I have been meaning to write about supersticious for some time because this topic is in my mind in and out and in again.
I hate being supersticious..I don’t like to lead my life with some untrue beliefs. But despite of all my efforts, I’m still supersticious. I believe that something that I do, or said could lead to something else. Some things or some actions could lead to certain luck or events.
Take a simple supersticious - it is bad luck to open an umbrella indoor. I am well aware that it is not true, it is because it’s dangerous that opening umbrella indoors may injure someone. But still I will never open an umbrella indoors. I know! Crazy right?
I won’t walk pass under scaffoldings, or under ladder.. I look at black cats with suspicions…
Sometimes I even invent a superstition of my own. A classic nyanya’s superstition is perfume. A perfume can give me luck or the opposite. For example, if I wore a perfume and something bad happened, I swear that I will lay my hands off that perfume. Eventhough it is a very expensive perfume and I just wore it once. But if I wore a perfume and it brings me good days, not so much good luck, I will wear it over and over again, and buy it again until they didn’t produce it anymore.
I like to try on another perfume, but I always have this dilemma when I took this new bottle of perfume and thinking do I want to risk my good day today? I know! Crazy!
Problem is, my so-called good perfume has finished.. So I must put on new perfume tomorrow. We’ll see what will happen. Wish me luck!
Nowadays, with time flies so fast, so many things to handle, crisis here and there.. we tend to forget to acknowledge. It’s very easy to ask for something, but not to acknowledge when you get what you want. Acknowledgement can be done easily by a simple “Thank you”. Even the acknowledge word itself can be used. For example, I acknowledge your help in fixing my computer.
People tend to shy away when they acknowledge someone. I’m sure that if you do something good to someone, deep down, that person appreciate your kindness. But knowing this is not enough. We must acknowledge the helping hands to know that they are appreciated. In other word, we must voice out our appreciation of someone. Don’t assume that the person knows you thank him/her. Voice out. Say Thank you often. Even for no reason. Just say thank you.
Thinking back, I did not grow up in an acknowledgement environment. We just “know” that our parents are happy. We assume that they are proud of us. We assume that they know how much we love them and appreciate what they have done. Voicing out is not a thing in our house.
Being in France, I found that people acknowledge other people very often. The word “Merci” overflows everywhere. In the house, in the shops, at dinner table, at work, at school.
I blame it on the language. In Malaysia, it’s hard to say “Terima Kasih”. It’s not like “Merci”, or “Thanks” or “Ta” or “Danke” or “Grazie”. So you see… one word is the key. Is this true? or am I just looking for a reason.
But what about Japanese.. they have “Arigato Gozaimasu”. And any other languages?
Anyway, in whatever languages they are. We should never forget to acknowledge people surrounding us. Make them know that you appreciate them. Once you appreciate people, people will appreciate you back.
Start acknowledge now!
Wassup yall… hehehe
Sunday night now and I’m bracing myself for the next 5 days at work. That brings me to the title of this entry. I am bad at following the authority at work, but yet again I am good at following rules. Confuse? yes me too.. hahaha
I think I like to be my own ruler. Set up my own way of doing things and I want things going my way. Well, who doesn’t?
Anyway, I am OK if someone exercise his or her power fairly. I, for one, am not into exercising my power to show my authority. If I am a leader, I could see myself getting down into the dirt, roll up my sleeves and join my sub-ordinates. Could this means I’m losing my point of authority? I don’t think so. Do good to others and they will be good to you. That is my belief. My petpeeve is when someone tries to show that he/she has the authority just because the title says so, but they did not earn it.
As I said before, I am bad at following my leader. I think part of it because I am independent in what I do. A lot of time, at work I would do what I seem good for myself and the company of course, but not to my leader.
I don’t like to run to my boss when I have issue. I want to handle it myself. I don’t like to complain to my boss, but I would rather face the issue and offer solution. Some people might prefer to go through the boss, then the boss with bring it up to the big boss. Not me. I would bring the matter to the person with real authority and power. Hahaha… That is why and I notice it, that I often ‘disrespect’ my immediate boss. But no harm done. Problem is solved faster, just at the price of my immediate boss’s pride.
So far, I can count with 2 fingers, my bosses who I catagorized as effective managers. The rest.. FAIL! They want you to report to them, be the first to hear your complain, and hopes it does not leak out to the big boss.
I’m whining about this because it happened to me that instead of getting praised for my good work, I was blamed due to my boss’s ignorance in the matter. He was angry that he was not the first person to know about the good news. What the haaiirr?
Anyway, things never end with me 
I always have things up my sleeves. If they think everything is smooth sailing with me, then they are wrong.
Keep up with me, or else.. see ya!
Long live middle management!
Oh dear.. It’s monday and i don’t feel like starting anything or doing anything.
It seems not fair for Monday that most of us feel this way. Is it because of lazy Sunday?
In that case we shouldn’t be lazying around on Sundays? ggrrrr
Weekend is always amazing. I think the only unamazing about my weekend so far is when I stayed in Brussels and do house chores.
Last weekend was great. I went to Disneyland Paris with 2 KIKA colleagues. This morning as I took the same route as last saturday morning, I’m re-living the moment.
I barely slept due to excitement.
The train was at 7:30 and I’m up and about at 4am already. Took shower, and got sandwiches and brownies prepared the night before.
at 6:30 am i’m already at the train station hahaha
Anyway, it’s lucky that i don’t live in Paris. Otherwise I would go to disney every weekend!!! hahaha
If i have the disney passport then the expensive part is the train tix huhu
it’s after lunch now.. oh dear dear.. i really don’t feel like doing any work. I just wanna go out in the sun and play!
While at Disney, we were imagining what it is like to work at the Disneyland. I’m sure that you will not look at the place the same way. Would I have Monday blues? I think I would like to work at the shops. You are never alone anyway. There are always enough people at the shops. So what kind of trouble you could get. Yeah you got some kids stealing for sure. And I don’t think that they put barcode detector at the shops. but then who cares.. it’s not your sweets anyway haha..
I always have this thought of working at Disney each time I got back from that place. If only I am a student and living in Paris, then I would want to work there.
Heck, even to pick up garbage, doesn’t matter
hahah this is how low my motivation today! hahahaha
oh well..