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Thursday, December 27, 2007

ON DAE 12

Gosh. I paid the price for lack of sleep last night. Walked around like a zombie todae. Haha, and so unglam coz the moment i stepped inside Terminal 2 1st thing in e morning, I suddenly heard 1 large group of people shouting my name. Turns out to be the group of Shafiq n friends ahhaha. They were seeing Kelly off at the airport n waiting for their results to be released at the same time heh heh. I always felt that they are such a wonderful grp of fun-loving friends n jokers, n I was really happy to have known them better thru Arts Camp 2007. =)

Was really really tired todae. Plus it was really challenging to compile all my interview n survey data. Couldnt finish it by todae, n tom I ll have to present to my supervisors by evening haha. *Rubs hands* Good. I always love a challenging challenge. Final presentation to senior management is next Fri, n frankly, there isnt much time left if one takes away the weekend n New Year holidaes.

Strangely, despite the supposed increasing stress piling up, I felt a lot of adrenaline pumping thru my body as I rode back home just now. Even tho I feel physically tired due to lack of rest, but my mind feels sharp. Very sharp. The last time I felt this way was prob back in the old Presidential days when I was like a part-time student haha! I think I thrive on proving people wrong & launching surprises. N another thing that really drives me foward in life is to plunge into the unknown & break a way thru. Perhaps thats why I always see myself as an Adventurer or an astronaut hahaha.

I also took the lunchtime to send Jah off todae with her family. Got to know her uncles better. 1 of them is French n the other is from England, n we ended up chatting for quite a while. Wonderful wonderful gentlemen. I very much enjoy chatting with foreigners, coz there's so much to learn about the cultures, environment, n the lifestyles of their respective countries.

"Paps" gave me this advice before he left with Jah. Btw, he's an 80 years old Londoner n still healthy as an ox, with an apparent wealth of wisdom discerned thru our conversations. =)

He told me to be pushy in life if I want to succeed. N he told me that most of the people or friends around him who succeeded in their careers were pushy people. Paps didnt have to say it out, but I could sense deep down inside that he probably did very well in his career n in his life as well.

I kept thinking bout what he said for the whole dae after they boarded the plane to Phuket.

Pushy. Hmm.

I checked the dictionary for the exact definition of "Pushy", and it says this:
"excessively aggressive or forceful in competing or dealing with others (informal)".

And then I start to wonder whether I m subconsciously a very pushy person. I noe I hate to lose in anything in life thats for sure. Esp in sports n any competitions. And I also noe that I have my fair share of offending people in the past, esp when I have to make tough decisions.

And then I start to wonder if "pushiness" is something that is inborn? Or is it something that is nutured? Hmm.. probably more of the latter.

Ok. Enough of brainwork for the dae. Time to sleep early tonight.

Quotes from people always stimulate me haha. Thats why I enjoy collecting n reading them, esp quotes from wise old men of the past.

The Incredible Hock