Bridging Fantasy & Reality

The title says it all....

Tuesday

- Laminated food cards for mock buffet to be used during the soft launch this saturday...
- Was freakin scared when i entered the Admin dept on the fourth floor. Even Pei Ling who
worked there for ages seemed a little petrified. She made sure i had my temporary tag on and
told me that we were at the place where all the 'big bosses' offices were....
- Was more worried about the heels that i had on compared to anything else on me coz instead
of adhering to the code of ethics which strictly states that all staff should wear black cover toe
shoes, i was wearing my pretty heels... So while carefully placing each card into the laminating
machine, I oh-so-casually tucked my feet out of sight and hoped for the best....
- Turns out, scary people who observe the code of ethics are quite friendly after all...
- Some of them were worth emulating and some were just plain ick...
- Attended my second LEAN club meeting which was very official this time around...
- So apparently, I'm in charge of registration and the ice breaking games and some fitness assessment thingy which takes place early in the day..

Wednesday
- Cass called in the morning to cancel lunch with me coz of her voiceless-ness, didn't really mind coz having lunch with voiceless cassie who's always bursting with words would be toooo weird..
- Labelled place cards and coloured food pyramids at work today while freezing to death. Brrrrr.. Lost all will to hold another colour pencil.. Why in the world did i enjoy colouring when i was younger?!??!
- Something happened to the Internet connection so i was not able to log on to the net at work much to my disappointment.....
- As i was leaving, a slightly aged man approached me and asked me if i was a dietitian. Then he interrogated me on my race... "You Malay or Indian or Punjabi or...." "uhm.. Me? Ceylonese" "What you doing here, working as??" *Back of my mind - What you care, huh??!!? "Student, temp staff" "bla bla bla, yak yak yak, Me indian too!!" *Backof my mind* So?SO? (I think he expected me to say : oh, but u don't look Indian, didn't give him the satisfaction... "KK, me gotta run now, ciao uncle!!"
- Picked up Titin, Liang and Wannitta from college and together we drove to Pyramid to catch Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix... Met upp with Cassie and friends there and we sat together in a row despite being very much segregated and joint in between by Cassie...

My Style Review (*warning : spoiler ahead)

Movie started out okay but a bit too fast for my liking.. Found myself wondering when the part where Harry discovered Aunt Petunia knew about the magical world would come but it never did.... Harry was a very angry adolescent in this Potter installation... And the storyline was so jumbled up that i decided that i wasn't watching HP and the Order of the Phoenix, instead i was watching HP and the Order of the Parrot..... It was the only way i could stop comparing the book to the movie and halt my mind from going astray and thinking about this scene and that scene... Should've taught Cassie the technique coz ever so often she would start covering her face with both her hands and making a huge sign of an 'X' with her hands... Hilarious! My observations?
* Why does Voldermort look like a cross between a lard and the alien from M. Night Shyamalan's 'Signs'
* I think Luna's script was much longer than Hermione's this time around
* Ron appeared extremely subdued in the humour department... Where's the daft, funny Ron we used to know?!? Apart from one or two jokes, he was awfully serious this time around...
*All characters seem very adult-like, the guy's are broad and buff while the girls have lost the chubs and become lean and much more boodifool...
*The ladybug that did not appear ?!??!
As the movie progressed, i wondered if it was ending soon, nuff said...

-Went to Kenny Rogers after that, YEP! I've officially transformed into a Kenny Rogers junkie
- Good to bear witness to Titin's uncontrollable laugh, Liang's sick, perverted jokes and Wannitta's anxiety again.... Made me feel young and vibrant.. After working amidst doctors and seeing sick people day in, day out, i was beginning to lose that bouncy vibrancy so this outing was a good one........
- Liang told me that i had grown taller and i was over d moooooooon, Liang never lies... Does he?!?!?
- Sent Titin and Wannitta home the drove back just in time to catch Grey's Anatomy..
- Passed out on the couch during Grey's Anatomy, so pissed with self, decided to torcher self by not immediately going to bed but brushing teeth first... Muahahaah
- Promised self to catch repeat of Grey on Sunday and find out what the hell happened that led to the event of Addison Montgomery diving into bed with McSteamy...

