Its been a long time

I wonder who will ever read this, because most people by now should have thought that my blog is dead. Somehow, it is, because in a way, I had to pursue many other things in life, so much so that I did have time to carry on blogging. In a way, I took expression in other forms, in terms of writing on Facebook, and of course, my latest entries into a Singapore writing competition.

In a way, I lost touch with my blog..

Latest updates here (kind of weird though writing it here).

1) Doing masters, Economics, NUS. Its my back up choice, especially when they accept 2nd lowers.

2) Still single, but I figured I have a target.

3) Getting used to being alone when I need to, but starting to feel kind of scared by my life too, because everything is changing..

Thats all..

I had to write this!

Suddenly thought of something. Now, people always look for the freedom of love. As such, many need to go through the trial and tribulations of the trial and error process. Many might not even find a partner. As such, huge dating agencies and even overseas bride-matching firms spring up. And in China, they used to just need a match-maker, some money and a compatible social status to get married.

Yes yes, women had little say back then, and yes yes, there have been many (dramatised) situations where the couples are not in love with each other, but they are wrongful and woefully brought together for many reasons. Some accept, some enjoyed, but yes, unfortunately, many suffered (and it is usually the females).

Alas, the social stigma with dating agencies. Are they on par with being an ex-convicts (give them a chance too!!) foreign workers (they help build our country for goodness sake!), sex workers (some are forced due to many reasons..). This is a bit of a digression, but what I am driving at is this: What is the cost of free courtship (love)?

(1) Time to find 1, (2) uncertainty of getting 1, (3) Monetary cost of finding 1, (4) Social stigma of not finding 1, (5) Angst to parents for not passing down the bloody line, (6) Disability to carry on with normal life from a broken heart....

There are many. And here I ask, is free courtship worth is cost? What about some social planning? Certainly I am against forcing girls into some wedding, but is the idea of free market too time-consuming? Only classical economic models assume perfect mobility of the demand and supply curves in the short run. There is sticky preference! We choose, and we choose long and hard. We woo, and we woo with failure and success. But for the sake of social engineering, is there any better way? I do not have the solutions to this problem, but maybe someone can enlighten me on this?

Very busy final semester

Very busy. So busy, I hardly blog. Doing numerous stuff. Applying for jobs, which entails doing my Cover Letter (just finished re-doing my Resume as well) writing my ISM, reading some books, taking as much as off to meet all my friends, trying to understand honours modules..

Thinking of what to do for the next few years of my life. However, before that, I am thinking of what I should be doing soon. Blogging is slowly becoming something that is not part of my life.

Settling my thoughts, will come through soon

Ha, I have many things at hand. Thus, I am blogging less. I will get back to you all. Preferable at the end of today.

Forgot I had a blog

2.21am on my clock right now. Was doing research for ISM. Hit a lot of PDFs, but I'm reading less than what I should. I have... a few readings... haha... It has been a great year. I wonder why people (and me) leave reflections to year ends/starts, when, giving myself enough credit, I do plenty of reflection (probably maybe too much at times of thinking and self-doubt). Not saying that others are wrong. Its more of a curious thought. Starts and ends brings occasion for reflections? Its not like we have a day off when the new year starts to think about life? Oh wait.. is that why New Year's Day is a Public Holiday? Hmmm.... I thought they just needed a day to ensure their calendar calculations are correct... (See, isn't this too much thinking???)

I try (at least successfully to this point) to not reflect about the year that passed. My life has been great in general. To pick a year out of my 24years of existence and complain about it is a crude economic mistake of taking too small a sample to reach to an analysis. Although yes I did my reflect at the start of last year about the last last, is not as though the "analysis" is cumulative to the point where if I do it every year, I will have a chained analysis of (24 - n)years of work (n = no. of years where I did not review (t-1)th year in (t)th year).

Some consistency for my past 24 years, I did make some great friends, as well as lose some. I will continue to treasure my existing friends, try to regain friends that I have lost, and somehow make (and find time for) new friends... Written in order of preference.

Thus, Life is Great! QED

Stop & start

I need to stop doing certain things, and start doing certain things. What are they? Hmm.. I lets just say there are many things.. haha...

Okie, I am on to doing them now. Bye! Merry Xmas to all. New Year.. when it comes then I wish you all again =)

1 step at a time

Telling myself to take things 1 step at a time, tackle those problems that I can tackle 1 at a time, and those that I can't, leave them. I am just accumulating too many problems in my head, thinking that my life is like crap. Yet, I fail again to count my blessing.

I did an entry once of that nature, listing some of the good things I have in my life out. This time, I wouldn't, but I will remind myself through typing here that my life is not just as such. Definitely going through a rough patch of my life, which coincides with the A-Bit-Less-Great-Depression we are facing right now. Ironically, many out there should be suffering worse fates than me because of the ABLGD, so ya, all the more I am to remember that I have a abundant life.

Clear things 1 at a time... I have to remember that =)