David's Muses

Au Revoir 2009, Bonjour 2010

2wentys0mething — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:02:47 +0000

new yr eve’s party at Carmen’s place with the LG was fuzzily warm, with great food prepared by MasterChefs Reagan + Val & Mum. Had a time of SOP sharing towards the countdown minute.

Question of the day: Breakthroughs & regrets for 2009, and hopes for 2010.

Thoroughly enjoyed myself with fun people and funny games. While playing Charades, we had to guess a person, acted out by Diana (the word was “loanshark”). She immediately pointed to her husband….rofl! Yet in another act, someone pointed to us (grouped according to gender) repeatedly. Chris, in all “innocence”, volunteered: “handsome!”… “macho!”…. “hunks!” LOL. Not that i beg to differ btw ^^

Ruminations on breakthroughs….

2009 has been significant for me, at least in terms of my growth as a person. I reckon that 2009 was the year that i have grown in character quite a fair bit, more so than the amount of growth i have put together in my previous 10yrs in church – any coincidence that it also happens to be the year in which i’ve experienced the most heartache and refinement? 2009 was big for me indeed.

Ruminations on regrets….
Seriously…. no regrets. None. I am the sum of all my experiences. I don’t regret anything i have done this year. Someone asked me recently what 6 words would i like, to sum up my life at the end of it. I thought through for a bit, and came out with this:

Lived to the fullest. No regrets.

Ruminations on hopes and dreams for 2010….
Anticipating even bigger and greater things to come! If 2009 was anything to go by, 2010 should be a blast! =) I end my term in May, so i have a few options lined up after that, however, not all options direct my return to Singapore (for now). Seriously need to wait and pray, and see how situations pan themselves out in the days to come.

An apt song to the end of a year and the start of all things new

Excuse me Mrs Busybody

2wentys0mething — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:07:30 +0000

Dreams

2wentys0mething — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:33:14 +0000

“As children we assume that greatness is within our grasp. Whatever inspires us, we begin to dream that one day we will be the best. It is only as we lose our childlike innocence that we begin to settle for far less. A part of growing up seems to be acquiescing to mediocrity. It’s easy to say that we’re just becoming realistic, that it’s just a part of growing up. But, in fact, it’s the death of our souls. When we stop dreaming, we start dying. For some of us, this has been a slow, painful death. Others are just walking dead. They died a long time ago, and it’s nothing less than a freak of nature that they’re still breathing”

- Erwin McManus (Soul Cravings)

Passion….

2wentys0mething — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:48:59 +0000

….is something that you will continue doing, even when no one else in the world knows about it, ever.

What captures your passion?

nfwoenfwoifnweioneg

2wentys0mething — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:35:49 +0000

~~Knowledge Management & Innovation~~

~~International Business~~

~~HRM Techniques~~

~~Asian Business~~

~~International Financial Management~~

Globalisation

YATAAAA!!!

5 more papers.

2wentys0mething — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:46:08 +0000

i can do it!

Fasting

2wentys0mething — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:36:44 +0000

came across this post on fasting by Ps Kong of CHC, makes for a good read, and inspires me to want to pray and fast more, esp after his explanation on the topic, which debunked many myths (about fasting) that we might have believed in

Chillin’

2wentys0mething — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:04:54 +0000

Hola Madrid!

2wentys0mething — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:53:00 +0000

Went to Madrid last weekend! Last leg of my traveling for this year (i think – HAHA). Overall, not a bad place, pretty metropolitan, nothing very touristy, but enjoyable nonetheless! Highlight of the trip has to be catching Spain vs Argentina live. Totally aweshome!

How come he becomes a top striker only in Spain har? In Atletico Madrid’s football store at its stadium

Callao y Bocadillo de Calamares (Beef Tripe & Calamari Sandwich) – both are Madrid dishes apparently… nothing to shout about honestly – just beef tripe & fried sotong on bread only…. Old Chang Kee also have….buy French loaf from Delifrance lor…

Now THIS is something to shout about! Chocolate con Churros – a Madrid dish as well… but oh man… heavenly. Erh, it tastes like yew char kway dipped in hot chocolate whose texture is somewhere between hot chocolate and chocolate fudge… yummy!

Take el Espanol yew char kway….

……break and dip it into a heavenly chocolate drink….

…..and proceed to put into mouth…..

Mission Accomplished!

What exactly is a fried chicken ball…?? It ain’t what i think it is…. right….?

Got this for takeaway before visiting Santiago Bernebeu… don’t let the picture fool you… one of the best chicken i have ever tasted…no kidding!

Touching the pitch that Kaka and co ply their trade on

…..in the Real Madrid press room….
“Coach…which club do you think is the best on the planet?”

“good question… in my opinion i have to say MANCHESTER UNITED…no arguments there”

lol….i’m amusing myself

heh =p

but seriously, i think the club must have a narcissism complex or something… everywhere you go in the stadium, you see one sign or a banner affirming their dominance as the no 1 club in the world, or best in this or best in that, won more trophies than any other club etc… i mean, ok lar… it’s good to feel good about yourself, but truth is they have been really rubbish for a few years already. Barcelona won the treble last year and their museum didn’t even mention it much! Real got bankrolled by the king for the best players, and their few trophies won haven’t exactly justified their cash outlay… still talk so much… seriously…they sound like some club who keep talking about their 18 championships even though dinosaurs were still roaming the earth when they won their last one.

Saw this on the way out in the metro station…. do you see what i see?

No? Look again….

lol

Saw some interesting prohibitive signs in the metro too…

No praising/affirming

No mambo

Highlight of the trip! Spain vs Argentina live! What a treat!

The Legendary Maradona – this one’s for you PJ!

=D

More pictures on flickr. Ciao!

Don’t Stop the Music

2wentys0mething — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:35:25 +0000

this thrashes Rhianna’s version!