thou shalt not conform when thou could blaze thy own path..

different dimension..



last nite watched the 2 sis on tv. i woke up tis morn with blanket over me face.

coll sent me a link to buying tarantulas.

"tarantula are not companion.. there are merely another type display of pet. They kenot be like a dog.. u call then they come... then u rub run them.. u can't do that. it will stress them very much if u go kacau them... they might not bite you... but they might DIE...

if u wan a pet as an companion.. i suggest u better go for dog... they are man best fren... =)

or if u wan exotic pet as companion.... there is always ferret... ferret is very playful.. more active than a dog.. when they r in the cage, resting.. they see u come.. they will wake up and look at u... open the cage.. and they will come play with u... but ferret is still very much pricey cause rarely found here...

or u can take sugar glider.. but u need to buy a pair.. cause if only one inside the cage.. they will self depressed.. need to have a partner.. also very expensive.. but not as playful as ferret and they are shy animal...

hedghodge is cute when they are small.. but as they grow bigger... tak begitu cantik... not playful wan.. always sleeping wan.. price is of course less than ferret and sugar glider... " - extract frm article

interesting.

more interesting is the way one of the dude speaks. try reading tis, under the title Here is a simple guide for T beginner care sheet...

the way he talks, he sure knows his stuff. wonder how he's taking care of his kid one day;

CRADLE
size : shouldnt be too small - limit their growth rate,
IF too big, hard for them to move around. Only that reason.. so, big also nvm.. as long as they can GROW.
recommended : 10 inches apart frm their span size.
caution : They will always seek way to get away. remember that ur air hole must be enough for them to breath. THEY CAN SQUEZZE..and tried to escape..

HUMIDITY
For kids..pls do not put water cup inside their tank.. they might drown while drinking water.. just feed when appropriate, preferably 3 times a day.. check on pampers every hour.. kids hate water..
when they grow up.. then can change to water bottle.. or maybe a cup and saucer.
item can use :
<>1 yrs old ; bottle milk, especially those with handles and fine grip. carbonated drinks bottle cap, Jacob's biscuit TIN, panadol cap the one they sell in 10's wan.. those are not bottle.. hope u all understand what i meant.. give appropriate deep of water to appropriate age of kids.. important thing is dont drown them...

haha..farney.

last weekend went for kids program and there's another facilitator who's bf rears a pink toed tarantula named toothpick. she told me there's 2 types of tarantulas; ones tat avoid all height risk activities (they might die if fall, soft abs u see) while another's the opposite type. interesting. most tarantula's are not poisonous, and they got furry disposition.

the kids at the program were mostly adorable, aged from 6 to 13. it was at a farm, a homestay program.

at the farm, we learnt bout fishing and tieing knots, catching fish and sleeping outdoor, singing and playing with wet balloons as well as taking turns playing. i felt overwhelmed when all the 15 kids talked at one go, then u feel like the ground beneath where u stand starts to topple off slowly. while u tried to gain balance, u discover u'll need some time before u gained some authority over the kids, cos they r goin to scream either u like it or not. there are two kids which really made me felt like throwing myself to the walls and many times i blew my top off and i felt the boiling sensation up me neck. i need more meditative yoga courses in order to reach the state of nirvana in order to handle that 2 kids. one's got add prob, another first time away frm mummy's apron. so it's expectable la..i just need more exposure in handling kids.

i learnt kids are in a state of total movement, they need lots of activities to keep them still and interested. peace is not in their vocabulary and one must go thru a voice training to get thru to them. especially those high octave one; to keep an octave above them all and to interest them in the process of breaking a glass whenever u need to awe them or keep them shut a while.

sleep is the only time where u'll get some peace n quiet. every morn shuld check them for wet pants or smelt around for distinct smell. must always prepare some plastic bags for them to put their wet clothes. memorise their bags n belongings cos some of them dun remember their stuff. always remind the kids to stay off the edge of any ponds or rivers.

