Pumpkin has not been blogging for a long long while. Probably because her life sort of came to a standstill and she felt she was back to scratch in trying to figure many things out. The past 2 years particularly has a period filled with experimentation of how she could turn her life around. Well, those close to Pumpkin would probably know that in the course of trying to change it 360 degrees, self conflicting events have done nothing but cause that stand still.
A series of unfortunate which had led to several unexpected events had changed this, in the order of priority as follows: -
1. Unfortunate Event - Pumpkin had joined a 6 hour Treasure tactital hunt which is based on directions with reference to the distances travelled for each sector.... and her speedometer did not work after flag off.
Unexpected Event - Pumpkin and 3 other teammates completed the hunt and won 2nd prize
2. Unfortunate Event - Pumpkin had to act in a 20 mins Freshies Performance competition at the company Annual Dinner & Dance... and none of the audience laughed at her lines (as they were meant to be funny)
Unexpected Event - The team won 1st prize, the CEO wants the finale sung to be recorded for corporate branding purposes and Pumpkin was given due recognition for merely kicking 37 butts to practise (out of which only 2/3 consistently turns up!)
The amazing thing in all this is, despite the series of unfortunate events, Pumpkin managed not only to pull together the members of her team, but also to win the prizes. In hindsight, the secret lies in one thing....(apart from faith in the Almighty), Pumpkin's appreciation of the treasures within herself. This with focus on the ultimate objectives of each competitions, she did not let the little things (as the hick-ups weren't directly to do with the ultimate objectives). Finally, Pumpkin gave more attention to her team... and kept rooting them to do their best, rather than try to get the limelight for herself. The Teams worked together as One and gave the winning results!
