So my day one was not exactly smooth, but not exactly disastorous. I had written my first blog of the year around 1am, detailing my goals for the year. I missed the sleep goal, and the devos and prayer goal; having overslept. Rushing to work late I was a bit of a mess. --but things got better there after
At work I got several things accomplished, and to add on my professional goals, I was approached by an AVP who is part of the SIA, Semiconductor International Association. I was asked to participate in a forum as the "scribe". He explained to me that I would meet senior executives from the largest tech companies around the world, which may include, Intel, Samsung, TSMC, etc. I'd be housed in a 5-star hotel and paid a stipend. It sounds like an interesting opportunity, but I know I'm going to feel quite lonely out there for 3 days straight. Who's going to eat with me and chit-chat with me? I hope I make some good connections.
After work, ate skewers for dinner, went for a run and got ready for bed. I messed up my sleep goal again because I got distracted with new app-downloads search.
This morning, I got to work on time, score.
Another goal I need to add to my list, is tidyness and organization. My apartment is chaos times five. I really need to get a giant box and get rid of nine-tenths of my possessions.
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Sunday, February 06, 2011
happy lunar new year.
It's been one full year since I last blogged here, and I find that my English has been deteriorating. In order to maintain my ability to articulate myself without fumbling half so much and to keep my life in better order I've decided to revive my blogging.
As I do every year, I try to evaluate where my life, and what my goals are for the new year. I'm in my third year of doing Investor Relations for SMIC, having learned a lot about investor communications, capital markets, and investor behavior. I do like this job, but I still struggle with whether this is God's calling for me or not.
On a tangent,
I just got back from Korea today, and it was quite a trip. What really made my trip was the quality time with my college friends. My good friend Kevin hosted Wendy and I the whole 4 days. We stayed at his girlfriend's place and he brought us to his favorite spots. We ate are hearts out and did a lot of walking. We went to the markets, malls, an ancient palace, movie theater, a musical-like show, and to the largest church in the world. Even with all we did, there were still a number of things we'd need to go back and do.
Again, the highlight was my friends. Kevin was a lot of fun and a stress free sort of tour guide, it was nice. I highly appreciate his friendship and pray that he finds good fellowship with believers who care about the same issues he does and maybe he will realize his need to pursue god and god's will for him. I also met with Christine, whose main preoccupation of brain space was the desire for a boyfriend. It's fun to talk to her about boys, as I'm spending all my time hanging with Wendy who neverrr talks about that kind of thing. All in all, it was a fun trip; and I would love to go again.
Back on track,
my goals for the year involve, spiritual, physical, mental, professional, relational, and musical development.
1. Spiritual
Last Sunday, the pastor of AGIF came and talked about passion. A passion in life, for God, His Word, in prayer. He had an analogy I really liked. Your christian life is like a new iPad, you can have this valuable thing but you can choose to put it to major usage or little to no usage. Like the people who never download apps, and just use it to do a few basic things like..listen to music. There's so much more you can do with it though! You can read and study on it, make music with it, play games, keep a diary and schedule, etc etc. In your Christian walk you can add all different apps, its stlil a iPad..Christian walk..even without all the apps, but the more you add the more you make of it--its value-added. Pray, devos, ministry opportunities, acts of love, etc etc.
Apps to download;
daily morning prayer
daily bible reading
daily acts of love
tithing
2. Physical
Running? or buy eliptical from friend
Drink water, morning, at work, and evening
Eat out less or eat more veggies
Sleep earlier - aim to use bathroom at 9-9:30 to get ready for bed, wake 6 or 7am, with 7-8 hours of sleep
3. Mental
Study CFA notes, on ipod riding transportation, bathroom breaks
Study Chinese daily at lunch
4. Professional
Keep focused and create checklists
Consider new job opportunities
Network, keep friendly with as many ppl possible, keep track of contacts
Strive for excellence and professionalism and accuracy
5. Relational
Send emails to family and friends to check up and catch up
Send encouraging testimonies' links to ppl
Check up with my Shanghai friends' spiritual lives
6. Musical development
Vocal lessons with Christina Weidner
Write a new song every 3rd week of the month
As I do every year, I try to evaluate where my life, and what my goals are for the new year. I'm in my third year of doing Investor Relations for SMIC, having learned a lot about investor communications, capital markets, and investor behavior. I do like this job, but I still struggle with whether this is God's calling for me or not.
On a tangent,
I just got back from Korea today, and it was quite a trip. What really made my trip was the quality time with my college friends. My good friend Kevin hosted Wendy and I the whole 4 days. We stayed at his girlfriend's place and he brought us to his favorite spots. We ate are hearts out and did a lot of walking. We went to the markets, malls, an ancient palace, movie theater, a musical-like show, and to the largest church in the world. Even with all we did, there were still a number of things we'd need to go back and do.
Again, the highlight was my friends. Kevin was a lot of fun and a stress free sort of tour guide, it was nice. I highly appreciate his friendship and pray that he finds good fellowship with believers who care about the same issues he does and maybe he will realize his need to pursue god and god's will for him. I also met with Christine, whose main preoccupation of brain space was the desire for a boyfriend. It's fun to talk to her about boys, as I'm spending all my time hanging with Wendy who neverrr talks about that kind of thing. All in all, it was a fun trip; and I would love to go again.
Back on track,
my goals for the year involve, spiritual, physical, mental, professional, relational, and musical development.
1. Spiritual
Last Sunday, the pastor of AGIF came and talked about passion. A passion in life, for God, His Word, in prayer. He had an analogy I really liked. Your christian life is like a new iPad, you can have this valuable thing but you can choose to put it to major usage or little to no usage. Like the people who never download apps, and just use it to do a few basic things like..listen to music. There's so much more you can do with it though! You can read and study on it, make music with it, play games, keep a diary and schedule, etc etc. In your Christian walk you can add all different apps, its stlil a iPad..Christian walk..even without all the apps, but the more you add the more you make of it--its value-added. Pray, devos, ministry opportunities, acts of love, etc etc.
Apps to download;
daily morning prayer
daily bible reading
daily acts of love
tithing
2. Physical
Running? or buy eliptical from friend
Drink water, morning, at work, and evening
Eat out less or eat more veggies
Sleep earlier - aim to use bathroom at 9-9:30 to get ready for bed, wake 6 or 7am, with 7-8 hours of sleep
3. Mental
Study CFA notes, on ipod riding transportation, bathroom breaks
Study Chinese daily at lunch
4. Professional
Keep focused and create checklists
Consider new job opportunities
Network, keep friendly with as many ppl possible, keep track of contacts
Strive for excellence and professionalism and accuracy
5. Relational
Send emails to family and friends to check up and catch up
Send encouraging testimonies' links to ppl
Check up with my Shanghai friends' spiritual lives
6. Musical development
Vocal lessons with Christina Weidner
Write a new song every 3rd week of the month
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