Life's Simple Pleasures

#128 - A good run with the sunrise as the backdrop(actual running or eye-power also can), followed by a good cup of teh on a Sunday morning..

I Caught The Fever..

More literally than figuratively..

Yes, the World Cup fever is on..and i'm sure many people out there have caught the fever..me, not exactly siao-on football fan..but the sports junkie in me brought me out to catch a few matches here & there(drinks & prata are 'bonuses'..)

While i'm still not able to differentiate between 4-4-1-1 and 5-4-1 formations, i like to see the 'emotions' of the players..from the pained anguish in missing a penalty to the sheer ecstasy of scoring(not withstanding some overacting from the players sometimes), every form of emotion is on splendid display during this season..

And the other fever i've caught is..well, fever..

Again, i fell victim to the erratic weather..what to do? i'm at the mercy of the weather more than most people(people who work in air-con comfort from 9-6 do not bear the full grunt of the weather..in my opinion). Just when i was wondering what should i do on a relatively-free weekend, i woke up on sat morning with a splitting headache(i swear it wasn't from the 2 drinks while watching Germany lose)..by evening, the headache had developed into a full-blown fever of 38.5..and my temp yoyo-ed up and down over the entire weekend and it took me half a box of panadol before it came down to a level which i can function decently..@_@

Hope one fever will clear up soon enough so i can concentrate on the other fever..

p.s. Wei, you can jio me to watch WC one ya..

Random Ramblings

so 9/6 has come and gone..& i still dun have durian abs..

yet..

ok maybe i didnt exactly had them before but i definitely was a bit 'leaner and meaner' at some point in my life..yea yea..it could be age is catching up and metabolism is slowing down..and i need to work out just tat bit more, to see tat bit more results..but of cos it could also be i'm also lacking in tat bit of discipline..watever working out i'm doing is simply no match for all the pigging out i'm having..

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Still on working out..i must say i was quite impressed with someone's stamina..someone who did no/limited training could clock 10km in under 1 hour..and me, despite trying my darn best to build up my stamina..but still could not catch up with someone who had ran 7km..can u just see my ego being deflated..

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A few days ago, i received a compliment on how 'bilingual' i seem to be..and i happily accepted it, secretly 'arm-chio'..until someone suddenly, randomly, threw me a challenge of reading a chinese paragraph(in science centre no less, cant get anymore random than this)..while i don't think i 'failed' the test, i certainly wasn't as fluent as i was back in my school days..in fact, it was bad enough for tat someone to comment that my reading was 'one piece one piece'..(once again, there goes my ego..piew..)

It's not like i can't speak mandarin..in fact, i'm pretty confident i'm in the above-average half of the population in terms of conversational mandarin..just didn't expect my reading to be so 'off the mark'..my excuse? i speak minimal mandarin now..which is quite true..

If i'm out of office for work, i mostly speak english(or dun speak at all, given the non-verbal nature of some of my students)..and if i'm in my office, well..i dun exactly have colleagues to 'chit chat' with..(which, in my opinion, is when most people speak mandarin)..so when i do 'chit chat', it's mostly via msn..and of cos that'd mainly be in english(long gone are the days when i type faster in chinese than english)

So i guess it leaves me with my social interactions..I've said this before, and i wanna say this again..i'm not a kantang..never was, never gonna be one(in fact, i was one of those who was rather outraged by the recent 'miscommunication' about lowered weightage for MTL) I dun make a conscious attempt to 'purposely' speak english or mandarin, though i'm aware that i tend to speak more english with certain people and more mandarin to others..

Well, i guess..by my own warped definition of being bilingual, i AM indeed bilingual..

@.@

tat's how cartoon characters look when they get woozy right..yea, that's how i'm feeling in my head these days..


maybe its the weather(my fave excuse for feeling less-than-perfect)..its really going quite crazy..hot to wet to hotter to wet to wetter..not good for my head..not good for my pocket$..


another reason tat is floating around my head is that..there's this 'stuff' in my head..stuff that i cannot say..dunno how to say..who to say to..and it seems to be increasing in intensity..expanding exponentially..sometimes i feel like my head's gonna explode soon..

@.@

9/6

That's the deadline i set for myself..

By 9/6, i will regain my 6-pack..

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In reference to previous entry..I just dun understand how can one be happy and yet dissatisfied and not enjoying life..?

Anyway, i checked into my blog and was reviewing my entries(published & not-published)..hmm..i really think i blog more when i'm feeling down..i guess it's sort of natural ba? at least to me..to whine and wallow in self-pity when things dun go right..

So ya..the lack of 'serious' entries meant that i'm generally happy these days..and i think i'm enjoying life..ha

Work-wise..not making big money(dun foresee it in the near future), but i'm quite happy..despite complaining about them sometimes, i do look forward to seeing my students(mostly)..

Personal-life-wise..can hardly complain..not exactly blissfully married with 2 beautiful kids(dun foresee it in the near future either), but hey, i'm blessed with frens..quality frens..meeting up, going out..sometimes on random 'dates'..ranging from ordering some unknown pig parts for bak kut teh to watching not 1, but 2 'wrong' movies..life's interesting enough for me..

Oh, and i'm starting my exercise routine again..even went for a fart-lek run the other day..almost bursting my lungs in the process..now..if only i can see my old fren, the 6-pack again :Þ

Savaged from earlier entries..

'A recent survey by the NUS Biz Sch found that Singaporeans who have university degress or earn $5000 or more a month are the happiest. Yet, they are dissatisfied with their lot and enjoy life the least, compared with those who earn less.

Their dissatisfaction could stem from their higher, unfulfilled expectations. But if discontent is not crippling, it may be what would drive them to achieve more. It is said that contentment is happiness, but it is a thin line that separates contentment from complacency. When complacent, one tends to spiral downwards. There can be no happiness there.

When they say they don't enjoy life enough, many higher-earning Singaporeans probably relate 'enjoyment' to fine foods, fancy cards and luxurious homes. But there is only so much one can enjoy of these things. One enjoys life fully only when one is purposefully engaged, and is passionate about the things one does. Happiness comes as a fleeting by-product. Recognise that and one can be a more fulfilled person'