| So I got contacts... |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|01:08 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
Finally succumbed to peer pressure after all these years? (It has been over 10 years of glasses!) Actually, it was more of a "why not?", since it has always been about overcoming by fear of 'jabbing the finger into the eye' and I finally felt brave enough to try to face that fear. Partially due to the year end bonus - this is my gift to myself from it. And partially also due to the increasing feeling I have of "life's short, if not now, there may not be a chance for 'in future'" - a 'who knows what the future might bring?/ how long will I live in this world?" kind of feeling. Lol, I guess before my grandma, I never really experienced the passing of someone closed and loved before (my grandpa died when I was young, but I was a little too young to know him all that well), and now, death suddenly seems so real, so close, so possible.
Anyway, off the morbid topic, and back to contacts. I just got them last Wednesday. I thought I misplaced the cleaning solution on my second use and bought a new one only to find the 'misplaced' bottle after I did. ._.;; Yes, I take a horrendously long time putting them in and removing them. T__T (About 50 mins spent at the optician's on my first attempt.) Washing them takes a longer time than putting them in. orz I guess it takes getting used to. Tomorrow will be the first day I'm intending to wear them to work (coz I've been nervous about wearing them for a full day and only tried out in the weekend, seems alright). Um, wish me luck?
2 Aug - went to Johore with my colleagues in the job I was on at the time. It's been ages since I went to JB - why, I think I haven't been there since the last time I visited my relatives there during my primary school days! One of the team was a local and she drove the rest of us around to restaurants and shopping centres~ Bought biscuits and a new pair of shoes, and our wonderful seniors treated us to an absolutely sumptious seafood dinner!!
Sometime ago - fragility of life? Heard this story from colleagues and later checked its authencity through a friend who worked in the company (which I probably shouldn't name) and knew the person. The person was a third year auditor when she died - rumour has it, from overwork. According to my friend: she had just recovered from an op and probably went back to work too soon and died from lung infection. She worked late the night before her death. She told the doctor to treat her well because she wanted to go back to work. And her last words were to her boyfriend to send a file to her manager. I can't really verify what I heard (I also heard that news of the death was posted on the company's intranet, but not in the papers), but if they were all true, well... talk about taking things to the extreme... Admirable passion or foolish foolishness? To me, it's a sad way to pass on. I think in our line of work, people are easily replaceable. I believe that work shouldn't take priority over health. I guess sometimes it's easy to forget when you're in the thick of things. It may not usually be as evident as a death soon following, but sometimes there're the late dinners, or pushing on during a cold, little things here and there that can build up to adversely affect one's health later in life. Just some thoughts. Need to remember the importance of work-life balance.
Past few weeks - the Beijing Olympics. One word, GRAND ceremonies--ok, 2 words. XP I hadn't followed the Athens one all that closely, strangely, remembered Sydney better in fact, but have been watching on and off for Beijing. And Singapore won its first silver medal in 48 years. I didn't know we had such a long dry spell. :D But all the same, congrats, team Singapore~ now, let's get into the debate on buying instant-noodle Olympians-- just kidding. XD (For the record, my opinion on this: I wish that we can have our own local-raised Singaporeans winning medals, but don't really care if they're 'foreign talent'-Singaporeans. (Simply put, 'apathetic' is probably a good word for me. lol.) Given our meritocratic society where there's a 'default' 'correct (paper-chasing) path' to take in life, I don't think we'll be producing a whole bunch of medal-winning Olympians in the near future.) |
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
cosmiko's journal