some practice in scowling and scary face is a plus. some tricks at the drop of a hat are handy. lotsa incoherent voices and mimics will make em love u. be ready to be hugged when the kids are scared.

lastly, remember kids are goin to be kids. tat it's only natural for them to run around and tat curbing their enthusiasm will only result in more headache. quiet kids are scary cos u dun know wat they r thinking, naughty kids are scariest cos u need to keep on checking on their whereabouts and they dun listen much. kids tat talks a lot are the usual breed, some kids can be a lot mature than their current age.

i learnt; acceptance is very much the precious commodity around kids. teach the kids to shake hands w newcomers, and the newbies wun feel so left out.

my regrets; one of the kids during the last day mentioned "nobody likes me". he needs more work on his pr, if i'm to go for the kids prog with him around next time, i'll appoint meself as his marketing manager. he's lots of potential.

in fact, i met a kid with his disposition long ago. used to tutor him but i lost my patience cos he lost his first. guess he's merely frustrated that he couldnt project wat he wants more effectively to the rest of the kids. i guess i need to understand wat izzit tat they want before i lost my patience. i need a lot of origami for the purpose. *sigh..

well..till next time. cheer on.

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posted by M.E.  # 3:37 PM 0 Comments

wow

been reading an article a coll sent me. one thing sparked me, which explains why tis new update in my blog.

the person was talking bout how we learn stuff by linking the characteristics of human behaviour into coherrent logical speeches and senarios.

i always thought kids learn things very easily when they r small cos their brain can absord lots of info, like a blank paper. along the time, the paper gets filled up, thus we got the term "u cant teach an old dogs new tricks" comes into existance.

so there's tis part bout em talking bout hidden wonders ( the stuff one doesnt know but the answers are inside tat person, if only they can tap into tat ) and bout creativity:

-- extract from article

MT: So, I'm wondering, if I feel like I'm not being my fully creative self and I'm having problems or running into obstacles about that, are there any insights that you can share about how I can transform what I see as a problem or an obstacle and allow my creativity, my innate creativity, to come through?

DM: How big is the obstacle?

MT: Medium size.

DM: Okay, what shape is it?

MT: Rectangular.

DM: Is it a color?

MT: Mustard.

DM: Mustard, oh, wonderful, a mustard rectangle. If it had a voice, what would it be saying?

MT: Just do it.

DM: Just do it, just do it...would it repeat that over and over, would there be a rhythm to that voice?

MT: Maybe, you might say that it was a rhythm...

DM: Yeah, you're body begins to move up and down, in a particular rhythm. If you were to play it like a drum, what would that rhythm be?

MT: Just do it...just do it...just do it...just do it...

DM: What key would you say that's in?

MT: Oh, boy, you got me! I don't know.

DM: I don't know either. If you could crawl inside of that rectangle, what would you find in there?

MT: think I would find hidden wonders, that I didn't know were there.

DM: So, what we're doing now, is ... you create with anything that's there. The artist doesn't complain that the paper is too small ... they take the limitations and they use the limitations and they work inside the limitation. A musician doesn't say, oh, my hand is too small--it's within the limitations that are given that creativity happens. So, you began creating with what you had seen as an obstacle, but that, in fact, became the object that you began creating with.

MT: So that's true for everyone, whatever one sees as an obstacle.
That's right, or a limitation.

-- end of extract

i love the part bout "..The artist doesn't complain that the paper is too small ... they take the limitations and they use the limitations and they work inside the limitation. A musician doesn't say, oh, my hand is too small--it's within the limitations that are given that creativity happens. So, you began creating with what you had seen as an obstacle, but that, in fact, became the object that you began creating with."

it just shows tat anybody who's creative does actually work with smtg within their limitations, only they really make the very best of their limitations and brings it to another level of self-expression. i always thought creativity can either be inborn, learnt or nurtured, but not working inside their limitations. revelation really..ironic in another way as artist usually are supposingly goin against the flow in creating smtg magnificient.

new term of the day : Virtuous Intent
definition ; it is a term that is used in aikido. Not to mean your goal, but to mean, what is all of you aligned. What is the yes that is in your heart, that is in your mind, that is in your belly. What is the alignment that all of you was designed to bring here? You know your virtuous intent because there is no "buts." It's just, this is what I'm for, this is what my life is for. And because it benefits me, it benefits everyone else, and because it benefits everyone else, it benefits me. It's a little bit like a jelly fish that can be lined up with the might of the entire ocean. So virtuous intent is finding that inner agreement, and bringing it out.

inner agreement eh? i can relate to tat.

read article..

honda ad..

