Archive for August 26th, 2005

26
Aug

::: communication. anyone, please? :::

:: Listening … “Lonely No More” by Rob Thomas ::

During lunch I was having a conversation with a guy. Basically he told me a lot of things, and I wonder how come he won’t see the other side of the situation. Most of the problems are both-sided so he should open his mind and look at the situation, and come up with a method to correct the situation. Unfortunately, he didn’t do it, and he insisted on looking at the situation from his point of view, and he didn’t know other people will look at it differently than how he treated the situation. Basically, this is what I call “lack of management skill” syndrome.

Oh! Due to the “war” in the office, there was a staff took her annual leave because she just couldn’t stand the sight of the boss. But is running away from the problem a good idea? Or confronting the situation is a better solution? I am not the one with the rights to say it, but I do believe that taking “time-out” is a very good method to recharge yourself so you will be ready for the next “battle”. Of course, the situation cannot be solved easily so all they got to do is just sit tight and wait. I believe that (in this case) waiting patiently will bring very fruitful results.

On a different topic, I believe communication is a very important but difficult skill. Nowadays it seems like people has lost the communication required, so there are more misunderstanding, more fighting, and more troubles. Sometimes when one is giving an excuse for not communicating, it is just an excuse, not a reason. I love to communicate with people, but when someone is not even taking the effort to communicate with me, what can I do?

Suddenly I lack the motivation to drive back home. I feel so exhausted suddenly and all I want to do now is to sleep. Communication, anyone, please?

26
Aug

::: Difference :::

:: Listening … “Fairly Tale” by Michael (Chinese) ::

Woke up in the morning feeling so happy! I woke up even before the alarm setting, and I quickly woke up to freshen up myself and pack. I am going back today evening! I was so ecstatic today because I can finally go back to hug my girlfriend, and play with my boy boy!

Basically the office space is still loaming with a grey emotional ambient and everyone was worried the “missile” will hit them out of nowhere. Well, with this kind of tension, who can concentrate on the work and who can feel motivated? Luckily I dodged a few “missiles” yesterday and I am still pretty safe today.

Reading the Wired website, found this interesting article about the different between Asians and North Americans, and how they see things differently. One is more focus on the background and the other one is more focus on foreground. Check out this interesting reading if you are free.

Last night I went to JB to visit some friends whom I haven’t met for a long time, and it was good to see them again because we finally could catch up on life, our views about many things, and learn new things about them. I am very happy to see them together because they each had gone through some really tough period in life. Now they are really happy and contended to be together so I feel so happy for them. But I felt bad because I was dragging them out until pretty late…

Comparing myself to the old days, I am more contended with what I have in life, and I am pretty much settle-down. Unlike last time, I had to go out all the time, like the house has a lot of thorn picking me, and I drank so much until friends are scared of me. But now, I hardly go out anymore, maybe just tea and mamak once in a while with some old friends.

The other day my girlfriend and I openly talked about marriage and both of us are pretty ready for it. So tentatively we are preparing to get married early next year. We love and treasure each other so much that we found out that life is so difficult to be apart. Now we are ready to tie the knot so more news regarding this will be coming.




 

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