Why Am I Not Surprised

Dear Pipsqueaks,

As my usual routine to work, I like to listen to BFM 89.9 Business Station just because they're able to explain what's happening in the world of business without my brains filling up with question marks. So, this morning, they touched on a topic I wrote about a couple of years back...

Malaysian-registered Taxi Drivers. *Taking a deep breath*

Apparently, they're getting upset with the rising popularity of MyTeksi and Uber. *Taking another deep breath*

Lucky Number 111

Dear Pipsqueaks,

I just had to share this because it still boggles my mind what a coinkidinky the day had been.

So, my friend got me into this whole 11street contest to win random vouchers for purchases on the site. I play it once in a while if I remember to check. This morning, it just so happened that after I checked the time (it was showing around 9:08am) and knew the contest just started at 9am. In my own pace, I went to the site, entered the answer and downloaded my voucher...

(you should have seen my face when I saw this pop up!!!)

Epic Fail *Sigh*

Dear Pipsqueaks,

While I'm trying to remember what happened last weekend (just a day ago), my mind is running blank. This is good and bad news I suppose. Bad news first to get it out of the way - normally I have a pretty good memory but I'm forgetting things?! But, possibly because I didn't do much this weekend, so nothing major stuck to me? Good news is that it meant I really took a break from being so active all the time. I really enjoyed my reading-on-the-couch-while-drinking-shake breakfast, cooking-whatever's-in-the-fridge lunches, and just chatting-with-friends-while-watching-TV chillaxes.

I was rather productive in finishing the photo cards that I had to get done in order to use my Groupon voucher before it expires. But, as usual, it's always the last step that frustrates me the most. I had a jolly time looking through my thousands of photos from the history of forever - some of which I will promise to forever bury - and picking out the right backgrounds and text to go with each photo. When I was finally done with the project and ready to send it in for order, I couldn't log in to the server to upload my project.

Nice People & Positive Things

Dear Pipsqueaks,

So, I did get a reply from the template designers and got some pointers (thanks for your help, Yo Templates!), and will now be trying out these tweaks on my test blog instead because I'm reluctant to do any testing on this one in case I can't change it back. (Okay, it had been more than at least two years since I last sat down to tweak a template, so I'm SUPER rusty and slightly less patient than I used to be...) I remember how brain-hurting the process was to put this one together. Yes, I don't remember the moments, but I remember how I felt about it. So to be safe, I'll just iron out all the kinks somewhere else first. When I'm done, then we can have a 'ta-da' moment here :)

I'm still waiting for the right 'feel' to do some recap since my last post (that wasn't an update). Maybe this weekend. But I do want to take this moment to thank all the nice people in this world. The nice guys at Yo Templates for giving me some guidance with the template and being very patient with my beginner questions. The nice colleague that always boosts my confidence by calling me 'gorgeous' or 'cantik' - she also thinks I'm Malaysia, so she keeps talking to me in Bahasa only to see me looking confusedly back at her, but meh! The nice drivers that are actually considerate of others. The nice people who share happy news on social media that makes me happy. The nice peeps that write encouraging comments when I post something depressing...all sorts of niceness. These are what restores my faith in humanity, and remind me that the world is bigger than what I'm finding difficulties facing at times.

Point: Focus on the positive things and just do Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off' for all the negative things in life. If it won't bother me 6 months down the road, then it shouldn't bother me now. It's all in adjusting my perspective. Create moments to be positive about - now that's one to work towards!

Just had to get that down in writing...now, back to work! (and listening to Wong Fu Weekends in the background. So addicted :P)

Updating The Look & Feel

Dear Pipsqueaks,

Okay. I feel like it's time to do some updates to my blogger, except...it always stresses me out because I'm not a techie person. Just looking at the template coding is giving me a headache. Yes, I have found one that I quite like, but I'm not sure how to fix some of the sections to make it look right.

But no worries, I've called for some guidance, so hopefully I'll have this up and running with a whole new look and feel! Not sure why I feel it's necessary right this moment, but I do. So I'm going to change it.

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Can't believe I haven't written anything since March! Though, quite understandably, I've been piled under since the beginning of the year with the changing of my position within the company. Old stuff and new stuff all nagging for my attention...sigh! But lots to update on what happened since March: Sudirman Cup 2015 in Dongguan; heading to Bangkok with a bunch of friends in a couple of week's time; visiting parents in July; then World Championships in Jakarta (Yes, I'll have to spend my birthday there too *sad*). Anyway, I'll post an update as soon as I get all this sorted out!

Peace for now.

P.S. - Not sure when it all started, but I'm now addicted to watching Wong Fu Weekends! These guys are just adorable - kind of regret not going to see them when they were in Malaysia earlier this year (though, I did have to take off that night...so not like it was really possible either, but still!) Sigh..next time.

(Happy Dragon Boat Festival, Peeps!)