Black. Dark, dark black. Put you hands in front of her..nope, nothing..except darkness. Has she became blind? Has the gift of sight been taken back? Doink! Hitting a door. Grr..why is the door there?
Grin..no, she can still see. No, it's not a dream also. Today is the day that the TNB decided to change the cable supplying the electricity to the animal kingdom. The King has rented a big generator during this exercise to ensure that all the visiting royalties will not be handicapped and the forest will not be in darkness.
Somehow the Murphy's Law decided to intervene. The generator somehow refused to work. Darkness, total darkness. Not even the emergency lights were on. The lifts were working slowly. She and friends had to take the stairs. Luckily, the mouse had the good sense of opening her handphone, and Voila! like a torch, the blue dim light guided us in our slow climb up the 6 flights of stairs.
Panting..panting..now we know how out of shape most of us are.. hehehe.. Sweating from the climb.. dim light shining at the office area from nobody knows where, we silently collapsed into our chairs. Ting! oo..who is the person who touches the 'ON' button on the computer? Grr..everyone is staring at that person. The blue screen is asking her to put in her password. Ooo..in the darkness, the heartless computer still works!
'That is good!' a voice suddenly booms. 'Now everyone. Since the computer is working, there's no reason for us to loiter around. Let's start working as usual.' The poor girl was hiding under the desk. :p Ooo misery..misery. The keyboard and it's keys are in black. Of course it looks sophisticated.. but it's not easy to see what to type. Blinded by the blaring screen and squinting at the black keyboard.. Hmm.. can we get MC based on temporary blindness or insanity (must be crazy to come to work today). :)
LOA says think of the positive side.. be a positive person. Hmm.. what can she think of? Got it! :p At least she got to write this 'BLACK' posting for your entertainment. :p Yes..go ahead and laugh.. tomorrow might be your turn.
Night time is when words fade and all things in the heart and mind comes alive...
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This is cat's favorite color. There! Now you know it.
Purple, they say, is usually associated with the spirituality concept.
Flowers like lavender, orchid, lilac, violet and mimosa are often delicate and considered precious. As purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm (red) and strong cool color (blue), it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child's imagination or an artist's creativity, while widows in Thailand wear purple as a sign of mourning.
Cat just love purple especially when it's lightly colored. Mystery and yet slightly romantic. :p (as per cat lah). Velvety purple the color of a witch's gown & cloak. Mysterious and always have something speculating in her mind..
Night, black cat, full moon, stars in the sky.. beware.. this cat might be a witch casting spells in the darkness of Friday night. :p hehehe.. If only cat is able to do that.. :p whoever has heard of a cat wanting to be a witch.
Life is full of mysteries..like a novel. On reading the first page, you are full of expectations, wondering what's the story is about and what will happen next. In the middle of the story, sometimes you get disappointed, angry, frustrated and sad and you wonder why did the author make things happen the way it did. At times you just wanted to either throw the book away or you just wanted to send an e-mail and ask the author why did he let all those things happen to the heroin.
But if you persevere, have patience, open your mind and go on reading till the last sentence on the last page, then the answer will suddenly pop out in front of you. Everything became clear. And you keep saying to yourself..'That's it! I should have figure it out. It does make sense'.
That is life amidst the purple haze. :) Life is like a box of chocolates according to Forrest Gump. Life is like a purple flower inside a gray colored blog.. says this cat. There's no right or wrong. Just people trying their best to define what they feel and think.
Just remember, that purple is a mixture of red and blue. Alas, if you put too much blue to make the purple, it could result in dark purple..which means moodiness. An area which even angels fear to disturb.. :p (soft smile)
There are times when it feels like you are all alone..
Goodnite all..
Red. The brightest and one of the most color in the series.
Red is also 1 of the 3 colors in the trilogy of 'Rouge, Blanc et Blue' movie produced by Polish film maker Kryzsztof Kiewslowski.
If someone asks you to put on paper whatever crosses your mind when someone pronounces the word 'Red', you would surely write down one the below items:
* Blood * Fire * Love * Anger * Courage
And those from Eastern Countries might add in :
* Warmth * Luck (Good of course) * Prosperity * Joy
Red represents hope, activity and being at the peak of a situation. Tuesdays are often viewed as red. After a lethargic Monday where everyone is grumbling about coming back to work (it's hard to look at the piles of files ..hehehe..when you have just enjoyed a relaxing Sunday). Tuesday is the day where the engine inside your mind is actively pumping the neurons.. a day for action.
The Chinese had good sense when they choose red as a lucky and auspicious color. Brides wore red on their wedding day and a red cheongsam on chinese new year brightens the starting of a new year. The beginning and happiness ..it does add a festivity color to the event (imagine if everyone is wearing black! Hmm ).
