good things are worth

waiting for the flight, which incidentally just got delayed till 0500. my chirpy index takes a little hit.

i kinda enjoy being the kinda-out-of-place chinese amongst the sea of (mostly surly) angmohs lounging in the ummm lounge. one of these start arguing with the security staff, ostensibly involving him wanting to bring in a drink from outside. the security points outside the lounge - after some big gestures, the thirsty man turns and places the drink at the glass wall behind him. not the best of days for SIA's image i guess.

and i am reminded of one of my subplot goals for this little pseudo-holiday - give my abused peepers, which in human terms would probably be exploited Javanese sweatshop kids, a nice break. what am i still doing staring at a samsung 17inch? later guys

ridgeline

never imagined i'd be so thrilled with getting my flight delayed but hey! now i get to indulge in my long-time wish to wander around the departure lounge (free phone! free internet! and free meal!) and take my time just ambling around (yes i like to live life on the edge).

some call it divine intervention, some call it our subconscious wish to infuse meaning to the gazillion random (or are they?) events in our existence, but let it be said that the past 2 months or so have been rather out-of-the-ordinary, those periods in one's life that stand out starkly against the rest of the blurry minutes, and in an amazing departure from norm i am actually, brace yourself for this, on a high. behind my pathetic attempts to fluff this up with ornamental vocabulary, i guess all i want to say is: i still don't like what's going on at work, but apart from that i can hardly complain about life in general (ok, maybe a little about my decaying eyes and prospering eyebags). such times (and notions) don't come by often and i am quite determined to savour them as they quite rightly deserve.

alright, time to go claim my free meal. upcoming week should be very interesting and my excitement levels are going off the scale (explains the fulltime grin on my mug), let's pray i don't freeze my ass off, get to see some snow, fully exercise my potential, carry the singaporean flag up high and most importantly, get to sit beside a hot friendly female specimen for the next 13 hours. adventure begins!