Weekly Updates
The fifth week going, and I feel like I haven't been achieving a lot. Of course, as usual, things are getting a little out of hand as I am getting busier and busier, with so much work piling up while I am trying and trying to finish them one by one, but the burden keeps getting heavier and heavier.
I started another on-campus part-time job at the Office of International Affairs, this is my first week and things are going along quite well, adding another 6 hours to my already tight schedule is a little burdening, but working there is, for the most part, fun and to say the least, kinda easy. I have been going to the Office of International Affairs for numerous times up to now and I have had a little idea what working there feels like, plus I had some experience working in an office, what's with the copying machine and answering and transferring phone calls, so I am catching up with work over there quite easily. Now I just have to understand the office rules there to make my life even easier.
I realized that sometimes we feel like it's so hard to work in some working environment is that because we are usually unfamiliar with the rules of that particular environment. It's not like the well-documented rules that are written on a guidebook, it's the un-mentioned rules, the underlying rules that we are unfamiliar with that gives us a hard time staying in a working environment. I used to work in some other offices and I feel so stressed and that everyone is so cold, I sat at the corner always minding my own business, doing tasks that I am assigned to and, for the most part, I am just working alone in an office with half a dozen people. Well, until I learned that I have to man up and start talking to them, to communicate with office-mates, especially some with similar age or personality with you, when you communicate well with them, they may share you some of the underlying rules like the dos and do-not in that particular office. You know, my teacher once said, if you want to survive an office environment, you have to know and understand all the underlying rules, and then that's when you can play with all these rules to your advantage and make your life easier. It's true after all, or so it seems. Well, took me quite some time to understand that.
Well, I think I am getting ahead of myself and probably that should be a post on its own. Well, I think this week is half great and half not-so-great for me. Maybe I should try making a list:
The Greats:
Well, life is still wonderful I guess?
This week I also got to know this guy, who is also a Malaysian, that has been playing with stock markets with considerable success, I thought I might want to catch up with him more and actually learn stuff on how to earn money on the stock market, I guess that's one step closer to financial independent?
I really have to learn how to play with investments, I want to be rich really, I mean, who doesn't want to be rich in this world? Nothing materialises without money in this capitalistic world.
Well, good luck to me!
I guess this pretty much sums up my week and looking back, I really feel like I am living my life right now, although there still procrastination here and there, I feel like there's less and less of that. Well, what do I know? I managed to wake up early for half of the days this week! Which is a great improvement! Or maybe it's just the liver supplement actually working because I really feel less fatigue since I had that.
Tough weeks ahead, but let's get through it!
#5 Bright Way Ahead
Bright Way Ahead
...and getting along with rules
The fifth week going, and I feel like I haven't been achieving a lot. Of course, as usual, things are getting a little out of hand as I am getting busier and busier, with so much work piling up while I am trying and trying to finish them one by one, but the burden keeps getting heavier and heavier.
I started another on-campus part-time job at the Office of International Affairs, this is my first week and things are going along quite well, adding another 6 hours to my already tight schedule is a little burdening, but working there is, for the most part, fun and to say the least, kinda easy. I have been going to the Office of International Affairs for numerous times up to now and I have had a little idea what working there feels like, plus I had some experience working in an office, what's with the copying machine and answering and transferring phone calls, so I am catching up with work over there quite easily. Now I just have to understand the office rules there to make my life even easier.
I realized that sometimes we feel like it's so hard to work in some working environment is that because we are usually unfamiliar with the rules of that particular environment. It's not like the well-documented rules that are written on a guidebook, it's the un-mentioned rules, the underlying rules that we are unfamiliar with that gives us a hard time staying in a working environment. I used to work in some other offices and I feel so stressed and that everyone is so cold, I sat at the corner always minding my own business, doing tasks that I am assigned to and, for the most part, I am just working alone in an office with half a dozen people. Well, until I learned that I have to man up and start talking to them, to communicate with office-mates, especially some with similar age or personality with you, when you communicate well with them, they may share you some of the underlying rules like the dos and do-not in that particular office. You know, my teacher once said, if you want to survive an office environment, you have to know and understand all the underlying rules, and then that's when you can play with all these rules to your advantage and make your life easier. It's true after all, or so it seems. Well, took me quite some time to understand that.
Well, I think I am getting ahead of myself and probably that should be a post on its own. Well, I think this week is half great and half not-so-great for me. Maybe I should try making a list:
The Greats:
- I actually bought air tickets to Cebu for the coming spring holiday, it was supposed to be a secret surprise but it got blown, so it's ok.
- Started my second on-campus part-time job and it was mostly great, having quite some fun working there.
- I finally resumed my Spanish studies despite a very packed schedule.
- I started reading this book "Dracula", from more than a hundred years ago, and it's awesome.
- I am starting to think about what I am going to write about my thesis, and got a bottom line green light after I discussed with a Professor about the general direction of the thesis, might have to ask him to be my guidance Professor during my senior year.
- Association work is starting to pile up, 4 events to plan and prepare for in 2 months' time, well, 'great'.
- Classes are tougher for the second semester, although I have expected it, it is tougher than what I expected, so I have to actually put in more effort.
- My financial position is getting worse as the days go, but my schedule is currently so packed I am afraid that I won't be able to do any more part-time jobs.
- Although Spanish studies resumed, progress isn't all that great, currently on a 1-day streak.
- Learned that a friend of mine, who used to be quite close with me, ran into a serious accident, it gave me quite a shock and situation were bad, but a few days ago I got told that things are getting better and better, well, speedy recovery and May God Bless Her.
Well, life is still wonderful I guess?
This week I also got to know this guy, who is also a Malaysian, that has been playing with stock markets with considerable success, I thought I might want to catch up with him more and actually learn stuff on how to earn money on the stock market, I guess that's one step closer to financial independent?
I really have to learn how to play with investments, I want to be rich really, I mean, who doesn't want to be rich in this world? Nothing materialises without money in this capitalistic world.
Well, good luck to me!
I guess this pretty much sums up my week and looking back, I really feel like I am living my life right now, although there still procrastination here and there, I feel like there's less and less of that. Well, what do I know? I managed to wake up early for half of the days this week! Which is a great improvement! Or maybe it's just the liver supplement actually working because I really feel less fatigue since I had that.
Tough weeks ahead, but let's get through it!
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