March 18, 2009

Jaded?

Currently in deep consternation asking myself if Thailand has finally gotten to me this time. It feels like I am a fingertip away to reaching the end of the line. My patience is wearing thin. I’m worn-down with anything and everything about Thailand and the whole hullabaloos of its resident homosapiens. Everything seems like a goobledygook and don’t even get me started on Thai work antics. End May would be my 4th year in Bangkok. Time flies. It’s not like I could just pack up, and leave everything behind when I’ve had enough. There are still 3 cats to think about who needs to be fed. Yes, yes…I know, of course the husband too lah! The truth is, I’m still earning an honest, decent living out here and I would not trade the experience here or the lifestyle outside work for anything else. I’m sure this is just a phase. I hope it’s a phase. Sometimes, you just need to take a step back and reflect. Sometimes, you just can’t be too insular, lest you get sucked up into a belief system that doesn’t match your own beliefs, thereby stagnates you.

I think having some time OUT of Thailand for a while would be good for the soul. And my sanity. I’m really looking forward to our holiday in Tanzania. Or anywhere else for that matter. Just get me out of this frigging country for a while.

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March 17, 2009

Short Quips

Points to ponder:

  • Being a day-to-day key client contact does not automatically qualifies an individual as a leader.
  • A boss is not necessarily a leader material just because the title deems so.
  • You can’t quite teach a person HOW to think.
  • Stop the frigging discussions and start doing the actual work.
  • Everybody wants to lead and have their say, but nobody wants to do the frigging work.
  • A leader does not callously leave a big job to the team and expects them to figure it out on their own without proper guidance.
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March 14, 2009

My Therapy: Fried Macaroni

Category: Food

Situation at work has bogged me down recently and to combat the stress, I make myself happy by cooking! Cooking is indeed my theraphy and even after a crazy, long day at work, I really don’t mind the work in the kitchen. I find it fulfilling and I don’t have to deal with unnecessary politics with knives, blender, stove and meat at hand.

My stress dish of the day is whiping up my mom’s Fried Macaroni, topped up with thinly sliced omelette. Not a typical run off the mill ang-moh style pasta, this one is quite different and available only in the kitchen of Madam-MomFadz and now, mine! It is curry-based and for some reason, I can never get enough of my mom’s. This happened to be the best tasting ones I have made so far, as kindly verified by Silver Bullet. I didn’t make any adjustments to the ingredients, so I guess I’m getting better at this dish. Want some?

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