The One About Three Weird Dreams

You know how it is with dreams. You wake up and you get little flickers/fragments of it which you will soon forget.

That’s how it usually is.

I woke up and I remembered three distinctly different dreams I had last night.

Before I go into the first, I need to tell you this. At work, sometimes I had to check my chief editor’s emails to download the articles by writers/contributors outside.

So in my first dream, I remembered opening the inbox of my chief editor and I found an invitation to SNSD’s concert. (They do always have invitations to various events, even those away from Kuching.)

I was overjoyed and bounced to my boss/editor’s office and volunteered to go and they agreed. I mean c’mon, having a media pass to a concert is like heaven.

That was it for the first dream.

Second one, my family and I was on our way somewhere. As in flying long distance.

Before that, I remembered being at the office (I think work is taking over my life as it is with my dreams) and trying to pack my stuff before I go off. My workplace was somehow abnormally messy and I had to lug at least 3 bags to fit everything in (not in real life of course).

Then we flew and stopped over in Seoul! I remembered someone telling me that we are not gonna stay here for a long time so I just went and snap snap snap with my camera at as many things as I could before we left. It doesn’t make sense of course. Unless, it’s a long transit. But anyways, I was delighted that I managed to visit Korea as I rushed around, trying to take in the sights.

Okay… that was the second. Now for the third.

The third. Somehow my extended family came into the picture. And we are on another vacation in a foreign place, which is somewhat Asian but I couldn’t put a name to it.

My aunt (uncle’s wife) was relating a story (in the dream) where she came with other family members the previous time and they had to rent this place to stay. And she showed us where it is.

Now, imagine a rather ancient looking street with buildings on both side, which are at least 4 stories high but you can’t see the stories distinctly as they are mostly buildings with high ceilings. And remember the old and mouldy part. Somewhat Chinese/Nepalese-infused in my mind (cos the surroundings appear to be mountainous).

Anyway, she pointed out this building to us. It was about 4 storeys high as I said. But at first glance, it was like a building with all four walls gone, leaving only the roof and the four supporting main poles. So you can see right through it. But my aunt pointed out that they stayed at the fourth floor, so it’s kind of like a huge space below the only surviving floor, which is glued to the roof. Kind of like a house on stilts, BUT very long stilts.

That was it.

I thought that was weird. I won’t usually remember much from my dreams. The three fragments of my dreams don’t make sense of course. But I just thought that I have to get it down before I forget it.

Time for lunch.

The One About the Mood Graph

Guess how bored I am?

Bored enough to plot my mood over the week on a graph!

 

This is the ups and downs during normal weeks, where PMS isn’t a factor.

Obviously, ten is the highest where I’ll be ecstatic, probably after I get a new toy (make that 11 or 12 then!) and 0 is the lowest where I’m suicidal very depressed.

And the graph applies only when I am working. Otherwise, I think it might be permanently stuck on an 8.

So from the graph, I feel most down on Mondays and Tuesday. Monday because of the blues after the weekends but reality hasn’t hit hard yet. Tuesday because reality hit and I realise it’s still so far from the weekends.

And obviously every other day will improve from these two. Then it goes down like a rollercoaster again starting from Sunday.

I was feeling really foul yesterday for no particular reasons. Something like a sudden surge of midlife crisis at the age of 24 (technically 23).

Then I got over it with a night of sleep.

Speaking of sleep, I have been having dreams every single night for the past days.

What did I dream of yesterday?

I dreamt that my family and I went for a holiday/stay at a chalet in the mountains where it’s nice and cool (think Mt. Kinabalu) with little fog and mists.

It was all nice and lovely until I discovered that I forgot to bring my phone’s charger and there’s only 20% left.

I called up my parents who haven’t left for the destination yet and I have no idea what happened next as I woke up.

Hmm… What are these dreams trying to tell me? From kidnaps to tornadoes to chalets in the mountains. Hmm…

The One About A Weird Dream + Gumiho

I had a weird dream last night.

I dreamt that my brother was kidnapped, along with my phone (strange?) and some other valuables.

I remembered that I was driving and looking frantically everywhere. I think it was racing against time thing.

