Something I came across...which touched smth inside of me....To you, I hope it does too.....

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they havent thought about it, dont have it on their schedule, didnt know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I ve tried to be a little more flexible.

How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didnt suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word "refrigeration" mean nothing to you?

How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched "Jeopardy" on television?

I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, " How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gas up and stammer, "I cant. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain." And my personal favorite: " It's a Monday." She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.

Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches..We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!

We ll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. We ll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We ll go on a second honey moon when we get two more kids out of college.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days are shorter and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "Im going to," " I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit.."

When anyone calls me " seize the moment " friend, she is open to adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you re ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.

My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-decker. If my car had hit an ice berg on the way home, I would have died happy.

Now..go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to . . . .not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the dly? When you ask "How are you?" Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We ll do it tomorrow." And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say "Hi"?

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift. .. . Thrown away...Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance..."

I get reminded of particular periods of my life when some songs are played. These scenes flash vividly in my mind. And the feelings that come with it.

The sense of smell works the same way. Like the smell of new leather goods, the smell of that perfume on a gf, that car perfume u always smell, the colonge of an ex-colleague. Those always bring back memories. They just come floating back whether you want it or not....

Today that strangely familar smell of a jacket on someone came wafting back to me when I unfolded the shirt. And I paused in whatever I was doing.

.Un-erasable. no matter what. fond memories. bittersweet. Just for me.

It feels like ages since the last time I blogged. And the less you blog, the less you get the hang of blogging.. @ least thats how I feel.

Thank you dear ones for the show of support in my recent days of chaos. It made the days sweeter and easier to bear.

Updates? I dun even know where to start. It's just been all a whirlwind. And if this is what the older folks meant by experience, then bingo! I think now I ve really got it. Fast-tracked.

Something more light-hearted.... 2 events in the past week which I totally love.

1. KTV session. Love the company and the food but more so the company. Irreplaceable. The best peeps to hang out with when Im down.... the tons and tons of food and not to mention the coconut ice-cream AND mango flavoured one. I should have ate that right from the start. Spirits quite down that day but thankyews for trying to lighten everything up.

2. Caught "The Last Dance" under the most ridiculous circumstances. The movie was good. I reali liked it. Just that its a bit confusing and all. I intend to watch it again. So anyone who wans to watch it, pls jio me along again??? And coz of the nature of work, my movie partner actually missed the last part of the very complicated movie! GoSH... talk abt ill-timing. But I TOTALLY understand. Why? Coz we are in the same line... *sheesh*** But back to the movie, there are some pretty awesome lines in there. MUST watch...

Alrights.. that's all for now.... just a peep into my life. " )

Im so sad and worried, i think im gg to cry.... : (

U blow so many bubbles in life. And inevitably some always get burst. But you still continue blowing those bubbles. Such is the beauty of the fighting spirit in us.

What I thought I ve forgotten, Ive actually not. When I dreamt of it again, I awoke with that terrible thumping feel in my heart. I wonder when will it be gone. Forever banished.

Life can be a hectic race or a leisurely walk in the park. What have we chosen? Or have we not chosen at all. In the midst of all these, have we forgotten what really brings joy to us?

I ve not. I ve just kept it somewhere for the time being. For reasons only known to me.

What shall I say? Haha.. hmm... 2006 has been an eventful one for me.. VERY eventful to say the least. Here are a few highlights.

1) The first thing that came to my mind was my extensive travelling in 2006, if I may say. It was a record 5 times, totalling up to close to 2 months in all! It's addictive!*winkz* And Im gg overseas in Jan again too..... oooo

2) Emotional Growth is an impt part in 2006. Friendships were cast in stone, others were established. There were sad moments and there were happy ones.. But every single one counts, coz it makes me into the me i am now! " ) You just get stronger. And of course with every single experience, you grow up just a little. hahha..

3) Graduated! It was a moment in life. You know, how i always say there are moments? This is one of them. Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this.

4) Work. Finally cast into the working world. Am I having a great time? Let's just say, im learning so much more. Glad to have met some great ppl along the way too.

2006 is a bitter sweet year for me. Through all the years, 2006 is the most significant. And I got to understand ME. A little better too. " ) Happy 2007 my dear friends. May we remain as steadfast in our friendship and may 2007 be a fruitful one for us all! CHEERS!