Labour Day Thoughts: Sabbatical

Thank God, I'm not the only one feeling that I needed a looonngg holiday. It seems that most people who've worked about 10 years or so, have either just resigned and gone for a sabbatical, or toying with the idea. Ten years seems to be a major milestone: for people to escape the bloody work environment. If you haven't got real passion for your job, it might be timely to take some time off to re-evaluate the situation and plan for a different path for the future. But a couple of months off just to get away from it all could be therapeutic.

Eva has pretty much made up her mind to quit her job after she collects her 2nd half of her bonus in July. In fact, she had intended to retire! Her mom was surprisingly somewhat supportive of this idea, and she is seriously considering if that could indeed be an option! Quite a few of her colleagues have also quit without finding another new job. They are apparently enjoying themselves not having to kow tow to their bosses and clients. Fable had also resigned and is somewhere up in the mountains in Southern China with his housemates. So jeles!! Maybe I should start planning for my sabbatical in the second half of this year.... hmmm... where shall i escape to? Maldives? Easter Island? Greece?

Unnecessary Stress

Sometimes I wonder why I get all stressed out unnecessarily, and for the wrong reasons.

A couple of weeks ago, I almost didn't make it on time for my favourite Step class. Normally, it will only take me less than 10 minutes to get to the gym from my office, but on that day, it took me almost 1 hour due to traffic jam! Haiyu... the gym was just right in front of me, and it took me half and hour to inch my way into the car park from where I was in the photo!!! Stress-nye.... almost thought of just abandoning my car on the road la....

Did I finally make it on time??? Yes.... because the instructor was also caught in the jam! In fact, she's just one car ahead of me. Hahaha....

And sometimes I wonder if I should be very worried if the highlight of my week was actually the Step class!! As if there's nothing else to look forward too.... Seessh!!!

Jawi

Kebelakangan ini, saya mendapati bahawa papan tanda nama jalan raya di sekitar Kuala Lumpur mula digantikan dengan papan tanda baru yang mempunyai penterjemahan nama jalan dalam tulisan jawi. Apakah tujuan sebenar pihak berkuasa memaparkan nama jalan raya dalam tulisan jawi? Untuk segelintir pelawat-pelawat Arab? Namun jalan raya yang ditunjukkan di dalam gambar foto di bawah terletak di kawasan perumahan yang kebanyakannya dihuni oleh penduduk-penduduk kaum Cina dan India. Tindakan ini sememangnya langsung tidak ada kena-mengena dengan mana-mana polisi kerajaan negara atau kebudayaan tempatan. Ia tidak masuk akal, dan membazir wang pembayar cukai sahaja!

Tindakan pihak berkuasa sebegini amat membimbangkan sekali...

4 Minit Untuk Memberi Maklum Balas

Haha! Inspirasi untuk memblog kembali lagi ke pangkuanku! Kadangkala, kita perlu meliwat (eh, maaf... hehe... melawat!) dan membaca blog-blog lain untuk mendapat inspirasi. Hasil penulisan rakan-rakan blog kita juga bagaikan bekalan zat untuk ilham kita. Maklum balas pembaca blog kita juga adalah faktor penting dan menjadi dorongan kepada kita.

Kita sedia maklum dalam era teknologi maklumat dan internet ini, apasahaja boleh direka dan diubahsuai asalkan ada keinginan, daya cipta dan perisian komputer yang sesuai.

Bekas rakan sedarjahku, Locca yang juga amat meminati Madonna telah dapat mencari satu video di YouTube yang diubahsuai semula: video Maklum Balas yang didendangkan oleh Janet dicampuradukkan dengan video 4 Minit Madonna dan Justin yang baharu dilepaskan untuk tontonan umum. Aku rasa hasil video tersebut agak hebat juga, terutama sekali bahagian-bahagian di mana kedua-dua buah lagu dan video bertindih. Rentak kedua-dua buah muzik pula agak sama juga! Dipersilakan, Janet, Madonna dan Justin....

Kosong

Entahlah kenapa beberapa hari ini, aku kehilangan ilham dan kurang minat untuk mengemaskinikan blog aku ni.

Fikiranku bagai dibaluti udara dingin lagi lembab sewaktu hujan gerimis di awal subuh. Sanubariku pula, terasa kosong sahaja...