Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Full Speed Ahead?...
Ah well, no choice liao. In new waters must learn how to survive. Explore the sights and escape the sharks... I hope. Falalalalala. Sian. Tmr have to go work.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Free Lunches all through the Week!
Looking on the bright side, leaving a company means you get tons of free meals and interesting stories...
On Friday, my firmware colleague treated me to a nice korean dinner. He leads a rather extraordinary life (by my standards). He studied in Japan, work there as a rather hands on worker, then suddenly discovered his interest in firmware. And started to pick it up by himself, and then manage to find himself a job as a firmware engineer. Got transferred to Germany to work and then came back to Singapore finally.... He told me if China has opportunities, he's going there. How cool is that? I guess that's one of the benefits of being single... you can just go... no strings attached :).
Yesterday, was given a Thai food treat by my secondary school fren ming, who is also my colleague. I kinda envy her easy going and carefree style. She's always bubbly and positive and takes everything within her stride. And she's happily planning her wedding next Decemeber. It's like nothing fazes her. And she's permanently happy =). Wish I can be like her. Yeah Yeah Yeah, I know... happiness is all in the mind. But I think maybe it has something to do with the genetic makeup as well. I have I have a natural tendency to be slightly pessimistic. I blame my parents for my pessimistic genes. Hiak Hiak.
Anyway, today I had Japanese food with my vendor. We worked on projects together for the past 4 years. He's happily married and works hand in hand with his wife on managing this company they built up together. And they have a 2 nice boys, twins somemore! And very goodlooking, courtesy of good genes from mom and dad. Not sure why the conversation drifted to relationships, and he gave a few pointers. That 2 people together have to give and take. I asked whether issit REN (Ninja Skill) and he said cannot say that, it's "giving in" Haha =). And he told me that being with someone is having a person to share your life with and each party should learn to accomodate one another. He said it's inevitable to have disagreements and arguments in a relationship but in time, the couple will change and accomodate one another. Cool. Free Sashimi and words of advice. Starting to see my vendor in a different light.
In case you haven't noticed... I'm bragging about how many different kinds of treats I have since Friday. Tomorrow it will be my team's treat of Chinese food. Shucks. Think my waistline is expanding...