And so, someone looked at me with suspicion and asked if I have been told of being naive... and idealistic...
I wonder if I should hold one synonymous to the other. hmmm.... anyway...
No. No. I am not offended, but I thought it interesting that anyone should say that of me... In any case, I think that frees me from complexity, artifice and the pretentiousness of the world.. and I actually think that sounds great! Okay, that's probably living out of the realm of the practical world, but who cares, really?
Who wants to live in a dog eat dog world where your ears get snapped at if you were to be just a tad careless... If being alienated from the guile and sham of the world, can make anyone any happier, I'll love to be it.
It may be the IN thing to be the highly effective person, but.... Call me ingenuous, (or be mean and call me an old fogey escapist) but I think it's ingenious to live in a little ideal and pampered world where I do not have to try means striving to be that most effective being, functioning in what is called the practical world...
I guess my utopia is a tad different from the others then. While everyone is pursuing the IN labyrinth, the oddball's pursuit is in effective felicity... 
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Yesterday marks the start of my embarking on the start of another year in my life. In face of stepping past quarter-life... Should I, like Hong, subscribe to self-psyche 24, 24, 24? or be like CJ, convinced that the term mid-twenties equals 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29? Woo....perplexing number interpretations.... anyway....
Although I was half in dread at the prospect of turning my back on the last Q, and entering the new one, the phasing in to the other side was surprisingly pleasant. Thanks to the thoughtfulness of EKH, a group of people was gathered to do a little German dinner on Friday with cheer. The delights of the evening dispelled the dread of having to decide how to take on the two and past 5 ageing figure.
Nothing beats a good company. My heart's deepest appreciation goes to the people who had accompanied me through Friday and Saturday to spend a little time. BIG thanks to my good friend, Hong, for spending the whole half of the Saturday with me in glee even though bogged with tireness from your other commitments... Girlfriends are really fantastic beings.... And of cos, to SH too for travelling down from Seng Kang... Hong told me it ain't that on-the-way really.... so yes, I do think I owe you one big THANKS too!
For a long time since school time, I have never felt as remembered. Really, at that moment's freeze, the thoughts and the little touch of love communicated had bless me greatly.
The unanticipated showers of little gifts - from girlie stuffs like chains & pendant, Bloom toiletries that cannot be found in S'pore, and a bag, to a book & gadget-y MuVo for pleasure - had sure been overwhelming. Not forgetting too, the cards and texts that came in on the day actual...
It seemed that the new Q started on a blissful note (at least for me) and I do hope the good start will sustain through the coming days. It would never have been possible if not for the affection of the people who tread on the path with me. Thanks a bunch, Everyone!**
