Random Observations. And Occasional Thoughts.
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Just thought I'd share 2 rather inspiring observations and.. err the occasional thinking process they've invoked.. Humm.
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About 7 plus in the morning and I was on my usual half asleep way to work. I saw a middle aged man in his 40s pushing his trolley with his goods at the back of a row of shophouses. From behind the delivery van, another middle aged guy shot out, laughing with a plastic bottle in his hands. He started chasing his co-worker, spraying him with the water from the bottle as they ran laughing loudly.
It was just so unlike the usual sombre mood of workers in the early morning that these two men, who obviously either started work much earlier than most of us, or have been working through the night has it in themselves to not be dour and sour, and still enjoy what they are doing. It.. was also.. infectiously cheerful to be greeted by such cheerfulness so early on my work day. A reminder to have fun, I guess, and not treat everything so seriously
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Err. A bit voyeuristic this one. Was borrowing books at the library and.. -guilty- I picked up the borrowing slip left behind on the machine. Before I realised what I was doing, I was already reading the titles of the books borrowed by the previous user. Sigh, I know it's kind of.. invading privacy but... I was drawn by the first title I saw 'How Not to be a Crochety Old Man' and.. then "Not Letting Age Get You Down".... and ... well.. Its like a little glimpse into someone's heart... It just.. shows.. u know.. Hmm.. so much courage and self-awareness and the desire to not let life dictate who you are... I mean, most of the time people are reading self help books on how to improve in ways that would benefit YOURSELF directly like.. How to make Friends or How to make MOney... but this guy... well..
Hmm then again. Maybe its the guy's wife who borrowed the books for him
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Hmmm........interesting.............thanks for sharing!
Not losing sight of fun makes one younger too. -
Y'know, I can't help looking at the borrowing slips left behind by previous borrowers in the library books too.
It does seem to tell some sorta 'story' about the borrower, assuming, of course, that he/she was borrowing the books for self. Makes me feel 'normal' to know that you have that habit too!
Y'know, on my second last night on my special assignment, one of the nurses there, a middle-aged lady with kids, looked at me and another colleague as we went about trying to take BP readings off the poor chap, and she said, 'You (our colleague) are the 'Xian2 Qi1 Liang2 Mu3' type... and you (me)... you are more the 'Duo1 Zhi1 Duo1 Cai3' type - your life will be very interesting and full of 'colour'!'
I didn't really get what she was trying to say... like, does that mean she's insinuating that I'm 'Xiao4 Li4 Lang1 Dang1' (frivolous & flamboyant / flibbertigibbet) type?
Not so sure if it's a good thing... so, I clarified by asking her to explain...
'Oh, there never will be a dull moment with you around. You are full of ideas and you're pretty spontaneous and daring!'
Well, I STILL don't know if it's meant to be a compliment since those are characteristics you don't normally attribute to your 'typical' nurse. But, oh well, whatever... Duo Zhi Duo Cai it shall be then... for better or for worse!! AAaaaahhh-haaaaaahahahahahaha!!! 
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I've picked up stranger things from library books, especially the Lonely Planet ones. I've found a ticket from some amusement park in Scarborough, England in one book, and a receipt from Lithuania in another.
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Interesting... thanks for sharing this with us! I see quite a bit of what you described in #1 over here too, whenever I'm at the vegie markets, the guys who work there are a hoot!
And.. as for #2, I'm guilty of doing exactly the same thing as you did too!
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Strangely, when i pick up library slips, i often think about if that person has overdue fines. cos my library fines record is over $8, i wonder if anyone can break that record. I also wonder if i'm borrowing books or buying books cos always kena fine
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$67.Originally posted by The man who was death:Strangely, when i pick up library slips, i often think about if that person has overdue fines. cos my library fines record is over $8, i wonder if anyone can break that record. I also wonder if i'm borrowing books or buying books cos always kena fine
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uhh.. how long was it overdue?Originally posted by Ferret:$67.
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Wah!!!Originally posted by Ferret:$67.
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Mine was $30 and I was already cussing for weeks before and after paying it! -
I have an outstanding overdue fine of about this amount too. Subsequently, I didn't renew my library membership and they haven't chased for payment, so I don't know what's going on now LOL. Hopefully they don't charge interestOriginally posted by Ferret:$67.
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err.. can apply for email reminder. It really helps for me!
-gulp- yeah It's the voyeuristic streak in us.. it's like.. err..
i also look at the ATM receipts left behind. err not purposely look of course just.. well.. accidentally.
but everyone seems to have more money than me. -
I just wanna sleep
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Originally posted by Ferret:$67.
Sigh.
might as well declare u lost the book, it may be cheaper -
ren pi ren, qi shi renOriginally posted by ShrodingersCat:err.. can apply for email reminder. It really helps for me!
-gulp- yeah It's the voyeuristic streak in us.. it's like.. err..
i also look at the ATM receipts left behind. err not purposely look of course just.. well.. accidentally.
but everyone seems to have more money than me.
be contented lah, I saw a guy with $70000+ in his receipt and I am wondering why did he leave so much money inside a saving account