Muji planner changing how we see planning (duh!) and time

A different way of how we think about planning and time.

A vertical timeline makes us feel that we can do almost everything in a day as long as there are still gaps. However the reality is that time is relative, stretches and cannot be anticipated.

And like time which is flowing, the empty spaces allow for fluidity of thoughts.

Via Jack Cheng

A forest in home with icky toilet rolls?

Amazing! To be able to see the possibility of beauty is a gift worth having.
By Yuken Teruya

via Oh Joy!

Small eco-victory of the day - unplug!

There are the inconveniences of sitting comfortably on the couch and anticipating your favourite show but seeing a blank screen; but this pales in comparison the cathartic effect of pulling out plugs.

I leave the plug cords long, so I need to tug it a little harder and 'pop' feeling I feel at the end.

Magic. (This plus the extra feel good zing one gets from being able to something small for the planet.)

One thing we did to try to make remembering to unplug easier is to use multi-plug adaptors so they all fall in one swoop!

Try it!

For my friends that need the extra incentive: you save on electricity bills when you unplug! Unfortunately, there are no electricity elves that automatically disconnect when you press 'off' on the remote; your tv/ electric appliances are just sleeping, waiting to be woken up immediately by a quick kiss from energy. You are still paying for running energy!

Any resemblance?

Step two...

Edit: Dad wants to be my dance partner! Stay tuned for the adventures...

Barbara's an university schoolmate whose quiet burst of giggles and sarcasm gets me. We met this weekend as she was with her family here for tennis masters. She's learning lindy hop and researched a little about the dancing scene here.

So there we were at 5 on the Bund, transported back to Great Gatsby-esque, Chet Baker piano tinkling era. Dancing was happy hops, skips in between smiles with dips with swoops at the end. How can one not be drawn into it? We ended the night at Mural free dancing, my first dance with someone else other than Carlos. I began to let go of myself to follow and dancing to my own beat. The energy stayed with me past the weekend...The late night, totally worth it!

Dancing. I love to see people dance. Shanghainese elders dancing in parks, salsa-ing in Silvermoon, gyrating on bar tops with abandon; wiggling and twisting. They are not self-conscious at all.

Learning salsa and swing dancing this year may help me move better to my own beat after all. As the body becomes free to move, so will the mind, and then again, so will the body express what the minds feels. And around it goes...



Dancing. To get rid of my awkwardness, I am going to learn it!

Farewell...

...pretty autumn weather perfect for sleeping...





...to best colleagues ever...

And then there is light

Gloomy days can be romanticized. They are misty, quiet, cold; most suitable for snuggling up under warm furry thingamings.

These are not those days.

Hopefully this brings some much needed cheer!

Step one...

Flying off on 28 Dec.

It's an open air ticket so I'll be back in Shanghai still some time next year.

Why am I coming back?

C is here. Friends are here.

China is still growing at 9% a year. Marketing environment is probably still exciting and challenging with language and cultural differences.

It's possible to live cheaply with 2RMB shandong crepe breakfast. (ooohhh...yum...those shandong crepes. drool.)

Bicycle riding is romantic, I feel like I'm in a movie.