Counting Days: 2 November 2009

I have been Tumblr-ing frequently. Now what's that about? :)

As of now, I'm kinda making it into my mini photoblog where I upload some favourite shots that I would like to share with people. Well, the funny thing is that not many people who knows me are aware about my Tumblr page. Not even speed dial number 2 if you may wonder.

Well, at the moment I'd like to keep it that way. I like having a personal niche where it is hidden away - some kind of a little space I call my own. Just for the sake of keeping some surprise element about myself :) (or so I think!)

Updates:

1. I've found a nice place to stay!
2. My final week in WFC starts today... :(
3. I'm making crafts again after such a long time - and I love it!
4. I'm beginning to have a big liking for scripture songs <3
5. It's my buddy, Pammy's birthday today! A big hug for a friend with a big heart!
6. I'm having only one side of the orange Croc.. missing the other side now...

Counting Days: 28 October 2009

I ought to write a post here a couple of days ago but somehow didn't get around to it. Probably busy with some meetings and such. Last weekend was tiresome for me as I traveled from Penang to KL - and went back to work on Monday. Needless to say, I was really flat out exhausted it wasn't a weekend of rest at all. Okay enough of me whining about how tired I am, which is kinda annoying.

Some logs of last week (whatever that I can still remember):

• No rooms as yet after combing the streets of PJ. But I'm hopeful still that I will get the best place if only I just wait a little longer. Thank you Pam for being so sweet and helpful. Thanks speed dial number 2 for being my 2nd pair of eyes.
  
• It was really pleasant to hang out with speed dial number 2 at Kinokuniya. There are just so many interesting books to read! If only I didn't have to leave within 2 hours to catch a bus back to the island.
• He bought a box of Vienna bagels for my family back in Penang. Unfortunately I have forgotten to remind them to heat the bagels before eating. It was a pity that they ate it hard and frozen :(
• Finally started to read the book I bought last last Sunday: Found in Christ by Pastor Sam (EPCC). I read several pages each night before going to sleep - a very engaging read.
• Burned about a thousand picture files into CD's to free up some good space in my laptop. Something that I wanted to do since ages. More space to free up soon!

I guess that is about it for now.

Though there aren't many days left to be counted, my blog posts are getting fewer and fewer. I need to find more time to update it more often. Also, to find time to get my photoblog up soon.

So many things, so little time.

Counting Days: 21 October 2009

7:30am - Woke up later than usual because I had forgotten to switch my alarm back to the right time

8:00am - Off to work and reached 1/2 hour later

8:45am - Start my routine and cleared up some overdue papers that has been sitting on my trays for ages

9:00am - Breakfast at the cafeteria

9:15am - Resumed work until lunch time

12:00pm - Lunch with SJ and chat about our careers after that

1:00pm - Resumed work until I check my email and realized that I have a meeting at 3:30pm

3:30pm - Meeting with the annual dinner committee. Places of choice, either Mansion@32 or QE2

5:00pm - Back to the office and clear up the little that I can

5:30pm - Beat the rush hour to get a ticket to KL for this Saturday

6:00pm - Traveled to Air Itam to get 2 boxes of Tambun biscuits for mom

6:15pm - Went to the ATM machine and withdraw some moolah

6:30pm - Back home and had dinner rightaway. Was already very hungry. Had it while watching the never-ending Taiwan Hokkien drama series on 8tv.

7:00pm - Finished dinner and played with brother's PSP until mom took over. Yes, my mom do play very simple games on PSP, like me.

8:30pm - Got my bath, got ready and went to KOMTAR with mom and dad to see them off to Singapore. Praying that God will cover them in safety all the way.

10:00pm - Waiting for my cousin to pick me up from the bus station and we went back to my home.

10:30pm - Drive through McD because she hasn't got her dinner.

10:45pm - I blended Bailey's Irish Cream shake for the both of us. Drank as we watched some funny commercials on YouTube.

11:30pm - Speed dial number 2 called. He just finished watching Whiteout at Tropicana Mall. Promised to call him back once my cousin gets home.

12:00am - Saw my cousin off and called speed dial number 2. He was already asleep but he picked up the call nevertheless. Goodnight dear.

12:15am - Washed up and changed into my pajamas. Scrolled through FB for new photo albums.

12:30am - Decided to log today on blogspot.

12:45am - Shut down. But before that, will be reading a few pages of a book I just bought last Sunday.

1:00am - Goodnight.