Then, I received a call from someone, who claimed to be my brother’s classmate/schoolmate, who felt guilty because his family kidnapped my brother and took our valuables. He left his first name.

But I had no way of identifying him. So I called my brother’s friends from school but no one picked up their phones at all.

So, I thought of the school yearbook. It usually contains our particulars anyway.

I looked high and low and yet I still can’t find a copy.

I drove to my friend’s house (shophouse) in a place that looks and feel like Padungan but in reality, she lives far from there.

But anyway, I eventually found a copy of the yearbook but of all years, this particular year’s publication did not publish any addresses or phone numbers of the students! Gah!

And I think this was when my alarm woke me up. But anyway, it seemed so much more dramatic and longer in the dream. I can’t express it well in writings and now it sounds like a comedy. Oh well…

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Anyway, the reason I’m blogging now is that I have nothing to do. It’s strange.

In the recent week/days, I usually had to translate asian entertainment news in the morning. But there’s nothing in my folder (the company computers are all linked in a network). So I feel strange and disconcerted. Had to check the folder every few minutes. Just in case.

*checks* nothing.

Hmm…

I finished the Korean drama “My girlfriend is a Gumiho”. It’s pretty interesting. Only 16 episodes so it is not too much of a drag. It is very different from the usual sob fest or love-to-death drama. Well, it is a little but the fact that the girl is a Gumiho (nine-tailed fox) changes things a lot. And it has lovely soundtracks.

La la la..

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Update: I was happy that I had nothing to do this morning. Then all the work came rushing to me in the afternoon! Gah!

But I’m pretty much done. Just need to proofread it now. Not something I like to do.

Another photo of lovely autumn from Pennsylvania, the home of awesome ice cream. Sigh

The One about the Weird Dreams

I had a very very weird dream last night. It was divided into several parts since they don’t make sense (as always).

Firstly, I seemed to be participating in this game thing where I was stuck in an indoor maze, with maze walls higher than a person, with two other people. The walls aren’t made of the usual shrubs, but more like junk so at times you can find a crevice that you can sneak through. What’s the aim?

There was this huge dinosaur, not sure if it’s alive or it’s just mechanical, much taller than the maze. It’s hunting us down one by one and somehow by hook or by crook, we have to defend ourselves and possibly defeat it. Apparently I was the last one left and I had to run like mad (think movies like predators and 2012).

The strange think is that it seemed to be in an indoor theme park. And that I think I have dreamt of this place before. Kind of like the Genting in my dreams. In fact, I have dreamt of different parts of this place in different dreams. Weird!

That seemed to be the end of part 1.

Next, I found myself at a place full of shophouses so at the alley that I am standing in, I was surrounded by shophouses and flights of stairs since the shops are not at the same ground level. Some is higher and some is lower. You get the idea. The shops are kind of old. Maybe more than a few decades with the usual peeling paint and all.

As I climb some stairs, I reached this empty looking shop, which should be a bakery. A lady was packing away some baked goods and I heard whisperings from three girls. It seemed like the shop is being closed down and the baked goods are actually stale and are packed to be thrown away.

Somehow the dream seemed focused on the three girls. Age ranges from young primary to early secondary. They seemed to be poor and uneducated. The eldest, especially, seemed to scorn at the idea of education.

I hung out with them until nightfall. This is where it got weird.

The shophouses are kind of creepy at night, more so than in the day. The girls seemed creeped out about something.

We were sitting in an abandoned shop facing the moon, so moonlight was streaming into the dark shop.

Then I saw a silhouette peering into the shop. It was Joker (think Heath Ledger). Imagine how creepy it is!

And it ends here too!

Isn’t this weird? The creepy dreams! Ugh… my heart must have pounded a lot especially when I was chased by the dinosaur. Let’s hope I get some sweet dreams tonight, to compensate for the scary dreams.

The One About the Future Google

Check out this article here.

I like it that Google is advancing further than Apple. Besides catching up with what Apple has to offer, Google goes one over them. Take that you overrated fruit!

And there’s a newer version of Android, dubbed Froyo which is Android 2.2 coming soon. My phone is running on version 2.1 now. The new version supposedly comes with many advantages such as speed and wireless streaming from home desktop. Days of data cables will soon be gone.

