Another new year...
A month since I’ve last written it’s yet another new year season, only this time the lunar new year. Frankly speaking I’m glad the first 4 days had passed for even though it was a holiday, I ended up being more tired out than if I were to be working!
Due to my family’s penchant for mahjong, I slept at about 2am from last wed to last sat. As a result I now possess one of the traits of one of the national treasures of China - black rings around my eyes (go figure). And this despite the fact that I’ve been sleeping with eye masks on for almost every night since last wed! I can’t bear to start imagining what I’ll look like now without the eye masks *shudder* and I’ve got to start laying in stock of eye masks again *sighs*
New year’s is getting more and more dreary with each passing year it seems. Even poker and mahjong no longer hold any attraction for me. Funnily enough I went to buy a bottle of sake and drank a cup after midnight on new year’s eve. Yes emulating the Japanese though their new year is the western new year haha. And the Japanese poem below really does express what I felt/am feeling still…
花の色はうつりにけりないたづらに
わが身世にふるながめせしまに
The colour of flowers have faded away
while in idle thoughts my life passes by
as the long rains fall
My family or rather my grandmother and godmother seemed to have realized something was off with me this new year. Funnily enough I have no idea as to why I feel this way. Maybe it’s that I wish there is that special someone with me when I look at all my cousins and their partners? Haha ah well…
Really do need to keep to my 2 new year resolutions as all the new year’s are over! Haha so operation SAVE & EXERCISE commences!
Sigh prior to new year’s I came down with the stupid flu bug and didn’t manage to exercise for like 2 weeks. Well and also before that for another 2 weeks I was kinda lazy and tired at juggling Japanese lessons and tennis so I basically didn’t go yoga at all.
And really with Japanese lesson twice a week, tennis 2-3 times a week (group lesson+private lesson+own practice) - I’m kinda left with no time for yoga except on weekends and in the mornings. My days are packed man and though on mon & wed I’m only working half-days there still doesn’t seem to be enough time. Wondering if I should ask for another half day work schedule on Friday haha but I think boss will be what?! Sigh not to mention salary will be quite low sniff sniff…
But I’m determined to find time for yoga - even if I have to wake up early on thurs/fri/sat! Haha I’ve got to start over anew in the sense that I’m probably stiff and out-of-tune with all the movements and breathing so can’t be lazy and since I’m paying monthly dues!
On saving it’s even worse that exercising especially since I’ve spent quite a bit this new year on the new year gifts for my family and new year cloths etc. for myself. Not to mention the cost of the private lesson fees and my new tennis racket cost *looks at bank balance and sobs*. Ang pow money also not enough to put back sia sigh…
I’m also thinking about going for a yoga workshop on chakras but that’s another $250 gone (not to mention one day of pay as the workshop spans sat-mon so I’ll need to take leave). And then there’s the other package for tennis private lessons which is like $400! All these on a salary of 1k+… How to save like that *faints*
How? To go for the yoga workshop or not? To continue tennis private lessons or not? Argghh…
Realised although I don’t update often, once I start writing I’ll ramble on and on… Hmm at this rate I think it’s actually better I update once in a while haha… right close with one more poem…
色見えでうつるふ物は世中の
人の心の花にぞ有りける
Visible colours (invisible passions)
fade from this world's
human hearts and flowers
Due to my family’s penchant for mahjong, I slept at about 2am from last wed to last sat. As a result I now possess one of the traits of one of the national treasures of China - black rings around my eyes (go figure). And this despite the fact that I’ve been sleeping with eye masks on for almost every night since last wed! I can’t bear to start imagining what I’ll look like now without the eye masks *shudder* and I’ve got to start laying in stock of eye masks again *sighs*
New year’s is getting more and more dreary with each passing year it seems. Even poker and mahjong no longer hold any attraction for me. Funnily enough I went to buy a bottle of sake and drank a cup after midnight on new year’s eve. Yes emulating the Japanese though their new year is the western new year haha. And the Japanese poem below really does express what I felt/am feeling still…
花の色はうつりにけりないたづらに
わが身世にふるながめせしまに
The colour of flowers have faded away
while in idle thoughts my life passes by
as the long rains fall
My family or rather my grandmother and godmother seemed to have realized something was off with me this new year. Funnily enough I have no idea as to why I feel this way. Maybe it’s that I wish there is that special someone with me when I look at all my cousins and their partners? Haha ah well…
Really do need to keep to my 2 new year resolutions as all the new year’s are over! Haha so operation SAVE & EXERCISE commences!
Sigh prior to new year’s I came down with the stupid flu bug and didn’t manage to exercise for like 2 weeks. Well and also before that for another 2 weeks I was kinda lazy and tired at juggling Japanese lessons and tennis so I basically didn’t go yoga at all.
And really with Japanese lesson twice a week, tennis 2-3 times a week (group lesson+private lesson+own practice) - I’m kinda left with no time for yoga except on weekends and in the mornings. My days are packed man and though on mon & wed I’m only working half-days there still doesn’t seem to be enough time. Wondering if I should ask for another half day work schedule on Friday haha but I think boss will be what?! Sigh not to mention salary will be quite low sniff sniff…
But I’m determined to find time for yoga - even if I have to wake up early on thurs/fri/sat! Haha I’ve got to start over anew in the sense that I’m probably stiff and out-of-tune with all the movements and breathing so can’t be lazy and since I’m paying monthly dues!
On saving it’s even worse that exercising especially since I’ve spent quite a bit this new year on the new year gifts for my family and new year cloths etc. for myself. Not to mention the cost of the private lesson fees and my new tennis racket cost *looks at bank balance and sobs*. Ang pow money also not enough to put back sia sigh…
I’m also thinking about going for a yoga workshop on chakras but that’s another $250 gone (not to mention one day of pay as the workshop spans sat-mon so I’ll need to take leave). And then there’s the other package for tennis private lessons which is like $400! All these on a salary of 1k+… How to save like that *faints*
How? To go for the yoga workshop or not? To continue tennis private lessons or not? Argghh…
Realised although I don’t update often, once I start writing I’ll ramble on and on… Hmm at this rate I think it’s actually better I update once in a while haha… right close with one more poem…
色見えでうつるふ物は世中の
人の心の花にぞ有りける
Visible colours (invisible passions)
fade from this world's
human hearts and flowers