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Another Saturday; but this will not be an ordinary Saturday, as I would be spending time looking out on opportunities online.

Looks like I am on the road again. After nearly 6 months of work at my current place, this should put me on better grounds.

I just had a discussion with mum about Shaun Chen and Michlle Chia's wedding plight; the difference in personality and their income capacity could be the straining factor. Looks like the nature law of the man leading the family has to be in place. She also agreed that a man has to have better earning capacity against the partner as women are made to be of a supporting role to their spouses. This also serves as a reminder for me, on the constant upkeep, to be on the upper edge of the competitive working world out there.

No doubt my own set of objective may be more self-fulfilling, it is from here, where I can make things better for my loved ones, especially dearie, who in time, will be spending the rest of her life with me. So no matter how tough the going gets, I'll grit my teeth and tug the Goliath, and move ahead.

This is what men are made out for. To be the hunter and bring the harvest of their hunting back home to provide for their family and loved ones, just like the primitive days; except this time, we do not hunt in hides with physical spears and axes.

After lunch, the hunt for a better battlefield shall commence.

We decided to settle at Osaka Town for dinner to save time. Afterall, we had finished later than expected.

Dinner was an Oko set, something which was of an old trade all the way back in Japan. It tasted as great as it looks, and certainly more filling till dearie couldn't finish the rice.

Time to get dearie's gift. Nothing much but after browsing through Citigems and assisted by Riza, the salesperson, finally settled for a 0.32carat set diamond ring. From her expression, I knew I had gotten the perfect gift for her. If it was a proposal, this would definitely be something better.

No drinks tonight as I had dozed off soon after we cut cake, while watching General Election political parties make their telecast speech.


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Today's a special day for dearie; so special arrangements have been made so that we can have an extended long weekend ahead on top of the current long weekend.

I've not got the time to check out on the collection procedure from the cake shop that I've ran through yesterday. Hopefully it won't be too troublesome, or even late, else I will have to get it off the shelve from a nice bakery; to save the hassle.

A few things are on mind for dearie as a gift, but the best would still be to bring her there to choose as what I had done in the past year.

All things should fall into place pretty smoothly this evening, including the dinner.

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I came by my home and saw a setup of a Chinese funeral; something unusual about it was it had Chinese dance lions, but all are coloured in white and lavender. The music that was played consisted of drums only and was done in a certain rhythm that was solemn.

A banner hung across and I saw a familiar countenance - my late grandmother who had already passed on more than 2 decades ago..so I had quite a bad feeling about it.

Up home, where it was back to my old home at Bedok North, mum was there with her usual house chores and she told me that what I saw was 'meant' for herself; she had saw 'someone' who told her that her time is almost up, and will be 'waiting' for her at the coffeeshop nearby our home. That sounded like the Angel of Death.

My mum had told me that she doesn't like spending on material things, as her sole joy was to be eat; something that many people do not find ultimate enjoyment as she does.

I was helping her hang clothes too as we chatted, and she told me about a joke that an auntie downstairs had an idea about extending the length of the bamboo pole by clipping the ends with the clothes pegs; but later, an uncle blurted out 'your pole's too short, how are you going to rest it between 2 chairs?' That was really funny and we both had a good laugh.

At this moment, I could feel that it's the joy we look at in life that keeps one going, and possibly live longer.


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Had dinner awhile ago, mind still pretty distracted by the current situation.

Dearie's having her classes today till the usual timing tonight. I'm still looking for something to do that can make me happier for the upcoming long weekend; so far nothing fruitful. Booze is so expensive locally, so sometimes wish I am now in Malaysia or other countries where it is cheap.

Tomorrow is the 2nd last work day of this week...some can say that time flies or hangs heavy on one's hands. For me, it's quite fast to a certain extend.

Well, just hope I can rest well tonight after unwinding later.

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Almost home. That aura still lingers over me and I could foresee how it might possibly affect this Thursday's evening, which is just 2 days' away.

All these will not be in place had I been able to work there long term. Thus it had gone through my mind, that when my colleague is on maternity leave, she won't be able to see this year end's Christmas photos taken by me. None of them knows about this news as I've kept this to the minimum.

There's no point pondering on why such a decision was made for me now. Since it has already been said, then it's better I look forward and fill that gloominess with a better offer.

Workout still has to carry on though a wisp of though on it suck big time...so heading for the weights later when I hit home.

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Train is unusually packed today.

A different feeling when going to work this morning since the news was released to me yesterday. Just about another time I see myself having to move on.

