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My good buddy celebrates his 28th birthday today. And it took me only until a while ago to notice something salient about his birthday this year. Being myself, of course I took to messaging him right away.

Me: It just struck me that u are celebrating ur 28th bday on the 28th! 2828 go! go! go! ;)

J: Right. Trust an arts student to come up with this! Haha. :)

Me: Of course. U can always count on me for these random stuff.

Unseen Moments #8: Look who's crossed my path

If I move as slowly as he does,

slowly but determinedly,

would I arrive at the destination too?

***

Could I cross like he does:

focus only on moving ahead,

nothing else matters:

not even when giants trample

around, when eyes have no mercy.

***

Come what may,

I will quietly inch forward,

slowly but progressively, for

one tiny advance is

one tiny distance shed.

***

My shield is also my burden,

like how his strength is also his weakness.

Do we live by such duality,

opposites that protect and destroy,

nurture and constrain,

give strength and subtract will.

***

Be that as it may,

we live by His rules,

cherish the here and now

with quiet fortitude and

undiminishing time,

traverse the path ahead of us,

till the end of our journey.

Unseen Moments #7: The Messengers

The silent Messengers:
Have they arrived or
have they lost their way
in the labyrinth of memories,
a dreamscape where
the present finds the past
weaving into the future?

Is our future built on dreams
built on the past while
the present awaits the messengers
and deciphers their delivery?

Even upon their arrival
would the elusive message
manifest itself or will you
have to search for its tender words?
Where is the beginning and
where's the end, or has this always
meant to be a never ending start?

Meanwhile we search for clues and
find comfort - or is it distress - in
signs we take to be out of the ordinary,
much as the gypsies gaze into
the sky and foretell untold stories.

Comfort in Food

Nothing quite improves your mood than a good hearty meal and time spent with your good friends. Amidst the gloom, there were still occasional pockets of happiness soaked variously in caffeine, syrup or peppered scrambled eggs.


Thanks to 1-0 who introduced this. Expresso and Ice-cream: heavenly mix.


Came with tea/coffee, no complaints on this. As Josh remarked, this is almost like ur Mac's Breakfast Meal. Slurp.


Pancakes with syrup and butter - Definitely a comfort food.

Good days, other days

'On good days, I laugh about the frivolity of it all. On weekend, i contemplate my place in the bigger picture of things. On other days,I play Angry Birds'.

I was much amused when I heard this from J. Truth be told, there are plenty of people of my age who question about their current situation, comtemplate about their life, sometimes slip into an existentialist limbo, and probably feel the need for solace and release. That's why people take vacations, go on sabbatical, take seemingly reckless or impulsive actions.

Like what Tam once told me, 'Don't worry. You are definitely NOT alone.'

That's kind of comforting, I have to say.

Better week please

I hope the positive vibes this morning will sustain throughout the week. Last week was indescribably bad, and I had spent a most unhappy
Birthday. Let this not be another terrible week please, even though i know I've to
get through many unsettled issues.