Hope Amidst Despair....#PrayersforPhilippines

Dedicated to all victims of Philippines' earthquake...To Believe - Jackie Evancho

It is once again a very trying times of my beloved country. Strucked by 7+ magnitude earthquake, faith of Filipino people is once again tested. But innate in our nature, proven the spirit & tenacity of Pinoys, this will just be another of those tragedy that we would surely surpass. This could never shatter the Filipino spirit. We have gone through a lot and yet, we are still standing proud, still with smiles not just in our lips but in our hearts, knowing & believing God will never cease to shower HIS abundant grace, that amidst all despair, there is hope....

My fervent prayers for all victims.

Rewards of working with people....

It was the part of my job I never thought I would have - interacting & coaching people, for in the first place I grew up leaving in my own world. But when I had the taste of how fulfulling & rewarding meeting people, embracing different kinds of cultures, it made me realized that I wouldn't want to do anything else.

I just had a privilege to work with a group of dynamic, passionate & lovely people in Kuala Lumpur, working for our company's launch of a new project. Coming from all across South East Asia having different cultures & beliefs, I was stunned with how they work together, understand & respect each other. In a world world & generation where racial partiality is very evident, it is heartwarming to see that this kind of harmony is possible to exist. If only this could amplify to the whole world...

I was tasked to mentor on using our company's CRM, a technical expertise acquired with years of experience & continous hunger to learn for more. In alsmost 6 days of seeing, hearing & knowing them, I realized I still have so little...so little PASSION.

Passion drives them in everything they do. Amidst the hardship & pressure to excel required to fulfill company's demand, they just keep going with smiles on their faces. They taught me so much by this. During those times that I want to explode & quit, I wonder if I can ever surpass this innate human behaviour in me and just be like them all time, POSITIVE.

At the end of the course, they have given me what they said was a small token. But it was for me the best reward I could hope for. Knowing I have imparted something to them, seeing them grow, influenced them and at the same time myself learning more than they did is by far the greatest reward my job has to offer. Me, learning more about life, about people, about passion and the positivity about everything...that ultimate quest & zest for life....I can see myself doing the things I do now far longer than I would have imagined....

A willing & fortunate victim - a forced traveller

Been to Kuala, Lumpur several times yet I still have the same feeling everytime..this place feels like home.
And this is my companion for two nights - Jack Reacher..finding time to read amidst all the buzz & bizz....

Where has my first love gone?

It has been a long journey of what I have become so far. Been to different places, met with different kinds of people, embraced different kinds of culture. My mind has never been this cultivated with so many things about life. But what were all left with me are memories in my mind and in my heart where no one could ever reach. This made me ask myself...where has my first love gone? My first love - Writing.

When life is still in slow pace and not so full of routinary meets here and there, I still remember what were my most prized possession back then, my pen & paper. Still with me carrying every single day is my most cherished pen, a black ball- point Parker Pen bought when I was in my second year in University. I used to write about anything I feel, I see, I read, I taste, I hear...about everything. But then, upon entering in the world where company pays you to work more than what is expected and far beyond, this first love of mine has been put aside and forgotten in the end.

But just today, sitting in front of my computer, reading all the blogs I love reading, I was struck by the realization that I have long forgotten my first love and now is the best time to fall in love again - WRITE. Mode and ways could have change, from pen and paper to on-line blogging. But the passion, thoughts, spirit and love still linger in every letters. Words flowing like water, ideas humming like the cool winter air. I have never felt so alive. This will be the covenant with myself. No matter where my life's journey would head to, I would always go back to my first love and never will be forgotten again..