Cheat Work Thursday

My three younger sisters came to my place last evening. We went out almost all day earlier today, and now we are already back to our own places -- and lives. I had a good time. It's a time like this, however, the first few hours after guests leaving the house, I feel lonely and a tiny bit depressed and wish my siblings and I, parents and all, lived happily ever after under one roof forever.

I wish I had a more optimistic answer to that question, but I think my answer for now would be: "MmmmmIDon'tThinkSo." But how come? In this time when women have more choices and power and work really hard to get what they want, that answer doesn't fit what we're all working for and sounds so uncool. What are you doing wrong with your life and why? Come back with a better answer. Ok, I don't think that I'm not happy* all the time... In percentage, it's currently at 51% of the time. I wish it were only at my allowance of 2%. I wish I were happier. I wish I were happy at least 98% of the time instead of just 49% now. I can see your eye-roll. I am working on changing things that I'm not happy about. But I admit there are things that I have no idea how to change (or I wish there were an easier way to do it), and there are things that I know how to change but haven't taken the action to change them yet. *I don't know what's the...

I went back to my hometown last weekend with my younger sister and niece. Passing by Melaka, I suggested to my sister that we make a detour to A Famosa on the way back to KL the next day to which she agreed. (I was born in the state and used to frequently visit my grandparents here, yet I've never been to its historical sites.) So, the next day, I told my sister probably we should take the highway from Alor Gajah to the city centre. She frowned. "Where are we going?" she asked. "A Famosa." "Why take the highway? We are almost there already." "The historical site . Not the resort." "Ohh." Silence. "What's A Famosa actually?" she continued. ................ I really had no idea where this ruin was actually located, but I was positive it was supposed to be on a famous hill or something. "Oh, there's a hill somewhere around here," my sister said when we reached the Stadhuys area. (I just...

It's amazing what a dreadful, unfortunately necessary task can do to your mind and creativity. Suddenly when you're supposed to do the task, you'll have a better idea -- you'll feel like you need to sort the laundry; visit the bookshop and buy that colourful stationery that you've been meaning to get (the idea is nice stationery increases productivity); call your nieces; make nasi lemak; post four blog posts, even though your usual rate of posting is one every 14 days; put on a face mask, complete with two perfectly sliced cucumbers for the eyes (also for productivity); and build a school, a dancing school! For me, it's dealing with my spreadsheets, sending out e-mails and sorting out my mailbox. I'm not a big fan of e-mail for a very long time. I think a lot of things can be solved faster and time saved if we are less dependent on e-mail. Need to discuss the deadline with your colleague? Pick up the phone, walk to the cubicle, and compare your sched...