New Year Begin, Old Year End

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my dear friends! My blessings is on the way to you...

It's the last day of 2009. Though the busy days made my skull "out of memory", I still would like to record the day and write something for the yearly closing. The passing old year is a fulfilled year for me. As you saw many of my older posts, I recorded what I experienced in family, friendship, relationship, partnership, career and trips. I never thought I could make this blog. I couldn't believe I could write what I felt in English. I knew quite well where my inspiration came from and what the key driver was. I told myself these changes were in the good side of my life, even sometimes I felt sad, upset and stressed.

These days I have been busy on the preparation of my coming bussiness trip. Most of my days I dedicate myself to my job. Some memory of old days still visited, but I got more peace in my mind. I am bound for meeting a series of new challenges.

Now we just cross 2009 and move to 2010. The moment everyone is making new wishes for this coming new year. I expect myself to be more adorable, more considerate, more confident. I expect I will live my life smarter than ever.

Wishing you all a great new year filled with wealth, happiness and success~~

Fate? Or Just Coincidence?

There are times when we feel lonely, depressed and helpless in life, and there are always friends showing up and expressing their concerns on us, especially in such greeting seasons. This special year I got some good friends around and felt lucky to be blessed and concerned. Some are long time friends, some are coworkers, some we never met. I felt grateful for being supported by those considerate, kind and sweet friends.

Lately I met and heard of some coincidences. We are easily to be related to other social network between friends, like the connections in "Facebook", "Plaxo" or other networks. We met some old friends, and friends of our friends or coworkers who knew each other earlier or later than us. It's so wonderful, isn't it? Our social networks were extended naturally by these connections. For sure in some circumstances, we may reject their connection request if we chose staying alone or feel unsafe with them.

I like one of my friends lately said "everything happens for a reason". It might explain something in some way and someday. Things seldom come up to our expectations. It happens occasionally that the last person we don't want him to know or involve in our affairs, or the last thing we don't want it happen, but they will come to our life eventually. For me, I would like treat that as a test in my life. I want to see how God arrange everything. I hope myself to pass every single examination. The moment every option is open, and no decision would be made. I keep learning to listen my real voices inside and walking on the spiritual tempos.

In Life, As In Crosswords

I had a very relexed time for this weekend. I joined an outing to Yilan. We visited Green Onion Culture Palace, went to see silver willows and beautiful maples. It was bitterly cold yesterday, especially walking on the hills.

Perhaps I had spent out my energy for the outing, I woke up very late this morning. But I felt peacefully today. It was still cold outside. I didn't step out my house until I went out for hunting food this evening.

I just watched a comic film "All about Steve", acted by Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper. I enjoyed its metaphors of some dialogues, some meaningful quotes. I would like to paste some here for reminding myself of these good words.

In life, as in crosswords, some days are harder than others, and that's what keeps your brain alive. The key to surviving those tough days is to pick yourself up and stay focused on your life's purpose.

If you quit a puzzle, you can't finish it. Sure, every once in a while, you run into a doozy, that you don't think you could ever solve in a million years, but if you stick with it, you figure it out eventually. Worst thing you can do is leave it unfinished. It's never the solution, is it?

We have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces. I like to think he means not just crosswords, but the empty spaces inside of us. That comes from making your way in a world, that doesn't always embrace unique.

I tried to fill my empty spaces with words and puzzles- and Steve, but that wasn't the answer. Now I know, on the journey, just find someone as normal as you, even not the whole bunch.

If you love someone, set him free. If you have to stalk him, he probably wasn't yours in the first place.

Take A Break

This is a busy week. Even I had taken two days for my annual leave, I still worked at home. Some important meetings and tasks have been proceeded by today, so I felt relaxed. Just want to sit for a while without thinking of those bothersome stuff. Empty out my skull and take a break. Have a nice weekend~

photo: street advertisement of yahoo, shot on Dec.13,2009.

Be A Good Person

I just watched a film-"World's Greatest Dad", acted by Robin Williams. It's a comedy with mamy humorous, sardonic and meaningful dialogues. These words attracted me to write down here and led me to question myself as well.

"Is it more important for me to be a good person? or to be thought of as a good person?

I got a little confused which means a lot to me?

I had no intension to please anyone around me, but I liked the feeling to be thought of as a good person. So that I might need to hide my real thoughts in front of them.

For a long time, I have being acted as a good daughter to my family, a responsible staff to my served institution, a considerate person to my colleagues. Are those my real personalities? Or what I did just because I didn't want to disappoint those people at all. Sometimes I felt pressured and tired to act as what people expected me supposed to be.

Well...what's your philosophy?

Course Of Commuication

Today I attended a training course of communication. I enjoyed the learning very much. I think it's a practical and useful on my job. The teacher gave us a homework to find out what we need to improve in our work area. There are three aspects-"ASK" to work out:

A-Attitude

S-Skill

K-Knowledge

Just write down 2 points of each aspect, because too many issues would mislead our forcus.

We had an interesting game for "Thinking". Here I paste the first picture. I think you may have a try. Take a piece of paper , and please use your creative power to make it into the same shape in this photo. Give yourself 5 minutes. Did you make it? There were only 2 persons succeed in our class. What a pity I wasn't the two.

Then I paste the solution for you below. Try again....Succeed or not? The secret in this game is "view around", to think things in a different way. Wishing you enjoy~

Dancing With Pressure?

It have been one month since we moved in our new office. I walked to office in the morning if I woke up early. Recently I have been busy on preparing our annual budget and project plan for next year, and keep receiving many instructions from my boss.

Actually I am not a glutton of work, but in some friends' view, I might be. Somehow, I indeed think being busy is a good thing. It means I am needed by something or someone, either in my family or company. Plus, I won't have time to make daydreams.

I just read an artice from my friend's email, and I like its philosophy-"There is no boring work. Only our attitude toward works makes it interesting or boring." In my most approaches to face heavy loadings would be acceptance first, then trying to negotiate a new deadline about tasks. But unavoidablely, I might easily become impatient when I am busy or deliberating on something. I think I still need a lot of efforts for improvement.

Outside the window of my office, I can have a great view about the surrounding buildings and the distant mountains. There is always a good chance to refresh my mood in each brand-new morning. Looking the farthest, the mountains, I become so tiny.... like dust in the wind....