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posted by M.E.  # 1:14 PM 0 Comments

long time coming

ever been in a situation where you are always searching for something? always on the road; riding, lonely stretches of road ahead of you, not knowing what will you find..guess tis is how a person with fire burning in em feel huh? knowing they want tat smtg, but never seem to grasp it.

tat's wat i felt when i listened to tis song; smtg tat reminds me of the long stretches of road.

got tis song frm the movie wat a gal want. tis particular song struck me as the popsicle kinda song, but the voice couldnt help but shine through. sometimes, there's lil group of amateurs out there tat still got lotsa soul to tell in their songs and brings it out thru their voice. i guess i still have the characteristics of the kinda gal tat still listens to cheesy love pop songs. enjoy. :)

long time coming - sang by oliver james

Everybody wants to be loved
Every once in a while
We all need someone to hold onto
Just like a helpless child, yeah
Can you whisper in my ear
Let me know it's alright

It's been a long time coming
Down this road
And now I know
What I've been waitin' for
And like a lonely highway
I'm tryin' to get home
Ooo, love's been a long time comin'

You can love for a lifetime
You can love for a day
You can think you've got everything
But everything is nothing
When you throw it away, yeah
Then look in my eyes
And I have it all once again

It's been a long time comin'
Down this road
And now I know
What I've been waitin' for
It's like a lonely highway
I'm tryin' to get home
Ooo, love's been a long time comin'

Didn't know I was lost
Til you found me, uh huh
Didn't know I was blind
But now I see

Can you whisper in my ear?
Let me know it's alright

It's been a long time comin'
Down this road
And now I know
What I've been searchin' for
Oooh, been a long long highway
And now I see
Ooo, love's been a long time
Oooh been a long time
Love's been a long time comin'

tis is another song tat reminds u of lying on a lazy day; both legs up on a table and your hands behind ur head, staring at the horizon with a contented look. wonder how songs can reach a person eh?

The Greatest Story Ever Told - sang by Oliver James

Thank you for this moment
I've got to say how beautiful you are
Of all the hopes and dreams I could've prayed for..
There you are

If I could have one dance forever
I would take you by the hand
Tonight it's you and I together
I'm so glad.. I'm your man

*
And if I lived a thousand years you know
I never could explain
The way I lost my heart to you that day
But if destiny decided I should look the other way..
Then the world would never know, the greatest story ever told

And did I tell you that I love you tonight?

I don't hear the music when I'm looking in your eyes
But I feel the rhythm of your body close to mine
It's the way we touch that sends me
It's a way we'll always be
Your kiss, your pretty smile, you know I'd die for
Oh baby, you're all I need

*

And did I tell you that I love you, just how much I really need you..
Did I tell you that I love you tonight?

*

And did I tell you that I love you, just how much I really need you...
Did I tell you that I love you tonight?

listen to songs..

ooh how i love oliver james's songs.

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posted by M.E.  # 1:13 PM 0 Comments

..from the mouth of babes..

THINGS I've LEARNED FROM MY CHILDREN (HONEST AND NO KIDDING):

The following came from an anonymous mother in Austin, Texas

If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with rollerblades, they can ignite.

A 3 year-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing batman underwear and a superman cape.

It is strong enough however to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room.

You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.

When using the ceiling fan as a bat you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit.

A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.

The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh", it's already too late.

Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.

A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies.

A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day.

A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq foot house 4 inches deep.

Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old. Duplos will not.

Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.

Super glue is forever.

