~A Stranger’s power~

HUMANS TOUCHES ARE AMAZING, AREN’T THEY? A TOUCH AND A WORD FROM A MOTHER TO A BABY WILL GIVE WARMTH AND LOVE TO THE BABY; LOVERS TOUCH AND WORDS WOULD BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH MORE LOVE; A TOUCH AND A WORD FROM A FRIEND WILL BRING A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP THAN NEVER BEFORE. SO, WHO HAVE YOU TOUCHED AND SPOKEN TODAY?

Walking through streets, getting rid of stress within us, from work, from home, from everywhere, as living in a city would be a life with endless stress and problems. Walking through paths, from a shopping mall to another, trying to get what we wanted is just to fulfill the satisfaction in us. Walking with friends, would be the time where we wouldn’t want to feel lonely. Talking to friends is the time when we want to let everyone know that we still exist. But there is still something missing in the middle of everything…

From shopping malls to another, from a pedestrian street to another, from a hectic street to another, and from a polluted place to another, finally, we slowed down out footsteps, as there was a crowd right in front of us, circling around something that we couldn’t even see. Curiosity might kill the cat, but curiosity might also build something new at the moment, therefore we went and take a peep on what is happening.

A young man, standing under the hot sun, holding a board, “Free Hugs”, waiting for everyone standing around him to give him a hug, making his life better, but only a few went up for it. It happened to us, as we stood for quite a while, looking at what he is up to, and when we planned to leave, we though of something. If he could fulfill the number of hugs within time, wouldn’t we be helping him to get home earlier?

True that this will happen, but sometimes, better thing happens. We walked up to him, an environment which is empty, as he was only surrounded by people, and he open up his hands with a warm welcoming smile. We hugged each other and he said “have a nice day...” and therefore, I replied the same, “have a nice day to you too…”

With a big and tight hug, we let go and I walked away, as his words really opened up my day. I felt happy as if I did something right for the first time in my life, as if there thingswill be perfect for my whole day, as if it was really the right day for me, and indeed, it was, as those simple words, cheered up my day, but not the faith of helping him completing his job.

I didn’t know who that guy was, I didn’t know on where he came from, how old he was, totally nothing. But humans are amazing, with just a simple touch between humans, and with just such simple words, it made my day go went so well, as it never had happened before, and I hoped he would feel good too. Therefore, we left, as many more went after that, just to get a free hug from this amazing anonymous.

Humans are amazing creature. We communicate in different ways, we do things differently, we think differently, but there is always something in common. A simple speech, a simple touch, changes life like no others. Therefore, speech at any time, touch at any moment, would cherish yourself up, and also the rest around you.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN NICELY TO ANYONE TODAY?

HAVE YOU HUGGED SOMEBODY YOU TREASURE TODAY?

HUGS WON’T KILL, SPEAKING LOVE WON'T KILL

IT BRINGS ENDLESS LOVE TO EU,

and THE REST AROUND EU…

photo courtesy of Weng Yen

~The Mirage of Cubicle~

GOING TO THE TOILET IS LIKE MAKING A BIG BUSINESS. URINE IS THE TIME WHERE YOU SIGN A CONTRACT, AND THE “BIG ONE” IS THE TIME WHERE YOU EXECUTE THE PROJECT. BUT BARE IN MIND, VENUE IS STILL THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER.

It has been two months since I started my training in this company, and it has been so many times since I went to the bathroom to “sign a contract” and “executing the program”. But nonetheless, venue is still very important, the cleanliness, the smell, the view and the decoration.

In the gents itself, they have five cubical prepared for men to deliver their “product”, and I definitely had tried executing in all of them before, since I am a big eater, therefore, gents is still an important place for relaxation before executing the real quality work in the office.

Trying it one by one, day by day and moths takes a hard work because there weren’t really time for me to actually do all these unless it is 100% urgent. Therefore, appreciate on what I did and stop with the EWWWWW thing that you might be thinking on your mind right now.

Throughout all the hard work and process, I found out that the fourth cubical is still not bad, at least it is clean and at least they have water sprayer for those who doesn’t really want to dirty their hands and after that continuing with their work. Imagine working in an international company with this kind of presentation, filthy hands, how would others portray you as?

But the weird part would be the sprayer would have a “squirky” sound, where it “squirks” every time you pressed it and it gets quite annoying because people would know that there would be somebody having their unplanned program executed. But since that the door is closed, they would never know who is behind it, just like a criminal putting a time bomb behind these toilets, as the outcome and effect of the program executed really did make an impact.

My advice for those who needs a place to execute their project would be, plan first on the venue, where to go, how to do it, and of course “when to do it” would sounds a little weird, as it comes like the wind, at the same time, it goes as wind does.

