marina barrage, singaporedec 2009
25 December 2009
06 December 2009
05 September 2009
11 August 2009
shoot: quotes from leonardo
athens, greecejuly 07
"every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work, your judgement will be surer. go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is readily seen."
06 June 2009
shoot: tippity tap tap
all work and no playjune 2009
work 1, shuttler 0.
the shuttler has succumbed to the pressures of everything else. or perhaps she had just been holding on for too long and now that everything is over, everything came crashing down. including her health.
this episode has served very much as a shrill reminder for the shuttler to take better care of her health, and that work is not everything. alarm bells have been ringing for quite some time and she had chosen to ignore them, and now that they have become something that she cant get rid of, she's stuck with them for the rest of her life. really brings a new meaning to "asking for it" isn't it?
now is a good time for the shuttler to realign her priorities in life, to find the right direction in life and to walk, and not rush, towards it.
and this really does mean making full body checkups an annual affair.
31 May 2009
shoot: one helluva ride
it has been quite a hell of a roller coaster ride these couple of months for the shuttler. work has been absolutely crazy and all that rush for her assignments did nothing to alleviate the situation. she's found herself crumbling under the immense pressure and stress, and for the first time in life, she actually felt a loss of control of events in her life.but now that everything's sorta over (for now!), the shuttler is more than ready to take a break, escape from all this madness and live on a beach on her own for a while. except that it will all just be a dream of fantasy at this very point in time. work committments are not allowing a break just as yet, but she's looking forward to a short little break at the end of the month. cant wait!
whatever that comes down can only go back up. and the shuttler is waiting patiently for that day to happen. she hopes her patience pays off well.
30 April 2009
28 April 2009
shoot: of heat and pigs
changi airport terminal three, singaporeapr 2009
it was as if there was some party going on at the third terminal the other weekend when the shuttler was there. it was extremely crowded everywhere, especially the dining places (no surprise, given that it was almost dinner time when the shuttler stepped into the terminal). guess everyone was escaping from the sweltering heat outside, choosing to remain in the spacious and cooling terminal.
the swine flu that has gotten the entire world on high alert has occupied a good half of the daily news bulletin. the shuttler's guess is that everyone would be affected at one point in time, given that most of the shuttler's friends are in the healthcare industry. friends who are busy scuttling writing travel advisory, doing triage checks, working in direct contact with patients, and even planning emergency responses - no place and no chance of escape.
good thing that this time round, the nation is prepared to fight the swine flu, to keep it beyond our shores. thermal scanners appeared almost the very next day at various immigration checkpoints and at the hospital where the shuttler works. all hospital staff are expected to do urgent mask fitting if they have yet done so, and all are to don masks especially at the front line.
the tension is in the air.
and meanwhile, the shuttler and prodi, together with another friend of theirs would be escaping the shores to the nearby countries for a relaxing holiday. not quite the time to relax, but nothing can be done since the holiday has already been planned.
all they can do, is cross their fingers and hope very hard that the health alert would not be raised.
the swine flu that has gotten the entire world on high alert has occupied a good half of the daily news bulletin. the shuttler's guess is that everyone would be affected at one point in time, given that most of the shuttler's friends are in the healthcare industry. friends who are busy scuttling writing travel advisory, doing triage checks, working in direct contact with patients, and even planning emergency responses - no place and no chance of escape.
good thing that this time round, the nation is prepared to fight the swine flu, to keep it beyond our shores. thermal scanners appeared almost the very next day at various immigration checkpoints and at the hospital where the shuttler works. all hospital staff are expected to do urgent mask fitting if they have yet done so, and all are to don masks especially at the front line.
the tension is in the air.
and meanwhile, the shuttler and prodi, together with another friend of theirs would be escaping the shores to the nearby countries for a relaxing holiday. not quite the time to relax, but nothing can be done since the holiday has already been planned.
all they can do, is cross their fingers and hope very hard that the health alert would not be raised.
20 April 2009
04 April 2009
22 March 2009
shoot: a total wreck
bangkokmar 2008
the shuttler has a love-hate relationship with driving. driving is a highly stressful, multi-tasking, extremely sensory stimulating activity that the shuttler's poor little heart cannot quite take. especially not when she has an instructor who yells at every single mistake she makes, thus resulting in even more mistakes, as she reels back in horror at his yelling.
sigh. and she wonders how on earth she is going to pass the driving test and be a safe driver on the roads in another one and a half month's time.
21 March 2009
15 February 2009
26 January 2009
18 January 2009
shoot: 2009
hong kong international airportaug 2008
barely three weeks into the new year and the shuttler already has a bad vibe about the year.
2008 had been a year where the shuttler found herself to have grown a little - in interpersonal relationships, in friendships, in knowledge and clinical skills, in managment practice, in self restraint and even that irritating flabby tummy due to her sedentary lifestyle. and yes, the shuttler is one hell of a lazy slob who rather spends her time paying off her sleep debt (and accumulating some ahead of time, since she doesn't get enough during the work week!) than to work those pathetic, almost non-existent muscles of hers.
but it also did see the shuttler being dragged along to the gym to work those muscles out a little towards the end of the year and setting a new year resolution (which she hasn't really been following, despite it only being about three weeks into the new year...) to use the gym thrice a week. a weak attempt to maintain a healthy lifestyle, to keep some of those muscles working and prevent herself from turning into a slob. weak but at least an attempt of some sort still.
work had been pretty satisfying most of the year, with plenty of opportunities to develop the shuttler's career. however, the missed opportunity did mar the otherwise clean record a little and the shuttler was indeed disappointed at how things turned out. but like they all say, there's always the next chance.
on the other aspects of the shuttler's life, she doesn't have much to comment about. some things are better left unsaid. others have no need to be said. so that's that.
the shuttler hopes that 2009 would turn out to be a much better year, not taking into consideration how the first three weeks had turned out to be.
happy new year folks. may you have a good year ahead!
2008 had been a year where the shuttler found herself to have grown a little - in interpersonal relationships, in friendships, in knowledge and clinical skills, in managment practice, in self restraint and even that irritating flabby tummy due to her sedentary lifestyle. and yes, the shuttler is one hell of a lazy slob who rather spends her time paying off her sleep debt (and accumulating some ahead of time, since she doesn't get enough during the work week!) than to work those pathetic, almost non-existent muscles of hers.
but it also did see the shuttler being dragged along to the gym to work those muscles out a little towards the end of the year and setting a new year resolution (which she hasn't really been following, despite it only being about three weeks into the new year...) to use the gym thrice a week. a weak attempt to maintain a healthy lifestyle, to keep some of those muscles working and prevent herself from turning into a slob. weak but at least an attempt of some sort still.
work had been pretty satisfying most of the year, with plenty of opportunities to develop the shuttler's career. however, the missed opportunity did mar the otherwise clean record a little and the shuttler was indeed disappointed at how things turned out. but like they all say, there's always the next chance.
on the other aspects of the shuttler's life, she doesn't have much to comment about. some things are better left unsaid. others have no need to be said. so that's that.
the shuttler hopes that 2009 would turn out to be a much better year, not taking into consideration how the first three weeks had turned out to be.
happy new year folks. may you have a good year ahead!
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