one done!

catch me if you can done!

proceeding to next on the list. i can start on it tonight while waiting for dearie to come home from his desaru feasting trip.

keep it going tricia!

still tossing on what courses to do this year.. shd i do the cmfas paper?

books in queue

a gift to my children is here! that's fast!

alright. game plan for tricia.

60 pages more of catch me if you can. to complete by this evening's trip home.

85 pages of a gift to my children. to complete by end of this week. if i'm diligent, i might be able to finish it by Fri morning.

2 old edition of CPA Singapore mags. thrown off to next week! that's what i call prioritising!

love simply

Yesterday was valentine's day. Ours was a quiet one. dearie ran the 8km with me, as we chatted along at smell-flower pace. We had home cooked porridge, something light enough for his inflammed throat.

While i jokingly grilled him for my flowers and candle light dinner, i thought about what does having those represent love.

i have learnt that love is expressed in simple ways. actions that need not be amplified into distorted proportions. small ways that reaches the heart more than fanciful ones that entertain the crowd. i am just glad to have him. when i have a hectic day at work, i know he will pat me and i can fall asleep soundly in his arms. that to me is loving simply.

all in line..one by one

i've put in 2 loans from the company's library..which i reckon will take a while to reach me. in the mean time i'm almost half way through 'catch me if you can'. this will be the next.

subsequent to that, i've given myself a challenge to read up all the books on reits i can find in the company's library. personal challenge for myself and also to prep myself before i decide if i should do the cmfas exam on reits management. this should keep me busy for a while!

catch me a better next read

done with the wind up bird chronicle. took another 3 wks to complete this as well. the Japanese writers i have been reading have a peculiar way of story telling. i get lost sometimes, like when i was watching the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. it makes one go, " huh? what?...wow, that's a good one."

i'm onto a simpler book, catch me if you can. i read that the book was not written by Frank Abagnale Jr himself and this book contains a tad bit of exaggeration which serves its entertainment purpose.

i haven't got many other books i want to read. been looking for the e version of 1q84 but found none. at the same time i think i've got enough of the strange prose form for a while..thought i could move on to something more mainstream.

something about the cultural revolution might make an interesting read next. let's see what i can find.

run for something

bel, yenling and i discussed about the possibility of doing the taroko gorge marathon in taiwan, coming nov.

it's good to have something to train towards. hope we can get things to fall into place. i haven't ran a marathon in 2 years! it'll be challenging to start training for one.

running with the gals make me feel sorry how my speed and endurance has degraded over time. i can't seem to catch up with them these days, often left behind. i try to take it in stride, follow my own pace and run my own race. but i'm hoping i won't be the slowest among us in the coming marathon! (which i think i'll most probably be)

i've decided to give up my part time job. i can definitely use more time given a more hectic full time job now. lesser income so that will mean i've got to be more cautious in my spending. may not all be a bad thing.

kafka to bird chronicle

completed kafka on the shore today. took me 3 weeks to read cover to cover. and i'm listening to the beethoven archduke trio mentioned in the book.

plot of kafka on the shore is weird; unique if this is a better word to describe it. the story line is like a clockwork which gradually makes its full turn. you can't predict what will happen next. bits of the story gel together by a peculiar glue. definitely not your typical fiction read. conclusively, i like the read. i like haruki murakami's writing enough to line another of his earlier book in my next read.

huff puff

stepping into office each day is like stepping on a non-stop treadmill. you just run endlessly till into the night.

my mind is at a point blank at this moment. there are so many things to be done. it can be overwhelming.

there goes another exec. she tendered when we came back from the long new year weekend.

i wonder why i am able to survive? is it because i have stopped thinking what all these is leading me to?

there's little to look forward for now. promotion is a near impossible. chances of a meaty pay raise might be vanquished with the slowing economy. so what else can there be but tasks that are left to be completed?

time for myself becomes shorter as hours at work stretch longer.

i hate to lament.

a new project is starting. i have these mixed feelings. on one hand it is an opportunity to do something different. on the other, it means even longer hours. fast forward to end of it, question is asked if it adds value to my career. shrug.

alright, back onto the treadmill now. huff huff puff puff.

学不会

while watching 娱乐百分百, found out JJ will soon be releasing his new album 'Lost & Found'.

Been listening to 学不会over youtube on repeat.

nice.