Important lesson learned about my job that can be applied to ordinary life |
Do not act according to what you are expecting or assuming is going to happen - act on what is happening right now.
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Life's surprises |
Life throws you surprises all the time. No matter how much you plan, schedule, or invest in something - career, relationship, future - you can never be prepared for an unexpected turn ...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Emptiness |
I stayed late at work today. As I drove out of the parking garage, the song "Butterfly Kisses" was playing on the radio. I was suddenly overcome with emotion. Childhood memories of m...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Mental spar |
Theres always a struggle between what you want to do and what you should do. People always say to follow your heart, which is what you want to do, but following your heart isn't always the rig...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Spring in Seattle |
Last night, I met up with kewpie27 (Xanga) at Bellevue Square. I havent seen her since International Monetary Policy class in Spring of senior year. She hasnt changed much only her hair color. ...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Week 1 |
My first project
Location: Issaquah, WA
Luckily, my flight back to SF is delayed 45 minutes. I left work at 1pm and got to the airport at 2:10pm! Its supposed to take only 30 minutes, but it wa...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
It's like school but w/o the breaks! |
I started my new job two weeks ago. The first 2 days was orientation. Then we had 3 days of training about leadership, ethics, the company's principles, how we charge our travel expenses to the comp...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Life is like a game of chess |
MF lives life the way he plays chess. While his opponent decides on his next move and plans the next three moves, MF occupies himself with something else like reading or checking his email. When his...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
My bad day got worse |
The accident wasn't the worst of it. When I was going to dinner, I had trouble parking my car into a space and ended up scratching the sides against a wall. Someone had to help me get it out and par...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
Premeditated Accident? |
This blog is for Eva, who's been having so many weird dreams lately. Last night, I had a weird dream too, from which I woke up sweating. I had this dream that there was this bug...it landed on my sk...
Posted by Lily on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST |
