Friday Five 15-October-2021 #1 We learned more from a three-minute record, baby

Not waiting for the other one, so I'm doing the F.riday5.com first.

1. Who needs you?
I've slowly developed the mentality that I am dispensible. No, this has nothing to do with negativity and depression. This is practical. When I was younger, I used to think the company would need me and thus would not fire me. Touch-wood I've never been fired, but I've slowly changed my mentality. I cannot think that way. If the company wants to replace me, they can sure do that if they please. Nobody is irreplaceable. That's why, I should always do my best to my abilities and try to be as comprehensive as I can. So, the company doesn't really need me. My Boss doesn't really need me. But I would go the extra mile in my work so they find that it's better having me than someone else.

2. Who runs to you?
Certainly, my doggies when I come home from work, or come home from the shopping. Heck, when I come home from taking the trash out.

3. Who forgets you?
The present tense of the question makes me want to think about someone who constantly forgets me, but my brain simply goes to simply one incident that happened a long time ago. I'm sure there are many more other such situations, but this one stung the worst. I am in the habit of going out for lunch earlier (standard lunch hour is 13.00-14.00, but I tend to go 12.30-13.30 to avoid crowds and gain some quiet working time). So this one time, my colleague-friend asked me to wait for her because she wanted to lunch with me that day. OK, so I stayed on. I knew she was in a meeting, so 12.30 came and went, 13.00 came and went, I assumed her meeting had overrun. Finally, she comes at 14.30. "Hey how was your lunch?" she asked me. I looked at her wide-eyed, then I put an annoyed face and raised and eyebrow. "Oh shit I'm so sorry, I forgot I asked you for lunch and went lunch with the people I had the meeting with!" Gee, thanks. I was still on the low-end of staff grading at that time, so I had no paid duty lunch, but even if I had, there was a time limit for the lunch receipt to show the time as before 14.30. Then, the staff canteen only served lunch till 14.30 as well, so I was out of luck. I had to go out and get lunch out of pocket. I was never really seriously mad at this colleague-friend, but I avoided accepting lunch dates from her when I know that she has a meeting before lunch. I guess she's also been more careful about that since then.

4. Who keeps you hangin’ on?
The long answer would be THE DOGS, but then, at the end of the day, I have to say, it's me. I have to keep myself hanging on. I shouldn't make someone else or something else the priority of my life. It has to be me!

5. Who’s watching you?
I dunno. Sounds creepy. If by "watching" it means that they will bestow upon me all the riches and free time in the world, hey yeah, show up so I can thank you. But nay. This sounds more like a stalker situation. Though I must say my dogs would be watching me intently when I'm eating snacks, especially if it's ice cream, or any kind of flavourful snacks.

This week's questions close with one more music clip.

Friday Five 15-October-2021 #2

Here are thefridayfive's question.

1. What is the favorite Halloween (fancy dress) costume you have ever seen?
In parenthesis is supposed if Halloween isn't part of your thing... which... Halloween isn't my thing culturally... but I remember there used to be a dress up party on or around Christmas, kids dress up as a lot of different things. I did go to that a couple times. I don't remember what it was for though! I've been as Pumuckl, I've been as a China army man (no idea where my Mom got the idea from), I've been Red Riding Hood. But the favourite, is none of my costumes (heck, I don't even remember my costumes)... I'm pretty enamoured by that Rita gel toothpaste you see on the photo of me as Red Riding Hood. Dressing up as a toothpaste so out of the field, I really like that LOL.



2. Would you rather walk through a graveyard at midnight or spend a night in a spooky abandoned old house
hm... Graveyard. The dead don't harm you, so the graveyard is safe. The abandoned old house my collapse on you though, so that is a hard pass.

3. What Halloween candy (or candy in general) would you keep and what would you trade?
I'm not much of a candy person... or I should say, I'm normally not a candy person... but if you put a bowl of candies in front of me I might just finish them in 10 minutes. I won't go out of my way to look for candies.............. but I can't stop once I start as well...

4. If you were stuck in a room with one horror movie villain, who would it be?
I... don't watch horror movies, so I don't know their villains. I faintly remember Chucky. I faintly remember the kid in Pet Cemetery. Who would want to be stuck in a room with these villains?

5. Have you ever been on a Haunted Hayride?
I don't even know what it is LOL. Did a search though. I once went to the Halloween Bash on Ocean Park in Hong Kong, does that count? Ocean Park is a regular theme park (much like Disney, but without the Disney characters obviously, and with a sea theme). They decorated the whole park in a Halloween theme, and had a couple extra horror houses. There was a rule though, guests should not touch the staff (including those in costume zombies and ghosts). Was never scared of them being spooky or what, I just don't like the suddenly popping out from the corner or darkness kind of scaring you thing.

GAMD: 16-October-2021, Macau

I know it was supposed to be yesterday... but by the time I remembered it was nearing the day's end. And anyway, Friday isn't exciting as it was work day, and I've posted about that already.

I hereby present you with my 16-October-2021 instead.

( The rest of my day in 35 photos )