HoMe EarlY ^_*

Traffic was very bad this morning...took me 2 hours to get to the office -- that's for 16 Km commute!

Maybe I havn't been getting enough sleep for a month.. June is the craziest month... maybe the same or worse than February - short month but a lot to do..

People asked me what's the plan for today - Friday. I was gonna have casual dinner with Kao+ but then feeling really exhausted so I decided to go home early for a change.



Traffic was quite bad on the way back home... anyway, I managed to be home by 8pm-ish... probably the earliest I've ever been home from work... and it's been a year at work for me already.

No special thing planned except getting some rest... oh and to see Germany in Worldcup at 10pm :)

Took a shower.. update blog for the day... and I'm ready to go cheer Germany in front of TV!


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Forgiving

I found this:

"Remember, forgiving someone doesn't mean that
you condoned what they did.

It just means that you refuse to let it have any
power over you or what you do."

Healthy Selfishness

The other day I came across an article with this unfamiliar header "Healthy Selfishness"

It's basically telling you to be honest to your own feeling and needs... and put your own needs first. Sounds like being a bad person...why is it good?

In reality, many people do put others' need first as they feel obligated to please other people... or feel guilty to ask for what they want. But

"...failing to put our own needs first, we hope or assume others will give to us as we give to them. But they don't. And an unhealthy dynamic begins...

...Healthy selfishness opens the door to a life of freedom -- freedom from being ruled by the opinions and demands of others as well as freedom from the voices in your own mind..."
<taken from http://lifestyle.msn.com/MindBodyandSoul/PersonalGrowth/Articlelhj.aspx?cp-documentid=496530>


I couldn't agree more that I used to deny my own needs in order to please someone...
I would stretch way out of my comfort zone to do thing someone dare to ask. Back then, my motto was "if you dare to ask, I would dare to give" .......I'd been feeling just fine until the day that person "changed his mind"... I began to realize how I'd betrayed myself big time.

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Ohh... this day finally comes

First thing I thought of this morning is how to get through the d*mn 1.5 hour traffic (for 15 km commute) to the office without getting wear off for the day already...

Arrived office, my boss called me up to see him in his office and asked me to "close the door"... Whoaaa... must be something real important, I think

"CONGRATULATIONS! you've been with us for a full 1 year already today ^_^"

oh yessssss.....

it's been a full 1 year at GE for me!

What I've learned? Technical stuff at work, of course. How to manage colleagues/ prioritize tasks. How to negotiate and convince colleague & boss. How to ask for help from& give help to others during crunch time.....

One thing I admire at GE is that people here are all so smart. This is one of the work environment where people "get" each other so quickly and I love it.

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...and on a different note... though stressful work and physically exhausted at times, I no longer had such detoriorating sad feelings like this same day last year. I let go of the pain but never forget to learn from past mistakes. Bad things happenned in everyone's life...sooner or later...got to let go and move on, I believe.

Fuji, Fireworks and Faris Wheel

Today June 9, 2006 is the big day for Thai people to celebrate our king 60 years in the throne .... we are encouraged to wear yellow --HM the king's color... and we'll have fireworks today, Sat and Sunday.

Recently announced a national holiday today but, undoubtedly, I still have to work. Anyhow, at 5:20pm I finished all I needed for the day (Fuji review) so I left my desk behind and grab my gym bag.. quite exhausted and got a bit headache but managed to finish 30 mins brisk uphill walk and 15 min yoga before V called. BTW, I don't think yoga is good for me...it's relaxing -- yes...but to me it seems too slow. I need something more energatic and strenuous.

Koy, V and I went to Suan lum night around 7:30pm to find a spot for fireworks...the place was crowded and not very good spot to watch the firework after all... so we grab dinner and went up the Faris Wheel. 100 Bht each for the smooth ride...just wish we can be up there longer.

V took a few pix... will get them in this blog soon