Relearning something you think you know

Have you ever feel that you, out of sudden, don’t know how to do something which you’re so used to do? I do. It is about managing my time. And it makes me frustrated that things which used to be manageable turns out to be crazy and difficult to manage. And frustration leads to next things, feeling down and helpless. Because I can’t see any exit to the situation. I ponder over it for quite sometime and wasn’t able to […]

Bilingual? Or multilingual?

In recent taxi trip to airport, I met a chatty taxi driver. Sometimes I do want to just enjoy the ride, but there are times I don’t mind to chat. Started by normal question like whether I’m going for holiday because I have 24” luggage but it’s not that heavy. I said it’s a work trip just that I don’t have smaller luggage and it’s too much for cabin sized luggage. Next question about where I’m working came up, I […]

Fail to plan is plan to fail

I heard this phrase before, but I didn’t really feel the impact until I’ve been in the situation of “no plan” Back then I usually like to plan ahead to the smallest detail and I.must.follow.it. If I didn’t tick 10 out of 10 items in my list, I feel that I fail. I was down and stress because of it. I used to set my daily steps goal to be 10,000 steps. However these days I find it so hard […]

Don’t sweat small setbacks

When you are starting something new, usually there are many “accidents”. And when you are having a few in a row, it is kind of not encouraging. Am I at the right path? Or should i just go back to where I was before? I’m trying to change my boys’ diet to raw, and now they are in transition from kibbles to wet food. Since 6 months ago, they were on few types of kibbles for ard 4 months. Now […]

Finding a buddy

Lesson learned this week is When the journey is long or uncertain, it is more bearable with buddy. I’m not a fan of running long distance. Maybe I had said it many times, I’ll say it again. However, I like it and yet I hate it. The serenity of running alone or listening to all the thoughts that came up during the run, is a very personal moment. I used to listen to music when I jog, but these days, […]

First time for something

I did it, I joined a race overseas. Well technically my first was Vietnam Mountain Marathon last year (or was it two years ago now?) And this time I joined a race in Warsaw. By accident. After visiting Germany for work, I’m going to be in Warsaw for a week for another work meeting. My colleague who went with me to Germany told me about the race, so after some thoughts and push from other running buddies, I decided to […]

To do it or not to do it

My mind was racing between option A or option B, and occasionally spawned to option C, D, etc. Which one I should go, which one I should do? Each has its own story. Then I heard faint voice, if you don’t do it, will you regret it? It was my heart’s voice. And most of the times, the answer is yes. So I will proceed to avoid regret. To go to Heidelberg Castle, there are 300+ steps to the top. […]

Nobody’s perfect

One of my classmates was making a sentence about bad habit and she mentioned about her team leader that always call for unnecessary last minute meeting and give unreasonable deadline.  I think it’s not uncommon to be in her situation.  Do you have similar experience?  Back then during my junior days, I usually would just take it by myself, and as a result, I was stress as it’s build up.  Then lately I decided to speak up more and discuss […]