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So many changes have taken place over the last few months.

Watched "UP" (another great show from Pixar, I absolutely love it)

Poh Choon finally got married on 8 August

I changed jobs, again.

Issac hit 1 year old.

I went for my first biz trip in new colors to KL, and then Bangkok

Visited a real kampong for the first time

What's next?

Hari Raya Puasa (analogy)

Analogy (this has got nothing to do with religion, just quoting an example in our daily lives)

Ramadan (fasting) on the month before Puasa is an important task muslims hold high reverence to.
Though non-muslims may be fully aware that Puasa and ramadan are important to muslims, they might not regard it as highly as muslims do.
After all, they are the ones looking in from outside, but not feeling it from inside.

If one day, a muslim is faced with a once-in-a-lifetime event, and has to give up ramadan or puasa for once to participate in this event.
Non-muslims frens may tell him to drop the ramadan and puasa, since it occurs every year.
Muslims might not see it in the same light.
What should he do?

Flying off soon... current mood

Will be leaving for my self reflection trip in less than 12 hours.

This post may sound angry, incongruent and full of angst, but this is exactly how i feel now.

Many do not understand the purpose of this trip.

Don't tell me you do, cos even I myself don't know the full purpose too.

I have heard many "Oh, you so good life/rich, go holiday 1 month, I hope can do so too". 

Hello! I'm getting retrenched and you most probably still have a job, and most probably is earning more than what i used to draw! You can always talk to your boss if you want this kind of 'good life' !!

I won't say this in people's face but that is seriously how i think.

Pardon me but I do get pissed off by superficial comments, which I have been getting more than needed lately.

I have always maintained the single most powerful driving motto in my life:

"If I want it bad enough, I'll make sure I get it. No excuses"

I have picked up a lot over the past 2.5yrs.

Of which, the most important lesson is:

Don't tell a man what YOU think he needs, without first understanding what HE really want.

As simple as this rule may sound, most people don't understand what this means.

Probably the sales people see it in certain scenarios, but I'm looking through the same visor at everyday life, and I find almost every single person (including myself) making the same mistake every single day.

I do not need people to tell me what I should WANT to do in my life.

But I appreciate people telling me how I to do certain things to achieve what I want.

There is a distinction between the two.

I have been drifting along for the last 3 yrs.

It is time to wake up and find my direction, and paddle hard in my direction.

I don't want someone to tell me where he think I should go.

I don't want to do this again another 3 yrs down the road.

I ain't got many more 3 yrs to play around with.

I couldn't have found a better opportunity to go out and do some self reflection.

I need to find peace with myself in this trip, and to find out what I WANT to do.

If I'm gonna make any more mistakes or regrets, I make sure it will be my own decision this time, and not say "Wah Lau, I should not have listened to so-and-so advice".

Thanks to everyone who is reading this blog.

I appreciate all the concern and help that may come along, but do not give me any advice or offer any help now. I need neither at this point of time.

I'm not sour over anything, nor am I bitter.

I just want to let my emotions flow, and find my innermost self.

What I need now is just quiet.

Don't worry about me.

I'm not one who is too proud to ask for help when needed, and I definitely will raise my hand if i need any assistance or aid from anyone

Monsters vs Aliens + Terminator Salvation

Caught Terminator over the last weekend, and Monsters vs Aliens today.
Nice shows!

Taiwan Holiday

Confirmed my holiday to start from 2 June till 29 June...
Planning the details now

狂风暴雨之后的尘埃落定

After so much whirlwind over the past 1 month, finally the dust has settled and the path is starting to clear up.

I'll need some peace and quiet to clear my mind before picking up the pieces and moving on.

Handsome Suit!

Very funny and nice show!

Lifts up your mood immediately!

Let's Be Handsome!

hahahaha

Shinjuku Incident

Movie

Caught this show on Saturday with dear.

Was quite taken aback by the story and presentation of this show, which is soooooooo un-Jackie Chan style.

Though the show is not too bad, seeing a different side of Jackie Chan rather than the usual side-splitting bumbling joker, it has pretty dark under-tones and is more of a documentary on Japanese Yakuza than anything else.

More realistic stuff with minimal Jackie Chan stunts.

Overall worth watching.



Holiday
Just went for a 4D3N cruise trip with dear and her mum, with the ship docking at Penang and Phuket for a few hours apiece.

Conclusion of the trip: NEVER EVER travel with a bunch of Aunties (no I'm not referring to her mum). Horrible experience for the land trip...

The stay on the ship is still quite ok. Been there done that so nothing new for me.
At least dear got to experience it for once to know why I say that there is nothing to do on the ship other than gamble (which I abhor) or sleep apart from eating.


Work
Morale hasn't been high in office ever since the financial crisis started, with most of us out of the office most of the time.

The impending deathnote doesn't help, but it seems like everyone is just silently waiting for the
annoucement.

Perhaps we will have a clearer picture 1 week later...