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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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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今天突然发现，长得略为平头整面已经不易, 所以，长得美实为天赐，必需好好珍惜并多加以利用。

兮，怪不得通街都喜欢看明星，模特儿，美女，帅哥。

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This year must be one of the most boring Chinese New Year I’ve ever had. Apart from the lack of enthusiasm felt from all corners of Malaysia (my friends in Seremban, Penang, Muar, Perak, KL as well as Singapore all told me the same thing), it is my definite bad fortune that I fell SICK during this most joyous time of the whole year.

I was so looking forward to having a drunk fest during CNY… Alas, it was not to be. As it is, the famous B151 (all the way from Australia) is still sitting patiently on my dresser waiting for me to finish it up. Sad, very sad.

Anyway, the MAJOR achievements I did this CNY were:

1) got my bro to wear the SAME t-shirts (in M, L, XL respectively from oldest to youngest, from left to right) and manage to bully them in taking a picture!

Note: All their smiles were FORCED. By me of course.

PS: Don’t you think they look 0h-so-adorable especially with the golden rat?

2) manage to corner all my uncles, aunties, cousins and my delicate grandma to take pictures! After several snaps from my camera I suddenly found everyone whipping out their cameras to do the same… *sweat*

Note: My beautiful girl cousins. All younger. No, they are not available!

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…is almost always a merry thing as it signifies the death of the lousy previous year and the birth of a brand new year:

a new outlook + a new approach + a new resolution + a new job + a new relationship = a refresh hope.

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