No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

Pool filters do not like Jell-O.

VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.

Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

You probably do not want to know what that odor is.

Always look in the oven before you turn it on.

Plastic toys do not like ovens.

The fire department in Austin has at least a 5 minute response time.

The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.

It will however make cats dizzy.

Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

the article..

me : ohhhhh..*revelation..*head nodding with understanding.

PS : try tis for good measure, it's a wonder some kids are more mature comparison to some adults. some of em sure get their priorities rite. kids and their advices

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posted by M.E.  # 12:47 PM 0 Comments

daily log #3

wow, daily log #3. lucky num. they always says 3's the lucky charm for watever ya wanna do to make it work. i'll say, regardless how many times one's gonna try, i'll only register watever i like. haha..

anyway, been to briefing at djp off yesternite. partiming. gonna go off on kid's prog tis weekend. smtg to do with exposing the kids to the farm life. good for the kids, if only we can teach em how to climb trees and run around with chicken feet then it'd b more fun, but too hazardous for urban kids nowadays. farney huh? left alone, the kampung kids would do anything they like without safety net n all, but with adults around safety must b put into consideration. weird tat a kid never got much accident prone when they r alone comparable to when they r in a controlled environment huh? but tis is applicable only when the kids are not near some dam or man made hole, as u know, how curious kids are around tis sort of stuff; they'd challenge their capability against the odds of falling into such places. nasty behaviour, i know, we've all been there one way or another. *eyes rolling..

so gonna be some babysitter tis weekend. kc, seow n michelle's off to the prefect prog with a bunch of gal teens to smwhere near gombak. they'll b camping smwhere, while i'll be sleeping cozily inside a house. muahaha..>:) blissful turn of affair, dun cha think so?

been reading some stuff bout handling kids and hyper kids. saw frm a cartoon show called the weekender (sat, 12+ noon, tv8/tv3/nt7) tat hyper kids cant be fed sugary stuff. saw frm the cartoon stitch tat caffeine makes stitch goes wacko. i'll lay caffeinated and sugary stuff frm the hyper kids at the farm tis weekend, just in case. i'd recommend tis site to anybody who's raising kids How To Raise A Hero:

Label them "good" is a great way method. it sets the kids into a positive examplenary behavioural group. same with the tactic when u are holding onto a guy frm the edge of a cliff, instead of saying "dun look down!" which will inevitably making the dude into looking down at the raging ravine beneath him and makes him more scared and almost fall and bringing u with him, try saying positive stuff like "hang on!" which will make him hold on more to u, thus saving both of ur life n time. positive stuff with all the right words does make a diff.

"Bystanders oftentimes don't take action because they correctly believe they don't have the skills needed to help. Heroes rushed in because they had trained in martial arts, CPR, swimming, or other related activities." Training the kids by providing em with the right skillset helps a lot. makes sense to me.

Make them responsible. "I will leave you in charge, ok?" That simple statement greatly increased the likelihood that a child would go to the rescue.

I can never emphasis on this : Set an example, and explain it. Show leadership thru example. An adult may not know everything or acted right everytime, but the effort to do so is so worth an A+. Kids were much more likely to copy altruistic behavior if the adult also explained his or her actions; explaining the why to the how. makes sense.

The part bout "Don't swat." is smtg i think parents nowadays need to applicate more. Many parents prefer to let the kids observe n learn, but they forgot to explain. I always learn consequences after i get burnt, which is bad really cos i'm starting to get used to the burning sensation, which is bad for me cos i dun seem to learn until a person says "u hurt me" with tear threatening to fall down frm their eye lashes, worst still when it's a guy telling me so. *sigh..

Final lesson : Children raised with love are more likely to help their fellow human beings in time of need. Simple, yes. But not easy. With tis finale, i'd like to add a few poetry to it:

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn;
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight;
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy;
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty;
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient;
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence;
If children live with praise, they learn to appreaciate;
If children live with fairness, they learn justice;
If children live with security, they learn to have faith;
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves;
If children live with acceptance and friendship, they learn to find love in the world.

