Haven't been this excited about a trip to the US in a while. Wonder why...
1 day to H! I can't wait! My toes are shivering in excitement :)
Ajantis is happy like a toad
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
Wheelies munchies
$475.33. That's the amount on the receipt for the numerous comic books and RPG books that i bought from Absolute Comics. Haven't spent that much in a while. Oh well, it's bonus time after all.
Rehearsal today was quite satisfying. I finally got the sensation of what a cartwheel should feel like, even if my feet still landed together. The feeling of turning on one hand was.... kinda addictive, to say the least. In fact, it makes me feel like trying to do cartwheels on my floor right now!
And managed to pull off a 16.8km run after 3 hours of rehearsal today. Makes me kinda proud :)
Yesterday, ate WAY too many appetisers at Jerry's Sunset Bar and Grill. Us Lindy Hoppers are a perverted lot. The top three topics of conversation seemed to be
(1) porn (thanks Miss M!)
(2) cheesy movie moments (which is kinda like porn)
(3) Xanadu the movie (from the dying days of disco, which is when video porn took off)
Off to the US in just over 3 days. New York, Wicked, Spam-a-lot, Gimble, Ann Arbor and most importantly, H, oh my!
Rehearsal today was quite satisfying. I finally got the sensation of what a cartwheel should feel like, even if my feet still landed together. The feeling of turning on one hand was.... kinda addictive, to say the least. In fact, it makes me feel like trying to do cartwheels on my floor right now!
And managed to pull off a 16.8km run after 3 hours of rehearsal today. Makes me kinda proud :)
Yesterday, ate WAY too many appetisers at Jerry's Sunset Bar and Grill. Us Lindy Hoppers are a perverted lot. The top three topics of conversation seemed to be
(1) porn (thanks Miss M!)
(2) cheesy movie moments (which is kinda like porn)
(3) Xanadu the movie (from the dying days of disco, which is when video porn took off)
Off to the US in just over 3 days. New York, Wicked, Spam-a-lot, Gimble, Ann Arbor and most importantly, H, oh my!
Friday, March 24, 2006
A wolf-crying chicken or a chicken-crying wolf?
Random thoughts from Ajantis on a 10.4km run in extremely humid weather on too little sleep :
I feel very lucky right now. Let me explain, cos there is much to be thankful for :
1) I have a pretty decent job which i enjoy with very good pay and generally ok hours
2) Savings and stocks which have exceeded the target I set for myself
3) Been getting good feedback at work
4) Feeling good physically, getting lots of exercise (more on that later)
5) A group of swing friends who accept me for who i am
And the thing is, I feel like all the work and finance-related successes are the result of pure simple luck rather than things that i've done. I know people always say that you make your own luck, but I look back and see many things that could have gone wrong, but for providence and the fact that I was working with very capable people. So basically, I feel like the other shoe is going to drop at any moment. (This is the point at which H always bonks me for being silly and insecure).
On another topic, I've been finally getting back into my full exercise routine. The only problem is that it might be too much.
Sun : 3 hour lindy performance rehearsal + 16km run
Mon : Gym
Tues : 2.4km run, 2.2km worth of sprints
Wed : Gym + Social dancing
Thurs : Social dancing
Fri : 10.4km run
Tomorrow (sat) : Gym
What do you think? It feels good though, and my body isn't complaining at the moment. Why, M even commented that the gym work was paying off (and you know it means something when Miss Marina M makes a comment like that. haha). And that's how I tend to do things, never by halves.
We'll see. The best part though is that my ankles have generally stopped complaining. So we're on our way to a marathon!
Ajantis is off to see the wizard....
I feel very lucky right now. Let me explain, cos there is much to be thankful for :
1) I have a pretty decent job which i enjoy with very good pay and generally ok hours
2) Savings and stocks which have exceeded the target I set for myself
3) Been getting good feedback at work
4) Feeling good physically, getting lots of exercise (more on that later)
5) A group of swing friends who accept me for who i am
And the thing is, I feel like all the work and finance-related successes are the result of pure simple luck rather than things that i've done. I know people always say that you make your own luck, but I look back and see many things that could have gone wrong, but for providence and the fact that I was working with very capable people. So basically, I feel like the other shoe is going to drop at any moment. (This is the point at which H always bonks me for being silly and insecure).
On another topic, I've been finally getting back into my full exercise routine. The only problem is that it might be too much.
