Chinese New Year has dawned upon us once more .. Go ahead .. let it all go .. indulge in fattening goodies .. house visitings and ang pows galore .. Well .. as much as I'd love to enjoy my CNY with my family, it is quite saddening that I'll be working through CNY .. not the first for me though .. so I'm still pretty used to it. Anyway, it'll be fine .. CNY is not what it used to be like before.
Nonetheless, nothing to worry about .. with my family, everyday can be CNY !
How will you spend your CNY ?
Song of the moment - 圣诞结 by 陈奕迅
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Nobody is perfect, lose the judgement
I've always thought that my current job wasn't hard at all .. less for the shitty pay and 6 day week, its not such a bad job actually ..
Together with my managers, we've been through lots of shit .. underage hire, overpaying wages, underpaying as well, unorganised leave, shattered doors, hectic events well unprepared, a series of incidents happening back to back, incident reports, industrial accident report, closing files, handling UPL people, retaining people of no calibre due to the lack of staff, failing to retain those who show promise, being screwed by guests .. the list goes on ..
We work as a team, without the help of my assistant managers, I'm just a struggling leader, unable to proudly raise my head to our bosses and claim that Vivo is the best place to work amongst all 24 possible places.
Although we all have our own weaknesses, helping each other out makes a whole lot of difference .. remember how an army of ants can kill a lion, or bundled up chopsticks multiply strength when bonded .. and all those other inspirational shit..
We each have our moment of weakness and weird quirks.. We do something wrong at times.. I always believe in one thing, as long as its not killing or unlawful (the bad kind) stuff, there is always chance for a new beginning.. We accept the consequences for our actions and no matter how bad it is, we need to face what we've done with whatever courage is left in our souls..
Nobody is perfect .. everybody makes mistake .. and if I ever make one, I know I'll stand up and admit my mistake and hope I'm given a second chance ..
I guess the reason for this post is to say that I won't judge .. as much as it is hard not to .. I promise I won't coz it is already hard enough for the one at fault to bear everything on his/her shoulders ..
Always remember - Life is simple, you make choices and you don't look back
Song of the moment - Don't look back in anger by Oasis
Together with my managers, we've been through lots of shit .. underage hire, overpaying wages, underpaying as well, unorganised leave, shattered doors, hectic events well unprepared, a series of incidents happening back to back, incident reports, industrial accident report, closing files, handling UPL people, retaining people of no calibre due to the lack of staff, failing to retain those who show promise, being screwed by guests .. the list goes on ..
We work as a team, without the help of my assistant managers, I'm just a struggling leader, unable to proudly raise my head to our bosses and claim that Vivo is the best place to work amongst all 24 possible places.
Although we all have our own weaknesses, helping each other out makes a whole lot of difference .. remember how an army of ants can kill a lion, or bundled up chopsticks multiply strength when bonded .. and all those other inspirational shit..
We each have our moment of weakness and weird quirks.. We do something wrong at times.. I always believe in one thing, as long as its not killing or unlawful (the bad kind) stuff, there is always chance for a new beginning.. We accept the consequences for our actions and no matter how bad it is, we need to face what we've done with whatever courage is left in our souls..
Nobody is perfect .. everybody makes mistake .. and if I ever make one, I know I'll stand up and admit my mistake and hope I'm given a second chance ..
I guess the reason for this post is to say that I won't judge .. as much as it is hard not to .. I promise I won't coz it is already hard enough for the one at fault to bear everything on his/her shoulders ..
Always remember - Life is simple, you make choices and you don't look back
Song of the moment - Don't look back in anger by Oasis
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
It's a small world after all :D
The world is so damn small. Met up with pork today for smokes at the bball court. We were talking about his recent Phuket trip with a friend and his girlfriend and another female friend.
