In Motion

It's the second last day of the year, so I should write something poignant and sentimental here. (Anyone who knows me would probably snicker at the mention of "poignant" and "sentimental". =P) I won't lie: I get most of my impressions of the world from my Facebook feed. There goes my reputation for being objective and intellectual. xD Now, I know that my Facebook feed is skewed heavily by the data Facebook gets from things I tend to click on and post/repost/share, so it's not the most reliable or holistic indicator of what the world is like. Still, from impressions alone, I get the idea that most people think 2016 was a crash and burn type of year, not least due to the US election. If you ask me what I think, I'd like to share something that I read a long time ago first. I first came across this concept in a book by Pastor Rick Warren, but I couldn't find the exact quotation online so I settled for something similar he said in an interview....

First off, let me say I'm glad to be back with the hubs and doggy. Being away from them for a month has made me appreciate them all the more, and I am thankful to be reunited with them. My trip back to Malaysia was a productive, albeit tiring one. It just so happened that I had chunks of chill time alternating with chunks of hectic time, which meant that I was bored, then crazy busy, then bored, then crazy busy again. =P The first week I was back, my parents were still not out of school yet so I was pretty much left to my own devices. The second week, Ray, his girlfriend Chinnoi and Rene descended upon the house and the next 10 days went by like a whirlwind. Once they left, I had my wisdom teeth removed, so that was one week of lazing around trying not to exert myself. The final week of my stay in Kuching, Amy and Josephine and some other friends came back so I was busy meeting up with friends again once more. Then came the KL trip, where I was out practically every day trying to...

Today, I paid $25 (RM102) to have all four of my wisdom teeth removed under local anesthesia at Sarawak General Hospital. With an X-ray AND 5 different types of medications too. Take that, American dentists who charge $2500! Of course, I had the benefit of parents-in-law making the appointment for me in the first place, and even though there was a scheduling fluke on the dentist's side, I happened to know his son personally, and his son did it for me because I wasn't keen on going there again the next day. It's really  who you know, not what you know that will get things done. Side note: It's a weird feeling having someone you grew up with in Youth Group working on your teeth. =P I guess it's that season in life where all our peers are young professionals and we don't have to consult uncles and aunties as much anymore because our own friends are in those fields. All things considered, I was really blessed to have a super quick and complication-free extracti...