Graphology
I told myself today, that I need to start writing again.
I went to the EPF department yesterday, and was outraged by the service I got. They’ve implemented new self service kiosks, with big taglines on every touch-screen. ‘You are our priority’, it says. 7 out of 10 times, the kiosks did not work and none of the customer service representatives noticed the problem. The customer service counter is next to the self service, you are our priority, kiosks.
Then I read something in the papers that pissed me off. And then I read some more, got pissed some more, and read on and got pissed even more.
The old me is back. The fiery one. And gosh, I miss that woman.
I believe in horoscopes, feng shui, numerology, crystals, signs and graphology. I believe in dreams, in fate, in karma and variables in life. ‘A British friend calls it the hocus-pocus, there goes the Chinese girl again.’
Well, call it what you want. I draw a line between faith and confidence, and in all things I mentioned above, feng shui, horoscopes….. I have confidence that these are things that affect our lives.
2 years ago, I went to the bank to withdraw money from a fixed deposit account only, only to find that mysteriously, my signature has changed. The g turned into a G. The line that cuts across the name disappeared. The signature now slants upwards, but ends with a dot.
The dot seems insignificant. Hocus pocus.
A wider signature, like the now capital G, is good. It shows that the mind has broadened. The line that used to cut across the name was a sign of insecurity. It’s gone now, replaced by full stop. That dot concerned me the most. There’s a upward slant, a sign of ambition and dream. And then, dot. A full stop, a censor, a limit, a stop.
We all do that. We draw stops to our full potential. There are always possibilities for failure, things to take care of, mouths to feed, expectations to meet, fear.
‘We should never regret choices we’ve made’, my boss tells me.
‘Don’t worry, you are doing what you should be doing’, that’s what my colleagues tell me.
‘That’s normal, we aren’t there yet’, my friends tell me.
But my old fiery self reminds me, ‘You can do better than this’.
I agree, we should never regret choices we’ve made. That is why it’s important that we choose wisely at every juncture that we come to.
However, it is even more important to realize if and when you’ve taken a wrong turn, and then get your ass back on track.
I went to the EPF department yesterday, and was outraged by the service I got. They’ve implemented new self service kiosks, with big taglines on every touch-screen. ‘You are our priority’, it says. 7 out of 10 times, the kiosks did not work and none of the customer service representatives noticed the problem. The customer service counter is next to the self service, you are our priority, kiosks.
Then I read something in the papers that pissed me off. And then I read some more, got pissed some more, and read on and got pissed even more.
The old me is back. The fiery one. And gosh, I miss that woman.
I believe in horoscopes, feng shui, numerology, crystals, signs and graphology. I believe in dreams, in fate, in karma and variables in life. ‘A British friend calls it the hocus-pocus, there goes the Chinese girl again.’
Well, call it what you want. I draw a line between faith and confidence, and in all things I mentioned above, feng shui, horoscopes….. I have confidence that these are things that affect our lives.
2 years ago, I went to the bank to withdraw money from a fixed deposit account only, only to find that mysteriously, my signature has changed. The g turned into a G. The line that cuts across the name disappeared. The signature now slants upwards, but ends with a dot.
The dot seems insignificant. Hocus pocus.
A wider signature, like the now capital G, is good. It shows that the mind has broadened. The line that used to cut across the name was a sign of insecurity. It’s gone now, replaced by full stop. That dot concerned me the most. There’s a upward slant, a sign of ambition and dream. And then, dot. A full stop, a censor, a limit, a stop.
We all do that. We draw stops to our full potential. There are always possibilities for failure, things to take care of, mouths to feed, expectations to meet, fear.
‘We should never regret choices we’ve made’, my boss tells me.
‘Don’t worry, you are doing what you should be doing’, that’s what my colleagues tell me.
‘That’s normal, we aren’t there yet’, my friends tell me.
But my old fiery self reminds me, ‘You can do better than this’.
I agree, we should never regret choices we’ve made. That is why it’s important that we choose wisely at every juncture that we come to.
However, it is even more important to realize if and when you’ve taken a wrong turn, and then get your ass back on track.
posted by Shu @ 4:30 AM
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