Side track a little: Coming from an all boys primary school, female friends were hard to come by considering I was that scrawny and shy kid whom like all boys think girls were weird creatures that weren't friendly people. Growing up, there was this girl in my neighbourhood, who was god damn pretty. I used to convince myself that she was a girl and boys shouldn't play with girls as we were too cool for them. Acting all indifferent and cool but secretly trying to impress her with my non-existent manliness. It was only later I realised that it was my first crush ! Pretty awesome stuff. Well, I got to know her name, and her sister's name too. And everyday after school, my neighbourhood friend and I would keep checking out the playground at 5pm to see if she was there playing. I remember once my friend rode his bicycle and saw her and her sister at the playground. He called me and I immediately rushed down just to see her (again with my acting cool persona). There was also a time where we approached them to see if they would like to play catching. We did, never realising that it was so much fun playing together.
Well, there were rules from my upbringing that a boy shouldn't touch a girl without permission and sadly the rules of catching states that touching one another's back is permitted. Being the shy and meek kid I was, I followed the rules and I was always the catcher, chasing the girls but never really "catching" them :D (hey ! i was a long distant runner, so catching was like my forte)
Anyway, news came they she and her family will be relocating, away from the neighbourhood but just up a street to a private housing nestled amongst HDB blocks. It was a dark news then. The neighbourhood belle was moving, skies became overcast, situation looked bleak. The reason I had to go play in the playgound was leaving...
Years passed, the memory of her had a special place in my heart. Bittersweet but forever my childhood crush.
Back to present time, pork told me about this his couple friend and this girl whom he went to Phuket with. When he mentioned the girl's name, and that she stays nearby the area, immediately memories gushed my head, it put a smile on my face and it true and I've confirmed, it was her, the childhood crush girl. The girl who was once every kid in Fulton Road's dream. Thats pretty awesome !
6 degrees of seperation ? Better believe it !
Song Feeling of the moment - AWESOMENESS !
Side track a little: Coming from an all boys primary school, female friends were hard to come by considering I was that scrawny and shy kid whom like all boys think girls were weird creatures that weren't friendly people. Growing up, there was this girl in my neighbourhood, who was god damn pretty. I used to convince myself that she was a girl and boys shouldn't play with girls as we were too cool for them. Acting all indifferent and cool but secretly trying to impress her with my non-existent manliness. It was only later I realised that it was my first crush ! Pretty awesome stuff. Well, I got to know her name, and her sister's name too. And everyday after school, my neighbourhood friend and I would keep checking out the playground at 5pm to see if she was there playing. I remember once my friend rode his bicycle and saw her and her sister at the playground. He called me and I immediately rushed down just to see her (again with my acting cool persona). There was also a time where we approached them to see if they would like to play catching. We did, never realising that it was so much fun playing together.
Well, there were rules from my upbringing that a boy shouldn't touch a girl without permission and sadly the rules of catching states that touching one another's back is permitted. Being the shy and meek kid I was, I followed the rules and I was always the catcher, chasing the girls but never really "catching" them :D (hey ! i was a long distant runner, so catching was like my forte)
Anyway, news came they she and her family will be relocating, away from the neighbourhood but just up a street to a private housing nestled amongst HDB blocks. It was a dark news then. The neighbourhood belle was moving, skies became overcast, situation looked bleak. The reason I had to go play in the playgound was leaving...
Years passed, the memory of her had a special place in my heart. Bittersweet but forever my childhood crush.
Back to present time, pork told me about this his couple friend and this girl whom he went to Phuket with. When he mentioned the girl's name, and that she stays nearby the area, immediately memories gushed my head, it put a smile on my face and it true and I've confirmed, it was her, the childhood crush girl. The girl who was once every kid in Fulton Road's dream. Thats pretty awesome !
6 degrees of seperation ? Better believe it !
Monday, January 10, 2011
2010 resolution checked, 2011 enforced
Its time to look back at my 2010 resolution and see how I've fared. They were set in Feb 2010.
