Why I am so forgetful

Knocked off, took the company bus from office to MRT station, total journey lasted 30 mins. Opened my bag and... arrgghh! I forgot my wallet on my table in the office! Late for appointment with hair dresser... no choice, grab a cab.

Me to Taxi Driver: Hi, I need to go to my office to pick up something then I am going to xx mall, can?
Taxi Driver: Sure, no problem...

After collecting my wallet from the office and enroute to xx mall...

Taxi Driver: Miss ah, you always forget things is it?
Me: ya, you can say that, I am forgetful...
Taxi Driver: Do you recall on the 15th of August (Chinese calendar for the festival of the moon), did you get rained at?
Me:??...err... I don't even recall if it rained on 15th of August... I am forgetful. Does it matter?
Taxi Driver: You must have gotten rained at on that day, because anyone who got rained at on that day, will become forgetful for the whole year!

Whahahahahaha.... there are indeed people and theories that are madder than me! I felt strangely consoled...

Training for a 10km Run

I checked the time on my huge HTC mobile phone - 11:46 pm; picked up my speed and started running. It was my first time running outside in the open air. Dark, quiet and just a little spooky along the track just around my neighbourhood. Sigh, I thought to myself, too late and dark to hit the park connector, will have to settle for this road side track around my house. Wind blew, cars zoomed by and a lone stranger stared at me as I jogged by. Ignored him. Maksim blasted into my ears and I was oblivious to my surrounding. The experience is quite unlike my usual run on the threadmill in the gym. I made a mental note that my mobile phone is too big to hold in my hand while running. I need to get a small device to blast my music. An mp3 player may do the trick.

Left, right, left, right. I focused on my pace, trying hard to keep my speed consistent. Another point to note, the threadmill does all the motivation for me to continue running, here the normal road just keep motivating me to stop! Point no 3, the road's uneven, and does not absorb the pressure of my feet. I need a better pair of running shoe.

Perspiration started to appear. Oh no, I forgot to bring a little towel, alright, another point to note. Hot, hot, hot! Where's the aircon? Really, this need some getting used to. And I still need a lot of work to be competent at actually running a 10km run! This is not what I have expected at all, now I am having second thoughts, shall I still sign up for the run?

I am Who I am

From birth to childhood, teenage years and on to adulthood, I am now in a state of peace at myself. Finally after years of struggling with an identity that I would take on, I can really truly say "I have arrived". The decades of life moulding me into who I am today, the experiences, painful and yet sweet, made me what I today.

I was exceedingly shy, not because I am not capable of expressing myself, but because I hated myself, I was more ashamed of being me, so I hid and ran into the wilderness. I lose myself into the labryinth of this world and experience one too many things I really don't care to repeat. Enough, I said to myself one day, Enough. I need to truly see myself straight in the eye and ask - what do I really want to be in this life? And somewhere deep down in the abyss of this dark soul of mine, a still small voice is calling, beckoning, persuading... I need to go back to my first love... I.Need.To.Go.Back.

And so, after 2 years of solitude in the gentle care of my Lord's Words, I am ready to face this world in the right frame of mind, with the right attitude. I now look at this world, my life through the glasses of God and if that makes me a madman, so be it. I am honoured and privileged to be one.

Welcome to my world.