Day 1 Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh, checked in hotel and went for a massage, then boarded a Cruise Dining of Asian Food, and a fusion of Traditional and Modern music entertainment.
Day 2 saw me on a Walking Tour on District 1 mainly the must-see places and the French influence on Saigon; and a Motorcycle Tour to District 3, 5 and 10 for off the beaten track hidden gem such as a no name pho place of over 40 years heritage and their 8h slow boiled rich beef broth; ofcoz I gotta end it off with a Rooftop Bar with Live Band!
Day 3 - Arrived at the mesmerising city of Hoi An, loving the food, the lanterns, the ambience, pretty much everything around!
Day 4 Vietnam - My Son, Hoi An. Truly an amazing city if lanterns! Falling in love with this city and what a great way to spend Mid Autumn Night!
Day 5 - Vietnam, Ba Na Hills, Danang. Time flies, especially at Ba Na Hills, experiencing the Sun, the Rain and the Wind all in the short 5h span. Very well built Tourism Attraction with Insta Worthy shots all over and a very very very comfortable weather. Will be back!
Day 6 - Vietnam, Da Nang. The last day before the family vacation end. Today is a full day foodie experience. 2 food tours, one in the morning, exploring local eateries and a few historical sites, while the night focuses on popular food places which have been visited by chefs and culinary experts. Very interesting culture at some of the food places where they sell by per pax, no ordering needed because they only sell that particular food / set meal. Ended the day with a Han River Cruise with performance.
Day 7 - Great dining experience at Ancient Hue, where they plate food items for the Royalty in the past. Tasty food, more than wonderful service, and truly amazing skilful food art carving! Each decorative piece takes 40 - 70 mins to carve and thus its limited in quantity! Lucky me!
Day 8 - Vietnam - Hue. .
Today was a full day city tour with a Private Guide. Very informative rundown of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam from 1st to 13th Kings. In midst, there are sites and mausoleums of several kings to visit and to trace the Kings life or thinking. .
The citadel greeted us with massive walls surrounding the 520 Hectares fortress. This is indeed a witness to the power of the reign; and the confucianism beliefs presented on concretes and carvings. Detailed info found at: https://en.vietnamitasenmadrid.com/2011/07/hue-citadel-imperial-city.html .
Then we head to the tombs after a brief stop at Thien Mu Pagoda where Reverent Thích Quảng Đức burnt himself as an act of peaceful retaliation via a Dragonhead Boat along Perfume River.
So the tombs:
Gia Long was the first Nguyen king and one of Vietnam’s most significant historical figures. He reinforced Confucian values, moved the capital to Hue from Hanoi, began construction of Hue Citadel, and coined the country’s name: “Việt Nam”. .
Emperor Minh Mạng continued his father’s legacy, ruling a large empire, crushing rebellions, upholding Confucianism Values and Resisting Foreign Influences. He is reported to have 500 wives though no concrete evidence possible except that he fathered 142 children. .
Emperor Tự Đức had a strong affinity for art and poetry, a passion he channeled to craft his romantic, illustrious tomb. Tu Duc wanted his final resting place to blend harmoniously with nature. Sadly, out of 104 wives, he had no sons at all, thus left him no choice but to hand to his nephew as his successor. He is known to be the Filial King that we spend half of every month to take care of his ill mother.
Duc Duc’s dominion lasted for a mere three days before he was deposed and sentenced to death under suspicious circumstances. His small, humble tomb reflects his brief reign.
The tomb of Emperor Khải Định splits general opinion with its blend of Eastern and Western styles and thus we may admire the most elaborative and elegant tomb. He embraces French colonialism to the point that he raised 30% tax for the construction of his tomb.
Credit info also from https://vietnam.travel/things-to-do/inside-guide-hue-tombs
Other than that, Ive learnt about Buu Tan (a mythical representation of emperor), Kieu - Palanquin - Royal Carriage, the Unicorn (Chinese Qi Lin lookalike, only the King's unicorn have 5 instead of 4 toes) and the 4 seasons of vietnam - Apricot, Lotus, Chrysanthemum, Willow. .
WHAT A DAY! I am also introduced to Tom Doling for his detailed archive of Vietnam History.
Day 9 - Vietnam, Hue. Today spent the first half of the day Cafe Hopping and the next half going on a Walk of Revolution of Hue.
