The Time Traveler's Wife

The trailer caught my attention, once i laid my eyes on it... (Let's not forget how gorgeous Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams is... How compatible the both of them are in the movie)

Well i must say, this is my type of movie (romance genre) :P
The plot of the movie might be a little messy, as Henry (Eric Bana) the story's hero had to travel through time a lot, unwillingly and helplessly inevitable as he cannot control the time traveling ability. But he gets to travel back to the significant places and time frame of his life. Claire (Rachel McAdams) in the other hand plays a passive waiting role, waiting for him to appear & waiting for him to come back from time traveling.

Its a big hide and seek for both of them, even if they knew that the process was going to be unbearably difficult... They both strive to work it out! :) I know this kind of plot normally would only appear in fiction story, but how good would it be if in true life, 2 people would be able sacrifice and tolerate 100% for each other just to make things happen...

Claire once said a line that touches me dearly, 'If there is by all means any chance for me to make another decision, I will still choose to be with you right here, right this moment. With no regrets!' (something like that... not sure is that what exactly she mentioned in the movie, but it carries the same message though... :P, go watch it and let me know ya!)
Yeah! With no regrets! that's the spirit... Even if in the end, you might end up all wounded, sad, and alone. At least, what you have with you are the sweet memories that you once had, and that is the one thing you can cherish for the rest of your life, right?

Overall, i would rate this movie 4/5... well, i might be a little bias, after all... this is my favorite genre... :P

Patience and Determination

Building a relationship is like starting off a knitting project... from a single yarn to a to a piece of artwork that touches your heart (even if its not as pretty as the ones you can buy outside). The precious part of knitting is the heart, the effort, the patience, the determination and the accomplishment satisfaction.

You'll have to start off choosing the right colour that would suits you best, learning all the stitching techniques, most of all learning to be patient and not forgetting being meticulous in every stitch that makes your work worthwhile. I would say, knitting really does help people in developing their patience... Like myself, i was never close to be known as a person with patience quality... Not until i had the opportunity to explore knitting skills... Ya, of course at the very begining, frustrations of not knowing what's the next step is really painful, and the mistakes you might find yourself doing causing the misery of starting the whole thing all over again really makes you want to scream your lungs out! At this point, the determination of conquering this challenge determines your success or failure. I believe that when you have the determination of getting something done, no matter how, you will find your way in achieving it, and that's the beauty of determination. Not believing that i can't get this thing work out, i practiced day and night until i get every stitching techniques right! Practice makes perfect! This is a very true saying...

Why did i mention building a relationship is like knitting? Well, don't you think that both building a relationship and knitting requires the same virtues? Patience and determination both plays an important role in building and sustaining a healthy and strong relationships.

Everyone gets lost in finding their path towards true love. Losing patience in finding the right one and mending our hearts when you realize that you need to start all over again because you've got the wrong one. Even if you've got the right one, you'll still need to have the patience and determination to build up the relationship into a passionate, strong and healthy one!

I was inspired by my recent project, knitting a blanket... where it seems to be my biggest challenge ever in my knitting life, because it requires even more patience and determination to get it accomplished, not to mention, the time consuming part of it. I started off with lot of passion and anticipation of it. I almost can imagine how it would look like when i finished the whole thing after the first yarn was knitted, and as i knitted more, my works got heavier and heavier (as i needed MANY yarns to complete knitting a blanket), i felt the stress and the anxiety of when will i ever finish knitting this bulky stuff?! That's where i came to see myself as if i was in a relationship that I'm starting to get tired of, patience running out and the thought of giving up was emerging as well... But then, i understand that nothing comes easily, and even if it does, it wouldn't be precious or being appreciated. I ask myself is this really what i want? i mean for all the hard work and time spent, is it really worth it? My determination answered YES! and now whenever i have doubts, my determination will run out from nowhere like a shiny amour knight to remind me my goals, why am i here doing this, and answering YES when i questioned myself is this worth it... and i will continue my journey patiently until i accomplish it.

Patience and determination is what i learned from my dearest knitting passion. I'm grateful that i learned it well and still learning... Until the next project, i hope i continue to get inspired by my own knit works... :) I'm really anticipating for the day i accomplish the blanky :) My baby blanky...


My Baby yarns...


WIP - Baby Blanky

H1N1

Home quarantined. Seriously, I never taught that it would happen to me... and I'm actually very confused on the guidelines of being home quarantine too... How do we really monitor and control the viruses from getting it widely spread?

My colleague was confirmed to have infected with the latest hottest virus in town H1N1...
Everyone in my company was paranoid because of this, and therefore we're closed down for 5 days for quarantine purposes. We're all sent back home for quarantine until today.
Not much difference in the office except for some of my colleagues who started to wear on their mask... +_+''' well, it for the hygiene and safety purposes... but if i'm not mistaken our office was 'disinfected' during the weekend, so i guess its safe to say that we're now safe to continue work in this infamous 1st private sector that declared to be infected with H1N1...

We were on TV, Ntv7's Mandarin News... they covered the news about our company's condition... making us the 1st private sector that closed down to quarantine... Hmm... Free publicity? hehehe... some of my friends even called up to ask whether the company that the news mentioned was the company i was working for... hmm...

But seriously... H1N1 is really freaking everyone out... though there's still no fatal cases due to this virus, yet... (In Malaysia specifically), but it is really spreading out, spreading among us real fast! But come to think of it, its really hard to contaminate this virus nowadays, especially when we're living in such a globalized society and we get people coming in and out from the country everyday.
Mutation... everything is mutating... viruses, people's mind set, and everything else that was once pure and original... I don't know... Maybe that's how life is... time changes everything...
Anyway.... i better put on my mask too just in case... well, you'll never know... :P

The Incomplete Me

'What if...?' This is what i would like to think of when I'm standing in the middle of a crossroad... All the endless possibilities that would change every path or journey that i might be heading.

I admit, not all the choices i made are the correct ones, and some really made me regretful, but even so... the contradiction in this situation is, if i would have another chance to choose again, i would still make the same decision. Because i understand, that its impossible for one to be 100% perfect, and its the imperfectness in me that makes myself unique. All the experience that i have learned from the past made me who i am now, be it making the better me or the worst me, I still have no regrets of the experience that I've gain throughout these years.

Naive, is the word i would describe myself, for believing that if you put in as much effort as you can to achieve something, then you would eventually get it... for believing that all people around you would be genuine treating you good and think for you... for believing that if you treat a person well, in return they too would appreciate and be kind to you too...
Well... Life ain't as ideal as it seems to be when people grow older... You tend to see things in a more realistic perspective and sadly in a more pessimistic way too. I want to believe that we could still have dreams, and awaits it to come true... but somehow, it just seems to be me being too optimistic...

I really have the passion that i would be thrilled to give out if i were given the chance to show it. But unfortunately, I just can't seemed to find the right opportunity. Or is it me being too choosy? :s well... I guess, that leads me to the incomplete me... which I'm still working my way to find the self fulfillment in my life... I know i can't be naive anymore, but still i do hope to be as optimistic as i could. Somehow i still believe that determination conquers all obstacles... and i really hope that I'm right...

We should live for the future and have our past to be our best guidelines to seek our way to self satisfaction and fulfillment.