Twilight

Caught the movie last weekend. It was quite a bad adapation of the book. No wonder, there is a common saying that movies never do justice to the novels. I totally agree with the statement and perhaps the only that differs is "Lord of the Rings".

Personally, I still prefer the Harry Potter series. But Twilight has ignited my interest to pick up English fiction again.

I welcome recommendation of any good books! :)

Wet Christmas

It was raining when I walked home on Christmas eve after meeting the "SLA alumni". Been raining non-stop the whole day and somehow the rain had dampened my Christmas mood. Anyway I feel that this year's mood is not as upbeat as compared to the previous years, the malls though were still filled with shoppers but the buying frenzy was absent.

This year I spared myself the stress of last minute shopping for the Team's presents. Managed to settle the presents two weeks before in a single shopping trip. I decided to get food items for all since the Team like me enjoy eating. When I was giving out the presents, I was struck by the sudden thought that this would be the last time I am celebrating Christmas with them. Suddenly I felt abit sad.

Christmas marks the end of a year. Exactly one week later, we will be counting down to Year 2009. It is time again to take stock of what we have done and to set new goals for the new year.

Hope that good health will be with us and may it be a more satisfying year for all as compared to the last.

My Long Weekend - At Twilight

Dec has always been a month for clearing leave. Too bad for me that I have yet to stay in a company long enough for me to accumulate enough leave to be away for more than 2 weeks... Haha... very ambitious right, I have colleagues who can afford to be away for 1 whole month.. but then come to think its not a very nice thing to do to your covering officer. =p

Since I don't have enough leave, I have to settle for public holidays to give me the time away from office. This round, the PH is on a Monday so that gave me the luxury of a long weekend. Also I took leave on Tuesday so as to settle things for my next posting. I decide not to further drag the issues in case there are complications. So this means extra long weekend for me. Yeah !!

On Friday, I was already planning for all the things I can do over the 3 days. And I also forwarded many "homework" back so that next week when BK is back from his leave, I can clear some of the long outstanding things I have "owed" him. It will be a productive weekend, I told myself that. I really thought so.

I started the weekend shopping in Orchard and went to Kino again to buy books. This time round, I bought a fiction series, 'Twilight". Its been a long time since I read English fiction, the last one was the concluding book in the Harry Potter series. By the time I came back, I was too tired to start work. I still had Sunday and Monday anyway.

However I underestimated the lure "Twilight" had on me. It is a relatively simple story. A high school girl falls in love with a vampire and the story centred on the complications that arose with the forbidden love. The vocabulary used were simple enough as it is meant for young adult read. Hee.. I think I don't belong in the category anymore. But who cares, this book like the Harry Potter series enables me to escape into a make- believe world of vampires and werewolves. I am already looking forward to watching the movie when it will be released on 19 Dec 08. Needless to say, I have yet to start on any of the "homework" I forwarded back home. Sigh! I always don't have much determination when it comes to serious stuff. There are 3 more books to go before the whole series are completed. I forsee my following weekend will be spent on the books as well. I can also already forsee C's reaction when I tell her on Wednesday that I am reading this series. She will again shake her head and tell me such stuff are cheesy. Being an E-Lit graduate, she has such high standards for books which will never be congruent with my likes.

Well, I better find sometime after my morning appointment tommorrow to finish up some of the "homework". No more shopping for me. Or maybe I can spend just abit of time at Tampines Mall if I finish early at the Doctor. Hmm... If only I have Ms Khoo's willpower to stay disciplined when I need to.. :)

M 's conversation

Had a long talk with M on Friday. To my surprise, I find myself accepting what he was telling me. I realise that he is right in many ways, though the things which he was telling me during that 1.5hr were not new. I used to reject those things when I was told previously but that day I actually told him I understand what he was trying to say. He told me to think through them and suddenly I realise that what P told me was right. M has been always helping me and I had also subsconciously relied too much on him at times.

M said that I have not been communicating with him. The current me had long gone past the stage which I wanted him to understand my point of view. It was a fight which I do not have the stamina to continue. He asked me if I am thinking of leaving, I did not have the courage to admit. When the time has come, what will his reaction be ? Will he be relieved like me ?

