Filed under: Random Blather
I have, after years of procrastination, scheduled my appt with the podiatrist. Finally.
I will be going on Friday and hopefully, they will be able to cure me of my perpetual feet ache and misery.
Based on what I gathered online, seems like I have the feet of a 60 year old.
I’m so screwed.
Filed under: MEOW!
The way some people deal with a problem is to run from it.
Instead of facing the problem head on, they create excuses for themselves and their irrational behavior. Instead of thinking of ways to improve the situation there and then, they shove the problem under the carpet and hope that it’ll just magically go away. They choose to register their anger via non-compliance, hidden rebellion, withdrawal and seeming to act oblivious to everything. This behavior quietly shouts: “You bug me and I’m going to punish you for thinking counter to me.”
Oh c’mon, wake up!!! Ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away, it only causes it to snowball. If you add enough snowballs, you can create a mountain. Then one day, just one additional snowball to the pile will cause an avalanche. And when the earth falls over your head, don’t start wondering what caused it.
We control the way our life turns out. If you allow someone else to make the decisions for you or steer you down a path you do not wish to go, then you are every bit as guilty as the one you are accusing. Nobody can make you do something you don’t want to do. Nobody can control your thoughts, your actions, your behavior. Don’t go around blaming someone else for taking charge or making a decision that you did not want to make.
Filed under: Random Blather
So I finally found a place that does great steamboat. I generally hate steamboat. I find the food bland, overcooked and tastes of either chilli sauce no. 1 or soy sauce no. 2. The soups start off tasteless and become thick, gooey and starchy at the end. Not to mention i enter the shop smelling like a nice perfumed lady and exit a tasty sticky human-masquerading-as -a-food-particle. Not my cup of tea lah.
So, when i say that i finally found a place that i actually enjoy eating the steamboat, it’s really quite something! 
I’m very happy. This is the only place that you don’t have to drag me screaming and kicking to eat there. I don’t even mind smelling like food after!
The shop is at Golden Mile shopping center, and it’s the only one around. In fact, all you need to do is to follow your nose to the wafting aromas of sizzling pork and you’ll soon find yourself in front of the shop. They use charcoal so your food doesn’t get chao tar before you can eat it and the area on which you can fry the stuff is just nice. You can’t fry more than what you can eat at the moment so every mouthful is hot, sizzling and freshly cooked! Best of all, they give you pork lard!
Pork lard is very important. It’s the thing that makes food yummy. Ever tried char kway teow without pork lard? Yes, I’m sure you get my point eh? So the food comes out very tasty! And somehow, you don’t have to add any meat into the soup but it ends up very delicious still…my guess is that the juices from the meat (and yes, the oil from the lard) trickle down into the soup, adding flavour to it whilst the meat is cooking! So all the meat retains it flavour (finally! Not boiled and tasteless!) and the soup is yummy!!
Oh, and the sauce they provide is damn good also!
So i highly recommend the place. Do go if you can!
p/s: it’s $35 for 2 people, though personally i think the portion is just nice for 3.
Filed under: Random Blather
Is it marriage season or what?!!!
Why is everyone either getting engaged, holding the traditional tea ceremony/banquet, buying a house or ROMing all at once suddenly? Lemme see….
Engaged/Buy House – Wan’er, Bearie, Priscilla, Irene, Gaik Leng
ROM – Adelynn
Traditional - Donovan, Lynnette, Chiron
….and counting!
It’s like everyone rushing to make it before the due date or something! Scary! This year..at least $900 down the drain lei!
The best part is…some of these folk have been dating for less than 2 years before tying the knot. Perhaps the myth about finding “The One” is not really a myth afterall. Perhaps if you didn’t “know” at the start, then you should just well forget it, stop wasting your time to work it out and look elsewhere! Perhaps a true sign that you have found “The One” is that even after a loooooonnnng time, you still behave like a (to borrow pris’ words) “newly minted couple”. Or perhaps, you need to tie the knot when you still feel like a “newly minted couple”. Hahaha….
Oh, I dunno. What do I know about marriage anyway. I am totally so not into the whole thing….for now, that is.
I miss alot of things. Things i never gave a 2nd thought to. Things that most people take for granted.
It’s always greener on the other side isn’t it? But it never is, is it?
I guess the most difficult thing is to decide which side you want to be on, and the people that you will need to answer to for the change (or lack of change).
Some have it easy; they are born knowing what they want thereby there simply does not exist the need to choose.
What should I do? 
Filed under: MEOW!
I bet you’ve met these people, these marvelous people who are unable to say no. To tell a fact as it is, to call a spade a spade.
I, on the other hand, am someone who is blunt to the border of being rude. Or i guess some may (no doubt behind my back!) already deem me rude.
To coexist with someone who clams up when upset, who refuses to share his thoughts, and who falls asleep “thinking about the problem” before solving it really, really, really drives me up the wall. I cannot understand it. If you want? Take it. Don’t like it, don’t want it? Fine! Nothing is worse than the wishy-washy, don’t-dare-to-say-cuz-im-afraid-to-hurt-your-feelings type.
While i appreciate the thoughtfulness, by far, snappy and firm decision making wins far more points in my book. Give me a man who knows what he wants, and who is not afraid to say it anytime.
Pah!
I just realized that i am more like my parents that i thought i was, more like them that i’d like to be. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like i hate my parents (c’mon, i’m closer to 30 than 20 now!) but I was really surprised to discover really how similar we are.
I realized this the other day when i was pondering over the cause of a minor tiff with Daniel. The matter was truly trivial, and as far as i could see it, i handled it the way my mother would have handled it. Meaning to say, what i said and how I said it was what she would have done (she probably did before too) if she were me, and I, the perpertrator.
I was surprised at Daniel’s reaction. He reacted angrily (duh!). He did not deny that he was at fault, but rather, was very miffed at the way i put my point across. Which set me thinking.
Sometimes, parents really don’t see how their every little action affect their child. Not that i’m blaming my parents or shielding away from being responsible for myself, but seriously, they don’t realize. What kind of person a child grows up to be is a direct reflection of his/her parents. Ever met sibling and be amazed at how they all sound similar (it’s their intonation and the way they pronounce their words. try calling their house some day, you’ll see).
Thinking about some of my friends and then their parents, I’m not surprised to see the similarities. Too often though is that the things that we hate most about our parents (i.e. bad temper, insecurity, ditzziness, etc.) are reflected in ourselves..just that we refuse to recognize this fact.
I refuse to inherit the bad habits of my parents! But man, is this an uphill trek or what!
