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Actions to take

Posted 2009-03-28 (土) 午後10:18 by terra

After yesterday’s depressing post (was feeling morose I guess) I’ve decided that I shall take definitive actions to make my life feel better.

1. Restart on my exercise regime. I used to do yoga/pilates really actively but I’ve stopped for a while. I guess exercise really helps to release endomorphins. I spent 1 hour today doing Ashtanga yoga, and I feel a lot better now.

2. Get out more and hang out with friends.

3. Start spending money on things that make me happy. I reckon spending money will help the economy as well as make me feel better about myself.

Subjects: Life 生涯

Mood: Declarations

Tags: healing, pilates, recovery, shopping, yoga

Introversion, feelings of regression in Singapore

Posted 2009-03-27 (金) 午後11:31 by terra

There’s something about being back in Singapore that’s brought out the worst case of shyness and introversion in me.

I’m naturally introverted and there’s nothing wrong with that. But lately, the hesitation to speak up about how I really feel about things is debilitating and it really sucks.

The funny part of it all is that I felt I was a completely different person in my months overseas. I think being in Australia and Japan nurtured extraversion in me. And as a friend pointed out, it’s perhaps because no one knew me in Oz that I could let out the inhibitions within myself.

Coming back to Singapore it’s like I’m feeling the effects of culture shock, which is strange because I grew up here thus I ought to know better. However, I googled, and apparently there’s such a thing called reverse culture shock where the subject who’s been overseas for a period of time finds it hard to re-adapt to her country of origins.

Subjects: Life 生涯

Mood: Philosophical Musings

Tags: career, culture shock, Fukuoka 福岡, healing, introversion, Japan, Singapore, Sydney

久しぶりの日本語ブログ

Posted 2009-03-26 (木) 午後11:57 by terra

久しぶりに日本語でブログを書くのは確かに微妙です。
日本語能力は段々下手になってしまう気がします。（いや、事実です。）本当に残念。
 （日本語の上手なあなた方が私を許してくれますか？）

先月、時間がいっぱいあるのはわかっていても、勉強せず、うちにごろごろして、怠けた生活を送ってしまいました。
それでも、楽しかった。
貧乏でも、よかった。
 このまま楽な生活が続けられるといいなと思っていました。

でも、現実は厳しいです。
今の世界では、
仕事がないと金がない。
金がないと人は困る。
 気の毒なことに、仕事があると自由はなくなる。

金は自由の天敵です。

先週、やっと新しい仕事を見つけた。
今週の月曜にスタートして、息が付けないくらい忙しい毎日。
この仕事が好きじゃないわけじゃない。
 ていうか、楽しい部分はあることは否定できない。

でもペースはちょっと速すぎるとお思う。もう少しゆっくりできるといいな。

文句はこれまでです。

仕事を受けるのは自分の選択ので、自分の人生に責任を持って生きるべきです。

人生は長い。これを考えるとちょっと怖い…

Subjects: Learning the Japanese Language 日本語勉強, Life 生涯

Mood: Philosophical Musings

Tags: Japanese

Sixth Sense Technology

Posted 2009-03-12 (木) 午後7:11 by terra

This is so, so cool:

The original link can be found here.

Subjects: Technology 技術

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations

Tags: MIT, Pattie Mae, Pranav Mistry, Sixth Sense, TED

TV shows to watch (am already watching) this year

Posted 2009-03-12 (木) 午前12:56 by terra

Since I’m terribly free and am on a list-making impetus, here’s my list of TV shows to catch up on:

1. Remaining four Doctor Who specials for the year: Goodbye David Tennant *sobs*. I hope the newcomer Matt Smith will be competent; I am also curious to know how Steven Moffat intends to lead the 1st Doctor Who of the forthcoming decade.

2. Torchwood season 3 miniseries:I swear the Doctor Who creative team is out to torture us this year. Only five episodes of John Barrowman arrrgh…..

3. Battlestar Galactica (or what’s remaining of it): We have only 2 more episodes to go before the end???

4. Smallville: No Lex, rumoured killing off of two main characters, what else? But since I’ve been watching this series for the last 7 seasons, why not finish the 8th (which has seen much improvement over season 7)?

Subjects: Film, Television & Anime 映像

Mood: Gratifications

Tags: TV