Butterfly pea blossoms, traditionally used as natural food colouring in Asian cooking
Oh, how 2011 has flown past!
It seemed just like yesterday when we just had the Winter Solstice Festival, Christmas, New Year AND Chinese New Year!
(Yup, it gets very festive every December and January in Malaysia!)
I've never been the type to make resolutions because I could never come up with one!
But I decided that I should refer to Buddhist philosophies and teachings to improve myself spiritually and mentally.
I'm a firm believer of karma and reincarnation.
I did pick one resolution last year which was to be more tolerant towards stupid people.
It fell flat because my advices would always fall on deaf ears whenever I tried to help them.
I can't help them if they won't help themselves.
Evil, I know, but I've tried.
Diddly squat.
Next year I will MAKE time. No more excuses of not having enough time.
With 2 different career paths that are polar opposites of each other, I will definitely need to start managing my time very, very well.
UPDATE!
Ok I should also tell smokers off especially those who are smoking around me, or leave the room or table when I can.
My chronic bronchitis is getting worse as my bronchi feels funny whenever I inhale (ew!) secondhand smoke, like my cells know that it's being killed off.
I don't care if you're killing yourself by smoking, but don't kill others with your selfish, disgusting habit.
I was born with chronic bronchitis, and I think my dad smoking has something to do with it.
Now that a lot of my friends are smoking too, I'm going to have to protect my respiratory system a lot more.
Let me tell you about my infections.
Once my lymph nodes got so badly infected and swelled so much that I thought swallowing food would burst my throat. Turns out that the swelling pushed into my voice box hence the pain and inability to talk.
A doctor told me that upper respiratory tract infections, in layman's terms, are sore throat.
Mine always begin with sore throat, then it would move down to my bronchi (lower respiratory tract infection) with disgusting phlegm and really dry cough. It usually brings fever.
She told me that my case of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is rare, and my first infection was horrible. I was kept off school for a couple of days.
The fact that I always get LRTI and random fevers (which both never seems to infect anyone else even when we share cutleries!) every couple of months is scary.
It has been going on for many years and I think I'd better get a medical check-up.
Ladies and gentleman, this blog post is my middle finger to smokers.
I hope you'll quit smoking.
Bleaching your teeth can only get you so far.
PS: Photo taken at the Kim Yong market in Hat Yai. No editing whatsoever except for cropping and watermarking.
PPS: I should also stop editing posts after I publish them.
I understand you about smoking. Most of my uni friends are smokers, but luckily they are considerate enough to not blow the smoke in my direction or at least sit a considerable distance from me when they smoke.
ReplyDeleteI don't approve of smoking too, but I guess they have the right to smoke. I mean, it's their bodies and they can do what they want with it.
But I believe that instead of all that "No smoking" signs, they should provide a section for smokers. At least it'll be fair to both smokers and non-smokers.
@Doreen: Oh, I bet we're not the only ones! Well I've had a share of friends who sit at the table and continue smoking while we continue chatting.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they have the right to smoke, but we also have the right to not have smokers around us.
Lol my definition of a smoking area is always outdoors and away from me! ;)
my former next door neighbour needs to read this! we like to say she smokes like a chimney stack. I agree she has all the right to, but it's not lovely to inhale.
ReplyDelete@Graciela: My my, what a neighbour! I'm amazed she's still alive.
ReplyDeleteWell smokers should be considerate of others who may be sensitive to the smoke, non? ;)
I really do think your resolution about making time for things is a really important one. I'm always trying so hard to time manage, sometimes I'm successful, sometimes not so much. Most of all I would also like to make more time for "me." Let me know how you get on!
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"I did pick one resolution last year which was to be more tolerant towards stupid people.
ReplyDeleteIt fell flat because my advices would always fall on deaf ears whenever I tried to help them." -- ha ha! The key is giving up on helping them. That's what I'm always trying to do with stupid people. Just disengage. Let them ruin themselves!
@SOTC: Time management is never easy. I'm really bad at sticking to my own schedule (sometimes I conveniently forget about them) so yes, I will let you know how it goes!
ReplyDelete@WendyB: LOL that really made my morning! Yup, I've given up on trying to help them. They will learn their lessons the hard way if they don't change now.