People really shouldn't have too much free time. You tend to dwell on negative thoughts before long and start to go into depression. If its happening already, then its about time you do something about it. Anything.

Went for the my very first facial session at Coslab today. The facial was a complimentary service with some products that my mum bought the other time she was there. Being a greenhorn in this, I didn't know what to expect and what I would be getting in this session.

So I went and the lady showed me into a room that reminded me of the aromatic massage that I went for in Thailand (see above pic taken at the massage parlour in Thailand), almost instantaneously I knew that this was going to be a real treat (^_^). The entire session took about an hour and a half and includes a shoulder massage. Absolutely relaxing, except for the part when she tried to get my blackheads out... the pain is something I won't forget easily (my face is still covered in little red spots now from that)... otherwise, its pretty much like being pampered like a princess. Haha.

Better not get use to this..

Rain, rain come again

Finally! It stopped raining early this morning, a much anticipated change for many after almost an entire week of continuous rain. Its amazing how the weather system here manages to keep it up, on and on for days and nights without end.

Today morning was just perfect. Misty winscreens of cars, nice cool weather (no need for an umbrella and no more wet jeans for a change), everything was just shrouded in a light mist. Great way to start a weekend but that's as far as the good part goes...

The scorching sun made its first appearance around mid-day, thankfully for the aircon in the library I managed to avoid the heat until 2pm when I had to step out of school for another appointment elsewhere.
The sun heat always manages to effectively dull my senses if it gets into my system (often the case). Suddenly, I was hoping for rain again. I've never felt very positively towards sunny days because the heat insolation is tremendous; rain seems to be the only thing that provides relief.

Now we've exhausted the rainwater in one fell sweep, its gonna be really warm for days to come...

Have any of you out there ever thought about what sort of lover you would most likely be? The highly boring and pragmatic one or the absolutely romantic to the point of being impractical? Relationships often start off nice, but quite a lot of work is needed from both parties to keep it going in the long run; most importantly perhaps is the commitment to one another.

What exactly is Love? An inexplainable fondness (for lack of a better word) for someone or something built upon an irrational emotion. But this could easily be taken as infatuation as well izzit it? Seems rather hard to put your finger on this.

Most of us spend our early years hoping that as we go on in life, we would meet the Right person that we would want to spend our lives with. What if you never did, or you missed him/her in this sea of humans? It certainly would be nice to have someone to share your joys with and be with you while you are down and out instead of having to be strong all the time to face the elements that life would throw in our path.

Just musing... pardon me if the above text seems a bit dis-jointed. I'm rather much in a dazed having just got back home after a really long day (nothin much to do with sch which only took 2 hrs even though its the first day of sch).

解开我最神秘的等待
星星坠落风在吹动
终于再将你拥入怀中
两颗心颤抖
相信我不变的真心
千年等待有我承诺
无论经过多少的寒冬
我决不放手

每一夜被心痛穿
越思念永没有终点
早习惯了孤独像随
我微笑面对
相信我我选择等待
再多苦痛也不闪躲
只有你的温柔能解救
无边的冷漠

Went over to Malaysia for three days to visit an uncle of mine during late December thought I would just add some photos of the trip. The houses that you see are taken in the area that he lives (the suburbs actually). These are housing for commoners but in Singapore the physical size of the house would easily put it under the category of bungalow or semi-detach.

The three photos on the left were taken on morning walks around the neighbourhood. The photo on the one with me in it was taken at a roadside stall near the sea.

Just reread my last entry on the blog, pardon me if my blog is starting you readers out there. Haha was not my intention to do that but just can't help myself musing over these issues especially when the course just ended hours ago. I'll try do some light-hearted next time round. ('',)

Balancing the personal & the public

Attended a two day seminar with regards to job search skills, things to look out for during interviews and employers expectations. I am both eager to step out into the working world to pick up other skills outside the academic realm and also to work in a different environment. At the present moment, I would be continuing my studies for another year (decided on this after struggling with myself for sometime & eventually figure out I should just do it!) since its likely that I won't be stepping back to school after I graduate (I like to move on in life and to disrupt your career and study again seems to feel a bit like backtracking).

Everyone dreams of holding big jobs, earning good pay, being a high flier and enjoying the high life either because they really want these things or because society uses this as a gauge for success and we've come to internalize it as something we want. Those who have the qualities for being such a high flier might not make it there simply because of the obstacles in the way or other due considerations.

The modern working world isn't very friendly towards the family life. We're so connected these days that it does not seem to make a difference the time of day or the day of the week that we are in. Any day, any hour, can be a working day. We twist and turn our entire lives topy-turvy and organize it so that it would fit our work schedules; I'm hardly surprise that work has become the center of gravity for many (not a very healthy thing, considering how volatile the labour market has become). How do you strike the balance between work and family? Where do you draw the line so that your family life doesn't suffer and at the same time, you don't compromise your career advancement either? The man might not have so much of a problem (apologies to the feminists out there, but this is so very true) because its still acceptable for the man to place their careers before the family and leave that to the woman. Then what is going to happen, may I ask, to the poor modern working woman? Especially when the children reach their teen years (I'm sure most of you know that parents especially are very concern about this stage in life when the child starts to experiment with who he/she wants to be & think about issues like "Who am I?"). How should she balance work and family?

These concerns doesn't seem very important for people my age, but eventually, we would come to face them as have every other working individual. There's no strict or hard and fast formula about this.. and gradually I'm coming to believe that sometimes for the sake of family, you might have to risk or slow that race to the top.