Lies? Pain?

The reason why we lie... and the reason why we tell the truth... Go figure...

P/s. Clare, this is in response to your post! And SL, my dedication to you for introducing angry little girls to me!

Feng shui

A while ago, my mum was telling me about this article on feng shui and she thinks that I should give it a try. She was saying that there is no harm in trying!!

Since Lady Luck haven't been smiling down on me lately, here goes:

1) You should have a green plant on your desk - okay, this is simple enough got a plant from Tesco.. though I must remember to water it.. :P

2) No sharp objects including staplers and scissors in visible range - this is easy, I've removed them from my cup and hid it in my drawer... though my colleague next to me is complaining that he can't use mine anymore when he can't find his

3) Have a gold bar on your desk?? Hahaha... okay, I made this up... just because I have one on my desk!!

4) Your outbox must be on your right... never on your left... the area on your left should be clear, otherwise it will block all your "chi" away... not much of a problem to me since I'm left handed anyway...

5) You must have a solid object (e.g. a wall or filling cabinet) behind your back to support you. Er... can't see this happening as having something like that behind me will block the walkway... guess I'll have to skip this one...

Okay... I think that's all I remember for now... well... at least I tried right?

New isn't always better!!

I think I'm suffering from "status quo bias"! (Okay... yes, I'm being geeky here... that is just where people have a marked preference for keeping things as they are... it's one of the findings in behavioural finance!!)

I got this:



to replace this:

Yes, I'm sure anyone who had any recent contact with my 4-year old laptop will say... finally, she's getting rid of it... okay, so it may take ages to start-up... the internet doesn't work properly... I can't install anything new on it... it keeps getting hanged... java script doesn't work on it anymore... the latest version of iTunes is too intensive to work on the limited memory that it has... I can type a whole sentence before it appears on the screen and the battery only lasts for 20 mins??

BUT... it was my faithful companion and source of entertainment for the last 4 years! I wouldn't know what to do without it... I would have probably died of boredom... plus, it's simple and was definitely good enough for me...

Everyone has been telling me how good and cool the new desktop is... but somehow, I seem to be missing my good old laptop... at least it's easy to use and doesn't ask me a thousand questions whenever I try to do something or clicking something... not to mention, it's such a hassle to download and install all the essential software!! I don't even have Microsoft Office at the moment!! (Yes, unfortunately I'm such a geek that spreadsheets are part of my life... I have spreadsheets to do my daily expenses... bleh...)

Sigh... maybe I'm just getting old. All these new technology are getting to me! When I was trying to download the software that I need, only then I realised how old my versions are!!

Wouldn't it be good to keep things as they are?? Why do we always abandon old things for new??

Don't look back in anger, I heard you say...

Yes, I'll remember that guys!!

And I'll also remind myself that the 3 most important things in life are:

1. To have something to do

2. To find someone to love

3. To always have something to hope for

I can't remember since when our drinking sessions became so intellectual... we were talking about things ranging from inspirational quotes to ancient civilisation to why october is the 10th month and not the 8th month of the calendar!! That's how the above two quotes came about...

Chong's birthday celebration

Happy Birthday Chong!

The birthday boy with his cake... his birthday wish?? Hahaha... I think we all know what it is!

A pic with the organiser... my, he looks a bit scary with the knife...