I feel really icky
Monday September 18, 2006
I have this cough that just won’t go away… and it wakes me up in the middle of the night, and so I’m feeling sore and sleep deprived today. Yuck yuck yuck.
I just spent the last 30 minutes chasing people up about their homework from the developer training session I ran about three weeks ago. Gosh some people are slackers. Hehe. I guess nobody likes their work giving them homework but in the interest of everyone improving… only one person has finished it. I have to admit I’m a little disappointed.
I was shocked when I was watching the news the other night and heard that there had been a bombing in Thailand (Six bombs shatter Thai tourist strip). My memory of Thailand is of a gorgeous place where the locals are friendly (even when they’re trying to rip you off) and where you can go to find serenity. Of course, there are some darker sides to the country, but for the most part my memory of Thailand is clean.
I still remember going to Thailand with Vincent and sitting on a beach in Phuket having dinner… and I remember hearing about the Tsunami and realising that the gorgeous restaurant we ate at and bar we drank at would have been swept away.
It is an uneasy feeling, to know that beautiful memories from the past can be tainted by the tragedy of the present.
19.09.06 - Julie - #
Some people are really just slackers. Can you reward those that have finshed their work so the others want to do it too? Feel beeter soon! It is sad when a place you have great memories from gets destoryed, but we have to hold onto the good memories to get through it.
19.09.06 - Soni (hazel051 @ xposure) - #
that really does suck. You can’t look at the place the same again huh? Good luck w/ everything—Soni
19.09.06 - Roz - #
Dang, I’ve never been to Thailand, but that does sound like a beautiful memory. It is quite tragic that such beautiful places may get destroyed, but, that is life :( As long as you have your memories, though, regardless of the current condition, those are something to definitely hold onto. In a way, your memories almost become even more valuable because you know now for sure that they must be treasured, for it’s not there anymore! Kind of depressing, I know. :\