Can’t wait for the upgrade to Froyo. Hope it’s available soon. And now it’s time to sleep. Bring on the dreams. Dreamt that I was furiously putting out fires caused by flying ambers from the sky…

The One About Another Weird Dream

I had a very weird dream during my nap earlier in the evening.

Apparently there was 2 different dreams or 2 different settings.

First, was in the Spring. I dreamt that there were F1 exhibitions there and not only were there cars, there were huge, larger-than-life cars! I was there with my family. Technically it was just preparations for the exhibitions but cool anyway.

Second was where it got weird. Two friends and I were in a car. I was alone in the backseat and I was happily shooting away with my camera. Then I saw this bus with wings (go figure). I was amazed because it landed at the side of a shopping complex with the wings withdrawn and it looks like a normal bus. When it took off, the wings appeared again. All these while we were driving along some sort of a highway. As I said, I was happily shooting the skies and the stuff around me, when I saw this 2 grey coloured UFOs! Obviously, I’ll take more photos right? The UFOs noticed me taking photos and they flew near our cars! An alien appeared and stuck its head outside our window looking at me! It was scary! Suddenly, the alien transformed into a pig (yes, a pig) and our window became non-existent because it came bounding in, trampling me under it’s piggy legs!

Darn! That was scary somehow, even though it sounds so comical right now. Haha!

The One About A Lonely Ghostly Dream

I had the weirdest dream last night. I dreamt that I passed on and was a soul/ghost wandering around among the world I was so familiar with. I can see everything and everyone I knew; family and friends. Obviously (as in many stories) they can’t see me. But there were few living that could sense my presence or catch a glimpse or flicker of me. And that freaked them out. I don’t feel very deadly or harmful. I can’t harm anyone or have any contact at all. I was alone in my ghostly world, watching people I once knew going about their daily lives.

I felt surprisingly lonely and depressed, knowing that I can only watch and no longer play a part in anyone else’s life. And that I can talk or shout but no one will be able to hear or response. I woke up feeling blue due to the weird dream.

So what does the dream mean? That I am afraid of being lonely? Which may be true. Or it’s just a different genre of dream playing in my head. I guess “The Kite Runner” isn’t exactly a suitable bedtime story, being so sad and negative and all. Need something happier. More comics people?

The One About Feeling Lost in Dream

As usual, I am always entertained by dreams during sleep (obviously). My latest escapade was at a new unknown huge shopping mall that has everything. Many people I knew were in it at that time. It somehow reminds me more of my secondary school days like faces of friends I have seen in a long time and those are people who do not usually appear in my thoughts in real life.

The place was full and packed with people. I was hanging out with the old sec school people i guess. But the funny thing is, people started disappearing, not bursting into thin air but more like into the crowd. Eventually the crowd thins but I can’t find anyone I know. Strange.

Then I was woken up by thundering sounds of thunders. Haha. Scary storm to cool down the horribly hot day. It was hot even in the morning. I started sweating even after showering. Weird weather.

So, the dream. People I haven’t seen in a long time. People I am not very familiar with. Feeling lost in a foreign place. What does all that signify?

Lol. Don’t crack your brain thinking of a witty reply. It’s just a dream. It’s like tv during sleep. *hesitates* I hope. Haha

The One About the Fun Dream

Was woken up by smses from friends, asking me if I want to go to Sushi King. I was initially very enthusiastic to go to the promotion. But it turns out that most of my friends not going and that I said I’ll go with my sis if she manages to borrow a member card today. So it was all dilemma and undecided. But I decided to go after all. I can go twice today. I don’t mind. Except that I will probably not want sushi for months.

I had the most interesting dream before being woken up abruptly. Something about my family and I entering this competition. You know those games where we seek for hidden stuff? It’s like the reality version of that. A picture of the next clue is given at the beginning and from that you have to find where the clue is. It might be a zoomed in picture so that makes it harder to find. The point is, it was all very interesting I remembered it taking us to quaint old shops, cemeteries, etc. (Strangely, the cemetery wasn’t too scary and we had to locate the exact tomb).

I remembered my mum and sister wasn’t too interested so it was just me and my brother rushing around looking for clues. I forgot how far we got before I was woken up. But it was a fun dream for once. Haha!