It is year end again. I started this blog on Oct 2, 2006 and now it's already end of 2010. Time flies.
I turned 30 a few days ago. Naturally quarter-life crisis kicked in. One can yap and crap all about syukur (being grateful) and rezeki, but really, in reality who will not at least be a tiny wee bit curious, wondering if that Joe (bukan nama sebenar) from Facebook is actually making more money living a better life? He doesn't seem to have an actual job; he travels the world, has the latest smartphone, and owns a dream house and a dream car... Even his wife doesn't seem to mind him not being around all the time. We envy Joe, and we wonder, how the hell is Joe doing it?
And for that I curse Facebook.
2010 has been good for Facebook. Facebook brings up the best and the worst in people. Nowadays we don't really know someone until we see his/her activities on Facebook. People say all sort of damning things behind the comfort of a computer that they will not dare say out loud to your face. There are all sorts of annoying people on Facebook... the closets, the snobs, the whiners, the braggarts, the assholes, the pious (ustaz instant) etc etc... you name it. Though for me three specific types bag the top prize: the predators (MLM), the fans (hardcore-die-hard-football-team-fans) and the preachers (politic junkies).
Dear predators. No, I'm not interested. No, MLM is NOT syariah-compliant. Please stop tagging me on pictures of money piles and go find yourselves another gullible prey.
Dear fans. Football for me stops the moment we lose Eric Cantona, Zinedine Zidane (to retirement) and David Beckham (to soccer xD). Sometimes your team wins sometimes they lose but statistically, the most successful team in Premier League history is undoubtedly Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson's side have won a remarkable 11 titles and have never finished below third since the Premier League was launched in 1992. GET OVER IT!! (lolxD)
Dear preachers. I'm a proponent of Ketuanan Naga. Sekian terima kasih.
Seriously, 2010 has got to be the lowest point in Malaysian politics. People conveniently forget that politicians are human beings; somebody's mother and father. Blogs get dirtier, more vulgar each day and it is so frustrating and disappointing to discover that people actually like reading venomous writings. It doesn't matter if the writer doesn't articulate facts and arguments in a civil manner, citing half truths and outright lies as long as the content is sensational and flame-baiting. And people actually cheer on! Two sides of a coin and grains of salt don't apply.
On one side is a senile dinosaur resistant to change, on the other is a volatile volcano waiting to erupt anytime. Either way, the middle class rakyat loses. My advice: just shut up, make up your minds and hope for the best. Do not try to argue if you can't keep emotions in check. If you happen to argue, know when to stop.
Throughout the year I have found about 40 old friends and classmates from primary school on Facebook. Crazy bunch of people, I must say (lolxD). It is amazing that despite 18 years off each other's radar, we get along quite well so far, at least online. I imagine offline meetings would be more... 'controlled'.
At work, a colleague passed away due to complications after a stomach ulcer surgery. Masdar, you are still fondly remembered. Al-Fatihah.
Financially, money flowed like water; not INTO the tank but OUT the drain. Things broke down that needed repairing/replacing, some electronic upgrades (except a new smartphone!! I ran out of budget for a new smartphone!! Grrr...), went to Singapore for a short vacation, kid started kindergarten, bought some books (I actually bought and read the entire Harry Potter series), more frequent travels back to hometown now that I no longer have classes, etc etc...
Year-end is closing in and I found out that there's almost nothing in the tank anymore. I should care but strangely I do not. And we'll be having a third baby come January. I should panic but strangely I do not.
Last year I had hoped. This year I despaired. Ah, well, I'm alive and that's a good thing. :)
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