Fix The World Up For Me

So.. www.zowy.blogspot.com it is again.

Who knows, I might hop back here for third year.

:)

and now we go All Over Again

We're Spiralling.

It is now a little less than 24 hours since the last post. and news came. A yes finally came.

(btw I met up with Eve and Val too in that time period so I’m not as lifeless as you think. I don’t have the urge to update my blog at an hourly basis hmmmm i wonder who :P)

It’s not like I don’t wanna jump on it, it has the basically awesome and technically flawless feel to it, the ideal, the wow factor, and of course, the baggage.

Excessive shoulder-pain baggage.

Well I’m not complaining, I can’t and I won’t; no not because I’m in a complaint-free 21 day trial streak, that is for later remember? haha; somehow it just seems too good to be true. But no fear I guess, anything can come and anything will be manageable. I don’t have the ultimate compassion of Meredith Grey, because I still think being selfless all the time is just stupid. Penangites are already stereotyped sell-fish kiamsiap and kiasu from the start anyway right. :P You can shake some off, but never all!

Bottomline? My parents are wonderful. Not like you haven’t heard it before.

I think it’s going to be a good year, no?

All that effort, Doubt I can come up with a good title anyway.

Superhuman.
I am not.

Everything is contradicting. Everything.
The disappointment to the gratitude [guess I'll give hints, the ohana matters]. The anticipation to the fear and doubts – seriously getting to me [the homeless issues]. The excitement to the half-baked atmosphere [what else is around the corner?].

Even the songs-of-the-month are worsening it. What could you get from looping Broken Strings [James Morrison ft Nelly Furtado] and Thinking of You [Katy Perry] and Everybody Knows [John Legend] and Am I Still The One [Daniel Powter] anyway? Don’t get me wrong though, they’re still highly recommended, you and I both know that you’ll love it and I rock. hah.

I think I need a happy song in the list.

Probably a person.

Or a healthy lifestyle.

Nah, good news will do. Add a sprinkle of gratitude probably.
Is that as hard to ask for as a decent sized 2 bedroom (both with BIRs) apartment with a decent price tag?

What you pay is what you get, but why do we have to settle for less?

:(

Ze Links

Take That Circus!

Smart Chiques. That’s all i’m saying

http://josephineng.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/the-yes-no-and-definitely-not-of-my-future-boyfriend/

http://www.xanga.com/Elaine_CYL/509905460/item.html

will add more if there is more.

Not that I’m complaining. Pt 2.

Do you know, that every day’s the first, of the rest of your life?

The TMnet Speedometer thingy has ceased to work. Haha. Malaysians malaysians. Baboons!  (complaint #1)

Not that I’m complaining.

Part 2 should be all credited to Xj, (psst I’ve seen an Oprah ad regarding it now I remember :P), if you’ve been lifelessly following comments :D

A Complaint Free World.

Apparently this thing has been around for ages, started by some Reverand in Kansas City (no surprises there), but since they have a disclaimer that : “A Complaint Free World, inc. is a non-profit, non-religious entity which provides purple bracelets and other materials to help people affect positive change in their lives.”, I guess it wouldn’t hurt! Now it’s not that I have anything against religious movements or preaching, I guess if you know me a wee bit more you’d know where the sensitivity comes from :)

Anyways, they have this, you might think, aww another “hey come let’s make you happier!” programme, which I would have thought so and subsequently close the browser, now it doesn’t look like a bad idea at all. Well you don’t really Have to buy or donate, I’m just saying the idea itself, isn’t out of the world, and could be real effective, if you’re one of the people who’d actually Listen. Yep so one of the attractions of the campaign is the bracelet.

How do I use the purple bracelet to become a Complaint Free person?
Scientists believe it takes 21 days to form a new habit and complaining is habitual for most of us. As Twain said, we must coax our old behavior down the stairs. The purple bracelet is a powerful tool(s) to remind you of how well you are creating your life with positive intention. Here are the suggested rules:

1. Begin to wear the bracelet, on either wrist 2. When you catch yourself complaining, gossiping or criticizing (it’s ok, everyone does) move the bracelet to the other arm and begin again. 3. If you hear someone else who is wearing a bracelet complain, you may point out their need to switch the bracelet to the other arm; BUT if you’re going to do this, you must move your bracelet first!

4. Stay with it. It may take many months but when you reach 21 days you will find that your entire life is happier, more loving and more enjoyable.

I doubt anything can be blamed for people here to not talk or not even know anything about it, after all we Are Malaysia :P (complaint #2) – I mean how many people you know here constantly watches Oprah?, and I do wonder if anyone in our beloved country will ever honestly succeed. I have to admit, I’m much more pleasant in Melbourne, come to think of it, driving could have played a role, but please, you have to agree at the very least that Malaysians do trigger some sort of switch with their inability to queue, to say please and thank you, to smile?! ha ha. We Are lagging exceeding 10 years in duration compared to cities like New York and Tokyo yadi yada, I guess our morality lags along. But hey, we have the gift of so many languages, cultures and such, nothing’s perfect yes yes, there’s only a Humongous room for improvement. :)

All in all, I doubt I’m gonna go around with a purple bracelet anytime soon, since I still have streamyx and the melbourne homeless issue at the back of my head. It’d be worth a try though, since it’s gonna take 4-6 weeks at least to arrive when you place the order, I might just try it sometime later this year. Would you?

love. :)

p.s. I think I would have forgotten all the ‘intimate details’ about London and Barcelona by the time I get back to top speed internet. Ho hum. (complaint #3!)

