说好的幸福呢？

坦诚相对

那最初的承诺

原来只是我自己的执著

何时开始

你已不再守着

我俩感情的根基

说过要坦然直接

不撒谎 不欺骗

有就有 没就没

错了就立刻抱歉

孩子我们也是这样教

难道你根本言不由衷？

说过要重视对方的感受

不敷衍 不冷落

不让彼此生气或伤心入睡

说过要重视对方所重视的

说过的 许下的

答应的 承诺的

多少是真？多少是假？

Of course

Of course there's a reason for the request. Of course it's just a simple thing.

But of course if the request was not met immediately the moment has passed. And of course then the truth has to be withheld, and a lie manufactured, let's just say the request is for no reason.

Of course the more being asked, stubborn refusal is the way to go. Gotta keep up the lie. Harmless little lie, of course.

It is, of course, not like it matters anyway. Who cares if he really wants to know? It is not like being honest, frank and direct is our way of life. Of course.

Who cares how he feels? He is, of course, not important anyway. And of course pissing him off is more fun.

Of course.

Daydreaming

Started working on my side project or I should say my latest hobby late yesterday night, so I didn't hit the bed until quite early this morning.

Typically, the two kings woke me up a few hours later, so the whole day I have been feeling groggy and lifeless.

Couldn't really get back to sleep and at best I hung in a state of semi-consciousness.

And so I daydreamt about my utopia...

Imagine a world where good and decent people has magic at their disposal. With a single thought you can teleport yourself to your work place, no more need for vehicles, no more road bullies, no more road rage, no more war because of petrol, no more pollution. With a single thought you can make your room 100% soundproof, the kids can shout and scream to their hearts' content, the inconsiderate neighbour can blast his speakers full volume.

Everyone has this power, as long as they are good and decent, and only use it on themselve and not for anything remotely indecent or anything that would cast any doubt whatsoever. Clear cut good cause without any grey area.

Indecent or evil person cannot invoke the magic, nothing will happen if the intent is to harm or cause other distress or inconvenience in any way. It cannot be used to create things you do not already have, like money, food, et cetera.

It's not a mean to be lazy, or a be-all and end-all cure to solve or fix something you do not have the capability to. It doesn't replace the need to study, to gain knowledge, and to put in your hardwork.

It will be utopia because only good and decent people can invoke the magic, so everyone will strive to be good and decent. And it's not just for show, cause any indecent thought or evil intent will cause one to lose the magic until he or she genuinely feel sorry or remorse. Only truely good and decent people can use magic.

The magic will never work to harm or for any evil intent. Never work if one is greedy or selfish. Any immoral, dishonest, unjust, bad and evil person simply cannot invoke the magic. Unless they genuinely changed.

It's a world where the good and decent folks prosper. Imagine any deceit, fraud or con could be unmasked and exposed with a wave of your hand. And you need not worry about robbers, thieves, kidnapers, rapers or bullies, for with a single thought you can render them harmless, protect yourself, and send them to jail. Magic doesn't work for them, remember?

And magic will not work for you too if you think about revenge or punishment, so forgive and forget instead. Magic will work for genuine self-protection, and self-protection does not have to incur harm to the offender.

There is no need to fear those evil people anyway, for good and decent people can cast a protection from evil spell on themselves, preventing any harm. Remember, good and decent people has magic, the bad guys don't.

What a world that would be!

Happy Chinese New Year!

It's Chinese New Year tomorrow, Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

This year it's the year of the dragon, and according to the Feng Shui master, it's the year of the water dragon.

This is not a lengthy entry, really just want to convey my wishes and also to share this video:

^_^

Superstitious Me

I may not be the sharpest knife in my department, but I am not dull. Okay, not that dull.

I may be zealously defending my slacker extraordinaire reputation, but it has nothing to do with my working attitude. I simply slack in other aspects of life.

When it comes to work, I am dedicated, responsible, and often am pulling more than my own weight. I guess fortune favours the bold while misfortune favours the bald, hence the high grade dead weights around me. >_<

People say we need to work smart, I know, I just think that working smart plus working hard will be better.

Since I am not the sharpest knife, I am not sure how else can I work smarter. And at this stage, the only way for me to work harder is to clone myself.

