Finishers Wanted

For days now, I’ve been fancying about owning a D80/D90 Nikon camera and eventually piddle around the streets of Dubai with the magic bullet on my hand. I picture it must be so cool!!!

Like a woman speaking gently to a child, I pulled myself over into a corner somewhere in the recesses of my mind. The proverbial pang of guilt seems to move stealthily around. Since when have I been this interested in photography anyway? Well, probably since the day my officemate started coming to the office with his DSLR cam slung over his shoulders. He would normally take pictures of literally everything under the sun including the clutters on my table. With much coercions and constant push from my colleague, I feel like I could just go ahead and grab one for myself.

Here I go again… the starter version of myself... I’m a starter, a spark plug. I’m good at starting things because I’m in love with the idea of doing things… It’s not a bad thing somehow if not for the unfinished businesses I have on my hands which from time to time berate the conscious mind. Just what are the things have I started so far?

- Guitar lesson
- Painting session
- Unfinished blogs saved in my laptop - titles with 1 or 2 liner articles
- Cooking lessons (informal session with Rachel Ray in Youtube.. LOL)
- keyboard lessons
- AutoCAD (I finished the course at least)
- Exercise routines
- Part time job in Networking business
- Piles of books with markers somewhere in between pages
- The long-been-planned backpacking trip to Europe
- Master’s degree in Environmental Science


This morning, I was going gaga over the idea of earning my MBA specializing in Human Resource Management. I’ve done my research online, phoned up a few friends and done the math for the tuition fees. Now I could sense a bit of a cold feet creeping inside once again.

From childhood to being full grown adults, among the familiar chap in the street are phrases like – finish your vegetables, finish your milk, finish your homework before watching TV, finish your report before the end of the day’s business...

What does it take to finish a task?

I was surfing the net over the weekend and I was hilariously entertained with the advert I came across with. It says “FINISHERS WANTED!” Well, I will surely be not fitted for the job. Apparently, it’s an advert of an automotive company looking for skilled workers who can do the finishing touches for repaired vehicles.

In my deepest most profound thoughts, I understand… the glory in running a marathon doesn’t always lie in finishing first… but in finishing the race itself. A project contractor only gets paid in full when the final touch in a project is done. A good story means a good ending and a good ending means a good story. An unfinished masterpiece is not masterpiece at all. The final hour in a student’s life is on that day when the crowd is cheering and the caps are finally tossed into the air.

Isn’t it that the final words that redeemed the world are the words “it is finished!”

Dare I say, one of the happiest and most fulfilled feelings of all in a person’s life is when something is accomplished, when the crescendo is finally attained, when the to do list is all crossed out. It is when one can finally say.. I’ve fought a good fight.. I’ve finished the course… I’ve kept the faith.

And it all starts deep within, when one finally found the resources to change, the will to persevere and the right reason for what you are doing.

Hats off to the finishers!

So, should I or should I not get a Nikon DSLR for myself?

Happy Words

It became a regular habit for me to scout for catchy phrases, unfamiliar words and idiomatic expressions from whatever I could lay my eyes on... magazines, newspapers, articles.. anything. I don’t really know if it’s just me or there’s also somebody out there who has the same weirdness as I do… but this routine gives me a sense of delight and pride all in one.

Now, I have a collection of what I call happy words… happy words because of the contrast and the harmony of the lexis put together in one expression. I have listed below 6 of my top favorites:

Gentle giant – the phrase is so interesting it’s been used to name an artist, an organization doing rescue and adoption of puppies, and a variety of companies doing zillion kinds of businesses. How can a giant so mighty and powerful be gentle anyway?

Stubborn love – a love that never lets go in spite, despite.. practically whatever!

Crazy busy – you’re so busy you look really a lot like crazy J

Saving grace - I was told once “grace” also means something you don’t deserve but is given to you nevertheless.. To me, this phrase is that “something” which snatches me away from disaster, brought me to a soft landing and finally orchestrates everything into its proper places.

Godaddy- This is actually a name of our server host in the UK. There is just something very personal and intimate about the name I wonder how in the world the brainchild of the website came up with such a name.

Thinking aloud – this is the cousin of crazy busy… coz if you think aloud with no one around, you tend to speak to yourself… most of the time, the act makes you look a lot like crazy as well.. har har har…

Bizarre, is it?

But these words to me are like feel good music… ever listened to I’m Yours of Jason Mraz, the reggae version of Stuck on You by Ekolu and the ever favorite Power of Two? If you have, now you got an idea of what I mean…

Enough of my early morning craziness... Over and out!