- Children Learn What They Live ; 1982 Dorothy Law Nolte

the poetry me mum gave me when i was in form 3 or primary 6. cant remember when. she had it frm her hospital. i think the lessons are nice. i think if kids are exposed to love in the early parts of their life, they'd learn to take care of ppl other than themselves.

I've been reading up the news n saw an article on a guy where he wrote n song tributed to his gf (who went off with smbody at some train station where the singer stood n watched). listen when u r free. U're beautiful

A friend told me why i watched porn during working hour. After I saw the clip (which i didnt manage to do in the first plc cos i didnt download the software to view it but still able to listen to the song), only then i realised it's setting a bad example for the kids nowadays to follow since they can be so shakespearean when it comes to love. kids nowadays with their ideals..*rolling eyes.

anyway, the song is for one's perspective. just remember it's merely a clip, the artist lived thru it so he can spend the rest of the cash he got frm the cd selling n marketing.

tis is a nice link frm me coll : Viktor Frankl

it reminds me of the schindler's list. great man preservering through obstacles and odds. great respect for the guy.

there's a phrase tat rings true : "The truth--that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love." it's true regardless watever anybody says cos love n hope preseveres through the harshest condition and still preserve it's purest form.

"Frankl was able to exercise the most important freedom of all - the freedom to determine one's own attitude and spiritual well-being." attitude counts regardless where one is i guess.

-- extract frm the article

Both a concentration camp prisoner and world-respected author and psychotherapist in his lifetime, Viktor Frankl writes the following advice about happiness:

"Again and again I therefore admonish my students in Europe and America: Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run - in the long-run, I say! - success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it."

Of course, the important part is the "...in the long-run..."

-- end of extract

haha..of course, must not forget the "..in the long run.." ;)

new word for the day : logotherapy
- a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy;
- At the core of Frankl's theory is the belief that humanity's primary motivational force is the search for meaning, and the work of the logotherapist centers on helping the patient find personal meaning in life, however dismal the circumstances may be. (Frankl's teachings have been described as the Third Vienna School of Psychotherapy, after that of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.)
- According to logotherapy, meaning can be discovered by three ways: "(1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering," he wrote.

interesting, aint it?

lesson of the day : never ever brings back a box cricket for purpose of safe keeping. u'll not sleep much wink for fear it'll get carnivorised by ants or it'll bug u till u get more loose screws.

rock-ing on..on my rocking chair.

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posted by M.E.  # 11:27 AM 0 Comments

the art of posies

today's been melancholy, sweet and beige day, ya know, the kind of day tat kinda settles in real nice and smothers u real cozily.

anyway, been searching heads n lows on texas song "I'll see through it" and another guy who sang a song with chorus bout "can't get you off my mind, cant get u off my head..", very haunting, the mv was set at some irish hill top with a guy looking out to the scenery where his voice kinda brings u into his head and makes u think real hard and real long. tat kinda of song, u know. haunting. cant remember his name n song title, gona jot the name down in later date.

anyway, been reading up some stuff. read frm cosmopolitan's website on some stuff. if one ever get's the hang of the mag, it's a book enough to topple one's off bout sex topics n stuff. it's a whole sex n the city converse compiled in a book, no preservation and pretty much everything u need to know bout the topics. read more than 3 books per day n u get a hang over, literally.

was reading up interviews with reese witherspoon n jessica alba. smothering gals; one's a force to reckon with, southerner with lots of heart and fist while another a gal who never seems to belong but found her calling in the tinseltown. ironic.

anyway, jess was talking bout the things in life she absolutely can't live without. not much of a read there, till u read the last few lines. she was goin thru a period of hang overs with her previous ex frm dark angel episodes with the interviewer, then her posse bille came along.

