Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Taking stock of 2005
Wow.. it's 2006 already... another year has passed! I was taking stock on what has happened the past year... and frankly nothing comes to mind. Nothing spectacular... sigh.. am I jaded or what?
So instead of writing down new year resolutions (i never follow them, so why start), I decided to reflect and ponder on things that I loved and hated (or continue to love and hate)
10 Things I love and treasure (in no order of merit.. I am just writing what comes to mind)
1) Friends (real ones, not the series).... oh what will I do without them?
2) Home cooked meals ... a rarity for me so I treasure them a lot
3) Holidays (public and overseas)... once u start working, you appreciate them more
4) Family... nuff said! Ha ha
5) Personal time... to do the stuff I want
6) Manga & anime... nice artwork, interesting original storylines. It's boring when everyone starts to do remakes, remakes and remakes.. especially hollywood
7) Music... music soothes the savage beast... music is the common language...
8) Sleep... haven't been able to get good sleep... can the sandman come visit soon?
9) The great outdoors... there's just something about the blue sky, dotted with clouds, green landscape that is extremely refreshing... New Zealand, here I come!
10) Perfect eyesight... I wish I can just lose those glasses...
10 Things I hate (once again, in no order of merit. If u see ur name on top of the list, it doesn't mean I hate u the most.. I just hate u.. ha ha ha! kidding!)
1) Taxi drivers... some can be extremely irritating... but sometimes can't do without them... esp in rainy season
2) Work... necessary evil.. no work = no pay, which then = no play (bloody evil cycle)
3) Rain (before I get hate mail, I am talking about the elements, not the Korean singer/dancer)... I absolutely hate to get my feet wet....
4) the supernatural... absolutely pertrified of them
5) cockroaches and lizards (anything of the creepy crawly and reptilian variety)... bloody critters...
6) Surveyors/Charity seekers/ ppl who stop you when u r walking down orchard road... as much as I can understand what they are going through and the rejections they face (I was once one of them), there are days that I just do not wish to be disturbed...
7) Kiasu Singaporeans... I absolutely cannot phantom why they have to be the first ppl to rush in when the train doors open just to get seats?? Especially the "ah so". That is SG's version of desperate housewives
8) Females who are too lazy to take out their EZ link card and resort to putting their entire handbag on the gantry reader... Another kind of the female species that I do not understand although we are of the same kind. They think the gantry readers are Xray scanners of some sort which can detect their Ezylink cards in their already bulky handbags filled with god-knows-what. It's even more hilarious when the gantry fails to detect the card and these females start to flip their handbags like the bags are pancakes... but these idiots do not have the common sense to move to the side to search for the card. The just continue to flip the bag in all directions possible, causing a major jam at the gantry. SIgh.. the kitchen is at home dearie...
9) Eating noodles, especially the super thin ones ("mee kia" variety)... at least at this point in time with braces. The top and bottom row do not meet, making eating noodles extremely difficult since I cannot chew them. I have lost count of how many times I have choked and made a public embarrassment of myself becos I have to wolf down all the noodles in one go. Not a pretty sight. Have since resorted to asking the stall holders to cut my noodles...
10) Moving house... woah.. once experience is enough..
So instead of writing down new year resolutions (i never follow them, so why start), I decided to reflect and ponder on things that I loved and hated (or continue to love and hate)
10 Things I love and treasure (in no order of merit.. I am just writing what comes to mind)
1) Friends (real ones, not the series).... oh what will I do without them?
2) Home cooked meals ... a rarity for me so I treasure them a lot
3) Holidays (public and overseas)... once u start working, you appreciate them more
4) Family... nuff said! Ha ha
5) Personal time... to do the stuff I want
6) Manga & anime... nice artwork, interesting original storylines. It's boring when everyone starts to do remakes, remakes and remakes.. especially hollywood
7) Music... music soothes the savage beast... music is the common language...
8) Sleep... haven't been able to get good sleep... can the sandman come visit soon?
9) The great outdoors... there's just something about the blue sky, dotted with clouds, green landscape that is extremely refreshing... New Zealand, here I come!
10) Perfect eyesight... I wish I can just lose those glasses...
10 Things I hate (once again, in no order of merit. If u see ur name on top of the list, it doesn't mean I hate u the most.. I just hate u.. ha ha ha! kidding!)
1) Taxi drivers... some can be extremely irritating... but sometimes can't do without them... esp in rainy season
2) Work... necessary evil.. no work = no pay, which then = no play (bloody evil cycle)
3) Rain (before I get hate mail, I am talking about the elements, not the Korean singer/dancer)... I absolutely hate to get my feet wet....
4) the supernatural... absolutely pertrified of them
5) cockroaches and lizards (anything of the creepy crawly and reptilian variety)... bloody critters...
6) Surveyors/Charity seekers/ ppl who stop you when u r walking down orchard road... as much as I can understand what they are going through and the rejections they face (I was once one of them), there are days that I just do not wish to be disturbed...
7) Kiasu Singaporeans... I absolutely cannot phantom why they have to be the first ppl to rush in when the train doors open just to get seats?? Especially the "ah so". That is SG's version of desperate housewives
8) Females who are too lazy to take out their EZ link card and resort to putting their entire handbag on the gantry reader... Another kind of the female species that I do not understand although we are of the same kind. They think the gantry readers are Xray scanners of some sort which can detect their Ezylink cards in their already bulky handbags filled with god-knows-what. It's even more hilarious when the gantry fails to detect the card and these females start to flip their handbags like the bags are pancakes... but these idiots do not have the common sense to move to the side to search for the card. The just continue to flip the bag in all directions possible, causing a major jam at the gantry. SIgh.. the kitchen is at home dearie...
9) Eating noodles, especially the super thin ones ("mee kia" variety)... at least at this point in time with braces. The top and bottom row do not meet, making eating noodles extremely difficult since I cannot chew them. I have lost count of how many times I have choked and made a public embarrassment of myself becos I have to wolf down all the noodles in one go. Not a pretty sight. Have since resorted to asking the stall holders to cut my noodles...
10) Moving house... woah.. once experience is enough..
# posted by Xallista @ 12:11 PM 
