'Last Words of a Taiping Bum'

Well, what i can i say?, Tomorrow will mark me going off to Penang and Friday would be my 1st working day, so technically i would be bumming for a few days more, but in Penang ;-)

These past few months has been a real eye opener, i learned a bit about myself, what i roughly want to do, you know, things that i never could have done when i was still working in the Kamunting Industrial area. I was totally idle and totally open to anything. I brushed up a bit on my pc knowledge, and managed to get back in touch with a few contacts whom i thought i would never see in my lifetime again ;-). Also, i made a few new friends.

Sometimes i guess when you're too busy, things just slide by like light: glimpses or flashes. Which in it's own way isn't a bad thing, but honestly when i was working, i felt really stuck in a rut, things were getting too routine and i wasn't growing in any sense of the word. However, when i was idling away, another thing happend, i'd be getting thoughts that were really depressing, mostly negative. I thought that somehow part of my known world was looking down on me because of the choices that i had made to resign. Friends seemed distant. And of course, let's not get into the family and relatives topic. I had a fair share of THAT.

But yeah, as of recently, i'm beginning to see things in a new light, that everything has it's good and bad side. It's just a matter of perception and response. I'm starting to sound philosophical and all chinese-businessman-like, i know, but if that ain't the truth...how would anyone get by in life?

So i'll leave you with this, what i did or accomplished in my span of bumming, some insignificant, some beneficial to me in the long run, just for conversation:

1. (I think) i finally managed to remove my wart on my right hand.
2. I learned how to drive like a maniac.
3. I learned how to use downloading programmes.
4. I learned how to do home recording (very very very basic stuff, nothing impressive).
5. I wrote a bunch of sad songs.
6. I learned how to appreciate Japanese for their talent in art, planning, writing and presenting.
7. I got to know about blogging.
8. I learned how to sleep for 4 hours and still get up AND function (but like a zombie).
9. I learned how to actually TRY and not give myself excuses.
10. I got to know that i have a weird knack for organising stuff.
11. I learned that jokes at other people's expenses is so me (but i want to change, honestly i do...)
12. I'm not as sentimental as i thought.
13. I'm not as sad as i think.
14. The world is a better place if you can/ want to try and see the better things in it.
15. I've gotten over my kiwis and lemons (this is a bit personal :P).
16. I actually want to be tech savy.
17. I'm open to meeting new people, i'm not as closed as i thought.
18. "Things only work if you want them to".
19. I learned that I fall asleep a lot during sermons (I'm so sorry God....)
20. I'm still good at giving a long crap session :P

I hope i can maintain this blog when i'm in Penang. It's good to know that people can still know what's happening to me and give me advice, conversation and prayers/ best wishes. Thanks to everyone who visited and kept on visiting.

"A clarity of movement from something dark, i only see after the storm....it's only when i look back on my road travelled that some things were necessary, and some parts of it put for me to make choices upon. But still i'm glad i'm here as me today. I wouldn't want it any other way." - MWKH rambling