Sometimes I wonder if a person's values will change over time ? Will we compromise our values so that we can fit in the environment that we are in? Or this is part of growing up and the benchmarks are the hard knocks which you had went through?

终于搬了!

耗了好多个月，上个礼拜五整个ＯＦＦＩＣＥ的人搬到了新的办公室。在“搬家”的这期间，每个人都忙着收拾，哪些东西要留，该丢，真让人头痛。好不容易把东西挤在四个皮箱里，但原来更大的难题还等着我们。

新的办公室挤了百多个同事在一楼，每个人的位子比以前至少小了一半。看着周曹的同事满头大汗把带来的四箱文件／相片／摆设品等等。。挤在小小的空间里，实在是苦差。还好我的东西本就不多，除了ＦＩＬＥＳ，就是电脑和电话。。不倒一小时，我就收拾好了。

新的ＯｆｆＩＣＥ离家更远，从明天起，得早起身。同事之间似乎对新的地方也不太满意。我想每个人还需要一段“适应期”，才能收拾好心情重新投入工作。

你的主题曲

一首歌要听多少遍才会厌？
我想跟歌曲无关。
是听歌时你的心情是如何？
你想的是什么？
那首歌是否说出了你的故事？

年终了，OH NO ！

时间过得好快，已经是十月了。又到年底，可是好像不清楚过去的九个月是怎样度过的。剩下的两个半月，我有点害怕。怕自己会一样没梦醒。

Bad Love

有人说过爱情是一种遇见。在对的时候遇见对的人才能成就一段爱情。爱情从来也不可能只是两个人的事，因为人不可能永远躲在山洞里不出来。若在“错”的时候遇上了，心动=心痛。

Why VACATION ?

I chose VACATION as my blog's name simply because I enjoy travelling. I made a pact with myself after graduation that I will at least visit one country per year. Travelling to me is also a form of escape from reality which definitely suits the dreamy Pisces.

Turkey was my first overseas trip after graduation and was also the first time on a flight Looking back, it was a pretty "courageous" effort to travel so far (13 hrs) on my own. At that time I was telling myself I deserved a break after 10+ years of studying 'hard". So XY and me decided to try an exotic destination.

Stradlled between Europe and Asia, Turkey's rich history added to its charm. I was completely bewitched by the architecture of the Blue Mosque, it felt was if one was standing inside a huge blue crystal. The Ephesus even though in its ruins still tell of the magnificance of the Roman empire.

My most recent trip was to Hokkaido. I have always had a soft spot for the place ever since I caught "Heaven Coins" years back. That was my 1st Jap show which started me on a craze of chasing the Jap dramas. I did not get to see snow for this trip, instead what greeted me during this trip was a sea of lavender. Another one of my favourite place was Otaru . I spend one whole afternoon walking down its streets and had a wonderful time popping into the numerous shops which sell musical boxes. The muiscal boxes were all so exqusite and I had a hard time stopping myself from giving in to the temptation of buying them back to Singapore.

I am looking forward to my next trip which I believe will bring me more wonderful surprises and memories.

珍惜眼前人

上个星期四晚上收到HQ的短讯，告知她父亲去世的坏消息。从知道父亲生病到他去世，期间只是短短两个月。HQ到现在还不太能接受这个事实，觉得这一切来得太快。“应该还有多几个月的”，她对我说。“医生也是这么讲”。


很多时后我们从不懂地珍惜眼前人，直到失去才后悔。尤其是对家人，我们理所当然觉得他们永远会在身边。人在追求新事物的同时，也可曾回头望一望在一直在自己身边默默给你力量的人？

休息多久才算够？

这个周末特地不安排任何约会留在家里休息。感觉还真的不错。 我是那种需要独处，才能找回"能量" 的那种人。

有时会有种躲起来不见任何人的荒谬想法。尤其是这半年来在工作上遇到的种种不顺更让我想做个现实的逃兵。虽然明白这很任性，但就是觉得累，脾气也变得很坏。讨厌这样的自己。

希望自己能快些走出这个低潮，我相信下一站的风景会更好。