Spinning the Record

I just read my previous post. I’m glad to say that I went through with my decision. I’ve switched jobs, back to my earlier position and am really happy. The whole team is new with a couple of old colleagues still there. It’s a lot livelier, and the work is what I enjoy. Really. Touch wood, I hope it continues going on like this.

I really am getting lazy aren’t i? It’s been over a month since I last updated this blog. Sigh. Well, in the span of a month, I’ve turned 23. Had a great joint birthday party with a friend of mine who turned 23 in July. Went for an awesome dinner with the family on my birthday itself. All in all, a very good birthday indeed!

I have been totally out of touch with football. Really bad… this weekend onwards I shall follow it once again. I will, I swear! I’ve got a colleague here who’s a Merseysider. Unfortunately, on the wrong side.. Everton. lol. But no hard feelings at all Lotsa things to do still. I’m still busy as ever. But somehow a lot more positive about it. Anyways, back to work!

Oh, anyone willing to go to Barca with me? Pleaaaase? Heheh.

i’ve been contemplating this for the past one month. this particular decision of mine. i won’t say it here because i haven’t carried it out yet.. but i guess close friends would know by now. it depressed me and i dreaded it quite a bit. i still do and i will continue dreading it until i am cut off from it i guess.

no, this is not some love life trauma as you might be thinking. i am talking about my professional life. where i’d thought i was making a good decision, it’s proving to be otherwise.

moving on, school’s starting again. and i am EXCITED. seriously. there’s a module that i’m going to be doing: Morphology & Syntax in the english language. it is mathematical, requires you to memorise all kinds of things, but i am looking forward to it. something different. i’ve missed studying english. the past 1 year i’ve been doing lit modules only and it’s getting a lil dry.

big things are coming up in the next few months and i just hope i’m able to do it all right. will keep updating as they come and go.

have you ever had thoughts which you wish you could just stifle completely? have you ever had thoughts that made you stay awake till late at night, even though you had work the next day? have you ever wished that these worries, which masquerade as thoughts, would just go away completely?

i have. i’ve got a filing cabinet full of thoughts in my mind. rather, worries masquerading as thoughts. i am a serial worrier, but these days my brain’s going in overdrive. i’ve been training myself to ‘forget’ these thoughts/worries/whatever they choose to be known as, and concentrate on what’s going on at present. but give me a few seconds of idle time.. and they’re back, fullforce. it’s scary!

on a lighter note, there really isn’t much to say. will write again when i feel less angst ridden.

exams are over and i am so relieved. you can’t imagine how stifled i felt every night.. upon return, study. tired as hell, study. 3-day weekend, everyone’s out having fun or staying at home and sleeping, study.

now, it’s anything but study. for the next one month at least. now i’m busy playing mud, the sims 2, meeting friends, sleeping (ALOT on the weekends), catching up on zee tv soap operas and much more.

i’m lovin’ it!

told the boy about my plans for master’s and he was very, very encouraging. while these plans are still in their infancy, i plan on making them come true somehow. i know, i’ve always complained about studying and have consistently whined to whoever was willing to listen as to how much i hate studying.

i still do. but i still wanna do my master’s in journalism. because while i have complained about studying throughout the past 4 years, not once did i say i hate the course or wish i weren’t in it. because frankly, i love english lang & lit. and similarly, i think i would complain about the workload for master’s (if i get in anywhere) but i’d still love it because journalism is exciting and interesting.

a very busy week beckons. just thought of slipping this in before i forget. next week’s the last match of the season for EPL. who’s taking the trophy?!

it’s that time of the year again. i remember, almost exactly a year ago, i woke up to watch liverpool play in the CL. they kicked chelsea out. i then skipped work the next day. 2nd may 2007. a year later, liverpool play chelsea again. but this time it aint gonna be that easy. chelsea have a very very good chance of kicking liverpool’s butt straight out of stamford bridge and the CL. and being a liverpool supporter, i aint too excited about that.

nevertheless, i will wake up and watch the match. no matter what.

