my! Oh my! The thought of it makes me excited already!
A trip that I had always wanted to make. Across the continent. Think it'll be fun. Eye-opening.
Ahhh...All these, I guess are just the 'Fridays' ahead...Not for now...
Hmmm...Maybe 1 yr of saving up? 2009 for the 'Grand tour'? Hmmm...
I must think twice before spending unnecessary cash! Must keep this end in mind in the mind ALWAYS!
Must control...
Friday, 30 March 2007
Thursday, 29 March 2007
My secret THANK YOUs...
Yesterday isn't a fantastic day...I have to admit it...
Today feels better! And I want to make it better! =)
These are not exact details...I briefly read through the some papers this morning and read about Microsoft partnering Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD). Something like to provide the clients with IT skills for better job employment or well, something along that line...I really can't recall...
And another that talks about think-it's-SPD-again...filing income tax for taxi drivers!
Wow! Thought I read wrongly...Or is it a fund-raising event? Nah...It's correct! It's just a way of 'paying back'! Cos for many of the physically disabled travel, taxi is their main form of transport. Hence, a way to 'pay back' (or is it paying it forward?) is to help the taxi drivers file their income taxes! See? A case of everyone can!
'volunteered to' can be a volunteer too!
Though we all know that companies volunteers for a reason: Social Responsibility. It's a positioning, branding or even a way to try to change customers' perception of their current postition. But whatever the motives, more often than not, these little gesture of charity will always go a long long way.
I just realized that whenever I come across articles like that, I'd secretly or softly say a THANK YOU to these companies. Companies that reach out the this special community out there. Same goes to the super-big-hearted people who go all out or even out of their way to volunteer their services, to spend all or almost all of their time trying to make this world a better one for the special community & even those who tries to protect the environment & so often, attempts to educate the clueless public about the nature all around us.
And let's not forget the caregivers, the dedicated staff, personnels who worked so hard to make so much things possible. To continue on to help fight for RIGHTS that everyone should deserve, to be a voice for the special community, and many many more. Once you're in this line, it's usually not just a job...the time that have to be spent at work (bearing in mind that these organizations are usually understaffed), the effort to make things work, the red tapes, etc...and oh-so-often the bread at the end of the month does not equate to the pails and pails of sweat for the month...(unless you've got a golden tap, that is...keke!)
I salute you, guys! And yes, I will continue to say a THANK YOU (softly & secretly) every time I read about you guys.
Today feels better! And I want to make it better! =)
These are not exact details...I briefly read through the some papers this morning and read about Microsoft partnering Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD). Something like to provide the clients with IT skills for better job employment or well, something along that line...I really can't recall...
And another that talks about think-it's-SPD-again...filing income tax for taxi drivers!
Wow! Thought I read wrongly...Or is it a fund-raising event? Nah...It's correct! It's just a way of 'paying back'! Cos for many of the physically disabled travel, taxi is their main form of transport. Hence, a way to 'pay back' (or is it paying it forward?) is to help the taxi drivers file their income taxes! See? A case of everyone can!
'volunteered to' can be a volunteer too!
Though we all know that companies volunteers for a reason: Social Responsibility. It's a positioning, branding or even a way to try to change customers' perception of their current postition. But whatever the motives, more often than not, these little gesture of charity will always go a long long way.
I just realized that whenever I come across articles like that, I'd secretly or softly say a THANK YOU to these companies. Companies that reach out the this special community out there. Same goes to the super-big-hearted people who go all out or even out of their way to volunteer their services, to spend all or almost all of their time trying to make this world a better one for the special community & even those who tries to protect the environment & so often, attempts to educate the clueless public about the nature all around us.
And let's not forget the caregivers, the dedicated staff, personnels who worked so hard to make so much things possible. To continue on to help fight for RIGHTS that everyone should deserve, to be a voice for the special community, and many many more. Once you're in this line, it's usually not just a job...the time that have to be spent at work (bearing in mind that these organizations are usually understaffed), the effort to make things work, the red tapes, etc...and oh-so-often the bread at the end of the month does not equate to the pails and pails of sweat for the month...(unless you've got a golden tap, that is...keke!)
I salute you, guys! And yes, I will continue to say a THANK YOU (softly & secretly) every time I read about you guys.
Monday, 26 March 2007
Can money really buy everything?
