Randoms on a Wednesday.

Felt pretty good training last night, so feel like bragging about it. Lol...

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Can't get over the fact that guys over here gossip... O.O

'Eh? How come I didn't know about it?' -.-

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Finished my markings! For now... I slaughtered my students for sure. Was the paper too tough? Or was I not teaching ok? -_-

Drizzling makes one sleepy. Har har...

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Wah lau eh... I managed to strain my thigh muscle while getting off an angkot... of all places and activities... -.-

So, the moral of the story is that I should warm up and stretch before I alight an angkot the next time?? LOL...

First fool..? :P

Went through a physical test this morning. I thought the tester was joking when he mentioned that no one had passed it before. But it was repeated so consistently that it would really be an effort to keep the illusion up if it was one. Also, he had no reason to lie about it.

Then it struck me, perhaps I was the first fool silly enough to spend money and time to buy that kind of pain and to a certain extent humiliation..? Perhaps... And what a way to start the weekend.

It started out innocently enough, stretching, short jog, sprint, 15mins skipping. Then came the stamina and endurance tasks. That was when one fully appreciated the importance of breathing and will power over body. Thus in a span of 2 hours that seemed like forever, with a somewhat sadistic tester; I did stuffs I would not have done without someone shouting into my ear, panted some more, almost puked, almost cried, almost blacked out, really slipped and fell on my own perspiration, got back up, stretched, panted some more and stopped thinking and just do. Then before I knew it, the test ended.

"It is not that hard right? The next test will be more intense than this." informed the tester. The latter being the obvious...

Chills ran down my spine. Like a recalcitrant junkie, I asked myself, why am I doing this again?

But like all recalcitrant adrenaline junkie and moths that will fly into the fire, the answer is... uh huh... for some unexplained reasons, I would be back for more... at least for now.

Now, just hope that my back won't give up on me. :O

Next stop... Thailand..? LOL...

Here comes the rain...

The rainy season has started... and thus ushering in my 10th month in the big durian with showers of blessings. Time really flies...

Had the gym and trainer all to myself as I was late due to the rains... felt kind of paiseh as he had to do OT in some sense. But it was an interesting session. I couldn't touch the trainer at all in sparring practice. T__T Harus latihan lagi dong... latihan speednya!

Lol... was forced to defend myself verbally in bahasa indonesia as the guys drilled me on private questions. They just can't get over the fact that I am not actively looking for someone to menikah, given my age... Got to say that with pressure one is forced to improve on one's language skills. Hehehe...

Okies... shall rest on the 3rd Friday the 13th of this year... ujian on the following day. -.- Jiayou!!!

Friend, am I just a cheap guide to you?

It leaves behind a mild but unpleasant aftertaste when friends treat you like a cheap tour guide, and put their own priority of having someone familiar with the country to cheaply guide them over the companionship of you should the location be changed.

The greatest irony of all however is that this friend tends to lament on the unfairness and inconsiderateness in the surroundings that has been encountered and yet this friend is a perpetrator of such callousness as well. I thought that this friend might have been more tactful or at least considerate when alternatives were offered.

I suppose we can see the faults of others clearer than our own and this friend probably has a perspective to this issue that puts me in a not too good light as well. After all, priorities are different and we tend to put ourselves and family first before the rest... I think...

You Are Intelligent and Insightful

You are a total brainiac who is addicted to ideas. You can always be found studying, reading, and learning. You are an independent thinker, and you tend to be drawn to unusual philosophies. You are easily excitable, and you can get very intense when you find a new subject that you love. You tend to be a bit cynical and skeptical. You've seen enough of the world to be unimpressed by a lot of it.

The Autumn Leaf Test

Blogthings: We're Not Shrinks, But We Play Them On the Internet

It's deceiving... hehe...

Feelings are usually inaccurate gauges of the actual situation.

What feels right may not necessary be the right thing for one.

Vice versa, what feels weak may not necessary be weak.

Less effort is needed, that is all. So chim.......

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I am bemused by one of my colleague.

He doesn't seem to understand what the phrase 'what goes around comes around' mean; or ' smile and the world smiles back' and haha vice versa...

Don't know whether to laugh or pity as we observe his idiosyncratic actions.

Oh wells, it takes all sorts to make the world. :)

Hah? Seriously anal!

In the pursuit of a more gracious and clean style of living, Singapore is eventually throwing the baby out of the bathwater. It has reached a point of ridiculousness that it really makes me dread of the eventuality of me having to go back to the small dot on a permanent basis... yet another reason not too?

So clean, so sterile, so fine... so anal, so small minded...

Singapore is so going to be a joke to the rest of the world and to fellow Singaporeans again.

I know it has been old news and probably one that it wasn't highlighted because it is such a joke, only got to know about it recently. Slow me. Perhaps there are other important issues to know of out in the world. Anyway a link to the big hooha below...

http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-eating-in-mrt.html

Very hard to find the balance point eh? Sheesh. -.-