I just came across a Facebook update that popped right in front of my face (a realization that i bemoan increasingly as I realised that facebook isn't really an ideal way of social networking as it literally pushes new updates up your live news feed just like how someone forces food down your esophagus. And even though food can be healthy and nutritious to the body, consuming copious amounts is going to be choking and deadly. And apparently, thats also one of the root cause why facebook manage to succeed because it provides a platform that collate all the news pertaining to your 'friends', another term which i am increasingly cynical of especially when we get alot of information from this group of people that we disparage, making it a collage of interesting relevant news, in relative to mainstream news, that pleases the eyes and strikes a chord with our heartstrings.) And that also explain why i am more inclined to visiting people's blogs, a corner of the virtual world that is created and maintained meticulously by owners, and reading information that i am keen to find out more, rather than being engulfed by facebook updates, which i believed has became the new mainstream news.
Alright enough of my usual musings and the facebook update i was referring earlier goes like that...
Confession: i spent 2/3 of the weekend alone by myself.
Haha and although i didnt post it up as my facebook status update, i have decided to write it here that indeed, i have spent my weekend, not exactly alone by myself, but in the comforts of my couch, away from the buzzing outside world. Rather than calling it a confession, I am rather honest to say that such plans to dedicate this weekend, the first of the month of July, to myself has been rather fruitful and accomplishing. Sometimes, when you are mired in perpetual commitments to meetup with friends, to attend meetings and have casual dinners with long-lost friends, its always good for you to take a step back from the demands of day-to-day activities and recuperate while coming up with the blueprint for the upcoming month. And resting for the past 2 days, not doing anything lethargic that consumes all your energy, gives me ample time and space to sort out undone business while spending quality time with my closed ones, whom i realised i have began to distance amidst all my commitments.
And thats what i learnt about the power of self-renewal- the technique to strategically time block and dedicate quite time for rest, recovery and rejuvenation :) [From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari- Robin Sharma]
Some random facts about by past few days...
1. Alot of people have been asking me if i had been forced to cut recruit hairstyle by CSM... LOL
-- A long story that i have repeated throughout the whole Friday when i went back to camp, and i shan't reveal much here but you get the idea, my hair is really freaking short after i attempted a $2.40 haircut at Clementi (the long queue one) and its going to be one of the greatest regrets of the week. HAHA, it turned out to be really quite flabergasting after i put on my specs, and perhaps thats also explain the reason why i refrain from heading out unnecessarily. Back to recruit again... crap.
2. My specs gave way.
-- My specs turned into 2 while i was conversing with Yu Zhong on the bus back from camp, and perhaps thats how specatacles can be damaged for a non-combatant... while catting on the bus
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Alright so thats all for this update, and its time to report back to camp for yet another 5 days of service after my long getaway! Cheers!!!
