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This we make each day. In all facets of life we will always make choices. There are simple ones, but a lot of times it’s complicated. You may find it easy to make decision sometimes, but the intricacy lies in putting it to work.

As you get up in the morning you are already tested to make simple decisions, such as what to have for breakfast or what to wear for the day (unless you’ve already planned these ahead, in which you still dealt with decision-making task). Even if you’ve listed all grocery items to get (well, most of us list ‘em just to help manage the budget apart from making sure we don’t forget buyin replacement for that heavily squeezed toothpaste, hehe), more often than not, we’re still caught in a tight spot on what to throw in our cart. Or perhaps you’re wedged in a dilemma on which gift to buy for your special friend’s birthday. These are just plain and simple day-to-day decisions we do. But what if it’s a life changing decision? Ahh.. spare me some time to think things over please! :)

It’s tough, it’s disconcerting, it’s bloodcurdling, it’s tiring (esp. if you’ve spent several sleepless nights thinking haphazardly about the best choice to make), and it’s as if you want to pull someone and hurl it over to that person so you can break free your mind from it. Decisions like opting to work abroad away from your family and friends, or resigning from work, or settling down, or filing a divorce can be very stressful. These are examples of life-changing decisions. And these requires careful thought, your family & friends’ advices, and Divine intervention. A sound decision entails facts as well, that’s why listing the problem and all your options down really help a lot. In court, the Judge, Attorneys and the Jurors conduct several sessions until the person being tried is proven guilty (or not), then the verdict is carried out.

What makes it difficult, I suppose, is that most of us are afraid of what will be the consequences if in case the end-result is the opposite of what we’re expecting. We normally call this “bad decisions”. We are prone to making bad decisions if we decide too quickly -- doing it without carefully spending some time assessing the situation (or probably when we’re under emotional stress). Some blame themselves for making an awful choice while others just tries to live on with the choice they made and noting that they don’t plummet on the same trap if they stumble upon similar circumstances. On the other hand, it’s easy to say if you’ve made the right decision because you’ll definitely find yourself giggling with satisfaction and utterly proud about the outcome. Putting our decisions to work requires faith, which we seriously doubt oftentimes as we are filled with “what ifs”. I believe our decision-making principle somewhat defines our maturity. Yes we make wrong choices but we can learn from them. And if the choice we’ve made turns out to be okay, we gain extra self-confidence. =)

Why am I writing about this? Because my job contract will end soon, and I have been asking myself how should I decide. Yes this is one of the life-changing decisions for me because I need to consider my family and depend my future plans on it. Although I know my priorities and I have identified the problem (the stress factors at work which almost led me to resign a few weeks back), my options aren’t clear still. Also, I’m still contemplating on what I might be leaving behind and what lies ahead. It’s challenging and at the same time nerve-racking.

Truly, it’s easy to give counsel to a friend asking help in coming out with good decision, but when you’re the one in the situation of making a life-changing choice, I would definitely say it’s tough and troublesome! Do you agree?

c”,)

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Life Blog: Thai A Yellow Ribbon

Yellow (or golden yellow) is the common color you’ll find in Bangkok, Thailand. My friends and I recently visited the city for a common reason: enjoy the privilege of travelin' while working abroad and to escape from the rather demanding job, hehe.

As we arrived at the airport, this guy carrying a placard bearing our names greeted us. He took us to our hotel. It was just a 3-star hotel I suppose. I believe when traveling for short period and looking for cheap hotels, there is no time to be nitpicking, as long as the air conditioning works (unfortunately, the aircon in our room is not powerful enough to sustain our body heat). Nonetheless, the place is neat and the location is perfect. It was already late in the evening when we checked in, then immediately we went out to welcome the atmosphere. The hot temperature is nothing new to us. However, we were surprised to see how busy the streets were when it was already past 12mn (considering they were under martial law, haha). Every corner was filled with tourists.

Bangkok is the cultural and economic centre of Thailand. They really are rich in cultures. (Also rich in cultured worms, beetles, grasshoppers, mantis, frogs, scorpions – made crunchy, hehe). My friends said I should try it, they told me it tastes good, just like the typical street foods. But I never dared to try, not even a single bite.

