Who would have thought that more than ten years later, I would find the lyrics of the theme song of a 80s hit TV comedy series poignantly appropriate and meaningful?
Making your way in the world today
takes everything you got
Taking a break from all your worries
sure would help a lot
Wouldn’t you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
where everybody knows your name
and they’re always glad you came
You want to be where you can see
that troubles are all the same
You want to be where everybody knows your name
You want to go where people know
people are all the same
You want to go where everybody knows your name
- theme song to “Cheers”
Posted on November 24th, 2003 by jl
Filed under: Notable: Personal | 6 Comments »
I don’t need anyone, or any stupid test, to tell me this:
You have the symptoms of moderate to severe depression. The condition seems to cause serious problems in your everyday life, and you should consult your doctor immediately.
Depression is a disease like any other disease, and it can be treated very effectively. Recognising that you are suffering from depression is the first positive step. If you are depressed, you should arrange to see your doctor to talk about the illness right away. You may also want to raise the issue with your friends and family. You should look for support from these people you until you get well. Anyone can suffer from depression, and the symptoms can vary from person to person. Treatments, including medication and psychotherapy, have a very high success rate.
I know it already!
Lead followed from Asmadi’s blog.
Oh, by the way, I scored 46.
Posted on November 24th, 2003 by jl
Filed under: Life with a Heavy Heart | 1 Comment »
This was published in the Sunday Star on 23 November 2003.
Posted on November 24th, 2003 by jl
Filed under: Regionalisation | No Comments »
How do you let someone go.
how do you understand that it’s alright, that everything changes.
How do you (find a way) to make you feel good about life,
instead of breaking your heart.
The hardest you’ll ever learn is how to say goodbye
- voiceover from Episode 10 of Steven Spielberg’s Taken
Is there ever a good time to make drastic decisions…? Or have I thought through it long enough? How do you know you’re standing right on the edge of a precipice and not another mile away from it? When do you read the writing on the wall? How do you know the time has come?
Once, you felt sure of your beliefs. You had high ideals and deep convictions. You are no longer so sure. Recent events have required a rethink. You are currently questioning much of what you once took for granted. Consequently, you are no longer so sure of what you want from life. But at least you know what you don’t want, and that’s a start. The coming eclipse will help you to clear the confusion from the closet of your consciousness and restock the shelves with new certainties.
- Cainer, weekend of 22 November 2003
Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back.
Maybe you have to let go of who you were,
to become who you will be.
- Voiceover in Episode 1, Season 5 of Sex and the City
Posted on November 23rd, 2003 by jl
Filed under: Life with a Heavy Heart | 1 Comment »
At the end of July, I tried out an SMS/MMS to blog service called Phlogger. What Phlogger does is convert SMSes and MMSes sent from a mobile phone into a mini-blog. It was fun and fabulous for a while - I could send periodic updates from my mobile wherever I was and it would be almost like real-time blogging. A few others in the Malaysian blogging community took to it and signed up for the service as well.
However, Phlogger had one major drawback - I could not truly integrate my posts with my existing blog. All messages sent to Phlogger are posted onto a separate server as a mini-blog. I had to insert a java script in my site’s HTML to call up this mini-blog. Most of us ended up with two blogs running concurrently - our existing main blog and the mini-SMS/MMS-blog on the sidebar. This wasn’t a very satisfactory solution to me - I wanted to have only ONE blog and ONE blog only to collate all my thoughts, writings and life. I wanted all posts to “read” nicely in a chronological order - and not to have to refer to two separate blogs. And I didn’t like the fact that this mini-blog resided on someone else’s server and not mine. So, a month or so after testing Phlogger, I took it down.
Posted on November 21st, 2003 by jl
Filed under: About this blog | 4 Comments »
