Farewell..

Quote of the day

A brief candle; both ends burning
An endless mile; a bus wheel turning
A friend to share the lonesome times
A handshake and a sip of wine
So say it loud and let it ring
We are all a part of everything
The future, present and the past
Fly on proud bird
You’re free at last.

written en route to the funeral for his friend, Ronnie Van Zant of the band, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Another friend left. He was my dad’s teacher, mentor, someone who taught him the trades of the business. His life has been tough and cruel. Adopted son became unfilial and cheated all his money. Wife passed on earlier a few years back and he flew back to Hong Kong. Finally his hard life came to an end in a cruel way. He was murdered. Though I couldn’t find the news article about his murder but I heard that he was being hacked more than 10 times and the murderer who was his neighbour committed suicide after the murder.

Though I may not be a close friend or relative, I still felt extremely sad for him. He was 77, it’s definitely a very cruel and unfortunate tragedy that fell upon him. I don’t care what was the cause of such a cruel act but I can definitely imagine the pain and fear he went through the last moments of his life. I felt sad for my dad too. He has always wanted to visit him at Hong Kong but because we couldn’t afford the air ticket, he decided to push back the trip and before he could go visit him, this tragedy happened.

通伯伯，我们不会忘了你。请你安息吧。

Bliss?

Quote of the Day

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. – David Viscott

This year has been a year full of weddings,

• Bin’s ROM – simple and nice event, full of family and friends
• Anna’s Wedding – held at Shangrila, quite different from those that I’ve attended, there’s even a lucky draw where the 1st prize receive diamonds. Awesome right!?
• Celeste’s ROM – wasn’t invited since it’s a very private event only family members were went. Heard that it’s a really nice one. Anyway this is Celeste, shouldn’t expect anything less, her’s should be perfect. =D Shall wait for her wedding dinner next year.
• Elaine’s Wedding – still in the midst of planning, I’m sort of helping her but nothing major since she has gotten most of the things done. Didn’t realise that planning can be a nightmare especially when the vendors aren’t  customer service oriented. Invitation list is another headache.

All these weddings has gotten me really excited, my dream of being a wedding planner is being rekindled once again. Before graduation and shortly after I’ve been looking for jobs as wedding planner or coordinator but I couldn’t find any. I guess it’s the economic crisis. Or am I not doing enough to search for jobs in this industry?

Recently I saw that there’s a course for Wedding Planning, is it really necessary? Isn’t it more of learning on the job instead of studying?

I’m someone who cannot be desk bound, I like moving around and meeting people and hence I believe this would be a perfect job especially when I always think about being able to deliver a perfect wedding for others. Despite the hard work and possibly irregular hours, with the end picture in mind, I would be motivated to deliver.

Well with my future still uncertain since my current job is just a contract with no intention of converting me to permanent staff, I’m worried. I’m learning a lot right now, managing a project to develop a web tool for my company, liasing with the vendor and the internal users (within my company). It’s really good exposure since I get to work with senior level colleagues within the region, however what will happen after the contract ends at January?

I really like my company and my colleagues but because I’m a fresh grad, it is not possible for me to get a permanent job in this (regional) office which I’m currently working at. I would have to start at the country office, the only obstacle is the travelling time and distant, currently I take about 1.5 hours to travel to work, the country office is even further, I guess it would definitely take more than the current time. Hence, I’ve been looking around for marketing  jobs, event planning and wedding planning, however since im also working at the moment, I haven’t been able to search actively.

Argh.. Help!

Pile of bones

Quote of the day

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.  – Leonardo Da Vinci

We cremated my uncle last Saturday, it was difficult for all of us, especially when my dad forbid us to cry. I had a hard time controlling my tears. Though it’s been almost 2 weeks now, I still feel very tiring, probably for not being able to cry out loud, felt as if something is stuck in my chest. How?

On Sunday we went to collect his ashes,when I saw the box with the bones and ashes, I couldn’t believe that the body I saw yesterday turned into this pile of bones. While looking at the bones, I just felt really upset again. At the end of the day we are just ashes and bones. What happens next? Life is too short, we really need to live life to the fullest.

Seriously, until now I still could not believe that he has left us.