Eccentricity took over and I decided to brew myself a cup of Lipton tea. It’s 12:31am right now, and I was intending to sleep early since I have been feeling really, really tired physically and mentally the past week. Part of the blame must be apportioned to my greed - I simply want to have MORE TIME to do things that I like. And the only time I can do so is after work, which basically means the period between 8pm-2am (ok there are times I break the 2am barrier, but I had good reasons! … I think)

So what do I spend my time doing during this precious 6 hours? Well, there’s the usual routine of checking my Gmail, Google Reader and Facebook. A huge portion of the time goes into entertainment - such as DotA, PES 2010, HIMYM, Grey’s, or anime. Another huuuuuuuuuuge portion goes into design. Anyone who has the idea that design is easy MUST.BE.INSANE. Tedious and draining. At times, rewarding. But not always. And last not least, I need to allocate time for imagination and curiosity, which often involves my personal hobbies!!!

Right now, it’s magic. And magic is a punishing albeit rewarding hobby that requires a mammoth amount of discipline to keep practising and learning. There is a lot to read, a lot to watch, and a lot to practise. Buuuuuuuuut, I’m lovin’ it! And that’s what matters most, isn’t it?

Before magic was Neuro Linguistic Programming. Was rather fascinated by the mechanics and potential of this intriguing field that has received much admiration and condemnation. While interest may be waning, it may be picking up again after talking to Li Jian about potential weekly meet-ups to learn and practise NLP. I managed to get my hands on some videos which is probably as good as taking the course. So that’s at least $2.5k saved for each of us! Will probably rope in Royce as well since we went for the preview together, and maybe Wing if he’s interested. haha but Wing’s a wild card, so we’ll see.

And then there are the many, many, uncountable, multifarious, spontaneous ideas that I get from time to time that I wish to act on. Like I was thinking of starting up something (no idea what yet) after NS is over - could be a business of some form that utilises social media. Was inspired by the stories of amazing individuals that I read from this book called “Difference Makers - Stories of Those Who Dared”. Youth should be spent experimenting on the most impossible or impractical of ideas for there is little for us to lose and much for us to gain.

Another idea was to plan a backpacking trip to some exotic place like UK or France (again, after NS). Or maybe plan/participate in some overseas CIP. Or even something crazy like going to a country where I cannot speak her language with limited cash and try to think up ways to earn a living. Maybe for a month or so. 

And as I chase these thoughts around my mind along this endless stretch of concentric tracks, I think I have figured out what the common theme behind these ideas is - that is, they are all manifestations of my subconscious desire to GET OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE. Yeah, that seems to be it! I WANT TO EXPERIENCE LIFE AS IT IS - unprescribed, unexpected and untethered! Not forever of course, since I also love my current lifestyle, but at least get a taste of what it’s like. 

ALRIGHT, I shall call it ‘Project Unprescribed’. Fortunate individuals may be invited to help realise this project (:

And after not consuming caffeine for suuuuuuuuuuuch a long time, this tea is making me go eenie meenie miney mo lova… eenie meenie miney mo lovaaaaaaaaa!

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