Thursday 15 Jan 09

A mth ago, today was my first day here @ Barclays. My, it is sure fast
that a mth has passed by.
I am now in office...

Btw met a Facebook friend for lunch... Weird but strange. He was a
friend of mine in the Accounting world....Have met him before but no
recollections till I was brough back to memory lane... Actually know him
when I was in in my early 20s thru Leo Club... And he was one of the
peope that I have worked with many years ago... Thanks to Facebook, not
only you meet new people but also reconciles with people that you have
lost touch.

Mike was the guy that assisted me in running of the Leo Convention back
then. He was a gd mentor and a good friend. Couldn't recognise him as he
aged.. Wahahahaha. He is now married and in his mid 30s... Time sure
flies very fast... I am now approaching 30 soon..

And the pressure of getting married is getting stronger....
I will still remain single for at least the next 5 years..

Anyway, there sre so many things that I need to do in life and
explore...

I am proud to announce that I am still single.

Jan 09 2009 - IN office while blogging. taking a break

It has been 9 days since 2009 came. 2008 came and go and I would rather
say that it was pretty fast...
Within a glimpse, I realise that 2008 has gone and disappear and never
to come back.

In a way, I was happy that 2008 has passed. I admit it was a challenging
year for me and there are many turns that I have taken in 2008 that hjas
changed my life., the good and bad. I realise I was too busy in the last
quarter in 2008 that I did not have time to blog nor post anything....

Will get to that in a while when I walked down 2008..



The present. I shave my head bald in 2009, Shaved my head on 3rd Jan 09.
I dont know the reason why I did it but one thing for sure, I felt good
when I shaved. It felt as though as load of burden was off my chest and
I felt good.... Nevertheless, I have committed myself to shaving my
head in July for the "Hair for Hope Project" in July 09.

Though it is still early in the year, I have heard some shocking news
that has affected my friends. Two of my friends have been informed that
their mum is diagnosed with terminal illness.... One frenz, Paul, his
mum was diagnosed with an illness few years back and her condition has
turn for the worse.. From what I have gathered, she is in her last stage
and is in on oxygen daily to enable her to breathe properly. In fact,
she has been in and out of hospital many times. Paul and his siblings
are holding on tight together to overocme this tiring situation.
Basically, I know Paul has left his job to care for his mum as he knows
she doesn't have that long to live anymore. I hope Paul and his family
will be strong enough top overcome this enduring situation and emerge
stronger as a family.

Another friend of mine, Richard, his mum was recently diagnosed with
cancer. Tried to comfort my friend as I though it will be in the ealrier
stage but consultations today bu the doc shows that his mum is in the
3rd dtage of cancer. A further diagnosis is required before a surgery
and appropriate treatment can be administered. I do hope in this year, I
will not hear anymore bad news that affects people around me or even
me...

I relaise that as we grows older... Calamities never fails to befall
us... One thing for sure, it is a test for us... And if we overcome it,
we emerge a better person.

I will stop for now.. I am still in office as I am blogging this. Am
waiting for the Pm report to be ready. It is now 11.30pm Local time and
only 3.30pm In London.

Will I be able to leave office by 1 am today? Or will I still be stuck
till quite late as per normal......

I don not knows... it all depends on my Pm report.....

Have a great weekend!