My Pen. My Papyrus. My Story.: January 2013

I'm visiting my blog realizing that it has been a month since I last penned a note. It's customary for me to write a summary of what happened in the year when it draws to a close, but well, lets be a little unorthodox, ehy??

Instead of writing on how the whole year went last year, I figured its better to focus on what I would want to accomplish this year. It's more important to look at present and find out how I want to shape the future.

There are a few pertinent things though, changes that I would like to make. Firstly, I would like to be a happier person. Last year, it was all about running around like a headless chicken and taking less care of my well-being. It was then when I fell sick that I realized that its not the right way of living. You see, when you are younger, you think that you have your whole life ahead of you and you figured that now is the time to push yourself to your limit and see which breaks first, you or the challenge. Until you realize that it is the most important thing that you are compromising, your health.

Call me a freak, or perhaps it's the industry, but I see people around me struggling just to see the light of the next day. That is why I consider it a blessing being in this industry, coz I'm pretty sure that you don't give yourself a health check when you are in accounts or engineering or something.

Being in the world of pharmaceuticals, I realized how fragile life can be. While we are busy chasing dreams, we forget the very foundation that makes any of those dreams a possibility. Our well-being. One person dies every second out of heart attack. Did you know that?

Life is fragile.

So this year, I'm gonna focus on my health. Eating more nutritious food, less of the oil and fries, more of the fruit juices. Yeah i know its the same old yesterday story, but healthcare has evolved, and the things that you think only elder ppl get, we as the younger ones are prone to it already. So I'm sticking to a fruit juice made out of vegetables and fruits. Once a week, minimum. And, more of the smiles on my face so that I'll have more good hormones in my body. :) Go for more body massages and facial sessions too. Haha. I recently went to Herbaline. I highly recommend it. They have fish spa! =)

Also, I'm going to focus on a few other things, like learning my mother tongue, Tagalog language. :) Let's hope I succeed in that. I failed miserably conquering Japanese. Ughh. The only thing I remember from that two years is Aishiteru. And probably some Katana and Hiragana lah in between the lines. My Sensei would be so disappointed. Sigh.

Oh, sleep more, and earlier, that too.

And spend some time with friends. Selected friends. Just two days ago I met up with two old friends, they go way back to a decade ago, and suddenly on the dining table, I'm looking at how far we have come. One, being one of the most well-versed person i know, well-endowed with knowledge of all sorts, has become a financial analyst, another a dentist, and myself a pharma representative. But what was exponential was the conversation we had. We were talking economics, the revolution of medication and pharmaceuticals, stocks, shares, everything. Like what Mr Dentist says, conversation was first class. :) Should have more doses of that. Truly a breath of fresh air. Gotta freshen my knowledge more though. =)

Expand my horizons. No point of having too much savings. Life's too short. I'm going to learn how to bake. :)

Also, spend more time with my mom and dad. It seems like I have spent the whole of last year chasing after $$$ that I have spoken lesser with them. And yes, by God's grace and a whole lot of hard work, I managed to hit and recover my target, so praise The Lord. Was I proud of my achievement? Damn, of course..!!! Was just 6% short to have become the Top Rep last quarter. Never mind, try again this year.!!! :)

Made some good investments last year so I'm proud of that too.

I'm 25. 25 years of my life have passed me. It's time to take a look back of what has happened, and look at the future in a more fragile manner. No point being all great and dandy when you compromise more important things in the process.

Have more meaningful conversations, mix with the right people.

I found a gift from a very, very good friend a long time ago. I reckon she doesn't even remember giving it to me. I was in Standard 4. 11 years have passed since. And I still treasure this bookmark like I did the very first time I received it. Man, I have aged. =)

This was something we had not too long ago on a family outing, thanks to Uncle Kwong. Luwak Coffee. Tried it before??? To all coffee lovers, you gotta try it. There's one in Paradigm Mall. At a coffee place called LonBay, at the same floor with Tesco. The coffee is priced at RM 89.90 for two. =)

By the way on another random note, mom won a phone, a Blackberry Torch 9810 from Public Bank..!!!

How lucky she is ehy?? And who gets the benefit out of it??? Who else????

And this is a pic from Full House, New Year dinner.

And over lunch last Saturday, we went to this place called Bonjour Cafe and Bakery in Kota Damansara. The surroundings weren't that appealing to me, except for their pretty fountain and their super-over-sized fan which I thought would kill me if ever it fell (I swear the fan is huge!). We read from some blogger that they serve some good bread. Total disappointment lah. But well the cakes are good. We had Chocolate Goulache. Not bad indeed, not too sweet, even a moose cake hater like me also took more than a bite or two. =)