Where 2011 ends, 2012 begins...

As I wait in anticipation for the clock to strike announcing the new year, a feeling of contentment filled me ~ for I feel that it is a privilege to be able to usher in another new year... :))

I don't mean to sound negative but in contrary I feel blessed to be able to live another year and I look forward and am ready to take whatever 2012 has to offer!

The year 2011 has been a very productive year for me in terms of spiritual and career development. I have travelled to six countries (around Asia ~ considering that I haven't been out of the country in the past ten years!) and have been given the opportunity to do what I loved doing: training and curriculum planning. As 2011 ends, 2012 begins with new opportunity (I have accepted a new position) which I hope will bring me closer to my dream.

A happy and progressive 2012 to all! :))

socialise ~ for an active brain

I took the Komuter train to KLCC yesterday (didn't fancy being caught in the weekend traffic jam should I drove) and on the way back, met an interesting chinese 'old' lady. I got the seat next to her half-way thru the journey. She asked whether I could gave her my spare plastic bag (Saturdays being the no-plastic bag day!) and I gv it to her.

We started talking in Mandarin!!(I don't read chinese and am more conversant in English and Malay) and the subject moved on to... spending time after retirement. She told me that if she didn't communicate (as in talking/speaking) to someone, she may soon loose the ability to talk, ie. might not be able to get the mouth to form the words!!! So,, she keeps herself active speaking to people and also communicating with people including her grandchildren thru fb!!! (the advantageous of fb) and keep her brain active learning how to use iPad(it has to be iPad, lol!!). The funny thing is, she said her grandchildren will write in the simplified chinese and she will reply in the full original chinese writing. Interesting lady ~ I hope I wld be as ineteresting and motivated when I am at that age =)

Changes

There's the saying, 'the only constant thing in life is change.' Human being is so unique -- no one human stays the same all the time.

People change everytime they learn/experience something new - if there's no changes in their thinking/behaviour, they have not learnt from the experience. People who do not change, are normally fearful of something and they tend to live in their own small world and build a fence around themselves.

Learning happens only when one is receptive and reflective. What happens if one outgrows the other, be it a close friend or partner - what would one do then? Would one try to stay status quo or get the other to learn something and grow in tandem? What if the friend or partner couldn't see the reason to change or grow?

Changes are bound to happen one way or another - one just need to accept them and change accordingly or be left behind.

Is it, then, time for one to move on... ???