Archive for September, 2006

Passions of Life

{ September 27, 2006 @ 12:25 am } · { Views }
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An article in the paper recently featured a guy who had given up his career in chemical engineering to pursue his passion for tap dance. The article provoked me to think about my love of dance which I gave up to further education.

At the end of secondary school, I was clueless as to where to proceed. My first love had always been dance and performing. But its not a path that people perceive as normal. Naturally, a preferrable path would be to get a good education and land yourself a stable job. This path seemed more real for me too at that time. College however meant no time for dance practice. So it was one or the other.

Being not very keen on teaching dance, but more towards performing, I chose the more realistic option of going to college. Inevitably though, there will always be the “what if”s and secretly harboured hopes of returning to dance. Especially when such articles pop up.

I truly admire the guy’s guts to pursue his dreams and passions. Now, if only I had half his guts…where would I be?

Tale of Toe

{ September 16, 2006 @ 1:56 am } · { Outcasts }
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Its been a week since CF camp. Slightly more than a week since that fateful incident.

When Anil suggested we play the “Tiang game”, I was probably one of the most optimistic. If you’re wondering what the game is about, its basically like a game of tag. But as long as you’re holding on to a pole, you can’t be tagged. Ahh..Good ol’ primary school games.

I think I’m born with the inherent defect of being a klutz. Barely 5 minutes into the game and I scraped my toe. Hardly noticed it at first as I was too absorbed in the game. Only when it started to hurt that I looked down to see how it was. Yikes! The sight that greeted me was a little shocking, I must say. My first reaction was that of disappointment. I knew I wouldn’t be able to continue with the game.

More disappointment followed when I slowly thought of how my movements were gonna be restricted and that I wouldn’t be able to participate in games. For someone like me, it’s like the worst thing that could happen. But all the other campers made such a fuss over my toe. Such overwhelming concern. Haha..I felt like an instant celebrity. Something along the lines of David Beckham, when his foot was being the most photographed. Hehe..

Well, to wrap things up, here are pictures of my toe. Right after it was treated and its status now a week later. Its much better even if it looks the same. I might even be able to wear shoes by next week. I miss my sneakers badly.

With that, I hope I have grossed you out enough… Have a good day!

( )-ster

{ September 3, 2006 @ 11:51 pm } · { Views }
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Was pretty amused when I read in the papers today that besides Friendster, there’s also Dogster for dog lovers, Catster for cat lovers, and even Hamster-ster for hamster and gerbil lovers. Apparently, these sites have been around for quite a while. Guess I’m not that updated when it comes to happenings of the Cyberworld.

These sites do make me wonder what will come up next. I’m pretty sure I know which -ster i belong in besides Friendster. Being a lover of naps, it has gotta be Napster! Yup yup. My most favourite one of all. Maybe Eatster will come a close second.

I don’t know what inspires me to type these lame stuff down this late at night when I have to be up before 6am tomorrow. Boredom reaching its brink perhaps? Lame-ster member more likely..*nods*