— witsandnuts

Hey, I am still alive!

It is interesting how preoccupation makes us unmindful of other stuff which are continuously spinning. When things become overwhelming, it really feels liberating to get loose and laugh, be annoyed and surprised alike by the changes we randomly notice in a few minutes.

1. It has been weeks since I have stopped eating pork. Difficult, yes. Like a hard habit to break. But it is self-imposed in the spirit of trying to be healthy. And I am happy with the initial results.
2. Since my visit two years ago, I had to see an ophthalmologist again because of the eye discomfort happening lately whenever I am wearing (which I don’t on a daily basis) my glasses. Guess what? My grade decreased by 0.75. How cool is that? “Is this normal?”, I asked. “Yes, but very rare. There was a movement in your cornea, so and so….”, the expert said. Too technical to me. There are unbelievable circumstances which really do happen that you can only care less about the hows and whys. What matters more now is that my eyes are happy again. Okay, I take it back. That was rare. I am rare. LOL.
3. I finally managed to pay attention to my iTunes and came up with new playlists which include Linkin Park, Justin Bieber (LOL), John Mayer and Christmas songs. I wish to share some soon.
4. Flickr freedom! It has been blocked across UAE since 2005 because it was allegedly “inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the UAE”. Yahoo, which owns Flickr, has not disclosed the condition(s) met for the ban lifting. I have not decided yet on reviving my Flickr patronage, Webshots (which was there just when I needed it most) is doing a good job so far.
5. If things are not going to be sorted out through “peace talks”, the Blackberry email, web and messaging are to be banned in the UAE due to security concerns starting mid October. You can anticipate the drop in prices. I wonder what is going to happen in my company provided unit.
6. iPhone has been officially released in the UAE, too. But to most of the consumers’ dismay, the voice call feature is blocked across the country. Well, yes, Skype ban is on.
7. You want a degree on mothering? The University for Mothering and Family Science (Ajman, UAE), the first in the world to offer a “mothering profession” has been formally launched. The four-year programme currently has 25 enrollees. Annual fee is AED 25,000 (USD 6,806).
8. I have stumbled upon another amazing illustrative blog. That is where I sourced the above photo. An addition to my favorites: Milk toof (remember the book?), Indexed and Blogusvox‘s Buhay Buhangin Series.
9. And the list goes on.

I am not experimenting on the permanence and randomness of life. But I wanted to come up with a very random changes list because I am at the point of nowhere today. Apparently, life is not always a bed of roses. One of my favorite approaches to find my focus is to defocus by realizing (over and again) that the world is not only about me and my situation.