The year 2010 is becoming a fast-diminishing spot in the rearview mirror. As we leave it all behind in our endeavour to progress towards another year, here are the highlights of this year.
Mount Kinabalu
As the mastermind said, we bought tickets there because it was cheap. It was only after that we decided to embark on the vertical journey, towards the misty summit of one of the highest peaks in South East Asia.
Balance Sheet of Arrivals and Departures
If someone is keeping records on the registry of people coming and going on this planet, he/she is doing a mighty decent job. The amount of weddings and wakes attended this year almost balances each other out. Weddings out scored wakes by just a little, but who's to say some weddings may not result in offspring being created.
In addition to experiences, meaningful conversations that left an impact on my perspectives in life were also recorded.
With James, he pointed out that your first year in your job, is not all about learning the domain knowledge of your field. In fact, you may very well be spending the first year learning your way around the organization, how to adapt to working styles of colleagues, how to write emails... This made sense for a fresh graduate who has little prior working experience. And reminds me not to be too impatient to want to contribute towards my organization. Because that day will come, but meantime it's preparation for it.
Another colleague has padded my list of unorthodox approaches towards work. Because there's only 8 hours in a work day, and it's so dynamic that priorities of work can take sudden shifts within the span of a few hours. To that end, the phrase "if the emperor is not in a hurry, neither should the eunuch" best describes the stance that one should take at work. Unless bosses really chase you hard for it, whatever you're working on for them may not seem as important as they make it sound.
Alex has taken up the challenge to run his first marathon, thereby leading by example how to go for projects of longitudinal duration. Now he has bragging rights along with a blister on his foot to show for his run that lasted a whole working day.
Gary has shown how he prioritizes family in front of many other things. That is actually a warming sight to know his family is close together as a unit that plays and therefore stays together. Now that he has set an example for people to follow, it's a lesson learnt on how focusing on the family can make you a wholesome person.
Su has once again reminded me to get more sleep in order to reduce reliance on gcalendar so that i won't get my dates wrong should the almighty google crash one fine day. He has demonstrated that unhappy events from 2009 have mostly stopped haunting him.
Glad that same goes for me, as well as June. Learnt from her that girls set criteria for their soulmates that belong to various categories, such as physical attributes, family assets and personality. Lucky thing there is a category that is flexible and may be subject to changes.
With so many more things to learn from during conversations with poeple close to heart, here is a wish for 2011 to be full of eipc adventure, strengthening of friendships, a clearer direction in career and a year of love.
Sawadee 2011.
