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| No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end
This is my grown-up Christmas list
-Michael Bublé's 'Grown-Up Christmas List"
I am excited about Christmas. One where we can make a difference, hopefully.
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| i feel like the turtle that snorkellers wait to surface for a brief few seconds for a quick gulp of air before diving back to the depths of the seabed for the longest time ever before resurfacing again [repeat]
time is relative. most times it's just flying by though. we're in november already and i'm still wondering where did 11 months go???
be still. that's what i need. a break from the hustle and bustle of everything, everyone and everything.
one major project OVER! *huggggggeeee sigh of relief* on to next one - closing! thank God for providence and blessing. even in tough times, there is something to be learnt.
i've learnt stress retail therapy is dangerous. especially with blogshops - i don't even need to be in a shopping mall or a boutique O_O three dresses over a weekend! dangerouuusssssss! (but very happy keke)
i'm also eyeing a very nice but expensive book. teehee. one can dream right? until i am willing to part with RM300+ for it :P paperback JUST doesn't cut it...
few events have come and gone. among the few: TRU class outing, TRU Retro Nite, benjaime's wedding lunch reception, darylisa's wedding, moy's bday...
exhausting but happy times!
and Christmas is coming :) janey waney is coming. lydron's wedding is coming. family trip to kuantan is coming. chuen is coming...home :)
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should i get this? so purty... RM62 + RM8 shipping charges O_o
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| Since I am lepakking in office on a Sunday, here's another entry on the US trip. Biggest mistake is blogging about it five months later from when it happened, probably will miss out on the littlest details. "An unreflected experience is a wasted experience", as Colin used to tell us at RBS (yes, six years on and it still "haunts" me, in a good way, to keep on journaling/blogging!)
Thurs, May 21
Woke up pretty late - A Eng Lee already HAD her breakfast and was already chatting on the PC downstairs by the time I reached the breakfast area! I think we chatted online with Lokkie and my brother for a while. I go back to the room to laze around. I think A Eng Lee came back up and we watched some TV as we waited for Chuen to arrive - there was a delay as he was helping a friend move some stuff.
Much, much later... the room phone rings and guess who.... :) All I could think of was: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He arrives and crashes onto bed exhausted from presumably helping friend carry TV and other big heavy stuff.. or maybe it was just a really big TV. A Eng Lee and I dash across to the other side of a really wide road to tapau lunch from McD's. The menu is totally different so we tembak and ordered a variety of burgers to takeaway, one with bacon, no doubt! The nurse seemed pretty irked by our indecisiveness, but hey, we're new in this town! Sheesh! :P
In true gondol fashion, we napped for a very short while after lunch as it was just too hot an afternoon to head downtown so soon. Hunted for the train station and took a while figuring out the ticketing machine but we were finally on a train downtown!
[to be continued as I can finally go home from office!]
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| I interviewed an elderly man in his 70s -- complete with beard and full of Confucious-inspired Chinese proverbial wisdom to share -- this morning and this was what he told me over lunch (we had been talking since before the interview started):
"You have a lot of... passion. That means you are very.... 情感
...*pauses for a moment to think of how to translate it for this banana girl* that means, sentimental (or maybe he meant emotional?) That means, you fall in love easily, and when you love, you love with all your heart, and even more than the other person! True or not?!" he laughed. Hmm. Reminds me of a conversation I had with Erik once upon a time at the State yong tau foo stall.
That led to an awkward yet humorous conversation with other older uncles giving me advice about love and life. What an peculiar but humourous morning.
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