Fair Game

I think in essence, Life is a fair game and it's only a matter of perception whether you see yourself as a winner or loser. Many a times, i think we dwell too much on negativity and fail to see the good that comes out of a crappy situation. Perhaps, people think i'm being prescriptive when i share with others how i lead my life, but if you know what i've gone through in life, you will understand why i always choose to have faith, be hopeful and seek the rainbow after the rain.

I was chatting with Nat, my ex colleague over MSN the other night. Showed her Chester's frisbee vids and she said i should be proud of him (of course i am!). i went on to say that all these (training up Chester for the jumpers trials, getting into frisbee) would never be possible if i had stayed on in my previous job. Although my recent pay increment falls short of what i would have gotten in the last job, i don't feel that i've lost out in any way because i've won in many other ways, immaterialistic yes, but precious to me nonetheless - extra time with my loved ones and pets, as well as freedom and space to do what i love.

It set me thinking about what i've gained and lost in the past 2 years and my train of thoughts immediately fell on Oct 2005. That was when i bit the bullet and wanted out from my previous job (loss). Being the reckless me, i needed an escapade and squandered away most of my savings (loss) on a DSLR (gain!!! one of my prized possession now) and an escapade to london (gain). Despite having to scrimp on the trip, walk long distance and eat cheap, i had a great time and armed with my spanking new DSLR, i was able to immortalise the beauty of London on film.

I dunno why i never got down to getting my London pix together and uploading them but i'll try to get them sorted out and share them with you guys here. (Edit: ok, i know why. I'm always too lazy in editing my pictures and hence the tardiness in uploading them!) Here's a few of them (unedited ones) anyway:

The National Gallery @ Trafalgar Square

Evening @ Hyde Park

Random (taken while i got lost somewhere)

Anyway, it's Saturday today and i wouldn't be sitting here sipping my jiajia liang teh and blogging if i didn't switch jobs. Sure, i loved what i did with a fierce passion and it was a hard decision to quit it all together (big, big loss), but i appreciate having time on a Saturday to relax, do chores, train Chester and the list goes on (big, big gain). Although some of this Saturday me-time that i relish will soon go to teaching keyboards (loss), the incentive is that i finally have a chance to impart my music knowledge to others (big gain!) and of course, i also get to earn some extra pocket money (small, small gain).

So it's true what they say: You win some, you lose some. I can't agree more and i think we all should face Life keeping that in mind. No point getting too hung up about what you lose or what you don't have.

And yeah, it's also good to maintain humour in your Life and be able to have a good laugh without worrying too much about your wrinkles and crow's feet. Someone just asked me recently how i manage to look so young (ERHEM!) and my answer is: i stay happy, positive and laugh all the time! Okay, granted i can be corny and lame sometimes but i laugh at myself and others laugh at me! Anyways, gonna give Chester a big bath now so i'll leave you all with this picture (click to enlarge, you'll need to be able to read the words!) that i doctored. Everyone who has seen this found it hilarious, yes even the BF, who's the "star" in this picture! Have a great weekend, y'all!!