Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Who Moved My Cheese?

"Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us."

A.J Cronin


I know my mum was very disappointed when I told her that I will not be celebrating Christmas either in Kuching or Penang this year. I decided to have a quiet X'mas in KL - to rejuvenate, re-energise and "reshape" my body, mind and soul. Huhuhu ... sound so holistic. In actual fact I was having the time of my life, indulging in sinful luxury of sloth -"eat, sleep and shit" - just like Jimmy Hiew will described it. 4 days into the lazy mode ... now getting out of bed already felt like hard labour. So much of the idea of "reshaping"... makinlah I "out of shape". Oh I am so going to Hell!

All my half-read books. As of today, just finish the first 2.

Many people will think I might be out of my mind - celebrating X'mas all alone. Just imagine yourself celebrating Hari Raya - far away from home or sebatang kara. Anyway, one thing I am proud of being "Mie" is that I can choose to celebrate either Chinese New Year, Christmas or Gawai Dayak (Harvest Festival) so I'll make it up to my mum next year CNY. I have to admit though that I really miss my Gina and little Maegan. Especially when my mum relate to me the story when Gina mispronounced "Grandma is tired" to "Grandma expired" and how she tried to help my sister Florence putting Maegan to sleep, ended up being the one sleeping.


I have good reason for a "Silent Night" Christmas this year. I have come to a point in my life when I found "my cheese" is depleting and if I don't start playing "Scurry" and "Sniff" then I will ended like Hem when my cheese moved. I started noticing it when I found myself kept "procrastinating" applying for Masters. Then the dilemma of doing it locally or overseas. But yang paling-paling need my special attention - do I want to settle down? (I do, I do, I do, I do -Mamma Mia!)

Honestly 9 years ago, I made a 10 -year master-plan for my life ending 7 September 2010. Part of that plan was did my Masters and settle down with 2 babies (hehehe) before age 33. But then of course, sometimes many things never go as planned and I did have my lowest moments which affect that master plan. Unfortunately during those meltdowns, you just didn't have the energy to review the changes and execute alternative plans and so I ended up asking myself last birthday ... what next? But you knowlah ... typical "Mie" ... I will think about it next year (just like the line in Gone with The Wind)

I haven't drafted the next decade plan yet. But I am definitely not going to lead my life AUTOPILOT. Kena travel lah tahun depan ... kena test international market pulak (bak kata si Jethro and Emel).

12 comments:

Jett said...

nang menar...try kat pasaran antarabangsa pulak.

Si Yoyop Bah... said...

We all need to settle down, to get the taste of Mmmmmm...aaammaaaa... ntah 'mia' dpt sbt ke tak?. Hahahaha

Cikgoo Jasz said...

statement terbaru gina. "Grandma is fat"

rambomadonna said...

Jett: Nok lawaknya Jett, I memang akan test pasaran antarabangsa mulai tahun depan. Tapi negara pertama akan kulawat next year, kampung sebelah jak .. Indonesia.

Nanggalah mun ada nok kedak2 Ariel Peter Pan kah, Once Dealova kah hehehe

rambomadonna said...

SOLmate: Harap2 bisa ketemu yang "DIOS MIO" (Oh My God) ... wink wink!

SeMiN said...

yipppieeee! Rambo is penetrating international market! ;-))))

rambomadonna said...

Cikgu Jasz: Sapa ajar nyebut "Grandma is fat"???? Ingat ku when Joan terkejut bila I asked Gina ..."what do you have for lunch today?"

"B*biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" she shrieked.

rambomadonna said...

Semin: Pasaran tempatan dah full so terpaksalah test pasaran antarabangsa lah pulak hehehe

Jett said...

well...cuba try test market serantau lok ho..emel pun dah tgh try market pilipin. hehehhee

rambomadonna said...

Jett: Biar benar emel ya... sapa ndak kah "pilak" yang bertuah ya hehehe. Bukannya tgh test market Nepal kah few months ago hahaha!

Nampak gaya aku kena lah test market Indon dolok. Lekak Indon boleh lah test market Thailand ... sawadeee!

Jett said...

menar la...malas aku nak ulas lebih pjg sb spt kata artis2 msia "masih mengenal hati budi masing2"

Jett said...

me...mun ko nak try test international market di indon yg iras2 ariel peterpan ya, iboh jauh. kat kl melambak2 stok2 muka ala2 ariel. time ko pegi visit construction sites, pjg2kan la leher, sure ada kok ketemu.

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