PeNsIvE

Searching for what we do not have

A month ago, I saw a poster of Mountain View Reads Together at the vegetarian restaurant we go to Garden Fresh. The recommended read was Malcolm Gladwell's Blink . I've read his other book The Tipping Point before and I loved it which got me really curious about this one. Yeah, yeah...I know you're curious what we're doing at the vegetarian restaurant?!? Ok, sometimes, we eat at that restaurant when we cannot think of anything to cook. Believe it or not, their Vegetarian Chicken Curry is good, yeah I still find it funny everytime I think about it. Oh by the way they use soy glutein as meat substitute, so its really healthy and they serve it with brown rice too.

Anyway, back to my story...

Bobby and I always go to Borders or Barnes & Noble after dinner when we have nothing to do at home. We usually just stay there for 2 to 3 hours reading books and/or magazines. Recently, I've been looking for Blink and for 3 times it has been out of stock. It would take me at least 20 minutes looking for it. It kinda dawned on me that there were thousands of books at the store, why was I wasting my time looking for that one book they didn't have?! For some time, I just stopped looking for it...and read other books instead. When it was finally available, it didn't turn out to be as good as I was hoping it was gonna be.

I know this is a bit of a stretch, but I kinda realized, most of the time, we always ache for the things we do not have. It keeps us blind from seeing that we do have everything else --- minus that thing we've been looking for.

I think maybe God intended that nobody gets everything they want. Otherwise, what else will we have to live for? I'm not saying that we should stop dreaming --- I also believe He gave us that ability to dream so we can learn to aim high or higher.

I think nothing explains my thoughts better than the the Serenity Prayer: "God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

Discernment is our biggest challenge in preventing ourselves from dwelling in disappointment nor settling for something less than what we can achieve. As they say, life is what we make it --- which means our happiness is all in our hands. Life is too short. Don't waste it.

Ties

I just heard from the radio the other day that people who don't have good friend and family ties are more likely to have dementia.

Ok, I didn't mean to scare everyone (including myself) but isn't that just reason enough to keep in touch?!

Moral Lesson: Post blogs more often and keep your sanity and your memory sharp.

Time flies

Yes, time truly flies by fast. It has been a little over a month since my last blog post. I know I have said so many times that I will try not to use work as an excuse but I guess there is no other alibi I can give.

These past 3 weeks I have been sleeping at 2am consistently, a couple of days till 4am, one time at 6am, but we just released to production last weekend...so finally, my life is getting back to normal woohoo!

I just realized I am not as I was when I was 20 when I can stay long hours be it a night-out with friends or night-in studying or working. Yup, I'm getting older. It took me at least a week to recover, is it even possible to just hibernate for a full week to catch up with all the lost sleep. I just feel beat.

It seems just recently when I found out my bestfriend Rona is pregnant --- and I really am happy to receive a note from her that she is already 3 months pregnant (and doing well), wow time really flies by. Just found out my dear friend Cris is pregnant too...congratulations! Hmph! Just kidding...really am happy for you guys.

Health-wise, another improvement is no matter how busy, we try to make it a point to go to the gym at least 5-6 days a week. Yeah, I know it still sound unbelievable but for health's sake, I'm trying --- well really I'm just getting dragged along coz I live with health conscious people --- let's say its a perk. Well, you only get to live once, you would want to live as long and healthy as you can.

Reminder: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Movie is showing on Friday, not really excited as waiting for Book 7 but at least there's something to look forward to.

In Memoriam:  The last of our fish has died --- with no decent funeral they are all gone. No pictures even, gosh, gone just like that. They are over a year old --- 4 fat goldfishes died first, each at least 2 inches already. The 2 angel fishes --- at least 3 inches, died last Sunday. Just trying to write about them before they get totally forgotten.