Lunch today was pretty interesting...
A new face (to me) joined us for lunch today and we talked about how money can buy everything, including love.
He's buyer/purchaser and he shared two rules to buying things...
Rule no. 1: Good things don't come cheap.
Rule no. 2: Cheap things don't come good.
(In my head, I questioned...how about at the Nike warehouse sale where some things are really cheap and good?! Haha! But these thoughts stopped at the brain, did not make it out of the mouth...keke!)
We talked about how some people would go all out and look for a RICH husband and ultimately, succeed in it...
How some NUS students would do a ‘cross-country’ and 'trek' and 'hike' all the way to the Medical Library (be it from arts & social science, business, etc) to study/hang out there just to give themselves a higher chance of getting a big (or is it rich?) catch like a doctor or a dentist to secure a 'good' future in which they can (hopefully) enjoy financial stability and of cos, eventually, financial freedom probably at a younger age than the average.
People always say that money can't buy love. Here, Mr. Buyer is telling us stories about how rich people buy their loves. Of cos, buying love is not a problem, I guess sustaining that bought love is a big headache.
But of cos, I beg to differ many of his 'theories'...Some love cant be bought...I seriously think so...
Sometimes even with lots and lots of money, the particular love that you WANT just don't come to you...Maybe others do...
Everyone knows that rubbish attracts flies...But do you like those flies? If you like them, well, then it's good for you! If you don't? ....
Just thought that it's an interesting lunch topic...Is that something that we want to do? The we want to achieve?
But by 1pm (coming to the end of lunch time), we still did a full circle by coming back to the most basic understanding.
"Aiya...Most important is to be happy la..." Haha! And that says it all! I guess if money makes you happy (and I mean happy from the heart), then maybe that's the way you should be heading towards (that's probably your Friday).
I know mine isn't.
A new face (to me) joined us for lunch today and we talked about how money can buy everything, including love.
He's buyer/purchaser and he shared two rules to buying things...
Rule no. 1: Good things don't come cheap.
Rule no. 2: Cheap things don't come good.
(In my head, I questioned...how about at the Nike warehouse sale where some things are really cheap and good?! Haha! But these thoughts stopped at the brain, did not make it out of the mouth...keke!)
We talked about how some people would go all out and look for a RICH husband and ultimately, succeed in it...
How some NUS students would do a ‘cross-country’ and 'trek' and 'hike' all the way to the Medical Library (be it from arts & social science, business, etc) to study/hang out there just to give themselves a higher chance of getting a big (or is it rich?) catch like a doctor or a dentist to secure a 'good' future in which they can (hopefully) enjoy financial stability and of cos, eventually, financial freedom probably at a younger age than the average.
People always say that money can't buy love. Here, Mr. Buyer is telling us stories about how rich people buy their loves. Of cos, buying love is not a problem, I guess sustaining that bought love is a big headache.
But of cos, I beg to differ many of his 'theories'...Some love cant be bought...I seriously think so...
Sometimes even with lots and lots of money, the particular love that you WANT just don't come to you...Maybe others do...
Everyone knows that rubbish attracts flies...But do you like those flies? If you like them, well, then it's good for you! If you don't? ....
Just thought that it's an interesting lunch topic...Is that something that we want to do? The we want to achieve?
But by 1pm (coming to the end of lunch time), we still did a full circle by coming back to the most basic understanding.
"Aiya...Most important is to be happy la..." Haha! And that says it all! I guess if money makes you happy (and I mean happy from the heart), then maybe that's the way you should be heading towards (that's probably your Friday).
I know mine isn't.
a new Friday to look forward to...
"Work without pressure & without expectations. They are counter-productive in the end. You shouldn't force yourself to do things that others seem to do effortlessly. Everybody has their own rhythm and different levels of commitment. What's important is to go through the process and get to the point where you feel good..." -Thomas, a Swiss volunteer working at Kalighat for 14 yrs.
Just read an article from a magazine over the weekend about the 'Homes for the Destitutes & Dying' in India (started by Mother Theresa). Interesting article, it's been quite some time since I last read about Mother Theresa-related writings.
