{"id":1203,"date":"2008-12-30T05:16:38","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T05:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2008-12-30T05:16:38","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T05:16:38","slug":"self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"Self"},"content":{"rendered":"

One evening, after a wedding, I ended up in Bangsar. And then I remembered my Bangsar-hangin’ friend who is now one of the sauciest bloggers around<\/a>. I called her. “Dey! You in Bangsar aaa?<\/i>“No no I’m in Brickfields, I might head to Bangsar later!<\/i>”<\/p>\n

And so I wandered around Bangsar Village II taking a slow walk in what was the former Hankyu Jaya. Ah, what memories of many Transformers pored at there! Toys R Us Express was there. I’ve held off buying Transformers for a relatively long time already and am considering selling some of them, MISBs and all.<\/p>\n

I ended up in MPH, and picked up a book with a most enticing cover – wow! I sat cross-legged on the floor until 10pm, reading a most engrossing book.<\/p>\n

I normally don’t read, so getting past 188 pages was an accomplishment. 188 out of 344.<\/p>\n

Before leaving, I flipped to the end and noted the price. I also saw the book’s category printed on the back – Self Help<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Tadaa, a punchline!<\/p>\n

I related this story to another friend.<\/p>\n

She-who-recently-turned-24<\/b>: Does it have a yellow cover?
\nMe-who-recently-turned-25<\/b>: Yes it does…
\nShe-who-recently-turned-24<\/b>: Oooh, my mom got me that for my birthday a few years ago! Never got to read it. But my ex-boyfriend took it and never returned it.<\/p>\n

I know the ex, and it certainly doesn’t seem like he read the book. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I guess I’d only read books that are life-changing. Saw Jim Carrey’s latest movie, Yes Man<\/b>? Life-changing! Of all seriousness, I do believe that there is opportunity out there. You meet all sorts of people who will be relevant and instrumental to your life later. Lawyers. Make-up artists. Painters. Photographers. Event managers. Yo-yo players. Clowns. Emcees. Stand-up comedians. Guitarists. Drummers. Violinists. Bassists. Record-shop owners. Camera-shop employees. Personal trainers. Psychologists. Magicians. Teachers. Editors. Writers. Receptionists. Cooks. Bakers. Waitresses. Security personnel. Dentists. Students.<\/p>\n

If you’ve influenced or helped me out in a big way and your occupation is not in the list, comment here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One evening, after a wedding, I ended up in Bangsar. And then I remembered my Bangsar-hangin’ friend who is now one of the sauciest bloggers around. I called her. “Dey! You in Bangsar aaa?“No no I’m in Brickfields, I might head to Bangsar later!” And so I wandered around Bangsar Village II taking a slow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}