Friday, April 28, 2006
Happy and Good
When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy. -- Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Monday, April 24, 2006
My Travelling Barang Barang
There is no way for me to travel light. In fact, it is near impossible :P.
True to my roots, I am very very super kiasu. Would rather overpacked/overbrought than to forget to bring any item. Not even a toothbrush. Thus, I'd definitely have a check list. Well, mine ain't to the extent of a few pages, just a page, listing from the stuff I need for my hair to the shoes I wear =), including the stuff I need to pack for my Significant Other.
Preparation of the check list can commence weeks prior to the trip. Okay, you can say I'm crazy, but this is called insurance. Depending on where I'm travelling to, will plan and mix my wardrobe for the trip, just like going for a fashion show :). I even go to the extent of matching my Significant Other's clothes with mine =). With this on hand, I need not have to think what I'm gonna to wear and how to mix and match, and that saves lots of trouble during the trip itself.
Other than clothing, the next important item will be those bottles. Yes, bottles. Bottles which said to contain my skin care regime, body care regime, contact lenses regime and what-have-you. With an increasing ardent passion for my skin care regime, that translates to more bottles to bring along. Although I pack travel-size bottles, they can add up to huge quantity and mass. No kidding.
So, with all these bottles to pack, there is one thing I cannot do without -- pouches, which come in all sizes. You name it, I have it :). Oh, I even have a 1st aid kit pouch, just for all those medicine. Over the years, I've collected a number of pouches, and family and friends who come to know of this passion of mine, will always give travelling pouches to me as souvenir. I especially like those from Tokyo Disneyland. They are so colourful and cute.
Now, with so many number of pouches to load, the weight of our luggage is the same, regardless of where we're going to. Yes, even a short trip over the weekend. My Significant Other just commented the same during our last trip :). Well, I can't help it although am trying to travel minimal. I guess this is one habit which dies hard. Plus, I'd rather be safe than sorry, so cannot simply immolate any item.
With such impeccable pre-travel planning, the aftermath is I need to unpack all these pouches after the trip, including tonnes of souvenirs bought. Very pai seh to say this, but I really hate unpacking. Hence, always need to have my Significant Other to download everything from the luggages, then I'll clear each pounch and bag one after another. The reason? I can't stand so many pounches lying around, so I will clear them, no matter what. Weird, huh?
Well, that's the fun and joy of travelling, eh.....minus the unpacking :P. Can't wait for the next round of pre-travel planning. Ha......
True to my roots, I am very very super kiasu. Would rather overpacked/overbrought than to forget to bring any item. Not even a toothbrush. Thus, I'd definitely have a check list. Well, mine ain't to the extent of a few pages, just a page, listing from the stuff I need for my hair to the shoes I wear =), including the stuff I need to pack for my Significant Other.
Preparation of the check list can commence weeks prior to the trip. Okay, you can say I'm crazy, but this is called insurance. Depending on where I'm travelling to, will plan and mix my wardrobe for the trip, just like going for a fashion show :). I even go to the extent of matching my Significant Other's clothes with mine =). With this on hand, I need not have to think what I'm gonna to wear and how to mix and match, and that saves lots of trouble during the trip itself.
Other than clothing, the next important item will be those bottles. Yes, bottles. Bottles which said to contain my skin care regime, body care regime, contact lenses regime and what-have-you. With an increasing ardent passion for my skin care regime, that translates to more bottles to bring along. Although I pack travel-size bottles, they can add up to huge quantity and mass. No kidding.
So, with all these bottles to pack, there is one thing I cannot do without -- pouches, which come in all sizes. You name it, I have it :). Oh, I even have a 1st aid kit pouch, just for all those medicine. Over the years, I've collected a number of pouches, and family and friends who come to know of this passion of mine, will always give travelling pouches to me as souvenir. I especially like those from Tokyo Disneyland. They are so colourful and cute.
Now, with so many number of pouches to load, the weight of our luggage is the same, regardless of where we're going to. Yes, even a short trip over the weekend. My Significant Other just commented the same during our last trip :). Well, I can't help it although am trying to travel minimal. I guess this is one habit which dies hard. Plus, I'd rather be safe than sorry, so cannot simply immolate any item.
With such impeccable pre-travel planning, the aftermath is I need to unpack all these pouches after the trip, including tonnes of souvenirs bought. Very pai seh to say this, but I really hate unpacking. Hence, always need to have my Significant Other to download everything from the luggages, then I'll clear each pounch and bag one after another. The reason? I can't stand so many pounches lying around, so I will clear them, no matter what. Weird, huh?
Well, that's the fun and joy of travelling, eh.....minus the unpacking :P. Can't wait for the next round of pre-travel planning. Ha......
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Friday, April 21, 2006
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
A Nautical Lifestyle
Out on the open wide sea for 6 days, and the feelings were great. Therapeutic in fact.
Life had been rather decadent for the past week, coz I had not been doing anything but rest, play and eat. And, yes, put on some weight again. Darn...why do I put on weight so easily? And why I never lose it as easily as well?
Anyway, holiday on a 5-star cruise is wonderful. Very spoilt indeed. 6 meals provided everyday, and you can eat till you drop. I slept so well although it's not my own comfy bed (that's to say, I was so burnt out), ate although I didn't feel hungry, idled the time at the casino, and donating a fair bit, sat at the cabin's balcony (we booked the balcony class cabin -- we would go insane if we're cooped in a small enclosed room for so many days) staring out to the vast sea and thinking nothing.......
