Cheers to a positive 2017

 

After that dinner last night to close the challenging year together, I woke up this morning feeling sad because nothing is changed and we're all facing tough characters to deal with whose demands we always try to fulfill the best we can but we always know the challenges that lie ahead.

It's great to have a few others stand by with you but in the end, we all gotta face our fears alone individually. And it has always been that way that I'm usually the person who is made responsible for everyone's shit. 

I feel that coming into the new year there would be reflections on all parties. But we are always left to be blamed when things go wrong. And that, left me truly frustrated and sad. 

I don't like it one bit that I have to simply accept because I have no other better choice right now. I'm not born to just accept. I deal with my challenges and I take actions to rectify it. Unfortunately in this instance, I can't or I will face even tougher challenges. I'm stumped on early new year morning, which I shouldn't, because starting the new year on this note is not the way it's supposed to be.

I can't help it.

Sigh,

💋JJo

New App to keep me posting entries

 

Been a lazy bum letting this beautiful blog empty for the last 2 years. There's so many things for me to write yet I'm always plagued by the little time I have not wanting to even look at the computer screen after my constant long day at work. To make it less helpful, the blogger app on the iPhone is useless. 

Just recently I found a new app that could make posting entries from the phone much more convenient and so here it is. One needs a change before another change can come through. It took me this trip to Gold Coast for me to look for an avenue to pen my heart out. It's been way too long and twitter may just not cut it anymore.

This is where my heart is and what a perfect choice it is.

Feeling awesome,

💋JJo

Driving in Gold Coast

 

What I love about driving in Gold Coast is the fact that everyone respects the law and other drivers. I've only driven for 5 days during the vacation and it's a general observation of these facts. They don't flout the speed limit and no aggressive driving unlike in KL. After returning from our vacation, we went on a 50km drive back to Sepang to get chocolates and I must say that I hated the drive - too many aggressive drivers trying to scare me off the speeding lane when I was already doing 110km/h and a little bit more, at short stretches. People didn't care about doing above speed limits and they didn't bother about the safety of others.

In Gold Coast, I was afraid to speed nor pull out any aggressive stunts as everyone seem to be calm and happy to observe the speed limits. Malaysians are quick to complain about just 110km/h limits in most parts of our highways because they drive fast cars but when I drove in Gold Coast I started to appreciate our high limits as they were mostly doing 80-90km/h and implementation was good.

I also noticed that the cars automatically stop at zebra crossings that do not even have crossing lights for pedestrians. This, I only saw in Switzerland where they'd stop at any zebra crossings, braking even when I haven't stepped on the roadside curb, in anticipation that I'd cross the road. In Gold Coast, I felt as safe crossing the road as I did in Switzerland. Things that I miss when I'm back home and I wish to return to real "civilisation".

No tolls either. I'm grateful and all for the country I live in but I want it to be better. Don't really like the atmosphere today and don't really want my children to grow up surrounded by such negative energy. But coming to choices, what choices do I have? The more we travel, the more we seek for change. Though change is scary for many, it's part of my birth sign. I yearn for change. I love change. So what's next?

Sincerely,

💋JJo

Gold Coast wave

 

We went for our first real family trip after 4 years with not much expectations except for a nice Christmas vacation away from the country. The thing is, I fell in love with the destination after spending 5 days there - not the best gauge for such a short stay but seriously, we love it. 

I've been to slow and relax Switzerland and busy bustling London and Paris but none of them compare to the calm energy of Gold Coast. I've been to the beaches in Phuket, Koh Pangan, Phi Phi Island, Koh Samui and Bali but none of them are as perfect as the beaches at Gold Coast, and none are as relaxing. I mean I've got little children, we walk a lot on this trip and it's hard to describe the beautiful weather that's just perfect - not too hot, not extremely cold and super friendly people all around where language is also not a barrier. There are no peddlers selling stuff I don't need or bug me when I'm relaxing, and I feel safe and calm in the slow atmosphere where even the drivers do not go beyond the speed limits. My first thought when I saw patrol cars was - what is the biggest crime here in Gold Coast? People are so calm, relax and happy, happy people don't commit crime, do they?

I have lots to jot down and I'll segregate them by pieces. All in all, I've not really come back home although I am home. 

Much love,

💋JJo

Customary Intro

This blog is just meant for fun. I never meant to open up a blog, until I was plagued  by a recent dilemma of either getting an expensive bag or a watch for my birthday. Even googled it up to see if there are others like me in the same situation and searching for an answer on the net. 

I was shocked to see so many in the same dilemma, probably not really getting the right answer. That got me to think that I should do up a blog, on life's questions and the answers that a lot of us seek - some of us want to hear what we want to hear while some of us are sincerely searching for a clear direction. Many of us though, are totally lost... we have our wants and we can't differentiate it from our needs.

It's a common thing in life. Questions and the choices we can make. There will always be a choice and we will always be forced to make a choice. What we need to learn is to live with the choice that we made. 

Over the years, I have seen that and been disappointed to note that many people I know, those even closest to me, do not have the strength to be responsible and accountable for the choice they make. It's probably normal around us yet the bold and straight-forward side of me refuse to accept them. There are boundaries of survival be it at work, in a friendship, in a relationship, etc, but you can't possibly think that you will always get away with not being responsible for everything that has happened. 

Hence, why I think I shall pen all my thoughts on this blog, on the choices. I don't think I am that privileged to have them all and I can only choose one, to have control in life, to learn about control and to learn from the choices I make.

So there.