Caution: please remember to keep yourself clean all the time, and wash your hands before you do something else. (This is a Public Service Announcement from EU to YOU!!)

The Dark Light

DAYLIGHT – A THING THAT DOESN’T SHINES FOREVER. MIGHT BE COVERED BY CLOUDS, MIGHT BE COVERED BY MIST; WHEN IT SHINES THROUGH, IT IS THE BRIGHTEST AND MOST WONDERFUL THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN, AS EVEN THE DARKEST NIGHT, WOULD BE BRIGHTENED UP BY THE FULLEST MOON AND SHINIEST STARS…

This world has only two things that could happen towards human being, the expected and the unexpected. By expecting something to happen, it might be good as preparation can be made, it might be bad as the preparation made wasn’t enough or it went towards the wrong direction. The unexpected, is to deal with the senses, by acting impromptu towards situation, and this are the things that might happen to a person.

It was a sunny afternoon as I was still working in front of my computer in the office and a message by a friend came by, informing me that somebody who was close to me, is ought to leave me behind. There were words behind this that brought us together, being the future entrepreneurs together, going through the hard times together, and getting to know each other’s partners would be the closest thing ever.

Just a single phrase, “I’ll be leaving”, and the sky turned dark, rain drops started falling off from the sky, as if it knows how I was feeling like. Imagine working while suddenly struck by this feeling, concentrations would definitely be gone, and everything turned into a mess. Nothing goes right, everything goes wrong.

This might not be the first time, but why did it happened the second time, the third time, again and again, just like a life cycle. Every level of living has its own obstacle, but didn’t know that it came this quickly, and passed this slowly, a total upside down from what a fairytale tells us since we were young, that only the good will live happily ever after and the evil ones will suffer. Does this means that I am evil? Nobody knows.

Maybe this is another challenge of life for me to face and for him to face; maybe we weren’t fated to know each other at all, as it is the chance that let us meet up, but just for a short moment; maybe somebody was right, that this still isn’t the right buddy-ship for me; or maybe, we were just fated to face so. Life is incredible isn’t it?

There are so many “maybe” in this phrase, as this “maybe” might be the choice of life for a better future, for a better understanding of each other, for a better us. All I can do now, is to wish him all his best, thank you for everything and apologize for all the wronged I’ve made. Wishing you good luck and will always stay behind your back to support you no matter what, my dearest bro! (And thank you for accompanying me to see the doc, it wasn’t a really nice memory though, but it was definitely a great story to remember and to be told).

~Weekend OFF!~

THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES ON WHAT TO DO DURING THE WEEKENDS. HANGING OUT, SLEEPING, EATING, DRINKING, AND ETC. WHAT DO EU DO IN THE WEEKENDS?

Weekends are great day to hang out and meet up with friends, to get in touch with friends, getting to know more friends and of course, to spend time with family members. Everything packed just within 2 days out of the 7 days a week, due to a 5 busy weekdays, therefore, only 2 days of fun and relaxation to have, and so to appreciate it.

But how do I appreciate weekends? The magic word is SLEEP. Sleep throughout the weekends due to tiring weekdays. Imagine if a person could sleep from Friday night till Sunday night? That is what I could do since I started working, cutting down my time on socializing. Maybe technology is the thing that keeps me socializing with my friends around me.

In other words, missing my college life, where we get to meet friends all day long, getting into a human touch between people, which might make a relationship out of it, and of course, skipping class would one of the most important things to do, just for the sake of having fun. Think about it; have Eu ever heard about skipping work? Unless if leave is applied or Medical Certificate as a proof.

Therefore, cherish every moment you have with everyone, and please stop sleeping throughout the weekends, it will make you look fatter (which had happened to me, thanks to Kenny, Wallace, Arwen, Jeff and Lee Lian for informing me about this), and if by socializing would make a person look slimmer, definitely changes in lifestyle would be in my schedule.

Therefore, Sleep in an appropriate amount, and not to reenergize your whole week just for more upcoming work, as working is not the only thing of a human being, as FUN is always the word in the dictionary before WORK comes.

LIVE LIFE & APPRECIATE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!

FRIENDSHIP… a Word Not to be Taken for Granted~

PEOPLE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT FRIENDSHIP LAST FOREVER, BUT WILL IT HAPPEN? ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAD FOUGHT FOR IT WOULD KNOW.

Friendship doesn’t last forever, friends come, friends go, and this is the time where you find more friends to fill up the emptiness in the heart. Therefore, appreciating friends will be the best thing a person could do, and by fighting for it, life would never be better, as people would know, that they are the ones that they are fighting for, effort shows love.