You fill up my senses
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime,
like a walk in the rain
like a storm in the desert,
like a sleepy blue ocean
you fill up my senses,
come fill me again.

Come let me love you,
let me give my life to you
let me drown in your laughter,
let me die in your arms
let me lay down beside you,
let me always be with you
come let me love you,
come love me again.


(Annie's Song by John Denver)

Counting Days: 19 October 2009

Don't know why but I am getting more and more restless as time passes by. I've been stressed and I've got a bad dream last night - plus I have binged a lot of sweet stuffs like ice-cream and chocolate. GUILTY.

Some thoughts and what I have done over the past week:

• Went to a photography workshop organized by Ke Wynn on the fundamentals of photography and lighting last Saturday. It was officially my first photography workshop by a professional and I am a big fan of his portfolio - so I was really looking forward to this. Indeed he proved to be a wonderful tutor and I have learned the very essential fundamentals of photography that I never quite dabble with seriously.

• Had a super hearty appreciation dinner at the Mizi Bistro on that Saturday evening and received my very first farewell gift from a church friend. It was a lovely aromatherapy lamp with lavender essential oil from Blu Scents. Will definitely use it in my new place :)

• Called up numbers after numbers for any available rooms for rent at Petaling Jaya - I've marked several which I will visit over this coming weekend. Hope I can secure a nice strategic place with great housemates. Thanks to dear friends who have been on a lookout for me :)

• Siao Jean has been discharged from the hospital 4 days after I visited her in Ipoh. I really thank God that she is on a speedy recovery. Indeed, You have answered all our fervent prayers and may You continue to restore her physique and her spirit.

• Wrote 2 meeting minutes in a week - something I don't quite fancy doing when my mind is occupied with something else and it doesn't help when I am constantly hungry.

• Speed dial number 2 and I have been talking a lot on our future together.
  

• I found out of some opinions and beliefs of my parents which I never knew they had - and those are not really for my best interests. By the way, they are going back to Singapore again this Wednesday. I haven't been spending much time at home and I am going to miss them even if they are going to be away for a short while :(

• I want to start a photoblog to display some of the old shots that I have taken throughout this year. Soon ... once I have decided where I should put them at. I can't wait actually but I won't start tonight - though I am severely tempted to. But first, I need to finish up my cousin Erene's wedding album as soon as I can. Discipline Eve...
  

• I need to start sleeping earlier.

Goodnight clair de lune.

for the love of turtles

Fishes - 25000 species

Birds - 10,000 living species

Cockroaches - 4,000 species

Snakes - 2,900 species

Monkeys - 264 species

And turtles...

Only about 7 living species left...

WHY SUCH A SMALL NUMBER COMPARED TO THE REST?

Truth to be told, most of us do not know that turtles are listed as "Endangered/Critically Endangered Species" in the IUCN Red List. Each day, the turtles population continue to face various threats posed by humans, such as commercial fishing, entanglement on fishing nets, ingesting marine debris, loss of nesting habitat and so on...


Find out more about these gentle and beautiful creatures and what we can do to help their survival before they become just a picture in the museum. And when our grandchildren start to ask why turtles aren't around anymore, could we just say that we just didn't bothered when they are still around? Or is there something we can do today to make sure that this species survives?

HOW?

Well, just tune into the Turtle Blogathon that is going to be held on the 25th October 2009!

A Turtle Blogathon is an event where the dedicated people of the Turtle Conservation Center (TCC) will blog non-stop for 24 hours, about matters relating to marine and freshwater turtles. What they do is that they stay the entire night - just doing research, write and publish one blog post every hour, all around the clock! And for staying up all night, they collect donations for TCC's future initiatives and projects.

WHEN?

The Turtle Blogathon will begin at 9 pm on October 25th and end at 9 pm on October 26th, 2009 (Malaysian time, GMT +0800).

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?

Email your turtle-related questions to TCC at cp@turtleconservationcentre.org anytime between now and the 25th of October and please include your name/nickname/screen name and your website/blog URL. You can ask them just about anything about marine and freshwater turtles (turtle biology, their roles in the ecosystem, the threats that they face, importance of conserving them... etc!) - as many questions as you can possibly think of ;)

Meanwhile, you can also join in the Turtle Blogathon Facebook event as we wait for it to kick off in another week's time.

So what are you waiting for?? Get involved now and save the turtles!

“In the end, we will only conserve what we love. We will only love what we understand. We will only understand what we are taught.”
Baba Dioum

Our action matters because every little step goes a long way...