While online, I constantly find myself distracted from my original purpose – for example looking for an image for a work project, and my attention almost always got hooked to another unrelated topic and websites.

Take today for example. I just wanted to look up a picture of the giant squid in order to put an image of it in my mind while I’m reading Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol”. After booting up my computer and connecting to the net, it took me 4 hours before I get to the squid’s picture! Nothing much else gets done during these 4 hours, as you can see from my must-have-social-networking ’rounds’ below. And needless to say I didn’t manage to continue reading the book~ huh…

I think the inability to sit down quietly and focus on one thing at one time is the biggest hindrance to all city dwellers that have a phone/computer that is connected to the rest of the world. Too much info; too little time. Thus too distracted; and thus took more time to complete a single task.

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According to Encarta World English Dictionary, the definition of ‘resolution’ is:
- the process of resolving something such as a problem or dispute
- a firm decision to do something
- determination: firmness of mind or purpose

In the spirit of new year, and I do hope that this will be a better year than 2009, my 2010 resolutions are:
: Manage my blog
: Learn pole-dancing
: Do not let go of any opportunity
: Join a charity organization
: Stop eating salmon-they are going to extinct soon! read this

Come to think about it, the only NPO I donate monthly is WWF. I have also pledged to stop eatting wild animals (such as wild boar, bear, fox, snake, squirrel, anteater, frog, tiger!-heavens forbid, etc) and anything related to shark especially shark fins soup for about 5 years now. Now salmon – which is about the only thing I love to eat raw – is just another thing that adds on to the ever growing list.

Hey, maybe I should do a simple badge for people to put up at their website to campaign for these poor sharks and salmon! Well, it’s a thought.

Happy New Year all! Hope you had a great one counting down and a very good year ahead!

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Yesterday. Yesterday I lost my phone. AGAIN. Yes, again. I think it’s the… 6th time? 8th?

I first realized my phone was missing when I was sitting in a meeting room with a bunch of movers-n-shakers ladies waiting for the chair to arrive. There was really no point going back to the waiting room which I sat for about 1 hour waiting for the meeting to commence, really, as I knew it in my heart that it will be gone. Just like it was no point pointing out to all the very helpful staff, who helped me searched high and low for it by the way, that my phone is nicely bundled up in the sweet-pinky-fluffy-too girly-phone pouch that I just bought in Times which one couldn’t possibly miss. I mean, that’s why they stole it at first place isn’t it.

Oh yes, I forgot, I put my phone on silence, thereby killing any possible chance to ever find it again. I was going in to a meeting, wasn’t I?

First, it was rage. How could anyone be so stupid to grab a lousy samsung – not forgetting the cutest pink phone pouch – and not return back to the pretty gal who didn’t notice it fell off her bag?

Secondly, it was terror and then rage. All the information and pictures and music and contacts and the lovey-dovey SMSes that JC sent to me were GONE! Hmm… no, I don’t have any nude pictures inside it. Thank God. I mean, how can ANYONE be so INSENSITIVE?!

Then, it was a feeling of helplessness. Losing touch with the whole world, i.e. fingers-reaching list of good friends, family, lover, workmates, and vendors isn’t a great sensation unless you are in a monatory trying to sort out your life. And I had no one to call to and tell them I’ve lost my phone – albeit again, and no way to channel my anger and frustration. What an irony.

To get even better, my internet connection cocked up on me when I arrived home and tried to do a shoutout in gmail, msn and facebook that I lost my phone. The sense of soliditary gets keener. My hormones were deeply affected as I was feeling PMSy anyway.

After all that, I mean after 24 hours without the phone, I was trying to feel ‘Zen’ about it. No phone, no connection, no interaction, no bother. I tried, but failed. I felt shitty the whole day and still am. And I feel very, very, absolutely lonely.

Makes me wonder if losing a mobile nowadays is equivalent or worse than losing a lover.

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This morning I broke a glass and it cut my feet.
It didn’t stop bleeding for a good five minutes.
The toilet floor was covered with my fresh blood.
I couldn’t help but think, is someone up there trying to ask me to clear up my head and be thankful to my current life?
Stop thinking so much.
And stop being bored.

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What is that you called? Happiness?
What is that you mentioned? Sad?
What is that you asked? Exaltation?
What is that you said? Disappointment?

I’m sorry, but I do not know what you are talking about.
Asked me again when I have a couple of fermented barley juice sitting nicely in my tummy.
Maybe then, perhaps then, I will comprehend what you were trying to express to me.

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Did anyone noticed how it rains HEAVILY almost everyday at almost the same time for some days? Like two weeks earlier the rain started about 4pm, then it shifted to about 5pm, then moved to about 6, 7-ish, causing KL traffic to be at a massive standstill.

Now… this week it rained as it pleased. I recently have a little pond in my garden (thanks to JC! – will upload pictures soon) and then I got to live in fear that my little guppies will commit suicide since the water level is so high everyday.

And it gets so cold in the office with full air-con blasting away.

Notwithstanding is the temperamental flash floods due to poor drainage system…

Suddenly, I miss JC and I want to go home and play games NOW NOW NOW!

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