Jan1
Ah! The end of an old year and the birth of a new year. It almost seems like life comes a full circle every year, with each circle, we grow fuller, wiser, smarter, and happier (hopefully).
With my fuller, wiser, smarter, and happier 2010 self, I’m GOING to:
1. Work smarter, manage my time better, more discipline; and ultimately double my income last year (Hah!)
2. Buy an iphone 3G as an reward if financial target achieved
3. Write A book (preferably a novel)
4. Doing more charity, paying more attention to people in general & put an effort to be a little more sociable.
5. Learn to balance life. Yoga perhaps?
6. Live Greener. Be more aware of environment issues & doing my part to help.
Well, one can try.
As Oprah Winfrey put it - “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
Happy New Year 2010 All ^^
Dec11
Went to Mark Plus Conference 2010 yesterday. The Hermawan Kartajaya sessions was pretty good but other presentations almost bored me to death. So, if you ask me what do i got from the whole thing - apart from catchy title “The sky looks brighter but uncertainty is the new normality” - Absolutely Nothing.
Maybe i got to all the wrong sessions or simply didn’t pay enough attention =( which is exactly why I’m not paying for seminars.
Oh, anyway the served yummy cakes for coffee breaks and most of all, G-Pluck was there!!!! For those who don’t know, G-Pluck is an indonesian impersonator band of the beatles - at it’s best. Now, the beatles is before my time and i don’t know much of their song, but in those 15 minutes, G-Pluck has succesfully & completely mezmerized me. I’m a groupie now, yay!
Dec2
Couple of days ago, there are 2 suicide incidents on 2 large malls here in Jakarta. Both victims climbed the fences on the fifth floor and jumped down to the center of those 2 different malls. On the first incident, the victim actually jumped in front of her family who accompanied her to the mall. Deep condolences to the family.
That being said, I really can’t imagine what the victims are going through that make them decide to commit suicide right in that spot? I’m not and have no right to judge suicide, because there are just some people who go through things that maybe beyond what i can comprehend. I get that. But, what can be so devastating that make them can’t wait until he/she get to a more private place to do it? after all suicide is a really private business. Unless if thy are trying to make some sort of statement that is.
Surely, there are lots of other boring way to exit this miserable world such as OD on pills, drinks cleaning products, slit your wrist, blow your head up with a gun, etc but jumping off fifth floor is really a dumb way to go. I mean come on! you could ended up paralyze for life instead of dead, which is worst.
just sayin’ ok!
So what would be “the way” for me? I guess it will involve sky diving from a cliff or plane (or something). So on the long free fall way down i still get to think if there is really no other way for me. Who knows if the adrenalin kick in and I suddenly realize that i still have so much to live for and decide pull the parachute instead (which will be great because i get some kind of second chance), or stick to the suicide plan (which will be great too, because mission will definitely be accomplished in a awesome way)
Again, just sayin’
Oct29
Is new goose down pillow suppose to smell like…ehm… animal? because it is still new perhaps? Anyway the smell kinda reminds me of the poor goose whose feathers being plucked to be my pillow stuffing. It must be the most comfy pillow i ever use, but i lay there wondering if the goose suffered when they plucked its feathers? or worse, were they being killed just for the feathers??? I honestly did not think about that when i bought it.
So for my peace of mind, i decided to google it, trying to find some justification of using feather product, and this is what i found:
“Goose will not be slaughtered just for their down, as the meat and other products would never be wasted in this manner. However, some geese suffer live-plucking several times a year. Animal welfare groups consider the collection of down to be a painful procedure and cruel, particularly since birds must undergo down collection repeatedly.”
*Horror*
I hope the goose that contribute its feathers to be the stuffing of my pillow is already dead before they plucked it’s feathers. Jesus, I’ll stick with synthetic next time.
