Sunday, March 23, 2008

My weekend

It has been a long time I hung out late ( late defined as past 2am at a bar / pub ) with my friends. We have all grown up over the last few months, ( and aged too! hahahaha... mouse with his army cut makes him look like he was still in NS !) but because everyone is so caught up with work it was a long time since we hung out. Many thanks to Juls, you gave us a good reason to meet up. I hope your poker game went well and you raised lots of money for charity.
My good long time OLD friends !

Good Friday long weekend was a good rest but I NEEEEED more.. Bring me away to Krabi please !!!

Now that I have been stamped with a clean bill of health from 3 different doctors. YEAH ! Its back to running for me.. ( I wonder if I can put a TV screen and a DVD player in front of the threadmill...

Its has been a two weeks break from singing and it has been a good break. I have been devoting my Fridays to singing and my singing mates but hanging out the Barker boys have made me realized how much I miss my old friends. I need to find a balance and I shall use the next week or so to find out what it is that I really want.

Until then, Ta Ta !

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

I must be

I must be a Thai in my previous life. I am not in a good mood today and there are lots of things bothering me. Hopefully, they will go away tomorrow..I came home today and flooded my room with Thai music and I feel much better already.

I dont understand every single lyric but I can sing along to every of the 20 songs that are playing. I remember Sai use to play Thai songs in the study room, and I would have post-its notes sticking all over the place teaching me thai.

I miss my best friend. where are you ? you should come back to asia my dear....

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Friday, March 07, 2008

We and Change

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Recently, I received two emails from a certain someone who uses the word WE excessively. In order to diminish her repulsive need to be in 200% in control of everything that is happening, she has decided to write on behalf of everyone involved in the project, by using the word we. We think, we need, we want.. blah blah blah… unknown to her, she does not know that her opinions does not represent us ! Oblivious to what is happening around her. She is courting a slow and painful death.

Tensions rise among team members when you use strong words and when you speak on behalf of other people. You have created a bad image for yourself and also you lead people to think how hostile and non-corporative you are. You have fallen out of ranks with the us and you should be really lucky that there are no more opportunities after this we need to work together on. You are a control freak, uptight, nauseating, disgusting, egocentric, shrewd, insensitive cockroach. I wish Margaret Chan from Masters of the Sea 1994 TV Soap is here to say "I will crush you like a cockroach". You have a sad and pathetic life with no girl friends whom you can share your secret with. You have no true friends who goes the extra mile to help you and you will not bother to lift a finger to help anyone or do anything that will not benefit you ! F**K ! Do you have a conscience ? Or has your unscrupulous and deceitful ways taken over every blood cell in your body ?

So… as my beloved choir sings ‘Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat’, I will continue with a solo. ‘So are you BITCH !’ You look totally out of place with your little black dress and polka dots scarf tied too loosely. Makes you look like a donkey. Please ditch that ugly scarf or those ugly scarves that you have in your supposedly colossal wardrobe.

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I became highly aware of the word ‘we’ when the barker boys sat me down and explained to me how I was using the word without much thought. (Thanks guys !) Stepping back into my Canadian mode, I realize how much friends have taught me over the years. They have made me a better person. How to relax, take it easy and turn a blind eye to things that won’t matter as much 3 days later.

Its is almost like my friends around me ‘painted’ me with a coat of fresh paint. Telling when I start to cross boundaries, telling me to shut up when they know I have a very vivid and colourful dictionary of vulgarities to use and they pull me back from time to time, hoping I think twice about my choice of words. Its change and without my friends, I would not have been who I am today.

On that note, however, I must stress that one should stay true to one’s personality and be able to stand up against the masses. I have always believed that it is very important to be an individual yet learn from friends who have life’s lessons to teach and share.

To The Barker Boys, Sai, Jan, Jenny, Wai, Kenric, Astrid, Janine, Joel K., Cookie, Choir Peeps and AIESEC Peeps. I love you guys for who are you and most of all when you try to make me a better person.

PS : Jenny, I got your post card from Portugal. Thank you. Hope you had fun !

**Celine inhales deeply, breathes out, the bitching about you shall end here, I will rise above bitchy-ness today ( can't wait to log off to laugh at my own drama hahahah )

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