sol·i·tude……..
March 6th, 2005 by Nick Tay
noun
1) The state or quality of being alone or remote from others.
2) A lonely or secluded place.
3) A disposition toward being alone
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solitudo, from solus, alone.]
Synonyms :- isolation, seclusion, retirement
Quote :- “The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship†(Francis Bacon).
“Solitude”
Alexander Pope
Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield shade,
In winter, fire.
Blest, who can unconcern’dly find
Hours, days, and years, slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day.
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mixed; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please
With meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
Today as circumstance would have it, I find myself alone in the conferece room at AmBank. We were forced out of our regular spot in the office due to an expantion in AmBank’s Customer Service team, and reallocated into thier conference room, where we are back to refugee status. There is a training session back in the office, so most of the guys are back there. One guy is on MC, another is supporting a production issue, and the project manager is back in Singapore. So here, I sit in solitude.
There are obvious advantages. For one, I can play my music as loud as I want without worrying about bothering anybody else. I can do my work in peace, with no interuptions. And I can run away to my dreamworld, a place filled with visions of sugarplums and fairies dance in my head.
On this day in History..
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- ¿dÃgame cuando usted será el mÃo? - 2006
- 85 percent of the reports submitted pertaining to accusations of corrupt practices were unfounded.... - 2007
- Don't Write Me Off Just Yet - 2007
- Can't sleep - 2007
- Its gonna be a super long Dhaka Day - 2008
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