Yes, I'm Smiling...

Hmm... I seem to be blogging a lot more lately. Dunno why also. More free time I guess.

So I sent off Xiying aka Ray this morning at the airport. Had to wake up at 5am. Of course, having finally gone to bed at abt 12 and slept, Paul just had to choose this night to call me at 1:30am, to tell me abt his day. Not that I blame him tho. I usually awake. I blame my rotten luck. After that, I couldn't get back to sleep till 4am. So it was somewhat a class B miracle that I was awake all the way at the airport, untill I reached home again.

Haven't been able to get this really tacky song out of my mind. Its from the Yu Tian Tu Long Ji show. Mebbe what made it stay in my mind was how the instrumental version of the song was used over and over again in the course of the 40 episodes... so its already drilled into my brain.

Tried out Liquid Kitchen tonight. Was with Paul and Daniel, watching Man Utd beat Aston Villa, albeit making much work out of what shd have been a routine win. The place was really nice actually... enjoyed myself.

Hehz... before that, had a good time at Bernice's place, having worship prac. Today was her birthday. Yes, after all of Henry's hard work planning it and all, its finally here... I wonder... if I ever do find a girlfriend eventually... would I put in this much effort into it? I hope I do... I really hope so...

And I got to drive Simon's car today!!! Hehz... He let me drive it from church, back to his place. Its actually a pretty smooth drive, albeit a slightly underpowered car, given the fact that its a BMW. But once you get past the initial pick up, the car's really pretty good. Hehz... Good thing I didn't scratch it. Grins.

Am in a good mood tonight. But a little restless.

You know how sometimes we value and take certain things very seriously? And how there really is room for these things to take their places and acknowledge that it is impt in its own way? Sometimes I wonder if my whining for God to send me a sign to affirm my life so far is too trivial an issue, in light of other things going on in the world. Like Char's cousin, whom I've been hearing abt from 3 different sources now oredi... Or Sho who has already passed away for a couple of months oredi... Or the many people I see on the bus and around the neighbourhood who struggle just to eke out a living on the barest of essentials...

I think Maslow is really spot on man... when so many struggle with physiological needs, I sometimes ask myself if it naturally invalidates my search for something higher up the triangle, like my belonging needs, or my esteem needs. So if I see a person struggling with survival, do I need to be ashamed of myself for wanting so much more, instead of being thankful for what I already have?

Cos I don't.

I feel we shd naturally be thankful that we've moved further up the triangle of needs than some others, and not take them for granted. But beyond that, I shdn't be made to feel guilty for striving to meet my current needs, and work towards self actualization. Empathy for those less fortunate than me shd not stop me from moving on.

Yes, just for the fun of it, at 4 in the morning, I'm reading abt Maslow(http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/maslow.html).

Gonna sleep now.

Hehz...

With a smile on my face.

Cos today's been a good day.