In times of solitude, instead of indulging in self-pity and sorrow, one must learn to make the most out of the situation.

Time should be re-organised and better managed to spend on meaningful things and people.

People whom have proven worthy through the test of time.

Things which will benefit you in the long run.


In this present moment, I see it as a metamorphosis period.


Firstly, you must allow yourself to go into a "cocoon" stage.




Let the healing process begin, both physically and emotionally.

Be at peace with yourself, and accept that you had done your best.

Seek growth during this period of metamorphosis, and emerge as a better person.




Remember,

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

The AWARE saga finally came to an end last night with the new guard led by Josie Lau decided to resign after a vote of no confidence was passed.

As an individual who holds freewill in high regard, I am a strong supporter of the old guard and violently opposed the new guard's fundamentalistic approach in a secular organisation such as AWARE.

In fact, I was elated when I got news that the vote of no confidence was passed in the old guard's favour, and the new ex-co had decided to step down.

However, when I watched the videos and read the reports of what happened at the Extraordinary General Meeting at Suntec City Convention Centre yesterday, I must say I am rather disappointed.

The crowd who were mainly supporters of the old guard were clearly immature and overly hostile. From the start till the end of the meeting, they were making all sorts of jeers and interrupted the new guard when they tried to speak.

First of all, although I still am in favour of the ex-co led by Josie Lau stepping down, I believe that they should have their fair chance to express themselves.

Secondly, I think it is totally rude and immature to boo and jeer at the new guard, even though they are not doing the right thing in the first place. We should spend time and energy thrashing issues out, instead of making childish noises.

Like it or not, we have to admit that Josie Lau and her committee made their way into the ex-co through legal and peaceful means in the AGM. They did not assassinate the former committee or did anything of that sort. Therefore, to remove them from power, I believe a similar method of voting them out would suffice.

Lastly, as much as I dislike her, I cannot deny that she is a woman of great courage. Imagine you are standing on a stage in front of thousands of people that are all against you. And they are taking turns to verbally strike you down. The pressure must have been tremendous. After putting myself in her shoes, I can't help but feel sorry for her.

All in all, I must say the objective of this EGM has been met, but I believe there could have been a better way.

With time comes age. With age comes experience.

I recalled the times when I was young.

I had plenty of time to idle and waste. Anything can procrastinated for months before something actually gets done.

Then every sorrow that came along felt like the end of the world. And I could spend as long as I want in the healing and recovery process.

Then age catches up.

In time to come I will gain full control of my life. And I know that this is my one and only try at LIFE. Suddenly time is no longer infinite.

Gone were the days when Time would wait for me.




That's when I realised I seriously need to move on.

There is no time to waste on dwelling upon pointless and meaningless issues. Nothing good would ever come out of it. It is unconstructive and simply a waste of precious and finite time.

So from this very moment, I will start letting go. Of everything that is useless, pointless and meaningless. I promise to make full use of my time, and make the most out of my life.

Today I set a time.

The start of the deadline.

To remove those things that's causing me pain.
To forget those people who don't even care.


To sort out my thoughts.
To re-organise my life.
To pull myself together.
To move on.



But some people probably don't care, anyway.

Distance reveals, a horse's stamina,
Time reveals, a person's heart.


Came to realise that I have been ill-treating myself.

When my friends needed me, all they ever need to do was to call or text me. And I would be on the next bus, train or cab to meet them. Even if I was tired, busy, didn't feel like going out, broke, or had plans to do something else.

Then they would tell me how much they appreciate me for all the effort.

But do THEY really appreciate it?


Now the situations are reversed.




When I sent out SMSes, I get uninterested, half-hearted replies. Sometimes the replies took so long, my body would have already been cremated if it had been a plea for help. Sometimes it's worse, I don't get replies at all.

When I call, people reject my request to meet up straight in the face, telling me that they are tired or didn't feel like going out. Some give me patronising replies like "See how" or "I'll call you back".

The worst part has yet to come.

When I finally had a talk with them about the matter, I get replies like, "You could have just rejected to meet up if you didn't feel like it, no one forced you anyway." Or, "No lah, you're thinking too much."

It seriously makes me wonder why did I sacrifice my own time to make time for others, but when I'm the one in need they simply just walked out on me?

I believe it is only right to make time for friends in need, and I am sure I would feel very bad if I selfishly rejected a friend in need. So how did they managed to do so with such ease as if their conscience don't haunt them?

Have I put in too much, or are they just plain selfish?


People are so ugly.

A fortune teller once told me,

"The tough things in your life,
Are actually blessings in disguise."

That statement has hold true for me, throughout the years.

Everytime when the road ahead seems rough, or when nothing seems to be going right, and life is nothing but a drag, things will always turn out as a positive at the end of the day.

And from what I realised, some good things would never have existed without the negative incidents.

Of course, I must also thank my loved ones for all the love and support, that helped me to pull through to see the better days.

But like everyone else who is never satisfied, I wonder how long more will the prophecy hold true? How long more can I keep winning?

I am worried and afraid.

In Singapore, Golden Village and Cathay Organisation are undeniably the 2 most popular cinemas currently.





However, I would say that Cathay is a better choice.

First of all, Cathay offers more offers and discounts, such as $6 movie tickets on weekdays if you are a student or if you pay by NETS. I seriously don't see why I should pay a higher price for the same services offered by both cinemas.

Secondly, Cathay is smart enough to set up many ticketing counters at their cineplexs to respond to the SUPER LONG QUEUES during weekends.

Last Friday, I tried to buy 2 tickets at Golden Village @ Vivo City. And I was HORRIFIED to see literally a hundred over people queueing up. To make things worse, there was only 3 counters open for walk-in purchase of tickets!

So you can imagine how slowly the queue moved. Throughout my 1 hour queue for the tickets, I saw many pairs and groups of people just gave up and walked away. When I finally got the tickets, I seriously wanted to write a feedback to suggest more counters but there was no sort of feedback whatsoever.

Come to think of it, it's really dumb of the management to build so few counters when they know Vivo City is crowded with tons of people and the demand would be so high. If the reason for the pathetic number of counters is to cut costs, then I am totally disgusted by that selfish mentality.


In conclusion, support CATHAY!

It's been some time and there's so many things to blog about.

Singapore's 36 years old tourism logo, the Merlion, has been struck by some freak lightning, leaving a hole the size of a soccer ball at the back of Merlion's head.




Hmm, not a very good sign isn't it? Especially with the financial crisis hitting us in the face. But who knows, this big news could end up attracting more tourists and boost our tourism industry.

And if anyone noticed, Singapore has got quite a few new additions coming our way.

The East West MRT Line has 2 more stops extended to it from Boon Lay, namely Pioneer and Joo Koon. On top of that, 5 stations from the Circle Line will be open for use in May. Besides the Circle Line, we are also expecting another 3 new lines, Downtown Line, Thomson Line and Eastern Region Line.

As for the town area, 3 new shopping centres will be coming out way soon. Namely the ION Orchard, 313 @ Somerset and Orchard Central. Another new shopping complex will soon be ready beside Bugis Village.

It's kinda exciting to realise that we're gonna have so many new things coming our way. Till then!