superficial you, superficial me

We live in a superficial world, where we are all predators. Whether we realise it or not, believe it or not. It’s the only way we know how to survive, in this superficial world.

As I walked on the streets of Khao San, where all I can see is a sea of white people, being preyed upon by ‘hungry vultures’. It doesn’t matter how effortless your speak with the locals, or how you try to blend in with your afro locks. A foreigner remains a foreigner, by the opportunist.
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I’ve never felt so cynical about travelling. Perhaps it’s not so much of the idea of travelling that sickens me. But us, human in general. Taking advantage of each other. Behind each smile, there is a hungry vulture….waiting upon it’s ‘opportunity’.

Bangkok – the new KL

There are many reasons why tourists flock to Bangkok – Thai has a way of making it’s visitors feel at home with their ever welcoming smile and singing praises seems like an hourly routine.

We arrives at Suvarnabhumi airport at 9.30pm (bangkok time) and headed straight to Rambuttri House at Rambuttri Road – just next to Khaosan Road. The world’s renowned backpackers heaven.

This place look all so familiar to me. After all, I was here only 6 months ago. Where I spend most of my 3 days in the hotel room, nursing a very bad stomach ache due to food poisoning from Phnom Penh.

It seems like an awful lot of days we will be spending in Bangkok. Too many days to be roaming around but too little to put Angkor Wat in the itinerary list.

The first thing dad wanted to do the next morning, is to pay tribute to the 4 faced Buddha in Erawan Shrine. Then there is mom who wanted to hunt for a ‘particular shop’ in a ‘particular shopping mall’ that sells all her favorite Thai tibits – but has no idea where that ‘particular shop’ nor ‘particular shopping mall’ is, haha… After enless search, we finally hit the jackpot at MBK plaza.

So, first day was full of shopping and shopping and more shopping! I am amazed at how pampered consumers in Bangkok are, with such wide selection of brands. Even shopping at 7-elevan was such a delightful affair because the design of their packaging could easily stire up one’s visual orgasm.

stress

Woke up at 6am this morning.

All stressed up.

Haven’t packed a single thing.

All stressed up again.

I ♥ weekend at PD

The weekend at Port Dickson has been a lot of fun! Lotsa eating, laughing and several daunting moments with the elevator that refuses to let us press the L4 button which resulted us having to take the staircase down one floor, BUT ‘miraculously’ open the elevator when we reach L4. (spooky!)

It was a very fun thing today, to hang out with friends from the agency and to still be friends even though some of us has left (the rest bila lagi?). If there is anything worth mentioning during our time in the agency, it had to be the friends we made along the way! Which gave ” *insert company name* Forever” a whole new meaning. It’s not so much of the loyalty and pride we have towards the company, but more of the bond we have created among ourselves which will remain for life no matter which path we choose to take.

friends

Have you ever thought about this…

You met someone, somehow became friends but the friendship went down the drain because you irritate the hell out of each other.

Or perhaps…you been friends with someone for years and one day you pull the plug because there is nothing meaningful in the friendship anymore.

OR PERHAPS…you somehow rekindled a lost friendship and you became friends for life.

Now what’s that all about?

the graduate

Yay! Finally finished my BioThermie Plus course in Marie France. Bummer couldn’t get my RM150 Parkson cash voucher today. I was so looking forward to a shopping spree. Yes you get cash vouchers when you complete a course in Marie France. Cool huh!

It feels great to have completed the course and it feels even awesome to have lost some inches. It does take a lot of determination and discipline ok? Especially the discipline department – to make sure that I make an effort to turn up for the appointments esp on the days when I had to do cold wrap. The 25min session has always been a struggle :(

Being overweight is a serious issue which is no longer cosmetic. And being overweight can never be healthy. Who are we trying to kid, making statements like ‘I don’t mind so and so is fat, as long as she is healthy’. How can one be healthy when one is exposed to the risk for a variety of serious diseases like, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, and several forms of cancer.

I think I’ve been pretty honest with myself. I know I had a problem and I had to do something about it. And I don’t see why going to slimming center should be any different than going to the gym to lose weight, spending several hundred in Osim uZap, or skipping lunch.

Again, why should I be confined by what society thinks? I am happier and you can’t beat that! Woo hoo!

the silent killer

I walk alone among city dwellers and rarely saw anyone like me, who walks the walk, alone.

I remembered a video I watched not too long ago. About loneliness, and so I tried to relate and tried to sniff if loneliness lives in the air I breath. It wasn’t there.

Do you know what loneliness is? It isn’t about being lonely. You can be alone and yet have your soul dance to heart’s delight. So what exactly is loneliness?

Perhaps, you should watch the video too.

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anger management

I am easily consumed by anger. When that happens, I send out ‘black balloon’ and negative energy easily without much thought.

Can you blame me? YOU MADE ME ANGRY.

I am not gonna preach about forgiveness and how people should be forgiven and given a benefit of the doubt. I am not a saint and I want to live life and the only way I know is to love and hate till there is no tomorrow. If life is all about perfect balance, then both positive and negative has to take place. Yes, no? Whatever.

Point is I hate you. Yes you! The one who has absolutely NO CLUE about project and people management, the one who is insensitive, the slave driver and the one whom I trusted but conspire to backstab me.

What a twat.

it’s a celebration

Oh wow! Great! Weekend is just around the corner! Which means, another weekend to go and I will be cruising in Bangkok! No work for about 2 weeks! Can’t wait!

Despite all the changes and the uncertainties, life is still great. I mean, when there is life, there is every reason to be celebrate. Right? And that’s exactly what’s happening on the 18th Sept. A farewell party for those who are FINALLY leaving misery behind.

Farewells are usually done as a token of appreciation. But for ‘us’, it’s liberation for a brighter future and organization who appreciate our passion and hard work.

So for you my friend(s), you made the right choice! All the best :D