go ahead and call me adventurous (or crazy) but i was hellbent on getting my 30 laps on my long awaited off day, meteorological services be darned.

update: granted, there was a slight drizzle when i made my way out but a chance encounter with ah son and mei at northpoint resulted in a totally random (but rather enjoyable) viewing of a christmas carol by jim carrey. and i STILL succeeded in completing 30 rounds after that. (that's 1 to the crazy guy, 0 to weather forecasts) woots!

but where's the sun when i needed it?

funny how the slightest thing can trigger a flood of memories that just threatens to engulf your entire being. i was watching story of time (光陰的故事) the other day and a scene about childhood friends reuniting for one last time before someone has to fly away had me reminising about my own childhood, and how it had become a thing of the past.

while there was no way that we can go back in time (or at least until someone invents a time travelling machine), taking a minute or five to relish the good old days was rather fufilling for it helped put things in perspective. i've been feeling rather adrift these days for there's been nothing to look forward to nor acheive, but this break from reality provided me with a much needed anchor.

drawing strength from the past to face the challenges of the future.

now that's a thought.

So what if it hurts me?
So what if i break down?
So what if this world just throws me off the edge
My feet run out of ground
I gotta find my place
I wanna hear myself
Don't care about all the pain in front of me

I just wanna be happy.

maybe that's what they meant by having the need to stop and smell the roses (or some other flower) but consecutive work days have left me with barely enough room to breathe, much less spending some quality time with none other than.... myself.

hey world, it's been slightly more than a week since i began my life as a chan brother, and frankly speaking, things have been going smoothly (if you care to disregard the bumps along the way). training has ended and yes manda, i've finally finished covering the tour packages to our many many many destinations.

work has officially commenced and yours truly has been "promoted" (i'm using the term very loosely here), to a counter staff just after 1 day in the call centre. while i've not exactly been thrown to feed the sharks, there's still a need to fend for myself against the endless streams of phone calls and customers (will you all just stop calling and coming so often?!?!).

at this point in time, i think it's only right that the protagonist should sincerely apologise to all the people out there whom he has either given misleading information or tried to hoodwink due to his inexperience over the past few days. sorry!

am slowly getting into the flow of things and how work gets done around here, though i sincerely doubt that i'd ever fit in with the dept.

on a less depressing note, i've managed to get 女人, cpc and their friend down to an interview for some temporary assignments. crossing my fingers that they'd get the job cuz that'd really give me some motivation to get up for work each morning.