In romantic stories or even in thrillers, red is the color of passion..Well, the temptress, the victim, the seductress always wear RED. It certainly pulls your attention to the center of the attraction and when you were not looking, WHAM!! a dead body sprawls on the floor and left you guessing on the famous question: Who Did It? Red, Red blood everywhere.. (Hmm.. :) That would also why red is a woman's everlasting favorite color in a party).
Red also has a negative side. Red is the color of anger and war. An Example? Okay.. Remember the old cartoon where smoke comes out from the bull's nose when it sees a red cloth? Well, there's your answer. :) When you are angry, the RED blood flows abundantly to your mind passing through the eyes.. be careful! Keep the anger to the limit else you'll burst a blood vessel :p hehehe.. this is the time when you plead 'temporary insanity' in court for having killed someone. Correct, isn't it? But pleeease do not say that you got this idea from here.
And lastly, RED is for alarm or BEWARE!! Red is for power, enthusiasm, energy, vitality, confidence, lust and life
Red is a beautiful color: seeing it throughout nature: from dying stars to dying leaves and its powers evoked by men for everything from politics to sports. Red roses ..certainly brings a smile to the RED RED lips.
It is not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy.
A bee is praised but a mosquito is swatted. -Mary O'Connor'
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Hmm.. have you ever felt that everyone around you sometimes seems to have lots of free time on their hands? And while you, yourself, (or maybe it's only Cat) seems to be struggling to cope with your life demands, busy trying to finish work and always on the rush to buy grocery on the way home before the shop closes? In fact, you are doing all this and at the same trying not to go nuts!
Well, when you start asking a question, there will always be other questions following it. For example:
a) Some people always managed to go everywhere (be it to school, work or meeting friends) looking so cool and compose and with a perfectly made up face. While you are always on the run, barely has time to look in the mirror and always arriving somewhere a few seconds late and out of breath?
b) How come some mothers have time to cook breakfast for her children, send them to school despite the fact that they are working? While you, yourself, barely has time for breakfast, grabbing a sandwich or a bun from a 7-Eleven and eating it on the run?
c) Why do some students can hand in their assignments a few days before they are due? While you yourself are struggling till late night trying to finish the same assignments and just managed to hand it over on the required submission date?
d) How do some people managed to read a book a week while others just managed to read one book a year?
e) How do some people managed to handle many businesses at the same time? While others are struggling just to manage a household?
f) How does some of our work colleagues always able to handle multiply tasks and meet deadlines? These so called 'deadlines' should really be really be changed to 'livelines' , don't you think so? (smile) As the 'deadlines? seems to be moving to a new date when the work cannot be finished.
So, again, why are we always so busy when some of the people around us seems to have all the time in the world on their hands? (Hmm..are they really busy? or just pretending to be busy? evil grin :D)
Cat's teacher told cat that the solution is simple and it's a no brainer. Prioritize things and make the time for them. It is about having a goal or a clear end picture. Firstly, find the clear end picture to set as your goal. Then, start planning and follow the plan while looking at the end picture from time to time. Don't spend too much time guessing, assuming..spending too much time in uncertainty. You'll get stuck in one place while others are passing you by.
Food for thoughts :) Ahh.. too much thinking, cat. Maybe cat should have been a philosopher instead of a hotelier :) (grinning). To 'bee' or not to 'bee'. buzzz..
Below is an extract of Cleo's letter to Dzireena on her New Year Resolution that cat would like to share with you:
I am all for celebration. Celebrate life would be my resolution and my motto. I use my good china everyday. I don't have a closet full of stuff for special occasions. Everything has been used at least once. I wear my nice clothes and use my nice handbags and live in my own world where everyday is a special occasion.
Don't get me wrong. I did not say that there's something wrong in keeping that special stuff for that one day. But I am one of those people who would rather enjoy those things myself instead of letting my closet enjoy it. Life is too short to be outdone by your own closet.
In a way, life is too short to constantly wait for tomorrow. What if there is no tomorrow for me? Why can't I wear those shoes that i am saving for that special occasion today? How about that dress that is still hanging in the closet waiting for the right person to impress? By the time the right person comes, I might not fit into the dress anymore.
My advise id: Diamonds should be worn everyday and compliments should be given on the spot. It's never too late to pick up a phone and say hello or sorry to someone you haven't spoken to in several months or years. We should savor the moment, enjoy today and always do what we want. Seize every opportunity.
There is no room for 'What if..' and 'What could have been..'. A wasted opportunity always leave a bitter aftertaste. A lost moment leads to a lifetime of regrets. Never, ever, let anyone tell you that you can't or shouldn't do something.
