2009 Resolutions

OK, so I'm a little late in finalising my new year's resolutions. Now that I have some time to think and re-evaluate myself (a thing that I have been doing quite too often lately), these are what I plan or still plan to do in 2009:

1) To stay healthy - to eat balance meals, do more outdoor activities and have some more gym time.

2) To watch an award winning film every fortnight - I have a whole list of it!

3) To prepare and make new dishes at least twice a month - I kinda miss living on my own and having to decide what to eat every day.

4) To pick up one kind of sports and be good in it - I've been wanting to play squash and master the sport ever since I left UoE. Maybe if this goes well this year, I'll pick up golf in 2010.

5) To finish a book this year - Yes one book. I'm being realistic here.

6) To further explore the world - I already have Singapore on my calendar, perhaps Bali in July and we'll see where my savings can take me later on this year.

7) To contribute to the unfortunates - More charity walks / runs to come and maybe it's time to visit the orphanage and old folks' home again.

Seven resolutions for 2009. I'm not being too ambitious here, am I?

fashionista

I watched The Devil wears Prada last night and gosh, I think it was a fantastic film. Anne Hathaway was as pretty as Snow White and don't let me start on that she was wearing. Sometimes I wished I was working in that kind of line instead of being in the corporate field.

Not only did I love the fashion side of the film, I did too love the storyline about Andy's relationship with her family, friends and her significant other. It could soooo be related to everybody especially those who are just at the starting line of their career path. Sometimes plans with our loved ones have to be cancelled in order to meet our work commitments. Our personality apparently changes once we are with a job hence making us become someone unlike ourselves. Working towards our ultimate dream is most definitely important, but how much could we actually put our loved ones aside? Honestly, I am still stuck in this dilemma of trying to balance between work and personal issues.

OK deep thoughts aside.

Starbucks retrenchment! Woo... News has it that Starbucks is closing some 600 outlets in the US. That's one huge figure - a venti frappuproblem some may say. The amount of Starbucks cafes in America is just too many that every 10 meters you walk, you happen to see one outlet. This is according to my source and I don't entirely know how true this is (maybe someone can clarify?). If this one strong coffee chain can go for an extreme cost cutting measure during the current economy crisis, it must be a real challenge for the small enterprises in the US. Well hopefully it won't affect Malaysia as bad as it hits the States.

OK this is too much work related.

To sum it up, personal life and work issues must be balanced.

check

I'm on MC today because I woke up this morning with a stomach cramp at which when I was in the bathroom, I couldn't stand up straight. I was contemplating the whole time I was getting ready whether or not I should head to work or to the clinic. I settled with the latter and soon the doctor told me I was having gastric pain. It's actually not a surprise for me as I know for a fact that I eat untimely.

I came back home, forced myself to have breakfast and still the pain doesn't go away. So I thought of checking on other possible causes of stomach pain online. To my surprise, I realised that I don't know much about the human anatomy. I guess I didn't take much opportunity of learning it when I lived with medical students for that 2 years of my uni life.

Anyway, I thought this is really useful especially for those who often suffer from abdominal pain.

I've finally gone to the doctors and checked the pain out. I know it has been months but I did it, didn't I? x

sexy week

Now there are 2 reasons why I shouldn't be a singer. The first reason is obviously because I would either crack the windows and glasses or make the rain fall everytime I sing. Secondly, I lose my voice every-so-frequently so imagine if I have gigs, I would have to keep postponing them. And fans don't like that. Anyway, it doesn't matter because I'm not a singer.

I did a personality test today. The task was to draw a pig and the child in me came out with this:-


Basically my personality was described based on the way I have drawn my piggy picture.

• Little Miss Piglet was drawn on the top of the piece of A4 paper and it means that I'm a positive and optimistic person.
• She was faced to the front and it makes me a direct, a straight-to-the-point person also a devil's advocate.
• I drew the piggy not in detail (just because I'm a crappy artist*). It shows that I'm a risk taker and a person full of emotions.
• Like all pigs should have, my oinker has 4 legs. It says I am secured, stubborn and I stick to my ideals.
• The ears were medium sized. A good listener.
• Finally the medium tail length describes that I have a ehem ehem ehem ehemmm (which is eff-ing bullshit).

The result is partially true . Nothing to be taken seriously as it was just one test.

Here is a complete different story. When I say DRAWER, what do you think of? Chest of drawers? I was typing this* and I nearly typed 'just because I'm a crappy drawer'. I giggled at myself thinking what a stupid this to say.

It reminds me of what my colleague has said earlier today. "My father owns a printing shop. He's a PRINTER". Everyone laughed at him. Even I did.

I checked on the dictionary. Drawer and printer were used in the right context. Both sentences were valid.

Although I am unsure whether COOKER can also mean a person who cooks. It is definitely an electrical appliance which cooks our food. I need to find someone who can clarify it for me.