Perceptions are the truth

The 15th day of the lunar new year is about to draw to a close.. and my worst fears has already come true.

About 2 years ago, i discovered a lump in my head. Prognosis from doctors was that it was cancerous and it had to be removed. The tricky part was that it was inside my head. It took months for the doctors to come up with a plan to remove it and it took several more months before i was given the all clear.

About a few days back, i notice a lump growing again on my head. The initial prognosis aint good.

To escape death one time, i consider myself lucky. To cheat death the 2nd time, it would take nothing less than a miracle.

Regards
Just Unlucky, i guess.

For the longest time... i avoided adding any of my bosses in my Facebook.
The only folks who are in my circle of friends are people whom i can trust OR are unable to be in any position to affect me in any way.

This morning..



Frankly, i do not know him. Our interactions are limited to photography, running the recent marathon together (I beat him, of course) and approval of my ROVW (perhaps).

Soo... i wonder whats on offer when he added me as a friend?

Maybe...he has come to hear the people's voice.

Regards
Everyone's friend

I will remain steadfast till this is all over... till then, i shall not do anything stupid.

Anyway, this is totally unrelated to the issue..

"Something Stupid"
Nicole Kidman ROBBIE WILLIAMS

I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
You still despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come true
But then I think I'll wait until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

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And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid. =(

Regards

1) I noticed on facebook that alot of my friends are having babies.
2) i also notice that alot of them choose to have them at Thomson Medical Centre or Mount Alvernia.

Why not KK? It was the hospital of my time.. Im glad i turn out fine..

Regards
KK baby

"Man crashes plane into Texas building
Posted: 19 February 2010 0329 hrs CNA

CHICAGO: A Texas man deliberately crashed a small plane into a building containing a federal tax office on Thursday after setting his house on fire, officials said.

Two fighter jets were scrambled out of a nearby airport in response to the incident, which an official said does not appear to be linked to terrorism
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Errrmm... instead of scrambling fire fighters to response to the act... they scrambled fighter jets.
I will go search the net to verify the purpose of this action. Amusing.

Regards

Genting.. less than $1! Bargain ah Bargain ah!



Regards

Am about to go to bed and figured this is a good time to spend a few moments to write about the year ahead.
I know this is a little late in the making... but better late than never.

2008 and 2009 were years to forget. I hardly got anything right... BUT it wasnt as bad as it could have been and im thankful for it. In fact, i thought the experiences gave me a new conviction to tweak the way that i have been working on certain things.

If 2008 and 2009 had been bad... then if 2010 continues to be bad, i would have achieve the impossible of 3 bad and lousy years in a row. BUT.. im not about to go there..

Im going to assume that i have paid my dues and that things would finally get better. Much better. In fact, im looking forward to spending more time with joyce (much more than ever), a new home, holidays and finding finally not being held ransom by work anymore.

Moving on to the financial front, 2010.. can be summed up in one statement.
There are increasing number of people indulging in the fruits of happiness provided by the stock market. 2009 provided ample opportunities for alot of my friends to make handsome profits.. Im sure 2010 would be the same if they find themselves some happy counters.

For myself, my balls has shrunk considerably over the years... I no long thrive on the high of making 1/2 a cent per counter, it just aint worth it to take so much risk to make that 1/2 a cent. For the past 2 years, i have been caught out one too many times.

In 2010, it would be no different... in fact, to change my luck... im buying myself a solid gold ROLEX. =) You should too.

Thats all folks.. till next year.

Regards
Forever Bear.

Bejeweled.

Regards
Wasted 2 hours.

Not too long ago, i aspired to be a wedding photographer. But after going at it for about 6 months, i was so disheartened by the prevailing HalfFuck industry standard that i swore never to do another wedding.

Folks that was charging 2K was mostly pretenders and i was badly affected by it (i mean i was earning peanuts and the hours were looong loong loooooooooooong).

Once in a while, i still get calls to do weddings... but i tend to push them to acquaintances that i befriended with during my stint as a WPG and if i cant... i would just brush them off by tell them that i already have a booking.

So it was a little surprising that i took up an assignment readily recently. Best part is... its a Indian wedding. Well done, Mr HF part time WPG. I wanna see you get urself into trouble. Ha ha ha...

As i googled for ideas... i chanced upon http://presentation.1950photography.com/index2.php

These are reasons why theres hope in the industry. Just that i wont stay around long enough to be part of it.

Regards
Part time WPG..

Im not sure about everyone else but im a sucker when it comes to traditions.

So if CNY Day 1 is reserved for the husband's family and CNY day 2 is reserved for the wife's family... what happens if i work on either day?!?!?!

