I am not performing

And suddenly, I am not performing.

I am not counting fishes, or not remembering enough of the counted fishes.

I am not PERFORMING!

I now know that..

traveler

A traveler is someone who travels.

His or her travels may not necessarily be frequent.

He or she may travel far and wide, or simply revisit the same place, over and over again.

But it is during these travels, that he or she is active.

Lights and sounds are answers to a questioning mind.

Each nook gives a tingle to his or her explorer's heart.

Blends, assimilates, understands, mingles, watches and learns.

My traveler sleeps and dreams...

understanding a book

If you were reading a book, and at every paragraph, there was at least a word that does not come under your pool of vocabulary, could you say that you understood the story?

Finishing up my last book, I had pondered this thought.

The author's field of vocabulary was certainly very vast, so huge that again and again, I came across numerous words which signaled a blank to my brain.

The unknown words were not only the same words, appearing again and again, but different words, heavily sprinkled all over the story.

I estimated, there were probably over five hundred of those words I didn't know their meaning.

Line by line, I read as the story unfolded before my eyes, as the genius of the author's mind was translated into words. Words I did not understand the meaning, I read over, trying my best to get purposes of the sentences, the objectives of the paragraphs, the heart of each chapters.

Sometimes, I had to reread them, occasionally stumbling over some lines. At those times, it was just simply difficult for me to comprehension what he was trying to convey. Too many new words, making it difficult to decipher the intention of the author. Other times, it was because of the theme of the story. Christianity. My knowledge on this subject, minuscule.

Miraculously, I managed to finish the book. Did I understand the story fully? Perhaps, the main theme. Would I look up on all the words new to me? No.

Will I pass a quiz on a this book, if there ever is one? Without a doubt, no.

So, then, can I say that I understood the book?

a logical thought

"Never marry someone you wouldn't mind divorcing"

Laid my eyes on the line above, not the exact quote here, but something similar, this afternoon when browsing through a book in a bookstore.

What do you think? A wise advice? Or a logical thought?

Might be the latter for if you think that wouldn't mind going through the messy process of a divorce, then surely, if things were not sweet enough or sour enough, you would have this step as one of your alternatives out of the marriage.

Think about it..

Wonder if I had applied in any of my decision-making moments...

Scales

Ooopps! I am growing scales!
No, I am not a fish or a mermaid, though that would be interesting. I have, in this week, started to swim again.

I am not fibbing. By right, I should have started this activity last week, but the lazy gene got the better of me. Furthermore, Veronica Mars was a tad too interesting to stop viewing and with my tummy giving me a little more than I bargained, I hid myself in this hole for a week.

Today was my third time swimming. Like the previous sessions, each lasted about half an hour to forty minutes. That meant that I had soaked this body in chlorine-mixed water for close to 2 hours this week. The result of this, I develop scales!

Okay, not literally. It's just that my skin got very dry. It didn't help that the weather has been dry too lately and that I dislike the smell of the skin lotion that I have.

Just hope that dry skin will not get drier and turn into scales. That would be horrible! And I would be freak!

Fruits, then to help me. Load on the Vitamin Cs and then pray hard.

Motivation

Motivation is a vital component if you want to succeed in work.
Many of the people that I know whom I regard as successful in their lives, professionally and also personally, display a certain degree of motivation.

Take for example, my current boss.
Boss is a she, a mother, a daughter, a student and a head. Those are only the titles that I am aware she is holding. Boss comes in at about 6++ each morning, earlier if she comes in without her husband and/or when's an important event. Boss goes back way after me, time unknown to me as I always try to go back on time. I am not sure how she juggles her time, but I am pretty sure than she must be doing something right, as so far, she is still occupying that chair, hairs intact and skin glowing.

Okay, perhaps that's not a very good example. Another individual whom I deem is a very motivated person is, none other than, my better half. This is one person, who, unscrutinized, looks like a person in need for more rein in his life. Yet, taking a look at his lifestyle, one cannot but wonder, he does what he needs to at the time that he has set. He wakes up with enough time to get ready. Back from office, he continues working, finishing up what he needs to do. Dinner and bath come, never fails. Minutes before dozing are spend keeping himself updated with the world outside. He never sacrifices his sleeping time, unnecessarily and still work gets done. Not bad, really.

These are some of the people, whom, if I have the capability, would love to dissect their brain and learn, what keeps them so motivated in accomplishing their work. The locomotive of their brain never seems to be out of steam, always moving ahead, plowing forward towards achieving their professional goal.

Me? I am always motivated, but always only to do the sweetest for my better half. Sigh..

Guilty for the bulge!

Evidence list :

23-11-09 : [B] Bread+chocolate spread&peanut butter&marjerin
[D] Fried rice
24-11-09 : [D] Toasted breads+meat patties
25-11-09 : [B] Rice+bitter gourd&meat
: [D] Maggi with (L)
26-11-09 : [B] Bread+chocolate spread&peanut butter&marjerin
[D] Porridge+Vege+mushroom&meat stuffing
27-11-09 : [B] Fried rice
[D] Porridge+Fried meat&diced taufu+vege
28-11-09 : [B] Rice+Vege+bitter gourd soup+wantons
30-11-09 : [B] Sardine sandwiches
[D] Spaghetti+wantons&cheese and mushroom sauce+asparagus+shredded omelet
01-12-09 : [B] Mini french toasts
02-12-09 : [D] Rice+Chicken stew of carrots&onions&mushrooms&garlic
03-12-09 : [B] Fried rice
[D] Rice+Steam asparagus&mushroom&meat stuffing+bittergourd soup+tofu&chicken meat
04-12-09 : [B] Sausages+potato wedges+asparagus
06-12-09 : [D] Grilling Party !!! Fish, Chicken meat, boiled cockles, salmons bits :)
07-12-09 : [B] Carrots&meat Porridge
[D] Rice+VegeKailan+Steamed Tofu&mince meat
08-12-09 : [B] Egg Omelet Sandwich
[D] Salmon Porridge