Sun : 3 hour lindy performance rehearsal + 16km run
Mon : Gym
Tues : 2.4km run, 2.2km worth of sprints
Wed : Gym + Social dancing
Thurs : Social dancing
Fri : 10.4km run
Tomorrow (sat) : Gym
What do you think? It feels good though, and my body isn't complaining at the moment. Why, M even commented that the gym work was paying off (and you know it means something when Miss Marina M makes a comment like that. haha). And that's how I tend to do things, never by halves.
We'll see. The best part though is that my ankles have generally stopped complaining. So we're on our way to a marathon!
Ajantis is off to see the wizard....
Monday, March 20, 2006
Obscurata Tempura
In a good mood today. Although one of the projects my colleague was handling at work completely flopped over the weekend, which led to some complaints... but that's another issue to deal with later. Cos i'm feeling good today. It's bonus time, and i got more than i expected. While the extra money is of course nice, the higher bonus was a validation of the effort and time i had put in over the past year, and helped to push away any feeling of insecurity...for now anyway ;)
Of course, i'm gonna have to give my mom some money, as well as treat some colleagues, but that's cool. Feeling happy today :)
It helps that what was going to be an unbelievably packed weekend turned out to be relatively relaxing, and that i managed to complete a 16km run in 1hr 20 min with hardly any ankle problems and after having finished 3 hours of rehearsals! Am also looking forward to performing this coming Saturday, cos it gives me something to look forward to after having attended rehearsals for so long.
On an unrelated note, people always wonder why i know the most obscure facts which tend to surface at the strangest times. Just the other day, L was wondering why in the world i knew the origin of the term "Achilles Heel", and regretting that he mentioned it cos i proceeded to give him a short overview of the Homeric version of Achilles.... Here is the gist of my explanation to Arie and L and M... my brain is basically a cross between a sponge and an unfragmented computer. Everything i read (except for names and faces) tend to stick in my memory, but it usually requires an external impetus to jolt these facts free.
Which is why it's good that i tend to read almost anything (from pension plans in the US to GM's accountancy troubles to Islamic minorities in China to the latest video game and movie news). It's probably good that I also free-associate and do many intuitive logical jumps (H is probably the most familiar with this) cos it means that facts get jolted free when i usually need them to be. As mentioned before, H thinks i would be ADHD (attention-deficit disorder) if i weren't so smart (his words, not mine...)
10 more days to H! Also looking forward to watching Gimble. Can't believe that we founded the group 9 years ago!
Ajantis is keeping the faith and about to jump over the moon (can you guess what reference that is?)
Of course, i'm gonna have to give my mom some money, as well as treat some colleagues, but that's cool. Feeling happy today :)
It helps that what was going to be an unbelievably packed weekend turned out to be relatively relaxing, and that i managed to complete a 16km run in 1hr 20 min with hardly any ankle problems and after having finished 3 hours of rehearsals! Am also looking forward to performing this coming Saturday, cos it gives me something to look forward to after having attended rehearsals for so long.
On an unrelated note, people always wonder why i know the most obscure facts which tend to surface at the strangest times. Just the other day, L was wondering why in the world i knew the origin of the term "Achilles Heel", and regretting that he mentioned it cos i proceeded to give him a short overview of the Homeric version of Achilles.... Here is the gist of my explanation to Arie and L and M... my brain is basically a cross between a sponge and an unfragmented computer. Everything i read (except for names and faces) tend to stick in my memory, but it usually requires an external impetus to jolt these facts free.
Which is why it's good that i tend to read almost anything (from pension plans in the US to GM's accountancy troubles to Islamic minorities in China to the latest video game and movie news). It's probably good that I also free-associate and do many intuitive logical jumps (H is probably the most familiar with this) cos it means that facts get jolted free when i usually need them to be. As mentioned before, H thinks i would be ADHD (attention-deficit disorder) if i weren't so smart (his words, not mine...)
10 more days to H! Also looking forward to watching Gimble. Can't believe that we founded the group 9 years ago!
Ajantis is keeping the faith and about to jump over the moon (can you guess what reference that is?)
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Shooting the breeze in a Raoul shirt
Yesterday was long, and provided an interesting contrast of activities.
I worked from 1-6pm, travelling over the entire island for 3 different events. The highlight had to be running through the pouring rain with my boss for a full hour, then waiting, shivering and cold, for the Guest of Honour to arrive.
Then it was a frantic rush down to the Botanic Gardens for an outdoorsy wedding dinner (with a mandatory stop-over at Tanglin Mall to pick up some socks... which by the way are my first ankle length socks ever!)
