Why do I blog?

Was reading an article yesterday in a magazine...while my hair was being cut and highlighted :)

anyways...the article was on why ppl blog....So i was thinking, why do i blog?? Well... when i first started I was just trying something that everyone was talking about and i thought ok, i'll just try and see if I have anything to say...

Then as I went along I've found that there are actually people who are reading this....hahaha.... actually I didn't think that anyone was reading anything that I was writing...so basically it was for me...for me to just put into writing things that I was thinking of... I usually don't talk about what I'm doing day to day... some big things I would write abt but I don't sit in front of my laptop and write every single day about what I ate, where i went and what i did... But I really like the thought that I can just share wat I'm thinking of...what I feel about certain things...my views and things that I've observed... I didn't know if anyone was reading it, so I just wrote whatever i liked... But recently I've found out that more and more friends actually read my blog to see what has been happening to me.... which was funny cos I never thought of blogging as a way to keep in touch with friends...maybe bcos I write my own blog but not many of my friends have blogs and also i dun have much time to read other ppl's blogs

So back to why I blog....Maybe its because I'm an introvert, I really dun like talking all that much (tho my bf would think otherwise bcos he alway says that he has to pay me to keep quiet, but that's a side of me most ppl would not see) So just quietly sitting here and typing out wat i think is something "therapeudic" for me...I get to vent out how I feel...I can share articles that I like... talk about things that I care about...talk abt how stupid some things in life are.... tell friends that I care (even tho I dun say it much)...

So that's why I blog. Hope I haven't bored whoever is reading this ;)

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How easy we forget...

As a human being like everyone else...I tend to forget all the good and remember and grumble about all the bad :( Just wanted to remind myself to remember the good. And let go of any offenses. I think everyone's life would be alot easier if they spend more time remembering the good. And complaining less. Like for instance, Malaysia isn't all that bad. There is so much good, yet everyday we hear people complain about their own country. How bad the employment is, the salary, the environment, the transport system.... we forget how good we have it here in Malaysia. We don't have wars, we dun have any natural disasters, we have a stable government and economy. We have a freedom of religion (most of us anyway). We have good houses to stay in, we have cars to drive, we have an education system. All of which so many countries wish that they could have. Yet we spend our time just complaining and comparing. Why dun we compare with ppl who still stay in mud houses? Ppl who can't even go out of their own without wearing veils and covering everything and do not even have their own face to show? Why dun we compare with countries where going to school means walking for 2 hours and having one book to share? And we dun just grumble about the country....we grumble about almost everything. And I for one have come to realise that as long as I keep grumbling, I will not see the good.... So, from today onwards, I shall try my very very very best to see the good in everything... in people that i work with, in my friends, in my family, in my loved ones, in my colleagues, in my office, in my church, in my community, and in my country. Man i sound patriotic today.....hahahaha

So ppl, stop grumbling. Close the mouth, open the eyes and SEE the good in everything ;)

Love is... hardwork

When i was in school, i used to collect these small cute comics called... "Love is..." and these comics had various sayings....eg. Love is growing old together; Love is keeping a picture of him in your wallet...etc...etc... And they were all really cute.

But i just wanted to say...they missed one...that is: LOVE IS...HARDWORK and its not cute :p

Changes in Life...

Life keeps on changing...at 27 i would have thought that for myself and for the close friends around me we would all have pretty much settled down and probably married, starting a family or in a very stable job. But in the last few weeks and months, I have found that that is not the case. People closes to me are all still changing...some changing bf's or breaking up or starting new relationships, changing jobs, going to different countries to work, to study, some just undecided of what their next step is...etc

As for myself...i think most ppl still think I'm in Maybank...which is not the case, I've quit Mayyyyyyyybankkkkkkkk....bcos like how I've spelt it, that's how fast paced it was. I was bored to tears. Work was slow, ppl were dull and well...let's not go there :p So I lefted Maybank. And now I'm with LexisNexis... a brand new start again....an exciting one tho.

The scary thing is I'm turning 28 soon. At 18 i thought that by 28 i would be married and starting a family soon, but in reality now that 28 is coming...I'm not even close to getting married yet. Tho its not that I'm complaining...cos i've made my choices and not getting married was one of them. But how different things have turned out in all our lives. Its almost exactly 10 years since secondary school, so many changes in everyone. Heck I've put on 14kgs since!!! hahahaha

The changes in my life....hmmmm....well, nobody who knew me would have thought i would be going out with an indian guy. Happily and willlingly ;) Some are still laughing about it & waiting till i let my dad know :p for those who dunno...well...here's a picture of Shaun (love this picture ;D)

About my career...I studied accounting and finance and ended up a marketing manager...this still gets to ppl...makes them all go "huh??"

And now when I look at college kids who say "i'm gonna do this and that by a certain age...I'll get married at so and so age...I'll have this and that by when and when"....i go "hmmmm, don't be too sure..." Life really has a way of suprising you.

I'm moving out of my family house soon. which is another thing that i thought i would do only when i get married...but since i'm 27 i felt that Heck, I might as well know what its like living alone...i might never have the chance again...or it might be something i need to get used to...haha...yes, spinster nest...hahaha... (private joke, u guys kno who u are)

Friends and family have not changed much I guess...my close friends thru the years have remained kinda close...of course some of which have drifted slightly as distance and time does not permit too much interaction (those reading this and feeling guilty, yes it means you, so u better write!!)

At the rate that things are changing I do believe there is much more changes to come. So to all my friends out there, choose wisely the path you take in life, don't turn back and regret. Enjoy life and don't spend it looking back in regret. I do believe God has a path for everyone of us, and we really dunno what it is, but he does have a plan and a future for us (Jeremiah 29:11) And its a good plan ;)

So i hope and pray for all my friends out there that God will bless and protect everyone of you, through all the changes in your life. Some changes may seem really scary.... but that's why we have friends to share life with ;)