Hue was under the Champa kingdom, and the 3rd king of 84yo decided to marry a 25yo princess, Huyen Tran of Tran Dynasty. Unfortunately, the king died and thus the princess was supposed to be cremated with the king. Being saved by his father Tran Anh Tong, Champa led a huge invasion against South Vietnam as a form of anger in 1308, and stayed in power until 1801 when Gia Long took over and named "Vietnam". 1832 Vietnam drove away and abolished the Champa Kingdom. .
Soon in 1858, Europeans came, ended Feudalism. The Portuguese created Vietnamese Language, while the French came for missionary to spread catholic. Then there are several other civil wars in between between North and South which caused the DMZ in 1955, until the Sacrificial Monk in 1963 saw the end of the conflict by assasinations. .
But the peace didnt last long until US officially attacked in 1965. In between, there is also the Tet Offensive incident 1978 and finally Reunification by Ho Chi Minh that ended the US-Viet war in 1975. The victory wasnt purely the efforts of Vietnamese but also internal conflicts, AWOL and Morality Struggles of the US within themselves. Many do not fully understand who are they fighting for. When it all seems finished, there are also 1979 Frontier war, where Cambodia and China attacked the North Vietnam. .
Through the 2 days of Hue, we kindda learnt that Vietnam from the start, was not as "powerful" as it seems for all the "won" battles, but rather because of their perseverance which eventually received generous help from external parties which eventually led Vietnam to be exhausted of all resources from all the conflicts. History is history, there are no rights and wrongs in war, just matter or perspectives; as we learn history, let us also think about our everyday battles. Who are we fighting for?
Day 10 - Vietnam, Danang. A very relaxed day, woke up with a shower so slept in, went to the Iconic "Lady Buddha" which is in our context Goddess of Mercy for the town used to be typhoon-riden until the construction of the statue. Then Cafe Hopping, before heading to Fivitel Hotel Afternoon Tea Break buffet. Went for Leg Bath, Facial and Head massage before the Nen Fine Dining Experience. Nen Restaurant - Vietnamese Contemporary Fine Dining - 8 Course Excursion Set with Palate Cleansers, Cocktail and Sparkling Water. Truly Extraordinary! A great way to end my Central Vietnam Journey, from Food Tours to Street Food to Fine Dining, having to taste a wide array of flavours from something staple to something special. Well done Summer Le, head chef of Nen! Came back to continue the massage with Full Body, Scrub, Cold & Hot Stone, and Leg Massage.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
So, started reading a book, that seems to coincide with the problems I am facing.
Basically, the newest problem we have is that we started to have reviews from guests who had the date of our tours mixed up and wrote a 1 star that caused me to fumed up as in the industry, such a review would mean like 50 full stars down the drain. But what was more disappointing was when I team didnt felt we were maligned but took on their defense, further reinforcing the anchoring resolution that I am after all alone in this.
Well........ anyways, as Linkin Park said.....
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
Guess I am always too passionate, always working too hard, always taking everything too personally. I guess in the end, why should I let myself be affected so much, I should go with the flow, I should learn to let it go. Let it be... Let it be... probably the wisest words ever yet most neglected by me.
At the end of the day, it is all just as what was written in the book :
THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH
One day, you and everyone you love will die. And beyond a small group of people for an extremely brief period of time, little of what you say or do will ever matter. This is the Uncomfortable Truth of life. And everything you think or do is but an elaborate avoidance of it. We are inconsequential cosmic dust, bumping and milling about on a tiny blue speck. We imagine our own importance. We invent our purpose — we are nothing.
Understand this, understanding the root of hopelessness, and then you will start to find hope. Accepting Nihilism of "Vanity of Vanity, All is Vanity", then you start to fill the gaps with hope and reasons. I guess, I am now in the state of going into Nihilism, where to opposite of Passion is Indifferent. I guess I should prioritize impacting my immediate guests, my way. Whatever the result is, is no longer my problem.
“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty.” — Mother Theresa
Well, after all, humans, me included, would start to make sense of the meaningless life, and split into our thinking brain and feeling brain. Among these, are our concept of "Emotion" molded similar to what Newton's Law of Motion states:
1) Your Identity will stay until a new Experience acts against it
2) Our Self Worth is the sum of our emotions over time
3) For every Action, there is an Equal and Opposite Emotional Reaction
The book then explores how people measures self worth. Mark Manson used the ideology of Nietzsche classification of society to "Masters" and "slaves". Some people have a head start in life, having ascribed status in them that eventually cause a class divide. While these "Elites" would start to develop a "Master Morality" where they feel they end up a certain way because they deserve it because they earned it through hard work or ingenuity, (in short, they are righteous and virtuous because they were strong); conversely, the "Slaves" would also develop a "Slave Morality" where they believe they have suffered the most, most disadvantaged, most exploited, thus thus they should deserve the most respect and empathy, (in short, they are righteous and virtuous because of their weakness).
