I am going snowboarding soon, wheeeee~~
Work's been absolutely flat out. I can't remember the last time I continuously put almost 12 solid hours into a work day (unfortunately salaried staff seldom get time in lieu or over time anymore - so why bother), but now I did.
Ever wonder why religious practices often involve some sort of chanting?
Sometimes people wonder why am not on the production floor designing chemical reactors or process designs.
Sometimes I think the career ladder is a bit like an arcade game, you survive one stage to another, collecting experiences and tools along the way, while seldom knowing what might come up next or what collection/tools may help you onto the next stage. Life is like so, but unlike games, you only get to have one go at it.
I read this book - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho a few years ago now, it used to be one of my favourite books. Many years later I am actually very surprised that it still sit in the top 20 book list at Whitcoulls, and Boaders Bookshops etc.
Sometimes my latest job reminds me of my first job, something like the beginning of my career. I was discontent with my first job, because basically... I thought I can do a lot more than that - typical frustration of being a 20-something, despite being in a company with everything to offer.
Rather mind boggling don't you think?
.. words of wisdom. Am sure you've read it somewhere somehow, if not, here it is.
Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your
Self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault , so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
I long thought about the many reasons why a selective of people are less educated and stupid relative to other countries sometime.
New Zealand has recently launched a new mobile network called 2 Degrees. I must say that they did a VERY good job at it (am in the stage of switching over), it is irresistible, because they did their homework in finding probably all the answers to the silent questions as to why anyone would say no.
What you don't have, you want.
I find myself getting more excited about the new car than the new job.. is it a problem? Maybe.
I think this idea is absolutely brilliant. Started out with an innocent conversation of a mutual admiration of bacon, two guys, a garage, a $5,000 prize from winning the American Funniest video. Viola, Baconsalt was born. Apparently it's something you can put on anything including ice-creams, yes baconlovers.
I was watching an "ER" type of show on TV tonight, and I find white blood cells immensely fascinating. They look like aliens that comes out at night, crawling through your skin/membranes and lengthen out their arms like an octopus to repair damage sites, or eat up dead cells..
I'd a weird dream the other night. Apparently I was traveling somewhere, and then it so happened that my time has come - by that I mean to die, you know when death come find you kinda thing?