Thursday, February 26, 2009

Adv: After thots

The five full days were stretchy - I needed to call forth so much focus and energy, not to mention the daily late nights and early mornings. Yet, I simply lost track of time when each day seemed to zoom past in a flash.

It had been a different yet wonderful and fulfilling experience to step back into the Advance training room since my last staffing four years ago. I had grown and shifted over these years, thus the ways I was in the room with my people were completely different. It was a precious growth experience for me, learning that if I am at ease with creating results, my people will be too. I learnt to trust myself in who I need to be for them to win. All the conversations of whether I was doing it right disappeared when I focused out there, on something bigger than myself.

On top of that, I was very inspired by the big people in the room and their willingness to work with themselves. I am proud of the stand they make for themselves and for someone's life. It was of no easy feat, so seeing them shift, let go, grow and create breakthrough make me want to go for more in my life, knowing that I can.

You can never know how an apple tastes like until you get your teeth into it. Similarly, no word can fully describe the experience and learning that you can get in Advance. But I do know it's an experience that no one will regret if they make the decision to walk in. I never did, and I am sure my adv buddy, LP captain, Dan and many people around me can attest to that too... :)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy V'day

Today is the day – Feb 14. Where lovers overtly express their love by lavish dinners, gifts and flowers…

What did I do on this day? Spent the first few moments with 2 other friends – it was early celebration of his birthday that falls next Friday… As I am not free next week, we brought it forward to yesterday. We were having a drink together when the clock ticked to 12 midnight.

Today - I ended up at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve for trail walking… I was there for more than an hour in late afternoon, sweating it out from all the climbing and descending… The irony is both Dan and I were tired from that little while of shopping after lunch, but were wide awake when walking around the trails! And we had Mac for dinner cos we wanted to catch the last episode of the 730pm show on Channel U. Oops.. boring day?! Ha…

Do not know when it starts, but I never exactly fancy Feb 14. It is overly commercialized. Maybe it is about age catching up huh. I prefer my way of celebrating V’day, by doing things that I enjoy doing… Simplicity is beauty. Haaa…

Still, Happy Valentine Day, everyone!

I hate next week!

It is going to be super hectic time for me comes next week. Real early mornings plus super late nights for every consecutive day in the week… I wonder how I am supposed to survive the week. * shrug*

It is undoubtedly busy time on Mon and Tue at work… Yet, I am on leave on Wed to Fri… It is seriously a bad time for me to go on leave, as I have much unfinished work and this also means I am delaying some answers that I need from my boss – irritatingly, he is only back in office from Wed. *#Y@*#&! I would need to bear the prices for my actions when I am back at work the week after.

And am I going some place for holidays from next Wed onwards? Nope, it is no fun time. I am in for serious tough work with some people… it will certainly be more intense and tiring than work itself…

Stretchy, stretchy, stretchy… So many prices to pay… It is like I am already in Advance before I step back in again.

I chose this stretch... Arggh....

Monday, February 09, 2009

I hate Mondays, especially today!

It is a 'horrible, horrible' way to start a Monday morning!
Having to crawl out of bed at 5.30am was ultimate torture
Sitting around at 6.45am at hawker centre was a pain
Discussing serious matters at such early hour strained my pea brain
And I am sitting in office now feeling so zombified and tired
That I feel I ought to be shot - death seems to be a better way out for now
Arrgh... it is going to spoil my day... n maybe week...
A tired me is an irritated bitch lor...
All thanks to my captain! 3 cheers for him. Duh.