We should work towards "Amor Fati" which means “love one’s fate.” It is a resolution about your Unconditional Acceptance of our Fate and learn beyond the realm of Good and Evil.
Moving on, the book continues to paint the picture of how the world is fucked up. And yes I feel it too all the time! With everyone being selfish, putting self interest above all else, lack of empathy and understanding, sense of self entitlement, false sense of superiority, and lots of these revolves around the subject of MONEY. By Immanuel Kant’s Theory of Humanity, we should act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in any
other person, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means. Basically, Ulterior Motives. Behind every actions, it's a step you MUST do in order to achieve what you are purposed to do to achieve a certain end goal.
I like to think that way though, it really cast aside all the distractions of emotions and social debts, and all the trivial things of life. I should learn to be a little more selfish!
But then the book transits into breaking away from such "Social Exchange Theory" or "Transactional Mindset" where we always perform an action just to achieve a desired goal. But thats how society has always been. Thus it's nice at times to catch up with friends such as Tai who shares the same frequency as me. He is able to point out certain overlooked things and challenge my thinking instead of bluntly forcing opinions, yet at the same time supports me and share the sighs. Well, if the theory applies, he may be just carefully constructing his words to utter what I selectively wants to hear and reaffirm my words because he wants to maintain our friendship. Then again, on the times we had spent and the kind of non existence conversations when we "discuss" only the keywords to our own arguments, these kind of chemistry is hard to fake!
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” — Stephen Covey
Then again, times and again I do meet outside people who do allow me to think too.
A person once commented, "The world's greatest problems are not caused by a single person but by a collective systematic flaw in society.". Wow! liked it so much! I guess, as what the book says, EVERYTHING IS FUCKED! Call me escapist if you want, I'm not gonna care, at least not anymore, from now on, it's me, myself, and I, being at the centre of the universe!
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
It's now a week to my 25th.
It's a few more days to my big party.
What am I feeling?
Well, first thing first, ever since my last post....
I've squeezed into the Finalist of Singapore Tourism Award,
Truly a wonderful night.....
A testimony of persistence,
Affirmation of competence,
Display of effulgence,
Journey of excellence
Assessment of omnicompetence....
on this very day of significance.
Very humbled to be among the stars of customer service in various fields.
Made a few connections, and inspired by many stories from these amazing people.
Then I went for Diving in Bali.
I went for my Open Water Course and Advanced Open Water Course altogether.
And extended a few days for leisure.
At the pool sessions we did a few of the drills, which I thought we would never use,
eg Tired Diver Tow, Change Mask, Manual BCD Inflation.
Then first dive my mask too small every 5 mins full mask clearing.
Second dive my friend fins lost, so we Tired Diver Tow.
Third dive my mask snaps, Underwater Change Mask.
Fifth dive our friend air consumption abnormal so we did CESA.
Sixth dive my BCD auto inflate so I gotta do Manual Inflation.
By the end, I'm truly blessed that I have a very good Dive Instructor,
very earnest guy who takes care of us a lot yet after dive we are like long lost bros.
We extended our gratitude by offering to take him around nearby areas for a quick tour of scenery, and then throw a big feast.
Following that I checked off my list for a few more Michelin places,
then went to Indonesia Best Chef at Jakarta Nusa Gastronomy, Cheft Ragil.
Had a good fine dining experience with parents with detailed explanation on each course,
having the origin source, the process, the inspiration and the innovations.
We even had a kitchen tour at the end when everyone leaves! Back of house!
Then back to reality.
I guess every company will sooner or later face HR issues here and there,
And as I explained in earlier post, I'm still alone on this journey.
But I guess it's time for us to come together one more time,
To update everyone to be on a same page,
and to solve issues there and then,
an to delegate some ownerships here and there,
or to clear off weeds if there is.
At the end, its :
Price of Stability vs Price of Freedom
When the bigger things in life, housing, safety, healthcare, retirement, is taken care of, thats national stability; albeit may be loss of individuality, but compensated with niche subculture; like animals in zoo, in captivity, but with basic survival taken care of, there's allowance for appreciation of sub talents, and leisure activities..... May be delusional, l call that organised freedom ....
Sometimes, its better the abnegation for the best of national interest rather than to abrogate the need for progress and staying relevant and competitive in the world.