I didn't see myself in that kind of rush and having to do work all over the place, like the past. Probably this is what people call the "released mood" kind of feeling, where most of the pressure had been removed from the mind.

Life still goes on thereafter.

I hope this will not affect the special day this coming Thursday, as I will also have a long weekend ahead of the already extended weekend due to public holiday next Monday.

Good morning...

what an early hour to be calling me...possibly another rogue recruiter?

The first thing on my mind this morning was about what I heard from my manager yesterday. Furthermore, my strategies for my next move are very different from dearie's...this has caused some friction as I went to fetch her yesterday.

Anyhow, the game plan shall stay firm.

There's more of mental fatigue when I awoken this morning; no long-run dreams as compared to one of the few weeks back.

While nothing is left for me to hold on at where I am about to leave, I just have to look forward to where I am headed. Hopefully, some new leads will come soon along the way.

Aftermath flame still burns, but I shan't let it get over me.
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It has finally been informed to me that they are unable to carry on with me.

I was expecting this day to come...no doubt I had been doing my best to meet the mark, and they have their own expectation, this place simply has too much to do.

Looks like there isn't much for me to keep here. Emotional attachments are certainly the most sticky stuff, but those are meant only for the weak.

As I look ahead, it's time to play a fast card game so as to transit over smoothly after finishing my term here.

What I had been told could just be a surface thing, so there might be other unspoken measures for the 'riddance move'? Only they will know.

Weixiong had told me about a specialist in his camp who is strict, and yet plays hard with the men when it's time to rest, and thus, I was brought to see who this person is.

It turned out to be a lady, prettier than I expected. The only thing is that she is visually impaired and have great sensory like hearing and sensing things around her. Her countenance brought the first name,Zhao Ruilan, a character whom I have created in my comic series.

She had the centre-parted shoulder length hair, slim shaped face and soft features.

I saw a scene of how she played with her men during non-duty / training times, all were played fair and none tried anything funny on her. Such a command respected by them.

She did not reveal to me the cause of her visual impairment, but what captured my attention, was the abandoned camp buildings, that were nearby her camp. It seemed to suggest something about her lost vision, but never mentioned upfront.

According to her, there's a lurking spirit that caused the mental damage to a couple of her men. The survivor now is actually the younger of the 2 brothers who happened to come in on 2 different intake. The surviving brother looks pretty frail, spotting a recruit hairdo and dressed shabbily in patient's robes. One look and you can tell that a tragic past had took place.

There were a few instances that the surviving brother was talking sense, but details are not clear.

Soon, it was time I had to wake up for work; still feeling a little tired from the Melaka trip.

A stopover for washroom break at Caltex after passing Yong Peng entrance.

The journey from Melaka to Johor had been delayed by 15mins due to the rainy weather when entering Johor. Rainy zones were separated over a few spots and many Singapore cars could be seen along the North-South Highway. That had led me to think if I should take a try to drive into Malaysia some day.

If there are no dinner stopovers, I might reach Singapore Customs by dinner time. But being a Sunday evening, delays can be expected when clearing customs.

Has dearie taken her dinner and doing well on her revision?

There are a few long weekends coming up; I can start planning for the next backpacking journey to another nearby location for a short trip. Another round of homework and preparations to be done.

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Finally on the bus and getting myself cooled under the aircon. The journey towards home sweet home is about to begin.

Come Thursday, it'll be dearie's birthday. Time certainly flies; the end of April coming, and soon, midyear will be here.

The backpacker's journey was indeed interesting, as it teaches one to be resourceful, independent and even more self-responsible to 'survive'; abroad. The only thing I got for myself are just top up necessities, as well as the experience of travelling alone. The other things that I most probably will spend on, will be souvenirs for people who are close to me.

Tender shoulders accompany me home today as I have had been extensively exposed to the sun, walking seemingly endlessly for the past 2 days. Had I walked a little further, I could arrive at St John's Fort, which is a few kilometres away from the end of Jalan Cheng Ho 10.

Living in Melaka for the past 3 days does speak about living into the country and getting accustomed to things here - as true as those quotes in related forums that I've read about.

Thank God that all things are in good order, especially where I have my meals and safeguarding my personal valuables.

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Bus according to the coach agency, will arrive at 2:45pm, that leaves me with ample time to rest and cool down after the speed trot from Jonker Walk after getting some foodstuff and souvenir for my family.

Weather is a little cooling here now as compared to the previous days.

Hope dearie will like the little surprise I got for her from here.

