same same but different

my colleague told me she heard this phrase when she was in thailand. i had no idea, lol. i haven't been back to that country for a long time already (my goodness, there's a movie titled the same. and it's Tinglish in thailand!). i feel so ignorant now. lol.

i got this dress from harajuku. it's not what i usually take fancy to. i guess it's very girly, that's why. and i always think babydoll and tank dresses are unflattering on me. i did like the colour. it was my friend who was first drawn to it. or more precisely the little hearts on the dress. it's quite expensive to me, at above 3000 yen. we each bought a dress from the shop. 

the phrase was being used by the team leaders today at the townhall session about the impending transformation at the workplace. some of the news did take me by surprise. just this morning, i was (finally) making the effort to pray for His guidance and leading in what lies ahead for me. as the news broke, it was as if He's dishing out the answers before me. 

if only it's so easy. even when the options are laid up raw before us, it seems harder to make that decision . it involves letting go of everything that we're so familiar with. are we always very willing to let it go, even as we're not at all content with the status quo? one of the senior management personnel hit the nail on the head. we could agree that staying put wasn't a better solution anyway, so why not move forward with the change?

argh. i'm frankly more stressed now. because this wasn't the answer i was hoping for? highly likely.