First of all, I just wanna say we're all pretty much parting ways now after VK's recent departure. It was sad that I couldn't meet up with him before I left for KL nor could The PotatoSLAMmers be there to have dinner with him just before he takes off for Aussie.
I did make the effort of getting internet on the night before VK goes to Brunei the following morning to catch his flight, and tried to gather the remaining of us online to chat him goodbye and wish him off to a good start. But it was a total fail as Bui kept dc-ing perpetually and Bel couldn't even get into his msn because their line was very much unstable.And Rol - dude, where were you XD Sadly, I was the only one to see VK offline. Oh well, at least we tried! Despite it all, on behalf of the PotatoSLAMmers, I wish VK and Jayme best of luck in their survival in Aussie and enjoy to the fullest of the cheap pizzas there before they got sienz of it.
I've just a my warm shower since a long time. Ahhhh sizzle.
My flight was a bit lucu lah. Apart from the delay by Airasia which was considered to be normal and expected of, I was pretty much in the air by 8pm. Over the radio, the flight attendant was talking about the usual safety protocols and an introduction about the plane, the flight number, the place, and the captain of the plane whose name was....- That's when the radio paused or rather, it got cut off. My assumption was that at that moment, the rookie co-captains were duelling down the stakes of captainship...with a game of rock-paper-scissors.
After the commercial break, the captain spoke over the radio with his jolly merry tone since it was the new year mood, swings tend to be about the corner. I mentioned it was around 8pm. So you should very well know how bright the day was at this hour.
Captain : "And on the left we have Kuantan, Pahang whilst on the Rrrright there's the DataRrrran Titiwangsa. Now we'Rrrre flying over the South China Sea heading stRrrraight to MiRrrri International AiRrrrport."
Dude. How could you miss the Rrrr on InteRrrrnational.
But really? It was nighttime with hardly any light in the sky and he's telling info about a mountain range to my right, like we would know.
Even if he said there's a fat dude in a tight red suit riding on a snow-sledge bought from eBay and being pulled by 6 jetpacked-reindeers, all-in-all, was cruising under the plane and stealing the cargo to fill his large red sack for God-knows-what reason, like hell we would know.
Unless, the right turbine engine lights up like a christmas tree in the pitch black sky, then yeah, I would know.
Ever got a feeling of regret? Like something we would remember because it did or did not happen?
Well, I believe that regrets are the worst possible memories. But there are two types of regrets.
One being the result of trying and making a mistake which is deemed regrettable. Another one being the result of not trying at all and you WISHED YOU COULD have done it/do something at that moment.
The latter, in my opinion, is the worse.
When a window of opportunity is ajar, you might be able to spot it when the room(your situation) starts to get a little bit breezy. Like talking to others, taking the opportunity to meet new people. The only regrets are: "Oh damn, I shouldn't have said this or done that".
But it goes down into your memory, and you learn from that, right?
Imagine the opposite scenario: You don't bloody care what goes on around you. In fact, every day is like a normal day. And normal days don't go into your memory. Because life is like a picture book with chapters of imprinted thoughts both happy and sad, memorable or delusional. But you decide how big of a picture book you want because you're both the author and the illustrator.
So this here is a tip to a better and more meaningful life: Move, Think twice but not thrice, Go because you're not moving fast enough due to hesitation. And the results will unfold, good or bad, that's your luck and skill.
Bottomline is, you tried. That's all that counts. Really.
A life with less(I won't say without) regrets is a happy life which means
->a life well lived -> a happier death.
Yeah, bet you can't look at death any more optimistic than that, huh?
You'd better watch me shine
Tomorrow, nan sesanggwa ssawo ssawo igyeo
Tomorrow, naneun namanui giri isseo
Tomorrow, geudaewa ip matchuneul haneun
Tomorrow, now I can do it for sure
I can make it right, I can make it right
Tomorrow, nan sesanggwa ssawo ssawo igyeo
Tomorrow, naneun namanui giri isseo
Tomorrow, geudaewa ip matchuneul haneun
Tomorrow, now I can do it for sure
I can make it right, I can make it right
I wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day and a Happy (Chinese) New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
hach
