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It's the beginning of March and things are looking good.

I am now in Zurich, Switzerland. The is my second visit to Zurich. The first time when I came here, I did the city tour with a few colleagues. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera along with me that time because I was activated last-minute and I didn't have the luxury of time to pack carefully. Oh well, maybe I should contact one of the girls for the photos. Or maybe, I should sign up for the city tour again. It's only 7 AM here and I still have a clear day ahead. I woke up a few hours ago (due to jet lag), and the sky has just begun to brighten.

Anyway, remember I mentioned at the start of this post that things are looking good? After this Zurich flight, I will be going to Haneda, Auckland, Taipei, Shanghai and Brisbane. They are not the most exciting flights, but I am contented. Having flown for more than 1 year, it's something else that makes me tick now.

I have been taking the cod liver oil emulsion recently (you know, the white emulsion that our parents used to make us eat when we were little?) The logo is a man carrying a big cod on his back. This brand has been in the market for a loooooong time, in Singapore at least. It also comes in the oil capsule form, but I was thinking if I want to take it on a regular basis, I must enjoy eating it and hence I chose the semi-sweet emulsion :) And even though I have only taken it for a few days, I can already feel the benefits.

She Blogged for a while But Had to Stop

http://melisa-emiratesairlines.blogspot.com/

The author of this blog is/was a cabin crew with Emirates. Not so sure if she is still flying. Her last post was on 10 October 2010. The reason why she had to stop blogging is that it is against her company's policy.

Most companies have such policy whereby employees cannot talk about what's going on or had happened.

Anyway, she wrote quite a number of entries before she stopped. They will give you a glimpse of what life is like for an air crew. It's pretty much the same for me and I could relate with most of the things she wrote, except that she is/was based in Dubai, while I am based near the equator.

I just want to talk it out...to myself

My life is in a mess now, in all aspects.

I hope it won't be any worse. But even if that happens, I will take it all in stride.

I chatted with mum the other day. She told me that nobody has a smooth sail all the time. She shared with me about unhappy things that happened to her before, and described how the arthritis is causing her pain and soreness every day but she still goes on with life as per normal...baby-sitting my niece, cooking for us etc. Then it dawned on me that I shouldn't keep letting those stuff bother me, but to take control of them.

Sometimes in life, we tend to amplify our own problem and develop a tunnel-vision. But if we are able to re-frame our perspective, and realize that this world is not just about "me and myself", we will be more resilient.

Step by step, day by day, I will put things back into place nicely again.