Neo Nomadic Dreams
& Caffeine-Induced Reality

Side Job

Alvin had recently proposed to me of his intentions to put up a blog together.  Last week, I think, I finally got around to creating it and it’s still on its rough opening.  We’ve got loads of stuff to figure out about it, especially the categories because I am going to go OCD on it if we don’t.  Also, introducing tags should be thought about real hard since there are pros and cons of doing so.  But being the control freak that I am, I don’t think I could handle it.  However, if it means getting more traffic onto our site, then why not?  Will have to think about it more fully though.

The making of Drastik Fantastik has been awesome to do.  I especially enjoyed writing for our navigation menu which I’ve aptly titled Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How.  Alvin, of course, was trying to be a Don and didn’t help out, or at the most (and if I want to be nice) we could just say I beat him to it.

Posts for that are coming in quite staunchly and mostly from my side.  That’s okay though, I guess I’m more into it than I thought I would be?  I did tell Alvin that I’m a bit hesitant to do it as I wanted to update this one more.  Something’s got to give, I guess.  Rest assured, I will be able to figure out how to divide the things I write about as personal or for whore purposes; until then, we just have to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

The thing about putting up Drastik Fantastik is that it’s closely related to the work I do so I’m a bit unsure if I would get sacked because of it.  I’m hoping that because it is a non-profit activity I’m hoping it’ll be fine.  We’ll just have to find out sooner or later then, yeah?

I’ve been meaning to get into writing but I think I joined the wrong department when I accepted this job since I got deployed in the company’s Marketing section.  I did plan on doing post graduate studies in Marketing but I haven’t thought about what to expect from it.  So now that I’m here I have to decide if this industry really is for me.  As for my writing, that’ll have to wait (again).  I do plan to get into freelance writing but there’s a company policy that bans me from doing any work at almost every publication out there.  They would probably agree if I joined a publication located at the moon but who wants to go that far, right?  Plus being a foreign worker, I’m not legally allowed to do part-time/freelance work.  I will have to find a way around this.

I put up an RSS feed of Drastik Fantastik on the sidebar just in case my posting frequency lessens, then at least you’ll have an idea what the hell I’ve been doing.

Joke’s On You

Everyone must have seen The Dark Knight by now and we’re all gushing over how magnificent Heath Ledger rendered himself to the role of The Joker.  Too bad he won’t be coming back to the big screen to reprise his role in future Batman movies, or any movies for that matter.

I love Heath Ledger.  Sigh.

We can all probably Google his acting career so  I won’t delve into that.  But what I will do is send you all to this little cartoon that puts a parody on The Joker.

Enjoy!

It Started With Circles

I was going out of the restroom cubicle when I realized my skin’s complexion is looking kind of glum lately.  I don’t like comparing myself to hideous villains but this time I think it’s quite fair to say my skin sort of resembles that of Gollum.  Yes, of LOTR fame and yes, I think I’m getting dark under eye circles.  I’ve been smothering moisturizers on my face for about a week now and I don’t think any of that is helping.  What I do need is enough, probably more, sleep and to get rid of my coffee addiction.  Don’t ask me how I am going to go about that, I tried today but failed miserably.  Imagine, I only had a dollar left in my wallet and I’d rather use 80 percent of that for coffee.  So now, not only am I not getting anywhere near my goal of eliminating coffee, but I am broke as well.

I told myself today that I should knock some wise money spending skills on my skull soon or I am going to be picking up scraps all my life.  My horoscope was rather harsh when it indirectly told me that “Overreaching for something you want could leave you feeling extremely exhausted. You must find another way to obtain it. Attend to a pressing need that has already been put off for much too long.”  A little bit matter-of-fact if you ask me.  So I guess I have to put my accumulating lists (of things to buy, books to read, things I need asap) in the drawer.  I have to build my treasure trove, at the least, if I want to get this right.

I’m quite the impulse buyer/shopper/decision-maker, whatever you want to call it.  So lately I’ve been thinking of getting myself a tattoo which, by the way, has been on my mind since high school but had to set aside due to the conservative society I used to live in.  Now that I’m in an environment where everyone’s a bit more tolerating, I could jump on the skin art bandwagon – finally.  But while I’m waiting for THE tattoo design to occupy my hip area, I think I’m going to get one on my left wrist first.  Basically the design is very geometrical that consists of three circles.  I don’t want to divulge more on it but I’m hoping to get it soon.  However, since I’m trying to make some reform, I’d have to put this off until August.

Must break the cycle of impulse.