In this era of ever increasing reliance to technology, one can’t leave home without at least one piece of technology in their possession.

What has this got to do with my watch?

Ouh well, I have a digital watch. Hahaha

Today for the first time in 5 years it went into a coma! To my horror, the screen was blanked out at around 2pm. I thought for sure the battery was flat. Rather disappointed I must say, coz its my favorite watch!

And you know how you have a habit of looking at your watch everytime you want to know the time? (hahaha! Oxymoron!)

Yea I was disappointed. It has become very habitual that when I looked at it during its coma I was very disappointed and felt lost since the screen was blank. Had to resort to my handphone, which I had to take out from my pocket to tell the time. No more flickering of the wrist to tell time. Yes, it was demoralizing.

Then lunch happen and I was trying to recuperate it. I randomly press all the buttons in a random manner and viola! It came back to life!

The moral of the story?

Being random helps!

Random-Mandom,
Mudd

p.s. Are you guys planning to do the random bus ride? Do tell us! Cheers!

For the very first time in my life, I attended a Business Network meeting on Wednesday. It really threw me off course – I thought I was going to be tired & worn out seeing how we had to be there by 7.30am

I was so glad to be wrong!

Everyone’s upbeat, cheering each other & enthused by the positive energy  that each of them brings to the table.  The time spent was worth it. Here are some lessons that I’ve picked up from that morning encounter:

• “The early bird catches the early worm”.
• Be the first to smile!
• Keep the speeches short, sweet  & simple.
• Don’t wait: make the first move.
• Un-expectations can be an advantage.
• Be open to comments.
• When given the opportunity, network!

Simple and yet great reminders of good morals for me to learn from.

Too early or not, it has opened up my eyes to the many great possibilities of networking. I hope we’ll be given another opportunity again !:)

Till then, here’s to being early!

Stay Upbeat!
Nadd

I never knew how therapeutic snapping pictures can be until I tried it for one entire Sunday.

It’s not so much the clicking of cameras but rather the crazy poses, smiling, forcing smiles, laughing & the rushing to strike a pose before the timer goes off! & with a bunch of crazy cousins, the whole taking-a-family-picture process turns out to be a relaxing activity that can last 15 minutes at a time. Even then, we would still be snapping pictures anyway!

& it’s the easiest of activity too! All you need is a bunch of gung-ho friends, lots of cameras & a nice background setting (well, sometimes you don’t even need a nice background – we took pictures in the jam-packed lift!).

And the best thing is, if you want to edit, omit or just play a doodle prank on anyone, all you need to do is photoshop!

You’ve really gotta try being a pseudo model for 1 day. You know this will be relaxing, coming from me the person who dislikes being in pictures! 

Share with me other fun stuff you do to relax & post up wacky pictures that you might have!

Have a great week!

Laugh always!

Nadd

As promised, here are some pictures from our Random Bus Ride Adventure!

Details:
Duration: 1200h – 1730h

Buses we took (in order):
- 33, from Outram – Bedo…k Bus Interchange
- 17, from Bedok Bus Interchange – Pasir Ris Interchange
- 57, from Arab Street Bus-Stop to Bt Merah Bus Interchange
- 123, from Bt Merah Bus Interchange to Bus-Stop in front of Somerset Mrt.

Total No. of Pictures: 200!

How did we choose a bus? Well, we were sitting at the bus stop & then when the bus came, we just hopped on! No reason other than the number seems nice!

You can view the full album Here!

I cannot wait to see your pictures! Happy Adventure-ing!
& Go snap-crazy!

Inspired,
Nadd

I know how dreary a bus ride might sound.

A couple of boring bus rides can bore you to death. So before the thrill of it all kill your randomness, here’s some simple games to entertain you & your friends:

1. I Spy With My Little Eye

• it’s a really simple childhood game. Basically you take turn to be spotters & try to seek something that is unusual & hard to spot things (like leftover stickers on poles). Every sentence has to begin with “I Spy With My Little Eye…”

2. Hot Colour!

• Start off the journey with one colour in mind. (say: orange!) Once the bus ride starts, everytime you see something in orange, yell out: That’s Hot! The person who spots th;me most number of “Orange-s” gets to pick the next colour!

3. Play Pretend Tour-guide!

• This is fun if you’re playing in a group. Objective is simple: Be Silly! Take turns commentating & making up stories on the location and places that the bus passes.

& of course, there are tons of things you can do besides these games. Have you ever played Bingo on a bus? Or simply just sketching each other while enjoying the ups & downs of road travel.

Or do what we did…  Just take in the sights & enjoy each other’s company!

Go try & tell me what other games you played!

Okay Go!

Nadd

We did it!

We tried the bus-ride challenge ourselves, just to prove that there are so many quirky kitschy places that Singapore has to offer. & well, we wanted to really try for ourselves what other gung-ho people who take up this challenge would be getting themselves into.

4 bus rides in 5 hours that took us from the west to the east to central & then back to the east. Despite being seated most of the time, we had so much fun taking turns trying to spot interesting sights, laughed (a lot!), got into a photo-taking frenzy (so that the picture is captured before bus drives off) & selected what routes to take on a whim!

While on the last bus ride (that had a loop), we realised that we weren’t the only ones taking a random bus ride! So if you’re planning on taking on these random ride, look out for other random-bus-riders! A good way to meet more people! 

Also, my lesson learnt today is: bring extra camera batteries! In our excitedness, we went snap-crazy and well, burnt the batteries pretty quick.

Anyway, I am pretty beat. Pictures will be up once I’ve sifted through the 90+  taken!

I cannot wait to hear which buses the rest of you plan to take & what kinds of cool pictures you’ll take! Exciting!

Watch this space for updates!

Go Random!

Nadd

Today I woke up & told myself that I need to sleep. Sleep more, sleep earlier, sleep better. Maybe it would help if I (or we, since we’re online all of the time!), set a Lights Out time for us to cease work & really rest without involving dusk.

Of course, you don’t have to tell me how health is important or how all of us should exercise and  eat non-oily & healthy foods because I ehem, have been ehem, already doing that as of… well okay, today! Or at least try to. It is not too late to start, yes?

I digress.

What I wanted to share today is… You know how you wake up still feeling sleepy & then you think it’s because of the lack of energy or the absence of coffee or that you’re getting sick or lethargic because you didn’t sleep well last night? I pondered that on the train in my state of slumber. & I thought, there really is One thing that can perk me up!

It’s a simple remedy: Laugh!

Which is why I’m thankful for love, laughter, friends & of course, FRIENDS!

Enjoy!

Your Smiley Sidekick,
Nadd

p.s. Do you have a stash of funny videos too? Do share with us!