Should I go Central Vietnam?

at the brink of deciding on whether to spend my 1 week break from work in Vietnam. Hue & Hoi An to be exact.

Against:
- Cities. With historical buildings, but still cities. I do prefer more natural settings.
- Prices. Air fare quite expensive. Total calculated need to spend abt $830 for 7 days, compared to $710 for 8 days last year.
- Company. or the lack of. The prospect of being lonely in a foreign city is a little intimidating.

For:
- Adventure. Being alone pushes me out of my comfort zone, which is good. I am forced to open my mouth to complete strangers, and not just those who are trying to sell me stuff.
- Freedom. no need me to wait for anyone, no need anyone to wait for me.
- I deserve a vacation.

Care to give me some advice?

Just 1 More

I think I finally have a clear idea of how I want my just 1 more blessing to be like.

Coz I finally have a clear idea of who I want to be.

I would like someone who:
- I have to reserve every friday evening for
- goes with me to nature / outdoor spots on saturdays
- runs with me at ecp on sundays
- is my dive buddy from now on
- backpacks with me
- laughs at my bo liao jokes
- cracks some herself
- understands my love for coffee
- makes me want to pick up guitar again
- watches the stars with me on clear nights
- mesmerises me in some way
- loves only me

is that too much to ask?

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Just 1 more km to run
Just 1 more lap to swim
Just 1 more email to clear
Just 1 more task to complete
Just 1 more tier to reach
Just 1 more grade to obtain
Just 1 more piece to find
Just 1 more blessing to count

Slaves, to Fashion, & then Some.

came back from a swim, and saw clothes strewn all over 2 deck chairs, and a wooden paddle.

i wonder why it's so fashionable to carry ard wooden paddles nowsaday. wasn't it not too long ago that they made ppl slaves to do that kind of thing?

and anyway, like i said to a fren before - i'd rather have the freedom of a kayak than the monotony of a dragonboat. there is absolutely no decision making to be done when u're a serf on a dragonboat - i speak from a little experience. the guy at the rudder ask u to row, u row. ask u to stop, u stop. sianz. no need to think, just use muscle. pls correct me if i'm wrong...

i think it was Foot 2002 - we had dragonboating and i got so bored i jumped into the water below benjamin sheares bridge! and zow got everyone to row off without me! heng i caught up in time.. hahha

Still... dunno wat's the draw of carrying a wooden oar around. want to tell everyone that u're buff, u row in a team, and it's the in-thing nowsaday? the fashionable thing to pose with, coz everyone's doing it?

But i guess it's wat the establishment wants anyway. everyone just row forward, dun worry, the guys who studied hard when they were in school and those know everything will steer the rudder and tell u wat to do. now and then one of them will go in front, beat the drum and tell u to row harder, coz we are in a downturn and will have to make painful sacrifices to keep the dragonboat going forward. in the event of a foreign investment going bad, or a foreign investor pulling out, the same guy will beat the drum and tell us no need to worry about anything or think too much, just keep rowing forward, let's move on.

Been a While

realise hvn't blogged in a while, so better put in an entry to show i'm still alive.

2 possibilities to y i hvn't blogged for so long:

a) i'm finally busy enjoying life and can't be bothered to blog, or
b) my life is total crap and i got nothing to blog.

actually it's
c) i'm so busy doing stuff i dun have the brains to blog.

work is hectic... now i'm taking 2 roles. but the work is still interesting, the boss is good and the colleague is chio. so although hectic i've no complaints. in fact i like being kept on my toes, and tight deadlines... makes things more exciting

just an update on the previous entry - i did take 1 day MC. felt a bit guilty, but the rest was good...

yup... most of waking hours involve work now... with fun colleagues, thankfully. wkends a bit of activity here and there, nothing to shout abt though.

going to kinabalu this tuesday... i think it hasn't sunk in yet, coz i just came back from a traumatising bali trip last mth... i think it'll only sink in when i'm at senai for the flight. did train a bit though... and thanx to agung will be more prepared.

tt's it... sleepy from waking up early everyday, including today and tml, plus the bailey's coffee i had earlier at villa bali w odackies. nice to meet up with them again.

Should I go to work tml?

As much as i enjoy work... i do feel a bit overwhelmed of late. and i have a runny nose, slight cough and slight body aches. perfect excuse for MC. plus boss already knows i'm sick - i was flooding my cubicle with nose snot when he came over to arrow me.

"this project, blah blah blah, and... are you ok?"

"no." obviously.

hahahha ok, i mean he IS a nice guy - a good boss as well. but i was getting really really cranky from getting dehydrated thru my nose.

shall assess the situation when i wake up tml. if got aches anyway, it is my social responsibility to stay at home and not infect my colleagues with my virus.

