First, a random series of updates.
1. Finally set the highest score among all my friends in Word Challenge, a facebook game!
2. Bought a new car (Lexus IS 250). It's a real nice car, even if i still feel like it cost a ton. Part of the job, i guess
3. Ran 25km last week. On track for the marathon! (i hope). Can't believe i committed myself to doing it again....
4. Thinking of trying for a vacation in November, but not sure if i want to really rough it in Laos. Plus i can always see T when she comes back to Singapore end November.
5. Laughed my head off at the latest SNL spoofs on Palin, but also got scared witless by her interview on CNBC.
Other thoughts :
Felt amazingly happy about my job the other day. You know, one of those feelings you get which make you feel all light on the inside and smiley silly on the outside. Never felt that way about a job before, so i took the moment to savour a little. Maybe that's why i felt it a little when some teammates gave me feedback that they felt i was a little too distant and stern sometimes, especially when i didn't smile much. I love my job, so when i feel like i'm letting people down, then it gets a little to me. But i thought it through, and as always, got over it resolving to take the feedback as it was : a feedback given in the spirit of improvement.
Being in the private sector now, the recent economic crisis does of course leave me a little spooked, knowing that business could tumble and i could potentially lose my job. But it's almost my responsibility as a leader to keep the business going and ensure that everyone keeps their jobs.
My stocks have basically plummeted but i've decided to just not panic and check only sporadically. The key thing is to think long term, which is what my financial planner basically said to me : that i was in a good position, savings wise, and that i should focus on the long term. In fact, i only need to save 10 more years to be in a good position. That's a nice conclusion to hear :)
Anyway, been following the whole Obama-McCain saga lately. The vitriolic outbursts from some of the McCain/Palin rallies are downright disheartening and scary. I really do hope Obama wins, if only because Republicans are getting scarier each election. Don't get me wrong, radical Democrats are equally frightening, but Republicans just have that extra scary edge to them. Let me quote what someone said from a NYT article :
"Her fellow bartender, Crystal Porter, chimed in. “I know his wife runs a liberalist camp for teenagers, and when he gets elected, he wants to make it mandatory for all teenagers to go there. I also heard as a hobby he makes flags, like home made flags, one for each race. He has one for black people and one for white people and one for Indians.”
Alright, enough of such scary talk. Tomorrow is my day off, and i've cleared most of my work for this week. Time to sit back, play the computer game, and go running (so i can smell the roses)
Ajantis is wondering whether to go for vacation....
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2 comments:
think only having worked in the govt would one have the distinction between public vs private sector. thot that was pretty interesting.
So you finally changed your blog template! *heh* methinks the old template looked a little too aged for you. =)
*haha* I can see you're incredibly pleased with your new job. And it is very rare (even in private sector, so I've been told), to be done with bureacracy completely and have an open organisation to work together with. =)
btw, I love the SNL clips you told me abt! Can't wait to see Palin impersonate Tina Fey in the latest one. ;-)
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