Same as life actually, was talking to a few students and concluded : choose the suffering you are willing to take. (reference to blog post October 15, 2018)
What every you choose, there is never an absolute smooth pathway,
It's just matter of perspective, choices, sacrifices.
There is always a way, as long as you dare to sacrifice.
(reference to blog post April 24, 2019)
Gone are the days where academic excellence its the only way to climb the ladder.
There are multiple ways in today's world.
And we moved on from labour intensive world
to a capital intensive one, to a skilled based,
to a knowledge and innovation based,
it's all about connections, opportunities, and time.
What do we really want to achieve?
In my 25 years,
I have achieved a position that provided me with
Comfortable Salary, Flexible Schedule, and Job Satisfaction
What more can I ask?
I wake up everyday to say "yes let's kick start the day",
I end everyday with "oh right today I learnt something new again",
What more can I ask?
Speaking of which,
I read into a greater deeper world of Beers,
and it's so fascinating about the origins, process and innovations of Beer,
and will be looking into getting a Certification.
The same with the realm of Tea,
It's just so amazing that all Tea comes from the same plant Camellia Sinesis,
only differs in Cultivation, Climate, and Process.
The history, the links, the catalyst, the influence, that shape the various culture.
and thus planning on a Certification too.
Today I just did a One North : Silicon Valley of Singapore tour,
Stepped into the future of Singapore, of innovations and ideas,
From Bottom-Up Ideas Materialization and Fueling the Flames of the Future,
it's just simply amazing!
Life, is so much to learn, so much to discover,
and made colourful by each stories, each perspectives, each every-improving day.
I conclude.............
With Family, Friends, Career and Purpose..........
I have the greatest life anyone could ask for.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
It's 2 days to the day.
Well, 1 year in the guiding, 2 years in tourism, Truly humbled and delighted to be able to share such a high prestige platform. Thank you for recognizing my contribution to the Tourism Industry.
Amongst the titans of the industry I'm but a mere soul, nothing too great, nothing too significant. In the grand scheme of Tourism Receipts I am only a grain in the sands. But for my personal journey I guess this is a validation of my pursuit, and affirmation of my resilience.
Part of growing up is also to eventually understand that everything comes and go, everything is ephemeral. Had some discussions around and kinda surprised how easy some people were to let go.
The truth is, no one in the world is as crazy, no one in the world as as devoted. I guess I gotta start going with the flow too. At the end of the day, most people just want to get past their days, not bothered by having a foresight, at least not if they do not have ownership. And so there I am, grit my teeth, towards an utopian scenario, which on hindsight can be quite naive.
Famous companies all over the world, did their original team of employees stood by the founder till the end, most likely no. It's a matter of timing. Some people have the purpose of building it, but may not be fortunate enough to reap what they have sown. Some people are lucky enough to be that catalyst that drove that one last mile and then harvest the fruits of labour.
I kindda think back to the time I went to the Tarot, my purpose is done, the cards shown me, though the second half asked me to persist on to benefit from the shade of the tree I planted for now.
So then, I started to think what would my next step be, and I guess I have a rough plan.
1) To build a new team to take over
2) To be freelance Guide
3) To enter into Centre of Strategic Futures
I guess ultimately it will be the greatest challenge I will every face if I do step into CSF. We are not the end-user, nor we are the enabler, we are a suggestion. And for every idea, there will be people who support, people who are aggressively against; we might probably get praises, and appreciation at times, but most of the time we probably get backlashed, get mocked, get attacked, etc. But then again, I guess the only way one can make a real difference, is with a team of Forward-Thinking individuals of different skillset, and a mixture of talents and ideas, that have a common goal to make the nation a better place. "If I failed, if I succeed, at least I lived as I believed"
About Foresight
The twentieth-century philosopher and mathematician, Bertrand Russell, told a story about
a turkey who was fed on its first day at the farm. Intrigued by whether this would continue,
the turkey collected data across a wide range of circumstances—rainy days and sunny days,
whether it was the farmer or her husband who did the feeding, and so on. Finally, having
amassed a robust dataset, the turkey felt confident that it would be fed every morning. Come
Christmas Eve, however, it was killed and roasted.
