Monday, June 26, 2017
My minimal friend
I have a friend whom I knew from work, just 3 years older than me, working for a boutique fund house.
I wasn't really sure what's his background at first but from his accent I could tell he's from Indonesia, an Indo Chinese to be exact. Then as time goes and futher digging from me, he revealed that he studied at a boarding school in UK for A levels, and then went on to LSE for a double degree, worked in London, Australia, HK before. He currently owns his own apartment.
From this, you could tell that he comes from a very well-to-do family, and he's also very well to do now. I have no idea of his well-to-do-ness until he invited me to his place for a swim. I thought it was just another small condo, but no. The private lift reaches his apartment directly, the moment I stepped out of the lift it's his apartment already. It was on the highest floor, the view was beautiful, until I realised he had a second floor. Omg. It wasn't just another condo apartment for single. It was a two room, with a second floor, on the highest floor of the block, with a private lift. He stays alone. See the highest floor on the picture.
The whole apartment is so minimal, almost empty. There's no art pieces, only a few pots of plants outside, and no rubbish lying around. It looks like he just moved in but he said he has been staying for 3 years already. It's unbelievable how minimal he is. My room is like a rubbish chute compared to his house.
From the way he dresses he doesn't buy branded stuff, just the usual uniqlo, nike, addidas, no fancy watches either, he doesn't wear watches. He actually isn't one to receive guests so his fridge has no alcohol, no speakers for music so I asked him what he does every night after work he said swim and watch TV. He doesn't cook either, he just eats out. When I asked him about his work trip to Vietnam or other places he will just say there's nothing there. He'd rather cut himself LOL. We both are fans of Japan though.
So there you go. Super minimal friend, I really can't imagine being that minimal. He also has no/minmal social media, so probably that's the main reason.
If you don't see it, you won't want it.
If you don't know about it, you won't feel anything towards it.
Just like if I didn't know about this friend, I wouldn't realise
I wasn't really sure what's his background at first but from his accent I could tell he's from Indonesia, an Indo Chinese to be exact. Then as time goes and futher digging from me, he revealed that he studied at a boarding school in UK for A levels, and then went on to LSE for a double degree, worked in London, Australia, HK before. He currently owns his own apartment.
From this, you could tell that he comes from a very well-to-do family, and he's also very well to do now. I have no idea of his well-to-do-ness until he invited me to his place for a swim. I thought it was just another small condo, but no. The private lift reaches his apartment directly, the moment I stepped out of the lift it's his apartment already. It was on the highest floor, the view was beautiful, until I realised he had a second floor. Omg. It wasn't just another condo apartment for single. It was a two room, with a second floor, on the highest floor of the block, with a private lift. He stays alone. See the highest floor on the picture.
The whole apartment is so minimal, almost empty. There's no art pieces, only a few pots of plants outside, and no rubbish lying around. It looks like he just moved in but he said he has been staying for 3 years already. It's unbelievable how minimal he is. My room is like a rubbish chute compared to his house.
From the way he dresses he doesn't buy branded stuff, just the usual uniqlo, nike, addidas, no fancy watches either, he doesn't wear watches. He actually isn't one to receive guests so his fridge has no alcohol, no speakers for music so I asked him what he does every night after work he said swim and watch TV. He doesn't cook either, he just eats out. When I asked him about his work trip to Vietnam or other places he will just say there's nothing there. He'd rather cut himself LOL. We both are fans of Japan though.
So there you go. Super minimal friend, I really can't imagine being that minimal. He also has no/minmal social media, so probably that's the main reason.
If you don't see it, you won't want it.
If you don't know about it, you won't feel anything towards it.
Just like if I didn't know about this friend, I wouldn't realise
Thursday, June 22, 2017
what trip?
My colleague is asking if I'm interested in going Iran-Tehran. I have 12 more days of leave, I can go for at least 2 more overseas trip.