Today
-Drew huge food guide pyramid on Mah Jong paper, have memorized it by now... Bleh
-Label
- Rotaract Meeting rescheduled
- Meeting up with Adam later *whee*

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Some friends stand by you in your time of need,
Some friends abandon you.....
Some friends look, unflinching, while you suffer,
Some choose to suffer with you,
Some friends use you as a crutch then discard you,
Some friends become your crutch and stick with you....
Some friends use you to find their strengths
Some friends ARE your strengths
Some friends need you to make themselves feel better about who they are,
Some friends always make YOU feel better about who you are...
I have ALL these friends and i have fun with ALL these friends BUT i know how to tell them apart....
And that makes life all the much easier to deal with.... - Collection of Invaluable Crap, Dimithira

All along, I've craved to acquire a leadership position. One which would gain me valuable experience, one encapsulated with thick, frustrating politics, one which would gain me social recognition beyond imagination, one which would help me grOW inside out, one which would help me take over the world muahahahahahaha *evil laughter*... Ok, seriously, apart from the 'rule the world' caption, i pretty much longed for a position which called out for respect and reverence... And yesterday, I got it.... But the reaction that i envisioned upon being blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime was grotesquely different from how I did react in reality when Ping Ling shocked me with the revelation (just so you know, i was sleeping yet again when the call came in so that proves my ppl-alwiz-call-when-i'm-sleeping theory yet again. She's been a wonderful president thus far and honestly, i CANNOT imagine the club under the leadership influence of another... However, Ping Ling has to step down from presidency this year and can no longer be a rotaractor coz she has passed the age limit and hubby, Jeremy, has chosen to follow suit his wife.... Sigh!

So now, Rotaract is basically president-less and secretary-less.... Yup yup! And what's more disappointing is, the club has only 4 installed members and is basically defunct... Now, should i take up the position of president, i would have to try my very hardest to breathe some life into this new 'embryo' or much rather 'zygote' and at least try and activate it again... My mom thinks i'm crazy for even considering this. "With work and all! Plus you're going to uni somemore, and maybe not even a local one!! You're crazy", her reply was somewhere along the lines of that....

I, on the other hand, am willing to try. Maybe, just, maybe this might work. And then, just as i planned ages ago, i would finally be able to contribute to society and make this world a better place to live in. Saving the world starts in small, tiny steps and we should all give it a try once in a while. So i sent a message to everyone i knew asking for support and i would love to thank all of you who replied.. I can't wait to work with you guys and materialize this plan with the rest of you... I'm no leader without support, hence, without you, i'm like *can't think of a metaphor so fill in the blanks urself k*....

Dani, Sha and Tha, if you do read this some time in the future, WHYYYYY, whyyYYY, Whyyy did you leave?????? I can't handle this without you guys... We were the 'rocks' of the club....

That aside, today, i got up late consumed breakfast in a haste and got into my clothes sloppily before driving down to Bukit Bintang Boys School to publicize the LEAN club with Dr Su Lin... I got a little flashback on what it was like to be in school yet again albeit this being an all boys school with the exception of form six. Anywayz, the boys were very interactive, and full of chitter chatter and questions... Some even tried to look down my blouse while i spoke to them... Yup Yup... I regret wearing this blouse, should've known better... And it's not even thaaaaat low... Sigh! Hey! If you hafta do it, do it discreetly, i understand that guys think about sex every few minutes and what not.... But peeking outwardly is just plain rude!

Today was all about more calls, more printing, more health conscious stuff. Working here has kinda transformed me into a food conscious person, more so than I already tried to be prior to working here... I always thought chapatti was the healthier option compared to roti canai but it turns out roti canai has only 1 more calorie than chapatti... A healthier option would be thosai. And poppadom is EXTREMELY high in fat!! One piece is like a BOMB in your daily calorie intake. So you poppadom stealers out there (...you know who you are), beware!!! You may be paving your way to atherosclerosis before you reach 50... In short, if you enjoy your food at all cost and would rather not know about what lies behind that heavenly flava, DON'T get a job here.....

Saturday's gonna be busy busy coz the LEAN workshop thing's gonna run ALL day long at the 3K stadium in KJ and I'm involved in a lot of stuff like planning ice breaking games and registration and setting up... The type of activities that i kinda take interest in doing but not so much on a weekend... Sigh... Titine invited me to go watch Harry Potter with her, e ting and liang in wednesday and i excitedly agreed. Would be nice to see her again... Both Nut and Adam wanna go watch Die Hard with me... Hee... Everybody knows who wins here... LOL but honestly, bruce Willis?? I wouldn't mind going twice... So yes and yes..... Can't wait for that trip to the land of the free... Bungee jumping, ere i come!!!!!!

I've got about an hour of work left with absolutely nothing to do!! Why am i complaining?? Oh well!

PS: Cassie!! Ben!! Come visit me here...... I'm still waiting for you guys!! You can come ne time since i can hv my lunch ne time, s long s i only go for a break once la... So surprise me... Oh wait, don't, coz if i dunno ur comin, i'll probably pack lunch here from home.... Just tell me k... I'll be waitingggg.....

