A little bit of...

Stress
Yes. Maybe a little too much of it as the past week inched closer to Friday... at which point one of Ozzy Osbourne's quote became something I could relate to. It goes like this: "Of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most."

Oh yes... I did feel like I have indeed... lost my mind.

San Marino F1 Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher wins a race after a long spell of absence of being at the top of the podium. But is Ferrari really back at their prime? In a world of IFs, there is a possibility that Renault's mistake to bring Alonso in early for his 2nd pitstop was the reason why Schumacher was handed the win on a silver platter.

But then again, it's not yet halfway into the race season. There's still a lot of room for everyone to find out how close or far the teams are from each other in terms of their car design, reliability, and technology.

What not to watch... ever!
The Hills Have Eyes is likely one of the worst movies I've watched this year. ONE: I don't see a proper storyline in it. TWO: It's all about gore. THREE: It's not even scary!

Oh well... but not like I got to choose the movie. Ash couldn't make it at the 11th hour; Mal had already bought tickets to the midnight movie; and I just happened to have willingly obliged to take Ash's place without knowing what the movie was in the first place.

Ok... so enough of this sidetracking... bottomline is... skip this movie and you save yourself probably about RM9, 2-hours of your time, and the agony of having to seat through a mediocre movie.

Waking up on the wrong side of the bed

Half awake, I found 3 text msgs waiting for me as I grabbed my handphone to look at the time. 6:5something am. All the msgs are were about a telcon at 7am. WTF?!! That wasn't in my calendar last night.

Fine. So I dialled into the toll-free # but I can hardly make out what was being said. So I IM'ed my colleague in Singapore just to check if it was just me coming out of sleep... but it seems to be something to do with our connection with US.

Coming out of the call an hour later, I felt like it was a waste of time since I could hardly make out what was being said. But life goes on and it's high time I got myself ready to get into the office.

...and so the day passes by and it's time to go home and fuel up my car along the way. Except, my car ran out of fuel a couple of kilometers before I reached the petrol station. Major bummer.

I guess the only thing that made sense was that I needed to call a couple of friends to see who can help bail me out of this predicament and fast... it's funny how when I can't afford my phone battery to be drained out that it was way too close to doing exactly that.

But on a brighter note, my phone stayed alive long enough for me to reach my pals... my car was fueled just enough to get to the nearest petrol station... and I had a nice chat with one of the attendants at the station.

I was in awe that the attendant spoke excellent English and is pretty well versed with the manufacturing sector... definitely a rare case... and it was also nice of him to warn me about the modus operandi of snatch thieves that have been preying on customers at the station recently.

Whatever it is, I know that one day... I'll look back at on what has happened today and laugh at it. But for now, I'll just say that I'm relieved to have gotten home safely... and that I should make a better guess at when I should fuel my car (based on the average distance per tank) rather than making wild guesses based on that really weird digital fuel meter that I don't really know how to gauge with in the first place.

Mind over matter

Moral of the story: Many a time, our worst enemies are none other but ourselves. How else is it possible that we sometimes end up scaring ourselves over something baseless? :)

Oh, btw, if you are wondering why I've put in this second comic here... actually this one here is just for kicks. Hehehe...

Random thoughts...

Yes, once again I revisit the notion that "It's a small world after all". Why? Believe it or not... Kael who had been dropping by my blog recently is actually working in the same place as I do.

Multipurpose Man makes a return at Kalamari's blog and...

to those of you who celebrate it.

Ah... l'amour, l'amour

I've never been so crazy as to have bought a DVD set of a drama series before last Saturday... but I just could not resist the anticipation to see how the Korean drama "My Lovely Sam Soon" progresses and ends!

It was definitely a good decision because I was getting pissed at the lacklustre level of subtitles provided by 8TV. I wouldn't have known how much dialogue was lost - along with the level of meaning and comic timing put into the drama if I didn't watch the DVDs.

But that's beside the point. The real reason I'm even writing this post is to put on record that although the story revolved around one of K-dramas' most cliché themes (specifically one that revolves around a dating/marriage contract), I find that the show was very human without being overly outrageous.

It also brings out some messages about boy-girl love relationships, like:

• breaking up is hard to do
• it is difficult to forget your first love but you have to move on
• you don't know that you are in love until someone points out that your actions show it
• you could unknowingly grow the tendency to annoy the person you love if you are nervous and afraid to just fess up (this may sound idiotic, but it happens)
• which brings us to the fact that you could also start to say and do some really stupid things and create a hell lot of confusion for everyone while you sort your heart out
• love is not black-and-white... it's very gray
• and when a couple finally figures out that they truly want to be together regardless of the challenges ahead of them - they will find a way to make it work

Last of all, I'd just like to say that at least the ending of the show was a good one. It's been a while since the Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korean dramas aired on national telly made good use of the build-up... there have just been too many of them ending either too corny, in an anticlimax, or just too soft to leave a lasting impression.

In other words - I just love this show and I'll probably be watching it again and again

p/s: I should mention also that among other things, one of the messages I read in between the lines is that you should go for your dreams and do what you feel is right

WaAAaaaay Over the ToP!

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown: If you liked the first one - you would probably like this one better. If you didn't get enough of Scrat running after the ever-evasive acorns that he loves so much - you'll be getting more laughs from this installment.

*spoiler alert*

And to cap it all... how about adding a fun-loving she-mammoth-who-thinks-she-is-a-possum-with-mischievious-possum-brothers into the equation?

In short, this is a definite must watch for comedy lovers, feel-good story afficionados, and/or just about anyone who loves animations. =)

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Juggling all the things I have to do is definitely egging me onto the brink of insanity. I definitely should break out of this running on a treadmill thing.

OK. Moving on. It was great to have met up with my "ex"-colleagues Mich3ll3 T and TW for dinner on Friday + having the chance to meet a couple of people who are/were nominees to go to ISEF. It was fun =)

*mmm... I am in a good mood, aren't I? dumm-dee-dumm...*