The article zoomed in on the Home at Kalighat. Many volunteers (long- or short-term) pop by to have a taste of dying (or is it life?). Volunteers from Japan who take 1 year off work to volunteer at the Home and many more short-term volunteers, mainly made up of backpackers who decided to take a few days, weeks or even months to stop by at this place. Many also stayed longer than they expected...like Thomas (the Swiss volunteer) who stayed for 14 years and still counting. It seems to me like these homes are always open, open not only to the Destitute & Dying but also to volunteers. I never knew that.
Honestly, India is a country that I'm never interested in. It's definitely not on my Top 10 list of places to visit, not even on the Top 50 (ok...maybe 49th?)...
No offence, but India just doesn't entice me! The religion scares me...The culture, I'm just not inclined to it...And the best part?! I don't take well to Indian food...Yes, I find it tough to survive even in Little India sometimes...(Personal preference, I guess...Not everyone likes Singapore...I understand)
After going through this article, I am seriously considering popping by India for the challenge...To volunteer at one of Mother Theresa's homes...
Frankly speaking, although the current job is not a very interesting one, I won't say it's a torture because of the financial independence that it provides me with (which can be achieved by working in any other job actually), and so far, it haven't got to the super-stressed up level yet. I can't deny, I quite enjoy it... =)
Maybe this is a good idea...To slog it out this year to pay off whatever that needs to be paid...To continue to slog for another year to save up...Then to take a few months off (preferably 12months! keke! but 6months will be great as well)...Go on a backpacking trip, make a detour to India & stay around for at least a month and then move on to see more places and maybe volunteer else where as well. Not a bad idea, eh?
I'd secretly be happy if the China project din go through...I'd have this Friday to look forward to ask well...
My selfish reasons...
Just read an article from a magazine over the weekend about the 'Homes for the Destitutes & Dying' in India (started by Mother Theresa). Interesting article, it's been quite some time since I last read about Mother Theresa-related writings.
The article zoomed in on the Home at Kalighat. Many volunteers (long- or short-term) pop by to have a taste of dying (or is it life?). Volunteers from Japan who take 1 year off work to volunteer at the Home and many more short-term volunteers, mainly made up of backpackers who decided to take a few days, weeks or even months to stop by at this place. Many also stayed longer than they expected...like Thomas (the Swiss volunteer) who stayed for 14 years and still counting. It seems to me like these homes are always open, open not only to the Destitute & Dying but also to volunteers. I never knew that.
Honestly, India is a country that I'm never interested in. It's definitely not on my Top 10 list of places to visit, not even on the Top 50 (ok...maybe 49th?)...
No offence, but India just doesn't entice me! The religion scares me...The culture, I'm just not inclined to it...And the best part?! I don't take well to Indian food...Yes, I find it tough to survive even in Little India sometimes...(Personal preference, I guess...Not everyone likes Singapore...I understand)
After going through this article, I am seriously considering popping by India for the challenge...To volunteer at one of Mother Theresa's homes...
Frankly speaking, although the current job is not a very interesting one, I won't say it's a torture because of the financial independence that it provides me with (which can be achieved by working in any other job actually), and so far, it haven't got to the super-stressed up level yet. I can't deny, I quite enjoy it... =)
Maybe this is a good idea...To slog it out this year to pay off whatever that needs to be paid...To continue to slog for another year to save up...Then to take a few months off (preferably 12months! keke! but 6months will be great as well)...Go on a backpacking trip, make a detour to India & stay around for at least a month and then move on to see more places and maybe volunteer else where as well. Not a bad idea, eh?
I'd secretly be happy if the China project din go through...I'd have this Friday to look forward to ask well...
My selfish reasons...
Thursday, 22 March 2007
And whoever came up with the idea of the birthday cake & blowing out candles?
So I found out from the net that the Germans were the ones who invented birthday cakes...And the Greeks may have started a similar tradition too...
Well, this is another year without a cake & a candle...Feels little weird...
But I felt less upset when I got to know that mama actually wanted to get a cake for me!
At least someone thought about it... =)
it took so long to come...but went off so fast...
After one whole year of anticipating for this supposedly special day, it finally came...and went without much people noticing. As I walked down the crowded streets, it seems just like another day for everyone, nothing special, nothing in particular...I felt so small...
I felt like going around and telling everyone that walked past me..."hey, it's my birthday! i was born on this day 24 yrs ago!" or maybe walk down the streets with a "hey!-it's-my-birthday!" tag...
