The unbearable lightness of Jedi mind tricks

Been a busy busy month!

Spent a week in London with mom and H. Surprisingly, mom did not get on my nerves as much, perhaps because H was there. I did, however, end up being guilt-tripped by mom several times who would say that H was a better son than I was -.- H observed that i started becoming snippy only towards the end, which was true. Don't get me wrong. I love my mom lots, but i guess i have a love-hate relationship with the way she tries to take care of my every need. It's nice to have someone take care of you, but it's also extremely annoying when that translates into an ignorance of your personal space! (case in point : reaching over to check what kind of potato chips i was eating on the plane!!!)

London was fun. Weather was good, and sunny (surprisingly!) and we walked all around town. In fact, mom was a real trooper, walking all over with us. We visited a ton of museums, as well as a lot of the well known attractions like Greenwich and Tower of London. My favorite two were Borough Market (tons of great artisanal food!) and Gordon Ramsey! Gordon Ramsey was truly a 3 star Michelin experience. Every dish was flavorful, and the service gave new meaning to the term "food theatre". The waiters would literally be inspected before they were allowed to serve you in unison.... Funny thing was, everyone kept asking me if i saw the ill-tempered Mr. Ramsey haranguing people in the kitchen.

What was not so fun : the prices. I ended up multiplying everything by three, which made prices astronomically high in Sing dollars. Case in point : Gordon Ramsey, dinner for 2 = 360 pounds or 1080 bucks....

We then came back to Singapore, where i got to spend a week with H. We ran the half marathon together. Although it was a little disappointing that H couldn't run it straight through, i was happy that we finished it together. During the time in Singapore, we also picked up my new car, a Lexus IS 250. Way too posh a car for me, although i have to have it for work. That said, it does treat me really nice. I'll aways miss my cute little Honda Jazz (aka Duke), but the Lexus (aka Basie) is quite a step up. Took me a while to get used to the different dimensions, and i'm still paranoid about scratching it, but Basie sure drives nice.

While H was in town, i also experienced the unfamiliar sensation of being torn between work and relationship. Maybe it's because i'm a lot more engaged with this job, but i found myself sneaking out of bed in the morning to get some work done, which was bizarre. I think that i'm definitely gonna have to schedule date time when H comes here in April next year so i don't end up sacrificing relationship for work.

Went back to work in September, and started the big transition this month along with a whole crapload of work. Just finally got some time to breathe, and now i need to think through how i need to lead in the next phase of my career.

Ok, that's a long enough update for now.

Ajantis is breathing, and pilate-ing, and yoga-ing, but is too stiff