Turn Back the Clock

Remember I mention about Donny and Marie Osmond show in one of my entries in the blog?!?! Well... I happen to come across a DVD that contains 4 episodes of the show and had impulsively bought it. Just finish watching it... The chemistry between the brother and sister is really there and Donny seem to be nice enough to allow all the ribbing from Marie. Some of them were really good (in those time frame), but after watching, actually, no, even when I was watching the DVD, what came to me was this thought in my head - "You mean I actually watched these shows and like it?!?!"

Maybe it's the timing, I mean it has been what, almost 30 years since the airing of the show series, and I guess our taste changes as we grow older, but you know, some of the shows were really cheesy! I supposed it's does not look like it during that time, but I also realised that I cannot remember anything from the show, except a fragment of one of the shows where they were spoofing from Star Wars! In the DVD, for one of the show, they were obviously spoofing from Grease with The Palace of Sludge. Imagine, this show survived 4 years of airtime! Maybe it seems good enough at that point of time, but I am not certain if they would even survive a year now if they were to have it in this day and age...

Kind of makes me wonder... In another 30 years time, if we are still alive, what would we make of the "in" things at this moment? Would we cringe and wonder what were we thinking at that time? Expanding it further, how would you feel about how you had live your life, if you were to look back into your live 30 years down the road? Would you have, at times, wished you could somehow turn back the time and chose to walk another path? Whatever decisions we made now, it will have an impact in how we live our lives, and how our future will be. It may seem right or even correct at this point of time, however, X years down the road, when everything has settled, would you look back and say it's the correct/right thing to do? Maybe, maybe not.

As I stand on a crossroad, contemplating on what would come next, I cannot help but to reflect on my working life, how it started and how the road twist and turn, and at times it seems to be far fetched, and yet, at times, it seemed right... I kind of wonder what lies ahead - how will it be reveled itself in this latest twist and turn - have I held on too tightly, that the stake has now become too high that my focus is no longer correct?

New Directions required....

It's official... The higher management has, in 1 stroke, has given the straw to break the camel's back... They have given a "leadership" award to a manager who has not shown any leadership skills; and in that act, upset the entire team under that manager. As one of them asked - "What did (the person) do?" (as in what did the person put in to justify the award). The projects has gone live, in spite of no direction, no help from the manager; but to give an award to the person that has the tag of "leadership" was an insult for team. A highly self-motivated team, who in their own principle works toward trying to satisfy customer, with all the appendices they faced; now felt betrayed and no longer felt they need to strive anymore.

Since they are motivated by their own principles, and the environment has no longer given them the mandate and recognition of their sacrifice and hard work, they are now "motivated" to find pastures somewhere else.

Spring (Erm... Late Summer, I mean) Cleaning in Progress

My place is finally no longer "under construction"... The last of the painters has left, the new aircon is in placed... The living room no longer looks cool, but warm... I seems to see lavender, well, if I can find a blank space to stare at, in the rooms... That signals the start of "spring" cleaning session.

The place was done rather quickly and not to my inconvenience... How can it be an inconvenience when you are not in town to be in the middle of it!?!? Yup, I was out of town again for work and during this time, thankfully, my aunt was around to help in "supervising" the work... So, by the time I came back, most of the work is done. I had to endure another 2 days - one to place the new curtain railing and another day for the painters to patch up whatever work that needs to be done...

Now the major task (for me) is to sift through and "shredding" all the letters which accumulated for 3 or more years *blush*... I have not even finish a pack (as in 1 big plastic bag holding maybe a few months of mails), and my fingers are already complaining... I need to get a shredder to do this job... I don't think my fingers can take another 8 or more bags!!!

More things are coming in... New TV table (yes, I am moving my placement of the plasma TV), new study desk for my mum's room and new chairs to replace the broken one in my room... Yes, more $$ spent... See, I'm helping the economy to roll - the marketplace already got almost 6k *gasped, wow, now that I have added the sums up* from me and my mum for the new "improvements"...

Sigh... more $$ to spend... Let's see... A book cabinet, a side table, reading lamp, shredder, new light bulbs, and.... etc!!! Maybe I should look for a side line... I am feeling the case of "Money no Enough"!!

Movies that got my attention: Star Wars - The Clone Wars & Quantum of Solace; No, I don't think I am interested in Money No Enough II...