After that, a 2 hour birthday hang-out session with some swing friends at a very nice non-smoky outdoor bar (even if the mosquitos did have a field day), and yummy pork porridge at Maxwell market. A nice end to a hectic day, and it was really nice that everyone took the effort to try and make it.
Today, i dragged L down to Singapore American School to film an audition video for Amazing Race Asia.... which was a whole lot of fun, since we also spent some time monkeying around in the pool with kayaks and surf boards. In the process, I once again confirmed my lousy sense of balance :P
29 in 2 days, but more importantly, H in less than 3 weeks!
Ajantis is breezing a shoot
I worked from 1-6pm, travelling over the entire island for 3 different events. The highlight had to be running through the pouring rain with my boss for a full hour, then waiting, shivering and cold, for the Guest of Honour to arrive.
Then it was a frantic rush down to the Botanic Gardens for an outdoorsy wedding dinner (with a mandatory stop-over at Tanglin Mall to pick up some socks... which by the way are my first ankle length socks ever!)
After that, a 2 hour birthday hang-out session with some swing friends at a very nice non-smoky outdoor bar (even if the mosquitos did have a field day), and yummy pork porridge at Maxwell market. A nice end to a hectic day, and it was really nice that everyone took the effort to try and make it.
Today, i dragged L down to Singapore American School to film an audition video for Amazing Race Asia.... which was a whole lot of fun, since we also spent some time monkeying around in the pool with kayaks and surf boards. In the process, I once again confirmed my lousy sense of balance :P
29 in 2 days, but more importantly, H in less than 3 weeks!
Ajantis is breezing a shoot
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Stillness and silence on a crowded shore
I have a pathological need to fill up empty spaces. Silence is almost anathema to me, as is a complete lack of movement. That's why I sometimes make inane chatter, and why I absolutely loathe waiting at the bus stop and taking a bus. The start-stop driving of the public bus in heavy traffic drives me insane. Sometimes, it even gets to the point where I start staring daggers at everyone who boards and exits the bus at each bus stop.
This sometimes makes it hard for me to hang out with close friends or with H. Cos my neurotic brain thinks that there should be ABSOLUTELY no silence at all since we're so close, and I end up nattering away even though all they really want is to hang out in comfortable silence. A friend said once that the sign of a good friendship/relationship is the ability to have comfortable silence. That's so true. I just need to remind myself of that from time to time.
This weekend was the first time in 2 months where I didn't have any major work to do and had no major events to attend (except for the Yue Opera concert... that's 2.5 hours of my life that i'll never get back again... more on that in a later post). So relaxing. I had forgotten what it had felt like.
Some other highlights from this week :
My colleagues made fun of me this week again for using another big word. This time it was quid pro quo. Apparently they are keeping a log book of all the big phrases i'm using, and it's already up to more than 10 words. -.-
Performance rehearsal has been a bit strange lately. Still haven't mastered most of the aerials, without which I can't do quite a few of the choreos. Part of it is just muscle awareness and body control, which I have always not been so good at (that's the klutz in me emerging). But it's still fun and interesting to do lindy in a performance/choreo context. Ah well.
25 more days. Then it will be H, H and more H! Along with an actual NYC vacation (unlike the 1-day affairs it has been in the past), a little bit of swing, a dash of musicals, and just some solid quality relationship time.
Ajantis is about to start nattering again....
This sometimes makes it hard for me to hang out with close friends or with H. Cos my neurotic brain thinks that there should be ABSOLUTELY no silence at all since we're so close, and I end up nattering away even though all they really want is to hang out in comfortable silence. A friend said once that the sign of a good friendship/relationship is the ability to have comfortable silence. That's so true. I just need to remind myself of that from time to time.
This weekend was the first time in 2 months where I didn't have any major work to do and had no major events to attend (except for the Yue Opera concert... that's 2.5 hours of my life that i'll never get back again... more on that in a later post). So relaxing. I had forgotten what it had felt like.
Some other highlights from this week :
My colleagues made fun of me this week again for using another big word. This time it was quid pro quo. Apparently they are keeping a log book of all the big phrases i'm using, and it's already up to more than 10 words. -.-
Performance rehearsal has been a bit strange lately. Still haven't mastered most of the aerials, without which I can't do quite a few of the choreos. Part of it is just muscle awareness and body control, which I have always not been so good at (that's the klutz in me emerging). But it's still fun and interesting to do lindy in a performance/choreo context. Ah well.
25 more days. Then it will be H, H and more H! Along with an actual NYC vacation (unlike the 1-day affairs it has been in the past), a little bit of swing, a dash of musicals, and just some solid quality relationship time.
Ajantis is about to start nattering again....
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