I think there are a lot of times throughout the year that can be marked as a new start, it doesn’t always need to be during the 1st of January. Therefore I don’t usually have any new year’s resolutions, no personal goals or target that i have to achieve for a particular year. I know it sounds bad but i feel that it’s better for me this way because having too much plans may sometimes lead to even more disappointments. No, it’s not that im afraid to face disappointments, i just prefer to set goals as i go along because a year can be quite a long time (well sometimes it feels that way) with a lot of uncertainties.

Anyway, I know i’ve neglected this blog for quite a while but just right after my last post, i started on a ’summer’ semester which was a lot shorter with more lectures and assignments in between. I’ve also been picking up pace at work because of increased orders and new equipments arriving at our doorstep, all brought on by the recovering economy. Then there were the Christmas and new year holidays. I only had time to sit down and take a breather after my 3rd semester’s final exam ended a week ago.

So, I did some changes to my blog layout as i got kinda bored with the old black theme. It felt dark and gloomy and brought on a sense of a sad, emo blog (i guess it was one but…oh well nvm). Hence the very white theme now. Sometimes change is good because it freshen things up although to be honest i don’t really know whether there would be anyone reading my blog anymore, thinking that ‘it’ has passed on :P

Anyhoo, this will be a short entry just to signify the return of my blog. Yeah there have been certain positive changes to my life since the end of last year in terms of my outlook on life and a career change that i would blog the next time around. I’m also running out of time because it’s Chinese New Year and i’m gonna be late for reunion dinner.

So Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! Have a blessed Tiger year. And no, don’t have any Chinese NEW YEAR resolutions ;)

…where was i? I cant remember the last time i wrote about the happenings in my life. I guess my life was so dead that i didnt have any to write…sad rite?

You were there when I first saw light.

You were there when I first cried.

You were there for my first step.

You were there when I swallow my first fish-bone.

You were there for my first day at playschool,

until my very last day at university.

Always there for me…

I know we sometimes don’t see eye to eye.

I know we sometimes have our arguments,

and I know sometimes I get pissed off because of that.

Stupidly blinded when your only intentions are what’s best for me.

You say you might be wrong,

but I might be wrong too.

Because as humans, reading the future is out of our reach.

So it’s ok.

I know sometimes I say and do the things that I shouldn’t.

I know sometimes I don’t say or do the things I should.

For that, I am sorry.

Thanks Dad for everything how big or small that you’ve done for me.

No matter how similar or different we may be,

I still love you.

Because that’s just exactly how a father son relationship should be…

beautifully imperfect =)

Me, Dad & Bro

Singapore '88

Therefore it only make sense that my first official pay check, the very first official dollar i earn by myself, goes to chipping in for your gift this father’s day. Happy snapping and happy father’s day :)

Just like how i mentioned in my previous post, photos like these bring back memories that might otherwise be just forgotten. Another one of my favorite picture,

Two monkeys & Me (Hahaha...)

Might not be the most suitable song but i love the lyrics

Sometimes we keep looking for perfection but we often forget that it’s the little imperfections that make things perfect…i have two videos to share

In this second video, i feel that it does relate to me, well sometimes la. *unfortunately :(

I hope the videos touched your heart, just like what it did to mine. Kudos to Yasmin Ahmad!

Procedure over, im still alive.

D: It is written…that was the answer, how Jamal Malik won 20 million rupees.

Slumdog Millionaire

The movie that won eight academy awards did not disappoint. It was a story of a boy from the slums of Dharavi, how he overcame the odds to survive as a young orphan with his elder brother. Hardship that saw him covered in feces, witnessing his mother being killed, staying in the dumps, kidnapped and almost forced into beggary, lost his best friend Latika who eventually became his lover…and yet all these gave him everything he needed to know to win 20 million rupees.

Young Jamal

The movie gave an insight on the extreme ends of poverty and also richness in India. However, what i liked most about the movie was how the two young brothers relied on each other to survive, always there to cover each others ass. Although there was a period when Jamal’s brother, Salim made the wrong choices and went against Jamal but in the end, he made up for his mistakes and sacrificed his life for Jamal.

Fairy tale ending

Of course the fairy tale ending of Jamal and Latika earned the movie extra marks too :P And although Slumdog Millionaire was just a movie i still do believe in miracles and fairy tale endings, that sometimes we do get lucky in life if it’s our destiny, if it was written for us. Anyway, only complain I have of the movie is that Jamal practically had only ‘one face expression’ throughout the movie. Then again what can i expect from a guy with such a bitter past.

…reminds me of my brother.