I Thought I Had A Little More Time

Received a really sad message on my phone this morning that informed me of the passing of my former colleague from my hotel internship. Eugenie was working there as one of the two main telephone operators and she was one cool lady who partied with us, and was not shy about anything.

After I completed my internship, she seems to have been dealt a really bad hand when it came to her health. There was also a time where she had two heart attacks and was on the brink of death but managed to fight back.

Recently, she fought cervical cancer and was doing quite good. That is, until recently when it seems that her organs were failing her. Just two days ago, I just asked how she was doing and I received a call from her brother informing me that she was not doing so good, and had been in the hospital for the last three weeks. She had had a stroke and with her failing organs, it sounded quite grave.

I was actually planning to visit her this afternoon and instead was told about her death. I just hope that she can finally rest in peace now.

Goodbye Genie.

Week Nine: Favourite Book

The book that sent my imagination to Japan and actually started my small love affair with books. The way the story was written also kept me so interested that I had to force myself to put it down as I needed to sleep. Oddly enough, I have not read any of Aruthur Golden's other books. 

Week Eight: Your Name

There is something about drawing something about yourself that seems to give me a mental block. The challenge this time was to draw my name, and although writing my name seems easy enough, drawing it was much tougher than I thought. I honestly could not decide on how to draw my name and that is probably because I am just as complicated as the number of ideas I had. The final results already show that there is no consistency in the style or fonts, but it probably indicates I am a little loopy. 

Week Seven: Something You Love

I love travelling. I love flying but I dislike the turbulence. I would love to learn to fly a plane and a helicopter. I would love to travel the world. So here is a rather complete picture of something I love and a lot of it's components, which includes a (attempted) Boeing 747.

This reminds me that I need to renew my passport!

Week Six: Tool

My choice of a tool is a chef's knife. It is the one tool that helps me relief stress through all the slicing  and dicing. The feel of cutting through something with a sharp blade also gives a strange sense of pleasure and joy, especially when it is so sharp that paper-thin slices can be easily achieved. This knife might be slightly bent at the top though.