We are much like that turkey. And that is not a bad thing. Inductive reasoning of the sort the
turkey used, where we work on the assumption that the future will be like the past, is a pillar
of science. But it is good to be prepared for futures which are not like the past. Sometimes,
projections fail. Sometimes, trends bend.
https://thesystemsthinker.com/the-art-of-foresight-preparing-for-a-changing-world/
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Cats loves Fish,
Yet couldnt enter the Waters
Fish loves Worms,
Yet couldnt go Ashore,
Life is about one hand receiving and one hand losing,
Life is about one hand choosing and one hand letting go,
There is never an absolute smooth paveway,
It's just matter of perspective, choices, sacrifices.
There is always a way, as long as you dare to sacrifise.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
So 2019 seems like a good year for me..........
but only me........
You see, during the first year of this,
I've put in all my blood sweat tears,
To come this far,
and to assemble the best of the best around me....
or so I thought.
Until today,
I realize,
Money talks,
Money rules,
Money overwrites everything...
And its so easy for employees to shun the ownership,
who thinks everyone is dispensable,
and half of the battle is lost,
and people dont like to be stagnant, even to help team members
dont like to take charge, or to think through things.....
how?
I have to say though, thank you for the opportunity,
Thank you for the times,
Thank you for the momentary blissful few months of my life,
and now everything gonna crumble down,
The rock I thought I have built, is crumbling down,
Everything is meaningless, everything is futile,
Let us all be selfish and that actually fills our stomach.
Passion dont feed, and this is not the first time I say this,
Im naive to think it could.
It's really really not easy to be in the modern world,
People needs are insatiable,
There is just so little one person can do,
There is just so little one person can endure,
Times and again im so sick of living, so sick of adulting, so sick of being here,
There's just so limited resource, so much greed,
So much deep pockets and short hands,
So little understanding,
So little heart........
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
Maybe we're worst than fowls....... we're worthless useless human beings.....
Just perish.......
Then again, im still young, long way for me, screw the adults!
Screw the negativity!
It's my life ! I fail all I want, I got another 50 years ahead!
More opportunities ahead!
Nothing last forever, screw everything!
Nowadays it's really a "Me" world,
Hardwork dont pay off,
Hard to succeed in life,
Utopia dont exist,
Too many people to please,
Boss, Client, Colleagues....
Those who thinks achieving where we are is easy..... it's not.....
- Free Walking Tours (FWT) are our bread and butter in terms of Guides, but company dont earn
- Private Tours are how company earn but means Guides will receive less and its not competitive with Industry Practice
- Back Office will need to earn through company profits through Private Tours
- Price point is the max we can go if not no bookings then it will be worst
- There are no ownership from the staffs because when asked "How can be find a solution?", staffs replied thats not for them to think but the owner. And to them everyone is dispensable.
- There's always the Diminishing Returns, more job = more guides = more mouths to feed, to what end? How can we actually increase value?
- To what extend we need to keep the integrity of things? Before falling back to the mass marketing easy cash flow?
- Venturing into different Target Groups takes manpower resources out of company and thus replacing FWT with freelance which is not why our Guides join us
- Getting freelance to do Private Tours are weird as Private Tours should be represented by our best Guides
Thursday, January 24, 2019
I always believed the system is there,
the laws and regulations are there,
is whether or not ppl follow....
Having served the 2 years I think the protocols are so insanely safe
its impossible to have accidents.
However ofcoz we all know that it's inevitable that ppl in the unit will have "by left" practices.
Not everything also political.
Im sure no one likes to hear about death.
Im sure no one wants to serve either.
I'm sure there are more undisclosed cases.
But NS is vital for our survival. How?
When these rules became too "troublesome" for people to follow,
then they dont,
then things happen.
But if rules are too strict,
ppl no heart to serve,
then how to trust a nation under hands of the unwilling?
Not easy be gahmen.
Pointless blaming solves nothing
Must every freaking news must involve politics?
Come on, grow up......
Target only to news, and respond sensibly.
Should be then abolish NS? So we dont lose out to FT and Women?
Hilarious! Stupid comparison.
So many tourists come forth and say:
"wow everything seems so well planned"
"wow your people have your life planned out"
"wow your systems are great",
Savings, planned,
Housing, planned,
Health, top quality, subsidized, but responsibility on self,
Retirement, likewise,
So taxpayers wont have to bear extra burdens,
Infrastructures, towards sophistication and biophilic city,
Sustainability, on our way........
What is there to complain?
Seriously got so much to complain migrate la,
Debunk citizenship go fly elsewhere,
Let the nation be only filled with people who loves the country,
with people who appreciates, with people who works to improve not empty talks,
not happy with progress, suggest la,
not happy with inconvenience, think in bigger picture la,
not happy with strict rules, scram elsewhere with all the freedom you want,
not happy with cost of living, leave and find somewhere you're comfortable.
