Good or Bad? Yet to be decided!!

Something shocking happened to me in office yesterday. I was suddenly called by my old boss for a meeting with him and another colleague. Shocking cause, I had nothing much work related stuffs to discuss already. So, shockingly, he says that he suggested to big boss for me to be involved in one of the supposed to be established "team". I was shocked and had wanted to reject him for this already. I think he had already knew I would have rejected this and had prepared the "carrot" before hand. Before starting this new thing, there is a training which will need to be attended. Training Location : Switzerland.

How to reject? I had never even dream of venturing into Europe within these few years and suddenly I am given the opportunity to travel there. Besides, the supposed training was supposed to last for 8 days. Thus, meaning, should have a weekend there for me to explore around. The travel bug in me kept biting me to GO for it. But there was something which held me back.

So, I discussed this with my boss and she is really supportive. Basically, she ask me what I wanted and adviced me to get more info before deciding. In the end, the bug won. But, my position will still remain but with an extra role of being a supporting role for this new team. But, one thing someone told me:

"There is no such thing as assist. Assist is doing the job without recognition"

For now, don't care first. Swiss, here I come =D

Run @ 24 May 09

Till now, I have been able to maintain a run everyday for these past few days. Quite proud of it. =D Really hope I can maintain this. But I think I better cut myself some slack before such a full commitment. =p So, I think, I will try to maintain a run everyday when I am in Singapore. For those holidays when I go for holidays, overseas or go back to my hometown, I will not need to commit myself. Come on, these times, I have better use for my time than to run around. =p

Back to this post, today, I went on a run alone at the Serangoon Park Connector. The one which I normally have my run during the day. A little bit on Park Connector. There is a "canal" along this park connector which I really love. There are quite a number of birds and fishes along this canal which makes it very enjoyable to have a run in. I had told myself to find a day when I will go there to just take pics of the birds and the beauty there but had kept procastinating these few weeks. So, the below are the pics which I had taken when I first tested out the 1000D quite a while ago. Trust me, the below pics says just very little of its beauty. Besides, the views at night is nothing to be proud of.


Back to the run, with all the run that I had been going through these few days, I think I could have pushed myself further in the distance that I am capable of. Although this may be a bit too late as I will have to go for my run this Sat evening/Sun morning. But it really felt good to maintain a run for a measly 6.4km (total 8km with additional cool down walk). Quite an improvement from my normal 2.4-3km run. Let's just hope I am capable of completing the Sundown this weekend.
Wish me luck. =D

Running

I had gotten hand on my iPod nano. Hehehe....
Love them. Just that I am not used to having to get iTunes to "synchronise" the songs and movies into this little baby. =D
Besides the iPod, we have also gotten our hand on the silicon casing and also the armband for iPod nano. Not that cheap though. T.T
I had taken them for 2 trial runs already. The 1st one, I just set the shuffle into shuffling ONLY one song throughout the whole run. Wasn't paying too much attention to the songs though cause was worried it will rain. Which in the end, it did rained. So, had to cut short of the run from the intended distance. Then it was just now (started my run around 11:30pm), had much better run. Although shorter distance (only around my area), which based on the timing, would mean around 2km. This time round, I had learned to set the whole playlist to be repeated which is quite nice. The night run is nice and cooling, not like how it was in the afternoon. There were also less people around. So, you don't need to avoid the people around you or the aunty/uncle which walks in the center of the path which makes you need to run into the main road in order to pass them. Besides, I had been hooked on for sometime with Macross Frontier's OST songs. I really love the voice of the singer. Especially so, after I saw the last episode of this anime. It is so touching and it just boost you up to continue on the run.
Now, I'm hoping I can mantain to at run once a day. Did not set on the minimum distance yet. But I think, a daily run around my area should be quite suffecient. Let's just hope I can maintain this. =D
Oh, on this running, end of this month, I will be joining the SunDown Marathon with AM and also CS. Had just gotten the Running Pack today. Maybe today I reach quite early (6+pm) at the Millennia Walk, there was only 7-8 people in front of me. I think I settle it within less than 10 minutes. Shocking compared with the Stand Chart and Nike Run previously.
It is really a big jump for me to go for a Full Marathon after only having taken part in 10km "competition". But, it had been done and there are no more turning back. On the bright side, even if it does takes me 7-8 hours to finish (I'm trying for below 6hrs), it will only be 7-8am in the morning. So, at least I do not need to run under the hot sun. =D
Wish me luck ya. =D

EQ

Nowadays, I seems to have easily lost my cool. Not just personal stuff but also works.
I do not seem to be able to contain my sudden burst of dissatisfaction. How come?
Haizzz... I also don't know how come these stuffs are happening to me now.

Someone used to comment on me saying I am old for my age and could look at things in a different perspective. However, the me now, I do not think I could take a step back and look at myself and also the other party before saying anything. I hate the me now.

New Toy

Just made a decision today. Not sure if it is too hasty or not. But then, there is no more turning back.

Been looking for a nice new MP3 for a while already. Although not looking for it seriously. Considering my old one is a creative ones which I think should be at least 4-5 (AmK says my initial input of 3-4 years are wrong. Forced to change [PS: can't add a striketrough at my post]) years old. (bought a panasonic one which does not last long at all. so, I only consider the creative one as my only MP3 player) I think it should be time for me to get a new reliable MP3 player. This is much so because the rubber protecting of the USB connection had reached its age of service.