Hope I can reach Singapore not too late, so I can also spend a little more time with dearie to let the week end proper.

Despite being a decently priced trip, I still miss the local food back home as most of the food here are pretty of the general population, which appeared pretty heavy, thus, I settled more for Chinese or fast food.

I must say that this trip is pretty fulfilling as I've captured most of what I wanted. The only thing that was missing was dearie's company: otherwise all else went quite well.

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I didn't manage to go to Melaka River as planned as I had already dozed off after dinner yesterday. Light as it gets, just a pizza and spicy floss bread completed with soya milk from the nearby 7-11.

Took a walk to see how Melaka river looks, but nothing really breathtaking, thus decided to leave for breakfast. There are a few stalls around Mahkota Plaza that sells cheap local breakfast, but I decided to give it a pass, partially, due to hygiene concerns. Finally decided to have it at Macdonalds, Big breakfast for RM9.75; still cheaper than having it back home.

Finally managed to get into the McD free wifi with a free registration and replied dearie's email to keep her updated on how I am doing here. A few shots done nearby before the horde of day-trip tourists come by, before making my way back to my hostel to complete the photo processing.

Day 1's done. Less photos taken on Day 2 as the gruelling journey had left me pretty tired. Furthermore, it isn't quite safe to go about Melaka at night being a solo traveller.

For the rest of the places which is more time-efficiently reached by car, I'll leave it for the next trip with dearie. I hope she'll enjoy it, no doubt weather can be searingly hot here. I dislike hot weather, but if I've decided to visit a hot climate country, I'm all prepared to sweat it all out.

I'll be checking out in an hour, which leaves me 2hrs to grab some local products from Jonker area before heading back to the pickup point. If only I have more energy and more time, I could venture even further than where I walked yesterday.

The place is relatively peaceful and slow-paced; hardly any shops are open when I woke up early this morning; probably they are catered to the timing of tourists' arrival to maximise business.

Let's hope the journey back home will be swift, so I have time to settle down before going back to work tomorrow.

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I did not realise that it was already 8:45am when I woke up, as the room's pitch dark in the day even with the lights off. Well, that makes it all more conducive to sleep.

I had about 115 shots yesterday. Since today will be the last full day, it'll be gOod to go further out of Melaka City Centre to see those places of interest.

Moving out after some quick bites.

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Had done a massive walk around Melaka and even out of City Centre, just to be able to see San Poh memorial, which is at the junction at the end of Jalan Temeggong, after St Xavier's Church.

There are many roads named after Cheng Ho, who seemed to play an important part in Melaka's history.

I've spent a small portion of the afternoon exploring the malls; apparently, they are all bridge-connected. Man, they're huge!

The daytime trip has covered most of the attractions around Melaka City Centre in 6hrs. Being on foot with a 10kg backpack is indeed a challenge; hopefully the shoes I got can last me for many more such journeys ahead.

With due respect, I'm not photographing the Dutch tombstones which is just a few flights of stairs above A. Farmosa, a fortress which is several centuries old.

After the break, the next stop will be Melaka River, which is much nearer to those further places, which, should not take much time by foot.

Is dearie having a good rest and revision? I certainly hope she's coping well without my presence beside her.

There are still a few places which can be explored, but shall leave these to the next trip with dearie; hopefully, soon, so we can move on to explore the other parts of the world.

Weather had always been sunny here so far in Melaka. The only time a suggestive sign of rain camen was when I was walking through Jonker area.

There are so many interesting places just to seen feel, and hang around in Melaka.

I'll be making my way to home sweet home in less than 24hrs' time, and getting back to see dearie and her family, and of course, not forgetting my own.

Vincent and his wife should be on their way home soon, as they had came over on Thursday. Such a small world, of all places, to see a friend in Melaka. The world isn't so big afterall...or should it be what most people call, fate?

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After a hike around Jonker area for street shots, the alarm had sounded for a refuelling break.

Duck noodle, souped, with coffee, all for RM4.20. Great tasting and even more economical than the fast food I had for meals yesterday.

Yesterday's slumber was great; no parasotes on the clean bed and room, just that I had missed the fellowship with the backpackers whom had woken up early for breakfast.

Continuation of exploring Melaka will resume after I have a good rest here.

Though far away from home and yet no so far, things does make a difference when you have friends accompanying you abroad. It'll be great if I can have dearie along with me, but just worried that she will not be able to keep up with the massive walking that I had done so far. By the end of this trip, my hiking shoes should have been well-seasoned and a more comfortable walking experience will lie ahead.

