Perhentian Island here I come
Perhentian Island...yes finally a much long awaited holiday....this time is not going on a holiday with 'the extended sister' and 'ex girlfriend' like we planned when we were in Phuket last year...but with my closest and my bestest mates. To an island, where there is the sand, the sun and crystal clear waters of the sea.
Well looking forward to that lar....and then start work in new company.....I can't wait to see what I can bring to this company......I have been telling myself I took a sebatical from main stream advertising and now I am coming back....hopefully with enough bang....
Well coming back to Perhentian......I have never had the opportunity in the previous years to actually go on a holiday simply because of 2 reasons....time and money.....travelling plans began only of late and there are so many places to go and to see.....Next year, there is this plan for a 9 day Europe trip with another friend. We were talking about it and boom!!! suddenly it became a plan...and yeah we now have 1 year to do proper research and planning for that trip. Just thinking about it, is making me anxious.
I do have plans of a short year end trip to Bangkok and visit a friend there. Then there is Miri also....so many places to go but still uncertain on whether it's achieavable within the year. I am happy lar now that I am able to have holidays in my head and that i can actually plan for one without worrying about how much it will cost me....
What is new
I recently had 3 job offers and all of which requesting me to join them. I think I have come to a stage in my career where I am actually sought after and that I can demand. I always believed in working hard and making loads of sacrifices to get to where I am today. Though unfortunately there are some people who tells me that my job is the kind where everyone also can pick up and do. Well that is true but what they do not see is that how many can stick to this job long enough or make it their career.
The kind of work I do is very simple. All I do is make the necessary preparations for a shoot and make sure the end product goes out on time. It may sound easy, but at this time of economic instability, everyone has limittations in budget and yet requires things way beyond their means. We always strive to provide the best and to make sure everyone is happy. By doing that we have to go through a whole lot of shit, unnecessary stress and the amount of hours invested just to make things happen. I believe not many people can actually work under these kind of requirements all their lives.
A lot of people do not see far enough to know what returns will it reap after sacrificing so long. A lot of young working adults these days only want to be in the comfort zone. Plenty are inexperience and yet they have enough balls to demand an expected salary that is more than what they deserve. I remember starting my first job with a 3 figure salary. Now, after 10 yrs I can demand a comfortable figure to live with and still pamper myself with. I am not saying I am earning millions but to me as long as I can pay off my bills and debts and at the same time pamper myself, that is success to me.
I am gonna make my comeback soon after 1 and half years of absence in the main stream. I am gonna start with a reputable photography studio in April and from there I will prove some people wrong with the perception they have on me and my job. I am looking forward to work my butt off again and have this satisfaction of producing campaigns for big multi national names. Another reason is to also get my self busy enough to forget a certain occasion with the certain somebody as everytime I remind myself , I get very sad, disappointed and angry. So the more work I fill my mind with the less I will think about it.
Before I start with my new job, I am gonna head to a well deserve annual holiday. This time is not with 2 people, whom we made plans to go every year but with a few of my best and closest friends. Perhentian Island is our destination of relaxation, fun, laughter and a whole lot of drinking. 11 more days to go that is.
I am planning to get back to road biking and that is one of my wish list for the year 2010. Once i get the bike, I am planning to go for an everyday exercise regime. Swimming, cycling and futsal. At least one per day though Futsal is already set for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. The rest will have to play by ear. Another wishlist for 2010 is to change my 11 year old Proton Iswara. i have been eyeing the Honda Civic since late February and the plan is to get a 2 year old second hand Honda Civic unless some other interesting car pops up in front of me and interests me. Home improvement is also in my wishlist. I am looking to put plenty of photo frames on my empty wall which in that state for 2 and half years, get a bookshelf, 42 inch lcd tv and if I have extra cash, new sofas.
So there you go. Some of those things that has been happening to me. Will be writing more on the next post
It's me again still up in the wee hours
For the past 3 months, my sleep time seem to get later and later into the night or rather into the early hours of the morning. I know I have had sleeping problems for a long time already but this time, it's getting worse....I do not think going to the doctors will help as the very few occasions I went to seek medical advice, they all say the same damn thing...."Maybe you are overworked or too stressed out". So yeah I do not utterly believe that the Docs can actually help.
After much thinking, I think I have come to a conclusion that whenever I am sad or disappointed, I don't get to sleep. Why? I believe I am being punished. I really don't have the answers to this problem of mine. I guess what I can only do is to live with it. The only hope I have to improve this...hmmm...cannot sleep shit.... is for me to be happy...but right now I am not happy. I try to keep myself occupied so that I do not think of a lot of nonsense. Still it haunts me. Maybe I just freaking deserve this.
On lighter note, its 21 more days to my well deserved holiday with a bunch of people who are closest to me. I am so looking forward to this trip. Who knows after this trip, I will be refreshed and then things will start to get better. I really hope so...I am wishing that it will. The Perhentian Island is our paradise destination for 4 days. My ideal holiday, sitting by the beach, a nice cold beer in my hand, the smell of the ocean or sea, the hot sunny day and the breeze blowing into your face and watch the world go by.....Thinking of it sometimes makes me happy for just a little while.
Right after the trip, I am gonna be starting my new job with a new company. I am excited but yet a little worried. Excited because I am getting a much better offer. Worried that my current bosses will not let me go. I don't want to stay any longer. I don't want my reputation in the industry to be destroyed because of the mentality you all possess. I wanna produce and deliver good works for the industry, I want to be respected and I want to prove to that somebody that the idea in that person's head about my career is wrong.
Itis time for me to sign off now. I am gonna watch a certain English Football team loose in a European Competition...Kepping my fingers cross..
Clubbing
It has been sometime since the last time I went clubbing. I was club hopping yesterday night from one club to another and well as usual clubbing would equate back to alchohol and dancing and meeting new people. Well I did meet new people, drank some alchohol and dance away to the tunes played by the DJ. After that one night of well letting loose, I finall came to a conclusion that I am getting a little old for this shit. I woke up with some pain on my ankles well due to the fact that I have old injuries on it because of excessive football.
So after all that I think I am just gonna go a little slower on the dancing. I now prefer to sit in a bar with good music ( not loud ), have a couple of pints and strike good conversations. That way I don't have to sweat like a pig after the dancing and then start wiping my sweat off.
Well here's to clubbing.....
