Avalon

@valon Life's 20 modules

Monday, February 14, 2011

While many people around me busy themselves with the 4, 5 or 6 (maybe even 7) modules that they have taken up during a new semester, someone once took the liberty to name me a 6th module on top of the 5 I have claimed possession with the start of a new school term. "Going for lunch with friends seems to be your 6th module." A friend of mine once declared to me with new-found delight at the seemingly witty remark. If only that friend of mine knew how wrong, or at least inaccurate, that statement was. Because I would like to say that I have nearly 20 modules, 5 of which are purely academic, ephemeral and mundane; 15 of which are the better things in life I appreciate. They may be personal projects, personal strivings or current concerns, that I have continued to adhere to regardless of opinion, and chances are they are what most people have been devoting themselves to as well.

Sleep
"Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day." -Friedrich Nietzsche

Sometimes I get 10 hours, sometimes I get 3. Sometimes I get it easy, sometimes it starts to flee.

Coffee, Tea and Me
I have yet to work out the correlations between the three but there's definitely a significant relationship and in this case, it forms a trichotomy.

Music
Someone asked me what kind of music I listen to. I deliberated for a while, before managing an "almost everything", which in most cases, would hardly mean an answer but in mine, I mean it word for word. To which another, bearing down on my reply, ventured, "Do you listen to Indian music too?" And I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Yes. It sounds infinitely better than some people's singing." (No he's innocent)

Running
I think I have said it so many times but still feel compelled to renew my commitment to this longtime endearing sport. I am equally obliged to admit, however, that I have not much love for its cousin, Jogging.

Books
I like them in print, in honour of those noble people who brought about the printing press.

Movies
There's always time for a good movie. -Tan, K.H (2011)

Writing
The pen is mightier than the sword only when you pick it up.

Idling
"Power-saver" mode is always automatically triggered in daily functioning. It constitutes to economy of information processing, in my opinion.

Hanging out
We know that it's not because we have "nothing better to do" but because this is something we want to do.

Piano
A good confidante, albeit it's always one-way traffic.

Work
The two most important things in life are work and love. Freud said that and I concur.

Eating with friends
Just to credit that friend's achievement in empirical observation, I feel this should be included.

Travelling
Unsurprisingly, I am planning my next voyage(s), alone or accompanied.

Future skill development schemes
Driving, Korean, Spanish, German...

Blank
I think there should always be space for improvement, or in this case, development of a life narrative. Something/someone might require that space to fill, and there will be a blank then.

Envoy of the Stars @ 12:21 AM
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