Time waits for no man. How true.
In a blink of an eye, it's been exactly a year since I started this blog.
And exactly a year since I celebrated my auspicious-sounding birthday.
So I thought I'll drop a quick note to pat myself on the back, and say how proud I am of this little achievement: to have maintained this blog for 365 days and counting.. haha.
And from the dribbles of comments left by friends on the blog, I hope I can assume there are people who are interested (or don't mind) finding out what I have to offer in blogosphere.
For my "loyal supporters", thank you very much for dropping by and leaving your comments. I truly appreciate them. All your comments are the fuel that keep this blog going!
Right, I'm one year older today! So, what's the big deal?!
After all, someone once said that age is just a number, and it's all MIND over MATTER.
If you don't MIND, it doesn't MATTER ;)
I once read that you're only as young as your spine (or your back, or something like that).
I've been troubled by a bad back for the past one month, so according to this belief, I guess I'm officially older now, never mind how young my heart (or my mind) is!
For the past couple of years, I have experienced occasional flashes of light, and I often thought to myself if I am about to lose sight of my.. erm.. sight.
I also had a mysterious, if rather scary, UTI experience 3 months ago that made me wonder if middle age has really caught up with me sooner than I imagined.
As part of the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle, I often make the conscious effort to use the stairs in favour of the lift, especially for lower floors, thoroughly enjoying every step along the way.
For the past couple of years, however, I noticed I started deep panting even before reaching the half way mark.
I used to be able to stay up till the wee hours of the morning, and then go to school or work without any "hangovers". Well, not anymore, man. Whoever says age is just a number must be kidding me! Ha
Well, even if I really can't do the same thing more efficiently now, at least I can try to do different things, right?! Haha..
Within the span of one year, I've done couple of different things or experienced new stuff - FOR THE FIRST TIME in my life.
In some ways, I think I have managed to live it a little more differently than all of past 10 years put together.
Hmm.. Let me see... Looking back... Besides setting up this humble blog of mine, I have ...
1. experienced back problems (never so serious, anyway)
2. experienced UTI (never in my life)
3. left a stable sales career (after 10 years)
4. sold my car and switched to public transport (after 13 years)
5. written an article for online publication (idm.sg)
6. attended as many as 3 different photography classes (within the same month)
7. taken photos for friends in a photography studio (and got paid for them!)
8. got my photo works published online (singaporemediafusion.com)
9. got my photo works published in local magazines (8Days, i-weekly, Manja)
10. got my photo works published in a foreign magazine (EDGE)
11. taken photos for an actual day wedding (as a paid job)
12. had my photographs displayed at two photo exhibitions (at my photo school)
13. ridden on the Singapore Duck Tour (courtesy of god-family)
14. gone on prawn-fishing at Bottle Tree Village (again, courtesy of god-family)
15. downed 6 glasses of different wines on a single evening (courtesy of Chewy Chew)
16. visited Turkey (didn't spot any turkey there!)
17. visited Russia (spotted many russians there!)
Yes, it's true.. the above experiences took place for the very first time in my life within the last "birthday" year (not in any chronological order, of course.) I am sure there are more that I have missed out.. And I'm sure there are several more to come.
Anyway... Today, I allowed myself a lazy Sunday morning and woke up after 9.
To wake myself up, I staggered to the ipod, turned it on, and by chance, this song came right out of the speakers.
It's an inspiring song by Eason Chen, singing about life.
It's not that I'm hearing it for the first time. In fact, I've been listening to his new album for a while (his songs are really cool).
But I must be getting funny ideas in my head today, because I thought he was singing about me, and speaking right to me!
Wonder what came over me this morning.. I went out of the house, as if today's the first day of the Chinese New Year, sporting a brand new shirt and brand new pants (with the tags freshly torn off)... Oh, that makes number 18 on the list: wearing new clothes on my birthday! Heh heh.
Just wanna say "thanks" to all family and friends who have relentlessly provided me the moral (and sometimes "financial"!) support. I feel blessed to have you guys around for the journey.
Here are the lyrics to the song. Hope you enjoy the music and get some inspirations too.
穿過人潮洶湧 燈火欄柵 沒有想過回頭
一段又一段走不完的旅程 甚麼時候能走完
噢 我的夢代表甚麼 又是甚麼讓我們不安
That’s just life 尋找夢裡的未來
That’s just life 笑對現實的無奈
不能後退的時候 不再傍徨的時候
永遠向前 路一直都在
穿過一塊黎明 一片黑暗 沒有想過回頭
一段又一段走不完的旅程 甚麼時候能習慣
噢 我的夢代表甚麼 又是甚麼讓我們期盼
That’s just life 尋找夢裡的未來
That’s just life 笑對現實的無奈
不能後退的時候 不再傍徨的時候
永遠向前 路一直都在
看不清的路又算甚麼 看不清的夢又算甚麼
就算走到盡頭又能算甚麼 能算甚麼
That’s just life 尋找夢裡的未來
That’s just life 笑對現實的無奈
不能後退的時候 不再傍徨的時候
永遠向前 路一直都在
That’s just life 徘徊到不再徘徊
That’s just life 重來到不怕重來
沒有選擇的時候 不能選擇的時候
永遠向前 路一直都在
