ambition vs satisfaction
How far do you wanna chase for a dream that keeps getting away when you can find some measure of satisfaction in what already is in front of you?
Someone told me once that she didn't want to hold out for a possibly better catch cos she already had something she could be happy with. Maybe she was immature then, and materialism that pervades even the ranks of our esteemed government hadn't yet sunk in till now.
Where do you want to go? How far do you wanna reach? What are you doing to get there?
Insecurity is a tricky subject. Better to rid yourself of any possibility of it than live with the prospect of having your insecurities come to life.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
28 years later
Happy Birthday to me!
I had a great birthday Wednesday. Shermaine and I went shopping the day before, and on the day itself, she prepared a really nice chicken wrap meal with sweet potato chips and baby carrots! All this (prunes and onigiri) came presented in her cute Donald Duck Bento Box (cos it was bigger than all her other bento boxes) which garnered a lot of enquiring looks from passers-by that day. I needn't mention tht it was great! cos all of Shermy's bento's have been great! If you have her Flickr account, check out the pics there!
I got a 3-pronged surprise birthday gift - the presents include a new deo from Body Shop (unfortunately my old one doesn't seem to be on the shelves anymore!), a vcd of Yoji Yamada's The Hidden Blade (no, its not a euphemism for anything!) and surprise - a new Tanker toon on CoH (lvl 4) created and named after my beloved bike iL Piccolo Mostro! Woot! I received a cake as well, Shermy got it for me on our way home so we could share it with the family. Unfortunately we agreed that the Polar cake we got couldn't match the wondrous truffle cake from Prima Deli that we got for my mom during her birthday. THAT was a great cake. We're trying Bengawan Solo's Black Forest this Saturday at Jon's place! WooT! Sherm's getting that one too! Aww..
All in all, its been a great lead-up to this, I've had a really sunshiney (the movie review below!) week and I'm really looking fwd to Sat's potluck dinner at Jon's and Sun's beer-lunch reunion with the Kendo people from my batch.
I don't usually play up my birthday, but I guess after several quiet years, I wanted this year to be a celebration, its good to have it once in a while ya? =)
I had a great birthday Wednesday. Shermaine and I went shopping the day before, and on the day itself, she prepared a really nice chicken wrap meal with sweet potato chips and baby carrots! All this (prunes and onigiri) came presented in her cute Donald Duck Bento Box (cos it was bigger than all her other bento boxes) which garnered a lot of enquiring looks from passers-by that day. I needn't mention tht it was great! cos all of Shermy's bento's have been great! If you have her Flickr account, check out the pics there!
I got a 3-pronged surprise birthday gift - the presents include a new deo from Body Shop (unfortunately my old one doesn't seem to be on the shelves anymore!), a vcd of Yoji Yamada's The Hidden Blade (no, its not a euphemism for anything!) and surprise - a new Tanker toon on CoH (lvl 4) created and named after my beloved bike iL Piccolo Mostro! Woot! I received a cake as well, Shermy got it for me on our way home so we could share it with the family. Unfortunately we agreed that the Polar cake we got couldn't match the wondrous truffle cake from Prima Deli that we got for my mom during her birthday. THAT was a great cake. We're trying Bengawan Solo's Black Forest this Saturday at Jon's place! WooT! Sherm's getting that one too! Aww..
All in all, its been a great lead-up to this, I've had a really sunshiney (the movie review below!) week and I'm really looking fwd to Sat's potluck dinner at Jon's and Sun's beer-lunch reunion with the Kendo people from my batch.
I don't usually play up my birthday, but I guess after several quiet years, I wanted this year to be a celebration, its good to have it once in a while ya? =)
Sunshine
Sunshine is a really beautiful movie. Haven't seen something poetic like that since Thin Red Line. Just like TRL, Sunshine is simply a story abt humanity and human-ness, set in a lonely spaceship on a doomed trip to save the solar system.
