Live Well ~ Laugh Often ~ Love Much

Last night, I was at the gym, stretching my stiff joints at the yoga session. After that, I went to take my shower and I saw the Indonesian lady who cleans the toilets and shower stalls, cursing loudly in Indonesian language.

When I approached her, she angrily told me that some irresponsible lady had taken a dump at one of the shower stall. Yup, you didn’t read wrongly. Somebody took a dump at the shower stall! You know, the small cubicle where people are supposed to wash off the dirt and sweat after sweating profusely at the gym. Yup.

No wonder the cleaning lady was soooo  pissed!!! I would be too, if I had to clean after some stupid mindless bimbo who didn’t have enough sense and respect to shit in the proper toilet, which was just next to the shower stall. No….perhaps, she was having a massive stomach upset which caused her to lose control over all her anus muscles and did the job right there, while showering!

I was utterly DISGUSTED with such behaviour. The cleaner said that this was not the first time somebody did that. And she cursed the culprit so loudly that I thought she must be extremely pissed.

I just could not believe that a Malaysian lady, no, an educated lady would do this. Didn’t she know that was a PUBLIC shower where all the members of the gym would use. Moreover, she thought that the Indonesian cleaner was her private maid.

Had her mama not taught her to clean up after her own shit???

SHAMELESS!!! 

Another remarkable year is coming to its end. I must admit, this year had been pretty challenging and lots of decision making moments for me. As we count the last remaining days of the year, it struck to me that my grey hair had multiplied and now they show up, from my silky black hair, in a glossy shade of white, proud to stand out among the black hair. o__O

Acks!!!

I feel so bummed! All of a sudden, I feel that my body’s metabolic rate had slowed down, my hearing is getting slower, my bones are starting to rattle and my teeth are loosening!!! Am I being ushered ungallantly into the "Auntie-hood"? Unwillingly as I am, I had to admit that I have reached the PEAK of my lifetime, per say. Do all gals feel this way? As we approach an age, which most people consider to be a mature and settled number, do we feel pressured by society rules? About having to be married, settled down, having kids & the white picket fence and all….you know what I mean. I have not got all of that done, but I guess, I have achieved most things that I had always wanted to date. I’m happy. Contented.

Anyway, to wrap up this year, I would say that I had learnt many lessons which altered my point of view, my flexibility, my tolerance and some of my annoying bad habits ^__^     Working with children in the year 2006 had been enriching and rewarding. I have never had so much of laughter and tears before working with children and it had been MOST DELIGHTFUL!!!

So, it’s time for looking back at what I had done the entire year now. I’ve been flipping over the past journals I have kept this year and reading through the trying times, the joyful moments and the hilarious ones. What I was really really glad was that I had persistently written an entry every single day, albeit the lack of details of some days when I was just too lazy to record. Other than those days, I had somewhat a cool collection of memories. So, to me, this is something I’m really proud of myself i.e. to be able to be consistent in doing something. I have always been someone who’d rush into something, doing it halfway through and neglect it to do some other things. Yup, that’s why this year, I feel I have completed more things by focusing on one thing at a time ^__^

So, if I don’t make any entries till next year….Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I put on a brave face when I was about to leave my ex-colleagues today. Yeah, I know. I left the company early this month and went gallivanting a bit before going back to the office to help out with the Xmas party for the kids.

Today was marked as the LAST day I would collaborate as a team member with my fellow ex-colleagues who happen to be great mentors to kids.

As I walked out from the staff room, I had to fight back tears of unprecedented sadness. I didn’t know what happened to me, and boy did my tears flow freely especially when I opened my mouth to wish everyone good luck.

Starting my freelance is my ultimate goal and I finally have the guts to actually do it. But somehow, leaving a bunch of crazy yet remarkable ladies, really made me felt forlorn. I actually loved my job and took pride in this work. The gals, they had been a part of this sensational period of my life.

So, after bawling myself out in the ladies, I bade farewell to my workmates who had been through the last one and a half years with me. My time with the kids as well as the group of people inspiring them had certainly added more shades of colours into my life.

Quite an emo day, really.