Happy Labour Day in advance to all you working people out there! 1st May’s your day, take a break and relaaaaax!

its been a pretty ok week. today was nice. had a media tasting for lunch, good food at the goodwood park hotel coffee lounge. it’s what you call a degustation menu. smaller portions of everything. a four course set menu, with a dessert buffet. good stuff then went to do an interview at 4.30. so was out of the office for qt a bit of time.

watched the forbidden kingdom 2nite. it wasn’t too bad. wasn’t gr8 either. watchable, not awful or anything.

downloaded skype, 2nd life and installed twitter. tying myself to the online network even more tightly. however, lemme debunk the myth that those who’re on all these networks are losers with no lives. i know a lot of people — cool, nice, smart, friendly, good looking people (in no particular order, and possibly including me too ) who are on all these networks. and no, they are not in dire need of “friends”. these are all networks for keeping in touch with your friends, old and new. except for 2nd life i guess. which, i regret to say, i have not logged on since the first day i joined it. it somehow fails to capture my fancy. skype, however, is good. really been revamped since i installed it once waaaaay back when it was new.

weekend is gonna come and go at lightning speed again. wish i could catch hold of it and freeze it a little… just a little….

yup, that’s how i’m feeling right now. woke up this morning with a terribly sore jaw. no, i wasn’t involved in a fight the night before. the only fight i went through was the one between my upper and lower teeth while i was asleep. i clench my teeth in my sleep, you see. and in the morning, i wake up with a horribly sore jaw. anyway, i missed work as a result because i couldn’t even open my mouth. it was that bad. i called up the dentist later that morning, and luckily, there was an appointment slot available later in the afternoon. so i went.

the dentist prescribed me a mouthguard. yes, a mouthguard. some acrylic thingie i’m supposed to put in my mouth while i’m asleep, so it absorbs the pressure from all that clenching. oh, and in the process, he decided to extract my wisdom tooth. that’s what the ouch is all about. i’m still ouch-ing as i type this.

been given 2 days’ medical leave including today. didn’t really have the chance to sit idle today, though. been working on my university assignment. it’s based on South African writers and basically the whole issue of the apartheid. pretty interesting.

CL semi-finals first leg coming up. are you ready?!

*blows the dust off her blog with one huge puff*

I’M BACK! yes yes yes. and this time, i hope to be back p-r-o-p-e-r-l-y. hehe.

how have all of you been? i’ve been great. ok quick updates:

1) i’ve changed jobs. i’m now a Journalist with Key Media Pte Ltd, writing for HRM Singapore.
2) i’m in my 4th year of university, and I graduate in June 2009 (if i pass everything!)
3) i’ve been BUSY!!!
4) i took up salsa but left it after the 2nd lesson of the beginners’ module 2 because it was getting too complex and tiring. what a quitter.

other than that, nothing much. i went to watch a documentary today at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. it’s entitled “An Inconvenient Truth”. it was presented by Al Gore, and it’s about global warming.

sitting here with my laptop plugged into the electrical socket, consuming a whole lotta power, i ought to be ashamed of myself. and i am. and i wonder.. is there any way i can compensate for this? maybe i could switch off the lights when they aren’t in use. or use the fan instead of the air-conditioner. something to make up for the amount of power i’m consuming while using this laptop.

if only we all thought like this, all the time. it was startling to see the rates at which the temperature and CO2 emissions are going up. i am only scratching the very surface of what the 2-hour long documentary was about. if you get the chance, please watch An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore. i think it’s scheduled to be aired for the first time on HBO, on 22nd April, Earth Day. let’s all do our bit for the earth, because this planet belongs to each and every one of us, and shouldn’t we be selfish and take the best care of what is ours?

i was reminded of the existence of this blog this morning by Vineet Mohan.

i am ashamed to admit that i had forgotten this blog actually existed.

nevertheless, here i am, back again, hopefully with more regular posts.

it’s a brand new year. and boy, am i glad. the year 2007 has been a whirlwind year of ups and downs, with downs taking the bigger share. with its generous serving of downs, 2007 has also taught me a lot of things. as a result, i am better prepared for the upcoming year.

priorities have taken a reshuffling. i desperately want to do well in my upcoming modules for 4th year in university. the capstone course will determine a large part of my honors result, and it is really important that i do well in it. however, just saying that it’s important won’t automatically earn me a good grade. hence, i have to begin working hard right from the start.

i have to be serious about my work too. today marked my first year in this job as a feature writer. i can now officially say i have one year of solid work experience!

so the top two things are my studies and career. family will always share the top spot, so i don’t have to mention it explicitly. everything else comes later.

i also want to re-establish whatever friendships i have, properly.

so you see, i have a lot of new year resolutions. let’s just hope i can stick to them. wish me luck!