Be Thankful

I attended a colleague's wedding on Saturday... actually, both of them are my colleagues and the fact that both husband and wife works in the same company would indirectly mean that 3/4 of the guests will be people from the company. And true enough, it was like an alumni dinner... half the people there were my seniors whom has left the company like yonks ago... The feeling? Kinda weird actually... :)

Here... pict of me and my favourite colleagues:

And here... my youngest colleague:

She's 25 and is forever telling the rest of us that we're OLD :P. Anyway, it's funny cos when I joined the company at the age of 21, I was the youngest and was always called: the baby of the department, vegemite, the young one etc etc... Back then, I hated it... and after 4 years, came another junior who was younger than me... I was rather happy to hand over the "baby" title to her then...

Now... I'm turning 28 this year and boy oh boy... I'd be ecstatic if anyone calls me the baby of the department these days...

Funny isn't it...

  • When ppl thinks you're young... you wanna be "matured"
  • When you're finally matured... you wanna be "youthful"
  • When you have straight hair... you prefer curly hair
  • When you have curly hair... you envy those with straight hair

Moral of the story: Be thankful for what we have and be contended. Life is short so enjoy every moment and every day of our lives.

One of our partners from another company; Justin will be undergoing a big operation today to remove a tumour from his brain. He's only 28 years old this year. As the tumour was located in his brain, the surgery could potentially be a life threatening one.

Justin is one of those who will always forward us meaningful emails on why we should cherish our own lives and be thankful to God. We used to think that it was because he's a strong Christian devout but never did we realise that he's encouraging everyone around him to live their lives to the fullest although he himself was sick. So please... let us pray for his wellness and that the surgery be free of complications... Good luck Justin!

8 comments:

April 23, 2007 at 7:13 AM Je5sie said...

Your youngest colleague looks a bit mixed, not pure chinese right? Yea, we always cant be contented with what we have. That's why when it's gone we rant and sad bout the loss.

"When you look at what you have, you have everything. When you look at what you don't have, you have nothing."

Hope your friend Justin is alright.. =D

April 23, 2007 at 8:37 AM "maemee" said...

[je5sie] nola, she's pure malay... hehe... these days malays can be very fair too...

that is so true... when you look at what u have, u have everything...

heard the operation was successful, now he's recuperating while waiting for the lab results. hopefully nothing too...

April 23, 2007 at 8:54 PM Colin T. said...

i do understand about being thankful and i don't mean disrecpect,but your colleagues are hot and I am thankful for all the beautiful women god has created to make this world a beautiful place =D

April 23, 2007 at 9:45 PM "maemee" said...

[colin t] wahahhahahahahahaha... u MUST be BLIND if u didn't notice that... so no offense ler...

April 24, 2007 at 2:33 AM Colin T. said...

no la no la... vickie the prettiest and hottestest! X-D

April 24, 2007 at 9:57 AM Neil Tan said...

Just wanted to say u and ur colleagues look great. Dun wanna comment on whos the hottest and prettiest etc cos i believe ladies are all pretty in their own way. Its how u define beauty. If there is only one definition for beauty then everyone would be fighting over the same gal and the rest of the ladies population can only stand and look with envy..........

Cheers :)

April 24, 2007 at 9:37 PM "maemee" said...

[neil tan] wah neil, so politically correct one... but i always believe that one man's meat is another man's poison and that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder so it's ok la... each one of us is beautiful in our own ways..

April 25, 2007 at 4:17 AM Colin T. said...

luckily he didn't say "any meat with a heartbeat is good meat" =P

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