Time

I'm lacking the inspiration to post anything new these days. Life has been pretty uneventful ever since uni restarted. It has been very routine. Wake up at 7, breakfast and coffee, lectures, tutorials, assignments, nerd-ing in the library at night and going to work three times a week. Stuffed up with all these things I think really makes you lose sense of the time around you. Before you know it, it's Monday all over again and whoop-dee-doo, the previous week just plays out again, like a cassette tape.

Feels weird how life seems to move faster and faster as we age. Remember those days in Kindergarten when a year seems so awfully long? And how we look forward to those end of year holidays that just never ever seem to come? Funny how our perception of time can change so much. I mean time hasn't at all changed, the length of a second has and always will be a second. An illusion created by things that go on in our everyday lives I suppose. You know what's funny as well? How we tend to appreciate the things of the past more now than we do then. Like right now when I'm reminiscing about those days when we were 4 years old and haven't a care or worry in the world or those great times we had in high school or happy moments with friends old and new.

Sometimes I feel like my life is pretty boring. I'm not in any way saying that I don't like my life. Just that I think it lacks the element of fun. Somehow, trying to be focused all the time on what I want to accomplish just doesn't allow much time for anything else. 24 hours a day isn't enough I should say. Hmm, I think that when it comes down to it, perhaps the things that really brings us joy in our lives isn't our accomplishments, wealth or triumphs but rather the memories, happy moments and all the good and non-materialistic things of life.

Someone once said to me, "Money cannot buy you happiness or respect, but it is the most convenient thing in the world". Isn't it weird how most of us live through life chasing after money thinking it will be the solution to all our problems and perhaps that we can even attain happiness by it? Money can be quite deceitful eh?

This post is not meant to be emo in any way. Just felt like ranting that's all. Anyways, it is time for me to rush off to work. Back to life. Ciao...

Birthday Toast...

To a fun-loving, friendly, wacky, cool, funny and downright awesome guy....HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY!! I hope you had a wonderful birthday, one filled with laughter, joy and the company of great friends.


It's great having you around. I think the photo above was taken at the airport before you left for the UK. But hey, you are here now and it's absolutely great to have you around. Don't have to wait till the end of the year to see you anymore. May you have a terrific year ahead dude. Thanks for the great company and for enriching my life with your laughter, jokes and your fun-filled spirit. Many more great memories to come!

Twenty Already?

This post is about two weeks overdue but nevermind. You know what they say....better late than never right? It's fairly obvious what this post will be about as can be seen from the title. So, I've been twenty years old for almost 2 weeks now. Yes, my big two zero is here and it's hit me that I have now been in existence for 2 decades. A pretty huge milestone in ones life I would say. Assuming that we will live to be 100 years old, I am one-fifth of the way there now! I'm filled with jumbled up emotions about myself, people and just about life in general, both a mix of sadness, longing, excitement and joy but I'm glad to say that the negativeness is being drowned by more constructive and optimistic thoughts on life.


First and foremost, a very very big thank you to all of you who remembered my birthday and showered me with greetings from different parts of the world. I really do appreciate every single one of them. And for the gifts and cards, thank you so much once again. I absolutely love every single one of them to bits. I feel more than blessed to know each and everyone of you.

I have been having some thoughts and musings on life recently. I think it might have to do with the fact that I am feeling pretty old now. It seems like we've come a long way haven't we? Time really does seem to pass us by even quicker than before. Hard to believe that we have left our high school days behind us for 2 years already and time is not slowing down for anyone of us. I don't know how everyone is doing but I hope that each and everyone of us are doing alright. The older I get, the more it seems that life is shorter than we think it is. But rather than let this dampen my spirits, I am actually having a rather positive outlook on how I see my life unfold within the years of my youth.

I must admit that life has been pretty harsh at times during the past few years but the lessons I have learnt from those difficult times are invaluable to me today as I look back at them. Without having been through those tough moments, I imagine I would still be young, naive, ignorant boy that I was from my high school days. Without meaning to be arrogant or proud in anyway, I'd like to think that I have grown a lot as an individual during the last few years of my life. I believe that in this period of time, I have tried my best in my endeavours, strived hard and regardless of the many disappointments I have had, those of which still haunt me every now and again, I must say that this journey has been a fruitful and worthwhile experience. Afterall, there have been many triumphs along the way, little trophies here and there that mark moments in life that were worth fighting for, worth cherishing and worth slowing down for every now and again to just think and reflect about life. So when it comes down to it, life has been pretty good after all.

But nevertheless, there is still much much more to work on. In this moment in time, I feel like I want to make the most of my time to really really live these years of my life to my hearts content. There is so much I want to do. From resolving problems and issues in my life that trouble me to places I want to go, qualities I hope to acquire, things I wish to learn and whatever else it is, I will strive to achieve them and I hope that I feel continuously motivated to do so. There is just so much to do and so much to see and it would be impossible to see and do them all but I will like to absorb as much of the world as I can while I am still able to. Reading the list of things that Sjane has made in her blog has somehow spurred me to do the same as well. Lols, I have not made any lists of any form but I have this crazy idea that within the next 10 years of my life, I will like to have accomplished most of these things. Why 10 years u ask? Well, assuming that I will be married by then, personal obligations will definitely hinder me from living out these goals and regret will certainly not be something I will like to live with.

So what would I like to do? I would really love to travel. To all sorts of places to experience cultures and diversity. To indulge in my interests perhaps, learning new skills, sports, cook new dishes and maybe learn a few new musical instruments? Haha I don't know, there's just so much I feel like doing and the clock is ticking away. A little too ambitious perhaps? Maybe...but then again, enthusiasm may just get you a long way.

"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible- and achieve it, generation after generation."~ Pearl S. Buck