Dunno why, but getting a little short-tempered again recently. I guess I'm trying to make better use of my time, which means choosing the people I want to hang out with, and not wasting my life waiting for people to arrive for appointments.
It can be quite consuming, coz the anger boils up nowadays and I don't want to lash out at my friends, for fear of damaging the friendship irreparably. I guess I haven't been to yoga class in the last two weeks, and that has probably affected me somewhat.
Need to resolve to be more patient in the future, and to learn techniques to gently admonish friends when they are being annoying... Ommmmmmmmmmmm!
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
2010 New Year Resolutions
1. Lose 10 kg - Go down to 80 kg
2. Wake up to jog every morning 5.30am
3. No KFC, Beer, Hard Liquor, Ice-Cream
4. No deep-fried and oily food
5. No snacking after 10.30pm
6. No MSN on weeknights
7. Complete PADI Dive Master Course
8. Go into Underwater Photography
9. Pick up Golf again
10. Gym 3X weekly, Swim 2x weekly, Tennis 1X weekly, Squash 1X weekly, Rock Climbing 1X monthly
11. Complete 2 marathons in < 5 hours
12. Go down to 32"
13. Learn Spanish
14. Improve Memory
15. Eat Salads 3X weekly
16. Cut down on rice
17. Eat until 70% full always
18. No Buffets
19. Plan New Zealand Holidays with Family
20. 1 hour self improvement week nights
21. Improve on presentation skills, staff work
22. Cut down on indulgent spending, save, save, save!
23. Continue weekly volunteer work
24. Start MBA application process
25. Construct improved finance portfolio
26. 1 Glass of Wine per Wedding
27. Learn Ballroom / Salsa Dancing
28. Learn some cooking recipes
29. Start Calorie Counter
30. Improve on Home Theater Set (Speakers, Room Alignment)
2. Wake up to jog every morning 5.30am
3. No KFC, Beer, Hard Liquor, Ice-Cream
4. No deep-fried and oily food
5. No snacking after 10.30pm
6. No MSN on weeknights
7. Complete PADI Dive Master Course
8. Go into Underwater Photography
9. Pick up Golf again
10. Gym 3X weekly, Swim 2x weekly, Tennis 1X weekly, Squash 1X weekly, Rock Climbing 1X monthly
11. Complete 2 marathons in < 5 hours
12. Go down to 32"
13. Learn Spanish
14. Improve Memory
15. Eat Salads 3X weekly
16. Cut down on rice
17. Eat until 70% full always
18. No Buffets
19. Plan New Zealand Holidays with Family
20. 1 hour self improvement week nights
21. Improve on presentation skills, staff work
22. Cut down on indulgent spending, save, save, save!
23. Continue weekly volunteer work
24. Start MBA application process
25. Construct improved finance portfolio
26. 1 Glass of Wine per Wedding
27. Learn Ballroom / Salsa Dancing
28. Learn some cooking recipes
29. Start Calorie Counter
30. Improve on Home Theater Set (Speakers, Room Alignment)
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Fighting the Addiction...
If there's any addiction I really really really really (did I say REALLY) want to break this year, it's my addiction for IM, especially MSN Messenger. I have it on all day, all night, during work, when I'm home, and with my iPhone, ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE I go. Even though I don't want to talk to anyone in particular, I just keep on going back to the IM screen again and again, just checking who's on, who's off, and maintaining my linkage to reality.
It's more like "Reality", especially when I perceive it to be more real than the real world I am hanging out in. It simply doesn't make sense that I'm IM-ing online when I'm out with friends. There's a certain lack of respect for the company I'm with. I guess SMS is also not very good, but it's nowhere near as awful as IM-ing when there's company.
At work, IM impedes me from concentrating fully on the job at hand, so that every couple of minutes, I check who's online and send inane messages to people, disturbing them when THEY are trying to concentrate. I mean, it's ok if there's a purpose to the IM, but when I chat for the sake of chatting, it crosses an invisible line...
Ok, now it's November, and I realized it's one of the items on my 2009 New Year Action Plan. The past few days, I've been on leave, and I've staved away from MSN. I'm still on, invisible mostly, but I've at least succeeded in resisting the temptation to just message someone to say hi and nothing else. If there's a reason (genuine catch up after a long absence, asking colleague out for a snack, scheduling a gathering), it's ok, but not chatting for chat's sake.
And I'm going to cut down on MSN usage on weeknights as promised. In fact, it's like a drug; when going cold turkey, it's ultra painful and pointed. After a while, adaptation takes place, the lingering hunger disappears, and you realize the body doesn't need it anymore. Just like my addiction for KFC, I haven't touched it at all this year, and when I passed one today, I felt... nothing. It's incredible what the human mind can mandate the body to feel and react.
Wish me luck for the last two months, so that I can curb this addiction, instill a renewed discipline, and embrace fully the real, vibrant, analog, delicious world!
It's more like "Reality", especially when I perceive it to be more real than the real world I am hanging out in. It simply doesn't make sense that I'm IM-ing online when I'm out with friends. There's a certain lack of respect for the company I'm with. I guess SMS is also not very good, but it's nowhere near as awful as IM-ing when there's company.
At work, IM impedes me from concentrating fully on the job at hand, so that every couple of minutes, I check who's online and send inane messages to people, disturbing them when THEY are trying to concentrate. I mean, it's ok if there's a purpose to the IM, but when I chat for the sake of chatting, it crosses an invisible line...
Ok, now it's November, and I realized it's one of the items on my 2009 New Year Action Plan. The past few days, I've been on leave, and I've staved away from MSN. I'm still on, invisible mostly, but I've at least succeeded in resisting the temptation to just message someone to say hi and nothing else. If there's a reason (genuine catch up after a long absence, asking colleague out for a snack, scheduling a gathering), it's ok, but not chatting for chat's sake.
And I'm going to cut down on MSN usage on weeknights as promised. In fact, it's like a drug; when going cold turkey, it's ultra painful and pointed. After a while, adaptation takes place, the lingering hunger disappears, and you realize the body doesn't need it anymore. Just like my addiction for KFC, I haven't touched it at all this year, and when I passed one today, I felt... nothing. It's incredible what the human mind can mandate the body to feel and react.
Wish me luck for the last two months, so that I can curb this addiction, instill a renewed discipline, and embrace fully the real, vibrant, analog, delicious world!
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