Honestly, I know it isn't any important thing (at least not to everyone), it's not like I'm going to be the next president (oops, i mean president's wife la!)... =P
But it's special to ME! Keke!
As the saying goes, count your blessings; remember the little things in life; be contented; stop complaining! Haha! Yes yes, there are also a group of people out there trying to make this day special for me! Dating me out weeks before the actual, asking me to choose my pressie(s), asking me my choice of makan, surprising me with gifts, SMSes that came in like nobody's business since 12mn, bday cards that appeared on my table, just to name some of them...!
Seriously, what more could I ask for? =)
Thank you, everyone! Thank you for trying to make it special for me! Thank you for remembering me!
*touched*
p/s: gf says my previous post sounded like I won some award, thanking the whole world (or half of it)...I think I've just gotten my long-service award...It's my 24th anniversary...almost a quarter to a century! More to come, I guess! =)
I felt like going around and telling everyone that walked past me..."hey, it's my birthday! i was born on this day 24 yrs ago!" or maybe walk down the streets with a "hey!-it's-my-birthday!" tag...
Honestly, I know it isn't any important thing (at least not to everyone), it's not like I'm going to be the next president (oops, i mean president's wife la!)... =P
But it's special to ME! Keke!
As the saying goes, count your blessings; remember the little things in life; be contented; stop complaining! Haha! Yes yes, there are also a group of people out there trying to make this day special for me! Dating me out weeks before the actual, asking me to choose my pressie(s), asking me my choice of makan, surprising me with gifts, SMSes that came in like nobody's business since 12mn, bday cards that appeared on my table, just to name some of them...!
Seriously, what more could I ask for? =)
Thank you, everyone! Thank you for trying to make it special for me! Thank you for remembering me!
*touched*
p/s: gf says my previous post sounded like I won some award, thanking the whole world (or half of it)...I think I've just gotten my long-service award...It's my 24th anniversary...almost a quarter to a century! More to come, I guess! =)
Wednesday, 21 March 2007
The 24th year of Life
I just wrote a post, but it's too lengthy and it's not finished yet...long one...
So I thought I'd just chuck that one side 1st, continue with it another day...
Today, as I stepped into my 24th year of life, I'd like to thank many many people!
Thank you to my parents for bring me up, 24 years and all healthy & well-fed (although I look skinny, I'm well-fed, ok?! Looks can be deceiving). Thanks to my brother for always giving in to me! Haha!
Thank you to my friends around me for moulding me into who I am today! Thank you so much!
For some (you know who you are), thank you for reaching out your hands with 'S11' so willingly when I need them so desperately! It's my 1st time (hope that it'll be my last too) doing this and I am really touched by you guys! Thank you so much!
And to those who found out my problem and got more worried than me, thank you so much! I'm fine and will get through it...
Thanks to faraway friends who never forget to send me cards, letters, and even presents! Thank you so much!
Thanks to all around me! Though names are not mentioned, you should know who you are, guys...
Thanks to those who have came into/brushed past my life one way or another...Thank you so much! Some of you left some deep footprints that are still imprint somewhere in me...
Thank you so much! Please continue on to walk beside me as I look for the Fridays for this 24th year.
Of cos, I, too will walk right beside you guys as you work towards yours! =)
Happy birthday to me...
HEY, WHERE's MY CAKE & THE CANDLES?! *grrrrr...*
So I thought I'd just chuck that one side 1st, continue with it another day...
Today, as I stepped into my 24th year of life, I'd like to thank many many people!
Thank you to my parents for bring me up, 24 years and all healthy & well-fed (although I look skinny, I'm well-fed, ok?! Looks can be deceiving). Thanks to my brother for always giving in to me! Haha!
Thank you to my friends around me for moulding me into who I am today! Thank you so much!
For some (you know who you are), thank you for reaching out your hands with 'S11' so willingly when I need them so desperately! It's my 1st time (hope that it'll be my last too) doing this and I am really touched by you guys! Thank you so much!
And to those who found out my problem and got more worried than me, thank you so much! I'm fine and will get through it...
Thanks to faraway friends who never forget to send me cards, letters, and even presents! Thank you so much!
Thanks to all around me! Though names are not mentioned, you should know who you are, guys...
Thanks to those who have came into/brushed past my life one way or another...Thank you so much! Some of you left some deep footprints that are still imprint somewhere in me...