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1200hrs, stopover at Yong Peng, but due to traffic jam at Customs area, it is not at the usual restaurant area, but rather, a mobile hawker, whose goods are sold on their vehicle. Somehow, it reminds me of the 'ninja van' during my military days where they provide their goods to those in military training areas.

Another 1.5hrs before reaching Melaka. Although midday, the sun hadn't been scorching as we all stopped at an area which was shielded by clouds. Breaktime was 15mins, but I had already had a full rest on the bus till there was no more room for 'charging'.

There are some travellers who are on a day tour, so the delay had put them at a disadvantage as it translated to less time for them to explore the historical town.

The first thing to do was to find my lodging upon arrival. Right now, planning my hike route will be the best thing.

In Malaysia, according to the on bus guide, today's a normal working day, unlike in Singapore, so the flux of visitors were unexpected.

I simply can't wait to taste the local chendol at my destination, which I had learnt, is something which can't be tasted in Singapore. Many swear by its good taste, so let's see how good it's gonna be.
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I'm finally on board the bus to Melaka; this is the 2nd solo journey that I've embarked on; this time, with the agenda of seeing and capturing the place through Shutter's Eyes.

Has dearie awakened from her slumber? Hope she doesn't sleep too late so as to be able to optimise today's time for her revision.

Moving out.

In a few hours' time, I will be at my planned destination; so far, things are in order, and will continue to keep close tabs on my activities.

There's quite a fair number of non-locals who are going for a vacation too.

Long weekends are good for such short gettaways, especially for those of us who had slogged hard at work.

To a certain extent, it is a little lonely, but overall it's good exposure as an independent traveller.

An extremely early morning on a public holiday as I embark on my way to the bus station to the first journey of backpacking. This would be a short trip over the weekend to take advantage of the public holiday that falls on a Friday.

Dearie must be sound asleep right now...if not for the sake of her examinations, I would have brought her along, unless I'm on a very objective trip, such as specific theme-based photoshoot...well, to places where little people would venture.

Did some reading prior to the final preparation before moving out; the rest was about 3.5hrs prior to today's trip. No matter, that's already more than 1/2 of my usual rest.

I'm gonna miss dearie over this weekend; her presence, and her all-time favourite Pooh whom she would carry around the house before tossing onto her bed.

I'm reaching my embarkation location soon as the remaining part will be by foot; a minor part of this trip's primary form of getting around.

Finally I've arrived at the night of day before my vacation. The first long weekend to be spent abroad.

My mind suddenly feels sleepy. Could it be the 'final relaxation" after a busy day of work? Or could it be a pre-trip anxiety?

I look forward to make my way there to settle down quickly, so I can start exploring the historical town soonest.

Anxious could be the right word!

Still some chores to do before I can set my mind on the trip...

I must have been thrown into deep slumber last night; without realising, I had already entered slumber after a teleconversation with dearie.

The long weekend is coming ahead; seems like a lot of people near me are going abroad; brother is bringing sis to Bangkok, dearie's brother to Perlis, and myself to Melaka.

I certainly look forward to the weekend as I'll be moving around, a lot by foot.

An extremely tiring day,for once as I hadn't got a single wink last night. Fortunately, I'm now on my way home for some recuperation.

Hope the biological clock goes back to normal by tomorrow.

The first day using Blackberry Messenger, it sure has a good connection as compared to Whatsapp; so far, no signs of 'blindspots' throughout my journey to and from work.

I can imagine how the quality of Playbook would be; though there's already an export set available in local market, it should be of considerable hit when local sets arrive here in Singapore.

I've already awake for literally 18 hours when I reach home later. Luxor after workout did not helo deplete me much this morning.

One of the exceptionally early days where I'm all up and ready to face the day well before the usual time to leave home - all worked out, washed up and ate.

It runs in the family for us all to be early; parents and sis are already up, even though mum doesn't need to leave that early for work.

Sounds of motor vehicle engine rumbling before the sun shines; a sign of the start of an average Singaporean's life. Sometimes, even walking past a snoozing stray cat at the void deck makes 1 working class local feel so envious, and look forward to a day they can sleep till you wake up naturally, instead of being frightened to awakening.

That's how life is made here.

For a person seeking to pave the next piece of tile on advancement pavement, I just have to hang in there until the 'cement' is set.

Hang in there while keeping my eyes open...

Just another night where the Sacred Energy is at work - a round of PP done before I get going with the rest.

Work as usual later.

Hope dearie had rested well last nite as I had thought she has been given 3 days' medical leave; thank God she only needed to rest for 1/2 a day yesterday.

