Aiyish, if I were you I would accept without question. While you're still unattached. It's the family callings that is the one reason usually stopping people from following their dreams.

I wanna go back!

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 6 2011, 02:54 PM

Adoi dont remind me lah! Part of the fondest memories I had was my time at Newport Beach, too bad things didnt work out........excuse me while I go bawl my eyes out.

I wanna go back!

Like I said, it's the family callings that's usually stopping people from following their dreams. And if I might add, it's also the fact that you're married that either stalled or crushed whatever dreams or ambitions you had before. Bucket lists or things that you wanted to do before, are either pushed back or forcibly forgotten because you had to think about diapers, baby formulas and college funds for the kids. Only when you grow old that these options open up again, coz your family obligations are done, but by that time, do you still wanna bungee-jump/cross-country/travel heavily when your body is a mesh of aching bones and saggy muscles?

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 6 2011, 03:09 PM

If it's for a short period of time, and you get to know contacts that can assist in getting you a good career there, then I'd consider the "payment" to the opportunity to get that chance there. It may not bear results immediately (as in you dont see pay/salary straight away) but sometimes all you need is a break, or a chance.

Either way it's a choice you gotta weigh in. Live in the most exciting place on Earth but have to work your way around it, or live in the most mundane and boring peninsula on Earth but earn somewhat comfortably, but having to sacrifice the dream? You pick.

Nobody says achieving your dreams comes easy. A lot of folks readily give up their dreams because they're not ready to chase after it or not willing to step out of their comfort zones.

On a different note, I'm glad the Nintendo section is kept small and close among friends here. Look at what happened to the Apple Byte section, specifically iPad. LYN now using the growth in that section as fodder to introduce advertising to the section, it's now filled with Celcom advertising, shrinking the forum page size smaller.

How predatorial. The moment they see a section of a forum gets explosive growth, you see them tempek annoying advertising on that section. It's like they're using you, the forum members, as fodder/victims/targeted audience to advertise products. This is only one step above actually getting ads popups on your web browser. Bloody annoying.

Like I said before, you will see yourself modifying your dreams in accordance to your age and when you are free to pursue them. At the age of 20s, you'll be more than happy to jump of bridges to bungee-jump for example, but when this is put aside until you're retired from work in your 50s, would you be so inclined to do so, as eager as you were in the 20s?

My point here is, there will always be regrets. I myself have my own regrets coz I had to let go of certain dreams and ambitions because I'm moving beyond those ripe early young ages. I wholly understand the "eldest" part too, I myself am the eldest as well. But I try my best now to juggle between family and my own dreams. Living my life to serve other purpose than my own, may seem noble at first, but a lot of folks I've asked around, the older generations I mean, whether it is important to them or not, still harbor tinges of regret that they're unable to pursue their dreams because they're tied to certain obligations, family or otherwise. In the end, you live lives based on what others expect you to live, not how you wanted to live it. This is what I meant by shackled by the calling towards your obligations. The best I think I can do is either get those obligations done earlier, or juggle between my dreams and these obligations. Never give up your dreams, or downgrade them just coz you're married or getting old.

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Added on June 6, 2011, 3:35 pmAren't you doing it already? Everywhere I go in here, I see your sig?

Right on. *polishes the barrel of his semi-automatic.*

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 6 2011, 03:35 PM

You're doing it wrong. You're quoting Shao Kahn aren't you? It should be his hammer.

Plus don't bring a knife/sword into a gunfight.



This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 6 2011, 03:47 PM

Only in this Kopitiam has everyone seen everyone else's nether-regions. Otherwise I would not guess how everyone else seems to know how long everyone else's lengths are.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 6 2011, 03:50 PM

Should I be glad I'm not there, or should I be sad?

We all have the same impression on what "respectable size" is, eh?

Stop reminiscing you old fart!

*sprays on some gay-repellent*

Spray certain area only enough, they dont go for nostrils or earhole.......do they?

It's a repellant, not a drink! Damn!

LOL unless he can pry my mouth open, or can magically penetrate me from inside, I think I'm safe.

Tiem to go makan. Where can I go to try and get reacquainted with this country back again? I need to see if this depression is temporary or permanent. Mana mao makan?

I'd probably swear off this country if I do that.

*sigh, stuck here for another 6 months before I can be myself in LA again.

Kyo, you got tweet/FB msg. Need answers ASAP.