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THE DOMINO EFFECT

Chic

I’ve been working hard, and procrastinating even harder, these days. It is so easy to let your time get eaten up by work. At least that’s what I think. Playtime has been disrupted and as a result a bunch of other things have been modified and adjusted. Ripple effect, domino effect….whatever you call it… its happening all around us everyday.

Yesterday I made some decisions and set myself up for a new course of action. I thought to myself how many different times that had happened this week. I really can’t keep up. I live a dynamic and ever changing life, and I’m cool with that. What I’m not cool with is my lack of interest to try and pull the reins a bit tighter and force myself into some sort of guidance… down a path or something. Maybe I can contribute this to the likes of ecology. When the environment becomes static or things are forced to stay the same something bad happens. Something comes out of the blue and changes things… Maybe that’s why I lack consistency in my lifestyle, relationships, work environment, and geography? I’m subconsciously trying to prevent something terrible from happening?

Where did October go? All I know is that once November is over I can have part of my normal, socializing, life back. I feel as though I’ve isolated myself from most of my friends and slightly abandoned them and only get to see a select few bc they too fit into my scattered lifestyle of lack of planning and workaholic-ness.

Time to set some new parameters: December will be about me and confining work to work hours and play time to weekends and me time to weekdays… Less useless hangout and more quality time. Even if I hit the mark with one of those goals I’ll be happy.

Happy Birthday Ms. Emma… may the dominos fall the way you wish this bday…. Mind you, scorpions like you never really adjust to predictability, do you? 😀

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Love the limbs you’re in…………….xo

Chic

I met someone today who really made me think about life and daily adventures. Its funny, you don’t really think about how much you appreciate walking, breathing, talking, and/or having a fully functioning healthy body until a) you don’t have one yourself due to accident or b) someone close to you shares their experience of misfortune and/or accident. Well, b) happened today.

I was sitting in my office working away and had been invited to go for a little ‘lunch date’ with a co-worker. I usually bow-down from such suggestions as I have a strict policy that involves NO DATING of people that work in the same field or vicinity of me. I usually like to have my own space and date long distance and or rely on expiration dating in which the individual has plans to leave my city of occupancy for a new province or country. So far it’s kept me happy and lets me have my own independence, however I’m getting greedy and find I like things closer to home (sometimes). Mind you, inter-office relations are a little too close for comfort. However, this situation was twisted into a working lunch, so I figured I’d be friendly and see what’s up. Anyhow, to make a long story short he’s a sweet guy, smart, an amazing aptitude for languages, works within the environmental field, volunteers with handicapped people, volunteers with the cancer society, teaches dj’ing.. It’s ridiculous really. How does he find the time to get dressed in the morning let alone eat lunch? Anyhow, we strayed from work chit-chat and turns out he was in a horrible car accident when he was 16. Spent 3 weeks in a comma and had to re-learn how to talk, walk, eat…etc. It’s a truly amazing story. I think my jaw was dropped the entire time. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to forget how to talk? Think about it. How would you communicate if you want something, need something…and how would you get there if you couldn’t walk? It’s an amazing story, esp. considering if you look at him you’d have no idea.

It’s now after lunch and I’m sitting at my desk thinking about my upcoming trip. How would I go to that place if I was unable to talk, walk, stand up….I would be bound to a bed, incapable of doing anything. His attitude is amazing and completely optimistic. He has certain restrictions in his life now bc of the accident but he has faired far better than most. I have serious heels I’m pulling out for the planning this weekend and I thank the universe that I have the capability to wear them and dance the shit out of them.

I ask you Chiclicious readers to look at your limbs and love each and every one of them this evening (maybe have a partner do it for you).

Here’s to having moving parts that move and lips that talk and kiss……

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…When U Were Here…

Chic

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a reason, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed . They have come to assist you through a physically, emotionally or espiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at, an incovinient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die, sometimes they walk away, sometimes! As they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

4pp_800x6000Some people come into your life for a season, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real, but only for a season!

Lifetime relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

(inspired by Pride & Prejudice….. I really love Kierra Knigtley in this movie….)

Seputar Kedodolan

Just My Luck

Chic

The holiday has ended and work started two days ago (but I just in today… hehehehehe), everything is back to the old routine. Getting up early, have a very fast breakfast (just one cup of coffee actually…), and go to the office in a hurry.

So, here I am…
Sitting back in this lovely boring room… hehehe… well, admit it!! Office doesn’t really feel like home, right?? Doesn’t matter how hommy your room is (just like mine… *grin*).

I had a nice and relaxed holiday, created lovely memories. Just a question now: What next? If 90% of what we do is habit, I suppose I should choose to do something different for a start. Starting from where? Here, of course. Where is that? Well, feet on the earth, air I breathe, heart that beats. I think I’ll start from there, see where it goes.

Seputar Kedodolan

Capek seeeeh…. Tapi….

Chic

Huwaaaaaah….. akhirnya bisa nulis jugaaaaaa… dari kemaren semua kata-kata udah menuhin kepala gue, tapi kondisi badan gue ga sejalan ma otak gue… Jadilah gue lebih memilih tidur sepuas-puasnya…. :-p
Yaaaa maklum deeeh… masih suasana lebaran neeeeh…. Capeeeeek sooob… Tapi biarpun gue capek bolak balik nyuci piring and bersih-bersih rumah, terima tamu sana sini, gue sukaaaaaa banget!!! Artinya kan rumah gue banyak dikunjungin tamu (temen-temen nyokap, temen-temen bokap, temen-temen gue, temen-temen adek-adek gue, saudara-saudara yang lain)… artinya juga masih banyak orang-orang yang inget ma gue and keluarga (alhamdulilaaaaah….), trus artinya makanan-makanan yang gue sediain dirumah ga abis sia-sia ataupun jadi basi…. Iya ngga seeeeeh….hehehehehe

There’s one thing I always love about Lebaran… which is being together with the part of my big family and meet the old friends that been for a year not seen each other… Makluuuum kan gue perantauan yang selalu merasa homesick kalo lagi bete banget di Jakarta… hehehehehe… Jadi buat gue, kegiatan berkunjung (dan dikunjungi) oleh saudara-saudara, ketemuan ma temen-temen lama (baik temen SD, temen SMP or temen SMA and temen-temen maen lainnya) adalah sesuatu yang wajib gue lakukan… Kumpul-kumpul bareng, cerita-cerita banyak, tukar pengalaman, informasi (termasuk gosiiiiip… hihihihi), ketawa-tawa bareng mengenang masa lalu adalah hal-hal yang paling kangen gue lakukan kalo lagi pulang ke Palembang… Jarang-jarang banget kan bisa kumpul sama saudara-saudara and temen-temen kalo ga lagi pas lebaran. Paling banter juga ketemu kalo pas ada kawinannya sapa gituuuu, itu juga kalo dateng… hehehehe
So, hal pertama yang gue lakukan begitu sampe di palembang kalo pas gue pulang adalah meng-sms semua temen-temen gue and sepupu gue mengumumkan kedatangan gue disini… huehehehehehehe… dan merencanakan semua kegiatan-kegiatan seru…. (padahal seeeeh belum tentu dijalanin jugaaaaa… Hahahahahaha)… Abis kapan lagi sih bisa begitu kalo ngga pas lagi suasana lebaran kayak gini. Orang temen-temen gue yang tinggal sekota aja sekarang jarang-jarang banget bisa ketemuan and jalan bareng..

Jadi biarpun capeknya kayak apa, gue tetep pengen ngalamin hal-hal itu lagi tahun depan… amiiiin…. Mudah-mudahan dikasih yaaaaa… huhuhuhuhu…