Fatigue is slowly climbing in, but I must tap on my source of energy and continue through the rest of the day. The 'quick charge' last night should sustain me for the rest of the day.

Oh...simply love this BBB9780!

Another Sat; in 7 days' time, I won't be sitting here as I would have been away from Singapore.

That would be my 2nd journey embarked to Malaysia, alone.

Having an afternoon spent at Sengkang Riverside park for photoshoots, it had been a worthwhile time for me to learn about flash photography. Weather had been pretty decent throughout the shoot.

There's still probably another 1/2 hour or so before dearie reaches home, so here I am, waiting for her return; hopefully my battery is still able to last till she arrives.

Last night's slumber seemed pretty deep; something which I haven't experienced for a series of 3 days.

The energy level remains unexplained, as dearie frequently asked why do I not feel tired after a long day, or eveb after sleeping for less than normal people's rest hours? Probably God-gifted.

Tomorrow's the last workday of the week again, and how I look forward to
it!

So far, no updates from those who have contacted me yet, so I'll just keep looking.

Managed to leave on the dot again. I've been doing some research on the airfare and places to visit since May is too late for any planning beyond Malaysia.

There's a backpacker's haven known as Khao Sam Road, in Bangkok, which looks interesting enough. Airfares are still on the high side in May, so maybe the quickest fix is to visit some national parks in Malaysia.

Simply looking forward to a holiday. Could the loss of sleep be due to the lack of a vacation?

With the wonderfully passed weekend closure spent with dearie and her family, the next battle week has cometh.

Quite a cloudy day since that torrental rain yesterday, it also spells out a cool weather for the entire day. Feeder bus was unusually crowded, with a consistent stopping train that stops in the middle of no stations, without any preamps to commuters. Hopefully, not another track suicider causing the disruption of service.

The office is quiet as usual; mornings filled with calls and stuff. Just received from one of those who hunted for me that they are unable to represent me; most probably due to preventing a breach of their agreement. I just have to continue searching.

I don't know how long I can stay in this place - the best option is to keep looking out.

Just looking forward to completing my day, so I can get home for my Iron Session.

Sunny day while I make my way to Botanic Gardens, after sending dearie to school.

The weather turned rainy towards the evening while we made our way back - something that took a twist again like yesterday's weather, only worst at the volume of rainfall. Thomson area was massively rushed with rain till visibility became very limited.

Ultimately, we reached dearie's hometown and still, rain persists at a lighter note, so we had to transit via LRT.

Her aunts are at her place so it made the atmosphere much warmer. Somewhere I can really call home.

The massive physical exertion require me to take a good rest tonight.

A visit to the zoo; this time, armed with my digital sniper.

Weather had been exceptionally optimal for visiting such places. Thanks to Nicole who invited me to join her as she got the pass balloted at her company.

I have to bring dearie here someday, as now they even have buggies for rental so one can travel on wheels instead of foot, considering the number of sights in the zoo's premises.

Rain came in the later hours of the afternoon and that certainly made the evening a cooling time for all.

I'm sunburnt; a good tan overall.

Tomorrow will be another baking in the sun session when I'm out for photography. At this moment of time, no definite location.

Sometimes I wonder if there will be a proper education prgram for these people soliciting for business on the streets; When they interrupt someone doing something, ie, having lunch, or queueing for the bus, the first perception they they potray to the approached is: tactlessness.

The other possibility is that they're simply desperate for business. Take for example, an insurance agent trying to steal my time when I was already in the queue for my bus home, citing "while waiting for your bus, maybe I can take a couple of minutes to share with you..." Just a word is enough to decline her flatly as I had totally been turned off by her approach. Is she treating the bus interchange as a fishing pond for her prospects?

Another encounter was that I was lunching at a bench in the open at Hong Lim Complex and a representative from a certain society approached me WHILE I was munching my food, wanting to ask me for business and later "ei, why you eat like that?". That sure places one "precariously" on the edge.

Once again, today, one of them from the same society tried to catch my attention the moment I finished my lunch and going off to dispose rubbish; so it showed that they had already been "eyeing for a victim" to ask. I just wonder, if they're really out to help the society, why does it look more like a sales soliciting effect?

Certainly something to think about.

A week of solo lunch done. Quite a feat, but definitely something which I'm more comfortable at this point in time.

Quite a handful of missed calls these few days, probably from those who have saw my CV and wanting to tell me on the offer they have on hand...so a good time to do a sweep and see what they have on hand.

