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?)