Just thinking... and feeling

I) After 2+yrs on the job, I find myself:

- calmer under pressure
- more able to draw the line between work and after-work
- more wary of potential pitholes
- more sensitive to purposeful acts of gloss
- more willing/able to let go of ppl/issues whom/that I feel may not matter after 5yrs
- as strong-opinionated as ever when it comes to fundamental beliefs/guiding principles
- as less tolerant as ever towards the deceitful and arrogant
- occasionally worried about the prospect of ending up as a lonely spinster

Recently, I found myself frustrated when someone came across as being
- unwilling to let go of past responsibilities and ways of doing things
- unwilling to listen to/learn from experiences of those-who-have-been-thru'-similar-journeys
- unwilling to constructively discuss matters that disturb oneself, choosing instead to broadcast in unproductive ways
- unwilling to look inward, choosing instead to magnify others' lapses
Call me biased, but I think it takes 2 hands to clap... Be less of a judger and more of a learner - this, I shall try my best to bear in mind as I chug along the path of growth. Magnanimity and humility are amongst God's/Buddha's greatest gifts.

II) And they announced the extension of smoking ban to playgrounds, lift lobbies etc. I'd give it 6mths before things revert back to norm (or near norm). Just look at the coffeeshops. For a while, when the inspection officers went on regular rounds, smokers stayed well within the marked yellow zones. The air was cleaner for most. But now, cigarette-puffers huffed along cheerily at outdoor seating everywhere, blowing rings of deadly smoke all round, mocking the non-smoking stickers pasted on the tables, pillars, walls. Where have the officers gone?

III) And now that we have a dangerous, unrepentent, apparantly brainy, extreme fugitive on the run, instituitions are keeping a tight eye on their labs. Make sure everything is accounted for and no crucial ingredients are lost. We don't want things going up in flames, and more embarrassing news in the papers.

IV) Tomorrow will be the 3rd year anniversary. No matter how many years after, once my mum, always my mum. And memories will never die.