Has been a tougher-than-usual week. Was great that I got to go out for meetings and stuff with managers and now am involved in one of the projects for Alam Flora. Yes.. dealing with rubbish - literally. But I don't mind because I'm having fun with it though it gets stressful at points, especially where time in concerned. But it's all worth it whenever I hear my manager's compliments regarding my work.

            Aside from work, house chores have been keeping me busy as well as some things regarding DPS and the very active imaginary and ambitious mind of mine (Hey!... nice phrase/title/caption. Mind of mine. Me likey). He he. Then there's home of which I dearly miss and need to be around with - even more so with all the happenings that has been taking place. I need to be home. It's heartbreaking sometimes when I simply can't do anything because I'm not there. Only God knows. Nevertheless, I carry my head above my shoulders strongly for there is a purpose in everything.

           Alright.. since I've got a free-ish day today, let me share a little bit of my thoughts of which I've been pondering much about every now and then : Table Manners. Speaking purely from my own perspective...or should I say ...mind of mine, I think that everyone, and I mean E-VE-RY-ONE should take up Table Manners 101 in some point of their lives (The earlier the better). It just bugs me to see young people (especially) just chomping away on their food creating what I deem one of the most irritating sounds possibly made by humans. Urh! I have no idea where I picked this up from but since a young age, I've never liked the loud sound of people munching on their food. Not to mention, it can be pretty unsightly every so often. I'm so glad that my sisters and I are not at all near that zone. I don't know if my little sister remembers but when she was about the size of a munchkin (hahaha.. when she was younger la), I used to correct her eating ways and made sure that she ate with her mouth closed. So.. if anyone says, "Hey but it's natural. It's the way they eat" .. you are far from right. It IS possible to teach a person to only open their mouth to put the food in and then keep it shut until the tongue is clean again. However pretty a girl/lady/woman is, a noisy meal (which doesn't involve the voice box) is simply unattractive. Guys who do eat quietly, well, 10 extra brownie points to them. I'm not saying that guys are excused from this munching-out-loud requisite, I just believe that girls  should not have an excuse not to have it. Heck. Who am I kidding. Guys as well should shut-up-and-eat. Mind you, I'm not referring to talking noise ya. It's purely in the world of food and the proces of it getting from the plate into a person's stomach.

           I was having lunch at a cafe with my dad and Uncle Wai Kong yesterday at Cheras and I took notice of two couples at their respective tables. My dad and his friend were talking about work stuff of which I couldn't at all comprehend thus this mind of mine began wandering. Let me try and paint you the picture which was seen at both the tables (of which I was observing pretty closely). Rectangular table. 4 chairs. A couple. For me, I would automatically sit opposite the other person as it obviously makes more sense when you want to engage in conversation. But these two couples chose to sit side by side one another. Not that I've not seen this before but this time, because I was seeing a double, it made me stop to think whether or not I was right all this while. It just doesn't fall into place! If you sit beside the other person, both of you would have to turn your heads 90 degrees to look at the other person when in fact you can just look straight ahead if you sat across the table. Okay, you may not need to look at the person while talking to them, you tell me, but.. then .. the both of you would just be simply staring into space and looking at other things in the room (and notice people like me giving you weird looks) instead of actually enjoying the time with one another. I discussed this with Minxi during dinner at a square table and his opinion differs from mine. To him, it's fine for a couple to just sit side by side ove a meal because.. "So? Nothing wrong what." Well, at least Mx sat at the right place, keeping the head turning in a 45 degree range.

             Gah. I still think that having good table manners is just status quo. What say you?