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Was there a point when you felt like you had SO much to say, so much to reveal, So much talk about?
Have you been deprived of the opportunity to reveal all that's been weighing you down?
And if you have, did you suddenly feel like there was nothing else to say despite searching your brain in desperation??
Silence.Period. -the listener

Firstly, I would like to seize this opportunity to convey my deepest and most sincere apologies to people that have intentionally/accidentally snapped my pictures in the past. Regrettably, I admit to ruining those pictures due to my un-photogenic features and my inability to pose appropriately. Beginning today, I pledge to stand in front of the mirror for at least 10 minutes before i sleep and observe my face/body/posture in every angle in order to fulfill my new resolution of transforming into a commercial being. Photos won't be ruined, eyes won't be cauterized with the word 'jakun', i won't be mocked and will probably run the risk of becoming as vain as Nirmal (..lol, jk!!) and everyone will end up a winner. So there! My new goal which i shall aim to achieve by year's end...

I think i'll be acquiring panda eyes in a weeks time. I've been waking up so freakin early just so i can still swim in the morning and juggle work without losing my social life all together. But it's tiring!!! I just collapse on my bed as soon as i get home and will myself never to get up again only to endure the same vicious cycle the following day... Sigh! Even so, I'm not ready to lose either one... I wanna earn money!!! I wanna meet my friends!! I wanna feel the rush of endorphins and not lose my stamina!! So I tell myself that it'll only be a month. But amidst those self consoling moments I can't help but wonder, how the heck am i gonna survive when i really go out to fulfill my niche in society??

Yesterday was Mike's belated birthday celebration at Italliannies at the Curve..
Fact : Both, Italliannies and TGIF are owned by the same company hence the huge guffaw during bday celebrations.......
The highlight of the celebration was when they asked him to stand on the chair while they sang merrily and he said, "you guys are gonna pay for this!!" *rolls over in laughter* It was funny and pretty surprising that he didn't put up any sorta fight/protest before climbing on the chair... But then again, guys would appear wimpy if they decline to do it so i guess he was just being a man's man, right Mike?? LOL... I have the whole 'moment' recorded on my camera so replays? Anyone? Girls, just some useful advice-if you ever go to TGIF/Italliannies for your bday in the presence of friends, just wear a skirt... A short one preferably.. There is no way in hell they'll make you get on the chair.. You can sue em for sexual harassment if they persist.. Hee..

Anyway, the rest of the night proceeded with lotsa complicated Transformer talk which i cannot and will not bother to fathom, a walk to McDs and back, more picture taking and a long drive back home. We also discovered the new age woman.. One who selflessly surrenders her comfort and sleep, one who would walk the extra mile just to make sure her male accomplices are safe in reaching the creature comforts of their homes, one who complains while and after doing these just to ensure that the male kind evolves into better human beings (...which might never happen)....

That said, saying goodbye becomes harder each time.. Like it or not, that is how it is going to be like from now on wards. Xandria Ooi wrote a very good column that i completely connected with in the papers on Wednesday..... To keep friends, we must make time for them and not take time/distance for granted. If waking up early means freeing up some time and space in the evenings for family and friends, then so be it. I'm willing to sacrifice a little of my sleep and transform into a complete log during the weekends just so i can keep those dearest to me close to my heart......

Gotta run... Am required for printing job.....

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life,
Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking,
Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice,
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.... -post-it on Pei Ling's buletin board

I feel that the above is directed to none other than me... Like, somehow, i was meant to stumble upon it while keying in Pei Ling's assignment for me today.... Again, I'm doing the un-ethical and blogging from the office. Oh well! I'm done with all my work so what the heck... Screw ethics!! LOL

Pei Ling has an angel fish which spends dawn and dusk in what seems to me like a milk glass in the confines of the freezing office room... ALL it ever does is rises to the surface occasionally and then falls back to the depth of the glass and stays there like it's dead.. I dunno why it's called an angel fish?!? It's grotesque shape kinda brings back torrid memories of Voldermort (...or should i say you-know-who).. Maybe it's just me? Embroiled in the hype of the current Harry Potter craze???

Anywayz, work today was GOOOOD... Sat in on my very first meeting with Dr. Chow and the two dietitians-Pei Ling and Miss Yang. There was endless discussion about the LEAN workshop and i listened in and gave opinions until my stomach began to growl... I just tuned out after that... I got to know Dr. Chow really well today. She's a part time paediatrician here with super cute son and a Malay-New Zealander hubby.. Cool eh? Don't want to elaborate on her personal life but she gave me insight to a lot of stuff that i had wondered about almost all my life... Tapping into her personal experience and expertise was invaluable. Maybe, just maybe, i'm a step to closer to what i want to be in the future....