Another quickpress. which is the only thing the upload bandwith allows these days. :)

Not that I’m complaining.

I’m contented~
Somehow like really. Like the chinese Buddha teachings kind of contented. I think it probably was too many intriguing scenarios I saw in one day. Like an old chinese couple holding hands by the side of the road while their other hands held tongkats. Like my mum and all her doings! :D

So seriously. Content! is one hellof a Big word. Hello!

p.s. this doesn’t mean i’m not going to call streamyx and give them a bad time.. I know I’m grateful for internet and technology all in the first place.. but they could do better right!. okay okay i’m not gonna scream at them 0=)

p.p.s. i don’t need to be like you i have so much of the luxuries not even Louis Vuitton can handle! hah!

love.

less than 2.0 ftw.

Quickpress:
Back home, the Penang home, the one and only, for the second time this summer holiday.
If I were you I wouldn’t count on a detailed storyline, but I’d tell you who/what to blame.

Blame Dell tech support.
oh wait blame the economic recession for causing them to retrench almost the whole tech department.
Blame streamyx. (no points for guessing anyway)
Blame logitech (prolly would help.
Blame London. lol
Blame Barcelona. lol
Blame school recommencing.
Blame facebook.
anything but me hah.

All for One

I Swear
by the moon and the stars in the sky

Originally wanted to brush up and finish uploading the photos about THE wedding, for your reading pleasure, probably sien’s only but whatev..

But ended up with a big time mishap in the family today, cousin (Boon Aun – and girlfriend Chin chin if you’re wondering, sien) got into a car accident on the North-south so you can imagine the drama all day with the phone calls, the going over to gma’s house, the conditions of everyone involved in the car and the concern over who’s going down there, the occasional updates about the hospital transfer, the typical “grandma gu-ma neighbour friend also crowding in the emergency room” scenario in Island hospital come nightfall.. you get the picture.

Seeing the disappointed look through second uncle’s eyes (probably accumulated through all the things the son has done which probably someone would update you on, sien), rooted next to a crying second auntie, with third uncle pacing outside the house in the middle of the waiting for a phone call from all the way there, mum worried sick for the nephew she had a hand bringing up, the amount of people rushing to the hospital once they knew the ambulance was reaching and like in trafalgar square we were like in 2 lines bracing ourselves for the arrival of the siren, you could literally smell the love and concern when they all hover over him in a wheelchair voicing their worries by asking the same thing over and over again, only in different ways.

On the way back home, the downhearted conversation between mum and third uncle about the things he have done till how you will always have that plague of fear and concern over your children which will never ever go away until you close both your eyes forever, will literally make your heart sink if you imagine yourself looking into their anguished eyes if you ever let them down.

So I guess bottomline is i would swear if i can, “by the moon and the stars in the sky“, to try the very best, from now till the end of time, to never cause any despair or apprehension of any sort to them, mum and dad especially, and the whole extended family who proved they’ll be there, even if they are considered as kaypo. And never to point and laugh and complain at these typical scenarios where 20 relatives staying and crowding for 2 patients, even if they annoyed me or were obstructing traffic, cuz i guess most of them really do care, and just wanted to be there, even though they know they can’t do no good or help, I guess that’s why they’re family.

Run

Light up, Light up,
As if you have a choice.

I actually have no clear idea of what to write.. cuz I actually just wanted to do something to pass time waiting for my (chopped off currently one-length-ed) hair to dry and thought of surfing blogs, and actually had this ‘eureka moment as blogging is like, the perfect thing to do.

So actually, I don’t really have bombastic updates. Other than the fact that I’m back hoooommmeeeee, and I had a haircuuuttt, and I started this hospital attachment 8.30am-5.00pm “intern” thingy (w/o salary) credits to auntie Adeline who elseeeeee, and I am going, with my mum and two little kiddies, to Londonnnnnn real soon, I attended cousin Judee’s wedding (not the one below but oh well) which was quite a bomb except the presence of a certain annoying cobra who literally lost all of our my remaining respects for herrr (but it actually added a huge zest for there were so many gossip sessions where aunties And kiddies unite under one big umbrella of ‘hatred’ but i should elaborate no more as the internet has eyes and ears and mouths and whatever sensory organs you can think of..).. and yes I am about to go to bed because I cannot afford to sprawl asleep in the LWEH Laboratory (no fear coffee is only 20aud cents!!).

gotta love kenny's nikon

now that I’ve initiated event reports there’s so many things to tell! little happenings during the wedding. tests I performed in immunology. the humongous renovated room jake now has. my dad the coolio but not so well-behaved :P. t(tell)yl lah i’m like a good girl with decent sleeping hrs you know!

more on facebook of course, as usual

So yeah. That wasn’t a lot to take in was it? :)

p.s. mental note to read, to ‘curve my fingers’, and to try to exercise (like, need a hell lot).

my gosh the upload here still sucks not even a 1mb photo! no one fixed it it’s all streamyx’s fault. what to doooo.

noted edit: still cannot decide if I like Snow patrol or Leona’s Run better. I’d label both awesome and make them 1 and 2 on my 320i Cd. :)

Ming.

2 papers in 5 hours + – .

And I’d still prefer to be doing this.

‘Like totallyy?.‘

Event of the year I’ve been rooting on to go to and by the end of the day it’s me and biostats (with microecons feeling reallyyy ignored.) Oh welllll. Today is still their day.

Welcome to the family :)