I may be ignorant, I may be brainwashed, but from the look of it,
Passion is made possible, at least for me, and im now comfortable........
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
2019..........
Year started with endless jobs flowing in,
Ofcoz, I'm happy, but also at the same time tired.
But perhaps, it's brought upon myself,
Cuz I spent alot of time socializing and catching up too.
So 2019 Started with Bedok 4 friendship back on track,
I had also brought "The Cast" group to a next level too,
And introduced Tai to some of my other close cliques,
And he enjoyed, feeling young again, all the talk cock sing song,
Something that Bedok 4 no longer capable.
But well things gotta move on,
Ive said my peace too,
To whoever who thinks we are just
"A bunch of people that over promise and under deliver"
Like TQC i did fulfill my 2 lessons I promised
And i even had worksheets and lessons plans,
When approached me for training IC we did came up with year plan too,
I said im bringing all 4 of us back to talk about impressions I did too,
So as much as I had put in effort if you still dont think I put in enough,
So be it........... This reunion dinner, gonna be my last involvement.
The Cast however, had just started,
But I forsee its gonna be better,
At least they all have each other in the near future,
And Im truly grateful that they found a clique,
And no longer pointlessly meeting every saturday night
without knowing each other's stories,
and in midst, at least one of them is pushing for growth,
mentally, spiritually, and belly-ly.
So when a group like this is established,
I can safely say Im retreating from the main group.
I dont have any growth,
I am no longer faithful,
I am always seems like "Smoking my way through answers"
I am too idealistic and my words are to deaf ears
When asked what can I contribute,
let's be realistic, I think I contributed enough,
and obviously it's no longer a suitable place for me.
I think I clung on long enough,
to not disappoint LL, to not disappoint KG,
to not disappoint YJ, to not disappoint WL,
He casually told me, "My best friend had backslided and no longer in contact",
And I just couldnt let myself be another one of that,
But now Im rather confident I would not.
So yes, 2019, I need to clean up all my commitments,
all my social groups, all my involvements,
It's the quarter life, and I guess I'm comfortable,
and perhaps the last half of the year is for me to full steam ahead again.
Time for me to take on new projects,
to take on new challenges,
to learn new things,
to pave myself my own future............
Meanwhile at work,
I'm extremely comfortable,
And I really don't wish to think too much,
let me enjoy this peace a longer while.......
before we propel to greater heights,
taking on more challenges,
taking on more responsibilities,
yet maintaining standards.....
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
So.......
New year, finally some breather,
Started the new year with a simple gathering at my house,
and we waited for sunrise... mistake,
moments after I got ready the tilam and wanted to sleep,
I was summoned for tour.........
Full day tour too,
and the week didnt stop, the hectic didnt paused,
I had to occasionally seek rest at Ancient Therapy massage,
to take an hour or two nap between tours,
I am very very very tired,
But looking at how hard my team is working,
I cannot give up.
It is also time for the Tourism Award,
I browsed through, and was not confident at all,
Looks like I am not well received with guests after all......
But it's okay, there's always a lower mountain.
Recently a few movies talked about friendship,
From Wreck It Ralph, Spiderverse, to Make It Big,
which then allowed me to think about friendship.
I felt that I am very fortunate to have many great friends around me.
At the end of the day, it's effort,
how much effort do you want to maintain a friendship,
how much support, how much you enjoy companion,
how much shit you do not mind to go through.
Just simply jio-ing, and following-ups, and occasional whazzup, makes a difference.
Maybe I'm more of the Task-Specific, but then times again I do enjoy a certain degree of Hierarchical-Compensatory, and very much honored to be in one.
How would you define "friend"?
Thursday, December 27, 2018
So this is Christmas and what have you done ~
Another year over, a new one just begun ~
And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun ~
The near and the dear ones, the old and the young ~
This year I did not go for a happening Christmas,
but spent some quality time with 2 groups of people.
First is amongst my wushu friendship,
We came together to reaffirm our friendship,
resolve our misunderstandings, validate our intentions,
and commit for a better year on 2019.
Then I met up with "Cast group", WL, KH, CH, DQ,
and we actually open up to one another.
Though through all these talks, on both occasions,
people get emotional, reality shatters, vulnerability surface,
but ultimate, both were REALLY REALLY REALLY GREAT TALK!
Then spent my Christmas also walking and talking,
know more about certain person, his impressions,
and today........... my last party with Wilson before he flying to HK...........
ta-pa