Blog updates!

Just added a few links to some of my personal web sites and external ones that I found interesting...more to come after the exams!!! Duh

someone

...someone who strives for more than he can afford to...
...will he be rewarded?...
...will he fail?...
...will he be disappointed?...

...someone should learn to let go...
...will he be happier?...
...will he see this world a better place?...
...will he be contented??...

...someone who is jealous of others...
...will he be depressed?...
...will he not succeed?...
...will he not realise his own abilities?...

...someone should be envy of others...
...will he learn?...
...will he improve?...
...will he succeed?...

B.A.D

Bored, Aimless and Depressed. It is the time of the month when mood swings strucks. I don't like this at all. But hormones has total control at the moment. Yesterday was last day of class for my MSc. Can't believe how time flies. But I want it to fly faster. So exhausted and tired. At this particular moment, after all the struggle and busy-ness, make me change my perspective of life completely. I could not bear working 24 7 non stop any more. What I really want now is to settle down and live a peaceful life.

A Billionaire

I wanted to start with 'A Millionaire' but with the depressing interest rates these days, having one million in a high interest deposit bond account may only harvest around 3k every month. And for most urban dwellers (like me) who seek for luxury and comfort in life, being a millionaire is no big deal. So, I decided that being a billionaire is more realistic to talk about.

So, what will you do if you are a billionaire??? Well I guess that question depends a lot on how you get your one billion in the first place. The efficiency ranges from overnight to almost your whole life. Some lucky ones might hit the first prize lottery. A wealthy grandfather left a big lump sum of money to the his only grandchild. Or even picking up a blank check on your way to work? (Which is so impossible but the probability is not that depressing as it seems). Others work for it.

I will not go into entrepeneurs stories. As a normal working employee, a big question mark arise when we talk about having a normal working life, 9 to 5 everyday will make you a billionaire or not. I know friends and acquaintances who add more effort into it, 24 7 in the office. H*** knows what they are doing! But from the other perspective, they seem to be the category of people who gets faster promotion and could afford a mortgage and a car before the age of 30. That leaves me thinking...should I be working harder???

Going back to the billionaire story, what will I do if I am so filthy rich. Will I stop working? Will I spend half of it on luxuries? Will I travel around the world? Or Will I do something meaningful like social work? Hmm...giving some thoughts into the matter, I prefer to stay put with my current life. Probably happier. Start to spend without tracking my expenses. Get to buy all the gadgets I want. Dwelving into designer brands. Travel around when I have holidays. Etc etc etc. But hang on a sec...as I am doing all this, will I get bored of all of these one day and may be build up bad habits...

That is the dilemma of life. And in case you are reading this, the story above illustrates what came into my mind half an hour ago where I just came back from a busy 9 to 5 lecture day. If it doesn't make sense to you and you don't feel the pieces of story above correlates, just ignore it! It just occurs to me that I don't feel like revising or doing anything productive for the rest of the night. Will this kind of behaviour stop me from being a billionaire? If so please raise an alarm! Today's lecture: there are three layers in decision making - strategic, tactical and operational. Strategically, I want to be a billionaire. Tactically, I will work hard. Operationally, I just want to sit back and enjoy a dvd movie with my tub of Cherry Garcia Ben's & Jerrys :) for tonight.

Getting back on track

It's time for me to get back on track and work on my resolutions after a looonnngggggg holiday!

Revived!

Its' been so long since I last updated this blog. Well, have been having my exams after the christmas holidays. Literally busy with exam preparation is my excuse. As usual, aimless after such stressed exam weeks. In fact I'm looking forward to going home for the Chinese New Year next week. Wished I had more time and stay longer at home. But just had too much going on these few weeks. And yet, I am bored now! Have been spending these few days after exams on tvb series, Desperate Wives and a bit of London shopping. It's just that people don't work on Saturdays and Sundays that kept me from getting things done! Argh. So, decided to bum and relax over the weekend. Enough of relaxing before work starts again sigh...

Lately, I have been having 'weird' encounters. For starters, a friend of mine pay me a visit. It's been really kind of her to make the effort to keep in touch. And I am glad that we spend the night chatting which was something I missed doing since we started embarking on different routes in our life. A few days ago, one of my long lost contact primary school friend contacted me and asked me to do her a favour. It has been like ... what...9 years?? since I last see her or even talked to her. When people say friend in need is friend indeed, does that mean 'friends' only look for you when they need something from you? Looking back, I do admit that I have this problem myself. Probably I should be considerate enough to consider that sometimes we are just so busy with our own lives that we only come to recall we have a friend called someone who is just related to the problem we are having at a particular moment in time.

At noon today, received a call from a relative who was in Manchester for the day. But the dinner plans did not quite work out and so did not manage to meet up. The 'Fong Fei Kei Revenge' was the first thing in my mind. And make me thought of what I have been doing and how I treated others lately or even ever before this. I think I learn my ... not mistakes... but emm lack of attentiveness I can say all this while. May be it's time I put in more effort into maintaining relationships - close friends, not so close friends or possibly even acquaintances...

Being Lazy

Next week is reading week. And as a matter of fact I don't have any classes last week and this week. It was a long holiday for me. But I have loads of pre course reading to do. The problem is I haven't done much ><...sigh...

As the days passes, I felt the pressure more and more...it's like the whole sky falling over me soon. But on the other hand I have no motivation at all to start up the engine. The pressure is on but I am practically taking things too slow. Why can't I just be lazy...Oh man, life is never easy, I know. Sometimes I felt like being lazy...I guess I just need to chill out and take a break. But everything's coming all at once. At this moment, how i wish to be tucked in a big comfy bed with lots of pillows on it... in a beach resort somewhere in Maldives.

Ok ok I think I shouldn't be bragging on and on about how stressful my life is now. I guess there is always give and take. No pain no gain. And I really should be working ... work work work...sigh...