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Snippets of my mundane life

Moving to a new office

Random thoughts of Bluey at Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:56 pm | Permalink

I have started to move my stuff to my new office. It is a better working environment than my old office.

It is looking neat and tidy because I have only been working there for 2 days.

I got my colleague (who shares my old office) a small gift as she will be pursuing a career in teaching instead of psychology. I won't be seeing much of her once I move out of the old office permanently.

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Petition of Concerns Over Reduction Of Subsidies For Special Needs Children

Random thoughts of Bluey at Friday, February 24, 2006 8:01 pm | Permalink

An online petition to Singapore Government & Relevant Ministries was created by and written by a parent of a child with autism.

As a professional who has worked with children with special needs for several years, I am aware how expensive it can be to raise a child with special needs in Singapore. Some families can spend up to $5000 a month for private therapy sessions. I cannot imagine how less well-off families are going to cope with the reduction of subsidies for their children with special needs.

Now go and sign the online petition. Get your friends to do it too.

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Goodbye My Lover

Random thoughts of Bluey at Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:43 pm | Permalink

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind
and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow,
baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow

Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt

This song almost brought tears to my eyes. It is beautiful.

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Out soaking some sun

Random thoughts of Bluey at 7:52 pm | Permalink

Had lunch at a restaurant near the sea today.

It was nice to be out and about again.

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More alcohol

Random thoughts of Bluey at Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:19 pm | Permalink

... not for me though.

Great night out with friends and their very entertaining boyfriends.

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The celebratory Drink

Random thoughts of Bluey at Friday, February 10, 2006 6:32 pm | Permalink

My flatmate submitted her thesis today too. We went for celebratory drinks at a cafe/bar in our Uni.

<--- Malibu + pineapple juice
Quite tasty.

My labour of love ----->

162 pages and 33, 342 words

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Getting a separation from Mr. PS

Random thoughts of Bluey at 12:12 pm | Permalink

I hereby announce that I'm applying for separation from Mr Postgraduate Studies (PS). It has been 3 long years. Novelty of our union had worn out after the first month. Since then, I struggled to keep our passion alive. By choosing to be with Mr PS, I had given up a fairly high-paying job, moved to another country on my own and paid for all expenses during our time together. It was a choice I made and I had to live with it.

It is time for me to move on with my life now. I'm looking forward to having my weekends back. The recycling bin can have all the stuff that will remotely remind me of my ordeal. I will have sole custody of any publications that may result from our union and I will be keeping the title of Dr. (I deserve it … thank you very much).

There won’t be another Mr PS for a very very long time.

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How male or female is your brain?

Random thoughts of Bluey at Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:24 pm | Permalink

Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen has done a lot of remarkable research on human minds and how they work. His work on autistic spectrum disorder and mind-reading ability (i.e. to understand other people have their own sets of beliefs, thoughts and feelings which are different from our own)fascinates me.

Ever wonder why men and women respond differently in a situation? Here is your answer:

Baron-Cohen's theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for
empathy, and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding
and building systems. He calls it the empathising-systemising (E-S) theory.

Empathising is the drive to identify another person's emotions and
thoughts, and to respond to these with an appropriate emotion. The empathiser
intuitively figures out how people are feeling, and how to treat people with
care and sensitivity.

Systemising is the drive to analyse and explore a
system, to extract underlying rules that govern the behaviour of a system; and
the drive to construct systems.

The article is a good read.

Want to know whether your brain is female or male?
Take the interactive empathy quotient test and the interactive systemising quotient test.

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Labour of love

Random thoughts of Bluey at Friday, February 03, 2006 9:32 am | Permalink

156 pages and 32, 830 words later, I can't believe I have come so far. It is surreal.

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Don't ask! I sting!

Random thoughts of Bluey at Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:56 pm | Permalink

I sometimes wonder whether I am a true scorpio so I took the quiz.

The interpretation: 60% of my personality characteristics fall in line with a typical Scorpio. Hmm ... am a mismatched?

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Baby in bag

Random thoughts of Bluey at 8:24 am | Permalink

Watching the footage of how a crying baby was rescued from a little black plastic bag (which was fished up from the lake) gave me the chills.

How can anyone do such a thing?

The baby, about two months old, was saved by a couple who heard her crying
in the Pampulha Lagoon in Belo Horizonte, a city about 500km northeast of Sao
Paulo.

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