Same As It Never Was

Finally got a chance to meet up with Brenda and Miao Ling... Last gathering was approximately 2.5 years ago? It was definitely a great catch up... I missed the times working together with them... I still remembered teaching Miao Ling on product knowledge when she first joined the team...

I believe all of us missed working as a barista...
The feeling of being dominant and powerful when you stood in the bar counter...
The countless order chits enticing the rush of adrenaline to complete each drinks perfectly in the fastest manner...
The sense of satisfaction and triumph one gets after tackling a crazy lunch crowd...
It was something special... A one-of-a-kind experience which I don't think I'll ever get again...

Talking to Miao Ling made me once again realise how similar we were... The habits and weird antics we shared... How synchronise our behaviours were...

This was a 2007 post...

1) No egg yolks
2) Hate seafood except fish (no salmon please)
3) No internal organs of animals
4) Chicken is the best, beef is alright
5) Towel we use must not be too rough or smooth and it must be able to absorb a significant amount of water.
6) Only Sunkist orange
7) Only green grapes
8) Eating sweet stuff after a meal
9) 3 different types of cleansing product. Hair, Face and Body
10) Cleaning toilet bowl seats before use even though it's clean

This was a post by Miao Ling yesterday...

#1. At Xin Wang, he ordered fried noodle with luncheon meat & egg whereas i ordered mee sua with luncheon meat & egg. it was unplanned and the difference was only the noodles used.
#2. We don't eat fried egg yolks.
#3. We didn't eat our xiao bai cai in the noodles.
#4. We eat tomatoes but not cucumbers.
#5. I don't eat prawns, and he doesn't fancy them much either.
#6. We don't give tuition 'cos we feel that we can't teach.
#7. Sweet tooth (he likes to eat sweet things after meals! i knew this from long ago haha.)
#8. We both don't wanna learn driving simply because we've no interest in it, despite people around us telling us we should learn.

I have to say not much difference after 3 years... Haha! She was my delinquent duo and she still is... I don't think I can find another one to replace her...



Every now and then, people enter into your life...
Walked the road you've traveled...
As time goes by, they become relatively distant away from you...
Not that the relationship has taken a toll, but the fact that they've just simply moved on with their lives...

I sometimes stopped and reminisce about the past...
Laughed at the fond memories I had...
I'm grateful for the past...
If you asked me who do I missed the most...
I think the person would have to be Damien...
He was my caretaker, my elder brother, my happy medicine...

I was suppose to meet him next week but a twist of fate made the meet up realised a tad earlier... We used to walk the streets from Raffles Place to Little India every time after work... We would stop by for our favourite Yuan Xiang fried rice in Bugis midway...

This routine was reenacted yesterday... The scenery changed so much in Singapore... Despite that fact, Damien was still the old him I knew 5 years back... I was happy to be able to do that routine again... It was literally "a jot down back to memory lane"... How cheesy... Haha!

2006




2007


2010



Looking at the past photos, we did mature after all these years... A tinge of melancholy toppled with an abundance of nostalgia... That's how it felt...

Perhaps you didn't show...
But I was darn worried just now...
Worried anything might happen...

Hate this kind of residual feeling
It's impeding my thoughts
I'm lost, I need to escape from reality
What else can I do?

人

We are the unfortunate
Led by the unworthy
To do the unnecessary
For the ungratefuls

If only the concealment was better...
Once you lie down... Alone...
You let the demon run in you...
It feels like it's eating you from inside...

I Am

Very true findings....

DOMINANCE

People who score in the low range:
~ tend to want peace and harmony.
~ prefer to let others initiate action and resolve problems.
~ are quiet and indirect in their approach to most situations.
~ are usually cautious and calculate risks carefully before acting.

They are generally well liked because of their mild and gentle nature. Other people will tend to see them as being patient, calm, thoughtful and a good listener.

INFLUENCE

People who score in the average range are likely to possess and display a mixture of the traits and behaviours associated with both high range and low range scores. A well balanced mix of the best of both ranges.

STEADINESS

People who score in the low range:
~ tend to enjoy change and variety in their work and non-work life.
~ are expansive by nature and tend not to like routine and repetitive work/activities.

They enjoy stretching themselves intellectually and physically.

People who score in this range are unlikely to be 'extreme' types.

COMPLIANCE

People who score in the low range:
~ are independent and uninhibited.
~ resent rules and restrictions.
~ prefer to be measured by results and are always willing to try the untried.

Free in thought, word and deed, they long for freedom and go to great lengths to achieve it.
They feel that repetitive detail and routine work is best 'delegated'.