--plagiarise from cosmopolitan site

"Oh, Bille is here!" she says excitedly. Bille Woodruff is Alba's best friend and a definite TSCLW. They hit it off instantly when Woodruff, the filmmaker behind the recent hit Beauty Shop, directed Alba in Honey. It was Woodruff who, in the aftermath of Alba's breakup from her Dark Angel costar Michael Weatherly, bought her the book The Art of the Seduction, by Robert Greene. The tart and twisted relationships primer is also on Alba's TSCLW list.

Bille: Jessica didn't really need The Art of the Seduction, but I wanted to remind her of the diva that she is.
Jessica: He was like, "Don't go out with guys who are lame," because I was seriously depressed.
Bille: That was my tough love. I was like, "Don't let him call you anymore!" She did not stop crying. She was like, [mimics crying] "Nobody likes me..."
Jessica: It was the worst.

The two friends share a knowing look, but it's not all about nursing bad breakups. "Whenever I'm feeling fat, Bille takes me shopping and makes me try on jeans that make my booty look bigger," Alba says. "Well, I don't want her to get too skinny," says Bille. "You know, that Hollywood thing."

--end of plagiarisation

*sigh..how come nobody buys me the art of seduction book? or brings me out to try out clothes tat makes me looks fat? sad sad. some times posies really are the best cure for anything. weird aint it?

but then, i dun think i'm actually open enough to actually discuss cosmo stuff over tea or any meal, i might just choke meself.

last few days i think i felt a bit of an esp experience goin on.

was havin luncheon with a bunch of friends and suddenly i felt a presence at the arrival of a friend; a very low, silent feel, like a black hole. it was very disconcerting. i tried to ward it off like some shadow frm me mind, but it was very stubbornly attached to the mind. weird huh?

read a link frm coll. Sexy images hurt your eyesight

--extract frm link

The closer these emotionally charged images occurred prior to the target image, the more frequently people failed to spot the target image, the researchers found.

"We observed that people failed to detect visual images that appeared one-fifth of a second after emotional images, whereas they can detect those images with little problem after neutral images," Zald says.

"We think there is essentially a bottleneck for information processing and if a certain type of stimulus captures attention, it can jam up the bottleneck so subsequent information can't get through," Zald explains.

"It appears to happen involuntarily. The stimulus captures attention and once allocated to that particular stimulus, no other stimuli can get through" for several tenths of a second.

--end of extract

"..no other stimuli can get through." haha..shows sexy women crossing the street or anybody wearing gory halloween costume might cause more danger than we let on. ;)

peace b with u.

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posted by M.E.  # 11:22 AM 0 Comments

bring it on



a friend told me to be upfront and personal bout my life.

still thinking, shuld i reveal all or stay put?

hmm..

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posted by M.E.  # 12:36 PM 2 Comments

daily log #2


ya ever feel like wearing clothes 3 sizes too big and ya just went for a dip in cold water?

well..these are one of those day. bloodily draggy, self-preservatingly annoying and ya cant stop to think cos u run on low resources.

*sigh..need a long break to replenish. been using my resource for too long and no updating of the info pantry, thus i'm running real low on self inducing external hormones. (for those who doesnt know wat i'm talking bout, read exhausted)

articles on net no longer surprises me, friends chat no longer get me movin, shoulder ache and mind bloggingly messed up. so many adjectives in a sentence. mrs wong (my primary 6 teacher) would be real proud if she reads this. she was one of the reason i get so good at english, besides me mum la. she initiated me into taking eng as a hobby, cos i was really bad at it ages ago. one fine day, she mentioned me name in the class, "angela, your english is very good."

eyes beaming, i know deep inside tat i suck, but i wanted to believe really badly tat i did ok. i was in 1D to 5D during my primary school. it's mere average class students. so i promised meself if i got into 6A, i'll do real good. promise.

so i went and check me name one fine day and get to the name list. there it was. name in numbering of one. sweet haleluyah. then i went in, still beaming with pride, and looked around the room for my potential seating. the class room was empty.

as i was reminiscing, a couple of boys came in and as they saw me in there, mumbled apology and went off. but not before i saw tis boy.

