I feel so delighted when I see people showing affection towards animals.

Just now, after I parked my car and was walking back, I saw this mat salleh man playing with one of the resident stray cats.

It just gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling when I see people be nice to animals. Especially if it’s a guy, coz I don’t know many men (aside from my dad, BIL, SenanC, and JasonP) who like animals. In fact, I don’t think I’ll forget what JasonP said about his dog, Cody. He was telling me one day during lunch when we were both benching “You know, I didn’t used to like dogs. But after getting Cody, he’s totally changed me. I love my dog so much!” I thought that was so sweet

Anyway, this was a heartwarming scene I encountered just now. Such a far cry from the other people who keep complaining about the cats.

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I finally know someone who is as committed to recycling as I am!

People at work must probably think I’m crazy coz I will collect all the plastic from our snacks (we have a regular project snack stash) and take them home to recycle. Seriously, the amount of packaging we use is terrifying! Especially when confectionary nowadays come in those mini packages for convenience :(

Sometimes, recycling does take more effort (e.g. separating the papers and plastics and glass, and then locating those recycling bins) but I really don’t mind doing it in the hopes of being green and contributing my bit to help the Earth.

The question shouldn’t be, how much money we want to make…it should be, who do we want to be…

~from Boston Legal~

The other day, FCW was relating how he had observed that there were loads of young men with older women while on his vacation @ Perhentian.

So that got me thinking…

Since women live longer than men i.e. men die earlier, doesn’t it make sense for younger men to get an older woman for a partner? And vice versa — women selecting younger men for their mates.

Hmm…

I think some guys ‘spoil’ the market for other guys, in terms of how they treat their partners.

For instance, I have a friend who accomodates his partner in almost everything.
From the everyday things like driving her to and from work and to annual trips; to buying her Coach bags and the like, he thinks of it all and takes care of everything. Sometimes, I would tell him “Gosh, why do you have to do everything all the time?”

Although, I admit, it would be nice to have everything taken care of like that

Another girlfriend’s partner is similar to this friend of mine. He’d ferry her to and from work and her other activities, calls her back when she calls him coz his phone line is paid for by his company. Another one’s husband offered to put together her costume for her show (sewing, pasting sequins – the final work was very neat and well done, for a guy! )

But that said, I find it nauseating when guys fawn over their partners. Like the girls have got no backbone to stand on their own. For instance, guys who hover over their partners during a buffet and constantly ask “Are you ok? Can I get you anything?” I would be thinking, she has her own hands and feet right? I’m sure she’s perfectly capable of getting her own food, right? But anyway, maybe some women bask in this type of attention so I guess that’s why they’re together.

That said, I guess what I appreciate in these guys is that they offer, they take the initiative to do these things.

And then there are guys on the other end of the spectrum, naturally.

There was this guy whom I thought was an interesting character. I still think he’s an interesting person but he’s so lousy at making decisions (e.g. can’t even decide where/what to eat) that after a while, he seriously got on my nerves! It got to a point where I thought to myself “Gawd! Be a man and make up your mind already!” I hope he’s gotten better since Maybe his girlfriend’s got him whipped into shape, haha.

Then there are those who just don’t initiate any action on anything. Example, everything is planned and acted upon by their partners. When guys portray this lackadaisical attitude, I personally feel that it shows his inambition, and he’s not a go-getter. I feel that men should show some drive and ambition as a sign of their manhood I find a man who ambles thru life with no direction, uninteresting and undesirable. Likewise, a man who leaves all the thinking and action to his partner while he just goes along for the ride. As with the opposite situation, I’m sure there are some women who prefer to be in control of everything and have no problems with this model. But I know I would get tired of doing the thinking and initiating all the time. I feel like it’s akin to the guy not taking ownership of some aspects of the relationship.

Anyway, at the end of the day, everyone molds their relationships to what works for them.

Got this off ET’s FB status :

Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it’s our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you’d like to have dinner with…

Oh, and I cannot stand mommy’s boys. I personally feel that they should remain single if they take their mommy’s words as God’s and won’t stand up for their partners when required.

… is to get :

• A house
• A hybrid car, to reduce my carbon footprint. I just found out that the price of one of the few hybrid cars available in the market has been reduced.

Where am I gonna get the dough to get these things?

I have no clue.

o_O

As much as I get ticked off by how people behave sometimes, I’m also fascinated and curious about what drives human behavior.

So much so that sometimes I would ask “Why do/did you do that?” purely because I really want to find out and understand the motivator or driver behind a particular behavior.

I have to admit. I am not a very happy person.

I may seem cheerful at times, but inside, I’m not a hundred percent happy.

I don’t know if this is normal or totally strange… but I don’t see many things to be happy about.

There are so many things wrong in this world, I don’t know where to start to find happiness.

Or maybe, as we were told by one of the members of the leadership, happiness is a state of mind. (When we provided feedback that we’re too stressful at work, we were told “Stress is a state of mind”).

Oh no… here I go again. Being morosely depressing.

Hah.