Sweet Battle

The 12th book I’ve read of Jimmy, and many more to go!

This book is about a four friends at Princeton, with one of them being obsessed with an ancient book.  I don’t understand about all the fuss over a book and how it had so much hidden in it.  Other than that, the story was good and it kept you wanting to find out what is going to heppen next.

My title had been changed again.  I am now Assistant Revenue Manager.  I actually have my own office which is not bad.  I am trying to get use to my new duties, and so far, it hasn’t been bad.  I think I can enjoy my work, but still working my way up.

Other than work, I will start school in May.  Really looking forward to it.

Life had been the usual stuff.  Have been reading a lot lately and there are still so many books I wanna read.  I think I am going crazy since most of the time, all I wanna do is read.

The weather here is getting very humid and I hate it.  Everything is so wet and damp.  We always have to keep the de-humidifier on.  I find it so strange that in Canada, we need a humidifier and here, we need a de-humidifier.  Can’t things just balance themselves out?  An I have an everlasting flu.  I am alright except for a continuous running nose.  I think I had it for almost 2 months now.

Nothing much is happening.  I am now only looking forward to my trip to Taipei.

This one is another typical book of Jimmy; interesting to see the text along with the pictures.  His books have many unique views on loneliness, and are worth reading.

This one is a continuous story; the type I like.  You can feel the sadness in the story, thus showing what a good job Jimmy did.  This is the 10th book I have read of his; he had written 26 books so far, plus one coming out soon.  I am really looking forward to the one coming out since it is a continuous story too.

This book is make up of postcards; each page is a message written to a friend or loved one.  I don’t find this one particularly interesting, since I don’t see the points in some of the messages.

This book is about wall street bankers going to China looking for investment opportunities.  It tells of their struggles with the Chinese culture and the way that Chinese works.  As I have experiences with both cultures, I understand the difficulties that they are facing.  China had really came a long way, and I think it still have a lot of catching up to do.

This one consists of many short writings and some of it are quite good.  I especially like one of them which I am gonna post shortly.  This book have different views on love and relationship, which you can relate to.

Starting on Monday, my title will officially be changed to Revenue Management Coordinator.  To me, it’s just a title and I really don’t care if the word Manager is there.  I am feeling pressured, but most of it is self inflicted.  I was repeatedly told to relax and take it step by step; but I am really not confident in my new post.  With this new post, there will be a few trainings coming up.  First, I will be going to Chengdu at the end of Apr for 3 or 4 days for a training course.  Then, in June, I will be going to Hainan Island (Sanya) for a week where I will be attending a conference.  I guess the trips are the good part.  Then on the personal side, I will be going to Taipei from Apr the 12th to 16th; really looking forward to it.  I hope to plan another short trip in the summer months, maybe to Singapore or Malaysia.  I have to save my vacation days for a 2 weeks trip to Toronto as well.  Why can’t I have more vacation days?

Other than that, I have been admitted to Master of Arts in Hospitality Management offered by Birmingham University, in conjunction with Macau University of Science & Technology.  Just over 2 years from now  I will be getting my Master Degree; really looking forward to it.  Not looking forward to the tuition fee though.  The worst thing is I have to pay the whole HKD$69,000 in one lump-sum.

I think that is all that’s happening in my life.

Today is our hotel’s staff party.  The theme of the night was ‘National Costume’.  It was fun and enjoyable; and I did have a good time.  A few hours where I can take my mind off work and all the pressure that I’ve been feeling lately.  A lot of the shows and games were very funny.