Comfort Zone, To Stay or Not?

Recently many events happened that make me wonder what exactly life is? Do we, humans, really understand the purpose of living? Is seeking happiness the way to lead a peaceful and fruitful life? What do we really look for? And do we really understand ourselves well?

To my surprise, I realised I don't exactly know myself that well as I alwayz thought I did. I thought I know what is living, I thought what I have been through was enough to shape my maturity. All I wanted was spice in my life, all I wanted is to live in my comfort zone.

However, after a conversation with my sis, I found out the idea of us being in our comfort zone isn't that comforting after all. It will be lucky if you can stay in there forever till u 'move' to a coffin, but usually, we tend to fall out of our comfort zone in a wink of an eye and that will be too much for us to take.

So, in order to save ourselves from the sudden attack of pain, how do we walk out of the comfort zone and move towards another stage in life? The bad news is, it's not easy and humans are unwilling to make this move. As what my sis said, we stay in our comfort zone because we have the tendency of not wanting to face the fact (truth hurts) and to avoid bringing pain upon ourselves. We'll only walk out of our comfort zone when one big tight slap come hitting us, waking us up and leaving us in great pain. Then, we'll realised we can't hide in the comfort zone forever and; we need to let go and move on.

Upon hearing this, suddenly a clearer picture of myself surfaced. Many answers to my failure, greed, apathy, and unhappiness started coming to light as if dawn has just broken after a long long night.

It's time for the Joyce in me to come out to greet the world and brave through storms.
Yes, walking out of the comfort zone will lead you to a danger zone, but as said, the process of 'zoning' is never smooth sailing.

"Throw yourself into these emotions, by diving in all the way, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is, you know what love is, you know what grief is. And only then you can say, "All right. I have experinced that emotion. I recognise that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment." - Quote from Tuesday with Morrie.

Supermarket Shopper

This afternoon I went to Market Place Supermarket alone. I love shopping in supermarkets. It's fun! But I dun really like cold storage and NTUC, would prefer Market Place and Daimaru (which has closed down). I alwayz get excited when my bro-in-law & sis drove me to Daimaru late at nite before it was closed down coz Daimaru closes at 12am and I've got all the time to shop!

Shopping alone in supermarket is great. Nobody to follow you around looking at what you pick up from the shelves and start commenting "eek..this one not nice one"..."wow..very fattening leh!"..."aiyoh, u eat such expensive stuffs?"..."eh..u finish buying already??"....
Especially when I shop with my dad...when we've got different taste. I don't understand why he stock up on Gusiness Stout and he doesn't understand why I need to drink so many kinds of tea. But I love the perk of shopping with my dad - I don't need to pay a single cent!

I was in the Market Place for an hour and guess how many items I brought to the cashier?? Haha. Voila! 3 items! I was reading the nutrition label on every single item I picked up and I took longer time to figure out when I picked up a Japanese product (and mostly are). I walked a few rounds and stopped at the same shelf a couple of times, to see whether I miss out on any delicious item and stared at the food to determine whether do I really need it. In the end, I bought a packet of Meji low-sugar hot chocloate powder, a packet of Japanese biscuits which is low in calories, and a bottle of Japanese apple vinegar.

I'm not someone who is into Japanese culture. I don't listen to Japanese songs, don't fancy Japanese shows, don't follow Japanese fashion trend, and don't idolise Japanese stars (ahem..okie..except Jin Cheng Wu). Ironically, I'm a lover of Japanese food. It's really interesting to shop for Japanese snacks and convenient food. Their packaging is fanciful, and they taste great & are healthier. But well, yes, they are much more expensive than local & malaysia's products. Once in awhile I indulge in their instant Udon (which cost S$5 per bowl), Meji Chocolate, Rice crackers, and bottled Milk tea.

All thanx to my sis & bro-in-law for pampering me which such food since I was a teenager.

Hmm....my next supermarket spree would be at Meideya.