You Know Your Time Is Up When ... (Part II)

• you are talking to a director, when he barges into the room to ask the director "Can we start now? I'm done". Hello??!! Did you even have the decency to ask if we are done?
  
  
• you spent one hour playing blackjack with your colleagues in the conference room
  
  
• your colleague that sits on another floor exclaims to you "Wah, you all downstairs damn dead, man. Everytime I go there, my mood sinks".
  
  
• you can't bear to call his name, so you address him as Sir
  
  
• you end up checking his calendar more than your own

Yoga

Last Thu we went for our first yoga lesson.

It was pouring and we were late. Despite that, I was adventurous enough to try a route that I've not used for years. One (only one!) wrong turn later, we reached. They were already 15 minutes into the class when we entered the studio.

The exercises were so much more manageable than the previous time!! It had its fair amount of stretching, "good for the abdomen" and "a little bit more", but was enough to tire the body thereafter. It is general fatigue, rather than sores, like after jogging. There were also more guys.

Went for the second lesson yesterday. Late again, nothing new there. For the rest of the day, was so tired. Helped out on Saturday night, had to wake up early to go yoga, yoga, then still went Sheng Siong to buy stuff. TIRED!!

We chiat Arse-senile 1 - 0!

Gone are the days when the Gunners are invincible.

At the same time, we are enjoying great form. This is our fourth consecutive league win.

Keep up the good work, Moyesy!

Looking Back

I am now alone in the office. The rest have gone back. They have cut the air-con.

I'm not exactly working. Am just surfing the Web.

I have Emil Chou's 心的方向 playing off my notebook.

The first time I heard this song was many years ago, while a student. This song was especially meaningful to a teenager, on the threshold of adulthood, and believing that I'm capable of bigger things other than studies. It was about dreams, ambitions, zest and life in general.

You can almost say I was at the crest of self-belief.

Fast forward to 2006. I have become lethargic, slightly jaded, cynical and suspicious. All I can think of is why is my boss treating me like this, and going home to my wife.

Occasionally, the spark in me does surface, and I believe great things are waiting for me to be achieved. I know I'm capable of achieving them, but yet ...

I think I have 心结. I know I need to be rid of it, but I don't know what is it, or how.

Now, listening to this song again, and comparing then and now, I feel like tearing. Hell, I am tearing!

The Rain Has Stopped : (

Living in the tropics, I've always loved the rain, despite the inconvenience. Love the cool weather and the breeze. Somehow, the rain makes me ... pensive. So imagine my delight when the skies opened up for the past few days.

But this morning, the sun came out, and it's rays are beating on my back through the office window. Oooiiii ... Weather forecasts say it'll rain today. I can't wait.

~ Update 16.01.06 ~

It didn't rain that day, and has not since! WTF??!!

Fighting For Your Own Right

Sometime back XX wrote a post about her fighting for her rights. And I totally agree with her. No reason why we should be bullied for no reason. Fighting back need not be rude, but firm and assertive.

In each of our minds, we have a baseline of what is right, what is wrong, what can be accepted and what can't. Once that line is breached, the protect-myself mode kicks in. Over the years, credit card companies, restaurants, departmental stores have incurred my wrath. Hell, once I even complained about a Traffic Police customer service officer! Don't think I 小市民 can bully!

Maybe it's the smaller-sized people that are more feisty. While we can't be seen, we want to be "heard", for fear of being mistaken as wimps. Many-a-time I get asked "Why are you walking so fast?"

The reply "Bigger strides can catch up with taller people".

2006 Resolution Update I - Yoga!

Was at a colleague's place early yesterday afternoon, before heading down to town to meet Wifey. We were invited to try out at a yoga centre, trial lesson free.

Before heading there, I had to buy a pair of track pants. Nabeh, didn't know it was so hard to find and so expensive!! $100 a pair??!! Hellooo??!! Eventually settled for an el cheapo pair and headed upstairs.

The place was huge, spread over 2 floors. We changed and headed for one of the studios. I must say, initially, it was a little embarrassing, cos I was the only guy and the girls were contorting themselves to the instructions. Then a second guy came in, and I got used to having butts up my face.

The session lasted an hour, and I had all of the male shower room to myself. The sales guy tried his utmost, and finally got us to part with $300 each for 10 sessions. We will start from 16 Jan, for a period of 8 weeks.

My first step towards fulfilling my New Year resolutions!

By the way, the toilet doors in Shaw Centre are metallic and reflective. Feels weird seeing yourself take a crap ...

3 - 1

Ho say leh!!
Yia teh dee tio liao leh! Gia Charlton lai tok gah cui cui liao!

Mid-table woo hee bung liao.

Sick Chicken on New Year's Eve

While people all over the world were busy boogying, poisoning their kidneys and enjoying the fireworks, me was sick.

The tummy had been giving slight problems over the past few days, but it finally decided not to be subtle. System like kena jam, like got a lot of things inside yet can't purge enough of it. It escalated into fever.

The GP said it was gastric flu, and should recover within the next 2 days. While the toilet runs were bearable (thank you very much, Johnsons Baby Lotion!), the fever really got to me. Was writhing about on the sofa. Thankfully, I slept with the thick clothings on, and the resultant perspiration got rid of the fever.

While I actually felt a lot better around 11.40pm (technically, still the old year), I decided against the pre-arranged countdown at a friend's place.

What a way to usher in the New Year. Seems like a pre-cursor to the next 365 days ...