People who annoy me

No, it doesn't start with N nor does it has 7 letters.

People who annoy me are those who wake everyone else up (and in particular, ME) when they wake up.

Not everyone wants to wake up at 9.30am on a Saturday morning okay?

The importance of...

... the middle finger!

Yes, I've never realised how important it is until I broke a glass and cut myself this morning. Sigh, yes... I can't believe what a klutz I was... and to add to my frustration, it wouldn't stop bleeding and I couldn't find a plaster in the whole house... I had blood dripping everywhere and stained my white top... Bleh... also ended up having to go to work with lots of bloody tissues and finally had to nick a plaster from the office's first aid kit! Shame on me!

Throughout the day, I'm being reminded again and again of how important the middle finger is... Can't believe that every other word I type requires the use of the middle finger... I can't open bottles easily without my middle finger... It's difficult to search for things in my bag... Not to mention, cutting, cooking and washing became a real challenge when you try not to make use of the middle finger!

The silver lining? It's the middle finger on my right! Phew...

Home

Met up with my cousin today. During one of our conversations, he asked me what were my plans... do I actually plan to live here? He asked me whether I miss being back in Malaysia? For him, after 12 years in Australia, he decided that he missed being home and moved back to Hong Kong to be with his family.

And what he said got me thinking. What do I want? How many more years do I intend to be in London? To be honest, at the moment... I really have no idea. I really do enjoy my work here and am happy to have friends around me. I like my independence and I certainly do appreciate the lifestyle that I have here.

BUT, can I one day call this home? I don't know...

After all, my family's back in KL and I do miss them. There's also friends that I grew up with back home and at the end of the day... it's still HOME, the place where I belong...

I guess I don't have to decide now... but I'm being reminded time and time that I'm not THAT young anymore... OUCH... it ain't easy but then again, whoever says life is easy and straightforward?

Little things to be happy about

• Managed to get off work early one evening, had a proper meal and studied efficiently for the rest of the night
  
  
• Presented a talk to the department (there were Partners and Directors in the audience!) and obtained good feedback about it!
  
  
• Wrote a part of a guidance notes for the firm (which would be used in all the offices worldwide!) and not only my manager did not change much of the stuff I wrote, he actually used my style to write the rest of the notes
  
  
• Helped out with a client pitch and the director actually featured MY CV in the proposal for the first time!
  
  
• Had an enjoyable week night outing
  
  
• A friend that I've not seen or spoken to for some time will be coming to London to meet up soon
  
  
• Put a smile on an old lady's face by offering her my seat on the bus
  
  

Even though they were little things and may not seem significant to anyone at all, they made my day! :) (Especially when I'm feeling very burnt out from working and studying hard!)

Love-Hate

Love and hate are often two sides of the same coin!

(In this case, two sides of the same mirror!)

Which side of the mirror are you on?

(It's a real T-shirt that you can actually buy online... one of my colleagues forwarded the link to me... I suppose it's quite a cool T-shirt!)