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Showing posts with label Welcome. Show all posts

12/05/2010

A Brand New Page

Finally migrated all the Facebook pages and all those from other blogs to this brand new page. Just felt like I have to take one more step closer to getting back on track.

It has been a really long vacation I had since almost like a year ago. During this time, I felt myself bit stuck, and simply was not moving forward on my career path. Perhaps because of the previous job and some personal matters, I couldn't really find myself back on the track and not as courageous as I used to be. Luckily, I got the support from my friends and family. That gave me some space to think and find out where I am & what I want.

I wasn't really working for the past year, just some part-time jobs. I could feel the disappointment deep inside, making me bit upset. I thought I did the best for my work, and tried my best to be true to everyone. Yet, in return, all I got were some misunderstandings and accusation. Although feeling disappointed and upset, I believe I couldn't take everything personal. I have to see what has happened, if there was anything I did wrong, and why it happened that way.

On the other hand, I thought I could be more focused, work all the best towards my job. Unfortunately, I got to go back to the sea out there... ...

Probably again, I was lucky. I heard the voice from heart, I learnt to do the best I can to keep myself in good shape, continue doing my best, and keep going. Plus, I believed the feeling of disappointment will go away eventually. I also learnt to understand things from different perspectives. With the different experiences, everyone would see things in a different way anyhow. All I can do is to respect others, understand how they handle matters in hand, and offer the best to most people I could.

I actually spent quite some effort to get away from that kind of upset feeling, and build up myself again. No matter it's because of myself, my friends & family, and my future. All I got to do is NOT to give up - myself, my career and my dream.

At first, it seemed like I didn't do much for the past year. In fact, I started building my teaching experience for the long-run; I successfully organized the Annual Dinner for my university alumni association, which has got almost 200 guests joining the dinner. I learnt quite a lot from this experience - about life and work, and I gained really valuable friendship. I also continued spending time for my Wine Diploma Studies. And I got the Scholarship to go abroad to Australia for further wine studies and winery visit.

Most important, I felt like I have picked up the faith and strength which I once had. On top, I got some kind of refreshing feeling in heart. That's why I made my brand new page with the refreshing mood, through the blue sky and the green.

25/06/2009

Dedicated to YOU who are living your life

What I think "culture" is and what that means to me are the very first two questions I asked when I started writing. I believe "culture" is actually just a kind of "binding force" created among a group of people living somewhere in a society. Because of their interaction and attraction towards one another, there comes the spark which create "culture".

Realized there are quite some terms about "culture" such as "pop culture", "cultural events". Personally, I don't have much feeling towards all these as I feel like they are somehow "technical" and "academic". Here, I am not going to look into all these...

Instead, I would like to note down what I notice around, through my eyes, from my ears, by my nose... what I think and how I feel. Basically is just a record of my everyday life in words, making up what I would call "living culture".

Though a bit weird to say like this, but quite true that "time flies" - that means we feel like time is passing too fast, too soon. Especially in Hong Kong, everyone is so busy around here and there, with work, with travel, with activities.. sometimes, I doubt if anyone has ever let themselves stop for a while to take a look at the small pieces around.

I guess while I have been to quite a few countries by now, and I realized there are so many tiny little things going on in different cultures at the society. I started to pay more attention to details in our daily living. Probably the very first step we have got to do is start appreciating our lives - no matter we feel happy or sad, whether we like it or not, just appreciate and treasure everything, anything.

Once we know how to appreciate, we treasure, and then we could see the details, plus live happily. All the best!