a note

Yes, somehow my professional life and my emotional life collided, as they do, sometimes. It is hardly to say that I have two different life, because business, finding meaning in my career life is still important to me.
I've been spending a lot of time in cooking, photography, travelling. They are my hobbies. They are all nice. I do sometimes think of doing it seriously. But probably not, I'd prefer to do them in the weekend, or  only in my spare time.
The company and the department has had a lot of change. I still stay. I talk with my colleague, a closed one. He said imagine the big picture, and the role that my company plays in it. Yet, it does play a role. So it still makes sense to stay. I like the fast-changing industries, I always think so since I realized it.
It was occuring to me one night, precisely in the early morning, at 2p.m. in the weekend, that if I had become 'old' or not. 'Old' to me means that you compromise, that you live looking at good things to forget about what you don't like. 'Old' mean that you don't have the urge to change, that you have to learn to be satisfied with life. And luckily (or unluckily) I haven't turned old yet.
One thing I told myself that night. If you've ever become a manager, or someone who can make decision in your organization, be sure to select the right people. One good person won't be good if he/ she doesn't fit in the culture of that organization. And that, giving people space, ideas, motivation. Try to do that, even before you become a manager.

Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself

March 2011

I've lived and passed all those years, at least for the most recent four years to again give a conclusion that there's nothing really important, in this world. Or that, things are ephemeral.

Once in a while it struck me that the world has produced more than what it needs. Some of my fellow friends have the 'luxury' problems, that they get bored. And so am I, sometimes. We all live in the world with more material than needed. Like Barcadi, they don't sell a drink, they sell 'a style of life'. Why do we need that, really? And if I'm too communist, I shouldn't study marketing, all those customers' want, branding,...

I remember the day when I saw on TV a Japanese soldier holding a baby. He smiled and the baby was happily, peacefully sleeping in his arms. I moved to tear. I didn't know why. I didn't understand how I could come to such a 'weak' state. I couldn't restraint myself when seeing the tsunami, seeing ppl drown away in the excessive horrible water. Why do people need to earn so much money, to fight against each other, to bring misery to the world and make each other happy while it's difficult to control their own lives? That one day, everything is blown away. Only human and humanity can build everything over and only humanity is what remains, against fierce nature.

9-3-2011

Whatever happens, I should have my way to reach my goal.
Lotus, Plum Village, and People...

It's today that I saw Bill Gates on CNN, talking about the philosophy of philanthropy. I believe people who have good will will get their way, either way. And let's pray for it.

'The philosophy stays the same.'


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