Before I board the damn plane

What could possibly be worse than having no proper break from work for way too long?

Well allow me to enlighten you:

It is--getting too excited over your coming holiday in the form of extended weekend courtesy of a string of public holidays, only to be interrupted by an instruction from your client that requires you to jet-off in the middle of a supposedly relaxing week for some jobs so important they could and would not wait until later.

This is definitely the highest form of CORPORATE-SLAVERISM!!

It’s not that i have a lot to do on my day-off; it’s about not abusing my sense of responsibilities towards my job.

Oh, Now if you excuse me, i have a plane to catch.

Goodbye, my precious long holiday break.

A sight of you

I left home early today trying to beat the traffic.

My usual response upon the sight of heavy morning traffic on my way to work would normally involve some forms of silent cursing and fist-banging against the steering wheel.

But not today, not this morning.

Today is different because i spotted something significant in the endless sea of moving vehicles in front of mine: another car to be exact.

But that wasn’t just any car, it was a car with a color too familiar to me, not to mention the recognizable combination of alphabets and digits on the number plate, it was a car where i used to be a passenger or even an occasional driver in it, on a daily basis.

That could only mean one thing--It was YOUR car right there, not too far ahead from mine, and i was almost certain that YOU are the one behind the wheel.

I don’t have the right words to capture my exact feeling during that split second, as i realized i was fast approaching you while your car were on the jammed-up lane next to mine.

Right about 3 seconds after, as my car was pushing forward, i tried to steal a peek through the moving motion and all the way into your car, which ended up registering a glimpse of you.

You were clueless about any of these when i overtook you and got stuck at the turn i was trying to take.

The rate of my heartbeat was building up as i noticed the light on your side had gone green--the flowing traffic were eventually going to bring you closer to me from behind.

I observed the rear view mirror while your car came nearing mine, stared out straight ahead as you passed me by, and then i swore i could almost caught your surprise face trying to turn back towards my direction to get a good look and even slowed your car a little bit when you found me in such close proximity.

But still, the flow of the traffic brought you away.

And so, we continued on our respective journey.

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However, exactly as i've expected, my phone rang with your caller id beaming on the screen before the day ends, which then led to a long conversation over the line, one that i was way too reluctant to hang up in the end.

Goodness, how much i miss you, i can never tell.

Looks like leaving home a bit earlier for work does has its own reward.

How’s your Mid-Autumn Festival?

Today-农历八月十五 = 中秋节.

Me =

Full Moon: non-existent--I can’t see no moon at all from where i live.

Family: none—No one’s home, they are probably out there somewhere celebrating.

Friends: none—I’m running solo tonight. Everyone else is probably too caught up with their own personal agenda.

Lantern: none—I consider myself a bit too grown up to be parading the neighbourhood with glowing lanterns in my hand.

Mooncake: too much!—On the dining table, in the fridge, and towards my mouth too, YUM!

Weather: rainy—Late night shower rain, just in time to wash off the polluted air and kill the annoying state of haziness.

Mood: undecided—My mind is sort of blanked-out, don’t know what kind of expression to put on, on a supposedly mythical & magical day of festivities like today.

Looks like today is just another ordinary day in this ordinary life of mine.

How about you?

(I reckon we should be granted a day off from work in conjunction with Mid-Autumn festival. Otherwise what good is a festival if we are being expected to spend it at work?)
(...what a weak lousy attempt to trying to skip work....haha!)

Choices

I stole a peek into the future.

And I have to say it is not the most encouraging of sights.

I could almost see the freaking long and winding road not too far away from the horizon.

Which to my dismay, is dotted with more valleys than peaks.

How should I plot my next move? Shall i…

Bite the bullet, or, Bite the dust?

*dramadramadrama*

*LaughingTragically*