The Christmas Spirit, Here It Comes

November is the month that Orchard Road lights up shimmeringly and it is also a pleasant reminder to tell us that it is time to prepare for Christmas, a time to give and share, and for those working souls, it is time to relax and have a good break.

It has been a childhood dream to have a Christmas tree at home, and I am glad that I have been doll-ing up the tree for the last 3 years. It took me 2 hours to put up and another 2 hours to clean up because of those shimmering dust around the house, but it is fun.

This year, I think I am having the best of both worlds, first to take a break in Tokyo in the early winters (with my Ninhon tomodachi) and back in Singapore to spend my Christmas with my loved ones. Though I have to start work on the 17th Dec (well, it is good to start work when everyone else's beginning to be lazy, and yes, I have found a job finally, thanks to support, folks!)

.... I do hope that one day, it would snow in Singapore :) ...... and I dream...

友達さん ありがとう！..... Sleepless at Madeira

I wake up at 3 am, and could not sleep anymore..... surprisingly it is because my heart is too excited and relieved, and there are too many things I wanna expressed.

Yes, finally, I have a job offer, but that's subject to signing the offer letter and my medical check-up :) Things are looking bright and I am happy that all's fine now. The sun is finally out after a long stint of stormy months, and thanks for all my wonderful friends for their support, without it, it would have been a terrible road.

The next thing now, is to prepare for my Tokyo trip :) which is likely to be brought forward to 30 Nov to 12 Dec, I think :) or 3 Dec to 14 Dec.

I can't help being excitied yet relieved now..... Thanks, friends!

Food Food and More Food

I ate so much these days, to such an extent that, I am scared of food. Well, these are the benefits for someone who is leaving the company..... farewell lunches, from chinese crusines to japanese dishes to western food, you name it, and that's a sign of growing waist (waste?) line :) I enjoyed such lunches, but I will also miss the company of some of my good friends I made for last 4 months. Well, we have to move forward, don't we?

Next week, it will be another story, but I have yet to really plan what to do. Take one thing at a time, miracles do happen sometimes, we never know, and we never will. So stop thinking or wild-guessing, as they are fruitless and harmful.

Suddenly, I am so full after my heavy lunch..... I wanna sleep now :P

Winter Plan

What I do want for my winter holidays? Since I am not in Singapore, I don't think I want to put up my tree.

i) Christmas Shopping at Tokyo Disney Resort
ii) Hato Busu Tour
iii)Fukubukuro Shopping
iv) Visit Yashio City
v) Have nabe on New Year's Eve
vi) Spend a quiet afternoon at a quiet cafe at Kichijoji.
vii)CD shopping
viii)Spend happy times with all my wonderful friends
ix) Garden / Nature walks

Fukubukuro

Most of my close friends knew I have a passion for Fukuburo. Indeed, u pay a relatively smaller price for what you do not know whether you like or not. There is some degree of gambling, although you are comforted by the fact that in the worse case scenarios, your risk is limited, and you can always give away those things that you do not like. In real life, I think I did not exercise that kind of risk-taking, I am even more risk adverse. But, it is true, if you do not like the things that you got, just move on, and look forward.

This year, I am hoping that I can be in Tokyo for the Fukubukuro season, though, secretly, I still hope that I may be very lucky to end up with a decent job then too.

Well..... better not think so much :)

You need to know what you want - the horizon is endless

I am a fan of Grey's Anatomy and I have just completed season 3 as well as a Japanese dorama Yamada Taro Mono Gatari - 山田太郎ものがたり, this weekend. There is a clear message from these 2 dramas: People will only be happy if they know what they want. Yamada Taro gave up his US scholarship and his luxurious home to live humbly with his family, while those folks in Grey's Anatomy are confused with what they want in their respective lives. I am not dramatic over what I have watched, but the message is clear: the world is big, the horizon is endless, the choices are open and wide, you need not restrict your choices to the very few and you need to find out what you want, and there's always time to do that.

December Healing Trip

In the event that I am unable to secure a job by mid December, which is highly likely the case considering the lull period at the end of the year, I have decided to take a break in Tokyo from 15 Dec to 7 Jan 2007. This shall be a period of retreat, healing and re-charge, which I desperately need. This is not supposed to be my shopping trip like last Dec, but truly one, for me to rest and re-charge. Come 2008, I will fight, and fight a good battle! Meanwhile, to rest is to really forget about everything for the time being, and leave the burden behind for a while, and then remove all the negativities in me.

One other thing, that I hope to quit, STOP LOOKING AT HOROSCOPE NOW!

Otherwise, I shall look forward to my Tokyo retreat: the hotspring at Kameari, Hatobus outing, December countdown, nice Kita-Ayase futon, friends and yuki!

An Unforgivable Mistake, But There is Still Time To Make Amendments

I have been complacent in a specific aspect of my skills, and I have not been too serious in developing them. I have given excuses to myself many times. It was a hard knock yesterday, that I have realised that I have not been doing the right way. Don't worry, it is not that I am being harsh to myself, but this is an issue that I have not attempt to handle well these years. Well, the consolation is, I have time to make amendments now. This is the time to start new routines and practices :) Gambarimasho!