couldnt stop thinking bout him for 5 wonderful years. i could draw the back of his head at the drop of a hat. when he's sick, it would be my blue days. when he's around, i felt a presence.

in form 4, he got into a rela with a gal in the class. slim tall thing with legs to die for, voice the sound of tornado, temper the similarity of lightning, liked to hit guys real hard and the iq tat went to the moon n back. like peas in a pot. got a bit of sore throat. but got over it.

they broke up in the mid of form 5, aint my fault, didnt even do any voodoo to mar their rela. the gal wanted to study, the guy wanted to continue the rela. guess both priorities just changed along the way.

now he's in aussie or canada some where, doin his stuff. heard got a nice sg galpal over there. good for him. the gal went to uk do some phd. had a taiwan bf there. good for her.

here i am, doin programming in iT line. used to write nursing as my ambition. got one time put nanny as a profession (i was outta ideas to write la). police too dangerous, engineer too common, doc sure aint my cup, wife too boring, teacher never ever. didnt thought putting prime minister as some of me ex classmates did. didnt hav the ego i guess.

then went for form 6. didnt know where i'd end up. got applied to tar college for business admin. got in. same w my galpal. but didnt went cos nothing's fun w the name business admin.

so went form 6. my gang at form 5 class said die die dun wanna go form 6. the ones complaining the loudest got into form 6. i didnt say a word, but i got in too. guess the term pantang doesnt work with me.

form 6 was a blur. didnt know wat i studied, merely surviving everyday. got into a motivational camp w the teachers there. i was tat bad. haha..i worked with a bamboo stick (ask me wat i did).

my math teacher was one of the facilitator too. all i can say is, their program worked. i got pretty good result. got me first choice. didnt know y i chose system management in the first place. oh yea, i did remember. tat's cos the name is different. thought it might provide me with an edge when i go looking for jobs. yea rite, compared to science com's geeks who called themselves software engineers, i could only call me self a programmer. didnt thought of system engineer. stoopid.

during the motivational camp, i learnt a few valuable lessons.

that no matter how badly i do in my academics, it's not life and death and tat if i can survive the camp, so can the exams. i learnt when being alone, i still can do pretty well and tat nobody's around to tell me tat i'm wrong or right. which takes my mind off couples of things. tat a bamboo stick can bring out a lot in a team. one thing my teacher wrote which got me thinking, "angela, you are good enough."

nobody told me tat before, my mum's the type tat really take much import on self independence and self preservation. lots of stuff we can only learn through observation, but most of the time we r facing hypocrites, so how does one tell if one's doin the right thing? when one hears of one's mis behaviour through the mouth of others. tat's only when it's really bad enough. when one falls frm social grace, one falls splat on one's face head's on and there's nobody to pick u up. so paiseh. so threading is always an art to perfect consistently.

my sis bought me chic chop rice for dinner. i had a dilemma; to choose to eat chilli dressing or the sweet n sour dressing. end i ate both, with guilt tugging at my heart whenever i reach out for either one of the dressings. i've never been put at a spot by food before. guilty of pleasure, tat i am. then sis came back w orange juice. *drool. lately i got a penchant for orange juice. feels orangy just sipping it, sipping real slow. enjoying each savour..ya know when somebody in trouble; when they get simple satisfaction from fruit juices. gone fruity, tat i have.

yesterday was real hazy in the morn. i woke up real early, like 6.30 am. cos fear cant make it to off by 8.30. colls needed to test out smtg, and i dun wanna go work alone. so went there with face just woke up frm bed. sat at my place whole day, didnt even go toilet. went once, saw my own face in the mirror, so vowed not to go again for the day. i think i forgot to comb my hair tat day. either tat i suffer from another bad hair day.

as i fetched my colls back home, i passed by the wangsa maju lrt. heavy mist was shrouding it. it made me thought of olden cantonese ghost movies where i expect some jumping corpse wearing old chinese clothes. it was tat creepy. some more the opening of hell's gate is just around the corner. i'm not supersticious, just paranoid. so, it's always best to be at home n got scared by tv instead of the car's backview mirror.

