it is 06 november 2016! a beautiful sunday, wearing my favorite stay real doremon t-shirt, grey pair of shorts and light blue sneakers. i am having a date with myself in a cafe, indulging in the moment and enjoying a cup of hot cappuccino. =)
it is quite a while since i last wrote a birthday blog. this year feels like i have reached another significant milestone in life, taking time to pause and look back. time has wings! it has been a crazy 7 years since i took the courage to create programme (tcc) on my birthday in 2009! recently, i have been reflecting on what had happened over the last 7 years. seems like yesterday, yet days just pass by. tcc had been a transformational experience, a reborn, disrupting whatever i had known or did not know about myself, pushing myself out of my comfort zone. it has not been easy, questioning the status quo, testing my limits, fighting with myself within and treading into an unknown future.
i remembered the fear and anxiety when i decided to join the leadership programme after tcc, uncertain of what was ahead. the 1 year plus programme was full of sweat and tears, emotional, destructing my current foundation and reconstructing a new one. the friendships built at that time became a strong support to me subsequently.
after the programme, i went back to cerebos, only to resign half a year later, giving myself a career break to catch up with the things i wanted to do. i travelled to nepal, worked in a bookstore and before starting on another internal audit job, got diagnosed with illness. the universe was giving me a second chance to relook again, although too big a surprise to me then. i went for treatments and from time to time, gradually accepting the reality. meanwhile, never expected myself to join a fashion e-commence company, yet timely and blessed to come by. i am still very much in touch with the colleagues, meeting up with them once in a while. i moved on to start a furniture rental company with kelvin, zhang yi and jada. it was an emotional entrepreneurial journey for the past 3 years, working with business partners, making decisions and constantly fighting with myself internally. we went through a lot and after evaluating the circumstances now, this is probably the best decision that we move on from here.
i am now working in the finance department of a media production company. back into the corporate world, but looking at things from a different perspective.
in a book i have read recently, called "the code of extraordinary mind", by the founder of mind valley, vishen lakhiani, he shares about the power of gratitude, appreciating the reverse gap, suggesting us to look backward, and appreciate how far we've come. as i looked back, i am appreciative of how far i have grown over the last 7 years, overcoming challenges, learning to be grateful for the little things in life, my friends and family and be at peace with myself. there are upsets along the way, serving as lessons to know myself better.
i start to meditate daily, after hearing about the benefits of meditation and experiencing a 10 days vipassana meditation retreat in taichung last year end. being present to my breath helps to clear the mind and keep myself in balance.
thank you for the perseverance and resilience to make things happen! i wish for myself to keep creating exciting adventures and experiences for the years ahead! happy birthday to me!
with love,
me
birthday lunch! korean cold noodles, naengmyeon! being craving about it! with fish cake!
lovely hot cappuccino!
enjoying my me time at assembly ground cafe!
interior decor with bicycles
wearing my favorite light blue sneakers! very comfortable!
can't help to take a picture of it!
selfie with doremon!
a timely quote from facebook!