Loving your friends will definitely be different from loving your lover, your family or someone else, as friends are the booster to all these. Hanging out with friends, chatting with friends, joking around with friends, borrowing a shoulder for friends, are the warmest thing that could be found between humans, and this is the cause of a better relationship, a better future, and an unforgettable memory amongst people who appreciate each other, till death brings everyone apart.

Life without Eu = Colourless

-Walking into the Corporate-

CORPORATES WORK LIKE ROBOTS. THEREFORE, JUST DO ON WHAT THEY TELL YOU TO DO. THIS IS THE WAY CORPORATES ARE MADE FOR…

Many people think that being a corporate is fun, especially for people around my age, for those who are in their 20s or younger. This is our dream, to work for our next life, to earn more money and therefore could buy a car, a house, and travel the whole world without fear.

But bear in mind, being in the corporate field is not easy. Wake up for work from morning till evening, have your dinner, watch some television, and there you go, sleep through the night and the routine starts again. Boring isn’t it?

Every field of corporate had their own stories, and this is my story. Working in a PR company for my industrial training. As usual, waking up early in the morning and work till evening, had my dinner and go to sleep. The normal routine by a corporate who sits in the office, waiting to gain weight from foods and drinks. But the thing that is different here is, we deal with different people, with different mind, with different attitude, and with people who conquer the world… the media.

Understanding the media at the first place wasn’t easy as their schedules are busy every single day, therefore bare in mind about something, work with them instead of working for them. Get to know them well rather than waiting all day long for the right time to talk to them, because they are the main people in our field to spread the message, our love to the world.

Events, a word everybody would love, which would also be a part of out job. Having events are fun, as preparing for the event itself could be hectic, during the event itself would usually be a total disaster, but at the end of the event, you would feel proud of what you had done, as it might not be the on your expectation, but that is the result that you would get by forking out that much.

Sleepless nights, hectic schedule, last minute changes, and night trial run are part of an event, life wouldn’t be easy as everything is done last minute, getting back home in the early morning, unpack, bath, pack and there you go, preparing for the execution of that event. Life might be tough, but the toughness will be the experience that no one else would have.

Imagine telling this to others during dinner night, other than telling that you sit in the office from day till night, there would definitely be something interesting going on within you to tell others, something more exciting, something that might bring Goosebumps towards others, or might be something sadistic, which would touch into a human’s heart.

Love what Eu Do and Do what Eu Love,
No Regrets would ever Lie…

~Every Different Hour Could be Different to Every Person~

EVERY SINGLE MINUTE, EVERY SINGLE SECOND COULD CHANGE A PERSON’S LIFE, BUT JUST WITHIN AN HOUR ITSELF, HOW MUCH COULD IT CHANGE?

Taking the public transport every single day, driving through the same path every single minute, seeing the same thing on and off, but things could be different at all times. Different people, different surrounding, and a different footstep.

Looking through the window every single morning, things might look the same, but different things might come by, maybe something new, maybe something fresh or maybe something old. I’ve seen so much through this journey of the LRT (Light Rail Transit).

Seeing faces that might look the same to you every single day, but there would also be fresh faces every single day. Looking on how people react on the train, reading, studying, staring, thinking, dreaming, sleeping, frustrating, and love would definitely be found, just within this small place.

But what had caught my interest was the behavior of humans. Humans can be kind at place, with gentlemen around, offering seats for the seniors, by giving more space for others to depart at the same time during peak hours, therefore nobody would be late for work, and by time appreciating, would there be more knowledge from reading, regardless through newspaper, through phone or even books.

But definitely not all would react the same way as others do. There would still be some ignorant people, pushing through people, just to get to a more comfortable place for themselves. Aren’t this activity called selfishness. Everyone paid the same amount of money, everyone is rushing to work, and if everyone could all cram together, why can’t that person do so. Just because of a person, the whole coach turned miserable.

Life has never been the same since a take of the train, as also a part of saving the environment to reduce less energy usage, for our own benefit, and for our Mother Nature’s anger towards the earth. Mother Nature had been with us since the starting of our live, giving birth to every single child on this earth, preparing food for our good and also a comfortable place for us to live on.

Maybe humans are still at the age of growing, not to care for this mother’s feeling, boycott would be the word for it, therefore, it is time for us to grow mature, by saving her, giving her another chance, telling her that we are changing, for her sake and for our own good.

Taking the public transport has its own reason, with lots of things to learn, lots of new faces, and with lots of new friends. Why not change a little? As you might see this world with different people, different attitude, different faces, and with different colours, added into your life.