Infectioner Tagged Me

... and then asked me to get well soon.

So before I move on, let's just say that my foot was left untreated today as I went on again about work. So I'm taking time off tomorrow to see my family doctor - I just called to set up an appointment with him ... it's holding up fine, as long as I don't put too much of that Siang Pure Oil, I'm not numb, there's still a throbbing pain.

OK ... memes. Someone tell me please that I'm not the only one who completes memes even when I'm overflowing with creative juices because I just hate to disappoint the people who tag me? Am I alone? Do I need to toughen up and just ignore memes like a certain banana does?

Anyways, I'm doing this meme because it sounds kinda fun.

10 Years ago I was:
... in the year 1996, I was last seen in college, with shoulder length hair, wearing tight jeans and smelling really bad. It was the final year in TAR College, and I got a scholarship to study in Australia.

From July that year, I spent the next year in Brisbane, Australia, furthering my studies, setting myself up for my current life.

That year:

• I fell in love for the first time with a girl for real.
• Went hungry for the first time in my life (mum wasn't around to make me noodles in Brisbane ...)
• I made my first meal (which I dared not consume) in Brisbane.
• I first realised how big (and small) the world was.
• I learnt a lesson in $$$ management - what budgeting was all about. Studying overseas on a budget always make you do that.

5 Years ago I was:
... in the year 2001, I was a struggling programmer with my previous company in Malaysia. It was a difficult start to my (then) new job, and I was really trying to get a footing on my life ...

That year:

• I was doing a project in KL
• I was staying in a hotel in KL while doing that project although I live in KL
• I was dying to get a new job
• I broke off with the one girl I really loved (yup the one from 10 years ago)
• I discovered that life is a bitch
• And I still couldn't save enough money to buy myself anything I really wanted

1 Year ago I was:
... in 2005, I was stationed in Bangkok, spending my entire year (except for December) there.

Here's a summary of me 1 year ago:

• I was living alone in an apartment in downtown Bangkok
• I fell in love again
• Then I fell out of love
• I gained a lot of satisfaction out of my work (until a dastardly boss came along)
• I discovered the meaning of grace under pressure
• I knew so many different friends and visited so many places in Thailand, I understand why people are so in love with that beautiful country

Yesterday I was:

• Working - it's a work day !!! There was nothing dramatic - I know, sue me I'm boring.
• Worried sick about my numb right foot, which is still giving me problems today.
• Cursing at the world's most irritating driver, an old uncle on the LDP, who travels in the fast lane at the scary speed of 50 km/h when there ISN'T any traffic. I wonder why these folks can still be on the road.
• Buying the compulsory cake & drinks to my work colleagues to celebrate my first paycheck at the new company.

5 most recent songs I listened:
According to my iPod ...

• Piao Yi - Jay Chou - from the Initial D sountrack
• Wo Men Bu Ku - Emil Chow - from the album "Rain Man"
• Automatic - Utada Hikaru
• Enter Sandman - Metallica
• Hot In Here - Nelly

Kinda retro, huh, my song selections?

5 songs I know the words to:
Um ... I know a lot of songs .... but here's the first 5 I scan off my playlist on the iPod mini ...

• Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm version (not the MJ one)
• With or Without You - U2
• I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
• Yong Qi - Fish Leong
• Juk Kuan Ho - Julian Cheong Chi Lam

5 ideal places to run away to:

• No where like home, really.
• Bali, Indonesia - it's so peaceful there. Well, when those damned terrorists aren't bombing that place, it's peaceful.
• My secret contemplation spot, on a hill overlooking the KL skyline.
• I heard that Kashmir is a really nice place
• To a galaxy far, far, away ....

5 items I really want:

• The BMW M5
• My own 24 bed castle in the Bavarian Alps. What ... it's MY fantasy ok ... kenot ah?
  
• My own GPS device
• My own private jet
• A piece of rock from the moon

5 things I should be doing now:

• Sleeping
• Touching up a powerpoint for a presentation tomorrow
• Something else ... I mean ... why memes? And who invented these things anyway?
• Talking with someone special on the phone
• Making a shopping list. I'm going to Hong Kong next week

5 biggest joys in life:

• Watching sunsets. Sunrises are acceptable substitues, but only if I have a partner to watch with ...
• Taking in lungfuls of fresh air along an isolated hiking trail
• Being able to help someone in need
• Sitting down for a nice cuppa/mugga/jugga with friends
• Being alive & blessed with the gift of another day to look forward to
  

5 people I'm tagging:
It stops here. I'm just going around and tagging the same people again and again.
Oh well, just one:

• Pelf - she claimed to have run out of ideas to blog, so this isn't supposed to be torture, this is my contribution to her blogging legacy & mental well being. Coming up with materials for blogs isn't easy, you know?