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Could not preserve all of them and so decided to take a pic for memory sake. This is a reminder to myself that I'm a luck girl and so must learn to look at the brighter side.

Made by Regin... my niece

My niece never fails to impress me with her ability to recycle all those boxes that I threw away. She has built a pram-like house for her barbies.

Cheers!

Something that I could count on to cheer me up. Something that is very signifcant to me as it has helped to cheer up a group of people who I missed dearly.

My first video blog

Heard it over radio and decide to hunt it down...

Paradox #2

Serious enough to laugh. I would like to modify it to "serious enough to laugh..when I looked back". Haha. It has happened to me before and I really pray that it will happen again and again. I want to be able to look back at episodes of my life and laugh over it, laugh at the silliness and pettiness and even laugh at my own reaction. This is what keeps me going and I am looking forward to the day when I read this blog and laugh over what made me write this entry.

Similarity

What do haircut and toilet habit have in common? Nothing on the surface. But, this is something that my two friends have in common and they believe so. Paradoxical. Each of us have our own little space that we want to protect and hang dearly to and not let anyone venture into. Something that is right, unquestionable and undebatable ME. Period. Now, where is that space of mine?

Paradox #1

Busy enough to make time. To make time to update my blog. To make time to meet my friends. To make time to read. To make time to exercise. To make time to spend time with my family. To make time to relax. To make time to get to know people. To make time to let people to know me. To make time to return phone call or sms. To make time to pamper myself. To make time to slow down. To make time to enjoy the environment. To make time to count my blessings. To make time to accept the difference. To make time to link with my past. To make time to connect with my present. To make time to plan for my future.

Contradictions

Read this: The human being's funniest characteristics is our contradictions. Why is that so? Well, we are in such a hurry to grow up, and then we long for our lost childhood. We make ourselvs ill earning money, and then we spend all our money trying to get well again. We think so much about the future that we forget and neglect the present, and thus end up experiencing neither the present nor future. We live as if we were never going to die, and die as if we had never lived. Learn to slow down and count our own blessings.

For frenz

Frenz - would like to introduce you to Norma, a 60 odd years old Brazlian lady. She is known as "the rocking grandma" and it is not because she sits in a rocking chair. This granny is famous for working in various places - organising promotions, parties and concerts! When asked about the source of her energy, she revealed that she has this magic calendar. It is actually an old and much scribbled-upon calendar. On the calendar, Norma had written down something good that had happened on each date - the day that a vaccine against polo is discovered, the day that WWII has ended etc. For her, each day is beautiful and we must celebrate... not because of recognition, promotion, salary increase... life is beautiful and so that is enough reason to celebrate.

Retreat? Mentally or physically?

View from the Conference Room, Batam View Resort. We're practically trapped inside the same room for the two-day Retreat. It does not help that the Conference Room offers such a tempting view of the outside world while we're all tearing our hair to think about this or that strategies. Taken with Nokia 6280.

My 1st blog-photo

This was taken with my Nokia 6280 during my 4+ hours hike to Hooker's Valley, Mount Cook, New Zealand (Nov 06). It was a very beautiful day, clear blue sky and light cooling breeze in the air. Lesson learnt: must always bring my sunblock along on all trips. Me face was burnt and has to rush out and buy sunblock on the next day.

Concert

Just attended a concert by a 43 year old performer who definitely does not look nor perform like one of that age. She is hot! While she does not have a svelte figure nor the look, she is definitely a woman who is comfortable with her size and full of confidence with her own ability or inability. How many of us are that secure or at ease with our own ineptness, awkwardness and clumsiness? I know that I am not. Someone used the phrase "brutually frank with ourselves" today and I think this is precisely what I need to do.

Right or Privilege

Without realising it, many of us blur the line between our right and our priviledge. What was priviledge becomes right. This is the beginning of many moments of disappointment, frustration, let down, and even anger. This is most likely to happen when we stay in the same place and do the same thing for too long. We just slip into an auto-pilot mode. Learn to count our blessings and not take things for granted. Carpe Diem!