1 year of a lifes worth
Thursday, December 31, 2009

Its year end once again and personally this is my favourite period of the year becos of Christmas and the year end holidays. Christmas is the season of love and I adore the idea of exchanging gifts and realizing what kind of image you have in other's head and wat kind of gift you actually receive. theres also a feel good factor where everyone's in a joyful mood ready for merry and even if dun work as hard its ok cos its Christmas! to add to that, December is also the school holidays where i get to coach and coach. December month ppl get aws, get bonus i get to do ot and work double hard... no complains thou.

on a more serous note, Christmas also marks the end of a year, 365 days nothing more nothing less, everyone had the same amount of time and everyone ended at a different part of their own race. i was just asking myself "how much have i grown or achieved for this pass year" no doubt i have been given ample opportunity and grown tremendous mentally and emotional this year, but those are all unquantifiable stuff, who dosen grown every year anyway. so this time i shall set some measurable targets, just as the boss said " goals must be measurable, not by feeling"

till my 2010 resolution

posted by ikaira @ 10:46 AM, ,


Xmas of choice?
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

and here it is once again, the holy month of december where ppl exchange gifts and share the season of love, forgive and forget and move on to a new year.

I think I had not bought a single christmas gift for the passed 3 years. ok i lied, maybe I did, but those didnt originated from the bottom of my heart, maybe due to company obligations or that I was in a situation where I simply had to, to stay status quo.

This year its kinda different, how so im not really sure, but if i were asked which is the year which changed your life, this year could have been the definitive one. Just to name a few happenings, this was the year of the breakups... here there everywhere everyone is breaking up, myself not spared, I've also started my first step in society where I realized that 15 years of classroom preparation dun do shit, it in fact kills you, you basically just need a cowboy hat. All in all one thing im definately grateful for is the opportunities i've been given.

This was also the first time i was asked for a christmas gift by my students. i guess i must be doing something right this time round to be requested a gift from. So that got me really searching for a "meaningful" gift for two young things I would qualify as my kids, and yes the paternal instinct is acting up! it also got me thinking back to the basics of xmas. its a season for sharing and im sure a simple gift for kids less than half my age would had meant a world to them.

PS : merry xmas my friends, and sisters island here i come!

posted by ikaira @ 1:42 AM, ,


Day -1000
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Recently i was at the company's year end meeting and we were asked what do you plan to achieve next year. One of my close friends / colleague mentioned "acheive $300,000 networth" and guess wat... hes only 26 this year... and no, hes no rich man's kid nor was he a president scholar of sorts

other 26 year olds i've heard of set up his own fitness center's

posted by ikaira @ 11:44 PM, ,


Its a big big world
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Im listening to some big big shit that seems way out of my scope. Im in it in a small small way but am already thinking if im able to provide value add and whether was i the right choice or the only choice. It leaves me in absolute awe with also lingering thoughts of inability.

The other boss once said : "you should only be around 60% confident of achieving your goals, that'll put you within reach with a stretch"

Subtly its reminding me that you gotta focus, so much so that u needa reach a level where u eat/slp it, thats where u'll be different.

A quote to close this neatly : Its good to have a spread on your plate, but too much of it will choke you.

posted by ikaira @ 7:27 PM, ,


A Year's Worth
Sunday, December 06, 2009

Its been one year and happy or not with the results, a year is a year, nothing more nothing less.

posted by ikaira @ 12:24 PM, ,