2010 resolutions
1) Find a job I'm satisfied with [I'm not exactly ecstatic about it, but I'm currently holding a decent job, had a career change mid year, gave up teaching. It has been a pass-able year for this field, I give it a pass]
2) Lose weight [This one is tricky, I started out the year at an obscene number, I've lost some weight since I've started the new job, maintaining it or at least I'm trying to .. A Pass !]
3) Sleep more [This department is subjective. I've been mounting my sleep debts and paying it off during off days. break even here]
4) Find a girlfriend [Epic fail]
5) Control impulse buys, save money [The same shit, lots of impulse buy, money wasting attribute of mine .. sigh]
6) Spend more time with my family [Work forbids me from fulfiling this .. sadly]
7) Play more basketball [Basketball season ended mid year .. never resumed back .. like ever .. ]
8) Control my temper [Mild and Zen-like .. its an improvement]
9) Less smoking [Done !]
10) Be happy [I'm happy .. at least I feel happy for now ..]
1) Be satisfied with my career
2) Lose weight
3) Travel to Taiwan
4) Learn a new skill
5) Bulk up my savings account
6) Widen my social circle
7) Ensure my subordinates are happy to work with me
8) Dine in a god-damn atas restaurant
9) Catch up with "old" friends
10) Find a girlfriend
See you guys next year for the results :D
Song of the moment - Brand New Day by Joshua Radin
2010 resolutions
1) Find a job I'm satisfied with [I'm not exactly ecstatic about it, but I'm currently holding a decent job, had a career change mid year, gave up teaching. It has been a pass-able year for this field, I give it a pass]
2) Lose weight [This one is tricky, I started out the year at an obscene number, I've lost some weight since I've started the new job, maintaining it or at least I'm trying to .. A Pass !]
3) Sleep more [This department is subjective. I've been mounting my sleep debts and paying it off during off days. break even here]
4) Find a girlfriend [Epic fail]
5) Control impulse buys, save money [The same shit, lots of impulse buy, money wasting attribute of mine .. sigh]
6) Spend more time with my family [Work forbids me from fulfiling this .. sadly]
7) Play more basketball [Basketball season ended mid year .. never resumed back .. like ever .. ]
8) Control my temper [Mild and Zen-like .. its an improvement]
9) Less smoking [Done !]
10) Be happy [I'm happy .. at least I feel happy for now ..]
Once again, its a 5 upon 10
I've gotta work harder to keep them.
Well, since I'm on this, heres my 2011 resolutions.
1) Be satisfied with my career
2) Lose weight
3) Travel to Taiwan
4) Learn a new skill
5) Bulk up my savings account
6) Widen my social circle
7) Ensure my subordinates are happy to work with me
8) Dine in a god-damn atas restaurant
9) Catch up with "old" friends
10) Find a girlfriend
See you guys next year for the results :D
Song of the moment - Brand New Day by Joshua Radin
Friday, December 10, 2010
1 night holiday is too damn short
A 1 night holiday is too god damn short .. I need to go away to a place far far away from Singapore ..
Just need to tide through Christmas first. Used to be my favourite holiday season. Now, it has become one of the darkets periods of my life.
It blows ..
Song of the moment - Apple is A by T-ara
Just need to tide through Christmas first. Used to be my favourite holiday season. Now, it has become one of the darkets periods of my life.
It blows ..
Song of the moment - Apple is A by T-ara
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Changes
It was superbly fun during my stay at Causeway Point, the people there and the pace will be sorely missed. But good things don't last, you just can't get too comfortable at one place can you.
I've moved on to Vivocity, where a new challenge awaits. To revive a place like Vivocity would be harder than just equipting a defibrillator and pressing the "e" button. I'm both physically and mentally drained after a week there compared to a month at Causeway Point. In the short 1 week under my helm, a spate of incidents were reported and things seemed very very bleak.
