The Eternal Ramblings of a Conflicting Mind

Oh yes. I went to Mass yesterday. Strange it had none of the strangeness I had anticipated. It felt familiar, even divine. Waking early has its advantages: I had the whole morning to read to my hearts content. I shall do this again coming Sunday. Hopefully the Boss will be happy I do.

Some days are just not so good days. Today is probably one. Today, a tortured genius died. One cannot deny the fact that he is an eccentric individual as much as you deny that he is one of last century's icon. Michael Jackson's music meant something to me. As an individual, I feel his pain as a misunderstood individual. And that's probably how I feel right now. It is one of those days I will remember for a long time because I had my bouts of self-doubt, at same time that the world mourns (and some will gloat) the death of the most iconic pop culture genius of our time.

Yesterday, I had an unfortunate encounter with someone who really got on my nerves and very nearly pushed me to anger. The man had displayed a total lack of common sense that I could not feel any kindness to him. After the encounter, I had to remind myself to take a deep breath and move on with the rest of my evening. "We are above such petty nonsense," we must tell ourselves.

Funny how the "Big Guy" works. I was stuck in a sudden downpour at lunch in Phuket. I would have missed my flight if the rain did not stop in the next 10 minutes. As I was sipping on my Coke, I thought it might be a good time to have a conversation with Him. (Incidentally, Siew and I were talking about religion as we were sipping away on tom yam.) So, I spoke to Him first: Hey, say, pops. I really need to catch that flight. Can you stop the rain if I lit a candle for the Mum tonight? (Hmm... it looked like the rain drops turned a wee bit lighter.) And again: How about if I went to Mass this Sunday? Please, pretty please? (Ahah! It seems to have turned from a downpour to an every-day tropical rain.) At this point It felt like one of those pricing negotiations in my software sales days: Okay. Here's the deal. I'll read 5 books from the OT.... (Turning to a trickle now... wow...) And... : And I'll throw in St John??!!?? (And suddenly, I had my very own parting-of-the...

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Having procrastinated for the longest time, I have finally gotten off my butt to start a blog... in my professional capacity. Strange to see how I have more to ramble about in my chosen field of 'expertise' than my personal life. I am such a bore.