My mistake & my friends

I made a blunder a couple of days ago. I accidentally sent an e-mail to my entire company. Well, that's the danger when U are a newbie. I was a newbie and nobody told me that leaving the 'TO:' field empty means that such e-mails would be sent to everyone.

Everyone received the mail. Even the dogs down the street got an e-mail from me. Thankfully, it wasn't a funny e-mail or a cranky one. But strangely, no one got back to me that the e-mail was wrongly directed.

I thanked my friends who told me about my blunder over supper. It takes guts to talk about this subject. Only through such situations, has allowed me to discover more about my new-found friends - who they are and their innate kindness.

It doesn't matter if I know just known them or have been friends with them for long. What matters is the bond that strengthens with time.

Today, I discovered my mistake. Today, I discovered my friends.

The best of friends

I watched Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa. Indeed, it is one of the best cartoon shows I ever showed. It wouldn't be a surprise if this movie make headlines for weeks to come. In it, it has all the elements of a great movie - a intriguing plot, 4 main characters & a villian, lotsa humour, top-notch graphics, lively music and unforgettable one-liners.
The story revolved around 4 friends - Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria, who ventured from Central Zoo to Africa. They find themselves in an unfamiliar land. Though each has different encounters & distractions in the greens of Africa, their friendship held strong over time.

There was this scene where Alex told Morty, "He's one in a million. Other zebras are black stripes in white. And you Morty, you are white stripes in black. The point here - How many of us have true friends - friends that will stay there regardless of bad times or good times?

Why 'Quantum of Solace'?

Another James Bond movie - one that is constantly packed with actions. Your heart beats everytime Bond overcomes an obstacle or defeats an enemy. However, this is one interesting story that sets in apart from the earlier Bond movies. That story revolves around "REVENGE'.

Both Bond and Camille have similar agendas; they wanted to kill their targets because they lost someone they love. Their targets are not strangers on the street. These are powerful yet mysterious people who are complex creatures. This made their vengence evident as they went the extra mile to seek justice for the love they lost.

Revenge kills people. Revenge brings you far. Revenge motivates you. What causes all of this? Is it because of the loss of love? If love can cause all this, maybe it is wiser not to love.

Quantum of Solace - deriving that bit of comfort through killing someone; is that how the title came about?

Dreams they really can come true

I watched 'Sing to the Dawn' recently. It was based on a novel written by Ho Minfong. In it, there are many lessons that can be drawn for sharing...

The main character was about this girl, Dawan, who lives in a small rural village in Thailand. But she isn't timid in character, for she fought for what she want. She wanted a scholarship and so she studied her to get it. She won the scholarship, but insisted to keeping it instead of letting her brother have it. She don't believe in taxes to the landlord, so she argued against it. She believed that the land they are on is theirs and not the the landlord, and so she sought the truth.

My thoughts about this movie gave me time for self-reflection. I realised that dreams can really come true. No matter how absurd you think them to be, believing in them is what make life worth living for.

Dreams do come true, but what's my dream?

Being comfortable with myself

How do U know it when you are comfortable with yourself? Are there a way to gauge when you feel comfortable about what you do, where you work and what you really are?

Someone recently asked me about my new job. I told a lie - I told them about my previous job - I stayed at my previous job for only a month. After all, I did not want him to know about my consecutive job change. I hopped onto this current job, because I didn't like many aspects of my previous job. But to announce to the world that I changed job within a matter of weeks - is an issue I am currently tackling with. Am I not comfortable with myself?

Maybe it depends on who I tell. Maybe I am sceptical. Maybe people will gossip about me. Maybe they will label me as a job-hopper. There are so many 'MAYBE's.

Maybe these 'maybe's will come true, maybe they never will. On 2nd thoughts, I am comfortable with myself. I am only being cautious. It boils down to my skills in managing their perceptions of me.

Is love selfish?

I watched a TV drama serial recently. I guess much can be learnt from the television shows nowadays, so it's of high importance to review what shows we air. Afterall, the whole nation watches whatever shows or commercials (or propaganda) Mediacorp decides to broadcast.

In that show, I saw the selfish acts of love. For as the saying goes, if love isn't selfish, then you probably did not love him enough.

As the show develops, it turns out that love is not selfish. For the actress decided that the best way to love is to leave the actor for he will be happier going back to his ex-wife and new-born.

I reflected. I then realised that there are 2 levels of love. The basic level is that of the selfish love - the love that makes one possess the things / objects of interest. Going beyond the 1st level, is the ability to love beyond and have only the other party's best interest at heart. This unconditional love is an abstract concept that I am grappling with.