Dr.Dave: Curiousity Cures!

A weekend to remember

Wow what a holiday it has been. Everyday full of excitement and emotion. This has been the most memorable Christmas's ever! Everyday had something totally new and totally awesome!

So much has happened in the course of 4 days that its difficult for me to e xplain now. I gotta sleep on it...but wow i feel so happy to be alive.

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I'm walking home, groceries in one hand, umbrella in the other, and iPod tunes playing in my ears. It's dark and pouring rain outside, yet I've never felt happier.

An earlier conversation with my manager is continuously playing in my head:

Des: "I'm planning a year end dinner for the corporate team, I want you to do a presentation (in front of all the bosses) on what you've learned in Corporate (training division). Our division has done very good in the last half year and I want to make you look good."

Me: "Oh...wow...thanks!"


Wow did that totally make my year! I read an article in an HR magazine which the message was simply "Your job is to make your boss look good." No this does not mean sucking up, or "brown nosing". It has nothing to do with saying nice things to make ur boss look good. It's about going beyond the call of duty and doing whatever it takes to make sure he/she delivers to the client. Sure I may be on the ground level but I feel responsible for the entire team's success. So in turn, my boss looks good, then he'll make me look good AND then i'll feel good.

Logical right? Simple right? It is, but its hard to pull off. With long work hours, a humble salary, and mounting stress, it's hard for one to think beyond his own cubicle. But it pays off.

I believe so.

Some of you wonder why I'm making such a big deal out this little conversation. I do because every little step counts in becoming a better person everyday. These little steps are a constant reminder that i'm going in the right direction.

Rock on!

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A Free Afternoon and then what!?



I've updated the layout of my blog finally. It's refreshingly green! It's all in an bigger effort to get more people to visit my site. So expect more additions like podcasts coming soon! Applying this template wasn't that hard. It was so easy that i also added a shoutbox for you all to use when you visit my site.

In other news, I'm finally catching up on my sleep. I've started to notice my productivity go up as well as my general mood and sociability factor (which I'd have to say is still in 'disasterous mode')

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I was supposed to sleep at 10 because im waking up early tomorrow but I love wikipedia so much! That website can keep me up for hours i tell you! One link leads to another link and only fuels my curiousity more! But seriously, I have to catch up on learning. I have been vacationing the past few weeks with my parents and it's been non-stop. Tonight is probably the first night i've gotten to myself for almost a month and I'm LLUUURVING it. I guess my introverted side is more dominant now as I get stressed everytime i see a large group of people.

Well, balance is healthy. It can't be up-up-up all the time. It's time for some down time. Time to absorb what's happened and time to plan for the next BIG and crazy thing...

Here's some big idea's on my mind...

• I need to create something....AIESEC Days Round 2 - umm Chinese New Year!

• More Non AIESEC Activity...like complete my CC in Toastmasters. Gotta do that soon!
• Planning the next 6 months...because in July my VISA expires and I have to choose where I want to live. Right now I want to work in the same company but in another country for short term (3 months) and do that a few times. Gotta shake it a bit.
  
• Start planning long term...making my business plan. Start taking more risks!!
• Play Music in a band! I got my trumpet here, gotta do something with it.
• Play more badminton. Play more single's games.
• Take work more seriously. I can be a lot better and more influential at work. Just follow my passions. I like designing things, like finding on concept and making it look even more funkier. That being said, I like design...whether it's art, or a product or a business. I like to put my ideas on paper and dreaming about how it would look like.
  
• To open up more personally, I think I've gotten 'closed' again since i've gotten settled in Singapore, time to be curious again. Do new things, take risks, take more action!
• Improve my Mandarin...still have that belief that I can't speak when actually I'm pretty fluent in it if i think hard enough and not revert to english so easily.

Things that I'm happy about in my life

• My work. I didn't realize how lucky I am to be in this position: a job right out of uni, international, in a developed country, culturally rich, career related, challenging, lots of freedom, an honest and supportive manager who i can talk anything with, amazing and inspirationally bosses, strong international career advancements...not a bad training ground afterall...
• My friends. I do have a small group of very good friends. I do owe them a lot for making me laugh and keeping me up late with our conversations. I owe them for opening up to me, so i will do the same. I will spend more time with them.
• Food. I dunno what it is about Singapore...Darn I love the food! Virtually every meal i've today has been bliss. From prata and kopi in the morning, mix veg rice for lunch and char kuay tiao for dinner...im in eating heaven! More food!!
• Focus and direction. Even though it's not crystal clear, at least i have some idea where i want to head in life. I WILL NEVER settle for 2nd best, I MUST live it MY way! And the fact that i dont have a clear vision only means that I must strive to make it more detailed and stronger thus giving me even more drive in life.
  

Ok I'm still not tired yet and i have to wake up in 6 hours for work...darn it. That's what happens if you don't blog for long periods of time.

Labels: balance, big ideas, things i'm happy about in life

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