Never Gonna Give You Up

Oh my goodness! Rick Astley is coming to town!!!!!

It's like have a last song syndrome with a playlist! Seriously, when I saw an item on the newspaper that Rick Astley is coming over for a one-night show, I started to hear the big voice crooning (complete with the dance steps, of course!) "it would take a strong, strong man to ever let you," "never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you," "together forever and never to pass, together forever with you, and don't you know i would move heaven and earth to be together forever with you."

Oh wow! Those were the days when I didn't have any worries except for having good grades that would make momma proud....

One Big Tupperware Party

Whenever I hear somebody say, "I don't hide what I feel, if I like you, you'll know, and if I don't, it'll show, I always go, "Yeah, right!" in my mind.

Oh puh-leeze, spare me the dramatics! Tell me one person who never mask his or her emotions, just one person.

Everybody hides what they feel one way or the other, once even twice in their lifetime. Why? For various reasons, I guess... Still, what I'm trying to say is that don't ever give me the crap that you don't pretend to be happy when you're not, to enjoy talking to a person when you're not and the like.

Admit or not, we all live in one big tupperware party. We live as it is to survive....

Calm before the Storm?

Looking back at today's events, everything went smoothly. It was a generally peaceful day. There was no, ehem, excitement. All's well that ends well. But, somehow, something doesn't quite fit right. I feel a certain fear. I fear that I might be too complacent not to smell what's coming.... Am I over-reacting? I don't know. But what's too good to be true scares me more that what's obviously out there....

A Moment That's Over..... for now

To use the word "relief" to describe my feeling right is an understatement. I have nothing but appreciation for surviving that feeling of helplessness. I'm not saying that I can do everything now... I still can't and I seriously doubt if I ever will. But, for now, I'm enjoying this sense of having overcome something that's wreaking havoc on my peace of mind.

My lesson learned on this incident is to stay awake and be constantly aware on what's happening around me. Hopefully, I can do this with a smile...

Transformer

A well-meaning co-worker told me about one of my negative trait, I transform when into one of my moods...... I really appreciate her for telling me these because admittedly, my E.Q. quotient is way below the standard.

I don't want to justify my "transformation" by saying nobody's perfect. But, sometimes, I do feel that people can be so incredibly unfair. I guess, that's life. It's easier to critique other people's weaknesses instead of acknowleding your own.

Going back to my "transforming" talent, I really try to control my temper. I think that stress of trying to remain logical has been giving me a lot of headaches lately. Anyway, I am well aware that I should try to do something about this. It's not good to be giving into irrational moods because those will lead to irrational notions that will ultimately result to irrational decisions. At this stage of my life right now, I don't have the luxury anymore of making foolish mistakes. I need to prove to my critics that I am worth more than my special ability. By the way, I can also morph!

A Moment

Okay, I'm having one of those moments when I feel so helpless.... I'm not exactly sure but the feeling that I have done something that is so wrong is almost tangible.... It's like having some wriggly stuff playing around your conscience that you can't stop thinking the what have beens, what could have beens whenever and whatever....

I really hope that everything will work out fine... I don't think my heart can take the "excitement" anymore.....

It's easier to be NOT nice

Oh yes, it's definitely easier to be not nice.... You don't have to take into consideration other people's feelings to your actions. You just go on with your merry ways and who cares what those people think of you. You only have to answer to yourself and that's it.

One thing I learned after my almost (oh yes!) forty years of existence is, it's a LOT easier to be NOT NICE..... I had so many experiences of instead of being appreciated for what you have done for the greater good, all I got were jeers and resentments. Oh yes, I have even been cursed for actually helping. GOODNESS! What should a girl do?

Cruciatus Curse

I never for one moment thought it would come to this... I'm an avid fan ever since I first laid my hands on the first Harry Potter book... It was like I was greedy (actually, I AM!) child who just couldn't get enough that I had to read it over and over and over and over......

But the last book, I was like, OMG!!!!

I never had an excruciating migraine attack like this since I studied (or should I say, crammed) for my macro-economics finals for my masters degree (which i never finished by the way and that's probably why! hehehe)... It was like having your head slowly being split into two by an electric saw and your brains cells were incredibly swollen and throbbing like percussions being thumped by crazed rock musicians....

