Life?
It was a busy day today. I just had so many things to do but cldn't complete them cuz of reasons here n there.
Anyway, there was this WO who was waiting for a meeting to end. He was waiting in my boss's office cuz they knew each other. Thus I politely asked him if he wanted a glass of water but he ended up telling me his PoV abt life. I guess he wanted to talk and I happened to be there. So I politely sat down and listened to him for a good 10 mins be4 I excused myself to continue my work.
He was saying that there shld be 3 phases in life:
- 1st 20 yrs, to work hard
- 2nd 20 yrs, to work very very hard
- 3rd 20 yrs (probably last), to relax a bit
His argument is that u shld work hard & study for the 1st 20 yrs, work even harder for a living in the next 20 yrs and in the 3rd phase, relax and do the things u always wanted to do. This is because u wld be too old and weak if u wait any longer.
He also talked abt how our generation is so different from his as we tend to leave our parents and lead our lives when we grow older, thus leaving the 2 old hags to sit at home and stare at each other. This is in the sense like we go out with frenz instead of parents once we reach a certain age etc. This, according to him, is because we r now living in "small pigeon holes" as opposed to them, who lived in clusters of kampongs. My PoV is that we are gradually being westernised and we tend to grow on their culture. Personally, I have always found it a rather cool idea to be able to buy my own apartment or at least buy with a mutual fren and live independently rather than staying at home. I suppose it is because I have watched too many HK serials since young.
He also mentioned that we are all in this rat race, chasing after our dreamz. However, if we stop & take the time to think, is our dreamz really what we want in life? Pt to ponder..
2. Went for a swim after work. Nice! I shld have more of it every week. I formulated my ideal ORD-clear-leave plan while resting in between laps (slacker!). Every Mon, Wed, Fri - take afternoon leave and go for gym, followed by swim. Every Tue & Thu, whole day leave. But I wld gladly give this plan up if anybody wants to go overseas.. Lol..
3. Came to notice that I have changed quite a bit in the way I eat. The last time I really bought a big bag of chips to eat was like more than 6 mths ago. i have reduced the types of junk-food intake to only chocolate cuz I juz can't bear to live without it. The rest, i can live without. I have also reduced the among of prawns I eat after I ate a dish of prawns tt was literally full of shit. I guess I'm becoming more aware abt the food I eat as I grow older.. More hum??? lol..
4. Found out abt this site from Joel. Quite fun. U can create ur own south park characters from it. I have created a south park version of me when I'm in Uni and with braces below. I would dye my hair brown in future and considering how much of a slacker i am, I wld probably wear bermudas to Uni. My aim in Uni-life: To have the Ultimate Slacker Look!!
Me! - South Park Version
The Origin. 9/14/2005 08:30:00 pm