Thank you so much! Please continue on to walk beside me as I look for the Fridays for this 24th year.
Of cos, I, too will walk right beside you guys as you work towards yours! =)
Happy birthday to me...
HEY, WHERE's MY CAKE & THE CANDLES?! *grrrrr...*
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
Fridays Of Life
i've been reading pple's blogs for quite sometime...just thought that i wouldnt want to blog cos there's just too many things that cant be posted on the the www...why? cos i cant bitch about the guy who talked too loud in the library, cos i may have done that too but did not realised (pot calling the kettle black)...i cant bitch about that friend who just poured his/her heart out to me cos he/she must have trusted me not to share these top-secret-info with anyone, let alone on the www! i cant bitch too much about the govt, the country, the way things are, the way civil servants get to rent cheap chalets using tax-payers's money, the way the TP stands at the side of orchard road with a tripod & a digicam trying to catch any vehicle whose wheel touched the bus lane...cos that i may get sued/charged? i cant bitch too much about my life, cos then i'd feel that the whole world knows what's happening to my life...i'd feel exposed, naked, and probably get weird smiles for no reason from those who read too much into my blog? and after bitching so much, i may be judged as the one who bitched too much...now you see my worries? is it just me or are the rest of you like this too? bloggers, do you allow your verbal diarrhea to flow freely? or do take charcoal pills before blogging to control the diarrhea?
too much worries maybe...time to let loose and let go...i am not usually a worrier...or am i? *rolls eyeballs and beginning to think deep* =)
i took a long time to come up with a blog name...i started a blog in 2005 with 1 or 2 entries and i tried to revive that one but i gave up when i tried to log in after the twentieth time...haha! so here i am, with the FridaysOfLife! why? well, friday is a day where energy from deep within will surface just because everyone (ok, maybe not everyone...more for those mon-fri workers...those shift workers, you have yr 'fridays' too! where the next day is your off day) is looking forward to the weekend ahead! big plans, small plans, fun plans, play plans, reading plans, cooking plans, cleaning plans, no plan! whatever plans you have, you dont usually dread the weekend, right? i thought of the SaturdaysOfLife, SundaysOfLife, WeekendsOfLife, or better stil, HOLIDAYSOFLIFE! haha! but friday feels really like a time when you have something to look forward to. whether a filled up weekend, a getaway, partying, or even just a slack weekend watching tv/vcds, you look forward to it! FridaysOfLife to me are the times in life where you live with a direction, a dream a goal, an objective...something to work towards to...and these directions, dreams, goals and objectives that you have would often be the way you've chosen to embrace your life... =) with this, i hope that everyone will each have many many Fridays in their life...
as i blog, i'm chasing after my own Fridays...searching for the Fridays i would like to dream of, those that i've forgotten, those that sometimes feel so far-fetched...as i embark on my journey towards my Fridays...
too much worries maybe...time to let loose and let go...i am not usually a worrier...or am i? *rolls eyeballs and beginning to think deep* =)
i took a long time to come up with a blog name...i started a blog in 2005 with 1 or 2 entries and i tried to revive that one but i gave up when i tried to log in after the twentieth time...haha! so here i am, with the FridaysOfLife! why? well, friday is a day where energy from deep within will surface just because everyone (ok, maybe not everyone...more for those mon-fri workers...those shift workers, you have yr 'fridays' too! where the next day is your off day) is looking forward to the weekend ahead! big plans, small plans, fun plans, play plans, reading plans, cooking plans, cleaning plans, no plan! whatever plans you have, you dont usually dread the weekend, right? i thought of the SaturdaysOfLife, SundaysOfLife, WeekendsOfLife, or better stil, HOLIDAYSOFLIFE! haha! but friday feels really like a time when you have something to look forward to. whether a filled up weekend, a getaway, partying, or even just a slack weekend watching tv/vcds, you look forward to it! FridaysOfLife to me are the times in life where you live with a direction, a dream a goal, an objective...something to work towards to...and these directions, dreams, goals and objectives that you have would often be the way you've chosen to embrace your life... =) with this, i hope that everyone will each have many many Fridays in their life...
as i blog, i'm chasing after my own Fridays...searching for the Fridays i would like to dream of, those that i've forgotten, those that sometimes feel so far-fetched...as i embark on my journey towards my Fridays...
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