Reminisce

Northern Rocks !








Pic taken outside Hooter's.... Shift 1 + 4


Celluloid memories

Though time cannot be stopped,
happy moments can be caught, albeit only in film.
Though time cannot be reversed,
memories can be revisited, albeit again only in film.


Sometimes utter boredom can compel one to do really silly things....Anyway....I was diagnosed with conjuntivitis and was told to rest at home for the entire week. I've not much to do as I was not allowed to go out so as to minimize interaction and thus curb the spreading of the infectious virus. Playing old silly games on my com and watching TV were about the only entertainment I sought to have to quell my boredom. Yes......I know I of all people should never in a position to complain especially when my friends are slogging hard doing duties....a burgeoning sense of guilt resides within me......

Anyway....I met up with a couple of JC classmates 2 weeks ago....played pool.....had dinner.....and found out that the sheep had found a Shepard........


Hurt.....Broken....Empty....Hollow....Alone.....Clueless.....BUT Not Defeated.

Life Goes On.

Get to know yourself better...

Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.
How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Courtesy of ......
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx


Seriously....I've to admit i'm a real sucker for such personality test....maybe it's me feeling insecure and clueless as to the kind of person I really am and the kind of person I want to be.
Anyway....this test that I took was rather accurate...SCARILY accurate.

Army anniversary

Pointless Ponder
I have no idea what to say,
just that it's been a year since the first day,
when I was first inducted into the Army,
and a year before I'm finally not.

It's been an eventful year.....and 11 Mar marks the day when I first begin my military "education". Anyway....I've made good friends and experienced much in my stint in the army....hopefully.....everything will be smooth-sailing......and may 11 mar 2007 arrive sooner rather than later.


Peace Out !

Your Working Style....

You are extremely dependable and devotedly accept responsibilities beyond the call of duty. You have a complete, realistic, and practical respect for the facts. When you see from the facts that something needs to be done, you pause to think about it. If you decide that action will be helpful, you accept the responsibility. You can remember and use any number of facts, but want them all accurate. You like everything clearly stated.
Your private reactions, which seldom show in your face, are often vivid and intense. Even when dealing with a crisis you look calm and composed. Behind your outer calm you are viewing the situation from an intensely individual angle, often a delightfully humorous one. When you are "on duty" and dealing with the world, however, your behavior is sound and sensible.
You are thorough, painstaking, hard-working, and patient with particulars and procedures. You can do the "little" things that need to be done to carry a project to completion. Your perseverance tends to stabilize everything with which you are connected. You do not enter into things impulsively, but once in, you are very hard to distract or discourage. You do not quit unless experience convinces you that you are wrong.
You often choose careers where you can combine your careful observation and your caring for people, as in the health professions. Other fields attractive to you are teaching, office work, and occupations that provide services or personal care. You show your feeling preference in your contacts with the world. You are kind, sympathetic, tactful, and genuinely concerned; traits that make you very supportive to persons in need.
Because of your concern for accuracy and organization, you often move into supervisory roles. If you are in charge of something, your practical judgment and appreciation of what works make you conservative and consistent. You take care to collect the facts necessary to support your evaluations and decisions. A you gain experience, you compare the present problem to past situations.
For you, problems may be arise if your judgment is not developed. If your feeling preference remains undeveloped, you will not be effective in dealing with the world. You may instead retreat, becoming silently absorbed in your inner reactions to sense-impressions. Then nothing of value is likely to come out. Another potential problem is that you tend to be somewhat suspicious of imagination and intuition and not take it seriously enough.

Suitable Careers
bookkeeper
clerical supervisor
computer operator
counselor
curator
dental hygienist
dietician
health service worker
household worker
librarian
medical assistant
nurse
office manager
optician
paralegal
pharmacist
physical therapist
probation officer
religious educator
respiratory therapist
retail owner
secretary
social worker
speech pathologist
teacher
veterinarian


It's a pretty accurate personality test....
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test47.aspx

Anguish Revisted.

Haunting Memories
As the door to my painful past slid opened once more,
a dark mist fills me with much guilt and unatoneable remorse.
Though how I yearn to start life anew,
my path seems destined to be paved with haunting memories and eternal regrets.

Society progresses...technologies advance.....people become more affluent, educated and thus more knownledgable...perceptions have changed....in all the human civilization has evolved and has come a long way since the days of the dark ages......yet through all these times....one great mystery survives the ordeal of time.....to fathom the meaning of "Life".

Anyway...to quote a famous saying...."Life is never a bed of roses"......how true these words are indeed. Sometimes the truth hurts more only when one sees it straight in the eye. Life is strewn with much trials and tribulations...yet what is essential is that how one picks himself up and carry on with his lifelong journey. Words I had used to comfort myself.....yet sometimes certain things just cannot be forgotten so easily...it just seems so difficult to pick up the shattered pieces.....

The GCE "A"-Levels results were released last week....some rejoice...some were expressionless....and there were bound to have some who shed tears of disappointment. Reading the extensive reports in the papers seemingly led me back to the year before when I was just amongst the crowd of jittery students awaiting for the moment that may alter the course of my future. I had obtained rather mediocre results at best....downright pathetic at worst. I am neither a perfectionist...nor a high-flying-overachieving-talented-all-rounded multi-hyphenated academically oriented student........just someone who tries too hard to be a somebody.

The traumatic experience took me many months to recover to my old self...though sad to say....I was never the same being many knew from the past. I was always angry with myself...upset over my own imperfectness. The release of the results this year only served to trigger off my most excruciating past.

I had always wanted to be a somebody...to be respected and looked up upon...but through the trying times of the aftermath of the disappointment....I had learnt to look past my failures and treat it as a lesson....albeit a very painful one...on the importance of having to eat the humble pie.
Life is unexpected...there are crests and troughs...hence maybe in order to ride the crests and enjoy the high points of life....one need to experience the lows of utter disappointments and anguish.

Though I had found the answers to comfort and console myself....the memory still remains. The bleak days of my bouts of depression are over...yet they are never forgotten. The pain lingers within me...yet I never surrender in my quest for answers and reasons. I beseech all who may have lost hope temporarily...alike me then...to not give up for faith can overcome all.Naive it may sound...nonetheless...it is still quite an effective way of overcoming one's troubles.

Trust yourself...Believe....have Faith.