Relationships?

I had always wondered what is it about love and relationship that makes the most sane amongst us go goo goo gaa gaa over it. Or take a word from Carrie in Sex & the City, its the feeling of zsa zsa zsu. I just felt some relationships, you don't see it coming, some you manipulate it to come your way, some just developed naturally. In the end, we trust our butterflies in the stomach to make a decision on the relationship. Now I wonder, are we always making the right choices then? If we are, then I rest my case. At times, we go with the one that seems to provide more fun than others. Me? I go with the one that can make me laugh, impress me, challenge me with their sense of humor and wit and ultimately, still love me for all my quirkiness. Is it too much to ask for in a man? I think so...

Government & Their Promise

Its funny how the government operates. Its not until there is an election will there be benefits for its people. Sad isn't it when these are the people we had elected. The recent story of PM riding the public transport and listening to public's problem, this is something he should have done long time ago and for that matter, while he was the Deputy. But no, the public had to wait for yet another "major" election to take place before we see some light from the government. Funny isn't it, that this is the government we chose and the government that insisted they place their people's priority of utmost importance. The problem with public transport is not something new. Its not something that wasn't highlight, it wasn't something that the public never groused about. Yet, with a certain constituency's bi-election we see the government acting. Sigh....

In the interest of time

This week had been the tops of my list of worst weeks ever. Monday was my car's side mirror got knocked, Tuesday was rushing over something I had no control over, Wednesday was my car's auto window failed and a project slippage, Thursday was rushing for 2 projects which I had no view whatsoever and Friday capped off a presentation of a solution I learnt in 2 minutes the day before. So there you have it, a week in Pei Jet's history of doom. The whole week went by in a blur but it was not all bad news. A friend will be coming to visit next week, I'm getting my tattoo done next week and the following week, I might just go down south for a weekend of fun and booze given its the National Day holiday.

I can't believe the year is coming to an end soon. So much had happened this year that it makes this year pass by in a second. I've traveled a bit, I've met some interesting people, I've had relationships and I've ended relationships, I've had a few hits and misses, I've learnt and found out what's important for me, I'm still stumbling along with what I want in life (but who doesn't anyway). Like I've said before and I'll say it again, I have no regrets and make no apologies about how I live my life so far. My only regret would be if I don't have enough time to see the whole world before I die.........

Questioning my capabilities

I'm in the middle of one of my toughest week. I have 3 projects running simultaneously and I can feel myself losing control over it all. Each one is slipping away from my control as I blog. And that's just only on the work front. I don't even want to blog about the others. Sigh.. I'm really wondering did I bite more than I can chew or am I really up to it? I guess time will tell. As of now, I don't believe in my capabilities anymore.

Work expands to fill time

This was given to me in an e-mail by a lady who sits high up at work. So being the not so intellectual me, I did a google search and this is what I got from Wikipedia. Basically, this is an old adage from Parkinson's law of "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". But the basis of this phrase came about from Parkinson's observation of the British Civil Service, where he noted the staff of the colonial office when being absorbed into Foreign Office after the fall of British empire overseas is at its all time high. The work that was available wasn't that different from year to year but the staff increment was at 5-7% year to year. So, Parkinson noted that it is actually bureaucracies that expands over time irregardless of the work available because officials want to increase their subordinates and to make work for each other.

So with that explanation behind Parkinson's Law, where does that leave me? Is she telling me that I need to get more people or I need to work to justify her position? It makes me wonder when she used that phrase, does she really know and understand what it means?