The Opulence / 1st Quarter Release

I don’t know how people do it.

Blogging is a conscious effort.

You have to give respect to the bloggers of the world. This poor blog of mine is dwindling from weekly updates to monthly updates, and now finally, a quarterly update of some kind.

Anyhow, to those 40 odd people who have been checking my blog almost everyday (just checked my stats), I don’t know who you guys are but hell yeah, thank you very much.

Let’s see.. life has been good and kind. I’m kept busy, but finally grasping the concept of giving myself a break every now and then.

Work is good.

Collin & I are still together.

Family & friends are wonderful.

Health is seemingly better than ever.

Pebble is still the most awesome dog alive.

How I Met Your Mother is my latest TV addiction.

I am also aging at an incredible speed from this moment on, which I know doesn’t make sense since the seconds tick at the same speed as per thousands of years back.

When you were 12, you never thought you’ll be 18. When you were 16, you never thought you’ll be 20. When you are 21, you’ll never thought you’ll be 25. Now that I am twenty-freaking-wtf-seven, I can only think omfg-i-am-turning-freaking-three-zero. Even saying the exact number is vulgar to me right now. (No offence to the older people around. It’s me, I’m crazy.)

Life is short. You don’t even know what happens to the world after you are gone, so really, they ain’t kidding when they say,

live your life to the fullest.

Super cliche. yes yes. Wait till you are old, handicapped, health and beauty long gone – don’t sit and moan about the things you could have done and the places you always wish to go.

OR the things you could have bought. Hahahahaha. Perfect excuse for shopaholics!

OH! I think I just found reason number two for buying the iPad 3. Wait for it..

#whyineedanipad3 reason#2 So that I can BLOG!

(Yeah right, I know).

I did tryyy to blog using Notepad but that entry died together with my one week old iPad. Long story. Basically the iPad has a faulty display which caused it do ghostly things like automatically scrolling, clicking and typing (favorite letter, T & G). I freaked out when it first happened ’cause I happened to sitting under a flickering light and was alone at the office. *sweats* So we returned it for a one to one exchange last Saturday, and in all yayness, is getting the replacement tomorrow!

The iPad really made me quite happy. I don’t know why. I think it goes with my thing for screens. Collin always say I get sucked into the TV, regardless how crappy the programs are. Heh, best money spent after a long mulling over iPad 1 AND 2.

For the curious, that entry was on a movie I watched on the inflight entertainment, My Week with Marilyn (2011).

I love it.

I was really drawn in, that charisma, impeccable and inspiring. Everyone wants to be Marilyn Monroe.

Go watch it! : )

this saturday is happy thoughts only.

Everyone updates Facebook status at whim, but this of all rings rather true.
Undeniably, things were much simpler when we were younger.

Now that most of us have adulthood smacked in the face,
we worry if working hard enough for the future we dream of;
if we are earning enough; if we are keeping up with the peers;
if we are making the most of our current resources;
if we will lost what we have now;
if that future will ever become reality.

We cannot run away from the craziness of adulthood.

But in the midst of this madness,
we need to ask ourselves,

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?

Simply ’cause we are responsible for our own happiness!

1. Take a vacation whenever you feel you need one – be it a 3 day BKK trip or a week long Taiwan trip.
I am so wanting to go to Europe, or anywhere exotic. Soon soon!

2. Implement a no-work day – bask under the sun when the sun is way up,
huddle in your room when it’s raining out there. Leave your laptop at home if necessary.

3. You know who to earn your keep, you gotta spend your keep too!
Try it: specify an amount you can afford to spend, and buy anything you want with that money.

4. Watch Discovery or any real life show – just so you know how blessed you are.

5. Hang out with your friends at least once a week, they are the ones that keep you to the ground.

6. Do something that you have not tried before – sky diving, extreme ride,
scuba diving, maybe Singapore Flyer, etc.

7. Discover a new place to eat with your loved ones.

8. Dress up and make yourself feel pretty everyday.

9. Rant, cry, scream at people who pissed you off. It’s part of the healing process.
Then just forget about them after that – no point holding on to negative feelings.
Being forgetful is not such a bad thing.

10. Think positive. Also, put yourself in the shoes of others.
Added: Though to be happy, it’s okay to be selfish sometimes.
Appreciate those around you. Remember what goes around, comes around.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Come up with your TEN HAPPY HABITS too!

The Piscean in me.

I was updating the blogroll (like finally), which brought me to open up the blog links from my previous blog to see if people are still active or already ‘dead’.

I started reading the latest entries, something I excused myself from doing ’cause of the convenient I-am-busy. And I really miss some of you guys big time.

Special note to Yiyi: No life is ever too cheap. Relativity only takes place in the mind. You don’t know just how much you mean to some people. Like me.

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