I guess it's been awhile since I last typed anything on this page. Maybe it's Age catching up with me that I no longer find it remotely enjoyable to share aspects of my life with the world. Or perhaps I'm just lazy. Or my life is mundane. However, I'm just so bored in the office that I needed something to do. So Hello World! It's me again.
As always, I'd like to wish Ian Thorpe a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Not that he'll ever see this, but I simply like to brag about the fact that my swimming idol shares the same birthday as me. Haha.
Wouldn't it be nice if every once in awhile, we get the chance to do again, something we wished we had done differently in the past?
I thought this was kind of funny. Especially when they felt the need to add the last sentence:
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Useless trivia of the day: This '&' sign is called the 'Ampersand'. I bet most people didn't know that. Heehee.
Avenue Q OST - Purpose
Motivation is like a kick in the backside. Most people need that kick to get moving. Myself, I probably need a million kicks. Unless it's something that really matters to me, then I'd need just one mega-powered-up-kick.For a long time, I've been searching for something to make of my life. I found it last Thursday after prayer. As I was watching Andy coach swimmers at the pool next door, I realised that I miss the life of a swimmer. I miss having coaches yell at me from opposite ends of the pool, and I miss being constantly submerged in chlorine water 5 times a week. So I'm putting this resolve up on my blog to let people know about it and therefore, constantly remind me to keep at it: I'm going to start training and go back to waterpolo. It's not the trophies or accolades that shape my resolve, but the fact that being in a pool is what I've always loved to do. I was cleaning my shelf yesterday and every trophy and medal I wiped reminded me of a life that I once loved, and still do. Even though all these things would fade away when I die, at least the present satisfaction of having a life well led and doing the things I love would ensure a fruitful life.
CONGRATULATIONS to Jaya and Peter on their little bundle of joy!!!!!I'm now feeing the onset of quarterlife crisis. Nothing brings it on more than your classmates getting married and having babies. Still, I'm extremely happy for them!!
Congratulations to Steph who's going to study in the US!! (I'm envious...gah)I need to either find a job overseas, migrate there, or meet someone who will whisk me away from Singapore (and since I'm dreaming, I want a pony).I reckon July will decide for me where I'll live out the rest of my future. That is if things turn out in my favor.
You know how everybody sometimes has spontaneous weird urges to do something? I reckon I've got spurts of spontaneous DIY urges. Thus far I've created my own mobile phone pouch, skirts, shoes, and jewellery. What's next are BAGS! I've got this sudden urge to make my own bag, and not those flimsy cheap-o clothy kinds, but a real bag. Man this is beyond exciting!Clearly I've got too much time.
Have you ever looked out of your window/balcony into the world outside and suddenly know that everything is going to be OK? I have, and I just did. It's unexplainable really. I think I'm just a sucker for the serenity of the evening sky.
I'm not irked by many things because I choose not to be bothered by a lot of them. However, what irritates me most are people who constantly complain about things yet not do anything about it. The annoying thing is that these people are usually not aware of themselves doing so. I know when I'm being an ass, and I try to tone ass-ism down whenever it happens. BUT, I guess there will always be people who are not as self-aware, and what aggravates any situation most is that these people have a knack of finding each other and forming a clique, and all they do is complain to one another about whatever does not pander to their royal highnesses.In my opinion, this group of people will probably degenerate into cavemen if nobody steps in to slap some sense into them (and I'll gladly volunteer for this job). One defining characteristic of people in this category is that many of them are not able to wrap their minuscule brains around the fact that this world does not revolve around them. Because of that, they swim in their little fish tank of a world, unable to comprehend the things happening in the bigger world out there.In some way, I feel sad for these people, because instead of confiding in friends who are able to affirm them in truth and love, as well as to give advice that adheres to the way of Christ, they and their fellow like-minded people continue to affirm each other in lies and negativity because all they do when their together is complain about what their unhappy about, yet not one of them have the decency, or the guts to actually try to do something about it. The worst part is, because they cannot grasp the fact that there is a world beyond that which they have created for themselves, they think everyone is against them whenever things do not cater to them, or they think other people have some sort of hidden agenda/ulterior motive if ever they try to show concern, and thereby effectively erecting a barrier of disillusionment around themselves. Which is pathetic really. People like these really need to get some lives and to start venturing out of their little burrows and learn to see beyond themselves.