Close the curtains. The sun is getting into my eyes. I just want to sleep a little longer. When I wake up, there you will be.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Almost
ST wanted to interview me for a martial arts article they wanted to publish but I had to reluctantly declined because of my other obligations (read: civic moral duty).
You can hear me sigh from across the Indian Ocean.
Today is my performance day
Spirits dipped a little during training on Monday. Injuries, frustrations and lack of focus were all around in the air. So I took them in, sat them down and performed for them. The performance was well received. I felt great after I gave that rousing speech about how proud of them I am and how I want them to feel the same for themselves and have that pride in them too and on top of that, to feel good about themselves after every single training session. To be proud to be here. with us. with me. I felt so much that at one point I choked on my emotions. and up to date, for the records, that has never happened before. I think I really love them to bits. I know they felt the same emotions too. After that, I knew things took a turn. A good one in fact. The looks on their faces and attitudes took a 360 degrees spin to sky high. I could feel the spirit rising in the air. Maybe I should make a career switch to being a motivationist. eat your cereal and lose weight. go this way and tie a knot and hang on when you reach the end of your rope. you know you are getting there. look at not the steps but the process of it.
The best part of the performance was the after reviews for it. the SHGF told me that speech I gave was “wow very inspiring” and that I was well on my way to becoming a leader! three cheers for the future pack leader’s advisor.The look on her face too was priceless. Praises from someone who has high expectations of what a leader is not what monetary assets can bring. Thank you. I know I am getting there and it is because of you.
The eleven things
I have to
1. trim my eyebrows. they are getting haywired again and sadly when I try my hand at it, they refuse to budge and showed me they know my evil plan to eradicate them by sprouting more fervently . seems like they can only be subdued by G.
2. go to a real beach and get tanned by UV reflecting off the minerals in the water and the refine white sand. swimming pool side sun and swimming pool swimming is a sadly excruciating replacement for the sun at the beach. and I am NOT talking about sentosa.
3. bring the dogs out to walk/run more often. I saw Gromit’s protruding tummy when she lying around me the other day. OMG. so unglam and flabby she has become. I have two obese dogs now.
4. be more observant, polite, nice, diplomatic and love others more (influence of the audio books I assure you and not because I am going to meet my maker soon).
5. stop worrying so much. I should be sowing the seeds now for harvesting later and not worry will there be enough soil to do so.
6. write more love letters.
7. read more. I miss reading fiction books.
8. pass XL her long long overdue birthday gift.
9. buy new work clothes. Some of the tees are losing their colour and I have missing shorts.
10. spend more time at home. My mum loves the idea of seeing me eat because she is curious whether do I or not. even G says I look anorexic. I have wasted my life spent at the gym.
11. bake a cake.
The final leap
the little one graduated like finally. hahhaa opps! BUT! big big congrats to her for the years well done. all the mugging, uniform wearing days are gone GONE gooooooone for good and hello adult working world. The big one me, took special leave from school to attend the ceremony with the other one. as you can see, I am dressed more formally than usual, what with the collared shirt I cannot imagine how people can stand wearing long sleeved shirts to work EVERY SINGLE DAY!?!?!? and brown velt pants. Special occasion. you me camera cheese smile!!
We didn’t have to wait too long. The ceremony started as soon as we got seated and row after row everyone went about receiving their well-deserved certificates endorsing their entry into the adult world. Next up, TEA RECEP!!! the part of any ceremony which I love de most. The spread was reasonably generous despite lacking in variety. love the fruit tarts, the wan tan chicken wraps. The rest of the generous spread consisted of suspiciously dark coloured yam shanghai pancake which tasted like they have been soaked in oil for three days prior to the frying, pineapple rice cooked with pineapple you had thought to be dried and laden with yellow colouring that could be the chemical that killed millions yores ago and some fried noodles which I did not bother myself with. The formal wear was still bothering me. I was like a skin diseased person whose skin would peel in the sweltering heat and that I had to stay in air conditioned places. I kowtow to all out there who don shirts to work *bows in respect*
Anyway, the pictures say a thousand, so as to speak. I am so proud of you little dragon. Now, is the time for the real fight.
And the EEOOSes go marching in
The EEOOSes went on our first friendly on Saturday morning. Fight fight fight.
The feeling is good. We are ready to march. Sound the war horns!
Give it to me baby
The monster mind has been infusing itself with loads these days. A leader must have the correct so-called equipments to lead. yea. So, have been getting acquinted with a whole load of motivational books and books on leadership and the likes. 3 words – inspiring, insightful and meaningful. It has brought back, reminded me of why I am here in the first place (story in the next entry). to impart and lead by example. So so many things I have not been too conscious of is now out in the open. I am ranting I know. The words have no head or tail. I AM TOO EXCITED!! knowledge rush is overwhelming. wait WAIT!! let me give you an example of something I read, we all know what self discipline means and what is it? we often hear people ask, where is your self-discipline, you must have self discipline but frankly, how many of us really know how to develop it and what it actually is? the stuffs I have been reading does. there was this part where they analogised self-discipline with learning a language and using it. Initially when you start learning and using, you find it really really hard to do so. The foreign aspect of it is one. The difficulty of grasping it is another. I mean, how in the world to learn something you do not even know or know very little about? We find out more, read on it and practise. The same can be applied to nurturing the self-discipline. The words consciouslly and make an effort should always be in mind. When we consciously make an effort to learn how to use it, this state of foreign-ness does not hold out for very long because as days, weeks, months go by, you better better versed in it and then voila! one fine day, it becomes second nature to you. Like how English is like to us. So ya, this and more insights have truly inspired me a great deal. And of cos, credit once again goes to the oh great one whom I love dearly.
Thank you so much for being my muse.
I am feeling the spirit in the air.
This is monster speaking 