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speak out loud

Published on October 15, 2011 in life, me, thoughts and work. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

It is important to have passion in the job one’s doing. To be doing something you’ve got no passion for can be a huge waste of one’s life. I mean, seriously.

So we continue on in our search for THE passion, we tell ourselves not to settle if it’s not something we want to do for life, or it’s not a job we have passion for. But what is it that we do in this search? Do we just look around with our eyes? Do we just sit on it when we find a job we think we may want to do but we think it may not be the right timing to speak to that person? Do we sulk when someone else gets that job? I mean, what is it that we really do when we say we are “searching for THE passion”?

It hit me recently that sometimes, what I really had to do was to ask. To talk to people. To speak up. There’s really nothing to lose, is there? And I’m not saying to talk specifically about a job. Even through general cliche topics during daily conversations can you start to learn the things that is out there that may just be the thing for you. THE passion.

I talk a lot. But sometimes, when it comes to work, I wouldn’t typically want to speak to anyone about what I love doing. And what I don’t. I don’t know what made me start talking about what I would love to do to several people recently, but little did I know just by speaking to someone can be viral. It spreads. The behavior, the ideas, the personality that you’ve shown will eventually land on someone’s lap who just may have a form fitting job for you.

I’m not saying I’ve found my passion for now. Having said that, I’m currently taking that first step but simply doing what I do best – speaking to people.

If you don’t speak up, no one will hear you. No one will know you. Speaking to the appropriate person at the appropriate time about the appropriate topic can sometimes do wonders you can never imagine would happen in a million years. I think this is the whole idea of connecting the dots. You can’t connect the dots now, coz it wouldn’t make sense at all. So, with a little faith, trusting that certain little actions that you do today will get you somewhere tomorrow, and that everything will work out just fine.

Coz if it’s not okie, it’s not the end, right?

 

it’s all about the meat

Published on October 12, 2011 in life, me and travel. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

It is now Wednesday and I’m calling it quits with the meat. Especially after the ribs I had yesterday night! Don’t get me wrong people. I’ve always love meat and poultry. I still love them. The dishes I’ve had here so far taste absolutely delicious, no doubt about it. But 3 days in a row of nothing buy meat for every meal, with potatoes or some boiled vege on the side, I don’t think I’m up for it anymore.

But, the food is YUMS.

Buildings here are generally old, including this old looking restaurant. But the interior was super cool. Nothing but antique stuff being displayed. I know someone who would love this. From old school radios, to camera bags, to old bottles, to clocks. Speaking of clocks, I notice that all the clocks in the restaurant is timed at 11.55. None of them is working, but they are all adjusted to the same time. I learned that in Belgium, the bars are asked to close by midnight and because they didn’t want to close to early, hence all of their clocks are turned to 11.55pm. When the authority comes by, they say, it’s not time yet,  it’s only 11.55pm. Interesting eh?

Well, time has been passing by really slow.

*sigh*

I really do wanna go home.

if i don’t barf

Published on October 9, 2011 in life, me and travel. 0 Comments

I hate to be on the plane. The pressure plus the smell of the food is nowhere near good. Half the time when I’m on the plane, I’m trying to battle with myself NOT to throw up. Anything more than 2 hours will do me no good. Picture me on a 13-hour flight.

*sigh*

Having said that, I believe the travel sickness pill did do me some good yesterday. At least I didn’t throw up. Not even once. I still wouldn’t eat in fear of throwing up the second I put food in me.

So, 16 hours later, I’m here at the airport, waiting on for the other 2 to arrive before I sit in the car for another 3 hours. I’m chewing on some pickled stuff from home, craving for burgers (please don’t ask me why), thinking how good it must feel when my body touches the bed, can’t wait to smell nice again and basically do nothing until tomorrow. Oh, and go on a cyber date with someone back home.

10.32am CET time. 1 1/2 more hours! COME ON!!

p/s: Honestly, I don’t think I can do this sort of traveling anymore. Too much for me to handle.

what a trip!

Published on October 3, 2011 in life, me and travel. 2 Comments Tags: .

I think I’m still tired from the whole US trip. Maybe it’s coz I haven’t been able to fully recover from the throwing up marathon I had to experience the whole time I’m on the plane. 14 hours sure is long. Too long for me to handle.

In spite of all the dramas and the wearing-me-out situations on the plane, I’m happy I went on this trip. I’m happy to be able to just get myself out there, get to know people better (the good and the bad), and basically gaining experiences along the way. Ever since I got home, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about people in general and my career. This, I’ll talk about in my next post. :) Maybe.

