Wednesday, December 31, 2008

"Twenty-O-Eight" - A Flash Review

"2008 began on January 1st and ends at December 31st at 12 am respectively. "

How about that for concise? Well ... NOT.
Minus everything that has happened in the outside world which has been typically in the brew for the past years; some new things came in and same came out. Typical expected and unexpected stuffings of norm which we have learned to expect.

Learning is the word of the year for me.
The ridiculously loved course, people and insight.

Somehow I have handled things this year with more maturity, independence and dignity (maybe this is a little bit overboard) which have suprised even myself.

LOL.

Anyway I have enjoyed this year in a way uniquely mine and only I can appreciate.

Well good can only get better.


Wishing all of you happy new year and many more happier ones to come!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Service! Service! Service! and the Credit Crunch

Can I get some service?!

Seriously. I know that sounds rude but I am probably going to say that next time I get crossed.

Well it is totally weird to go to international franchises with "Service to Smile" tags plastered all over their adverts and the real deal you get is being treated like the stuff that your dog dug up. And its ain't treasure.

This is the very reason we are lagging behind.
I am not expecting for "sirs" and "madams" nor rolling red carpets wherever I plan to set my foot at. But the decency to NOT to keep a customer waiting for 2 whole minutes at the counter while you whilst way expanding your social calendar with delivery boys?! I would have walked out then or even worse wrote a despicable comment in the suggestion box.
I was being "Asian" nice then.

Too bad I will be donning Las Vegas the next time.

http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news4174.html
In times of the credit crunch, smiles will carry miles!
As it is everything is becoming expensive and shamelessly inaccessible.
Well it is do or die or better...
Stand out or get phased out!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Xmas, NEJM and BMJ

Firstly a belated Christmas wish... (I dunno what came over me until I forgot to put this up)

If at all an accomplishment this Christmas would be learning how to make gravy for roast chicken which was not very difficult as people make it out to be.

Meanwhile I have been thrust into an endless stream of boredom which involves opening my e-mail and Facebook accounts again and again. I have taken up reading the NEJM and the BMJ which if you know what I am talking about should realise that I am super free. Sadly the BMJ is only for suscribers which if anyone out there suscribes too; please help me retrieve an article. Just give me a mail so that I can fill you in the details!

So that's about it for now; me parasitizing and scouting for new activities. If anyone has some idea of what I can do to waste my time better like a job or anything, do give me a buzz.

Signing off to more laziness ....

Monday, December 22, 2008

The End of the Too-Much-To-Do-In-So-Little-Time Syndrome

Well since November technically didn't exist for the blog; my humble apologies. I just had a LOT to do then. Tests followed by exams ... hey even to the extent of skipping a religious holiday, I was so caught up with work. Papers, pens, lack of sleep, fast food, coffee, towering dirty laundry with exceptional weather; I wonder why I didn't stew myself in that mess. Though it would be a pretty noxious one.

Hopefully I justified myself there even though I am not convinced. Most of the above could have been avoided if I planned well and more importantly kept to it. My current brainwave is to put that into the new year's resolution.

Speaking of which; the year is coming to an end as another is waiting to begin. Well what a year has it been (a terrible cliche on my part). With a new course, a growing blog (which often gets neglected) and people and my discovery of many new things, 2008 is itself something to be reckoned with. I might do justice to that with a post on it.

Speaking of posts now; I thank all the readers of Truly Home which credits on being my personal favourite. I sincerely hope to bring more good stuff to the blog.

Though there is not much good happening around us to cherish about; to put it simple: a lot of short sighted people out there y'all. And there is not simply that much money to go around these days and even more disheartening is the growing disparity among all of us. Yet life must go on (another cliche and film adaptation). There are still many simple pleasures in life which cause less than a dime and most of the best ones are F.O.C.

Unfortunately for me, food is not one of them. I'm making a mental note to learn to cook better in the holidays along with internet social networking (Facebooking and to a lesser extent Friendstering), researching, reading, bargain hunting, meeting old acquaintances and the general crappiness of my seemingly-dull-yet-exciting life.

With that, I am done with this post. Look out for the coming days; I might come up with something and pray the internet connection gets better.

P/S I am planning to watch the Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons in which the original version is available at the External Links section of the Wikipedia article of the short story.