Dear friends,

To those who made futile attempts to get me on the hp/online, I am very very sorry for the fact that I was out of touch almost the whole of last week especially over the weekend. I gotta admit that it was a deliberate move to remove myself temporarily from the network.

With my SGH X700 kept out of sight and all work-related issues completely cast aside, (if it can actually help to justify my momentary disappearance) I spent 2 quality days with me and myself. And at no time did I feel "lonely" or "lost"; it was really about finding peace with myself all over again which is something I needed so badly and should have done for myself ages ago.

It is darn right shocking to realise just how much anguish and other unhealthy emotions had accumulated in me all these while. I can't name anything that I HAD NOT sworn at for the past months, really. In particular, to quote what a friend of mine had commented about me, I had let all the fucked up things at work rule my head...and my life...completely. How stupid is that (okie, this is a statement not a question, k)? As defined by dictionary.com, a "job" is a specific task done for an agreed price. What I am doing right now is certainly not the most monetarily rewarding task a graduate should expect, however it is in some ways experientially gratifying. Despite that, I still do not believe in living and breathing work (especially at my "agreed price"). "Work to live, not live to work" - I am already planning my social and individual activities around my work schedule, so why should I even compromise on the quality and quantity time spent with my loved ones? I guess this is where I need to work out this "golden ratio of life" really meticulously...alone by myself.

Allow me to extend my apologies once again to folks who had been trying to reach me for the past week. Well, at least I am now much more sane and nicer to get along with (after this "recuperation period"). All rightie, I see faces of distrust. Please lah, can we all work on the basis of trust? It really makes this world a happier place to live in *winkz*.

PS: I finally finished watching Breakfast at Tiffany's, what can I say, man...Audrey Hepburn is drop dead gorgeous!

--what some might say --
9:30 PM