You can also watch it for its theoretical astro/quantum physics in motion, tho the movie does downplay the intelligence of it a little so as to make it watchable. In fact, I'd advise against bringing your brain in (tho its not a stupid movie la). There were several points of contention that came up during the movie where I just had to shelve the rationale for post-movie dissection/ discussion with Shermy after. So just go watch it and enjoy =)
It's finishing its run in the theatres soon, so if you haven't seen it and want to, I would advise you to do it soon. And make sure you DON'T miss the opening narrative - I feel it really contributed to the beauty of it. =)
Maybe our politicians should go watch it. There're several good examples of self-sacrifice in there. And I really don't think the crew of Icarus 1 or 2 would have signed up for that mission even for a $2 million paycheck. I believe the "saving our world" ideal would have sufficed enough as reward.
SPOILER-WARNING:
Also, minor bone to pick with the producers - it became obvious that all the Asians died first, leaving the 3 whites to complete the job. Bleah.. ya, more Asians in film now, but they're still the cannon-fodder, the fuck-ups and the cold-hearted matter of fact ones. Ah well..
Also, that Benedict Wong "Trey" actor in the show could very well have been a Singaporean.. hahaha.. Shermy says he's a Makansutra Seetoh look-a-like!!
You can also watch it for its theoretical astro/quantum physics in motion, tho the movie does downplay the intelligence of it a little so as to make it watchable. In fact, I'd advise against bringing your brain in (tho its not a stupid movie la). There were several points of contention that came up during the movie where I just had to shelve the rationale for post-movie dissection/ discussion with Shermy after. So just go watch it and enjoy =)
It's finishing its run in the theatres soon, so if you haven't seen it and want to, I would advise you to do it soon. And make sure you DON'T miss the opening narrative - I feel it really contributed to the beauty of it. =)
Maybe our politicians should go watch it. There're several good examples of self-sacrifice in there. And I really don't think the crew of Icarus 1 or 2 would have signed up for that mission even for a $2 million paycheck. I believe the "saving our world" ideal would have sufficed enough as reward.
SPOILER-WARNING:
Also, minor bone to pick with the producers - it became obvious that all the Asians died first, leaving the 3 whites to complete the job. Bleah.. ya, more Asians in film now, but they're still the cannon-fodder, the fuck-ups and the cold-hearted matter of fact ones. Ah well..
Also, that Benedict Wong "Trey" actor in the show could very well have been a Singaporean.. hahaha.. Shermy says he's a Makansutra Seetoh look-a-like!!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Update
fell sick this week. Haven't been down like this in 3 yrs at least. Fever/Flu/the works.. chills. Anyway, Shermy took great care of me, even today, getting me appropriate medication for the cough that has suddenly appeared when everything else has subsided. Was planning a bash of some sort this weekend, but my sickness totally made it null. Maybe next weekend.. Happy Easter ppl!
Ohyea.. Silent Hill is a pretty good horror.. I love the art direction! very very gory background and effects. And a great story too, IMHO.
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As for the Ministers' Pay issue.. It is a sad sad situation in which we find ourselves. I have sincerely wondered if this is really the kind of country I want to keep living in. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? or leave 'em..
Ohyea.. Silent Hill is a pretty good horror.. I love the art direction! very very gory background and effects. And a great story too, IMHO.
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As for the Ministers' Pay issue.. It is a sad sad situation in which we find ourselves. I have sincerely wondered if this is really the kind of country I want to keep living in. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? or leave 'em..
Thursday, April 5, 2007
looking forward to retirement =) upcoming birthday marks the day of the deed.
I'm not gonna give any excuses, they're the very same reasons I pulled out of the NTS. And I think I got disillusioned along the way. Maybe I'll restart again in the future, if the cards are ever aligned the right way. *wistful* ah well..
I'm not gonna give any excuses, they're the very same reasons I pulled out of the NTS. And I think I got disillusioned along the way. Maybe I'll restart again in the future, if the cards are ever aligned the right way. *wistful* ah well..
