What makes holiday special? For some, it’s the family reunion, tradition or secret receive. For others, it may be religious, political, or professional association. For me, holiday is usually travel time. I’ve had a motorcycle tour of Santiago, Chile; biked around country side of Cuba and helped harvest pineapples & tasted the sweetest ever; ate …
Category Archives: Joy
塞翁失馬焉知非福 Good or Bad Luck?
Booked 4:30am pickup for Tikal; it was raining and I standee at the street corner under a bulb, the only bright spot for 45min, didn’t see a tour bus stop or pass. Tried several times, finally got somebody on the call who claimed the driver didn’t see me (really?). He promised to pick me up …
Saving?
Jet blue is my favorite US airline. Why? I like its fun crew and they ‘generously’ give snacks, e.g. bags of chips, cookies vs. tiny pieces, peanuts or nothing at other airlines. Honestly, how much can the snack cost? Also, jet blue is the only airline that voluntarily issue voucher for the flight delay or …
Big Week
What a week! Launched Mobile app and supporting program, working on AI-light model/ experiment design, prep and hosted the quarterly steering meeting to plan for 2020. Everything is on top of each other, long day every day…yet, we made it! What I’ve learned over the course, besides business and product knowledge, are… 1) manage stress, …
Progress
Mobile app went live! 3 systems launched in 1y, 70%+ partner access, 45%+ PO handling, 100 million+ words processed…an impressive progress and it’s just the beginning! I sent out a group email to inform teams the product release and appreciate the efforts. Usually meetings are about the challenges, what’s not available or shall be improved …
Relax
Happy December! My goal this month is to ‘relax’…(really?) I had a doctor visit and blood test, fortunately, nothing serious though my hormone is low. The potential cause may be stress, nutrition, and exercise. The few months have been very busy at work (long hours, lots of changes, and full of ‘(at)tension’) so what happened …
Blessing
I walked to the park with mom in the early morning and saw a group of people dance (exercise) with the music. Later, I saw 4-5 mid-aged women walked, chatted, and laughed with each other while carrying fresh vegetables purchased near-by. Simple joy and blessing! What a great start of the day~
A Great Job!
At yoga practice, the instructor said today’s class would be continuous flow. We will decide when to go to child pose (whenever we need a rest). After an intense session, he complimented us and asked each of us to ‘congratulate’ ourselves for a great job done. He is right, we are usually generous to give …
Tension => Communication
Had a ‘drama’ of meeting prep…after ‘cool-down’, I saw how it started, in my head: I was the initiative lead, why she sent a meeting agenda without consulting me? In her head: I was a new comer, she followed the ‘book’, and got approval from her boss, why I wanted to change now? I reached …
Energy
After an intense yoga practice, everybody was exhausted on the floor, the instructor said…think of your energy, you probably used 10% right now, where do you want to spend the rest of your energy today? Would you rather to spend on love, kindness or anger, hate…pretty ‘easy’ choice, right? Spend energy on what we want …