Aside from work, I’ve got the opportunity to do a mini tour around a small part in California. Fun much? Yes. It wasn’t all that bad. The weather could have been better but overall, I can’t complain. It was nice just being there. There, at that moment. So yea.

I’ve uploaded some photos on flickr. Didn’t take a lot, but enough I suppose. ;)

p/s: Next trip in under a week. This one – I don’t know if I can handle it as well. 3 weeks – a month? *sigh* not looking forward.

can’t wait!

Published on September 26, 2011 in life and me. 0 Comments

The past 2 weeks have been interesting. It has been an eye opening experience for some reason. It has made me realize a lot of things about humans and the environment around us. Hence, it is all good.

Amongst some of the things that have happened over the past 2 weeks:

  1. I had a feel of what good network can do for you. Pays to talk more sometimes.
  2. I realize that with certain people, you can click almost instantly. The feeling – AWESOME.
  3. Be different, be bold. It will pay off, somehow.
  4. Sometimes, it is not about the things you do. Sometimes, it is simply about YOU.
  5. Driving in San Francisco is a pain. It is the same type of pain I felt when driving in LA. Nonetheless, driving down that Lombard Road, the only crazy winding street in a city, was pretty cool.
  6. Dungeness crab rawks!
  7. Tree to Tree rawks too! Minus the bruises that is.
  8. After many years of being with my company, I learned of some pretty cool things about it.

Experience is everything. It makes me know the behavior of certain people and the environment around me, but more importantly, it makes me learn more about ME. Ultimately, that’s most important right?

Can’t wait to get on that plane tomorrow.

*woot*

Apple the Awesome

Published on September 18, 2011 in life, me, stuff, thoughts and travel. 4 Comments Tags: , .

I’ve always been an Apple fan. Not as crazy as those fanboys, but enough to say that I love Apple. The experience I had today just put my love for Apple up a notch. I think they even made me wanna buy something out of the store!!

The battery of my MacBook has swollen to a state where it is not usable anymore. I was even afraid that it may explode one day! Hence, I had to use my MacBook like a normal PC, without my battery. I went to the local Apple resellers in Penang to ask if a replacement is possible. The answer is no, simply because the warranty period is over and there’s really nothing that I can do about it except to purchase a new battery, which by the way cost a whopping RM560 (or something like that).

I didn’t want to spend that much money on the battery since my MacBook is going into its 4th year. What’s the point right?

When I came to the US, I brought my MacBook along, with the swollen battery. I went to the Apple Store at Washington Square hoping to get the battery at a cheaper rate. As I entered, there were tons of staffs around, assisting the overwhelming amount of customers in the store. One of the staff came up to me and say, “How may I assist you today?”. I showed him that my battery is all swell up and ask if it was going to explode. He said “Oh! It might just explode. Let me get you to the Genius Bar and have someone assist you with this problem.”. This other guy then took my name and asked me to wait for 5 mins and someone will attend to my problem.

True enough, in approximately 5 mins, a guy name Brad from the Genius Bar came up to me and asked me to go to the counter to talk about my problem. I showed him my swollen battery and in just 5 mins, he replaced the battery for me with a brand new one. I asked him how much did it cost, and he told me that it was a replacement at no cost. You hear me, NO COST. FREE. He didn’t even asked me any questions at all. I was so dumbfounded, I couldn’t move and stood at the Genius Bar and said WOW a couple of times before I left. :) And I couldn’t stop smiling. I was so happy.

The experience at the Apple Store was absolutely amazing. It was total awesomeness. It was an experience that cannot be expressed fully in words. Apple made me feel happy making a purchase of their product. Apple made me feel my purchase with them is an absolute right and worthwhile purchase. And most importantly, Apple made me want to go back and continue buying their products after mine can no longer function. Best after sales service EVER EXPERIENCED.

It was awesome. Awesome. AWESOME. Totally.

I love you Apple, more than before. ;)

exhaustion

Published on September 12, 2011 in life and me. 0 Comments

The past 2 weeks have been most tiring. Too many things happening at once. I was hoping time would slow down a little. To top it up, just thinking about the schedule line-up for the next 6 weeks is wearing me out.

*breathe in, breathe out*

This time round, the traveling sure is a little too long.

:|

Oh well.

Ermm… ya.

Published on August 30, 2011 in life and me. 0 Comments

Period.

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