Archive for May 19th, 2007

Personal, Meet-ups, Friends, Food, Birthdays

Dinner at Waterlily

Earlier this week we met up at Waterlily in Puchong for dinner. A birthday cake was bought too.

Dinner at Waterlily | Narrowband.org
Can you spot the posers? :p

We sat outside and dined watching the beautiful sunset. The table was quite small, so we all sat hip-to-hip, which was still OK until the food arrived.
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The Jobseekers’ Dilemma Strikes Again

Jobseekers' Dilemma Strikes Again | Narrowband.org There is an important decision to be made. One which could potentially determine which industry I’ll be in for the next 30-40 years of my life. I am now smacked right in between university life and working life, and I have mixed feelings about being where I am. The various possible routes seem promising in their own right, and I’m hearing and reading this same line more than ever before: “It all depends on what you want (to do) in life”. Frankly, sometimes I even feel a tinge of regret for having applied for more than one position. But that’s really what everyone does these days - it’s an art of survival in this unforgiving rat race.

The interview experiences have been invaluable. There is much to learn from each interview opportunity, which is useful for future interviews. I have, however, stopped applying after realizing the complications I’m throwing myself into. Salary is obviously taking a backseat here, because if I were to decide based solely on that criterion, my life would be so much simpler. I wish I had someone to turn to for advice, someone like Isaac Mendez who could paint the future. By the way, I came across an interview by Guy Kawasaki with Penelope Trunk, titled Career Guidance for This Century. It’s a great interview, although I disagree with the Sexual Harassment part (#3).
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