
Scratching Post, Weekender, The Star
Sexually charged ones (my column may focus on fluffy feelgood stuff but rabbits are not conventionally associated with Lily White ok :P), and articles like these.
It'd only worry them silly, and then they'd worry me sick with questions I have no answers to like: "Girl, are you making enough? Don't worry about mum and dad. We have more than enough to spend from our pension."
... the point is, I come from a very traditional family, with a firm set of values that includes the automatic expectation that after your folks have raised you and put you through university, it's now your turn to give back.
I miss that part of my corporate life. BAD. I miss sending them on holidays, giving them healthy doses of pocket money, surprising them with an expensive meal or two.
Right. Time to actually actualize that best-seller novel huh?
Bitch as I might about the sucky customers and ridiculous demands, I would never go back to my desk job. Still, it's only normal, I suppose, to have the odd dark moment of doubt ...
This article sprung from one of those dark moments. I had another more chipper piece already drafted but somehow, it felt disengenuous to send off a piece that didn't mirror my mood of the moment. As my deadline drew nearer, I started to panic. How? I don't have anything else that reflected the conflict that was percolating inside. And I didn't want Navel Gazer to deviate from my original vision of what it was: an honest, unvarnished reflection of my feelings of the moment.
Luckily, my meeting with Fenny came along and saved the day, phew!
On unrelated matters, may I have your indulgence, ladies and gentleman:
I just started a new fashion diary blog at http://frockout.blogspot.com
I originally intended it to be an online blogshop to sell off my pre-loved baju but I'm having so much fun recording my sartorial musings so, as the wise sages say, que sera sera!
Yeah, sometimes we just need somebody,or anybody,to pull us out from that super narrowish perspective we had when our head's all messed up. Agreed! =)
ReplyDelete"You need to find a balance between doing what feeds your stomach, and what feeds your soul."
ReplyDeleteYour article just happened to give me energy to plow through my current chartered path. ahh, hoping i can stumble upon an inspiration like you soon. :)
Hello. And Bye.
ReplyDeleteTradition isn't what it used to be, thats what i tell my elders ;)
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