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For me; during times of sleepless nights and endless work is….
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For now, the question is: “Next up, when and where?!”
Found out lots today! Seems like I’ve missed out quite some bit of my friends’ lives and I’m sorry I was too busy finding excuses to be part of it.
Aye…. Time to stop saying I’m busy and actually get down to being pro-active. Actively caring for my friends.
Really! What sort of human places more priority on something as boring and inanimate as their schoolwork over actual living human beings who care for them and make them happy?!??!?!
Me, apparently. Along with many others.
Sheesh. Seems like I’m behaving in a way I would abhor others to behave. It’s time for change!
And better time management. I always need to remind myself of that.
I know I know… You guys want to see the photos I took in China and Tokyo.
Problem is; I haven’t gotten the full set of pictures taken in China so I refuse to blog about it. Then if I don’t blog about China, I can’t blog about Tokyo cos it happened after. And! I’m never really much a photographer, uploader nor Facebook-er.
I should be getting the last set of pictures of China soon so hopefully I will blog about my trips before June! 
Anyway, I came back to Singapore with a cleaner and simpler perspective towards life. Nothing spectacular or life-changing happened, it’s just the effect travel has on me. I cannot put into words my thoughts about life and living, just that it is not as difficult nor complex as what I always thought it to be. I also cannot explain how the gradual change was brought about, but I just know that it’s a good change. For me, at least.
I really like how after most trips, I get this new insights into lots of stuff. Maybe that is why I like travelling so much?
Anyways, my lecturer was talking about luck today. On how everyone should try to find out how lucky they are, how to spot a good geomancer, and learning about Chinese astrology. The gist of it was that we should try to find out how lucky we are so as to manage our expectations, which affects our accomplishments, abilities and emotions.
I believe in luck. That some people are born luckier than others due to some unexplainable stars and forces. But I’m not so staunch a believer as to depend on it for everything in my life. And I believe that luck can be changed. Whether through a person’s efforts or external factors. But ultimately, I think luck depends on a person’s outlook towards life, no? Like how more optimistic people seem luckier, but that is because they take things lighter and minimize the negative impact of bad events, thus making themselves belief they’re lucky.
Like how people who always find that silver lining in clouds will tend to feel luckier than those who only see lightning rain.
I’ld like to think that I’m lucky. For all that I’ve got. I think my feeling lucky makes me happy which then generates more luck. Such blind optimism, I hear people say. But that is why I’m lucky most times! And maybe because the geomancer my parents got to name me, is pretty skilful?
I really wouldn’t know.
So I’m back from Beijing and Guilin. Pretty hot there although the wind was a saviour to our sweaty armpits!
Just a summary of my trip there:
- Oily and salty food
- Push push push!
- THRONGS of people!
- Breakfast by a beautiful river
- Realisation that I desperately need to practise cycling
- Padi fields and mountains
- Enough stairs for me now
- Aching muscles!
Am waiting to board the A380 bound for Tokyo! Pretty excited about it though a 6hour wait ensues after that for Sam. But well… For A380, I’m willing!
Cheers! Wish my luck for my exam results and a smooth trip without any quarantine when I come back.
P/s: Watsons’s masks are out of stock!
“Hi!” from Beijing! Am in Celes’ place now. Had SUPERB fun the past few days.
Look forward to the pictures that I will upload once I get my hands on them!
