1st Month of Changes

About 1 month has passed since I decided for a change.

Reviewing now:
- has been jogging 6 times per week. Increasing from 3km each time to 4.5km each time (since 3 days ago). This is better than I hoped for. Slowly, I will increase the distance.
- Eat less and healthy. Also doing that. More Fruit and Vegetables now.
- Quit online game addition. Also very successful, did not even log in at all since the day I decided to quit.
- Invite friends out. This one is not very successful. Some already have family, hard to come out, and others are busy with activities. Only managed a couple of times only....
- Spend more time with family. This one is also okay, but want more quality time. Need to have some activities with family.
- Spend quality time alone. This one is also okay.

Seems like my personal improvement is getting better, but social wise still need improvement.

Sigh... Introvert is like that, right?... haha...

1st targeted weight lost of 10% is still in-progress. Currently 7.5% achieved. Need more work.

Other than that.... Life is quite routine.... thus not much things to write about on blog....
Hopefully, have more happy things to share.....

My favourite album 'Something to remember'

15 years already, I bought this album in Oxford, when I went for my overseas studies.
I am not really a fan of Madonna, and I certainly does not enjoy many of her dance songs.
But this album is still my favorite. This is really rare, because I am not a person who listen to English music. I could not really remember, but I believe I heard it from a friend's room and decided to own it.

This album have none of Madonna's dance songs, instead, it is a collection of her best sad love songs.

My recommendation:
"I Want You"
"I'll Remember"
"You'll See" (*love this when I have some anger. Haha)
"This Used to Be My Playground"
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
"One More Chance"

Today, I am still playing the same CD again. Listen and reliving the moments in Oxford and UK.
Long live the friendships, those dear friends from the university who we still meet regularly.

妈妈住院了...

今天, 妈妈去中央医院复诊, 医生却发现妈妈体内的'Potassium'(钾)过高了. 对于一个有高血压的老人家, 这会影响心脏的运作. 虽然妈妈并没有觉得不舒服, 医生还是坚持她留院观察.
妈妈终于第一次住院了, 虽然她说当作是度假, 可是我知道她是非常不安的. 医生说她需要抽血检验,做心电图测验和观察药物反映. 应该不会超过三天.
我离开的时候, 她还不忘交代要处理明天的早餐, 妈妈就是妈妈, 在她眼中, 我们永远都是她长不大的孩子.
九点的时候, 她打了一通电话来, 医生刚替她抽了血.讲不到几句, 她就怕吵到隔邻的病人, 说要关机睡觉了. 真希望她可以好好的休息.
明天十点, 我将再去看她, 希望有好消息, 医生快点让她出院吧. 回到家里, 她一定又龙精虎猛的.

'听说'观后感

Movie: The spy next door

I felt bored in the afternoon and decided to look for a movie to spent some time.
(This is a actually a side-effect from an appetite suppressant, make me restless) .
So I went to my nearest cinema and found this movie being the most convenience, as I am close to the showtime.

Typical Jacky's movie, Kung-Fu fighting, funny, fooling with the terrorist. Had a few laugh, but nothing really impressive to bring home. The parts about the relationship between Jacky and the children of his girlfriend is mildy touching though.

Anyway, this is a commercial movie, I could ask nothing more.
Comparing to recent movies I watched, such as 'Avatar', '花木兰', '听说', this show is almost forgettable.

Changes

After making the decision to change, I started to correct many things.
1) Exercise, at least 3 times a week.
2) Eat less and eat healthily.
3) Quit the online game addiction.
4) Go out with friends more, and do not wait for their invitation.
5) Spend more time with family.
6) Enjoy some time alone, doing reading and music, healthy stuff.

May be more to add later. But that is for now. I want a Healthy lifestyle.

Before changes, where have I been?

hmm... how to start...
Break into sections then...

Work
I quit my government job and joined retail industry. (Nope, I am not selling stuff now, I am still working on IT projects, just the company is a major retail company) Leaving a company after 8.5 years is hard, but it seems it is going nowhere and lack support from management, might as well...

Afterwork
I am addicted to the online game 'World of Warcraft' for the pass 3 years. One of the main reasons that I stopped writing. I found comfort in the guild, the camaraderie between us guildies make us like a community. Irregardless whether you are from Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia or US. 3-5 nights a weeks, we logged online and we take on challenges head on. The road is uneven, the guild nearly fall apart, but we held on, overcome it and continue. And I have always participated in the first kills of every main encounter since late 2007. Soon, I am promoted to officer in the guild and take on more responsibilities. However, after 3 years of it. I felt tired, although the content keeps changing to keep us fresh, I felt I need to move on.... The game should be for fun and not work it like a job. (As a officer, it is almost a given to participate in every activity.)
To think of it, during that 3 years. It is like no move TVs, less reading, less exercise and many things else. Yes, I found comfort, excitement and belong in the game community, but it is still rather virtual, it can be better.
虚拟的世界是用来休息的,不是用来逃避的.

Family
After the divorce, I have been spending time with my son every Sunday..... Until his mum have to move to China, Shanghai to be exact due to her company moving the regional headquarter from Singapore to Shanghai. While I can still see him on screen, using skype or yahoo messager.... I could not longer hold him close and feel his warmth anymore...............
Other than, everyone is healthy, that is something to be glad of.

Health
As I aged, even the army do not require me to perform reservist duty. Offically MR (Mindef reserve) 2 years ago, and due to excessive finger sport (online), I putted on weight. No illness, but not really healthy too.

Everything is kind of routine for the last 3 years, although I still have some fun once in a while, such as attending musicals, watching movies and other standard stuffs. Until recently, in Dec 09 to be exact, I started to feel wanting a change, life can be better...

3 years already...

I started writing blog in Sep 2005, stopped in Jan 2007.
This is Jan 2010, I picked my pen again (or typewriting. haha)

3 years already....

Started writing due to pain, need to offload the emotion...
Stopped, because the need is gone and other hobby kicks in...
Now... back again...
Wanted to change again... A new start....
No pain... but with targets and hopes...

So here I am...