Next Week…
February 11th, 2007 -- Posted in rants | No Comments »Yes, next week will be Chinese New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
... but this rant isn’t about CNY.
It’s about how we tend to do the “next week” thing when we decide when to do certain thing… or at least I tend to do so. I know it’s just spelling out LAZINESS from this, but I really can’t say how else I can response to it.
Try imagine this… I spend 14 hours a day at work from Monday to Friday, and all I’ve only 2 days to do the ‘other things’. So what can I do in 2 days in a week? Not much, really.
First and foremost, I can’t do things where offices are also closed during weekends. That takes down half of the lot of ‘to-do’ list.
So for the remaining, I tend to prioritize half my time for errands and half for leisure. While my errands list tend to get longer than leisure plans, most of which I end up doing involves things around the house and which takes up MOST of the time.
And then comes the leisure… when I’m just at the YAY! I’m finally enjoying myself mood, it’s also time for the ‘I’m tired, let’s go home’... WHAT A BUMMER!
But there is not violent resistence. I try to be understanding. But sometimes I just have to rant about this non-issue… I guess I just need to let it all out in a rant sometimes.
I miss the times when I was inspired by boredom to paint and write. These days, I’ve hardly any chance or time to find a muse. I miss painting, but I figured nobody will ever expect me to paint for a living. I’ve just so much obligation to people I love.
When I imagine myself ending up as a parent like some of my uncles and aunts, I shiver. What BORING LIFE! But no disrespect… I believe they do enjoy their lifestyle.
But perhaps, who knows, I might take up painting again when I retire…
(Btw, I’ve always wondered why CNY primary greeting æå–œå‘è´¢ is always associated with monetary fortune. If chinese culture associates money as the key measure to success, then I’m a lil disappointed. I would have expected ‘wisdom’ to come first… I’d very much prefer secondary line 万事如æ„... Success for what you do.)
