The Path of Time

Ups and downs are apparently part and parcel of life, that is the saying at least. Going through a slump earlier this year has not helped and as I hit rock bottom in terms of confidence and motivation, I get dealt with another blow smack right in the face! News of one's failure is anything but good news, and most certainly difficult to accept. Facts are facts i guess, can't change something that has already been determined. So now that most of myself has been shattered to particles close to the size of a dust speck, I now need to repiece the shattered pieces and start climbing up the ladder of life to start from ground zero and building the foundation again. Only problem is, that ladder seems to be a very tall ladder without any end at the top. For most people, it is a simple task of just getting on with life accepting one's defeat if you want to put it that way. It is not about accepting it but more of feeling the huge sense of frustration seeing that what you have put in ...

For those who read my blog about year ago, you would remember my dog, Blackie! For those who don't know him feel free to drop by the old post I made when I first brought him back to my house - here . As quickly as last year came, close to a year has gone by since Blackie joined my family. He's grown a lot compared to the small lil' black dog he was. Still as healthy and probably more naughty than before as well! Check out some of his photos I took after I got back from class this evening...... Sure was difficult trying to find him a steady position for a good photo shoot. Sure has grown a fair bit since I brought him back. As he grows, he sure gets more energy. But I guess this should be is maximum size since he is of the smaller breed. Quite frankly I don't know what breed his is of since the owner of his mum never knew who his father was. One thing's for sure, he's half a spitz (his mom is a spitz). Oh well, I am not a must-be-pedigree-dog person. After all, y...

The past 2 weeks and presumably the next 3 months will be challenging period for me and many in the place I work. Many will be resigning with the coming of the promotion period and for many who have completed three years working experience to become chartered accountants. With many leaving, loss of friends, increasing workload, drop in motivation - one's morale will definitely be affected. As for myself, trying to separated between what I want to do from here on becomes an unprecedented task of mind boggling complexity. Forget the pun, long story short - I have to make up my mind soon on whether I want to continue doing audit or to move on into tax advisory. Both paths are equally lucrative monetary-wise, both with differing job scopes and requiring differing sets of skill. Not that it gives me a headache or anything but it confuses my mind since there are so many unknown factors to consider. Three quarters of the time, it is always the unknown that winds up becoming the bullet or ...

None of us truly know where heaven is, or how heaven looks like, but we are all pretty sure it is a nice, beautiful and peaceful place. For most of us, waking up everyday to work or waking up knowing in the back of your head you've got all the commitments waiting for you. Must really be horrible right? You'd be surprise but we have experienced heaven on earth many, many times actually. For some of us it could be our first job offer, first pregnancy, first car. Felt like you were on top of the world right? Other nice feelings on this world could come from when you find yourself appreciating the beauty of mother nature - beautiful mountain scenery, seeing an amazing formation of birds take flight up in the blue skies or simply seeing a wonderful sunset right outside your office window. For some of us, we find inner peace when stepping into a sacred place like a temple, church, or a simply a dedicated room for prayers. Sudden tranquil just flows around you right? Those experiences...

Have you ever felt like you were dreaming but somehow find that you are looking at yourself sleeping on the bed some time in the middle of the night? For most of us, we just call it dreams we sometimes have, but for some it could be a form of OBE, or commonly known as out-of-body-experience, or astral projection. Although I cannot confirm the truth to such things, I think I might have had one of these experiences. For the past 3 months or so, I have been getting weird dreams, sometimes awfully vivid and scary. There were times I find myself seeing people I have never met, know names that do not ring a bell, see events that I have never come across in my entire life. Because dreams like these came so frequently, I could have sworn that I was experiencing OBEs or something along those lines. You'd probably think I am crazy if I said the dreams felt so incredibly real that I could have sworn I could reach out my hands and feel what I was seeing. Most of the time I end up waking up out...