I had a crazy week! My friends were asking me how I find the energy to go out everyday after work and I began to wonder how too. It was just good, meeting up and catching up with people you know you will enjoy the company of, people who will not judge you or bring you down. That said, JB was heaps fun. It was better than what I have expected. Pedicure has tamed the shopping queen into a bim and the constant warnings on the security of JB made her more paranoid than ever. To prevent her money from getting robbed, there was only one solution:
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SPEND IT ALL.
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And I did... after investing on this humongous 'pao' that gave me all the energy I need to shop.
I was so happy when I found a mushroom inside and Flo was disgusted at the 'fungi'.
The first shop I headed to left me all but rich. A bag and a pair of Adidas streetwear for Ken and a cap for myself from...
and that explains the damage it did to her purse.
Then there was Marry Brown that Foodie couldn't resist...
Foodie Flo's life
And she couldn't hide her excitement...
I was less keen on fried chicken, so I opted for a Kiddy Meal.
My new cap! If you looked real carefully, the seats are actually swings!
We shopped and eat and shop and eat more...
After Pedi...
We eat again. This time round, we went to Wang Kok Tea Restaurant...
I am so lazy to post the photos, there are way too many. Let's end here for JB. The next entry will be Jia en's cute sister. I heart kids! And when I get the photos from Kaotaur, my room-warming Saturday! My room warming was so warm that it raised Singapore's temperature by few degrees.
PS: Nana, when you are back from Aust, it would be way too warm.
Jacqueline
8:18 AM
'Right' Vs Right
This few days of meeting up with friends made me realised how much I have changed. I wouldn't say if the change is positive or negative because what can be positive to one may be negative to another.
Everything is subjected to relativity these days. Time has changed and the mulitple perspectives result in the bluring of lines between the two extremes. In the end, no one has any right to tell others what they should do, what is right and what is wrong because there is always a reason for an action inflicted.
I was watching the trailer of this new Mediacorp show regarding how teenagers who went stray returned to the right path and it suddenly dawned upon me that the greatest form of help given to a person is not to tell a person what is right and what is wrong. The situation and the environment faced are different and there is no way a person can comprehend the essence of your theory unless he is at the same level with you. No one starts at the same point in life. If there is anyone that does something wrong, pull him up to your level. There really is no point in harping, criticising or finger-pointing because the person will only learn from what you said. For example, you can tell the person something is wrong and the person may stop doing it (if possible), but only because he was told that it was wrong. There is zero value in the action and things become so superficial and meaningless.
The next trailer that I caught reflects my point. It was something about the destruction of wildlife. There were scenes showing how the people in India killed elephants, removed their flesh and piled it up somewhere (don't know where, it was a sea of bloody mess).
Before the WWF or any animal lover starts exclaiming the cruelty of the actions, did anyone stop to think why they did that or if they enjoyed doing that? Of course I am not speaking up for the elephant murderers cos I love elephants as well. But taking it as an example, did anyone bother to pull this people out of the situation they are facing to help them understand that this is wrong. I think no one would really bother to. My point is, we are all at different levels in our lives and I am sure that at our level where the economy is stable, we are definitely doing something that is very wrong, very critisized and yet we are still doing it. On top of doing that, we still point at the people the level below and criticise them for their actions when our 'misdeed' could have resulted in greater consequences.
To help a person, donating money is not enough. OMG, now I sound like I am hosting charity show. There are so many things that we can do for people and there are so many lives that we can help to change, but will it be right to change theirs when one doesn't even know if what appears 'right' is truly right?
Jacqueline
9:04 AM
I always feel that things should follow the law of nature and that many things depend on fate. It sounds like a completely unambitious statement made for someone my age and the image portrayed is somehow one that is lethargic and bleak. The law of Nature has validity everywhere and I find that any attempt to go opposite the flow somehow upsets the rhythm and beat of the whle picture. This eventually makes someone more flustered and clouded with the direction and path he initially came up with to counter the natural flow.
I was
walking strolling to work that day, listening to my music and walking to the beat of whatever song that I was listening to, thinking about a lot of things at the same time. I was so engrossed with my thoughts and the music that when a bird flew past me (very close), my train of thoughts snapped and I realised that I was climbing a flight of stairs and was already half-way through. The realisation itself immediately led to me losing my footing and I almost fell down the stairs.
Before you start wondering if I have turned into one of the 'I -walked-my-dog-in-the park' blogger, I shall explain my point.
Walking is something natural. After the age of 3, you no longer have to strategise how to get from one point to another, literally. However, if you were to walk and tell yourself that you are walking, somehow the pace and the steps will get jumbled. This applies to breathing as well. If I wouldn't say anything, breathing would have been just breathing. Try taking note of the way you breathe and you will realise that the breathing suddenly has a rhythm to it. It no longer becomes natural (comfortable).
My theory (warped or not) is that whatever issues that you shouldn't be controlling, whatever issues that you need to rely on the Law of Nature, if you were to pay too much attention to them, they will just go awry. Incorporating Murphy's law of (what will go wrong will go worng), the very act of just thinking and analysing all the possibilities that will go wrong will make the thing go wrong. Ok, now it sounds warped, but I am still pretty satisfied with this theory.
I was at HMV yesterday and they were showing
. In the short span of 10 mins in front of the LG LCD TV (It suddenly becomes a habit of mine to look at brands), I caught the quote that is something like this: "Melody is like the physical appearance of a person. It is what that attracts people to you. Lyrics are what that represents the person within you and that takes time to discover." I thought that was a very beautiful representation. I felt so glad that I caught the essence of the show without buying the Dvds (I think HMV people are kicking themselves now).
Life is miraculous in many ways. I have to blog about how much I have changed, as soon as I got time. Cherish your Sat peeps.
PS: Win: I miss you!
Jacqueline
9:20 PM