I'm thinking of Siam Reap after reading an article on the cheap and superb hotels in Cambodia and the Angkor Wat. Reviews on trip-advisor just adds fuel to the my fire of going there.
I'm thinking of Siam Reap after reading an article on the cheap and superb hotels in Cambodia and the Angkor Wat. Reviews on trip-advisor just adds fuel to the my fire of going there.
3 more weeks to Japan
I was planning my summer Hokkaido trip and I wanted to coincide with the fireworks festival in Sapporo so I went to the official fireworks website. It said 17 July. So I planned my trip around that dates and booked my flights and hotels, then messaged my friend and he got the tickets.
Yesterday he told me he just checked the tickets and realised we made a mistake on the date of the fireworks festival. It was 8 July. I went to the official website and it said 8 July. 17 July was actually last year's date.
Argh what a mess up.
I wanted to change everything but the cheap hotels are all fully booked and it's such a chore to change everything just because of the fireworks festival. Oh wells, at least I get to see the flowers in full bloom in Furano, and get to meet my friends, and get to go Hakodate for my burger and get to eat at Tsukiji Market before it closes officially. And get to buy my summer clothes.
Argh I can't wait.
Yesterday he told me he just checked the tickets and realised we made a mistake on the date of the fireworks festival. It was 8 July. I went to the official website and it said 8 July. 17 July was actually last year's date.
Argh what a mess up.
I wanted to change everything but the cheap hotels are all fully booked and it's such a chore to change everything just because of the fireworks festival. Oh wells, at least I get to see the flowers in full bloom in Furano, and get to meet my friends, and get to go Hakodate for my burger and get to eat at Tsukiji Market before it closes officially. And get to buy my summer clothes.
Argh I can't wait.
Sunday, June 18, 2017
When I'm really drunk
In a science experiment, if you conduct the same tests and you get the same results for 3 or more times, the hypothesis is scientifically proven.
So it has been proven again that I do yoga when I am really drunk.
It was at a party at a friend's place earlier this month, after 2 glasses of wine and 2 glasses of gin tonic. I was aware of what I was doing and trying very hard not to be a yoga master, and I recalled his toilet was quite nice and I helped him re-arranged some of his stuff. I also remembered calling an uber to send me home at 2am and it was $15.
Something must have happened in between.
The next week when we met for a movie, we were having sake at a bar and he told me I really did yoga, and I thought he was bluffing until he confirmed 3 times. I could not remember a thing about doing yoga. He said I was doing the downward dog and cobra pose:
And I insisted that he join me coz he does yoga sometimes. When he said no, I insisted "Just do it!" and nobody stopped me. At least the last time I did at a bar my friends stopped me from doing the Bridge pose on the wet floor, which I also had no recollection of.
I do hold my drinks pretty well but I have no recollection of anything when I'm really drunk. This is so embarassing. I hope it doesn't happen at the club or bar, or at least somebody should stop me.
So it has been proven again that I do yoga when I am really drunk.
It was at a party at a friend's place earlier this month, after 2 glasses of wine and 2 glasses of gin tonic. I was aware of what I was doing and trying very hard not to be a yoga master, and I recalled his toilet was quite nice and I helped him re-arranged some of his stuff. I also remembered calling an uber to send me home at 2am and it was $15.
Something must have happened in between.
The next week when we met for a movie, we were having sake at a bar and he told me I really did yoga, and I thought he was bluffing until he confirmed 3 times. I could not remember a thing about doing yoga. He said I was doing the downward dog and cobra pose:
And I insisted that he join me coz he does yoga sometimes. When he said no, I insisted "Just do it!" and nobody stopped me. At least the last time I did at a bar my friends stopped me from doing the Bridge pose on the wet floor, which I also had no recollection of.
I do hold my drinks pretty well but I have no recollection of anything when I'm really drunk. This is so embarassing. I hope it doesn't happen at the club or bar, or at least somebody should stop me.
Thursday, June 01, 2017
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