how come so many people read my post about Astrology? scary.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Martin Niemöller
At the start of every new month, we may all have certain rituals. Some write their to-do lists, some wonder why they haven’t gotten their periods yet, some look at their credit card bills in shock (because they forgot to pay!)…
and some people, like me, choose to read their Astrology Zone horoscope.
This month, I read that:
“As you begin April, Mars will still be in your home sector (fourth house), but will move very close to Uranus until these two planets make an exact conjunction on April 15. On this day, you need to expect the unexpected. What will surface could easily rock you, but there won’t be much time to think, for an instant response will be required from you. Uranus rules all things that we would never anticipate – even things that are a bit weird or off the grid.”
So I was glad I wouldn’t be at home, but instead far far away in Vietnam having a whale of a time.
Apparently the horoscope has more power than me.
On April 14, as I was checking in to a new hostel, I rolled my eyes at the horrendous state of what I was being offered. There were bugs crawling under the sheets! Everything was dirty! The gadgets were giving off electric blue sparks! Eyes were rolling all over in my skull.
Upon my rigid insistance, I decided to make a hostel switch to the one opposite… except as we were exiting the second hostel (had to first check out the state of rooms because trust is no longer intact!), we got spotted by man who runs the first horrible hostel.
So bo bian, kena jio meng by him.
“Are you staying tomorrow! Are you booking road trip tour with us!” To which we replied no… (actually I was more like standing there shocked by ah beng and the fact that I was being jio meng in Vietnam.)
Which translates to accuracy of horoscope:
- unexpected occurrence unexpectedly occurred.
- didn’t have time to think or react
- very much shocked by what happened
- happened around Apr 15.
“On April 21, Venus and Mars will conjoin in this same house of home and family – a very loving, sparkling vibration, suggesting you will get some sort of family support or good news about money. If you are about to sell a house or buy one or rent a space, you may find the right circumstance or buyer, seller, or renter at this time, much to your amazement.”
Which does make sense, because I went for a very official interview slash discussion today and returned with rather good prospects. Yes, I am amazed.
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In other news, I will be setting up my own domain soon, in line with my secret plans to conquer the world. You’ll know where to find me if this closes down.
Sitting in hotel room alone… there’s a first time for everything. There’s Korean slash Cantonese slash Mandarin pop blasting in the background to fill the silence, but everything is cool so far with a local to bring me around.
This scares me somewhat because while I’ve always wanted to wonder around the world, it has always stayed somewhat a distant dream. The fact is growing on me that I can do this, but I may feel scared.
About what? No idea. About danger, I guess, from people who say the place is dangerous when they’ve never been here before.
Food is cheap and there are almost no Singaporeans around. I feel liberated yet more or less like an alien.
WordPress has been banned for some time so thankfully the ban is lifted by now.
Getting sleepy and I have to get out of the hotel by 8AM.
It’s been some time since I rattled on and on, I hope you enjoyed this.
Let me tell you what’s happening in my life right now (:
- getting a lot of emails and correspondence for work, I’m really very excited.
- going on two trips, both in Asian cities
- always doing my itinerary last minute, that way I get a rush to the head and feel very very high
- been gearing up for some fashion events!
- keeping mellow and level-headed, so far it is working.
- been resting well and eating lots of goodskin food and trying to sleep early
- but my room is still messy ):
- so my life = work work email email freak out omg omg omg work email dinner night sleep repeat sometimes run errands repeat sometimes head out of the house for cooked food repeat WEEKEND!!! weekday repeat.
- okay talk again soon
xoxo
your fellow upper east sider (;
can i count on you when i fall apart? (from here)
deep breaths and charging on!
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