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I am in an Internet cafe who is charging me insane amounts of money just to write to my parents and leave everyone a message. First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! This year hasn’t particularly been easy, but it’s been a productive year with lots of adventures, blood, sweat and tears, especially in the career […]
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Flying to Laos tomorrow for another “one last stand before 2007 ends” adventure… So excited! As always, since I’ve been busy with work, I still have to research about the country! Bah, will just do that when I get there. Specifically, am visiting Vientienne, Luang Prabang and Van Vieng, and will be back in the […]
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Raven: So what happened? Golf-Buddy: It was crazy. One day, the girl I was seeing showed me her new orange bag and asked, “Guess how much this is?” Raven: How much was it? Golf-Buddy: NT$160,000. Raven whistles. Raven: That’s just crazy. An LV bag costs like NT$90,000 or so. Was the bag made of gold? […]
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This weekend absolutely rocked! Our company had our year-end Christmas Party last Friday at one of the top hotels in Taipei. Red envelopes were given to every employee, and over NT$1 million was given out via lucky draw. Mind you, I didn’t win a single penny, and I was stuck outside helping out in reception, […]
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Four events and counting, all in a single day. Boy, I feel like I’m 21 again where my weekends were all booked full and I had something different to do for lunch, tea, dinner, after-dinner drinks and then dancing. Phew! Anyway, it’s late, so hopefully, I can update you guys of the happenings this weekend. […]
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Good news: Today was our office Christmas party at a snazzy hotel. Everyone was excited and it took the pressure off work. Bad news: Of course, that didn’t remove the fact that my colleague who absolutely hates me because of the screw-up shot my bosses and I an email saying how much screwed up the […]
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I haven’t been having a good two days. First, there’s a lot of screw-ups the past few days, with one big screwed up event snowballing into one big catastrophe. That’s the problem with new initiatives — when you help build up an idea and it becomes a success, the stakes are a lot higher and […]
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There once was a chicken farmer who was a keen rock climber. One day, climbing a particularly challenging rock face, he came upon a wide ledge. On the ledge was a big nest and in the nest there were three large eggs. Eagle eggs. He knew it was very un-ecological, and definitely illegal, however temptation […]
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According to my friend, Alexander Gym has gone bankrupt today! I still have 2 years left. Geez, this sucks. But at least, I used up 18 months already so it’s not that big of a loss compared to my friend who just plunked down NT$40,000 recently. Somehow, there’s a good in everything. My problem is […]
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After an “okay” performance review, I ended up working over 25 hours this weekend — 9 hours on Saturday and geez, 17 hours on Sunday! I got home 6:30 am just this morning and dropped off to bed…! Aren’t you supposed to be less motivated after getting a sad performance review? If so, why am […]
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My overall contribution to the firm: “Exceeds performance” My competency: “Met competency.” WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAT?! I know I kicked ass this year! 🙁 And yes, sorry if you think I need to lower down my ego, but this is a blog anyway, and hopefully, an anonymous one at that. So in no way is my current performance […]
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“I think in life,” my girlfriend thinks aloud as she sips on warm buttermilk Indian tea, “there are lessons we need to learn.” “And they will continue to haunt us,” she continues. “We’ll be making the same mistakes over and over till we get the lessons right.” “For example, I hate to write reports,” she […]
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