木曜日, 5月 19, 2005
Coming back home
One of the nicest things that ever happened to me even though I'm mostly not physically present with my PH team is that they've accepted me and we've bonded really well and everytime I go for short trips to PH, it always feels like coming back home...
Here's a typical example, the night before I flew to SFO, the whole team had a hearty dinner and long chats over bottles of SMBs to celebrate Jasper and Kerwin's welcome party.
# posted by Unknown : 8:34 午後
水曜日, 5月 18, 2005
I had interesting conversations with a French guy, a Japanese-speaking Irish, the sister of our Taiwanese Chairman, couple of Germans, an Italian, Australian, a British, an Indian and Japanese. Pretty much entertaining and surprisingly, it didn't matter that we're of mixed races.
A whole new world has really opened up for me. Everytime I hear their perspectives, their thoughts, and even their sense of humor there is this affirmation that I'm so naive with the ways of the world.
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It breaks my heart to hear another CP launch extension. When will this project ever end? I've moved on to a great project but of course my sentiments go to the project team. There has to be something that should be done to salvage the fate of this project.
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First impressions shouldn't necessarily be the lasting impression. I heard AA has something deeper to offer. I also saw an entirely serious and dedicated person in Nob. I thought that all surfers are carefree but he is passionate about his work, which is pretty surprising.
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It will be exactly one month tomorrow and I've not really missed HB for quite some time now, which is also pretty surprising.
# posted by Unknown : 9:22 午後
火曜日, 5月 17, 2005
Matters of the heart
Doug, the US HR Mgr apologized for not being able to set me up on a date when I get here in Cupertino. I was kidding last time in Munich that I desperately need an 'agent' hahahaha. I didn't think he'd take it seriously. Although, I have to admit that I met an interesting guy ~ funny, frank, thoughtful and he has this easy-going aura (completely HB's opposite). But there's a catch here, it turned out he's married.. [sayang!] Well, I leave my heart all to fate and just enjoy single life and the freedom to engage in flings, hahaha...I should be really careful though not to misbehave too much, a lot of these info might reach HB, mahirap na....Hayyy, even now, I still consider him. See, the thing with intra-office relationships is when you decide to be with an officemate you also decide NOT TO BE WITH ANOTHER OFFICEMATE in case things don't turn out well. I learned too late, I already crossed that bridge and there's no turning back. I guess my real sentiment is 'i'm turning 29 soon, without a boyfriend and a bleak prospect of having a good relationship.' I guess I want to be with someone, I want to belong to someone and I don't want to be alone. I wish I'd spend my 29th birthday on a Star Wars marathon with somebody special this time...what a shameful, selfish and immature wish for a 29er!
# posted by Unknown : 1:56 午後
月曜日, 5月 16, 2005
Dance to the music that you hear
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. " Harold Whitman
"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was" Richard L. Evan
One of the closest BPA friend of mine is moving to another department. I will miss my Japanese grammar coach, my confidante and my friend but I respect his decision. There are known factors and he is not happy with what he's doing anymore. Coach has finally heard a different tune...as they say, "let a person dance to the music he hears, however far or away".
As for me I realized that I still wanna dance the same music I've been hearing for the past decade of my professional life.
# posted by Unknown : 8:53 午後
Ahh, life is great!
Nothing compares to an early morning strolls by the bay walk, the perfect way to start your day, to pause and re-think about your daily tasks during the day and the perfect place to let your worries go as the sun sets down to succumb to the night.
# posted by Unknown : 11:08 午前
日曜日, 5月 15, 2005
The "In" Places of San Francisco
My own version of the very famous golden gate bridge post card shot...Not as perfect as the postcards 'coz the real stuff is quite a stretch, too much for my cheap digicam.
I can't believe it, I am at the other side of the world! The land of milk and honey, so they say~
Gaily posing are me,Matsumoto-san, whom they fondly call Ojisan(Tito), Horigome-san. Behind the lens is Iida-san.
It was almost an hour of waiting on a very windy and cold Saturday afternoon.
My SFO experiences on Road Trips <click me>
I missed seeing Alcatraz from within...All I got is a view from afar. Who knows one day I might have a chance to take a peek at its interior.
# posted by Unknown : 8:21 午後
Thanks for visiting!
