Sweet Battle

I think I ate something wrong during lunch yesterday, and I started getting very sick in the afternoon.  I basically lived in the bathroom the whole evening, and even threw up.  Then I went to the hospital late at night and found out that I had a fever too.  I felt so weak.  There’s no energy in me, but the worse thing is I can’t eat.  I don’t feel like eating, and felt so tired.  Today, I was trembling and sweating, and slept most of the day.  I am better now, but still not 100 percent.  I don’t think I had ever felt so sick from eating something wrong.  I tried all kinds of food when I was in Taipei but didn’t felt sick once.  Now I am very worry to eat at the same restaurant again.

This is probably the best concert I had watched so far.  As expected, the songs were good.  The show was entertaining and the atmosphere was great.  And with Andy Lau as a guest, what else could you ask for.

It had been a real busy week leading up to today.  I had to sleep at the hotel for the past two nights, and worked unreasonable hours overtime.  When all is said and done, I did enjoy it.  Being part of such a big event is not something that happens everyday, and there were lots to learn from it.  This was the day to celebrate Holiday Inn Macau New Look & Diamond Casino Grand Opening.  Though the celebs that we invited were no one to be thrilled of, they were celebs nonetheless.  Honestly though, I didn’t have time to care about them.  After the event at our hotel, we went to the Macau Jockey Club.  That’s where I had a chance to have a better look at them, and take pics with a couple.

← Celebration at the entrance of our Casino

← At Macau Jockey Club

← 蔡一傑

← 洪天明

Met them 15 years ago when they were still nobody.  They came to the hotel to shoot today.  When I met them, one of them said I look familiar (I think it was Dino!).  I told him my name and he recognized my family name.  Then, afterwards, when I was standing there, they walked up to me and started asking me things.  They were speaking in English, and were very fluent.  This was probably the first time, a star/singer walked up to me and started talking.  He asked about some of my cousins, since they knew them.  Then they asked what is my sister’s name.  I told them and they didn’t remember.  They were trying to think and I said it’s been at least 15 years.  Then one of them said "Sshh.." since they didn’t want people to know how old they are.  When I was leaving, they were doing an interview.  I called Dino and told him I am leaving.  He waved and said bye, making it seems like we’ve known each other for a long time. Dino was more talkative, but both of them were very nice.  They were very "naughty", jumping around, making fun, and so on.  After today, I do like them more; but I guess I’ve always liked them, though not that much.  It’s like they are part of my memory growing up, thus, I wish they will do well.  It was really fun meeting them again, especially with them being so nice to me. =)

First, have to welcome some members to my family.  My little cousin, Nelson Sin, was born on January 2, 2006, and my third cousin, Ava Isabella Lie, was born on January 9, 2006.  Congrads to their proud parents.

Other than that, life itself is boring.  It only consists of work and home.  Really not doing much these days.  Next week would be my last week in Sales & Marketing.  On the 21st, our hotel would be having a big function.  Not looking forward to it since it will be a hectic day.  There will be lots of stars though, but none I am overly excited about.  The best ones would probably be Soler.  Still remember meeting them over 15 years ago when they were still nobody.  Other than that, work is alright.  Looking forward to going to my next department since I am not learning much here.

Planning to go to Taipei during Easter since I have 3 days off.  Probably will take another day and be there for 4 days.  Then at the end of October, hope to have a two-week trip to Toronto.  It’s really hard to take trips since I have so little vacation days.  Want to go to somewhere else but don’t wanna give up the chance to go back to T.O.  The next time I will probably go again is in 2008, or unless, I quit my job before that.  I have to see my dog, since I miss her too much.  Too bad I can’t send a ticket for her to fly back.  Then, of course, there are people I wanna see.

What else!  I think I am making too little.  With this pace, it will be so hard for me to save more money for downpayment.  If I don’t get a satisfy pay increase after my training, I really don’t think I will stay here for long.  The worse thing is knowing there are hotels out there that pay more, but don’t have the heart to go look.  I am not a person that like changes and would really prefer to stay at HIM.

2005!  Last year really went by fast.  To an extend, I am happy of what I had accomplished in the past year.  It seems that I have done more in 2005 than in the past few years combine.  Just a review!  I have quitted my job, moved back to Macau, traveled to Shanghai, Taiwan, Japan, Shanghai again, Beijing, Spain, London, Holland, and Belgium, and found a trainee job at an hotel.  I have truly gained a lot of happy experiences, but am I better off now?  I cannot say.  I think I can answer that question after another 6 months.  I really hope answer would be yes.

2006!I am quite certain that the first 6 months will go by routinely.  I think this year will really dictate my career.  I hope by the second half of the year, I will get to where I wanna be.  I still don’t know where that is, but I will use the first half to figure it out.  If I don’t figure it out by this year, I don’t think I ever will.  This year will be a year to open my eyes and grow up.

Third book by Dan Brown.  This one was alright.  It is quite similar to "Digital Fortress" in a way.  I am not disappointed, but not as excited as I read his first book.  I am giving myself a break before I start reading "Da Vinci Code", which I have high expections.  Hopefully, I won’t be disappointed.

Had been in Sales & Marketing for 2 and 1/2 weeks now, halfway through, and I am not too excited.  I had always known that this is not the department I wanna get into, since staying away from sales was my primary objective.  And of course, there are other reasons now.  I am coming down to the conclusion that there are two positions which I am interested in after my training.  One would be Reservation Manager, but the position is not available (I might feel different after actually being in that department).  The other would be Executive Assistant, which is secretary to the GM.  One of the biggest reason for me to stay in a post would be having a good direct supervisor, and our GM is one that I enjoy working for.  However, this position would probably not be available after another six months, which means I am very uncertain about my future here.  It seems like I am going to work everyday, looking forward to getting out of my current department.  In my perfect world, all my co-workers would be friendly and easy to get along with; however, I am living in the real world.  28 weeks is not a long time, but it seems eternal when all you are worrying about is what will happen on the 29th week.  Hopefully, I can last to that time.