Hi
It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I've no reason to come back here and post something actually, it's just that I figured I had a few things to say and share and it would be nice for me to put it down.
So what's been happening? For starters, I'm engaged now! I proposed to my girlfriend on 31 December 2013 and we're going to get married and the end of this year. So right now, there's quite a mess going on, trying to sort out where the weddings will be and who's attending and what's happening in general.
Weddings here are huge apparently. Her family wants a 1,500 person wedding. Which ... seems really out of this world. Personally, both of us were only planning to have a quiet 150 person wedding - perhaps in Bali or Singapore, or a nice destination wedding. Of course though, the family wants none of that, and thus, things are now under the control of my future mother-in-law :'(
How's work? Work's been pretty good... I'm now managing the business development of the company. Before that, I was managing the operations... but apparently I am more inclined to doing business and well, have been given this position. Given that I'm in a non-revenue generating start up, most of my work revolves around cutting out new partnerships, and potential clients. Which is pretty fun, but because it's never been done before here and in the way we're doing it, there's really no benchmark or best practice to follow. It's very "do what you want, just get the deal done".
I still play poker though, although not as much as I would like to play. I don't really have much time, and even less now with the wedding and work happening.... sometimes I still dream of poker, or just wish I could have a couple of days off to play poker. But idle days off are a thing of the past, I either traveling somewhere, or have friends around, or something is happening - so holidays aren't really restful...
Life has been very good to me. I've been lucky and fortunate to have what I have today... but sometimes, you want a little bit more. But I think, regardless of what I have, I'll always want more, but I'll always try and remember, that you have achieved what you've achieved, not because of who you are, but because fortune favors you.
Yes... I still listen to music :)
Maybe I'll see you in a month or so... I plan to keep a blog of this wedding process planning.
Things that I have learnt
1. Mother-in-laws that don't like you, can and will still get excited about weddings
2. Wedding planners charge a hell of a lot of money
3. If you push yourself hard enough ,night and day, weekend and weekday all blur together and your only friend is coffee and cigarettes....
It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I've no reason to come back here and post something actually, it's just that I figured I had a few things to say and share and it would be nice for me to put it down.
So what's been happening? For starters, I'm engaged now! I proposed to my girlfriend on 31 December 2013 and we're going to get married and the end of this year. So right now, there's quite a mess going on, trying to sort out where the weddings will be and who's attending and what's happening in general.
Weddings here are huge apparently. Her family wants a 1,500 person wedding. Which ... seems really out of this world. Personally, both of us were only planning to have a quiet 150 person wedding - perhaps in Bali or Singapore, or a nice destination wedding. Of course though, the family wants none of that, and thus, things are now under the control of my future mother-in-law :'(
How's work? Work's been pretty good... I'm now managing the business development of the company. Before that, I was managing the operations... but apparently I am more inclined to doing business and well, have been given this position. Given that I'm in a non-revenue generating start up, most of my work revolves around cutting out new partnerships, and potential clients. Which is pretty fun, but because it's never been done before here and in the way we're doing it, there's really no benchmark or best practice to follow. It's very "do what you want, just get the deal done".
I still play poker though, although not as much as I would like to play. I don't really have much time, and even less now with the wedding and work happening.... sometimes I still dream of poker, or just wish I could have a couple of days off to play poker. But idle days off are a thing of the past, I either traveling somewhere, or have friends around, or something is happening - so holidays aren't really restful...
Life has been very good to me. I've been lucky and fortunate to have what I have today... but sometimes, you want a little bit more. But I think, regardless of what I have, I'll always want more, but I'll always try and remember, that you have achieved what you've achieved, not because of who you are, but because fortune favors you.
Yes... I still listen to music :)
Maybe I'll see you in a month or so... I plan to keep a blog of this wedding process planning.
Things that I have learnt
1. Mother-in-laws that don't like you, can and will still get excited about weddings
2. Wedding planners charge a hell of a lot of money
3. If you push yourself hard enough ,night and day, weekend and weekday all blur together and your only friend is coffee and cigarettes....
