33 posts tagged “friends”
你忘了。
我笑了。
放下了。
可以了。
I've been neglecting this blog - special apologies to Gwen for depriving you of your usual lunchtime entertainment. Work has been real hectic (and it will get worse in the following months). Now, I would have been able to multi-task and sneak five minutes to blog a few lines here and there - except that the internet connection at the office is incredibly erratic and gives me some funny DNS server error more often than not. Just so that I don't kill my keyboard in a fit of heavy, pounding frustration, I have given up on blogging from the office.
Anyway, all's the same on the warfront at work...nothing much to update. But something pleasant did happen recently - I made a new friend at work! We joined the company around the same time but did not have the opportunity to interact until a recent project brought us together. It's one of those friendships that eased in very naturally, without having to go through a period of familiarisation or ice-breakers. Like long-lost friends, to be cliche. Perhaps we remind each other of existing friends, hence that sense of familiarity with each other's style and tempo.
And you know what? This new friend of mine was actually a competitor for the job I wanted - she got the job I was eyeing, while I was posted to my second choice. But I'm glad it happened this way, or our paths would not have crossed (she would have joined another company instead) I remember feeling this sentiment a few years back, at a previous workplace. I'm glad it has happened again - the feeling's almost poetic, to join the dots and see the things I've not seen before. As they say, "Everything happens for a reason". I only have to wait it out to see it.
(and that rhymes.)
Met two friends at lunchtime today. 'Met' as in a chance meeting, not by appointment. I simply ran into them at the food court - they were at the next table - how coincidental is that? And so after my original lunch kakis were done with their food, I moved to my friends' table and gatecrashed their lunch gathering. Amazing how we could chatter on and on despite the fact that we haven't seen each other in years, and also how this lunch gathering was made possible by none other than Chance, Fate or whatever name this queer force goes by.
This made my day! :)
这种沉默, 是不言而喻的默契, 还是早已话不投机,半句多?
看着那既熟悉又陌生的面孔,在遗憾过去与庆幸现在之间, 这是什么心情?
“当我说我要你从此好好过
是真的。”-（伍家辉 - 虽然我愿意）
Practical words from a friend:
"When you are in doubt, then don't go into it. When you bet on uncertainty, it is gambling."
When taken out of the original context that my friend was speaking in, I think the statement can be applied to many aspects of life. And part of me still want to take that gamble - with happiness, for instance.
KoalaCling gives thanks to God for putting great friends and wonderful strangers on her path to brighten up her day. She prays for more strength and resillience to fight the battles.
嗯。我要加油。
最近日子变得比较风平浪静。心情轻松了，整个人开朗了些许，所以话也比前多了些许。然而，却发觉这未必是好事。所谓说者无心，听者有意， 不经意的话语，惹来了不必要的苦恼。朋友之间，还有商有量，没有不能解决的问题，但同事之间，却不是那么简单了。今日的闲话家常，是否会成了未来的祸端？或许吧，但不说，也都说了，又能如何？
“祸从口出”，这句话我得切记。。。不过，说话得时刻小心翼翼，是件很累人的事。我想我还是以“沉默寡言”行走江湖吧，这会轻松许多。
This has been quite a week, with newfound understanding dawning upon me. All in all, I learnt that:
- I'm loved. Spoilt rotten, in fact. Love and hugs to the mister, daddy, mummy and my friends. You know who you are!
- It's better to face up to your weaknesses than to pretend to be strong. Only then can you address the real issues.
- I need to be more forgiving of myself, as a friend pointed out. Otherwise I'll drive myself crazy even before others do it.
- Prayers and patience are a good combination.Things sometimes work themselves out, in ways in you never thought possible. Just hang in there while work is in progress!
- Angels exist, and you could be one too! Twice this week, angels were sent my way (via email and phone), bearing words of encouragement when I was in the pits. These are acquaintances I seldom talk to, and they had no way of knowing that I was going through a rough patch. But they appeared, nevertheless, at just the right moments. I know this was no coincidence. (Even lil' Brandon offered me strawberry ice-cream after dinner on that very trying day.) Thank you, God.
It's only going to get better from now on. I know it will.
I'm sooooo supposed to be revising for my exams. But it looks like my brain and my eyes have ideas of their own. Obstinate Madam Brain insists on sorting out the christmas shopping list before she would let me go back to my books. So she sends her trusty aides, Miss Left Eye and Miss Right Eye, on an eyeballing mission on the Internet, where they feast on all sorts of Christmas goodies and yummies. (A feast for the eyes, geddit?)
Yes, it's only the beginning of November, and the shopping sites have already put up their festive specials. So many shiny, pretty things - temptations aplenty! But at the beginning of this year, I made a resolution to get food gifts whenever possible/appropriate, as part of my everyday efforts to do a little more for the Earth. So I'm going to try to stick to that resolution. The task has become a little more difficult though, because of the melamine scare. Just to be safe, chocolates and cookies, both traditional festive goodies, are no longer on my list. Coffee, jam and teabags, perhaps. If you have special food requests, let me know, I don't mind packing a deluxe Char Kway Teow for you if that's really what you crave! ;)
Oh man. I really really feel like throwing my books away right now. *bitten by the shopping bug*
