what keeps you sane? #2

in 2006, i rambled on about 'What Keeps You Sane?'. revisiting that 3 years later (for some reason i seem to be on a three-year-milestone roll..), i don't think any of the contents of that list have changed, though I will add...
reading and re-reading Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything - one can never get bored of Bryson's writing style.. and for some reason i particularly like the sections on volcanoes and earthquakes - nerdy me rolled on the floor laughing at the section on the 'Mohole expedition that eventually came to be known as the No-Hole'..... well nevermind... I thought everybody learnt about the Mohorovicic discontinuity in lower-secondary-school geography but maybe not...)

i'd probably have to expand the part on then instant messaging programs to social networking applications.. you know which social networking application :), it's ingenious and let's face it, it's insidiously become part of our lives!

the rarer friends who are like-minded and understand you enough to know when you don't need a lecture but just a listening ear for a second, either because you just need to have your thoughts heard, or because you need a sounding board as to whether you're on the right track.

something new (that's partly because i haven't had access to a well-equipped kitchen for a long time) - trying out new recipes (of course it helps that everything i've tried has worked out for me so far! :-D) would probably qualify for this list as well.

singing in ensembles (and the often zany camaraderie that goes with it!)

what keeps you sane?

the third summer

this will be the third summer. it's been 3 years. time flies.

and summer (notionally, anyway - forgive the northern-hemisphere terminology!) comes again very soon - can't wait for the three months of relative calm and quiet when we will actually have our offices to ourselves and have some space (physically and metaphorically) to think! [Notice the absence of blogposts since September 2008!]

things to do for the Third Summer - learn the guitar maybe (i still think it's the most convenient instrument around and it's a shame that i have a guitar around and i don't know how to play it!) and take up painting of some sort again... with the dawn of the computing age, i haven't hand-drawn anything for ages!!

meanwhile, the SnL Singers will be performing at Mr Ho's Fine Foods Restaurant, Hartamas Shopping Centre, on Saturday April 18, 2009 - drop by for an evening of culinary delights and a cappella treats - jazz, barbershop, swing/doo-wop - the stuff that will have you snapping your fingers all night long! admission is free, just pay for your own drinks & food.