first update in two months
i have been putting off updating for a while - as most of you will know, i am officially a tax payer i.e. not a parasite to society. and i reasoned, since i have to spend more than 8 hours a day online, i don't particularly want to go online. (having said that i just spent $300 on forever 21 - sheepish look- the irony was that this was triggered because of a straits times article on saving money.)
so how's work, most people will ask. i normally start off by saying it's fine (just like how a lot of things are fine - not bad, not particularly good either) but then qualify it by saying that it is very different from studying. it is, for one, there is no longer the luxury of long vacations, which also means getting up at 7am every weekday for perhaps the rest of my life. but actually, the more i work, the more i get used to it, and perhaps gratefully the more i appreciate what i am doing. not only do i have the fortune of having a job during this trying time, i also have a job that gives me a lot of exposure, and something that i feel i can genuinely get satisfaction for. as cliched as this sounds, it does matter to me that i am working for something more than myself or the company - in my case, perhaps what i am doing will hopefully benefit singapore in some little way.
it is tiring though, getting up to go to work at about 7am, and only coming home at about 8-9pm (and i count myself lucky). of course some of it is self inflicted, when i get up early to go to the gym, or spend my weekends taekwondo-ing - and i should start my half marathon training in a while. that does add to the tiredness, but also i think i am becoming more lazy. after a whole day of staying focused, my mind wants to wander and do something that doesn't need much brain power, so i read a lot of magazines, or watch tv to relax.
and truly, i understand why they say, "thank god it is friday". lest i make work sound horrible, it truly is not, but requires adjustment. just as there are downs there are also ups (and now i like to say, it's not the fact that counts, but how you perceive it, as well as craft a story out of it). financial independence is great, finally being able to return to my parents instead of bleeding them dry, but it also means that i spend more freely.
oh dear i need to go tkd time! will continue later.
so how's work, most people will ask. i normally start off by saying it's fine (just like how a lot of things are fine - not bad, not particularly good either) but then qualify it by saying that it is very different from studying. it is, for one, there is no longer the luxury of long vacations, which also means getting up at 7am every weekday for perhaps the rest of my life. but actually, the more i work, the more i get used to it, and perhaps gratefully the more i appreciate what i am doing. not only do i have the fortune of having a job during this trying time, i also have a job that gives me a lot of exposure, and something that i feel i can genuinely get satisfaction for. as cliched as this sounds, it does matter to me that i am working for something more than myself or the company - in my case, perhaps what i am doing will hopefully benefit singapore in some little way.
it is tiring though, getting up to go to work at about 7am, and only coming home at about 8-9pm (and i count myself lucky). of course some of it is self inflicted, when i get up early to go to the gym, or spend my weekends taekwondo-ing - and i should start my half marathon training in a while. that does add to the tiredness, but also i think i am becoming more lazy. after a whole day of staying focused, my mind wants to wander and do something that doesn't need much brain power, so i read a lot of magazines, or watch tv to relax.
and truly, i understand why they say, "thank god it is friday". lest i make work sound horrible, it truly is not, but requires adjustment. just as there are downs there are also ups (and now i like to say, it's not the fact that counts, but how you perceive it, as well as craft a story out of it). financial independence is great, finally being able to return to my parents instead of bleeding them dry, but it also means that i spend more freely.
oh dear i need to go tkd time! will continue later.
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