Decadence can be so......enchanting......hmm....
Life had been rather decadent for the past week, coz I had not been doing anything but rest, play and eat. And, yes, put on some weight again. Darn...why do I put on weight so easily? And why I never lose it as easily as well?
Anyway, holiday on a 5-star cruise is wonderful. Very spoilt indeed. 6 meals provided everyday, and you can eat till you drop. I slept so well although it's not my own comfy bed (that's to say, I was so burnt out), ate although I didn't feel hungry, idled the time at the casino, and donating a fair bit, sat at the cabin's balcony (we booked the balcony class cabin -- we would go insane if we're cooped in a small enclosed room for so many days) staring out to the vast sea and thinking nothing.......
Decadence can be so......enchanting......hmm....
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
花見
綺麗でしょう？It's the hanami season in Japan and just by looking at the pictures, which my colleague at Tokyo HQ had emailed me, is enough to make me swoon.
The sakuras have a life span of 10 days only, and I yet to have the first hand experience to undergo the wondrous impact these blossoms have on the Japanese.
One day, hopefully in the near future, I will get a taste of such beauty.NB: 花見 = hanami = cherry blossoms viewing
Monday, April 03, 2006
Emotions
Well, have been asking this question for the past few days and still have no answer.
The question: why do I get upset, and why don't I like to be upset?
It started off when I posted a comment at one of the regular blogs I visit, and I got "bombarded" by others (well, it's actually one reader, an idiotic one somemore, let's call him Mr Goon). The topic we touched on was "democracy in HK". Okay, I was being a BIG kaypoh when I posted that comment but it's just my two cents worth and did not expect such vehemence from another fellow reader. What irked me was he misinterpreted and misunderstood my comment, and that got me very upset. Very very upset indeed.
Am not sure you're following me, but that particular upset feeling is/was terrible. I didn't feel good (of course lah, needless to say) and had to resort to asking around for opinions to support my views and made me feel better. Although I did receive similar views but somehow the gnawing upset feeling did not want to go away. Not afraid to admit I was cursing Mr Goon within me. Was cursing his ancestors all the way. Very not nice of me, but hey, he asked for it :(.
Anyway, my point is I do not like to get upset and to think that an idiot upset me was really the limit. My evening was spoilt and I was trying means and ways to calm myself. Kept psychoing myself to cool down and forget the whole issue. Luckily, I didn't lose sleep over it.
I still get quite touchy (this may not describe the feeling appropriately), whenever I think of it, even as when I'm writing this post. I am a peace loving person, yes, believe it or not. I don't like people around me to talk loudly or raise their voices; don't like doors being slammed or closed noisily; don't like when people throw things to vent their anger; don't like when I'm wrongly accused; don't like smart alecks, especially they're acting like idiots of the century; and the worst, don't like when people sit on my emails/messages and feign ignorance. All these, will raise the alarm bell within me. And, it really really irks me.
My solution? To avoid the above at all costs. You may think that I am running away from reality. Maybe I am, but this is the only solution I can think of and choose. Everyone can talk and live the way he/she chooses to be, and I cannot dictate. Since I am unable to draw parallel with them, avoiding/ignoring them seems to be the best bet, for now.
I like to keep my emotional level at balance, being happy and hilarious are exceptions. I know I cannot live like a hermit coz ultimately I need friends, real kosher friends, to be precise.
So, if you are reading this, please be a sport, don't come and upset me.
The question: why do I get upset, and why don't I like to be upset?
It started off when I posted a comment at one of the regular blogs I visit, and I got "bombarded" by others (well, it's actually one reader, an idiotic one somemore, let's call him Mr Goon). The topic we touched on was "democracy in HK". Okay, I was being a BIG kaypoh when I posted that comment but it's just my two cents worth and did not expect such vehemence from another fellow reader. What irked me was he misinterpreted and misunderstood my comment, and that got me very upset. Very very upset indeed.
Am not sure you're following me, but that particular upset feeling is/was terrible. I didn't feel good (of course lah, needless to say) and had to resort to asking around for opinions to support my views and made me feel better. Although I did receive similar views but somehow the gnawing upset feeling did not want to go away. Not afraid to admit I was cursing Mr Goon within me. Was cursing his ancestors all the way. Very not nice of me, but hey, he asked for it :(.
Anyway, my point is I do not like to get upset and to think that an idiot upset me was really the limit. My evening was spoilt and I was trying means and ways to calm myself. Kept psychoing myself to cool down and forget the whole issue. Luckily, I didn't lose sleep over it.
I still get quite touchy (this may not describe the feeling appropriately), whenever I think of it, even as when I'm writing this post. I am a peace loving person, yes, believe it or not. I don't like people around me to talk loudly or raise their voices; don't like doors being slammed or closed noisily; don't like when people throw things to vent their anger; don't like when I'm wrongly accused; don't like smart alecks, especially they're acting like idiots of the century; and the worst, don't like when people sit on my emails/messages and feign ignorance. All these, will raise the alarm bell within me. And, it really really irks me.
My solution? To avoid the above at all costs. You may think that I am running away from reality. Maybe I am, but this is the only solution I can think of and choose. Everyone can talk and live the way he/she chooses to be, and I cannot dictate. Since I am unable to draw parallel with them, avoiding/ignoring them seems to be the best bet, for now.
I like to keep my emotional level at balance, being happy and hilarious are exceptions. I know I cannot live like a hermit coz ultimately I need friends, real kosher friends, to be precise.
So, if you are reading this, please be a sport, don't come and upset me.
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