Decided to get organized so I've started jotting down all my duties for the day in a notebook which has helped tremendously thus far. I just tick off the stuff i've completed and do the ones i haven't. Easy right?? LOL... Next monday will begin early for me, will have to help Dr Chow at BBBS so i end early too!! WHee!

Hmm...Nothing much to blog about and my day here ends in 5 minutes so here's Dimi reporting from the Nutrition and Dietetics department at Sunway Medical Center..

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Good things come in small packages ; Great feelings come as a result of small actions....... -who ah??

Working Day Number 2
- Mad rush to work, was 8 minutes late in punching my card....
-Met up with Dr. Chow Su Lin (paediatrician with a billion dollar smile) who gave me a list of
duties to be carried out...
- She told me I didn't strike her as an aspiring nutritionist, more like a surgeon.... Bluek! was
wide-eyed and tried to maintain composure....
- Photostatted what felt like a million copies of LEAN stuff - confirmed pro at it now!!
- Many people nodding and smiling at me in the hallway, felt so welcomed!!!
- Toilet lady started talking tamil to me, embarrassingly told her i didn't speak it and to my utter
surprise, she rephrased in fluent english......
- Daphne asked "you indian??" "canNOT be, too fair for indian, must be chindian??" Looks are
deceiving my dear Daph, but was flattered hee.... It was just two weeks ago that Ben told me
"Dimi, i wanna be as dark as u laaaa"
- Stranger at nutritionist department, "errr, doctor, do you know......." was too stumped at the
mention of doctor to hear the rest...... Me? Doctor? *ROARS in laughter* Doctors wear white
coats and walk around with stethoscopes hanging around their necks and ID tags flashing
against their chests... Me? Not even remotely close........
- Blessed with the task of seeking high and low for youth communities and media people to
publicize the event....... Sigh! but Yay! Simultaneously.......
- Spent lotsa time sms-ing and checking out blogs when no one was looking, how un-ethical!!!!
Can you blame me??
- Picks up small fight with receptionists, then jokes with her.... Don't ask!
- Nice young man holds lift door open for me... for moi??? Awwww!
- Heart to Heart with Miss Yang who has a masters in nutrition and dietetics.... My favoritest
nutritionist there!!!!
- Yee Voon asks me about MUFY and A Levels and Monash....

That's my day for you........ Sorry for the rather non interesting mush.... Gonna be like that for quite some time.... Sigh! Just bear with me.....

Nut, will come over tomorrow but you HAVE to promise not to freak when you see me in formal wear............. Bleh

PS: (To anyone i know and doNOT regard as a stalker) Come visit me at SMC when you have the time, will be happy to spend my lunch hour with
you and NOT in the office over the Sun Newspapers.........

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God, please give me the serenity to
accept things that I can't change,
the courage to change things i can,
the wisdom to know the difference....... - Anonymous

I read the haiku (..nah, it's not a haiku, i just wanted to say haiku..) off a post-it on my senior nutritionists desk... It was when i was left alone in the room, left to stare at the four walls and the clustered tables occupying the small space of the air conditioned room... Yup, there was a point, on my very first day of work, when i felt utterly bored and degraded... I just sat there, Thanking God that i had brought my ipod and 'Under the Duvet' with me, stashed miserably in my brown woolly handbag... I didn't think i that they would come off as any use but they sure did... There was great conflict built up within me before accepting this job (if you haven't figured it out by now, this prob doesn't interest you enough to keep your eyes open so go AWAY!!)... I had to call the WHOLE universe just to make sure i made the right choice. Sher, if you're wondering why you got a hundred missed calls on Monday morning, yea... that was me... Guilty as charged.....

Anyway, once again, I let my head rule and ignored the tortured shrieks of terror propelled by my heart... The early morning swim was far from good enough to shake off my nerves but everything was okay at the end of the day la... In short : I'm just too tired to blog about it.. I'm TOO tired to do anything...... Had fun while making the calls though... I like people. I have a knack for meeting people/speaking to people... Managed to convince a few to sign up for this LEAN programme they were having... YAY!!

ANd wtv! I'm toughing it out... Sry Cass!! But if it was in my contract to sit there and stare at the walls while making money, that's exactly what i'm gonna do.....

Oooh! And i'm a pro at photocopying now altho i was so freakin hopeless at it at the beginning and Daphne had to help me... Twice!! LOL Am still hopeless at the graphics stuff....... Bleh!

TiREd!!

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Click on ChattyChyi's link... Quick! Can see some of d pictures we took..... It'll safe me time of putting em up... Hee.......

Ps: I'm going to T'gganu on Tues, Wed and Thurs... Really really sorry Nut!!! I know i promised but i couldn't pass up this chance... Reschedule?? Pretty please *bats eyelids*

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