A roller coaster ride this week for the A initiative. We achieved the milestone target ahead of schedule. Before having time to celebrate or take a break, we ran into system performance and capacity issues, on top of that, accidental system shutdown. No question of the stress to teams and long hours of works yet …
Category Archives: Kindness
Buffer
I have a conference starting at 9AM today. Compared to a normal (working) day, it’s 1hr later start and I don’t need to make breakfast at home yet I decided to get up at 6AM as usual. When I took out the vest I plan to wear, there were 2 big folding marks on the …
Customer Service
I love Trader Joe’s, not only for its unique and often-refreshing selection of goods but also (more) for its excellent service/ staffs. Let me share with you 2 recent experiences… A few weeks ago, I was at a store and overheard 2 young staffs talking about a colleague who got promoted and will be moving …
WoW, What a Fortune!
I went home opening the fridge…WoW, a food truck just landed with 10 boxes of food. My roommate said his company had a welcome new employee party; nobody wanted to take the ‘left-over’ food home so he did. I was at the restroom of a public library. A young woman came in and left her …
9/11
I noticed flag half way while having lunch with 2 young colleagues A and C. I asked why and was suggested (A guessed) in memory of 9/11. It has been 18 years yet it’s still vivid. A and C said 9/11 had ‘forever’ changed America. They were in elementary school then. A remembered worrying about …
Do the Right Thing
There was a big pine tree in my neighborhood. Somebody digged the roots out and left it there for weeks. Half of the leaves was brown/ dried out, the other half was still green and fighting. I walked pass it many times until 8/25, a week before I’ll move out. I got to do something… …
緣份Yuan Fan
A and I met a little over a year ago at Toastmaster district conference. At that point, I newly moved to the area and came to the conference for the 1st time wanting to learn more about a new district and make new friends. A and I sat next to each other and hit right …
First Time
My roommate and I craved for dumplings. Instead of going out or buying frozen ones, we decided to make ourselves from scratch (with flour, leek, egg, green bean noodle). She is confident of her rolling skill and I’m proud of my craft of dumpling making, learned from dad when growing up. It’s my 1st time …
Humor
I attended Constant Contact Sales & Marketing Toastmaster meeting in 8/14/19 and had a great time~ Good speakers, supportive environment, and creative twists, e.g. humor workshop, facilitated audience evaluation. The speaker of humor workshop said ‘If you don’t laugh yourself, somebody else will’, everybody laughed. It’s humor in action and ‘double’ bonus – making you …
Disagreement
I told mom I want to join a Meetup group for camping this weekend. The weather forecast is good, the campsite is in a popular town in Maine, and the organizers are very kind to lend me a tent. I plan to read or walk around while people go paddling and there will be a …