And yet for all that, I am poor as piss, and feel as if I am at the deep end of the shit pool.

So, this year, I am going to do something that I never paid attention to. Reckon it's about time I get some luck and hopefully wealth too.

Enter the superstitions!

Not going to swipe the floor on Chinese New Year this year, and going to get myself some books on feng shui and follow whatever I can.

Come on positive energy, come on good luck, come on health and wealth, those dead weights have survived for so many years while enjoying higher pay, give me some slack already!

Music cleanses the soul

There is something liberating about singing. It expresses, it relieves, it alleviates.

Especially if one is singing without holding back, without constraint. Just pour all the emotions and feelings into it and let loose.

You feel it?

Okay okay, in our case it's more like shouting at the top of our lungs and screaming our heads off, but the effect is the same. =P

Thank you my faithful karaoke buddies, fun and laughter aplenty whenever we go for a session.

Feel as if I can take on more shits from work now that I have been liberated. =)

Bring it on!

Ducky & Friends #006

#006: Word!

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den

Disclaimer: this entry is an exact copy, i.e. plagiarism, of my wifey's post in Facebook. I just have to share this. =)

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Hsiang was drawing some pictures to tell a story.

Me: Hsiang, what does 'den' mean at the end of ur story there?

Hsiang: the end

I just have to laugh! Isn't he the best!!

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If you remember this then you'd know this is definitely not written by me. The 'Me' and 'I' above refer to my wifey.

Happy Bunny

Played Dungeons & Dragons board game with wifey and brother-in-law last weekend.

Managed to play two campaigns. They were the heroes while I was the dungeon master.

No, not that dungeon master but the board game version. =P

Good thing is brother-in-law is really interested and he is coming over during Chinese New Year so we can continue.

Yippie!

Got a board game session under the belt so early in 2012, looks like at least one of my wishes is coming true. Let's hope it continues. =)

Similar to the previous session, I have a short story formed in my mind based on this gaming session. Maybe I will write that when I get the time. =)

I am a happy bunny. ^_^

 

19 hours work day

I attended the task force meeting at 08:00 hours yesterday, that started my work day. I finally finished work and turned off my laptop at 03:00 hours this morning.

That's 19 hours work day.

Since I attended the 08:00 meeting at home and only headed to office after that, and I ended my work back at home, let's take out the commute time of 2 hours total.

Also, let's be generous and said I used 2 hours for my meals (more like 1.5 hours max), so I worked 15 hours yesterday.

Normal work time is from 08:00 to 17:30, if we take an hour off for breakfast and lunch, then it's 8.5 hours.

I almost did two days worth of work hours yesterday.

>_<

What time did I leave the office? 20:50 hours according to the clock in my car, I know as I keep track of my commute time and mileage.

So much for my 2012 resolution of going home on time...

That resolution was actually broken a day before, when I left at 19:21 hours. =\

I am tired and ashamed as slacker extraordinaire is not living up to his reputation. (slacker point -1)

=(

2012 Resolutions & Wishes

Achieved neither the resolutions nor the wishes I made in 2011.

Not a single one.

Sad, but not really surprised.

For the heck of it, here are the 2012 ones.

2012 Resolutions:

- grumble less. (yup, still trying to do this)

- smile more. (hopefully the first will lead to this or vice versa)

- go home from work on time. (try to stick to the 08:00 to 17:30 working hours)

Yes yes, if you compared last year's and this year's, I have given up trying to socialise more.

Human beings are just so complicated. I will just convinced myself that socialising is over-rated. =P

Since unlike resolutions which involve commitment, wishes are just "hope nia, no action one", so here's my slightly longer list of 2012 wishes:

- sleep more. (yes, still hoping)

- work less, play more. (yes, can always wish, again and again)

- be rid of all "non value add" colleagues. (please please please...)

- earn 1.5x income, i.e. a 50% increment in salary. (I'm so going to have to start working part-time...)

- have frequent card and/or board games. (come on geeks, I am one of you!)

- write a medium length story, or a few short stories.

- read more novels than 2011.

I have given up on getting a house, a second car for wifey, and having a daughter. And of course dropped the totally unrealistic wish like having large sum of money. 4 million, hah!