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What’s your hook line?

30 May 2010 by gabriel

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“I’ve been busy studying for my CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) exam for the past few days. My paper is on Tuesday and I’m trying my best to cram as much information as possible.. Luckily there’s a long weekend for me to study..”

The other day I was attending a course and something struck me – the trainer was asking this question “What’s your hook line?”. That is, what is ‘interesting’ about you? It’s like a pick-up line but instead of picking up girls, it’s a line that you tell people something interesting about yourself.

I used to have something interesting about me… I picked up photography, I write blogs, I sing, I dance, I always like explore new places to look for good food… But now, all these things seems to have fade away since I’ve started working. All these working and studying has really been taking up a lot of my everyday time… I think I’m trapped in the journey of attempting to climb the corporate ladder.

It’s about 10.5 months since I started working and I guess I’m more or less stabilized and familiarized with my working life. (but sometimes there are a few surprises here and there)

I think it’s about time to resume some of my used-to-be passions. Although it may not have any tangible ROI (return-on-investments), it makes your life more interesting and fruitful. There’s actually intangible returns from all these.

It’s time to learn to find time…

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Dreading to return to work

19 Feb 2010 by gabriel

I’m returning for SG tomorrow and once I think about work… *sigh* Really no eyes see..
Maybe I’ll just tell them “I’m on leave! Everything will just need to come to a halt!”

There’s no covering officer cause they’re on leave too! Things will only return as usual when I’m back in office!

There are a few activities lined up to be done next week.. and the worse thing is, I”m on course for the whole of next week… So, should I just ask them “We’ll just have to wait for one more week cause nobody’s doing my job..” =/

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Getting Accustomed

27 Jan 2010 by gabriel

I guess I’m getting accustomed to work… It’s been half a year already since I started working. Wow.. How time flies..

I think what helped me to get accustomed is this believe – many things are out of our control. We only have this much capacity to do something.

To bring less stress to an already stressful job, I’m trying my best not to bring work back to the house cause.. well, you can never finish your work. Of course, with a few exception that it’s very urgent and need to be completed there and then!

In order to sleep soundly,I jot down all the things that I need to do for the next few days and let the ‘book’ worry about it. I’m even keeping two organizers – 1 for everyday tasks, 1 for notes from meetings.

I’m also getting immune to the constant buzzing from my hand phone indicating a new e-mail has arrived.

Hope I don’t speak too soon… As any moment in time, things may just happen. Worse thing is, many things happen at the same time. Oh well, at least I’m not working for long hours… *Cross fingers*

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The last day of 2009

31 Dec 2009 by gabriel

I can’t believe it’s the last day of 2009… How fast time flies this year around… And since it’s the last day of the year, I shall make it a habit to reminisce what I’ve done/achieved over the past one year. Well, I did that for 2008 and I think it’s quite good.. Good summary for my own pleasure reading next time.. Did a lot of travelling in the period between end-of-examination and starting-work

  1. Completed my Electrical & Electronics Engineering Degree in NTU with a 2nd Class Upper Honours
  2. Went to Alor Setar and Langkawi for the first time
  3. Went to Phuket for the first time with my family
  4. Went to Jakarta and Bandung for the first time with family
  5. Went backpacking in 2 countries for 18 days – Cambodia & Vietnam (which I still have not blogged about yet and lots of experience gained there)
  6. Started work in SingTel in the Mobile VAS Planning Department (with many havoc days)
  7. Celebrated my 2-year anniversary with my darling girlfriend
  8. Shifted to a new ‘base’ in Hougang, Singapore
  9. Bought my very own desktop with my own money
  10. Built an Ipoh-community right here in Singapore with many get-together and gatherings and crazy fun times

 

The list is not as extensive as the previous year but can’t really think what else is there. Cause if to go into the details, have to really crack my brain and list them all out. Anyway, even in the Ipoh house, there’s so many changes… There’s a new bed-room, new 42” LCD TV, new hi-fi…. A lot of new things.

On the work-related wise, I’ve been immersed with work ever since I’ve started work and hope that 2010 will be a better year after getting more used to the environment and surroundings. Will probably make some new year resolution for me to meet later on…

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Stressful December

14 Dec 2009 by gabriel

With more people on leave, it’s harder to get things done. It’s harder to arrange for meetings cause most of the people are not around. Now, I have also two critical projects to handle with a lot of follow up for the next few months.
Just two more weeekss… and it’s Christmas… And come January, the cycle continues. *sigh*

Need to prep myself for to think positively. To remain calm and steady…

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