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  • disappearance?

    not so much, have just been working my ass during the days and months..  just got back to HK on a 5 day 4 cities trip, and i am off again tomorrow.

    life has been blessful in career front, though i still can't take my dad, he's getting old though he refuses to acknowledges that. On my own private ventures, things have been great! things have picked up ten times since last year; and one of the ventures is attracting some interest from theVC front, should close soemthing before june.

    and that's all there is..  not much going on on the personal front, things have been dull.  Dates are not hard to get but time is a luxury.  and I hate dating, can it just be a bit more simple? so that i can express that i like her, and then she does the same? instead of the cat and mouse games...  i had enough brain cells dying because of work, i won't want to have to do the same in my precious lesisure time.

  • Change of mentality

    This is the year that I officially step into the big THREE O, not that it really meant anything to me in the factual sense, but in some way, it really meant something to me.

    Lots of people say that 30 is the new 20, and that life doesn't really start until you reach 30.  I agree to that to a certain degree; in our 20s, we learn things through stumbling around our ways, and by the time we became 30, we have a general view of how our life will be and with our career fairly in place, we can afford to do most things according to our own decision.

    However, I have to admit that looking back in the past 10 years, i really haven't done much other than work.  I have given life to various new businesses, and i have explored the depth of politics.  I have traveled the world, and seen more things than a lot of 40 year olds.  However, I have not really done anything for myself on a personal life, I have not really lived my life.  Of all the things i really wanted to do, I have never really done them.  I have always delayed them till a later time for work. 

    Not anymore, I am going to see the world through a different angle, and I will seek to give life more definition than just career.  I am going to have some fun while I can afford to be foolish..

  • Swept off my feet

    is it possible that you suddenly find someone you've known for more than ten years attractive enough that you want to fly back to where she is within one day of your arrival back in Asia??  my visit to LA has brought more than just business results to me, but also the sensations of butterfly in my stomach....

  • living life

    sometimes, we felt that we need someone in our life to be happy, and that it would be the solution for ourselves.  There are times I felt greatly satisified by the presence of someone beside me, and i become somewhat too desperate, trying really hard to have that person to stay beside me.  In that process, I lost myself, I lost who i really am, and have not presented myself in ways that i truly am but rather, someone that would be viewed as appropriate and correct.  As such, I have been victims of such emotions and mentalities myself, and still do have that from time to time.  Maybe it's a right way of thinking or maybe it is not, we all have our moments of weakness and cheer, and having someone beside us during those times are both warm and priceless.  However, that is something we can't control nor plan for.
     
    what we can control, however, is how we live the life today.  we can choose to be happy and look at the bright side of the things, and appreciate we have instead of keeping being upset about things we don't have.
     
    I am still a student in learning how to view life in this way, but i think i am gradually to become more calm and content about who i am and what i am.
     
    On another note, after some 7 years, I am visiting the States again.  Irvine, here I come... i will have so many Pho and taco in my stomach before I left.

  • sigh

    just wrote a long blog on my reflections and things in life, only to be deleted for no apparent reason.  I am too tired to write it up again.

    In summary, Life has been good to me, business is well, and i am expecting to exit from my second startup in July.  Two other projects are on the way, and one of them has to do with fashion, we'll see how these projects go.

    Personal life wise, nothing particular, i've always blessed with the luck of the ladies, but I've rarely capitalize on these opportunties.  Maybe I have yet to find out what i want, or maybe i still haven't recovered yet.  my ex fiancee will be getting married this year, and to my own surprise, I was able to treat it calmly and am truly wishing her well and happiness.  Time certainly does wonders to people. 

    Anyhow, I think I should just lay back and relax, and try to live everyday with a great smile =)

  • Random

    • While it's still a bit early to call off the stat sheet, but i think i will log 130 trips this year.  I certainly bring new meanings to the term "frequent flyer"
    • the longer i had spent time in the so called world of business, the more i realise that so called technology, capital, and product are less important. Relationships, particuarly those with your partners and staff are what makes or breaks a company.
    • I am still waiting for the possibility of meeting someone special, but i am starting to think that i missed that window without noticing it.
    • Do you know what you want in life?  at times i am still pondering what the heck i am doing..  and i've just turnt 29.. not a good sign.