To answer one of my friend's question, no, the book is NOT bad at all.. In fact, I never regret having to go through the pain (hahahaha)... It's just that you have to imbibe all the information amassed from all the six books (and then some) AND THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR MY PUNY MIND TO HANDLE! hehehehe

There were a lot of instances in the book when Harry suddenly had moments of enlightenment, as in, everything just fell into place and the clouds of confusion were lifted.... Errrr....... I don't believe I had any moment like that when I was trying to attempt to read the book the first time.... Come to think of it, I still didn't have them when I read the book the second time. I had to read the book thrice before I began to get glimpses of those moments... and I must stress that what I had were GLIMPSES. In order to have a clear view of the entire picture will have to take (A LOT OF) time.....HAHAHAHAHA

I had so many questions when I started to reading the book and was hoping to find the answers... Now, I still have a lot of questions and I think I need to risk more headaches and read it again and again.... hehehehehe

Memory Gap

This is probably the best time to admit it. Yes, the age factor has affected me! There! I've said it! Hahahaha I can't really remember if I was like this before but I do believe that I had a good memory then. Now? Oh boy! Let's just say that I need to put down notes to remember things especially at work. There are even times that I forgot to read my notes! Hahahahaha

Left or Right?

One thing I really don't like (and try so hard to avoid) is to be caught in a situation where I had to choose sides. Well, bad for me, I think I was in one recently.

I honestly understand where both sides are coming from In fact, I really appreciate it but I am also very much aware that beneath their concern, there is something else. I am actually caught in a middle of power struggle and I DON'T LIKE IT. I don't want to be dragged into something that I'm not a part of but is unwillingly trapped into take sides. That really frustrates me. I have nothing but respect for the both of them because they really treat me well. But I don't want to be used as their pawn.

Although I know that there will come a day that I actually have to choose whether to go left or right, but for now, I would like to remain in the neutral ground as long as I can.

True Colors

I can't help it! I just can't help it! No matter how hard I tried to curb my impatience and other not-so-nice traits... they will definitely come out in the most inappropriate times!

Ugh!!!!! I know I need to change... I know I need to grow up.... But my foot-in-mouth disease seems to be a terminal case already! Incurable!!!!

I dread to think of what others will be saying about me.... Oh well, what's the point of all the worrying... What's been said and done had already happened.... Nothing can ever undo that....

What to do? Nothing, I guess, save to wait for any consequence that will come with it... Accept it, and, hopefully, really learned from it....

The Customer is always Right.... or Left?

For us lowly individuals whose work is customer-related, we try to adhere with the principle, the customer is always right, as much as we can. But when do we stop giving in?

Do we sacrifice the procedures and regulations for customer satisfaction? Do we turn a blind eye to our customers' senseless demands to meet our quota?

Oh yes, customers have rights. (Actually, we all do!) But those so-called rights don't mean that they can treat the customer relations people as their personal valets, messengers, secretaries and, yes, slaves.

I know that it's important to maintain good relations with customers but that doesn't mean that we should be at our customers' beck and call.... It irks me so much when these so-called VIPs (especially the nouveau riche!) would try to ignore procedures for their convenience and they have the audacity to complain!

If only the customer relations' also have rights, too........

A Cup of (instant) Noodles

I never profess to be perfect (although I know sometimes I unintentionally give an impression of being a perfectionist! UGH!) nor can I really describe myself as good person (although I really try to be, HONEST!) but for people to actually have a (spat is too a mild a word while misunderstanding is too nice of an adjective) QUARREL (i really can't find a better word to put it) over (i think "because" is more apt though) a cup of instant noodles. I'm not exactly sure how to react. Should I laugh at the immaturity of their situation or should I be bothered at their immaturity of the situation?

If you think of about it, which is worse: fighting over a cup of noodles or fighting because of a cup of noodles?

727 days and counting.....

A friend reminded me that I have blogs. Somehow, for almost two years, that slipped my mind....

It really boggled the mind how I managed to forget about them... Oh well, I have no choice but to admit that the age factor is really there. It's not an illusion, folks!
Looking back at my life, oh yeah, there are changes, some I hope for the better, but of course, there will be somethings that I would rather not talk about it! HA HA HA