Anticipated Serendipity

Second Best?

April30

I do not wish to settle for anything less than the best nor do I wish to be the second best.

Impossible? Perhaps.

But it’s better to go it alone than to be second best for the rest of my life.

Hhhmmm…

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Speechless

April21

What’s your take on this?

I’m speechless.

It’s one thing for adults to debate over this topic till the cows come home. But it’s an entirely different thing altogether when it’s targeted towards children.

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Purpose of Life…

April16

Got this from this book, a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson…

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you lived and lived well.

If I could live up to even 50% of this quote, I’d be thankful. Making a difference, that’s my ultimate goal.

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Animals, beautiful creatures

April13

Got this via email and it just about moved me to tears…

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Animals inspire me. And it is all the more inspiring to see an animal dealing with and adjusting to such adversity, and more importantly, showing US that if they can do it, there’s no reason why we can’t do the same, regardless of the severity of our ‘disabilities’.

Seeing these pictures drove in another point. If this dog had been in M’sia, she’d have been killed/euthanized straightaway, given the fact that animals in our society have been killed/euthanized even when they do have have any disabilities. I can just imagine someone here taking a look at a dog like this and immediately condemning her to death.

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I read a lot. And I read a lot of pet memoirs. Anyone who reads pet memoirs will know that almost every book will have a chapter on the inevitable i.e. when the dearly loved pet passes on.

And I will also inevitably shed tears when I read this part of the story. Each time, without fail. The latest book, A Friend Like Henry. It is more heart-wrenching to read about the death of an animal when s/he has given so much to his/her owners, in this case, Henry the golden retriever brings an autistic boy out of his shell and helps him integrate into mainstream society.

What can I say? Animals are beautiful creatures who never fail to inspire me time and time again.

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Q1 Results

April9

I haven’t had much inspiration to write lately. Dunno if it’s due to work or just plain laziness.

Anyway, thought it was time to reflect on the first quarter of the year.

Work is going ok. Expectations are high but I guess that’s the norm where I am. Coping with the work, hours are not too bad (yet!). My team members are cool. Had a memorable annual dinner where the newbies were made to perform. Needless to say, my team rocked :) but we lost Best Performance to a bunch of women doing the belly dance (and they weren’t even THAT skimpily dressed!) Shows how ‘great’ a taste the judges have. Just put a bunch of women prancing around on stage, showing some skin, and they’ll be a hit.

Healthwise, have been a bit sickly. Have been falling sick almost every month, so much so that my doc has all but banned me from going in to the clinic to see her! Still not feeling my usual self, need to get myself checked out soon.

Dance-wise, there’ll be a major event this May/June. The International Odissi Festival, Stirring Odissi, will be held in KL for the first time. There’ll be international dancers/instructors/choreographers from all over who will be flying in for this event. Hopefully I’ll have some time to catch some of the performances and workshops.

All in all, quite an eventful Q1 but I still have not achieved what I set out to achieve.

Hhhhmm…

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