Thursday, November 29, 2007
What a difference a bath makes...
Well, I'm not exactly talking about the smell. It's just that, you know sometimes, you're just so engrossed in your work that you don't want to do anything else until you've completed it? Ya, I find it really difficult to tear myself from the computer screen at times, even if my eyes are screaming for me to take a break or my bladder's about to burst. Just two hours ago, I reached a mental road block and couldn't seem to do anything about it even though I have a deadline tomm and desperately want to make it work. Reluctantly, I decided to take a break and take a bath, which turned out to be such a therapeutic alone-time where I could clear my head and energise my thoughts. After my bath, I came back to my room, started typing and finished my work within the hour. So try it, the next time you're stuck at something. It may work for you like how it did for me.Tomorrow's a significant day for me. Well, not exactly, but I guess it's the start of an exciting beginning or the beginning of the end. All will be revealed in due time. Meanwhile, keep me in your prayers. Thanks.
P.S - Bali post is on the way...
Posted by Jo at 11:59 PM
Friday, November 16, 2007
My life in slow motion
Here are some pictures from my hp which were taken at random moments in the past few months. Ok bye! Don't miss me!
Posted by Jo at 2:28 PM
Bali babe
As I sat in the exam hall, waiting for the papers to be distributed, I literally felt a rush of adrenalin going through me. "OMG, this is really happening. My last freakin' paper." Less than 24 hours before that, I submitted my 5,000 word project. When my paper ended three hours later, I was so mentally drained that I had forgotten to celebrate. In fact, all I wanted to do was get home and hit the mattress.Today, four days later, it has finally sunken in. I'm done with school. Completed. Finito. Accomplished. (Assuming that I don't fail any modules. Heh...) And there's no better way to celebrate the end of my school life than head to Bali for a short vacation! Technically, I'm supposed to be on a 'business trip' because some of the doctors are giving a health talk there and my colleague and I are accompanying them to make sure that everything runs smoothly. But that only takes up like half a day, which leave the remaining 3 days for play! The best part of it all, my company's paying for all my expenses. Woohoo! You gotta say that I deserve it after going through the most hectic year of my entire life.
Thank God my flu is recovering fine.
So I'm counting down the hours before the plane takes off. Five and a half hours to be precise. Hello beach. Hello sun. Hello shopping.
Posted by Jo at 1:30 PM
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Old School Saturday
At Wala Wala's on typical Saturday nights, the UnXpected has a segment called Blast from the Past - Karaoke Saturday. Today, Hil & I didn't go to WLWL, which in itself is rather surprising since that place has more or less become a regular hangout for us. Anyway, despite missing the music, chicken wings, pizzas and beer, we had our own blend of Blast from the Past...While attending Greg & Joy's wedding mass this morning (congrats!), I was pleasantly surprised to find that the celebrant was Fr Anthony Ho. The younger folks may not remember him but Fr Ho was the former parish priest in CTK and I had the privilege of knowing him a little during my growing up years. As he was giving the sermon today, I was reminded of why he was, and is, a well-loved priest. Except for the added grey hair and wrinkles, he is still good ol' Fr Ho - Funny, friendly and lovable. At the lunch reception, when I was munching on my mutton stew, Uncle Nick came around to Hil and I and started reminiscing about the days of old. As much as I'd like to tell him to look forward and appreciate what we have now, I held my tongue and indulged in the snippets of flashbacks with him. Don't you sometimes wish that some things from the past could carry on into the present and future? Why can't good things last forever?
Anyway, during the sunset mass back in CTK, I noticed that our choir was belting out hymns from the dusty red songbook (projected on the new screens, in case you're wondering). We sang songs like 'Because He lives' - this is the first song I learnt to play on the guitar incidentally - which sent a tingling feel-good current down my back. At that moment, I just wanted to bob my head to the beat. For the safety of the people around me, I restrained myself.
Finally, at G&J's wedding banquet (congrats again!), apart from it being THEIR wedding, it almost felt like a CTK dinner & dance. Hmmm, ok, minus the dance...The tables were filled up with familiar faces - both young & old, and some of whom I haven't met in eons. It was a nice time to catch up and find out about how everyone's lives have progressed. Like how Jennifer's migrating to US and Moarie's baby is due in early Dec and Nick Dass has a kid. Oh no, I'm becoming one of those people who'll say how time passes so fast and how everyone has changed and started their own families, etc...
Well, I guess a little retrospect every once in a while can't do much harm. It kinda reminds us of the experiences we had and the crossroads which brought us to where we are today. So before I go to bed and switch back to Nerdy Jo mode tomorrow, I just wanna make a short note about weddings. (This is totally not related to the first four paragraphs, but what the heck. Haha...)
Note to self: A marriage is God's gift of love to us in the form of our life partner. At a wedding, not only do people come together to pray and support the union of the couple, God works through the lovebirds to show the world that He is alive and real, and inspires others to love as He loves. Amen!
Posted by Jo at 12:35 AM
Friday, November 09, 2007
Nerdy Jo
Before I bury myself in the books, just thought I'd document this so that ten years down the road, I can show my kids how hardworking their mummy was. Is.If our bodies are like rechargeable batteries that can only be charged once a year, this is the time I'll be using up the last ounce of it before it auto-shuts down and refuses to turn on again until next year.
I have a 5,000 word essay about whether new media is bringing the death of the print media. My thesis argues that it isn't, and that print media actually exploits new media to generate more profits while still keeping the conventional methods. Ironically, here I am, blogging (which is a form of new media btw), instead of flipping through mags and newspapers for inspiration. For what it's worth, I actually believe that new media is going to single-handedly murder print media in time to come. But based on my research so far, experts (in the print industry) are hopeful of their future. I think they're living in denial. Therein lies the second irony, since yours truly still hopes to work in the print industry one day.
I also have a 3-hour exam paper on Morphology - the study of the behaviour and combination of morphemes i.e. words in its smallest meaningful linguistic units. This includes the ten word formation processes, lexemes, function and form of sentences, SVOC analysis, etc.
Not fun at all, but this is the final lap for me. If I fall now, I will be the biggest loser. So wish me luck as I put on my student cap - hopefully for the last time.
Posted by Jo at 9:10 AM
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Sleepless in Singapore
I'm sorry, I know it's not your fault. I shouldn't resent you for being you. The lethal combination of PMS and schizo idiosyncrasy doesn't help. I find myself moving further and further away. The scary thing is, I'm allowing myself to. Such is the freedom that one craves, to a point that it sucks you into a place of no return. I miss my old life. I will certainly miss the new too. I'm numb and imperturbable. All I see is a mental picture of evil triumphing over good. I'm dancing, swaying, but with the wrong person. Save me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyheJ480LYA
