3:41am , 7 November 2015

It suddenly got me thinking, yes, at this hour while I'm getting ready for bed..

We all have these friends on Facebook..

The health & fitness buff: 

They check in their runs, they share the latest announcements on coming runs, they even share a neighbor country's latest volcanic ash spews (mountain hiking kaki maa...)

The do-gooder, kindness preaching philosophy advocate:

They share multiple images of wellbeing, kindness, self-contentment, empowering quotes and pictures, at multiple times a day, multiple days of the week. 

The emo-attention seeker extrovert that claims they are in fact gifted & 'one-of-a-kind' introverts:

They share the latest news articles from overseas news dailies (overseas news are faster, and more credible.. they just don't do locals. And when they do, they strike these local news hot & fast will a plethora of I-know-it-better & I-told-you-so), 

they do all sorts of personality quizzes that claim individuality but are in fact 3-types of rigid categorizing of a myriad of human personalities. 

The child, property, safety know-hows & videos buff:

Count on them to share the latest (and sometimes not so latest) videos on carjacking, child kidnap attempts, robbery-at-gate videos, lost son/ lost daughter/ lost pets (from don't know when & whether they'd been actually found & recovered).. just share first, better safe than sorry maa...

Ok wait, I don't want to drag on lest I be labeled The Bored Hoarder Who Thinks She's Never Done Any Of The Above..

Oh wait, you mean to say you really don't have friends like the above, and it's only me?

Guess it's about time to drop some of my Facebook friends then...

58th

This merdeka day celebrations,.. there's no feel to it at all

In years past, we'd crowd around awe-inspiring TV commercials with focus on racial unity and gratitude to our forefathers who brought this nation into one

But this merdeka, our 58th, is marred with something more important 

A current issue at hand, a pressing one that is on top of (most of) everyone's list

Where past anniversaries served as run-of-the-mill annual reminders to fortify our unity and instill gratituity,

This year's marks a different awakening of sort.. there will be a rally. Voices want to be seen and heard..

Are we finally progressing through another threshold as a nation? 

Right.. for what it's worth, things could go either way, still, I'd like to call it a progress.

At the very least, we are moving forward..

Let it be known to the world.

(｡-_-｡)

Yep.. Our time here on earth, alive, really is limited

So why am I even worrying endlessly on work now?

Go to sleep, jen.. Go to sleep.

And if you must dream tonight, only sweet ones then.

我 好 好。。。

Refusing to sleep at night..

Refusing to get up in the morning..

Too much temptation in the night..

Too much to-do in the morning..

Too much throwing caution to the wind at night..

Too much positive self-psyche in the morning..

So much calmness in the night, so much music to stick into the ears at night..

Too much jamness in the morning, so much rush.. Rush to work, rush for parking spot, Rush for work to be done.. When silly me already know, they can never be Done done.

。。。

I'm being gibberish again..

A new birth today..

A funeral tonight..

Life is such..

Rejoice for the endless new possibilities 

Rejoice for a life well lived

Life is such

Time comes and goes

This will never change

A human's nature however

Is hard to change

Refusing to let the night go..

When come morning,

Refusing to let the sheets go..

Life is such..

obsession.new

always, it catches you in one clean sweep

unannounced 

unexpectedly 

always beautiful

mostly peculiar 

life. life and its funny ways

wonder when will this one stop 

哈哈！

A self reminder..

It's just a little past 4 am..

And I am feeling overwhelmingly grateful.

Yes, the feeling is indescribable 

The reasons many. Hard to put exactly in words but valid and solid in me now, this moment

I need to put this down, to remind myself of this wonderful feeling weeks, months to come.

This is great. Life is good.

Simply being Alive is a blessing.

The present is a gift.

Seize it, your way.

:]

Happy New Year 2015!

Started the new year with 3 temple visits, 3 days in a row.. :)

Hope the new year will be one filled with blessings ..

So crazy December is over now, till I see you again..

Upbeat January is now here.. We are in fact, nearing mid-month now (yay!)

Didn't stop me from pulling a no-show at work today anyway.. (be good, jen.. pls be good)

Anyways, the post-vacation-wanderlust mood is now slowly but surely being replaced with the yearning-for-the-CNY mood 

Yes, the cheesy CNY festive songs are never comparable to the magical Christmas jingles.. but I was too caught up then in December, and .. nothing compares seriously to this once-in-a-year time of the year.. am plotting my CNY leaves already.

Keep Calm & Carry On..

& Happy New Year 2015!!