Posts Tagged ‘work’
the insomniac speaketh
i have this organizer application on my iphone that shows this annoying number at the corner of the application icon, indicating the number of unfinished tasks i have for that day. annoying to people like me, who like everything clean and uncluttered, who make sure there are no unread mails in her email inbox. all [...]
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Tags: headache, insomnia, noises, work
masochism
for days now, i have woken up with the sun at about 5 and worked non-stop at the computer till dinner time whereupon i collapse, eyeballs burning, onto the bed. yet, my mind and body, running on some kind of strange adrenaline, refuse to shut down properly at the end of the day – you [...]
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Tags: masochism, pms, whining, work
what future?
woke up this morning to a cozy, rainy day. it had actually been cold enough to put on the heater last night, so, lulled by the rain and the toasty warmth in the room, i did not manage to extricate myself from my blankets till well past ten today.
it has almost been a month, but i still feel strangely disjointed every [...]
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Tags: academia, choir, school, weather, work
i fell asleep again last night without finishing what i had set out to do. despite being able to rise before 7 every morning without an alarm, i am in despair over my ‘cinderella situation.’ i need more time; more time to walk, read, think, write… even time to mope around. there just doesn’t seem [...]
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Tags: seasons, tokyo life, work
meltdown
i woke up this morning thinking i had a nervous breakdown. my hands shook so badly i could not take my breakfast, and had to resort to gripping a spoon as firmly as i could while i shovelled the food down. and then there were the gastric pains; my heart was in my mouth, and [...]
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Tags: whining, work
late night wanderings
working late, for me, means several things. one, the inevitable shoulder ache resulting from typing incessantly for many long hours. two, the inevitable snacking resulting from boredom and attempts to stave off sleep. three, the inevitable diarrhea that results from a combination of point two and cold tea. four, the inevitable encounters with creatures of [...]
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Tags: cockroaches, lizards, work
chinese new year
hello, it’s the eve of chinese new year.
i woke up in a state of shock and panic (i seem to wake up in that state half the time), which soon turned into resignation. at half-past five in the morning, i put fresh sheets over my bed, put up the new picture, and cleared away all the clutter, all [...]
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Tags: chinese new year, work
midnight ruminations
waking up ten minutes ago with a sore throat so bad i could not sleep, i prowled the house, gurgled with salt water, and sat down to work with the tissue box parked next to me.
i hate having the flu.
went to bed with a fever and the shivers, praying to be well enough to work, at [...]
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Tags: sick, whining, work
three full days of the runs have doused my passionate call for civic action and world peace, but i am too in love with eggs florentine and morton’s (free) steak sandwiches to abstain from food so that things could be just that little bit better, so i shall retire meekly and whine about other things [...]
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Tags: blogging, diarrhea, eggs florentine, morton's, rain, sunglasses, work
dearly beloved…
i escaped to starbucks, hoping to shake off the lethargy and get down to the shampoo translation, which should really take only an hour or so if i put my mind to it. yet here i am… blogging.
i like to sit in a cafe with my work and a cappucino when the crowd is quiet [...]
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Tags: bridesmaids, cafe, facebook, marriage, starbucks, weddings, work
