Gone Traveling

We all need some time to ourselves - just a few minutes a day to get reacquainted with the one who's been there since the beginning...

Well folks, by this time tomorrow, I'll be at the airport checking in, and on my way to my European holiday!

Woohoo!

I had to stay back in the office to tie up all my lose ends, and I still have to go in tomorrow morning for a meeting (hopefully a short one) but heck, it's worth the stress.

For the next 20 days, I'm out of the office. Yipeee!

Of course, this also means that I won't be online much too. But hopefully, I'll be able to post some travel updates here from time to time.

So in the meantime, take care and have a great time.
Catch ya laters.

:)

It’s Hantam Bola time!
Time has become a very precious commodity with me this last week. There are just too many things that I need to do both at work and for myself.

Hence, I’ve been neglecting a lot of other important non-work things – like writing witty and thought-provoking blog entries, superpoking and throwing stuff at people on Facebook, pretending to be a slug watching TV, catching up on my winter hibernation quota…you know – generally having a life.

Quite honestly, life’s been very daunting – I don’t like the fact that I’ve been effectively reduced to a machine that eats, sleeps, shits and bangs away at the PC. I hardly have the time to even plan my own holiday!

Of course, people’s usual response to such situations is “to prioritize and time manage”.

Yeah, I know that too. Who doesn’t? Unfortunately that piece of advice can’t do jack when you realize there’s no way you can prioritize and time manage when all the tasks are tagged as top priority, complex and have looming deadlines. (so I decided to do something a little simpler – like blog. Hahaha..)

Anyway as if my life isn’t exciting enough, life decides to hantam me a bit more, just to make things a little more spicy.

Hantam number 1: Skin rash
Pityriasis rosea is a skin disease marked by patches of pink, oval rash. These rashes are often found on the back, chest/stomach, inner thighs, inner upper arms and inner forearms. Wikipedia

The rash doesn’t really bother me that much since it’s pretty much confined to the trunk of my body. But blardy hell, it itches like crazy sometimes, especially when it’s hot and I’m sweating like a leaky sponge. Fortunately, this rash is quite harmless and generally non-contagious.

But still si-bei suay, right?

Hantam number 2: The powers-that-be-decide-to-impress-Zeus
For some weird reasoning that’s beyond me, my project has been (seemingly) arbitrarily committed to a January 2008 delivery deadline – without any due consideration to the amount of work that is remaining. And this occurs 5 days before I’m due for my holiday. Hence, my last weekend before my travel is pretty much burnt to finish as much of the planning as possible.

Damn kana sai right?

Hantam number 3: Crocodile shoes
Ok, this doesn’t exactly qualify as a hantam but it’s still very inconvenient. Of all times for my shoes to go crocodile, they chose to do so a week before my travel. So down to Queensway Shopping Centre I went to pick up a new pair. Spent about 1 hour walking around, trying to find a pair of nike shoes that I would like. Sigh…it’s either I’m old fashion or shoes are simply getting too fancy / colorful. Is it too much to ask for relatively plain looking running shoes without all the outlandish splashes of color/design? In the end, after 2 hours and $140, I managed to convince myself to buy a pair.

Sheesh..

Hantam number 4: Sorry, no size
Because of my ever-increasing prosperity, I only have one pair of jeans that would fit me comfortably. So for my travel, I figured I’ll get another pair from Giodano. And I thought it was great when they started their 20% off sale. But you say suay or not – my size got no more stock – islandwide.

Really damn suay right?

Let’s hope that I will get my life back from 18th October – or at least some semblance of it.

Humor Therapy

Pardon the half eaten peanut-butter & cheese sandwich.
That's my brekkie today. I was eating halfway
when I decided to write this entry.

Most times when I feel stressed out, I think the quickest way to cheer me up (temporary at least) is for me to watch a really good movie.

So given my state of affairs recently, naturally, I went to the movies.

Two movies over 2 weekends. One- Ratatouille, Two- Death at a Funeral.

Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee) - The movie lives up to Pixar's reputation for making animations that are simply wonderful. I loved every minute of it. And I laughed my head off at the part where the rats tied up the unfortunate health inspector and that nasty Chef. heehee..

Death at a Funeral - This little publicized movie turned out to be an unexpected gem. I didn't even know that this movie existed until a friend suggested watching it. The title itself is rather intriguing, don't you think?

At first, I thought it would probably be something along the lines of Four Weddings and a Funeral, perhaps with a twist somewhere just so that it wasn't a blatant copycat.

But no... It's totally nothing like what I expected. The start was a little slow, boring even - I dislike movies that show the credits before starting - but right after that, it was almost a laugh a minute.

Using a base of relatively-unknown actors, the director manages to stew common British stereotypes together with a simple but witty storyline to create a wonderful comedic treat with a simple message.