It felt like a quiet weekend, but actually i met more people than usual this weekend! Besides the Japanese classes (100% enjoyable stuff), I met up with an ex-colleague who had made a major career change... and some of my Masters ex-classmates.. one couple from the class is expecting a baby boy in June! The to-be mommy came wearing a blue sleeveless sundress & matching bandanna.. a really pretty mommy-to-be! :)
Watched Transamerica as well, with Qiu & Bong, the same pals I watched Brokeback Mountain with. A lot of people are comparing the two films now and taking sides, but I agree with Qiu, it's really silly to compare the two films. I enjoyed both, was moved by both, and would heartily recommend them to my friends. Transamerica was shot in a very down-to-earth, no-nonsense manner, and this, along with the subject matter, made the movie a very refreshing take for a road movie :)
This morning my niece came visiting and the highlight for me was discovering that all along, she has been taking note of Roberto Jr (haha... that's the little frog that sits on top of a box on my cabinet.) My brother was waving Roberto Jr in front of her... she took one look at it and started pointing to its place on top of the cabinet.
Uurrghh... kids... they're hard to manage but they still steal your heart nonetheless!!!
Work-wise, I'm now considering a job change (you go: what! again!?) haha.. yeah.. the thoughts were prompted about a month ago when some things happening at work led me to wonder about my prospects if I were to stay at this job.. was I really adding value to myself if I stayed on? Then I noticed that there was an opportunity at the Tax Office, so I applied and met up with them for an interview. Things went well, they want me, but now it's just the remuneration.. i mean, what they're offering is okay.. comparable to the current job, but not higher, so that doesn't give me a concrete reason to really leave this current job. I'll have to leave based on other reasons then.. So, am thinking through this seriously.. Should I go back to tax, or should I stay at this seemingly more interesting job? Haha.. troubles I find for myself.. Tax.. some people find it strange that an ex-Zoologist is now so interested in Tax.. if you ask me whether I would have been able to see myself where I am now 10 years ago, I'd definitely say No Way!
Leads me to think about something else.. and this is totally irrelevant to work.. was reading about Mayday in a friend's blog, and then it occurred to me that I'm like totally "over" them... geez... not that I was so hard up on them before, but after all, I had travelled to Taiwan before to watch their lives... but now when I hear their music or read about them or see them on TV, I don't feel anything at all. Was wondering why.. was it the change in their music? seeing them in a different light? something else? I didn't even see it coming.
Makes me wonder whether my interest in mucc will fade into obscurity after a while.. what will prompt that.. how will I feel when that happens? yeah i know it happens to many people, but y'know it's just kinda different for certain bands.