Thais give high regard to their King. This is another common sight you’ll discover in Thailand -- picture of their King all over the places. Thai people are also nationalistic. I remember when we were in the market, all the people stopped suddenly because their national anthem is being played over the air. (I noticed even the street dog stopped sniffing around – no kidding! hehe). Some Thai people we’ve stumbled upon were very nice. Even those people at the hotel and the drivers were all very accommodating. Although some hardly speak English, they could still interpret somehow what we were trying to say. So we never had much trouble askin' around for prices and places :)

Our 3 days were spent on visiting some of the temples, trying out the floating market, goin' for an elephant ride through a jungle trail, watching cultural shows (both day show and night show, haha), and shopping. There’s nothin' much to see in Bangkok actually, but we enjoyed our vacation. We enjoyed taking snaps everywhere. I hope in our future travel adventures I already have the dSLR I’ve been eyeing for. Oh, I almost forgot, we weren't able to watch live Muay Thai fight (though we've seen similar acts in the cultural show, fair enough, hehe)

Sawat dee! c",)

Here are some pics I took:

(outside the temple)

(@ the floating market)

(one of the many golden temples)

(some tourists shopping for souvenirs)

(the reclining buddha)

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Life Blog: United Colors of Singapore

Yey! Tomorrow is a public HOLIDAY! Rest day! I just hope I won’t get called for work. Singapore is havin this important occasion celebrated by Muslims around the globe, called the ‘Hari Raya Puasa.’ While last Saturday was another public holiday celebrated by Hindus, called Deepavali, which is also known as the festival of lights. There are also holidays for Chinese, as well as for Christians.

In this country you will find many different races. I guess, ‘say in one shopping mall, if you gather all the people together you’ll be surprised to see sorts of people coming from dif’rent places and races. Apart from Singaporeans, you’ll find Chinese from mainland, Malays, Filipinos, Japs, Thais, Koreans, Indians, Americans, Brits, and many others. There might even be some Cro-magnons (or Encino-man, hehe).

SG is such a small country. I think this is one obvious reason why we can easily find varied nationalities in many places. One of the things I admire here is havin 'less discrimination.' I observed one time, when I was trav'lin via MRT, that most people were just minding their own business – some were half-asleep (others were snoring), some were just quietly sitting there while reading books or listening to their mp3s, others were chattin with their friends. You’ll also hear different languages from those people conversing, and probably you’ll notice different smiles, funny faces, traditional outfits or some peculiar get ups, and of course, the unusual smell. In public transportations you’ll discover that signs are printed in 4 different languages. And hearing the announcements everyday as you head to/from work will somehow lodge this into your head. It goes something like..

“Your attention please, for your own safety, please stand behind the yellow line.” (English). “That cha chi chu yi…” (this is Mandarin, sorry I forgot the rest of the phrase). “Sila ambil perhatian, demi keselematan anda…” (this is Malay, I forgot the rest also, hehe). “Al lugi lipawl blah blah blah.. (this is Tamil, I obviously couldn’t remember the entire phrase, hihi)

Another thing that I’m thankful for in this country is knowing that many people speak English! You wouldn’t get lost because there will certainly be someone who could give you directions, in which you wouldn’t find difficult to understand.

c",)

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Life Blog: Thank God it's Weekend!

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Life Blog: Who hired Marvin the Martian?

I assume you all know who Marvin the Martian is. I heard he was just hired by North Korean government, hehe, just kidding. Marvin’s famous phrase became apparent to me after reading some news about the claimed North Korean “nuke” test.

“Where’s the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom!?!” said Marvin.

Have they really carried out the test?

After the NK’s announcement on their plans to conduct small nuclear weapon testing (although some reported they have already done so), neighboring countries grumbled. Criticisms rose from other countries. Most countries said that the test is unnecessary, which I deemed true. Why do they have to perform this test anyway? Was there a threat? Or they were just trying to ensure they have safe arsenal? Nuclear Weapon is worldly known as the “weapon for mass destruction.” From the time this destructive weapon was developed and had appeared in the news, many were really concern and were wishing to dump the burgeoning idea on developing this further. Some of us recognized/predicted that it could come to this point that others will actually attempt to test this catastrophic bomb.

While others are trying to promote peace, this NK government is somewhat (if they only knew) creating paranoia via their nuke test plan. If you come to think of it, they wouldn’t be able to use this against their enemies if their ‘would-be’ enemy happens to be a suicide bomber, hehe. The best defense is always to hope that violence would come to an end. Yeah, I know I know I’m talking about a perfect world, but wouldn’t it be nice to hope for that sometimes and really visualising it coming to reality someday? (haha.. wishful thinking i know!)

I wish we were cartoon characters like those Looney Tunes' stars, when hit by a bomb we only get trembled for a while then we can just wag off those flames -- like Wile Coyote or Daffy Duck -- and we’re back to normal! :)

So, all I can say to those eager to fire the nuke for a test is..

“You’re deszzpicable!!”

c",)