Am I really here for work? Hmmm... I find myself drifting once in a while. The workplace is like home and my officemates are walking helpdesks. It's so easy to get help here... I guess it's a Lexmark environment thing, but I feel that I am well supported here. This is definitely the land of the free... and there are so many choices. Just by walking down the aisles of Walmart, you'd already know what I mean. This is shopping, touring and entertainment heaven! There is such a thing as "road courtesy"... amen to that... and most of all the people here are very nice, warm and courteous... dunno with the big cities, but I could say this for this state. I'm in. Almost everywhere, people greet each other. When I wake up and go have my breakfast, I meet neighbors passing by telling me "How are you? It's a great day isn't it?" And when I reach home, neighbors go "How was your day? You can stop by our place for some milk and cookies." Only in the movies? Definitely not. Once you're new, you get that "culture shock" but after being here for nearly a month, it becomes part of your day and it truly makes my days great. When people smile and show concern, it truly blows off the worst of moods. Really! It's as if I am living in a near-perfect world. Close to perfect only 'coz that would mean bringing my whole family and set of friends here to experience all that I'm enjoying. *sigh Till here. Have to cook my dinner for tonight and my lunch for tomorrow as well. Take care peeps and I hope you're still visiting this website. Once I get my laptop, I'll be posting more often and with pictures!

Here's something:

1. If you could change one trait that you have, what would it be and why?

Sounds like a pageant question. hmm... ahem
I'm a fast paced person. If I were a cartoon character, I'd be that rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. what's his name again? Was it Roger? I need to take things slowly and allow things to happen in their right pace and time. Sometimes I'm impatient and I can't wait for results. Of course there are things that need to be hurried, while some need to take time. I guess I'm extreme. I need to be more balanced.

2. What is the one thing that intimidates you the most?

Definitely people who are scheming. It intimidates me because it's hard to understand their true motivations. I'm one person who puts a lot of emphasis on trust. It's hard to trust someone who's capable of stabbing you at your back... worse if they stab you right in your face. I value my relationships with people and it's just sad sometimes that I can't be their friends anymore because they've hurt me somehow or have broken my trust in them. I should live in a world where everyone's trustworthy and honest. In what world is that possible. Maybe I should take the next mission to Mars.

3. What do you think people should know about you that they don't?

They should know that I do care about them. Some people take me for granted because I'm too nice, while some are afraid of me 'coz of my frankness and oftentimes decisiveness. Indeed, I'm a caring person once you get to really know me. I'm born with it. I just don't show much of it because I don't want people to capitalize on it. I'm concerned for people because I feel happy and secure to have friends who are doing well in their lives. I still dream of a perfect world, the 22 year old that I am. I possess the fancies of a 10 year old boy, with a mind and will that's as experienced as a 35 year-old. I'm torn in between my innocent self and my world-dictated self. I know the harsh cruelties of the world, but I choose to see it to be better than what it is because it's the only way to find hope in this forsaken universe.

4. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
Hmm... I used to have an image, but now I don't. As what I've learnd in life, the only thing constant in this world is change. Gone were the days that I have a solid image of what's ahead. I don't keep those images anymore because it will just disappoint me if they aren't met. Someone taught me this and I didn't listen so I had to learn the hard way. The future is so uncertain such that if this question were asked of me, I'd say that in 5 years from now, I'd be John Alexander Lim, male, 27 years old, successful and independent.

5. What is the one thing you have now that you consider priceless.. why?
My health and the people in my life. People don't have pricetags on them and so are priceless. My relationships with God, my family, friends and colleagues are the priceless possessions I have. Would that make me poor??? 'coz these are intangible stuff. Definitely not! Wealth in life is measured by the quality of life a person leads and the roles he plays on the stage called life.

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