59 posts tagged “work”

这一年来, 生活过得很紧绷，现在突然慢了下来, 需要时间适应。时间上的分配，金钱上的支配，都需要调整。
还好，因为摆脱了上班族的忙碌，不需要用消费来减压 ，恰恰适合缩了水的荷包。

对物质的欲望减少了，有点在为生活解毒 (detox) 的感觉。

We started this project with many official, politically-correct reasons that I really hated. I hated doing an otherwise meaningful project with such deliberate agenda. So I thought I would hate the farce that was to be played out tonight.

Surprise, surprise. Tonight, I was moved. For despite whatever convulated intentions we started out with, what transpired at the event was so simple, it touched me. We made an old man very happy, walking him down memory lane. As I watched him examine each piece of memory (with such tenderness you knew immediately he truly cared), I could see the light in his eyes, just like the lights in your eyes and mine when we flip through old photo albums or yearbooks.

It really didn't matter who he was - man on the street, man on the stage. The way those eyes lighted up - it made all our efforts worthwhile.

我会想念这份感动。

We were hit by a ferocious storm today. The teacup shook violently, from eight to five. Or maybe a few hours more, I'm not sure - I'm not too good with numbers. Anyway, the good news is, I survived. The bad news is, I'm now stranded on the Sea of Migraine. I have also lost my best friend, Appetite. Oh, this solitude... it's real, I feel it right there in the pit of my stomach. *sob*

I'm now putting this SOS message in a glass capsule, and hope the waves will carry it ashore. If you read this, please call Patrol Panadol to let them know someone needs to be rescued from the Sea of Migraine. It's really choppy here, and I'm feeling awfully queasy. I really don't want to pollute the ocean - come quickly, please.

It would be really great if Patrol Panadol could find my friend Appetite as well and reunite us.

With lots of love and gratitude,
Koalacling  

Sanity is about three weeks away. I can't wait!
But I know I'll somehow miss this state of madness, somewhere in the depths of my dreams.

I was pretty peeved today at how closed some people's minds were - how judgemental they were being just because others were not part of their pack. "I can't stand these petty lil' people", I thought to myself. But soon after that thought flashed through my mind,  I realised I was being equally judgemental. I'm the pot here, calling the kettle black. Everything is relative - closed vs open, generous vs petty. Why should I judge? 

But taking this "Zen" stand feels uncomfortable sometimes, like sitting on the fence not because I like sitting on it, but because I lack the courage to fall off either side. Like I'm a wimp who can't make up my mind, you know?

Of course, wimpishness isn't the true spirit of Zen. I'm just not enlightened enough to get it right.

Another boat has come my way this week but I'm going to say no again. While I'm sorely tempted to seize this ticket out of misery, alarm bells are ringing at the back of my head. I'm not sure what's triggering the alarm, but I'm going to follow my gut feeling. Better stranded on a deserted island than to end up with Captain Hook and his crew, right?

So, for now, it's back to watching the horizon.  

I've been neglecting this blog - special apologies to Gwen for depriving you of your usual lunchtime entertainment. Work has been real hectic (and it will get worse in the following months). Now, I would have been able to multi-task and sneak five minutes to blog a few lines here and there - except that the internet connection at the office is incredibly erratic and gives me some funny DNS server error more often than not. Just so that I don't kill my keyboard in a fit of heavy, pounding frustration, I have given up on blogging from the office.

Anyway, all's the same on the warfront at work...nothing much to update. But something pleasant did happen recently - I made a new friend at work! We joined the company around the same time but did not have the opportunity to interact until a recent project brought us together. It's one of those friendships that eased in very naturally, without having to go through a period of familiarisation or ice-breakers. Like long-lost friends, to be cliche. Perhaps we remind each other of existing friends, hence that sense of familiarity with each other's style and tempo.

And you know what? This new friend of mine was actually a competitor for the job I wanted - she got the job I was eyeing, while I was posted to my second choice. But I'm glad it happened this way, or our paths would not have crossed (she would have joined another company instead)  I remember feeling this sentiment a few years back, at a previous workplace. I'm glad it has happened again - the feeling's almost poetic, to join the dots and see the things I've not seen before. As they say, "Everything happens for a reason". I only have to wait it out to see it.

I've been playing this game on Facebook called "Hell's Kitchen" and the freaky thing is that it kinda feels like my job! There are always 101 things to juggle, the juggling has to be done to perfection within a given time, and yes, if you fail to get your juggling act together, the boss gets to call you a donkey, or some other insult he fancies that day.

I soooo want to suggest to my HR to put potential recruits through this Facebook game, just to test how well they hold up to stress and insults. Better than personality tests imho!

郭襄正在生金轮法王的气。金轮真是蛮横无理，很不可爱！
但气完之后仍然会记得金轮始终对自己有恩。
真是矛盾。*闷*

KoalaCling gives thanks to God for putting great friends and wonderful strangers on her path to brighten up her day. She prays for more strength and resillience to fight the battles.

嗯。我要加油。