Whats Important

Something happen this week that got me thinking about the time of people I enjoy hanging around with. Not just partying with, I mean spending time with. To me time is an important issue, I hate wasting time on something when i could be doing something else. I appreciate people who are honest and mature. If you like someone then tell them..right..time is too short and too important to play games and on the flip side it is just as important that if you dont like someone anymore you sould let them know. I am all about being honest and open with people. The longer you lie to someone the more hurt they will be (I learnt this in high school).But apparently some people didn't. Like my friend Adrian says "keep it real".


Blast from the past



One of my very good friends sent this pic to me recently, it was taken some time ago. I bunch of us went to a hotel for a week (about 10 of us I think). It was a great great weekend. Not sure whats going in this pic apart from the obvious--that i am on the phone(probably making reservation for the Italian restaurant downstairs. Anyhow this is a really bad pic, look at that outfit(lol), damn! look at those glasses. But it was heaps of fun though.

The bed looks like it saw some action :).

The Cat

Sometimes you do things (not as a test), that teaches you about someone, I had that experience recently...Doesn't is suck when people are not what you thought that they were. You definitely feel cheated, but I guess it is all part of life. The good thing is that you live and you learn.

On a happier note most of my friends will be coming to Jamaica for Novemeber-December so I am very excited about that, it should be lots of fun.

Work
Work has been ok, I am learning alot which is always a good thing. In the last couple of weeks as well I have really developed as person, there are many things that I have rethought- funny that all this came out of work. But what I really like about it is that I feel like there is a purpose in what I am doing. (not sure if y'all will understand what I meant by that).

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"I got soul but i am not soldier"
"I got soul but i am not soldier"
---The Killers

New Venture

I have been working at a new firm for the last 3 weeks. I am still not fully in my element, but I hope to get a lot out of it. I hope I can make meaningful impact! There is so much to say, but perhaps I will elaborate next time.

P.S I have been thinking about a way of helping the less fortunate- I perhaps am in this caategory myself :). But anyhow, I am trying to think of a creative way to raise money for education. 4 years ago I thought of starting a project called BookBank, where people could donate books. The donated books would then be redistrbiuted to kids who are unable to afford such texts. The thought was just that, it didnt bear fruit. I couldnt conceptualize an adequate method of collecting the books. I dont have the time to make home pickups.....
Anyone who reads this and has ideas, please let me know. I would prefer something that utilizes the internet. Perhaps you could also factor in a way to also have people donate money.

Please think about it and get back to me.

Travel

I am feeling the travelling bug! The last time I travelled was maybe 2 years ago for one of my best friend's wedding (I was part of the bridal party). Almost everytime I travel I go to Florida. Now that I have gotten older I am interested in visiting other places: Europe, the Caribbean, Japan, and Africa. I want to spend 3 months travelling through Europe; I have always wanted to go to Italy. It is an unexplained feeling, but since I was a kid I have had this longing to go to Italy, I don’t know why this is. But as I got older, there are things I like about it and I want to have the chance to explore it. Africa, for sure is one place I want to go to: Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana etc.

Since I went to Bahamas, my friend and I decided that we were going to tour the Caribbean first before we went anywhere else. So thats the first thing on my wish list, the Caribbean.

Travelling alone is never fun; I want to have someone on my trips. Someone whose company I would enjoy someone that will make the experience memorable.

So this is my wish. Yes a wish because right now I can’t afford to do it. But it would be great to do it before I get old and have kids. (I probably never get to do this), but if I do it will be one of the greatest experiences.

We'll see.

Catharsis

There is something about cleaning your house that causes you to feel free & lifted. I am not sure if these adjectives will be misconstrued. But let me try to explain. Everytime I clean my room, especially if I am doing something new to it, I always feel cleansed afterwards. I always feel like my mind is free and new thoughts keep flowing. I dont know why this is, and I have heard other people talk about this. Cleaning your room gives you new perspective on things, and make you feel like you starting afresh.

Release me

Life! Sometimes it is very hard to understand what is going on around you or better yet, why it is happening.

You can’t predict what people will do and sometimes hope is just a concept and nothing more. Why hope for tomorrow, if nothing is ever promised tomorrow today. You would think that the best thing to do is seize the day and live life to the fullest "CARPE DIEM". But we cant, we are bound by people and society and other fetters.

It is so easy to just think about oneself and forget about other people. Sounds good especially when people only think about themselves. Generally, people don’t think about other people's feelings especially if they are not constrained by it. I don't subscribe to this, but I am surrounded by people who do.

In my self-assessment I think that my greatest downfall or character flaw is that I think about other people's feelings and I am constrained by it. I don't like to do something that may cause someone to feel bad about themselves, or feel belittled. I can’t so I don’t do it. Apparently, this is what is necessary to survive in today’s world. You have to have the killer instinct. It is killed or be killed. It's kinda like: In any relationship developed: intimate, professional, social the thought is: to protect my self, I am going to make you feel pain before I do".