Today

Today is one of those rare days that I am already home at this time, which at 8.30pm I am practically done with everything ie had my meal, taken my bath and basically ready to sleep, hahaha...so piggy

Then I realise that this is a good time to update this blog before it gets rusty. It's been more than a month that I haven't get into my own blog due to lots of excuses such as doesnt have time....act busy ;) and mostly, no topic to talk about....u know..same ol' boring me in Singapore. Last time in Beijing, I had a lot to say because I travelled quite a lot that time. Here in Singapore, life is mostly about work, work and work....we are a hardworking bunch, you see...haha....as if. Well, lately I have added a good variation to this monotonous routine though, as I have someone special right now. So now the new routine is work..date...work...date. So now the more I feel that 24/7 is kind of not really enough.
Oh well, that's life..it's all about time management, right. Or at least, that's what they say. But I can say that I am still at balance right now..meaning I still can divide my time quite evenly to all people around me :)

Okie dokie...that's all the update I have currently. Btw, chinese new year is coming and I will be going home for about one week. Hmm..kinda miss the atmosphere of the new year at home 'coz last year I missed it when I was in Beijing...

So, Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
恭喜发财！万事如意！心想事成！

At Peace With Oneself

It has been quite some time that I have not been peaceful with myself, to put into simple terms, lately I always act busy. Room for me is mostly for sleeping, I try as much as possible to avoid being at home alone which resulted as not spending enough time to be with myself - peacefully. Somehow always feel uneasy when there is simply nothing to do at my free time.
I wasnt like this before, maybe it is because that now I am renting a room instead of the whole apartment together with friends, so I do feel a little bit restricted in moving around the house freely or even doing nothing in my own room. The landlady often opens up conversation with me, which I dont mind chatting with her actually. It's just that sometimes, I can be in the mood of silent mode, hehehe....just lazy to talk and chit chat.
But today, I make it a point to just rest and relax at home. Actually I am also tired lah :p Anyway, also no mood for shopping and jostling around with people in all the crowded places at this time of the year. Got a good book to accompany me through this holiday though. So I just plan to lazying around, read my books and enjoy the free time at home in this 'breezy' time of the year.

If

I am not a poem person but I came across this one recently and like it very very much. I feel that this piece really captures the essence of what it takes to be living a good and well balanced life. It is amazing that this poem was written over 150 years ago and still relevant even until today. Kudos!

By Rudyard Kipling

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Back to Working and Living in Singapore

Things have been slowly falling into its places lately. I managed to get a decent room in quite a centralised area within a reasonable budget, considering the sky high property price in Singapore nowadays.
I've gotten myself a new job too. Currently, I have been three weeks into this job. It is actually a 6-mth contract to perm job, meaning by end of contract there is a probability to be converted as permanent staff depending on situation at that time. I can tell that the job market is really as good as the news have been saying lately, judging from the interviews that I secured as compared to when I graduated back then. In fact, I've gotten more than one job offer. I even turned down one permanent job, don't know whether it is a good decision, only time can tell. The reason I go with this contract job is because gut feel, yep, gut feeling tells me that this is a better choice. I guess the impression that the then future colleague and boss gave me was quite good that I decided there and then, that these are the people that I can happily work with.
So far, I like the environment of the office, colleagues and boss seem to be as nice as the impression they gave me back then. I am coping with the job quite okay too. So, hopefully it will be smooth sailing ahead.
Other than that, things have been rolling just like before. I still go to Saturday badminton although apparently the faces of the regulars have been changing over this one year period. Of course, most of the things have changed. Well, like they say, the only constant thing in this world is change which I couldn't agree more. So I am just embracing the changes and hopefully go along well it them.

蓝沙

我终于找到了房间。地点正好离城市中心不远， 价钱也不错。那么我今天就开始整理我所有在这里的财产。虽然我离开了新加坡一年但是还有一些东西还在朋友的家里。居然快要搬家了，我就把这些东西搬出来整理整理一下。因为那个新房间不是很大，如果有几个大箱子撑着在里面就很满了。我打算把没用的东西全部丢了。就关一个眼睛把它们统统丢了，不管太多了。
在整理的过程，我竟然发现我的一个包包里有很多蓝色的沙。原来，装在里面的一个小模型的玻璃摆设瓶的内容倒出来了。里面装的是些小模型的贝壳和那蓝色沙。我很清楚谁给我的， 只是这一年没看到它已经把它忘了。一般的情况下，我会拿扫把把全部丢了。但是不知为四什么我自动把那些蓝沙堆起来然后放回瓶子里。无聊！是的， 完整了这个动作以后才发现自己很无聊。那瓶里有一卷绑着带的纸， 就像 message in the bottle 那样。我好奇得把那张卷子挖出来， 心里想里面是不是有写着字。果然是有的，这一年来我现在才发现。 真好笑，收了整年现在才发现。这意味着我没有哪送给我这个礼物的人细心。
可能，把这些蓝沙放回去就代表把美好的记忆收起来吧。人永远会怀念着美好的事情是不是？突然，我也觉得没那么无聊了。