Like Everyone else


My life is like a lot of pple,
full of ups and downs

A lot of people I have
encountered seem to think
tt things are rosy for me


Tt is well far away from the
truth ... like most of pple
I have my own
shares of ups and downs


After struggling for the first
4 months with a long bouts
of flu, I am finally closing
to 5 mths of good health


Then in Sep, I have quite
a bad acne breakup, it has been
several years since I got one
so I went back to see
Dr Jasmine.


At work, things are progressing
but I have my own
share of problems which crop
up every so often


So it's like that, I guess
everyone has their
deficiencies, their struggles,
their unhappiness ... & I think
it's normal


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More than half of my reservist
is over ...


It's v different from what I have
been doing before


Though I don have a
natural flair for it, I just try
to adapt though it can be stressful
sometime


I'm happy to see past my first
high-key reservist ... tt is v
gratifying becuz I can
almost smell my holiday season


My students are finishing exams next
mth, so I can really rest. This will
be my last year
teaching my 2 'O' Levels students.


I have taught them 4 years so
I do feel a sense of attachment, as
well as an inner satisfaction tt arises
from having guided them
through their secondary years.


For me, I din know tt I'm a
"people" person until very recently.

As a toddler, I don have a lot
of company so I learn
to cope with loneliness.


Dealing with pple is much better
than dealing with things
tt don talk. People are
complicated but if
you try to understand
them they can be understood


I have told my frenzs tt
I will progressively cut down
on my tuition hours. In fact,
I have been planning for
the future so tt I can
have more time for the
pple tt I care abt


I always do feel that in
the past I have neglected
Phoenix a lot. Sometimes, I
commited the cardinal
mistake of being secretive
& tt caused a lot
of anxiety and uncertainity.


I do think abt the deterioriation
of our relationship and I do
feel that next time
I must do better


She has been good to me and
I have always liked her
tremendously but a lot of times
I overlooked her needs


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My frenz msg me the other days
& asked me whether
I'm coping fine with the recent
plunge in the stock market


No one enjoy seeing their stock
drop but I don get
depressed over tt


A stock daily profile is like
a person's daily performance. There
are good days and bad days and
there are periods of stagnation
and depression. It's natural and should
really
be greeted with more
composure and less grief.


On a longer term, you will always
get a clearer picture and
you will not be shortchanged
if you make the right initial decision.
A lot of things are really not tt
complicated


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Offhand, I can think of at least
five friends with birthday
in October


On Hari Raya, KK and me
celebrated Vivian's bdae. The
moment she stepped into the
car, she said tt 伯乐 is a great
song. Of course, I said.


The MTV is not great and the acting
is a tad amaterish but the ending
is really poignant for me.


Some of my frenzs asked me
whether I'm keen on
the Halloween event organised
by the Night Safari ...


I donno it just feels weird to celebrate
Halloween

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The other day, I just find myself
recalling Dido's white flag
and so I will end my blog
with the song's lyrics.


I know you think that I shouldn't still love you,
I'll tell you that.
But if I didn't say it,
well I'd still have felt it
where's the sense in that?

I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I know I left too much mess and
destruction to come back again
And I caused but nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "it's over"
then I'm sure that that makes sense

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet
Which I'm sure we will
All that was then
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on....
Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

Happy Birthday


A couple of my frenzs
treated me for my bdae


Abt one week before my bdae,
Kian Leng treated me to
Jap steamboat ... the
setmeal was so
big but it was

nice so I ended up
finishing it ...


On the eve of my birthday, KK
& pals treated me to
dinner and drinks @ Iguana ...
Iguana is really a $$$ making
machine ... more profitable
than Brewerks ... the table
turnover rate at Iguana
is definitely faster


It has been ages since we
have our drinking sessions ...
so the feeling is really good
becuz at one time our
group was experiencing
some trouble


University friend, Dick treated
me to Jap food on Wed. I was
a bit embarassed becuz
it's the first time in
years since I forgotten
his birthday


Anyway ever since I realised
I have neglected some of my
closer frenzs, I have
progressively shaved down
on the times that I spent
with acquaintances


I thot that I better get
my priorities right and looking
from a year back I'm happy
with the way things have
been shaping up

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I have been busy at work
for the past couples of week


I was wrapping up a substantial part
of my thesis while
starting on another section


Actually I'm quite relieved to have
finally started on the next
section.


It's like when you have to start
from scratch ... the feeling can
be quite lousy ....


Everyday you know you have to
start, but you procrsatinate a
bit


So I'm glad to have started becuz I
feel like I'm pass
the middle of my project


The two years of postgraduate
was difficult ... there were
a lot of uncertainities ...
still, I have no regrets becuz
I like the proj I'm doing


But I have been struggling for
a while, becuz everything
is so new to me ...


Contrary to what most pple think
of me, I take quite a while
to adapt to sth new


I like changes but I'm slow
to adapt


Now I can safely say, I have adapted ... v long huh
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MISIA concert was on Sep 13 at the Expo.


Kianleng asked me whether I was keen
to go and I agreed immediately


The stage and spotlights were magnificient
& MISIA's energy was infectious ...


It was like what the concert was titled
"Discotheque Asia" ... attending
the concert feels like stepping
into a disco ... & the
fans were up to it


Overall, I gave the concert the thumb up.
The fans were more participating;
everyone was having fun, tt's 
wat a concert shld be like


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Elva Hsiao was on FM 93.3 Top 20
 Countdown show the other day ... 


I love to hear singers talk about
their opinions about things, their
songs and their vision of life. Some 
singers have more passion than
others and some r v cerebral


Hearing Elva on air, I think
she is very good with her words.
Her words were concise and piece
together beautifully as though
they have been rehearsed


I din quite remember the 
whole "interview" but it 
was v interesting to 
hear the diva speaks; her 
concert is next year, it should
be another dance party!