A Little Bit Sick

As if having a ticklish throat, runny nose and not being able to swim or jog is bad enuff - there has to be nagging thrown in too.

makes me kinda miss hall life.

but there are good things here too... so i'll just block out the not-so-nice parts.

Thanx

Once again, as usual, lack sleep. i shd really turn in after this post but got shows streaming in. gotta watch. darn.

Over the week, a new fren said something really, really nice. Thank you, but u probably don't know me well enuff, that's why. i'm starting to see how being an ass works now. Thank you very much for thinking tt way.

Before Bali 2

It's almost 2am - its late and i gotta sleep tml. but i can't before the last 6 mins of Heroes episode 6 are done streaming and i'm done watching. so i come here.

been really busy and rattled these past few days - 1st the sianness of going back to work after a long CNY break, the multitude and amount of stuff i needed to do. then that so many ppl to meet with over the wkend, as opposed to the lack of during the 1st 2 wkends of the mth. really stretched my time.

this, coupled with that excitement, that anxiety which characterises the looming of every adventure - anxiety that i may hv forgotten abt something or left something undone. and the excitement which makes me forget abt these somethings. that restlessness which gives me an unproductive buzz in my head and my heart.

ok heroes ep 6 is done. gdnite.

Nothing on CNY

I want to write - but i dunno wat to say.

maybe coz its 5am and i'm tired.

maybe coz there's nothing to say.

there's nothing happening anyway.

i'm still at work - things are hectic but its nothing i can't handle. and i already spend most of my waking hours at it, i dun wanna talk abt it here too.

and on the other end, "nothing happened" too.

and i don't want to tok abt it either, coz there's nothing to tok abt.

frens-wise, some of them read this, so i shdn't say anything either. anyway wat's the point, they'll get pissed or upset and either way there's nothing i can do abt it.

just got a reply from my german friend, in response to my chinese new year greeting: "thanks a lot brother, we are wishing you a happy and healthy new year as well! gonna write ya soon my friend.:)"

now there's something to write abt. "brother". this is a guy who i knew for barely 5 days in singapore and opened up his house to me 1 day after he checked his email and realised i was in europe. he even left me his house key. he and his mum and sis made me wish i didn't cut short my trip and could impose on them more. this guy is definitely more than a friend to me.

back to nothing: nothing progresses - still slacking off exercise.

i guess that's it. i wanna sleep. happy chinese new year.

Nothing Much

Nothing's been happening, so nothing to write about here. Everything's still the same... still procrastinating.

Work is getting funner... more hectic too. At least its more thrilling than wkends. So used to work I miss wearing a shirt and pants + leather shoes on wkends... almost went back this wkend, but procrastinated that as well.

Will take up proper blading lessons soon, so there shd be more to write abt here. prob after my Bali trip.

CNY coming. boring. Office toilets and lifts playing endless irritating CNY music. made the mistake of telling lunch buddies that I hate CNY music. now they remind me to listen when we take the lift.

Been given additional tasks at work besides from section i'm in... have to do write up on related business articles to the project mgr, and i'm grateful for it - else i won't read the business news at all. It's also a good sign they're putting this on me.

Going for a run tml... hope I'm fit enuff for agung end of the mth... and hope i'll write all abt it in ramblings. can't rem much abt frasers liao. hahahah

Other than that, nothing. much.

Exciting Life

Haven't posted anything for 2 wks coz my life is oh-so-exciting. decided to post something so u guys wld not come here in vain everyday.

Last week was lagi exciting. went out everyday after work. running to Parkway Parade and back is considered going out. So is guitar lessons. So is trying to confusedly explain Citadels to 3 sleepy frens.

So to compensate, stayed at home whole of Saturday. don't remember wat i did but i probably slept thru the day. On Sunday learnt wat to do if my car gets hit in the back by an old man who refused to admit he was the driver. guess squid wun hv to fork out a cent (?)

Only went out w a fren once the whole of this past week. nice to know tt we can always pick up where we left off. but also nice to know tt we no longer argue who's turn it is to buy bread. and nice of veggie to be so reassuring.

Treadmill has spoilt - skiing machine is a joke. will run to ecp tml. At least yesterday was nice. hung out with a buddy with good news - which made me slightly jealous. new stages in life - but of coz i'm happy for her too. i just dun show it tt much coz i'm slightly jealous. just slightly.

Had a nice, simple supper. also got good got bad. time will tell.

meanwhile, time to spread myself again. bit of coz not as thin as butter, scraped on too much bread.