Being There.

"These are the times when you know who your friends are.
The person whom you have helped,
will they help you or will they walk away from you?"
~ A. Karim BAR, Airport Duty Manager.

With this post I would like to express my appreciation for all the SMSes I received from my friends who heard the news even though it was to be kept within my office until the official announcement in the media.

Yes, I've lost my job together with the rest of my colleagues and my boss.

Despite the hush hush, there were a few who managed to sneak a message to my mobile and I had to keep quiet and ignore their messages. Sorry, my friends.

So now since it is confirmed, let me say thank you to all who have been giving me inspiration and encouragement to carry on --

Nurul
Nurdianna
Nuritz
Deamora
Yusry
Sharmila
Munir
Rahmat

These people came to me with open minds and helped me emotionally.

Emotionally, I am stable. I am still what I am.
No signs of depression. No signs of agression.

Even my boss was surprised at how I handle the situation.

Little did they know that losing my job did not affect me at all.
I had lost everything so what's losing another bit of my life?

Something really BIG happened to me and I was still mourning and in pain when the confirmation was declared.

No thanks to the broken heart.
No thanks for not being there for me.
No thanks for leaving me when I needed you most.

To all my friends, I have this to say --
I am a nobody.
Thank you for being there!

The Dance Floor.

My congratulations to the winners of The Dance Floor, Singapore's version of Now You Can Dance
-- namely Vas & Pris.

Seriously, I am not an avid follower of this competition the reason being that, on the very first time it was aired live over Channel 5, I had already visualised how the Singaporean voters would sms their votes ---> towards Vas & Pris.

Yeah, they are good dancers but somehow, by that one viewing, I gathered that Singaporeans would be voting for this loveable and skilful dancing couple.

True enough, halfway during the final, poll statistics showed that Val & Pris were ahead of the other finalists.

I disagree and do not like the idea of Mediacorp displaying the voting statistics halfway during the show. This would encourage viewers to vote due to the popularity of the participants instead of according to their talents in dancing.

Val & Pris would have been jeopardised of their number one spot if voters vote irresponsibly.

If I were a bookie, this revelation of how the votes stand halfway during the show would increase the odds.

Anyway, I did not really watch the finals of The Dance Floor as I needed my rest.

I was sure and confident that Vas & Pris would be the champion that night and they surely did.

Congratulations, Vas & Pris!