Attack of the sinuses

As usual, the change in weather between KL and Gentings has gotten to me! This time around it didn't involve me sleeping for 14 hours - I didn't have the time for that. I had a severe attack of sinusitis this week. My nose was blocked! And my only source of oxygen was by breathing through my mouth. This happened on Monday night, and Tuesday morning, I got call from a fellow HR Colleague, requesting for me to Emcee a function on Wednesday!!! So my next action was to seek advice of the doctor on my condition. I told the doctor that I use my regular nasal spray and that I need something stronger so I can Emcee the function on the next day. His response was,"anything stronger than this I would need to put you on steroids!" To which my response was, "No thank you." Fortunately, another fellow HR Colleague kindly stepped on my behalf as Emcee for the function on Wednesday night.
It's Saturday and I am just counting down the minutes till I can go back. My sinuses are a bit better, but usually get's worse at night. It's getting better...but very slowly. It's amazing how things tend to move so slowly up here at times...sigh!
Anyways, I live for the weekends. Everyone else has already begun their weekend, but mine starts after lunch today!
Cheers!!

Bittersweet memories

Lately, my new hangout spot has become Starbucks, just outside Taylors College in SS15 Subang. Somehow, old memories creep back into my mind - both the good and bad. How i miss those days. It seems like only yesterday, this small town Seremban girl ventured to study in a college far away (it seemed far then) from home. Living away from my parents for the first time....hahahaha..what an experience. The bittersweet feelings and memories creep up on me ever so often that it gets me thinking - "if i could i have done something different then, what would i have done or not done?" Amazingly, my answer to that is absolutely NOTHING!! Everything that has happened, the good, bad & the ugly has made me who I am today, and hey, what's so wrong with me today, right? I think I am pretty alright for now. At the same time I am looking forward to what the future has in store for me..because, everything happens for a reason!

The power of thoughts

Thoughts! Very powerful I would say. Has the ability to help you make decisions and also keep from sleeping at night. Too often I allow it to take over my life. Letting it get the better of me. Confusion sets in just after that, then it makes you fickled at the same tine.
Lately I've been plagued by "what if's?" What if I didnt take this job? How much different life would have been. But then at the end of the day, i realised dwelling on stuff like this is a complete waste of time. Why sit and feel sorry for yourself when you can actually do something to make things better.
For example, for the pass few weeks, I have just been plain frustrated at work because things seem to be stagnant. At first, I procrastinated, and then realised, by doing so, delays are just getting more and more. So, I chose to do something - find alternatives, dig deeper and deeper until I reach a brick wall where I can't go further. As a result of that, things are moving, slowly but surely. Although progress is slow, but at least there is some progress.
At times you just need to be thick-skinend and act stupid. Ask why until you understand. I realised that pretending to understand something only leaves youself on the loosing. So, I don't care if people think I am silly or slow, but if i need to understand something in order to get the job done, I don't mind being the stupid one for 5 minutes.
So thinking too much isn't as bad as many people think. Look where my thoughts have led me......from negative to positive. But of course, never get carried away with it, then you'll just go insane....

My Little Mishap

Last weekend was like no other weekend i've had. My usual Monday morning which was usually just wake up at 5 a.m. and drive all the way back to Genting was somehow interupted. I left my house on schedule, 6.10 a.m. and I was on my way. I thought I would take my time this time around so I was going about 70km p/h. Suddenly, just about 3 kilometres out of my exit on the Kesas, my bonnet flipped open and hit my screen!!! (the screen did not shatter) I was in the middle lane, and amazingly, my first reflex was to SLOWLY step on my brakes while looking in the rear view mirror for cars behind me, then I used my side mirrors, to slowly pull over at the side. My next step was to take out my phone and call someone, and I called the only person whom I knew to be awake at that hour. After I made the call, I was a bit shaken up, so instead of getting down on drivers side, I jumped over into the passengers seat and sat down for about 3 minutes before getting out of my car. My bonnet was plastered to my wind screen and I couldn't put it down, as it was dented. So I went back inside the car, and waited. While waiting, one of those Road Safety vans pulled up behind me, and three guys got down and asked me if I needed help. Then I explained to them what happened. The three of them assisted me, by helping put the bonnet down and closing it. It looked really badly dented, then once their work was done, they left. Of course I didnt call my parent immediately, they would have gotten a shock! So I slowly drove back home and pulled out outside my house. My dad came out, so did my mom looking very worried. Then I explained to them what happened. We made plans about where to send the car, and at the same time I informed my office that I had to take emergency leave. The damage: well i had to replace the bonnet with a new one as it was badly dented.
By the grace of God, worse did not happen. I am just glad that I did not crash into anything. I thank my lucky stars and all the angels watching out for me yesterday morning!

~ TGIS ~

People normally for with TGIF, but for me that isn't the case. "Thank God It's Saturday". Wow! What a week I would say! But then again, I say this every week. I'll admit that I am getting used to the chaos, crisis', worload, and the long hours - pathetic i know but certain things cannot be helped.
Work today should be pretty routine - actually come to think of it I don't really have a schedule. I just do my work when I get it till the time I leave - it's a just matter of which one I do first, mostly based on priority and importance.
Anyways, I talk way too much about work. Hopefully I get to leave early today. If I could leave now, I would. Sigh!

Irritability on the rise

What is it about life, that when things happens, it all comes along at the same time? Too many things are going that I feel pulled in a million different directions at the same time. Well, alright that was a bit of an exaggeration, its not a million per say but its quite a few. I am not just talking about work - which is enough to kill right now, but also other things in my life at the present moment. The good things is, this keeps me going! I am fully occupied most of the time with constructive things to do and not just drown myself in nothingness and self-pity. Pro's and con's in everything in life. Yet, there is still something amiss - there is an emptiness which I think is quite related to where I live right now. Something tells me that Genting is getting to me, as in the place is starting to get me down. My irritability has increased of late, and I do not hesitate to make it known to people around me. It's really not a good sign as I am letting my emotions get the better of me. This weekend looks quite promising and there are things to be done, important things that need to be finished this weekend. I am looking forward to it and hopefully, when I get back on Monday, the emptiness would be filled with something more important to do.