Life's a Roller Coaster

Hellooo world….I’m baaack! Not sure about the “with a vengeance” bit. I’m still trying to navigate within my blog. I seriously feel that those guys who designed the blog format and templates are all sadists….out to maim and torment IT dinosaurs like me.

Anyway… It’s been a long, long while since I last put in something in my blog (4 months or so??) - talk about inconsistencies.... : )

During this time of absence, the petrol price went up and sort of hit the roof (hopefully that’s the end of it), the Olympics came and went, Citibank went through or rather still going through a period of organizational turbulence, Thaksin, the ex-Thai PM absconded to London – leaving behind a very rowdy Thailand, Somalian pirates are reportedly roaming the high seas and holding seamen for ransom, Sichuan province was hard hit by a killer earthquake, US may vote in their lst black President, and so on and so forth..... And that’s some of international news.

At the homefront, Ee Ee returned for her summer break in July and just went back to Ukraine for her final year in med school last week, Seng’s leaving for Newcastle next week, the maid found 3 new boyfriends, raking up a total of RM900+ worth of phone bills, my uneventful 25th anniversary passed me by without any fanfare (sigh!), Patrick’s karaoke LakeClub team won the inter-club team event, I learnt how to use Nokia PC suite and (check this out!!) I took up a new hobby – brisk walking around KLCC in the evenings after work..…Thank goodness, other than the maid’s romantic shenanigans, things have been peaceful and normal at home.

I’m beginning to hate reading the daily news. Other than being forced fed on news of incessant political bickerings and corrupted intents of politicians, there’s really nothing else to read in the local newspapers other than the daily dosage of robberies, murders, natural disasters, country instabilities and generally blatant personifications of all the sins of mankind. But what’s most amazing is that everyone, and I mean EVERYONE’s talking about the end of time – the end days! It is indeed such a strange, but sad phenomenon in that, this belief in end times is acknowledged and embraced by all religions and non-religious bodies, without question or argument. If only carnal man can find common agreement in a less morbid subject.

Enough of the gloom and doom. Just found this song – Ordinary Miracles. Love it! It tells us to treasure the ordinary for they are miracles in themselves. Who knows what will happen in the next minute or second. It’s the present we should appreciate. Goes like this....

It’s not that unusual
When everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when it’s time to snow,
Don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say,
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own

Isn’t it remarkable
Like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling
But always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we’re all apart
Of the ordinary miracle

It seems so exceptional
That things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Sun comes up and shines so bright
And disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Got to sign off now. My new venture - write less to make up for the frequency. Chow!