The Danger Zone

2007 came and went in a blur. I'm taking a moment to reflect. I found certain things that made my life more meaningful. Some gave me purpose. Some gave me hope. Some gave me freedom. Some gave me true happiness.

 

They say the grass is always greener on the other side. Opportunity did present itself. The introduction was brief but the offer was impressive, to say the least. It seemed like the culmination of years of hard work. The just reward, some would say. But opportunity's timing wasn't quite spot on. Some decisions are the hardest, yet these decisions make you realise you know what you're doing and you know what you want. Sometimes you just have to cross the road and wait for opportunity to come by again.

 

Oft times, when things start to look up, despair has a funny way of creeping back in. Life can be such a fragile thing. And hoping positively was the one thing that kept me going. Times like this we realise we have to stick together. In these dark moments, when you can't find the light, you know someone else will shine one on you.

 

Being on foreign soil several times last year made me feel empowered with a sense of freedom. It didn't make me a high-flyer. I was still very much grounded. But I enjoyed every moment of it. I realised what I've been missing out on. And through these brief excursions, I felt I was in control of my time and my work. Some experiences do make work satisfying.

 

The year, however, saved the best for last. The yesteryears of daydreaming were over. It took me far too long to realise that she's the one who's been there all along. I'd almost taken her for granted. And because of that, I almost let the notion of "us" slip away. I stopped chasing shadows. I stopped denying myself the opportunity of loving her. I stopped dreaming. I confessed how I felt about her all this while. I put my inhibitions to rest. I knew we did the right thing. I knew I'd found her, the love of my life.

 

Whatever this year holds, I'm glad I won't be walking the long road alone like the years before.

 

Scrabble Goddess and I attended My Chemical Romance's concert at Stadium Merdeka last Sunday. It was an awesome display of noise - from both the band and screaming teenage girls. To top it off, the heavens opened up for the entire duration of the concert as well.

 

By the time we got into the stadium, the first opening act, One Buck Short, was already playing. It was also steadily drizzling by then. Pop Shuvit was the next opening act after that and they played for about half hour to get the crowd going. I actually expected My Chemical Romance to start jamming at 8pm but all I saw were stage crew doing sound and equipment checks by then. And when the organisers started playing songs from the likes of Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins to kill time, you could see the crowd getting restless. Though that hardly deterred teenage girls with lungs as big as their body.

 

When Gerard Way came out with the band and started playing, the noise level exploded and the energy level surged. It was time to rock! My Chemical Romance played a lot of songs from their Black Parade album, some from their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album, and a couple from their earlier album (more like songs I didn't recognise). It was good stuff all the way. The more popular songs got the crowd singing along like a giant karaoke session. They played 2 songs for their encore and ended the night with Famous Last Words after playing for almost an hour and a half. It's too bad they didn't play Disenchanted though, my favourite song from their Black Parade album.

 

So we were wet and tired but I was glad I was there with Scrabble Goddess. She's got bundles of energy and I wouldn't have been there if it weren't for her.

 

 

 

Just over a month ago, I realised how neglecting and how nonchalant I've been towards her. How could I have been so blind to have missed all the road signs while I daydreamed on the wheel?

 

Almost 3 years ago, those large, doe-like eyes that peered over her workstation captivated me from the off. I was full of eagerness and earnest to get to know her. And know her I did. Little did I realise it was one of the smartest things I've done in a long time. Beginning with a simple namecard led to correspondence on the phone and instant messenger, and the rest, as we say, was history.

 

It was fun for me to bring a little laughter into her life and break the monotony and doldrums of work. And she brought a lot maturity, wit, sarcasm and laughter into our conversations and my life as well. She's a truly remarkable girl to be honest. Her independence, her selflessness, her sociability puts her in a class of her own. We shared a friendship bond that I deeply cherished. But eventually I realised there's more to her than just a good friend.

 

When I cast my thoughts to the past, I spent all those years chasing shadows when she was there all along. It came to a point when I asked myself "What was I thinking?". When I experienced joy and hardship, she'd be among the first to know. When I returned from business trips, she's the first person I'd wanna buzz. When she was interested in someone else, I felt my heart sink. And despite all that, I almost let the notion of "us" slip through my fingers.

 

So what snapped? Was it a spark of the moment? Or a gesture that changed my world? I think, to put it simply, I just woke up from my daydream. It happened the day the line was drawn. It was meant to govern our relationship. But I broke the rules of engagement. I would've lost "us" if I didn't. I was in denial for far too long. Now, I finally see her in a different light and with that I cast away the shadows.

 

There's a new love in my life. She is, the Scrabble Goddess.

Hi. My name is Wawa and I've been given the amazing opportunity to blog on the famous Danger Zone. I've known Ewok for over a year now and I still think he's the corniest guy I ever know. I'm now going to ask him if he likes corn. He asks me if it's Korn or corn. Sheesh. He then says that he likes Korn because it rhymes with corn. That is just a perfect example of how corny he is. He should be heading home soon to have dinner, a shower and wrestling. I think he's going to wrestle with his pet rat, which he lost. This goes to show that you should never give him any gifts. Not even for his birthday, because I tend to forget his birthday but at least I'm not as bad as him, he totally forgot mine, and this goes to show that you shouldn't be his friend. I have not blogged for about 5 months now, and my first blog entry after 5 months is on his blog. Why? Why??? Because he manipulates people. Now he asks if I'm getting mad, and I AM cos he forgot that I MOVED ON JAN 1ST, and I switched jobs on 1ST AUGUST. I'm writing all this down on his blog so that he won't have to ask me anymore. Now he's getting impatient because I'm typing too much.

 

As a closing note, I would like to reassure everyone that I do not normally type such useless nonsense blog posts such as this one. This one is as such because the owner of this blog is as such.

 

Thank you. Bye bye.  

Okay, here I am at Starbucks at The Weld waiting for the traffic snarl to clear before I chug my way home. For some reason I seem to have made some critical miscalculation cos the traffic now seems even heavier than it was an hour ago. So I figured I might as well work and blog a quickie at the same time...if people could actually do both, that is.
 
Transformers. Right. I watched it on Tuesday with Hot Babe. Now this is gonna be lame but I figured out why Hot Babe and Transformers are so alike - they're both "more than meets the eye". HAHA...  Corny line. Couldn't help it. Now if only she could transform...
 
Well, anyway, the movie was awesome. I'm gonna watch it again, if I can. It really brings back memories when I was a kid. Optimus Prime in the cartoon was as much an icon for kids back then as red underwear was to Superman. The tranformation sequences were quite eye-popping as well. I think I would've preferred if they'd made the Transformers stay more true to the original. I mean Megatron as an alien jet? Come on! Okay, so maybe it wouldn't be realistic for a gargantuan Megatron to transform into a puny gun but something along those lines would've been good. Say, a cannon perhaps. And more familiar names for the Decepticons would've been welcome. Who the heck is Barricade? They should have introduced Decepticons like Thundercracker or Rumble or Soundwave. Hang on, was that radio Decepticon supposed to be Soundwave? Seriously, I thought the best looking Transformer in the movie was Starscream. I managed to pick out some lines which they "borrowed" from the cartoon movie. "It's just you and me, Megatron." - said by Optimus Prime in both movie versions. Still, the movie is coolness personified. I've to watch it again.
 
Which reminds me, I should go home and look for my set of Constructicons toys. That'll be part 2, when I can find and unite them into Devastator. I should snap a photo when I'm done! Okay, part 2 will be oh, next month? Haha...