Monday, April 09, 2007
i feel alive again
Wow,
sure has been a while eh?
Don't even know who i'm talking to anymore since most of the people who ever visited this blog are probably pensioners by now.
Anyhows, it's been six months (+/-) since my last post, and I think the reason is largely cos the new job hasn't really worked out as well as I had hoped. It's not my colleagues, or the office environment, or the pay or even the future this time around. The Net's taking off in a big way, my colleagues are awesome, and er... shit... what was the other one again?
Oh yea, office environment. Smoky, but friendly.
No, it's the job.
I don't like the fact that I can't be myself 80% of the time. Yup. Hate it. Hate acting nice to people I hate, hate lying to people i like, and hate selling for a company that I don't believe in.
Oh well, just as well all my readers are pensioners, otherwise I might get fired very soon.
Actually, that might not be so bad since it's something that i've put off for various reasons over the past coupla months. This'll be the first time i quit a job outta guilt.
Yea, i'm feeling guilty since i don't work half as hard my excellent colleagues. I'm just not pumped about it i guess. And sales is a job where you make your own work. The more you call and follow up, the more proposals and presentations you do, the more money you get (hopefully)
I guess it's that last bit that sorta breaks the chain for me. I'm just not that interested in money. I remember telling my boss this before i joined, and he said "Think of it as a bonus". I can do that, except there's nothing else in this job that i can latch on to.
So.
What am I gonna do?
Well, as corny as it sounds, I have a dotcom idea that's gonna make me and two lucky friends millionaires.
Someday, this bit of Blogger.com will be a famous quote in WIRED magazine.
When that happens maybe I can ask them for a job :) You see, if this really pans out and I get rich beyond my wildest imagination, I won't splurge on a huge mansion. I'll take the money and live a normal life, but debt-free. Then I'll just spend my time doing stuff that I really really love. Like writing. And Voice overs for commercials. And spoiling some lucky lady.
Meanwhile in reality, I've just been working feverishly on this idea. It gets me damned excited everytime i think about it, and unfortunately, I can't reveal it just yet.
"oh my god, this guy is so deluded"
I heard that.
Just you wait.
sure has been a while eh?
Don't even know who i'm talking to anymore since most of the people who ever visited this blog are probably pensioners by now.
Anyhows, it's been six months (+/-) since my last post, and I think the reason is largely cos the new job hasn't really worked out as well as I had hoped. It's not my colleagues, or the office environment, or the pay or even the future this time around. The Net's taking off in a big way, my colleagues are awesome, and er... shit... what was the other one again?
Oh yea, office environment. Smoky, but friendly.
No, it's the job.
I don't like the fact that I can't be myself 80% of the time. Yup. Hate it. Hate acting nice to people I hate, hate lying to people i like, and hate selling for a company that I don't believe in.
Oh well, just as well all my readers are pensioners, otherwise I might get fired very soon.
Actually, that might not be so bad since it's something that i've put off for various reasons over the past coupla months. This'll be the first time i quit a job outta guilt.
Yea, i'm feeling guilty since i don't work half as hard my excellent colleagues. I'm just not pumped about it i guess. And sales is a job where you make your own work. The more you call and follow up, the more proposals and presentations you do, the more money you get (hopefully)
I guess it's that last bit that sorta breaks the chain for me. I'm just not that interested in money. I remember telling my boss this before i joined, and he said "Think of it as a bonus". I can do that, except there's nothing else in this job that i can latch on to.
So.
What am I gonna do?
Well, as corny as it sounds, I have a dotcom idea that's gonna make me and two lucky friends millionaires.
Someday, this bit of Blogger.com will be a famous quote in WIRED magazine.
When that happens maybe I can ask them for a job :) You see, if this really pans out and I get rich beyond my wildest imagination, I won't splurge on a huge mansion. I'll take the money and live a normal life, but debt-free. Then I'll just spend my time doing stuff that I really really love. Like writing. And Voice overs for commercials. And spoiling some lucky lady.
Meanwhile in reality, I've just been working feverishly on this idea. It gets me damned excited everytime i think about it, and unfortunately, I can't reveal it just yet.
"oh my god, this guy is so deluded"
I heard that.
Just you wait.
# posted by chak @ 10:35 pm 
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Hey Chak,
Came across your blog. We met during the Intel Prescott conference in Singapore. Loong time ago. We were both in CHIP, then.
...and yea, there is no such thing as
"Elephant dung cigarettes". :)
~Ashutosh
India
Came across your blog. We met during the Intel Prescott conference in Singapore. Loong time ago. We were both in CHIP, then.
...and yea, there is no such thing as
"Elephant dung cigarettes". :)
~Ashutosh
India
hahahah... yea i remember... we met in the van right? How ya been mate?
Amazing you still remember. It's been a good four years eh?
anyhows.. it's a pointless emo rant mate... if you enjoy reading it, be my guest :)
Amazing you still remember. It's been a good four years eh?
anyhows.. it's a pointless emo rant mate... if you enjoy reading it, be my guest :)
hey,
i am doing ok, i guess. ;)
We met during the conference itself. During the coffee/smoke break. :)
I remember because Marco D'Souza told me later that you had moved on to Stuff.
Yea, its been a good four bloody long years...sheesh.
Recently, chatted with the new editor at CHIP-MY. That's when i remembered meeting you and googled, "Chak CHIP Malaysia" hehe...
keep in touch.
(unfortunately, I don't get enough time to blog)
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i am doing ok, i guess. ;)
We met during the conference itself. During the coffee/smoke break. :)
I remember because Marco D'Souza told me later that you had moved on to Stuff.
Yea, its been a good four bloody long years...sheesh.
Recently, chatted with the new editor at CHIP-MY. That's when i remembered meeting you and googled, "Chak CHIP Malaysia" hehe...
keep in touch.
(unfortunately, I don't get enough time to blog)
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