All spaced up

I abuse drugs. That's right, I know it may come as a shock but those panadol extras are just too good to ignore. Currently I am in a world of pain, I can feel the ebb of pain wash over my head, throat, stomach and body. It is just too much to bear.

After a while, its sort of a numbing sensation when the pain overwhelms me. It doesn't help that I am trying to have fun at the same time. Trying my best to go out and participate in the social friendster. I tried to watch transformers and boy what a terrible experience that was. Somehow or rather, everything becomes very matter-of-fact when you are ill. Friends were raving over the humour, fantastic explosions and coolness of the show. All I could think about was the brillance of Steven as he managed to coordinate every explosion with a jolt to my brain. Spectacular stuff.

I need to proclaim about the wonders of panadol extra. I discovered panadol extra a year ago when I took it from a friend's backpack while feeling ill. Twenty minutes later, I was in pure bliss. I felt completely numbed out and relax. Even thinking about it gives me the shakes. After taking it, I just sat back on the stairs and sort of went into a trance-like coma. I totally did not want to move and yet felt so so peaceful.

Oh man I really could use some of that afterglow right now. This office environment is definitely not instrumental for my post recovery. My neck is stiff after I concussed infront of the laptop while waiting for the excel macro to run on this ten year old laptop. Oh the pain.

What have you specialise in life? That is very important. I believe you should excel and be the best in something that you have talent for. For some it would be playing the guitar, for others it may be breakin', swimming, playing snooker or even solving jigsaws. If you don't have a skill, its quite a waste as it means you spent your youth watching television and playing computer games.

This matter of a skill is very important. It sort of gives you an identity and confidence which would otherwise be lacking. I mean people always need to take pride in something and it would normally be that particular interest they are passionate over. However the question that is raised would be to what level must one achieve to be good enough?

I would say that if people look at you and say, damn she/he sure can rap, knows her fashion, golf well. That's the mark of an accomplished skill. You need to be able to be a leader in that field to be able to impress people because it is something they are incapable of doing or knowing. Its all about being exclusive though, for example speaking japanese in Japan is not impressive at all. But if you can speak it in Singapore, its a skill. So its best if you establish yourself in an area of interest that is otherwise relatively unpractised by the rest of society. Note: Video games do not count as they are not timeless. Being a brand whore on the other hand is fair game.

At the end of the day, its not about the awe or showing off. Its about being able to say that in that particular subject, you know and can do something beyond the norm and you can kick most peoples asses. Now that's what you spent all that time for.