Happy Lunar New Year 2555

Happy Lunar New Year, All~

How much 'red packet' have you collected? How much food have you swallowed since the 22nd night? Best thing, how much time have you spent catching up with your family? both close and 'long lost' family.

Chinese New Year has always been more 'festive' than the 1st January for me, why? Because this is where the true love is :) This year, it's less crazy for me. I spent this new year with my family in my parents' new home (... half done, but warm.) and hopefully, can get the family photoshoot done on the fifth day of CNY.

Hope this year is going to be a better year for all of us, despite the fact that most people believe that 'water dragon' is not so good~ Anyway, you decide whether to live a good live or not :)

Wake Up!!!!

Here is a story that feel very close to my heart (... and maybe yours as well):

It's a story of a former partner and general manager of one of the foremost publishing houses in the United States, Leon Shimkin of Simon & Schuster. Here is his own experience in his own words (extracted from: "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living", Cargnegie, D")

For fifteen years I spent almost half of every business day holding conferences, discussing problems. Should we do this or that - or nothing at all? We would get tense; twist in our chairs; walk the floor; argue and go around in circles. When night came, I would be utterly exhausted. I fully expected to go on doing this sort of thing for the rest of my life. I had been doing this for fifteen years, and it never occured to me that there was a better way of doing. If anyone had told me that I could eliminate three fourths of all the time I spent in those worried conferences, and three fourths of my nervous strain - I would have thought he was a wild-eyed, slap-happy, armchair optimist. Yet I devised a plan that I did just that. I have been using this plan for eight years. It has performed wonders for my efficiency, my health and my happiness.

"It sounds like magic - but like all magic tricks, it is extremely simple when you see how it is done.

"Here is the secret: First, I immediately stopped the procedure I had been using in my conferences for fifteen years - a procedure that began with my troubled associates reciting all the details of what had gone wrong, and ending up by asking 'what shall we do?' Second, I made a new rule - a rule that everyone who wishes to present a problem to me must first prepare and submit a memorandum answering these 4 questions:

1. What is the Problem?

2. What is the cause of the problem?

3. What are all possible solutions of the problem?

4. What solution do you suggest?

The result:

My associate rarely come to me now with their problems. Why? Because they have discovered that in order to answer those four questions they have to get all the facts and think their problems through. And after they have done that they find, in 3/4 of the cases, they don't have to consult me at all, because the proper solution has popped out like a bread popping out from an electric toaster. And when discussion is needed, it will take about one third the time formerly required.

The place where I work, it has been going another way around... Sad, but it's true. Oopss... Someone has started opening a whole basket of worms. Good luck!

More Love in 2012

How was your first 2 weeks in 2012? Mine was splendid becauase of the well-spent 4 days at home with friends and family :)

Would like to congratulate my bestie, Wenny, for her beautiful wedding. "May you live happily ever after~" Also, had so much fun with Awen, In In and Susan. It's tiring, but it's FUN and unforgettable.

My niece is a big girl now, she ate spicy Padang rice, with lots and lots of water of course. We had a 'girl' pajama party WITHOUT her milk bottle. I am so proud of her. Good job, girl! :)

How about work? It's still tense, tiring and not always fun, but I am hanging in there. Changes are not always easy and better, but still gotta get through it...

Oh yeah... I shall record the first dissapointing letter when I first arrived back in town from Medan, it's rejection letter for my PR application. I tried my best, but can't do anything now. It makes me a bit unsure on things, but It doesn't make me feel extremely upset. In fact, I am quite open about it. I believe anything happened, happened for a reason :)

What's my goals in 2012? I can't post it here, but I definitely have something in mind. Sneak peak: Losing weight! :P It has always been in my to-achieve list for the last 2 years, which is not very easy to fullfil. Don't wish me luck. I really don't need luck on this, just determination, it requires lots and lots of it.

I am turning 25 in less than a month. Should I be celebrating it or worried about it? I would like to wish myself to be more confident, to be braver, to be more courageous (standing up for my opinion), to worry less, to enjoy life more, to smile and laugh more, to be happier.

Happy New Year, All~ Be kinder and slow down a little (the earth is not spinning faster than yesterday, why should we be running faster then?)~ Spread more Love in 2012.

Love,
Lin ^ ^