she

She travels not for pleasure, she travels because she is trying to save her family.
The best way she knows how.

popping in dreams

you popped up in my dream last night
just as you do, i guess, once every year.
you, thing of ten years past,
it was good to meet you again.

boo im sick

I'm sick. :( Sore throat, slight fever and a very very bad general conditon. :( Pooffts

Just catching up...

Hmmm ok. Today is December 16, 2008. It's a Tuesday and I am waiting for my boss to come back from her meetings. I have some downtime after such a busy busy busy week last week and well, busy yesterday! OT on a Monday!!! Sooo, here I am.

It's good to finally have a breather. It feels like one of those swims I get when I try to do laps. (note: it says try) Like when you reach the end of the pool and you just breathe? And it feels good that your lungs open and you can just breathe all that air? And then afterwards you can just swim another lap and feel the same thing over again?

It's really a relief. Being here I mean. From what seemed to be the non-stop hustle bustle of life in IBS before. (I sometimes miss bullying my assignees though) Although I still get off work around 7 in the evening, I feel good because it feels like I get more alone time here. Like there's nothing really to fuss about that gets you sooo stressed you just get burnt out. SO FAR. haha

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Moving on to non-work related, air-heady stuff, I think I've kept this layout for quite sometime now ... and I think it's a perfect time for a change. I always forget to keep a screenshot of the previous lay-outs I've used, but this time I want to keep a memory of this one before I try to scavenge for a new lay-out again... So wait up for a brighter lay-out the next time maybe..

Goodbye Old...

Hello New...

(It's not here yet, duh!)

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I realize I tend to write in a very personal manner. Usually, I write about myself (shows you how ego-istic I can be) or well on a more 1st person basis than a 3rd person role. I remember Mr. Menguin telling me that I write preachy, probably because of this tendency to point towards myself.

I want to try to capture more of what I learn or see in Hong Kong or anywhere in a more 3rd person manner like being able to describe stuff the way they are. Journalistic writing if I may say.. So, I might try to set up a separate blog for that and see what happens...

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On a side rant, I am currently not appreciating my trusty laptop (yes, it's not trusty after almost one year of breakdowns in 2006 when I first bought it) because I can't seem to run Java right on it. The Java Uploader for multiply and facebook seem not to work and it's quite irritating. I'm considering replacing the laptop (I know! Because of Java, but it's merely an excuse. ehehe) but I'm holding off until next year when I think I am more stable financially. (Will I ever be? haha)

My current techie hang-ups would be the following:

Laptop

Sony Vaio SR

or

Toshiba Portege M800

No current major options for phone yet and it seems that it's just normal to get a plain phone in Hong Kong so I'm making do with what I have. I'm still waiting for Carol to get rid of her e71 though. :D Then, I might just make my first venture towards to Querty phones..

Thinking if I should get this toy for Christmas for myself though...

You think?