Sunday and Birthdays

It's my perfect Sunday. Got up late, had a coffee and was enjoying my book. Then I enjoyed a late lunch with my mom and now we're hanging out at the library. We'll probably spent a couple of hours here browing a bit, then maybe go for steamboat dinner.

Next week, Bryan and I would be taking a trip to somewhere. It's my surprise holiday planned for him (he's turning older) so he doesn't know where we are going, although most of my friends do. We'll be away for 3 days. I'm very excited about it because for the first time, he doesn't know where we are going, staying or doing.

Speaking of birthday, we were celebrating Leanne's birthday last night. Bryan and I put together a cute "Love Box" for her. There's a jar of soy wax candle made by me, a bar of dark chocolate and a tiny bottle of Moscato. She's supposed to spend a nice, romantic night with Shaun with the contents in the Love Box. I was thinking it makes a great idea for Christmas Gifts as well, since it's only 3 months time.

Random Things

I've picked up running in the evenings again. It's my baby steps towards running longer distances. The 21 km run is just a couple months away. I haven't been working out as much as I'd like to so I'm getting bit nervous about completing the whole thing.

Then, there's been Lindy's wedding. Her dresses were so beautiful and she looks so happy throughout the night. Congratulations Lindy & Melvin! Unfortunately, I don't have much pictures to post of her, but I've got a bunch of cam-whore pictures with Elf and Guanda. Not much point posting huh.

Rainy days make me think about my life. Today, I just typed out a list of my dreams, hopes and aspirations and the tiny baby steps to get there. There's 4 more years that will turn me 30. There's 52 weeks in a year and I've just wasted 1 week. There's 208 weeks more to go before hitting 30. There's so many things I have promised myself but haven't get down to doing. Somehow, I feel a sense of urgency today...

Choices In Life

I was reading a book by Jack Canfield last night over a glass of wine (he's the guy who delivered the Chicken Soup series), he says your present state of bank account, your health, your social life, your position at work etc are nothing more than the physical manifestaion of your previous thinking. Would you agree with this statement? I think it's more or less true, to most of us here, who are given options in our lives. I reckon this statement may not apply well to a child who is born into a severe state of poverty, robbed of choices right from the start. Since it's so easy to choose for ourselves, why do we always like to corner ourselves into a situation? I like it when Canfield asked these 4 questions that nudges us into conscious living.

1) If we were meeting 3 years from today, what has to have happened during that three-year period for you to feel happy about your progress?

2) What was the biggest dangers you'll have to face and deal with in order to achieve that progress?

3) What are the biggest opportunities that you have that you would need to focus on and capture to achieve those things?

4) What strengths will you need to reinforce and maximiz, and what skills and resources will you need to develop that you don't currently have in order to capture those opportunities?