And lastly, Think like a Man. Because thinking like a woman makes you think too much. So Carpe Diem and don't trample on anyone in your 4 inch shoes while you are at it.
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Points to ponder, certainly. :)
One day at a time - this is enough.
Do not look back
and grieve over the past,
for it is gone:
and do not be troubled about the future,
for it has not yet come.
Live in the present,
and make it so beautiful
that it will be worth remembering.
(Ida Scott Taylor)
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So many things to do and so little time to do it all.
Sigh.. how Cat does wish to be Santa Clause who has so many elves at his call. Fancy that..Santa has only to delegate all the wrapping and putting ribbons on the gifts. Guess that's why he's always cheerful and laughing.
Cat would have liked to be able to do the right things always. But, guess that is not to be so. This Cat must stumble and fall to get from point A to point B. She certainly do not have a GPS incorporated inside her. But still, she'll get there even though full of bruises and scratches.
Waiting for the medicine to settle down. Painkillers are supposed to kill the pain, but not only that, they seem to dull the mind too. Hazy day..
Some people say, you must go with the flow if you want to be accepted in the group or community that you are in. They say that it's a must in today's world. If you want to be friends with a snake , you must eat, sleep, think and sxxx like a snake. You can't just wear a snake's skin and pretend that you are one.
However, if you do all that, will you be able to keep to your true self? Won't something inside you change too? Won't the habits and thinking of the snake sticks to you?
Cannot remember who says it but..there's a quote that goes like this:
You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal.
You cannot play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to the truth.
You cannot play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind.
He who wants to keep his garden tidy, doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.
Integrity..a simple word to pronounce, but a harder thing to act on it..
The sky was all grey yesterday.. and so was the office and the ceiling above cat's work desk. Grey, the color that represents the mood of depressed and anxious people.
Grey also was the color of Lion's aura. The darkest grey ever. Yesterday was another day of learning the great wisdom of working life and people management. 'We should all be following Prof Lawrence Kersten's ideology, that is: Treat the Staff like dirt because they certainly are.' Those great words were ringing in our ears and goes like this: To believe that your staffs are naturally good and productive is stupid. Staffs are basically soft option seeking slackers. We should stop trying to make the staffs happy, motivated and rewarded. We will still get as much good results from them if we make them unmotivated, scared, unhappy and insecure and.. it will cost us a lot less! All those motivational classes will only make the staffs big headed and give them a sense of 'entitlement' that they thought the company owes them.
In the old days, he continued, we were afraid of our bosses. They pushed us to our maximum and we, the juniors also tried our best to get our bosses respect. Nowadays, the motivational industry is making you & them all soft.. no determination, no ideas or intelligence. They are all so filled with self importance, cannot be scolded.. and as a result they all do not have the necessary skills to do this job professionally.
Staffs are not the biggest asset for a company but a liability. They bring their personal problems to work, they get involved in petty politics, they resist changes and complaint about every minor difficulties while demanding more and more from the company. Time for all this to stop! You all must learn how to crack the whip. Learn to create a distance between management and staffs. This will keep them anxious and on their toes. We only need their contributions, the employees who make them are not!
Learn early that you must curb their ego minds. Teach them to be humble. If an ego driven staff offers an idea at a meeting, you slapped them down by cutting his idea mid way and turns to question another staff on another subject. Give also that 'egoistic' staff 'unimportant, demeaning' tasks to teach them to be humble. Create an anxiety in that staff simply by making his/her name the last one to appear in the cc list. The last trick that you all need to practice is : wipe your hands after shaking hands with a staff even by simply wiping your hands on your clothes, just to remind them that they represent a contamination. Go back and please have the time to read this book ' The Art of Demotivation' by Prof Kersten. Remember: Sometimes, the best solutions to morale problems is to fire all the unhappy people.
Lots of gaping mouths in the board room and one very very grey cat sitting there. A sense of deja vu.. the scenes in the examples were exactly what cat experienced previously.
Hmm.. and why is it that cat is still here? Why? Hmm.. cat is also bewildered about this..each time cat decided to try her luck elsewhere, fate always make cat stays. Whether because of sickness or further advancement, there are always things to stop cat on her tracks. Or maybe God just wants cat to stay here and continue being a thorn in the lion's paw. (grin) A hate-hate situation but where we do not have the choice but to be in each other's way. Come what may.. cat is just going to bear and grin it.
Grey is the color of the sky. And Grey is the weather in this animal kingdom. Sigh.. when is cat going to be as wise as the owl who has flown to another lair?
Signing off,
Cat
** P/s: Some people might have the same sense of deja vu reading this post but please note that cat is saying that it certainly has no link with any human dead or alive. It's just a fragment of the animal kingdom (smile)**
