Facts of Life
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
Some things in life, weather you like it or not, are simply facts. It’s probably stress that lead me to dislike social gatherings. You see, my office culture emphasizes social gatherings. If you don’t turn up, they’ll have all kind of thoughts like “that guy doesn’t like us”, “he say busy, but probably sleeping at home, so fake“, and “jeez, that guy isn’t sociable”. For a moment, I hated that kind of thinking, that one cannot choose the relax alone at home. I also didn’t like the fact that my colleagues didn’t understand that we also have a lot of other commitments besides work - final year project, research seminar, Microsoft events etc.
But today, my uncle reminded me the true purpose of industrial training. No, it’s not what technology or tools you learn. It’s about communication skills, management (managing and being managed), and social skills. Come to think of it, not many can walk into a room fool of people, and make a lasting impression on each and every one in the room. Yes, sometimes I would rather stay at home and watch some tv to relax. I mean, there’s nothing more “fake” than a bunch of people pretending to like each.
Sigh, but what to do.. socializing is a fact of life. Being “fake” is a fact of life.
Weakling No More!!
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
The next few weeks, or more precisely the next 5 months or so, would be the busiest times in my life. I need to finish installing the damned IBM WebSphere at office for evaluation purposes, so that my boss would let me take leave to attend Microsoft TechEd on 10-13 Sept. I need to cook up impressive marketing plans for TARC’s version of Imagine Cup. Then I’ll need to work on my final year project and seminar presentation.
Sigh.. HSBC Trainee, Microsoft Student Partner, RMer, Student.. where got time left to be sick?
The first step to stay healthy? Eat healthy! But since I can’t avoid eating outside at all, I’m only left with one choice:
Pray.. pray.. pray it works..
Second step to handle the 4 diverse roles I’m playing now, is like my friend suggested: turn stress into motivation. It’s time I get wrangle stress by the collar, and make it work for me.. muahahaha.. I don’t care what my boss says, but it’s definitely mp3 time after official office hours.. loud music never fails to send stress packing..
The Weakling
Posted by Jonathan Ng | Filed under Personal
Am I a weak? I mean, some people can cram for an exam, burn the midnight oil and not sleep at all. Me? I take days to recover from a 5-hours-sleep night. The number of hours of sleep I need on average? 7, each and every night. Worse off, I seem to always get sick these days. Always down with the flu. I wonder if it’s coz the lack of sleep, or stress or whatever. Maybe there’s so much pressure at office, at home, that I don’t even realize I’m under stress. Sigh..
But there was 1 person though, who recently reminded me: I need to practice what I preach. It’s time I knock some damn discipline into myself. There are many who have achieved more success with far less of what I have. Thanks dear. Thanks a lot.