today coll fetched. i was so tired lately tat i just slumped on the back seat and dozed off till i reached my house. he mentioned i looked sick, i felt sick. pukish and mind blogginly exhausted.

oh yea, did i mention bout the apprentice chair at my office? it's made from wood, been there since the first day i started working. whenever my supervisor needs to show or teach us smtg, he'd ask us to sit on the chair n watch through observation. i love tis com. used to train at a company where my project leader just plain ol suck. i would ask him questions and he would talk to the computer screen as if i didnt exist or not talk to me at all. but when another trainee asked him a question, he'd show and replied with gusto though i was standing right behind him. bloody $%^&*@#.

watched nippon paint's advertisement on tv. twas really nice. saw a clip of holi fest of some advertisement, it left mind bloggingly deep impression. red all over the street, mayo skin covered with red powder and red all over the wind. the people were wearing very sharp gaudy colorful clothes, it was deep impact. i love colors.

marble pult. a game initialised by malaysia. it's the game we kampung kids invented as an answer to boredom. didnt know the country's advocating towards it until i heard on tv. reminded me when i went for usj hommies gathering, where i played bowling with the kids there. a kid said i played marble balls before. never touched one, hmm..wonder where i'd be if i did go into marble-dom deeply. marble pult champion anyone?

my galpal n 2 of me homeboys went up genting cos one got a good bargain for the rooms there. cool really. too bad cant make it. work suck. then after they came back from the city of gamblers, she went online from a friend's room n chatted w me. i always thinks ppl who comes back frm a holiday n went online farney, never fails to tickle me off, haha.. some more programmers. cant part with the net much i guess. i wanted to give her a word of warning to watch out for the friend's bed. it's got blood spots all over it, open wounds u see..

went for yamcha w another of me galpal. went to a chillin plc; wow wow, even the name already puts a smile on me face. the downside of it is just i hav problem understanding the songs sang by the amateurs there. some amateurs are really good, but tat nite they had problem singing the songs i wrote. i cant write chinese u see, so i wrote their commercial english names and write in the column song titles "any of their songs". apparently they have problem seeking the songs based on the artistes i wrote. i gave them big range of songs to choose from and some more the free will of choosing which songs they can sing best based on the singers'. and wat do they gave me? gibberish songs which i've never heard of also. bugga betul. err..either tat those songs werent popularised by the radio thus i wouldnt know.

we chatted bout past rela n stuf. she told me stuf bout the ex n all. then i realise, most gals are really soft hearted. given any persistent guys, if they hang around long enough, they might wipe away the gals' walls of self preservation. thus it's a no wonder tat any gal would choose wisely before they commit to the butcher..err..i mean couple's ville. then we chat bout past conquest (pls ignore the choice of words tat i use, i'm one of the type of ppl who calls relationship the butcher's knife and describe the art of getting together as courtship..so u know where i'm goin with tis) and stuff. lotsa heart to heart talk tat nite.

but then tis gal is really great in a way. she aint fickle when it comes to rela and she's plainly waiting for somebody who's willing to be loyal to a gal and isnt playing around anymore. but course must be compatible in behaviour wise and must be willing to make a lot of time to be with her..which is the usual case la. if a guy's interested in a gal, regardless as friends or more, in the long run, even friendship also ended with some spark cos companionship tends to do tat. thus if ya not trying to lead anybody on, try to be warm n friendly but distant. else ppl see ya as fickle/flighty. most of the ppl i know always avoid the q whenever i ask, some times a fresh blunt approach would really make my day, tat way i dun need to smirk when i see the person being fickle around the object of their attraction but keep on denying bout it, sometimes it's so obvious i need to find a room to laugh. i knew a bunch of ppl who's pretty blunt bout their stuff n all. i hav nothing but respect for em. at least hypocrite aint the word to describe em..haha..irony.

anyway, tat's the log for these 2 days. the mood is a fickle thing. more interesting stuff happened, but cant point it out to write here.

well, there's always tomorrow.

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