Rainy week

Singapore's going through winter. Now, that'll be a news headline we'd like to see. Everyone (ok, those who know their geography well) knows that Singapore is located near the equator & this location isn't the place where one would be able to experience the 4 seasons, let alone winter.

But why did I say that Singapore's going through winter now? Well, from the constant downpour which started on Sat, we've not had a day without rain 5 days. It's just as gloomy today, haven't missed the sun so much since god knows when. The constant rain has brought down the temperature in Singapore by a few degrees and it's as if the whole of Singapore is on natural aircon.

I do like this cool weather, prefer it to the heat but the rain just makes it messy and inconvenient for us. And I hate being wet but I guess there's never a perfect world, you take some, you give some.

Most people's mood gets gloomy when it's raining, for me.... well.... I think I'm in a better mood when it rains, I can get grouchy when it's hot.

I'm just rambling on and on, think I'll stop here for now.

TGIF

Friday, the day of the week that I always look forward to for 2 simple reasons:

1. The weekend is here, yahoo, 2 days without work
2. I get to leave officially at 5.30pm on Fridays, our usual knock off time is 6pm. Well.... I don't always get to leave on the dot since I've got tons of work to do but the thought that I can leave early is enough to make me look forward to it :)

Also, what makes this weekend even better is that we get another 4 day week next week, next Tuesday is a public holiday for us, woo hoo!

Not intending to write a long posting today as I need to clear off some work so that I can leave at 5.30pm sharp but I tend to get long winded, so I think it'll still be a pretty long posting from me today.

On Wed, I found out about an interesting piece of news. The ruler of Dubai passed away on Wednesday and all offices & businesses were delcared closed for 10 days. I was quite amused by this as we've never encountered that here before. Over here, we pretty much still by the book. We don't get sudden declaration of holidays for celebrations or mournings, work (& life) goes on.

Anyway, that was just an interesting news I've found out this week. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to 5.30pm and I really need to get back to my work so that I can leave on time.

Have a great weekend on me :)

My very own blog

My very own blog, finally. I've just recently reached the 30th year of my existance and much as I'd resisted, I realised that I enjoy penning down my thoughts and reflect back years later on how I felt at a certain stage in my life.

Having lived 30 years might sound plenty to some and little to others but to me, I just realised a scary thought. I've reached the mid-point of my existance in this planet & I'm starting to think through what I've done right or wrong for the 1st half of my life....

Then I realised, what's the use of thinking back what I've done right and what I've done wrong? I'm unable to change my past. I have this habit of going through the past and reminiscing about events that happened 1 week/ month/ year ago at a certain time. Then a very special person in my life brought me to my senses. He asked, "Why do you like thinking back about the past?". After much thought, I realised I'm like a frozen clock (as a character in this K-drama, "My Lovely Kim Sam Soon" (MLKSS), had said once), everyone else is moving forward but I'm still living in the past.

I guess the past has many fond memories for me, be they good or bad but life is short, I need to move forward & make the most of my time & cherish what the future beholds for me. So, today, 4 January 2006, I've decided to start making the most of the 2nd half of my life & "carpe diem" (as Robin Williams' character, John Keating, told his students in the movie "Dead Poet's Society").

So, to my life, here I come, see me charging towards you without a fear, come what may & I fear nothing, I only fear I'll leave without having lived my life to the fullest.