After see-ing my colleague's friend had it on when he was running, the initial idea was to get an iPod shuffle. Upon browsing and looking around, I noticed that there is a newer generation of iPod shuffle coming/came out to the market already. This made me re-think of what to get because I prefer the older generation of shuffle. Looks more attractive and have a fresher look. To me, it suits the theme of iPod more. The new generation, though get a better review on the sound, just does not feel like an iPod. I think it suits more for the professional markets.

So, the end product that I am going to get is this
This is the preview of the item I am scheduled to receive by this Thursday (21/05/09). Though I think the color purple is nicer, but we (AmK as well) opt for the red color one. This is to support for the Aids Foundation for South Africa. Thanks to NK for his help in us getting this.
Btw, the below will be a preview of what is AmK's (Noticed the Engraving? :D)

Travelling

I've always wanted to travel around and go venture around the world. Though limited by the very all time insufficient item, $$$, I could not get around as I wanted to. Last night I was browsing through Wei Wei's photos from her trip to Bali, Indonesia. I think this will be the next location I want to head to. Incidentally, my 2nd bro will be going to Bali this year too. So, need to save up the vitamin M before heading out.

The other location I believe should be on the list will be Cambodia. Dolphin had strongly recommended me to go there ever since her trip there. And from the pics taken by WW and Fei Hung, it will be a great trip as well.

As for now, I am eagerly waiting for my trip to KK next month. Just hope my stamina does not fail me. Had not been doing anything at all to "increase" my leg power and also my lung capacity. :p Wish me luck. :D

Snippets

Today, since now is still 23:59pm :p, is the 1st day my company in Sg starts our 4 days week off day. As of current, I'm still having mixed feelings on this arrangement. I do understand the economy is not doing well and also most of the companies in the world are taking some measures. Yet, it would mean that I have lesser to spend and also lesser to save (not that I save a lot :p). Besides this, with this extra "non-working" day, it would meant that I would have more time for myself to do the things I wanted to do.

Actually I wanted to blog about a lot of stuffs but had been procastinating. I know it is bad, but haizzz..... the 4 letter word which is best used now is LAZY.
The list I had wanted to blog would be as below (mayb some of it I had forgotten)

1) Bought "The Malay Dilemma" written by Dr M. Have not finish reading cause it may be too dry to go through at one time. But then there are arguments which are quite interesting and some of it may not have crossed our minds. Yet, there are points which as of current, I think are too shallow and contradictin. Besides, there are also points which I think can be considered cheap shots to the other races

2) A lot of feelings surfaced up at my trip back home to Penang for CNY. Missed my families a lot. And also missed my nieces & nephew. Wish I can go back for longer periods like during my Uni days. Haizz.... not possible currently

3) Wanted to comment on the whole world's situation. Was pondering about the financial institutions which seems to be collapsing everywhere in the world and also the whole Islam Vs Jewish.

4) The Political "jokes" happening in my home country. Views from my group of friends and how we think ALL politicians thinks that Malaysians are really STUPID and could not think at all. For those who had read from my old blog, I've commented that the current govt and the oppositions are in a situation of becoming a lesser of 2 devils only. Oh, also wanna comment on how I think most Malaysians do not think corruption is a bad things. The bad thing is the greed of more in the corruption and also the Non-Action taken after "eating" the money.

5) "He's Just Not That Into You" movie - Nice movie. Best watched with your other half. I think most of us would have been able to relate to at least 1 of the character in the movie.

6) "Marley and Me" movie (ongoing reading for the book) - Depends on how you want to view this movie. From the ratings given in newspapers, it is an average movie. Commented about how Marley the dog seems to be a supporting role instead of being a leading star. How Owen Wilson's and Jennifer Anistons acting are not "great" but just "mediocre" only. But, a HUGE BUT, based on the movie watcher's, I think this is a great movie. The movie brings to view of the ups and downs in a common family. I think the movie is great cause it is able to pull the viewers into the movie. Till how each of the family felt about the dog and the importance of this "freak dog" as a family member. I truly love the final part of the movie. For those critics, ya, the dog died, blah blah blah, nothing un-expected. BUT, go watch it for the sake of watching the show and you will be astonished by how the rich feelings/emotions in this movie have.

7) "Watchmen" movie - Though I've never read the comics, I've heard so much about how great the storyline are. I would say, not the greatest superhero movie but the twist of the "dark sides" of the superheroes are very refreshing. It's very different from the dark side of Batman and the power thirst of black Spiderman. Basically, the whole story does not even highlight/suggest if the superheroes do have any power at all except for Dr Manhattan (the blue guy with his little bro dangling throughout the show). [i really don't know how Bolehland's censorship board would ever release this movie out. mayb ppl in Malaysia would need to buy DVD in order to watch this show] However, the movie highlights the EGO of the US govt which had always thought that they represents Justice in this whole world.

8) "Suspect "X"" movie - A japanese investigation/mystery movie. Nice watch as well if you loves having to think in a movie. The ending is shocking. For those who love to "guess" the ending, you will most probably slap ur self in the head cause u got it wrong. And after the movie, u will ponder, how come u miss such an important and obvious clue given.

9) Have 2 new additions to my room; namely "Hihi"(HH) and "WhiteWater"(WW). They are our new pets, tortoises (terrapins to be exact). They have very different characters. WW is a glutton and active. HH is easily scared/shy. Will try to blog about them in more details

OMG. it's about 1 hr since i start this post. Hahaha.... I tot I was not gonna write a lot of stuff but still, it's 1 hr ald. Gotta go ald. Will be going to M'sia tomolo early in the morning. Haizzz.... long weekend but also a tirring weekend.