     

  • whereabouts

    I have been out of touch from this site for sometime, not because i dislike this site, but rather, the Chinese has actually blocked this site.  Anyhow, I won't know why they would do something like this, but o well, there are lots of things that governments do that I don't really understand.

    Nothing has really happened in my life lately, work is busy as usual, and new projects are coming along just fine.  Meaning new people is still a routine, not because I wanted to, but i guess I do possess some charm in me. 

    I have learnt many things through my experiences this year, one of them being that you can't clap if there's only one hand.  One needs a feedback before anything can progress, in both business and personal life.  One can't push things that aren't meant to be, might as well just lay back and enjoy what is offered instead.

    And once again, winter is coming to us very soon, and I don't even know what i did this year.  Ultimately, I want to be able to look back this year, and felt significant improvement of myself, but nothing yet.  Not even a tiny thing that I felt I have accomplished, other than maybe breaking the Guiness Record of Attendance in Weddings, some 40 this year, and I still got a couple coming, the last one is going to be held in Taipei on the 28th of December.

    some good news is that i will be the godfather of a kid called Marcus very soon, and i do wish this little boy the best of my wishes, may he be as blessed as his parents and even more.  In addition, good luck to him too, by having a godfather like myself.  hahaha

     

  • I don't care

    maybe as times go on, there are less and less things we care about.  All the nonsense that we once thought were important ten years are just meaningless incidents on the way..

    But we do get more stubborn on things we care for, we are unwilling to yield our principles and our core beliefs..

    that's growing up.

  • Vanity, my favourite game

    This is maybe a fatal character flaw of mine.  However, my curiousity sometimes gets the best out of me. 
     
    Ever wonder how a person would act under a certain scenario and setting?  How a person would react to temptations and various environment?  I often do.  As a result, the evil side of me sometimes would craft settings that would invite and tempt people to do things that they usually won't do.  This sick mind of mine would offer something that that particular person want, either be some sayings or some material rewards, and then let the event take on its own course.  The consequences of these scenario are usually pointless to me, for these are so called tests in my view.  It would take some effort to be within my inner circle, and since time is limited these days, I will have to take certain actions that would put trust as the bet.  However the result is of nonmaterial to me, but I do appreciate the view of humanity under pressure and temptation.  
     
    Such display of vanity is not of something to be shameful about, for  I, myself, is no saint, and with a certain reward hanging in the goal, i may do things that I usually won't do.   We all have a certain price, be it a material, status, fame, or love, if someone can offer something truly dear to us in exchange for something we currently possess, how and what will we do?
     
    Anyhow, as I get older andnot necessarily wiser, i have come to the conclusion that while curisousity will always be there, but it probably is not a good idea to test out the vanity in people around me for two reasons.  First being no one is perfect and though actions speak louder than word, there's no gain for me to know these things. Last but least, I am no saint in the first place, thus what makes me a judge of others' character andpersonality?
     
    till next time.

  • Puzzled

    In three months, I will be the godfather of the son of my best friend. Wow, just writing those words there gave me some headache.  Am I that old already?? Yesterday was the so called baby shower, and I had to be there to be a nice godfather of some sort, but I was truly disturbed by the items on display there..  Breast Pump?!!! damn!!!!

    So, instead of joining the so called baby talks, the guys decided to play Texas Hold'em instead.  Not sure whether it is nice to do, but we had fun..

    Anyhow, these are not important, but what's interesting is that when a girl (single) asked me to introduce some single available guys to her, I blanked out...  Of the names immediately popped out of my brain are names with already another name attached to them, and I was forced to realise the reality.  I am about the only few that was left standing in the relationship areana, the rest have retired..

    In another sector of my life, my career is doing well.  Startup will be getting its funding very soon, with revenue already have arrived during beta testing phase. So, progress in that side is ok.  I am also learning a lot from the family business, lots of places traveled (9 cities in the last 4 weeks, too lazy to post on xanga but they are on my msn space), lots knowledge to be acquired, and definitely lots of patience required working for my father (no one would ever believe how much i get paid from him).  Finally, I think I am going back to school, and if things go well, I should be studying in school 4 days a month to get my degree.

    all in all, my life is full, and maybe that will compensate the lack of romance..

    till next time.