Six Degrees

Stay hungry, stay foolish

2011 is now behind us. Another year in the making. I hope that this will be a splendid year for those of us who have weathered the storm. Every one has their fare share of ups and downs in life, hence my wishes extend out to those in particular who have had a bashing in 2011.

I for one have had a disaster of a year in some sorts. Professionally speaking the career is really at a halt. Things are improving which is good and was saved really by chance.

My wish list for 2012, in no specific order.
- not to buy any more clothes, gadgets, computers, electronics.
- travel lesser and save more.
- spend more time at home, read, learn, enjoy the finer things.
- get into the best shape of my life and be geared up for greatness.
- focus at work and constantly strive for higher ground.

And lastly as always world piece and let people come back to their jobs and lives. Corporate America and Europe really need to get their act together this year. A wise man once said stay hungry and stay foolish - I reckon that the best way to live your life and fulfill your dreams.

Getting back on track

Quarter one is coming to an end. Not much has been achieved, apart from plugging away at work and making sure that nothing falls between the cracks.

We often wait for a new year, birthday or some significant time before we force ourselves to make changes in our habits.

I resolve from today that I want a more fruitful existence. I need to grow, learn, and live a more meaningful life. The first step is to be the best that I can be.

Three things that's I will do this coming week are :

1. Begin the healing process. Start eating right, exercising and cutting down on all things that I know are bad for me.
2. Go to bed by 11p.m.
3. Raise awareness of what's happening around me.


Let's get started. It's been a while! Time to get back on track.

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The simple life

Its been over 13 years since finishing my undergrad. The memories are still fresh in my mind as if It was just yesterday when we skipped classes and hung around at the iguana bar with the rest of the crew. Most of my friends have got married while a few of us including me are still waiting for the right person to come by. Believe me its not easy to find the right one, it gets harder year after year. Should one just swallow the bitter pill and take the plunge?

The summer of 1997, was filled with Quake  games in the uni dorm. The best times were often at late in the night, sittin with a cheap bottle of whiskey, ciggies and mad company. WinAMP and those creative speakers used to be jukebox, and the meager 8mb graphics card tried its best to keep up with the simply red video.

The internet had just become commercialy viable. A 56k dialup on my U.S robotics modem was a best in its class model.... nothing like the old dialup sound. a mp 3 file took about 5 mins. YES, that long but it never seemed long.

Those were the days my friend.

Getting it on in 2009

Happy New Year Everyone!

The past year has been a decent year for me I am grateful for what I have achieved on the personal front as well as career wise. Those dear to me are all well and I have been fortunate enough to make a bit more money than the previous year, which has led to ample opportunities for travelling.

I spent the last two weeks of December travelling through New Zealand, the south island. Basing myself out of Queenstown and Christchurch. It was a fabulour trip taking me away to see nature, they way I have never dreamed possible. NZ is wonderful country and those of us who live in concrete jungles really need to sometimes make the effort to go away and see such great sights while we can. Believe me there is nothing like dreaming of wonderful nature once you have witnessed natures marvels with your very own eyes.

My goals for 2009 are :

1. Provide better for my family.

2. Face my fears - personal and professional.

3. Live healthy as much as possible.

4. Feed my brain with literature, philosophy.

5. Develop new life skills - personal and professional.

I leave you all with some of my favourite moments in NZ.

MIRROR LAKES

 

LAKE TEKAPO

 

SKIPPERS CANYON

 

SKIPPERS CANYON

 

QUEENSTOWN - The Remarkables

 

KAIKOURA

Miracles of a New Beginning

It has been a month since I left my previous employment. Since then I have travelled to Phuket and then onto Sydney for some training. I managed to sneak away to Melbourne on one of the weekends to go meet my sister. Since I was rushing for time in Melbourne (I was there for about 12 hours), it was impossible for me to catch up with University friends. Oh well…perhaps on my next trip I will manage to do that.

Another Month Gone By

Its been a hectic past couple of weeks, hence the absence from the blog. Lots of things happened. I have found myself a new job as an Implementation Manager with a small firm. I am moving away from banking. Yes, after 7.5yrs I have decided to take the plunge with a startup. I reckon this is going to be heaps of fun. More to follow on this development in the coming posts.

Happy Holidays

I have been away from work for the last 2 weeks and its been a wonderful little gettaway out of Singapore. The guys in the office were quite surprised with me taking an absence of 15 working days from the office. Rumour has it that most people only take the bare minumum and hope to either encash their leave at some point in time or they roll it over to the following year.

Prior to departing on my vacation, I encountered a medical emergency. I woke up on Sunday Dec 10th and noticed that my left eye was bloodshot red. I panicked, and went into hospital, where I was told that a couple of blood vessels in my left eye had burst...ooouch! I went back to the eye centre the next day again and got a thorough checkup done. Having got some sort of confidence from the checkup I went off on my short vacation to Chennai, formerly known as Madras. The capital city of the State of Tamilnadu in India.

It was good to be back in Madras. It has been over 15 years since I left my place of birth. I did most of my schooling here and it was nice to catch up with old friends from school. After a couple of days I headed off to the Fishermans Cove for the weekend. Stayed at the waterfront villas and chilled out for the bulk of time, sippin on Mojitos!

I tried to extend my stay for Sunday Night, but I couldn't get any rooms. Yes Friday and Saturday night wasnt enough for me. I just wanted to stay there for a few more days. Since I couldn't manage an extra night, I checked my self into the Rain Tree. Got a club room, which was simply brilliant.

A few days latter I headed back to Singapore, well rested. I am pretty much going to be in town till I get back to work on Jan 3rd. So its been a good wrap up to 2006. Am I doing better this year? I think I am more relaxed for sure. Having a better time with people who matter to me. Now If I could only get back to the fitness regime and do it strictly for a good 6 months and then continue to maintain it. Yes, that would be good.

Trial PodCast

Lets see how this trial podcast goes!

Bloody Drivers

Fuckin drivers in Singapore do not know how to drive. Seriously, I leave home at 8.10a.m take a cab ride to the office and I am stuck in a traffic jam which extends all the way to timbuktu. I type this in tha taxi, while I wait to pass the accident. I am willing to bet that its probably some bullshit knock on the bumper. Iwonder if anyone has ever done a study on the economic loss arising from delays due to traffic accidents.

This cab ride is also going to cost a bomb. Cab fares have already gone up, and with this massive jam and CBD toll,  i can foresee a bloody killer bill.

Oops I am coming to the accident part now.... hmm lets see what the fucss was all about. As expected it was a hairline testicular bullshit thing. I hats these fucking singaporean drivers. They should just try driving in some other country and they wouldnt survive a day.

So were back in the highway, crusing as we should have been. Its 8.36a.m, just 24 minutes shy from the official reporting time at work. I might just make it...but at what price?

Another crazy week

Its Monday morning, 8.15a.m and I am just a couple of minutes away from work. Just dawned on me that this week is gonna be a a crazy week at work. I am also trying to get back into the gym routine, as thas fallen off my regular schedule due to me having various under the weather syndromes over the past couple of months.

I need to look after my health a bit more. This applies to what I intake as well how I regulate the rest of my body. I guess its never too late to start.

Wish me luck.