Thursday, July 30, 2009

Lovely sisters...



I have two lovely sisters... both of them are older than me... No. 1 is the caring mother, while No. 3 is the cool and fine with anything sis.

Having No. 3 back for holidays, have made my work and school and assignments and exam-days easier... we spend as much time together, we just love each others company. We could continue talking and talking and we still have a lot to share and talk about.

Three of us would just be happy even having simple dinners at home. We don't need the tv, we just need each others company and stories to share :)

I wish the best for both of my sisters and I love them aaaaaaaaaalot... I do not tell them, but i guess my daily actions kinda show ;)

I have to say I'm blessed with caring parents, lovely sisters, wonderful fiance, and cool friends!

Competitiveness....

I find that it is healthy to be competitive in order to make us wanna move forward and do better... i.e. in moderation, everything is good.

What if it has become over-bearing and its annoying people? I think people has to be more alert on that... being too competitive comes across as insincere, pessimistic, like a bug - annoying!

I have been an adult student since I quit the airlines. During my degree, students I'm in the same class with are younger than me by a couple of years... some of them do not care less how well others do, but some are extremely competitive. I would let it go because they are younger and they would learn to tone it down a little when they are in the working world...

But now that I am in my Masters program... this is still prevalent. I am the middle-aged one in class... the younger ones, still do not care less... but to my surprise, the older ones are extremely competitive. Almost every semester for every subject, people would come up and ask, "How much did you get?" "God, I did worse than you" "Can I see your assignment" "What did you write for this and that?"

Beginning I would find it tolerable... but after a year of 3 semesters of 7 papers.... I have finally lost my patience yesterday. We are in an academic setting and day one we were told to cite every single point which we took from somewhere. But most of the class members did not. Except for two of us. Then the drama starts.... one after another comes and ask the same question... The last person got it, I'm sorry... but you were unlucky... "I just said, I dunno, I'm not the lecturer, don't ask me anymore, you guys are bugging me, seriously, let it go already"

To my surprise, the reply was "I like your answer" - in a sarcastic way... people do not learn... they will continue hitting their head on the same wall until they learn their lesson i.e. the wall is there and thus you need to use another route to prevent yourself from knocking your head again...

Are there any gender differences in competitiveness? Culture differences? Anything???

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Babies.... :)



My sister just came back and told us a good news... I'm gonna be an aunt! But she might not be able to make it for my wedding since she'll be big by then and it's not safe for her to fly then... Anyway, I'm gonna be an aunt, that's good for me! :)

Now I wanna have... ;p

Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone


Kelly Clarkson's rumoured third single from her fourth studio album, All I Ever Wanted. Available in stores and on itunes now. *NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED*

Already Gone Lyrics -
Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories, they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye
Even with our fists held high
It never would have worked out right, yeah
We were never meant for do or die...

I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hurt you now I can't stop...

I want you to know
It doesn't matter where we take this road
Someone's gotta go
And I want you to know
You couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on
So I'm already gone

Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you wanna cry
It started with the perfect kiss then
We could feel the poison set in
"Perfect" couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so
I love you enough to let you go

I want you to know
It doesn't matter where we take this road
Someone's gotta go
And I want you to know
You couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on
So I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right
When you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on
So I'm already gone

Ahhhh already gone, already gone, already gone
Ahhhh already gone, already gone, already gone

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories, they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye...

I want you to know
It doesn't matter where we take this road
Someone's gotta go
And I want you to know
You couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on
So I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right
When you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on,
So I'm already gone