annoyance is disturbing

grrrr.... i can't understand people who resist helping another person. being busy doesn't give you the right to not help. what i mean is, with the time spend arguing on the phone, the time could be very well spent by helping whatever the person wants you to do. it's not as if it would take you half an hour? only 5 minutes of your precious time? gosh. i'm so flipping angry that i can barely breathe. i am trying my very best not to release my temper to innocent beings. *AARGGH*

*gritting my teeth* annoyance number two would be my favourite mobile network provider, MAXIS. recently my company requested aka commanded us who have the privilege of phone allowance, to switch our Maxis Account to a corporate account. i seriously don't mind changing, although this means i am bonded to use Maxis for the 2 next freaking years, no matter how angry i am with them. and for being bonded for 2 years, Maxis is giving me a lousy phone which probably cost RM200 ish. this step taken by them is, i believe, Maxis is afraid of loosing its subscribers due to next year's MNP (Mobile Number Portability; i.e. in Singapore). Well, if you are truly afraid, then do something with your SERVICE. anyway, i digressed. as i am changing plans, i asked the maxis PIC (Person In Charge) whether my settings aka my billing setting would be changed. HE SAID NO, YOU CAN RETAIN YOUR OLD SETTINGS. and his name is GANGA, please remember his lousy advice. yeah right, i can retain my old settings. i called up MAXIS last night, and i was told by TRACY, miss customer service that my settings is set to default and i gotta register/apply all over again. DAMN.

one tiny annoyance is.... there's another person named Catherine in my office. i know it's a different spelling BUT the pronunciation is the same!!!!!! now i don't know whether my colleagues are addressing me or her.

i better drink some water to cool off. TA, lunch time is here!

first day in multipy!

yay! my very first day of using multiply.... there were previous attempts of luring me to join multiply but to no avail.. but finally i join multiply... just so that i can comment in ann's blog. :P

and multiply has this cool feature where i can cross blog.. meaning that if i post a blog post in multiply.. it will post the exact same one in blogspot... cool huh?

for my blogspot reader's, my multiply site is: www.cathrynling.multiply.com

i'm gonna upload more pics and songs when i've got the chance too.. exciting!

random thoughts

• if ever i am able to emancipate myself from materialism, will happiness easier to achieve? not only materialism, living in the world today, you tend to restrict yourself. for the fear of others' views, for the fear of the unknown, for the fear of just being yourself truly. sometimes, i have the thoughts, that if i ever am able to know myself 100%, to understand myself 100%, would i dislike me?
• taking the challenge, pushing yourself to the limits, to overcome the boundaries that you set yourself, will help you to grow, to become better. this is what i always think. aren't we all suppose to push ourselves to the next level? but sometimes, a sly thought will creep in my mind, "when will it be ever enough? nothing ever seems to be good enough". but i pushed it aside, always.
  
• friends come and go. but true friends remain at your side, throughout. is that true? does that mean that those friends who no longer are your friends, were never a true friend to begin with? i beg to differ. think of it this way, at that moment in life, when you n her were friends, she really was a true friend. it's because, as time passes by, people grow up and you and her grow towards a different direction. sometimes, although i no longer am friends with them, i still care and hope for the best for them. no matter what, they did treat you good before and were there for you before. memories of those happy times, will remain in my heart forever.
• being in a relationship, i know arguments are unavoidable. sometimes, the arguments become so serious, that i can't even remember how it started and what's the reason of arguing. what in the world are lovers arguing for? i thought love conquers all. ROFL.
  
• scoring As and distinctions in exams, you would think that that person will have a high flying career. WRONG! isn't it weird when those who do well in studies, does not always do that well in their career? every parent pushes their child to study and score distinctions for their future, so that the child will have a great career. and thus, the child succumbs, to the expectation that good grades equal to a good career, pushing himself to study and yet, when he begins his working life.... he did not do well. Funny how the world works. the irony of it.
  

yeah, this is the sort of stuff i think. silly me.

gosh, it's late. gotta go. n kill my brain cells.

welcoming the new year

to celebrate the coming of new year (yes, i know it's a month plus away but still just around the corner!), i'd decided to cut my hair. i overcame my fear of the hairstyle being a mistake and took the plunge:-

What do ya think? LOL

My face looks chubbier with the new haircut.

and, i'll upload the pictures on beijing soon... took me quite some time to compile it.. and when i had the time to upload, blogspot refused to co-operate..... i couldn't upload.

life is going to be fun! :) 2008 will be fantastic! *crossing my fingers*

my beijing trip last september

Nice trip, guys! round 2?