Do you recall a time, not too long ago, when you were feeling passionately about something? And you constantly have those sudden urges to take on new undertakings and nothing is too daunting? I sure did, a lot of crazy things, big and small. The good old days where I had auditioned for a movie, learnt Taekwondo, picked up cross-stitching, took part in the Pyramid Game on TV, wrote to penpals all over the world, started rollerblading, bought a guitar (and stinks at it)…what happened to these impulses? The fiery passions that we once possessed got lost along the way as we grow up. The corporate world, and the responsibilities and struggles that come with age had robbed us of our true selves and the fire we once had in life. Since joining the workforce, we find our ‘interests’ converging as we concern ourselves with:
- coming up with the best ‘elevator talk’
- being politically correct
- pleasing the boss
- networking intensively and effectively
- finding ways to be ahead of the rat race
I got to know this guy recently. He’s unlike any I’ve ever known (in a long time): unique and untainted by the corporate evils. What I saw in him is a quality I greatly admire and lack: the ability to remain true to himself. He had gone through what I’m going through (corporate distress and life struggles), except things were a lot worse for him. Yet he had triumphed through all these without ever losing sight of who he is and where his passions lie. He was never lost and he never compromised. This takes a great deal of focus and courage. Inspired, I’m trying to find back the old me, get back in touch with my old self. Watch me, the fire will be rekindled.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Love Sweet Love...on Brokeback Mountain
There is no love like true love...even on Brokeback...
the sweet longing lingering in your heart that you can only keep hidden...
the hurt it causes when it can only stay deep within you...
the pain you feel when it yearns to be free, yet all you can do is suppress it...
love, sweet heart-wrenching love
the sweet longing lingering in your heart that you can only keep hidden...
the hurt it causes when it can only stay deep within you...
the pain you feel when it yearns to be free, yet all you can do is suppress it...
love, sweet heart-wrenching love
Have You Made it?
You know you have made it when…
• After changing cars numerous times, you are finally a proud owner of brand new Ferarri.
• Your entrée choice in an upscale restaurant is no longer based on price.
• You no longer feel out of place in a LV store.
• The Black American Express card is a permanent resident in your purse/wallet.
• You are selling your private jet to Halle Berry (she's currently in the market for one).
• There is no longer a difference between work and leisure.
• You are always a welcomed VIP at the Bellagio.
• Your residential zip code is now 90210
• After changing cars numerous times, you are finally a proud owner of brand new Ferarri.
• Your entrée choice in an upscale restaurant is no longer based on price.
• You no longer feel out of place in a LV store.
• The Black American Express card is a permanent resident in your purse/wallet.
• You are selling your private jet to Halle Berry (she's currently in the market for one).
• There is no longer a difference between work and leisure.
• You are always a welcomed VIP at the Bellagio.
• Your residential zip code is now 90210
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
When Life Takes A Beating, I Take On The Sims
Top 3 reasons The Sims is so popular (with me, at least):
• Unless you are the President of your own company (not publicly traded), you are basically under the control of someone else. To balance this unhealthy condition, The Sims is here to give you a chance for role reversal and let you be in control for once.
• Promotion is always easy in The Sims. The criteria are always clear: just increase your logic/creativity/body as needed.
• Days fly by in minutes. In real life, minutes crawl by like days.
Thumbs up to the creators of The Sims for giving me a channel to escape reality. I love my drug.
• Unless you are the President of your own company (not publicly traded), you are basically under the control of someone else. To balance this unhealthy condition, The Sims is here to give you a chance for role reversal and let you be in control for once.
• Promotion is always easy in The Sims. The criteria are always clear: just increase your logic/creativity/body as needed.
• Days fly by in minutes. In real life, minutes crawl by like days.
Thumbs up to the creators of The Sims for giving me a channel to escape reality. I love my drug.
HCJC...The age of innocence
Out of the 9000+ days that I have lived, I can say with confidence that my 2 years in HCJC were the best days of my life.
Long gone were the innocent days where my only worries were:
- Do I look good?
- Is my hair out of place?- Will a cute guy talk to me today?
- Is my pimple obvious?
I missed everything about HCJC, the joy and hope it brought to my empty life:
- Super cute seniors
- Mass dance (hopefully with a cute senior)
- S65 table
- Stairwells behind the library (and the make-out sessions)
- Lecture Theatre 3 (and eating chicken rice in the back row)
- Pak Tee, our Math teacher (and how we bully him)
- Skipping tutorials (and nuahing at the S65 table)
The pain in my heart now as I think back is incomparable.
***inspired by a fellow hwa chongian ***
Long gone were the innocent days where my only worries were:
- Do I look good?
- Is my hair out of place?- Will a cute guy talk to me today?
- Is my pimple obvious?
I missed everything about HCJC, the joy and hope it brought to my empty life:
- Super cute seniors
- Mass dance (hopefully with a cute senior)
- S65 table
- Stairwells behind the library (and the make-out sessions)
- Lecture Theatre 3 (and eating chicken rice in the back row)
- Pak Tee, our Math teacher (and how we bully him)
- Skipping tutorials (and nuahing at the S65 table)
The pain in my heart now as I think back is incomparable.
***inspired by a fellow hwa chongian ***
The World is a Vampire
Once upon a time, like all naïve undergraduates, I wanted very badly to be a part of Corporate America and live a high flying life….Now, 2 years down the road, all I can say to people like that is:
Welcome to the Jungle.
The corporate world is a vampire, full of blood suckers everywhere you go. I've attempted to categorize these suckers:
- Credit-taker-cum-finger-pointer: especially prominent at the top levels; that's how they 'shine' and get there; they're seemingly the perfectionist who has never made a single mistake in his/her career.
- Revenge-takers: these are the brainless fools who attack senselessly to make others look bad and always have the last say for his/her own deluded satisfaction; they are so unrelentless in their pursuit for revenge that they would be sending you daily nasty attacking emails just to make your life miserable; word of advice, keep these for you never know when you may need them.
- Leeches: they stick to their assumed 'rising stars' of the company and will be so sweet to you if you are one; of course, they would forget about you instantly or turn against you the moment you are out of favor with the big boys.
- Spies: watch out for these, everything you say or do will spread to places far beyond your imagination; these are the useless wimps who suffer from a serious attack of job insecurity; turning into spies gave them the false sense of security; a word to sum these fools up: pathetic.
Of course this list is not comprehensive; but if you work in a huge corporate firm, you can surely find these people lurking around the office.
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in the cage.
Welcome to the Jungle.
The corporate world is a vampire, full of blood suckers everywhere you go. I've attempted to categorize these suckers:
- Credit-taker-cum-finger-pointer: especially prominent at the top levels; that's how they 'shine' and get there; they're seemingly the perfectionist who has never made a single mistake in his/her career.
- Revenge-takers: these are the brainless fools who attack senselessly to make others look bad and always have the last say for his/her own deluded satisfaction; they are so unrelentless in their pursuit for revenge that they would be sending you daily nasty attacking emails just to make your life miserable; word of advice, keep these for you never know when you may need them.
- Leeches: they stick to their assumed 'rising stars' of the company and will be so sweet to you if you are one; of course, they would forget about you instantly or turn against you the moment you are out of favor with the big boys.
- Spies: watch out for these, everything you say or do will spread to places far beyond your imagination; these are the useless wimps who suffer from a serious attack of job insecurity; turning into spies gave them the false sense of security; a word to sum these fools up: pathetic.
Of course this list is not comprehensive; but if you work in a huge corporate firm, you can surely find these people lurking around the office.
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in the cage.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
