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Pick Up the Phone and Call Someone Today

Belle's friend: Halloooo... Belle: Uhm, helloo... Belle's friend: How are you? Belle: Good. How are you? Belle's friend: I'm per-fect. Hey, are you busy? Are you in the middle of something? Belle: Yeah, I'm in the middle of a discussion, but I have to take this call... Belle's friend: ... Belle: ... because it's very rare.

Traffic

Early this week, Jones and I made a plan to meet up. We'd been postponing it one day after another due to work because, you know, we are very busy and important people. Jones is now a VP at a bank and I'm, of course, the CEO of my company, employer of no one. Friday came and I was home early, already lying down on my bed, thinking of what TV to watch by 5. Then Jones called, finally with a tiny chance to leave early, and I just... couldn't get up. With a valid excuse: "I think I'm too lazy to go out now..." *groggily*. Once I put the phone down, I realized "lazy" is quite sad. I called Jones immediately, said goodbye to warmth and comfort, and got ready. Then it started to rain. It was pouring! I waited for a while and finally got in my car when the rain started to just drizzle. But the traffic was amazing. Amazingly congested. KL and rain and the after-work hour. Even getting out of the housing area took me 10 minutes. Traffic to KL ...

Membership Update

Yay me, I've done 58% of the requirement -- in just three weeks! Or rather, I did 42 and got waived for 16. What a relief, the other 42% that's still due does not sound so scary now. The latest I heard, completing the second membership's requirement will only exempt me from the first membership's in the year I complete the second membership. I'm everything about avoiding unnecessary extra work, so I'm saving the second membership's tasks for next year as I'm already halfway through with the first membership for this year. The three courses / seminars that I went to so far were not so bad. I was early for the first class, held in the morning. Have not been attending these classes for ages. The class was surprisingly pleasant, which I only realized during the morning tea break. Everyone was nice and friendly; I didn't feel like going back to the classroom. See, I told ya, the morning tea break is always exciting! The second course was with ...

A Year Better

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Have you ever had water from a jug as an adult? ..... Clearly you have never climbed into bed in a cold weather, all warm and wrapped under the blanket, laptop strategically placed on the bed, then reached for the water on your bedside table only to realize the glass was not there. While I spend most of my waking hours thinking of the best way to be a real adult, life is easier if you don't constrain yourself with so many rules. I've been reading about loss and grieving recently, or rather just seven minutes ago, from the internet. Had no idea they have stages. A while ago, I did lose... no, not people, everyone's alive, it's more like a thing . Apparently, the process of grieving starts with denial and isolation, followed by anger, bargaining and depression, and ends with acceptance. Denial, isolation, anger... ........... Uhm, I'm deeefinitely at the beginning of acceptance stage right now. The only thing is, I can't remember ever going throug...

Proving a Principle

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I lost my mobile phones (thank God, only the phones) to snatch thieves a couple of times before. And since there is was this side of me that had to win against evil forces, I'd buy the same model the next day just to show the thieves that they can never break me *proud*. I don't own many books, only a few that I really love -- mostly those I've blogged about, the thought-provoking pieces, like Twilight and more Twilight. I either rent or borrow the rest. While I love my clothes and shoes more, I still love these books. I think everyone has a special relationship with  connection to their books. Their favourite books, I mean. Not their Advanced Financial Accounting. I put my bookcases under the windows, which are never closed except whenever I leave town. And my books have foxing on them now. If I'm being stubborn here, I'll throw away all the books and buy a new set. And I'll get a new bookcase, too, and  not  place it under the windows this time. ...