blogging from House of Eden

One of the very rare moments where I get to blog from office – not that it is something good to start with though, considering that it’s 9.15pm right now.  Yes, of course i’m waiting for the little potato to get off.

Perhaps just to refresh about my last 3 days up at Nanjing. It was a work trip comprising mainly of 2 company visits. Can i just say that the Chinese management really really hosts guests extremely super duper well? I had the famous 大闸蟹 thrice in my entire trip, and the Chairman of one of the management actually gave me his too because he was so used to eating the crabs during this season. The Chairman of another management helped to crack open the shell for me and taught me how to eat the crab. And in line with their generous hospitality, I went home with two bags of gifts – one high quality 普洱茶 and a very traditional decorative china. It’s not just about working with the top management of a company, but also about learning life lessons from these experienced and educated leaders, and having them imparting values to you. If i ever leave my job one day, I reckon the most that i’ll miss about it would be the relationships that I have established and left behind with my clients.

Anyway, during my flight, I had this moment where I missed the potato terribly – and so I penned something really random.

To read, for the puppy with love, for the others but judge:

27Oct, SQ818, 9.30pm

It could be it.

The feeling of togetherness as a form of eternal normalcy:

The drive back home from the city; the panoramic view from the Sheares Bridge – basking the Fullerton Hotel, the Flyer, to the Singapore waters - the music radio from the car.

This perfect picture; this idea of life; this idea of journey.

Baby I see you in this idea.

With me.

 

 

Baby cheered me up with this.

Saturday at Furry Pets, River Valley Road.

This transition

Time really zooms past so quick even before we get to the chance of saying “it’s over”.

Looking back at my WordPress having first established in March 2007 ( a continuance from my previous Livejournal), I see that I have already clocked in 315 posts (316 after this post) and received 85 comments to date. And if you were to consider the very first time when I started writing – at the age of 13 at online free diaries – and blog hopping to various sites over the years with the likes of livejournal, blogspot, xanga – I must have posted entries in excess of 1,000.

It has been a great transition.

This time September 2007 – I was still studying my final semester in school, hanging regularly with my dear friend Winnie whom is still very dear to me today and fully recovered from my last break-up. With my new-found freedom, I managed to do more things, meet more friends in school and hangout after school.

In September 2008 – I have started almost half a year of work and getting in the groove of things, and in a relationship with my dearest potato whom today, still occupies the biggest part of my heart.

Not sure if my blog “followers” are still following me, but a big shout-out to you if you still are and would love it that you drop me a note and share with me how much things have changed – how have I changed – over the years.

Have a great F1 weekend!

indiany indian

Funnily enough, I find myself craving for Indian food all the time. Must have got rubbed by the elements from my boyfriend.

How do i say?

How do I even start?

This whole week back following my short jaunt to Phuket has been a mixture of laziness, pent up pressure and stress to meet deadlines.

Yet however busy and tight up at work, there is this part of me hidden at the deepest corner of me that is longing for some alone time to get this entry done. Talk about brain dump. But i know that i badly need this outlet to reconnect with myself and everyone or anyone else reading this. And of course to share my tres short adventure to the lazier and more rugged side of Thailand!

I received a bad news on Tuesday that one of my dearest colleagues is leaving the company. As much as I could anticipate the day where all of us will slowly and individually move on to a better place, given the nature of the industry that I’m in, I still can’t help but feel affected. Dave has been a great mentor, helpful colleague and fun friend to be with. I wish him all the best in his next job.

Yesterday night, the potato and I quarrelled and it sort of snapped me into my senses that I am not perfect at all. Yes i understand that no one is perfect and it is common sense that humans err, but last night sort of made me realized that I am flawed. Flawed as a human in its natural way, and especially flawed in the mind in thinking that I am near perfect and that everyone else is being unreasonable.

My weaknesses were glaring at me that I can’t avoid. I was so full of myself and my huge pride impeded me so many times to just admit my mistakes and say the magic words “I am sorry”. God I can be so stubborn at times. When was I ever like that? Or is this me all along? I am confused. In the past till now, I always felt that I was the victim and everyone else seemed to have wronged me and let me down.

Turning in to bed without making up made things worse. SIGH.

But sweet like he always is, he gave me a one big squeeze and hug in the middle of the night.

Thanks baby.

Stay tuned to my Phuket blog entries and Twitter!