Life

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

Dare Yourself

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

Thoughts?

Overloaded

On cupcakes. So good and so bad 🙂

Some people

I dropped $40 on the street while rushing for the subway. Some woman stopped and returned it to me. So nice 🙂

If you want it

Ask. People are often afraid or uncomfortable asking for things. Particularly help. I had a conversation with my CIO the other day and he brought this up. I think its very valid.

You wonder should I or shouldn’t I. Maybe I can figure it out. Or I shouldn’t bother that person. Or you pass up on something saying to yourself its not that important.

I’m going to try and be more conscious of this for myself going forward. And then same thing for doing. Sometimes you hesistate in doing something. Although I’ve become pretty good at that. At least at work. I do what I want til they tell me not to :p and then I question why not haha

Oh of course all this assumes what you are doing or saying is appropriate and the delivery is also proper.

I’m hungry. Unfortunately I ate my chocolate bar last night so I have nothing in my bag right now. Probably not the best thing for breakfast anyhow.

Wednesday! Weeks been good so far and I have a good feeling about today. 🙂

Blogging on the GO

This is my first mobile blog post. Hopefully I can blog more often now. Assuming I get a seat on the train…

Isn’t it ironic…

Life is a funny funny thing…

Pakora Pakora

Reposting an old post. I wonder whats on my mind… hehe – old post

People up in here tonight
No fighting, no fighting
We got the roza up in here
No fighting, no fighting

Pakora, Pakora

I never really knew that it could taste like this
It makes a man wants to eat that dish
Como se llama (si), bonita (si), mi casa (si, Pakora Pakora), su casa
Pakora, Pakora

Oh baby when your fried like that
You make a person go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my……

…recipe =P

Singapore 2011!

Ok so I’m overdue with posting about my trip, as someone coughliyacough, keeps reminding me. But better late than never right? 🙂

My original plan was for Japan. For obvious reasons that was no longer feasible and I had to change it. The end result, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), and Bangkok (Thailand). To keep the last minute change simple I stuck to those three major cities but it was just amazing. Each had their own highlights, friendly people, and fabulous food! This trip I went with my friend Ali (whom you may remember from my Egypt trip as well) and I was also able to meet up with some friends currently living in Singapore and Bangkok.

Oh on the way we transferred through Chicago

Chicago terminal

And we flew over the north pole!!! well maybe not exactly over the very top, but still it was really cool. sadly, i couldn’t spot a polar bear hehe

Flying over the artic!

The first stop on the trip was Singapore. I was there for…3 days roughly. I really wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought it was going to be a big city but wasn’t sure how much there was really unique to see and do there. I was really pleasantly surprised.

We got there fairly late at night and went for basically a 1am walk around the area. Ended up at a really nice outdoor food court that apparently stays open to 5am. There I had this amazing chill crab.

Chilli Crab!!!

The next two days we covered a lot of ground! China Town, Little India, and Malai Town. Each place had a lot of culture and the markets everyone let me use my bargaining skills haha. Though most of bargaining happened in Bangkok (it was the cheapest place so I saved most of my shopping for then). I loved the colours and how green everything was.

Outdoor Food Court

View from the hotel

Random Market Shot (I love the colours)

Random city shot

China Town

Checkers!

Outside a temple

Inside the temple

Colour Accent inside the temple 🙂

1 more

Little India

Store in Little India

Random market shot

Random Market shot

As much as I love warm weather, dang it was hot though! Had to keep going in malls and inside to escape the heat. The subway was pretty good but occassionally we had to take cabs and I have to say, thats one thing I didn’t like. Its soooo hard to get a cab! The demand is huge but the supply is terrible. I think it’s because the taxi fares are really regulated or something.

So when we weren’t checking out the various city areas. We went to check out the main tourist sites. The Singapore Flyer which is a giant ferris wheel that lets you get an amazing view of the city. Similar to the London Eye. Then we also went to Sentosa. Basically think of an amusement park but really for the whole family. Maybe a small version of disney land with a water area, adventure area, more of a show area, etc. I can only guess since I’ve actually not been to disney land. But ya, it had a lot of different sections. I only checked out a bit but if I had more time I definitely would have done a few more things there.

Inside the singapore flyer

There's a boat on top of a building!

Crazy!

City shot

City shotCity shot

I love this