i'd like to thank my mum, my dad & all the little people i stepped on to get here

i would like to take this opportunity to thank my parents for bringing me up well. there is obviously room for improvement on my part but i think they did a great job overall. maybe a little authoritative at times but hey, it worked. they gave me the freedom i wanted and trusted me to do the right thing. they also didn't try to control me too much, cos i think if they did, i would've rebelled completely.

then again, i'm not that rebellious. within reason lah. like getting multiple piercings, occasionally staying out late and travelling. how tame is that. anyway, i wouldn't be who i am today if not for them so THANK YOU. (obviously i'm not gonna tell this to them face-to-face lah, aiyoh so mushy. i don't do mushy.)

what brought this on, u ask? well i was directed to the blog of an ex- friend by my friend and it chronicled her life thus far, being a twenty-something. she's living it up, partying, having a good time. do i feel like i'm missing out? a little. but at the same time, when i look back at everything that i have achieved thus far, no, i'm not missing out at all. got over the clubbing thing before i even got started properly. partly because i'm self- conscious and can't dance, perhaps. haha.

what i don't understand is why she is not over that kind of lifestyle. i guess i'll never know, being the good girl type. bad girls go everywhere? seems like it. not saying that i'm super good lah, but i'm not baaad. funny how the system can churn out completely different individuals even though we went through the same thing. once i become a full- fledged psychologist i'll conduct an experiment on personalities, environment and behaviour ok.

in the meantime i'll go think of a way to budget my pay so that it will allow me a holiday destination for next year. perth? melbourne? bali? germany? decisions decisions... or perhaps i should get started on my many projects. wahaha.

absolutely genius quote:
"i work for money. if you want loyalty, get a dog."
- hajar's msn nick

speaking of which, my batch will be meeting the ceo of our company on tuesday. wish me luck. i hope i won't seem too blase about him. i'm in this 'couldn't be stuffed' mood right now.