Im very worried.

Regards

I finally got myself some time off this afternoon... Besides sleeping, i started watching the tons of videos i downloaded brought earlier.

Sieving through the tons of videos, i found 'The Secret Millionaire'.

Its a cheesy, B grade reality show in which millionaires hide their identity and work undercover as volunteers to both get a taste of 'poor' life and also to find potential targets that they can help.
The aim is to give some money at the end of the show to make all things good and nice..

As much as i try to deny it.. the show actually almost brought tears to my eyes when i watched the ending. The gratitude from the eyes of those in need.. phew...

I dont have a million dollars to give away... but i do 20cents donation every now and then... and i hope that they make a difference to the few people they helped.

The Chinese New Year is coming... have you done a good deed recently?

Regards

Give a woman some money... this is what you get.
Tsk tsk tsk.

Regards
On a mission to gain wgt.

Sometimes, its hard to explain what im busy with...
Perhaps a pic would help?



Regards
Airline Tycoon next

I heard so much about the share 'Genting' that i actually bothered to go take a quick look at its chart.

I think alot of my friends are right.. Genting is indeed worth a second look...... at 80cents.

Regards
DBS booboo.

Love Story
Songwriters: Swift, Taylor Alison

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said, marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

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Baby, just say yes. =)

Regards

While i wait for the multi million airline industry (facebook) to come back online...
i shall blog about work.

I know of this colleague who has great potential to go very far in my work place. He is much younger than me but in terms of achievements, he is just about a step behind. Lets call him... 'Mr Serial'.

In the organisation's anxiety to develop him, the organisation has forced upon him to undergo training that he did not wish to do, trips that he did not want to go and utlimately deprive him of his family time.

Dealing directly with him is his immediate boss. Lets call him 'Mr Neck tie'. Mr Neck Tie is someone who sings the same tune with the organisation. Back in my NS days, this is what i call, Old School Soldier. Someone who execute orders to the 'T' but lacks very much the human touch. His views are restricted to what be believes is good for the organisation.

Heres the prob...

Each and everyone of us have different priorities in different phases of our lives. At one stage of my life, i thought it was appropriate to put work in the driving seat.. but now that i earn close to 30K a month, theres hardly incentive to drive myself any harder.

Same goes for Mr Serial. The organisation forced upon him to undertake tasks that he didnt like. Now this is not a very big prob since most of us falls into this category anyway... But in recent time, forced him to go on a month long business trip while he was preparing for a very important phase of his life. Mr Neck Tie obviously didnt want to hear any of Mr Serial's reasoning.

Im going to assume that all of you understand what he has gone through but i assure you... you would not. You would not because you do not know how difficult it is to not be around for your family because you have no choice but to put work ahead of them.

When we were young and have less obligations, its easy to adjust our time to conform to our work commitments. Not anymore.

I shall not go at lengths on why family is important.. if you do not already know, theres is no need for you to ever know then. Someday, when you are caught in a siatuation when your family demands for your attention and you cant let work down, drop me a message and tell me which one you are going to choose.

Regards
Family first. Photography Second. Facebook third. Everything else can wait.

Update

Before you question what im driving at in my post

"There are many kinds of leaders in the world.. What kind of leader are you? "

Update Update

If somehow, by chance... you do not have a happy family.. you can perhaps check out the following blog. Ashton better be a good son when he grows up.

http://ashtonyong.blogspot.com/

Pastor's comments on Buddhism/Taoism "inappropriate & unacceptable": MHA
Posted: 08 February 2010 2345 hrs CNA

Lets make an example out of him. Put him away for a year or two...
When he comes out, make him the ambassador for religious harmony. Surely, you dont have to be pulled aside for such chats before realising that you are threading on thin ice.

Overheard from the coffee shop below my voiddeck
'Hes just one of those...'

Regards

Health Minister Khaw reminds S'poreans not to make a living by gambling
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 07 February 2010 1930 hrs

Seriously...
Whats the point? How about reminding us to eat healthy, exercise regularly and take our vitamins so that we dont need to rely on our medisave (or was it medishield.. or whatever else it was) when we are sick because it was never going to be enough.

Regards
PAP supporter

Parishioners of Church of the Holy Spirit updated on road safety plans
By Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia Posted: 07 February 2010 2135 hrs CNA


If only LTA and TP would start booking these jaywalkers..
Sometimes, the simplest of solution is the most effective.

That said... i urge sensitivity on the part of TP and LTA on the handling of this issue.

Regards
No more Jaywalkers today!

Someday, RSAF will lose aircraft because they collide in the air due to incompetent controllers who were trained to fill the gaps of the current manpower shortage.

Regards