2/3 of the day done, so later I can look forward to leave office on time, and have a good evening with dearie. I won't say that the work had been tough lately, but the mental battling had certainly been something which I had to take my mind off from.

So now I have one major an important activity that I can incorporate into this weekend apart from my outdoor photoshoot...hopefully over the next week, my visibility in the market will be more prominent.

I was in a village where I saw a restaurant that had been told that it was set up by 3 brothers who had a poverty history. That reminded me of the Hui brothers in the Hong Kong scene where they became famous through their comedies.

The restaurant looks pretty successful; somewhat looking like those of the pulgistic world.

Somewhere somehow, one of the brothers went missing as legend had that e had defected from the righteous lifestyle; left his own married family as he was having someone outside.

The next scene showed me going to take a bus to my tertiary education school; strangely, the bus stop was along Yio Chu Kang Road towards Ang Mo Kio.

I saw all the guys in my class; Joey, Rahim, Shar, Boon and Zahrin. Joey was holding on his cigarette as usual and I was accompanied by my junior, Liting.

It had been awhile since we all met, s everyone had been busy with their lives.

Onboard the bus, Joey still had his cigarette smoultering from the other end while he was seated near the passageway. Prior to this, he had already butted it out before boarding.

Liting was telling me how good we had been (just ourselves) as compared to most of the guys here, who didn't further study after the certification studies.

It was like a remiscing of the past while we boarded a bus filled with moving memories of the past.

I saw my clock at 6am but continued slumbering till 7am. Favourite day of the week cometh!

I've just rewatched Terminator: Salvation while trying to get my blog going. It's great news to learn that Grace had secured an offer and her family planning can now move into place. I told her not to worry about it as she'll do just fine in the new role; no doubt it's rumoured of the high turnover rate.

Where great power comes great responsibility.

This is soemthing which can be so true: in today's society, one will no longer succumb to the being loyal to their company. Being realistic is to give oneself an increment by moving on to better offers. Exactly how the law of economics move; people relocate, change jobs, move, and the list just go on.

That applies to myself too. Moving to where one is better-remunerated is one of the smartest way - timegame, the others will come from financial wisdom of knowing where to place your eggs for them to hatch.

Oh well, just some thoughts for the night before I retire for the day.

It's been awhile since I wrote here; as the previous evenings had been spent staying up late, to do up a niche website for my photoworks, and also catching up on lost workoouts, photoprocessing, etc.

Just thinking through things at work; not that irkish, but with Strike 3 already done, it means I've given myself the ticket to look for something else. Small companies do have their coziness, but it's really saddening that when one tries to learn as much as they can in a new role, the process gets interrupted. Like the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. Twice bitten? Quad shy?

I'll be spending less time there, since the current situation is as such.

Another lunch day alone. This time, I had made a trip all the way to Funan just to get something from the credits on my card; alas; I brought out the old card which had been replaced with the new, EMV-chipped version that was left at home!

Well, anyway I got the device as the perfect Time Machine to backup data in my mobile photolab here; the only issue about going to Funan is finding a seat at the food court upstairs; so to save time, the best fix was to settle at Macs.

The hour had been well utilised as I had took a considerable walk and still made it back in time.

Monday...if only I needn't to work today!

It had been quite an inertia over the weekend as there's been many things that had been discussed. The flames in my personality has somehow licked those beside me; which didn't feel very pleasant.

Alot of cases to do today; but as usual, I just went through my work, managed to catch up with friends via email occasionally in between work and made myself leave office on time.

I had to catch the missed workout from the morning.

The workout turned out great as I was able to maximise the perspiration and ooze out those stress from work (though I'm already pretty numb) which in turn, introduces a better slumber.

Let's hope tomorrow will be a better day, somehow.

Today's April fool and also an ex-colleague's birthday. Just dropped her a message in Facebook to wish her on her special day.

Ah, it's a Friday, also the best day of the week as I can look forward to enjoy the weekend.

Met up with my godsis who came from Taiwan to see her brother who lives here, and we went to Lau Pasat along with dearie for dinner. We sure had lots to talk about since it's been many years since we last met. The last time she came was in 1998 if my memory had been accurate? Dearie had a good time catching up with her as the more my godsis shared about Taiwan, the more I want to go see how beautiful it is...

We didn't stay too late as she will be going out with her family tomorrow and dearie has to rest early for tomorrow's lessons. My godsis gave her a cute pouch which even has it's own website online, selling various products with the mascot!

Wish her an enjoyable weekend at Universal Studios!