Then again, thats life. I need to prove my worth and at the same time take good care of my subordinates, my team is my priority, without my team, I'm nothing. So the challenge, I see it clearly. I'm trying my best to steer this boat the right direction and its gonna take time. Question is, will I be able to hold the reins long enough to make a difference ? Or will I be just a passing breeze, nothing threatening, no impact at all ?
Everybody dread changes, proven fact. I'm one of those, but I've already accepted the change that I'm going through and trying to make the best out of it. Like I said, its tiring and challenging, and at the end of the day, I'm always faced with one question asked by my very own self. Is the juice worth the squeeze ?
Song of the moment - Speed of sound by Coldplay
I've moved on to Vivocity, where a new challenge awaits. To revive a place like Vivocity would be harder than just equipting a defibrillator and pressing the "e" button. I'm both physically and mentally drained after a week there compared to a month at Causeway Point. In the short 1 week under my helm, a spate of incidents were reported and things seemed very very bleak.
Then again, thats life. I need to prove my worth and at the same time take good care of my subordinates, my team is my priority, without my team, I'm nothing. So the challenge, I see it clearly. I'm trying my best to steer this boat the right direction and its gonna take time. Question is, will I be able to hold the reins long enough to make a difference ? Or will I be just a passing breeze, nothing threatening, no impact at all ?
Everybody dread changes, proven fact. I'm one of those, but I've already accepted the change that I'm going through and trying to make the best out of it. Like I said, its tiring and challenging, and at the end of the day, I'm always faced with one question asked by my very own self. Is the juice worth the squeeze ?
Song of the moment - Speed of sound by Coldplay
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Changes to come
3 Months have passed by so fast .. an update of feelings, thoughts and prospect will be up soon .. in the meanwhile, immerse yourself in what every precious time you have left at your comfort zone..
Life's simple, you make choice and you don't look back.
Song of the moment - Happy by Secrets in Stereo
Life's simple, you make choice and you don't look back.
Song of the moment - Happy by Secrets in Stereo
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Can't get you off my mind
You know what ? Ever since the first time I saw you, I just can't seem to get you out of my mind. Seeing you smile while participating in the activities, watching your undaunted spirit and the fun that you were having. Made me smile as well and gave me that warm fuzzy feeling.
The anticipation of hearing from you. The urge to see you again, and the thrill of venturing into this zone again, sends a chill down my spine. So enticing, so exciting, so wonderful.
I wonder how your day went, I thought of the things that you did, I worried that you had a rough day. Am I drowing in my own self deluded fantasy ? Or is it actually sanity calling me back. The thought of getting to know you better drives me everyday. Even so if it a mistake to feel this way, I'd submit to my punishment. I don't want to be too forceful to scare you away, neither do I want to play cool and let the opportunity slip. I can't answer to my heart that way. Its crazy, I know, but i think that feeling which was long lost, has came back to me.
I'm fearful of the unknown, but even more fearful of not knowing what it could be.
Song of the moment - Higher ground by Idde Schultz
The anticipation of hearing from you. The urge to see you again, and the thrill of venturing into this zone again, sends a chill down my spine. So enticing, so exciting, so wonderful.
I wonder how your day went, I thought of the things that you did, I worried that you had a rough day. Am I drowing in my own self deluded fantasy ? Or is it actually sanity calling me back. The thought of getting to know you better drives me everyday. Even so if it a mistake to feel this way, I'd submit to my punishment. I don't want to be too forceful to scare you away, neither do I want to play cool and let the opportunity slip. I can't answer to my heart that way. Its crazy, I know, but i think that feeling which was long lost, has came back to me.
I'm fearful of the unknown, but even more fearful of not knowing what it could be.
Song of the moment - Higher ground by Idde Schultz
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
A worthy person
A life that is worth it is not a wealthy life, not an honourable life, nor a long life. But a life that you are "a worthy person" and a life that makes other people "worthy" also.
Song of the moment - Alone by Heart
Song of the moment - Alone by Heart
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