One of the significant moments of the month was the marathon event in Sihanouk Ville. I went there with Thyna and Sgnuon, the old companions back to the trip to Siem Reap last year.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Me of the Month - Mar 2015
One of the significant moments of the month was the marathon event in Sihanouk Ville. I went there with Thyna and Sgnuon, the old companions back to the trip to Siem Reap last year.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
New Try: Le Diplomat Cafe, Plus a good chat with an old friend
I went to see the International Speech Contest conducted by PUC last two weeks and met Kosal again after I decided not to continue going to Toastmaster. It has been more than one year, and we hadn't had a good talk since then, not to mention that we met. He is still very friendly as he used to be. We talked about this and that, things at work, things about past relationships and some valuable philosophies in relationship and life. The conversation went on uninterruptedly and we continued talking for more than three hours. God! It was more than 3 hours, the whole afternoon! That's quite a long talk, undoubtedly we touched each other more deeply in personal topics. So nice to have such a good friend.
Regrettably, we didn't take any photo.
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.03.21
09:55pm
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
A brief note drafted at tax dept
Here I am now in the Tax Department in Chamkarmorn. This was a day of tax declarations, a damn tiring job to do on a monthly basis. (sigh) I am thinking when I don't have to do such jobs, sitting anxiously among other people waiting for the returns to be signed and the receipts to be issued.
We have not got e-filing yet which would ease out the tension arising out of the moment waiting for it to be done and the tough communication with the tax officers.
Life of an accountant is boring and full of anxiety and worrisome. I don't know if I really like it. It is tough enough, boring enough, and stressful enough to discourage me sometimes, but I don't know what else I may like doing.
Cheers for being an accountant! My choice, my fate!
Jocelyn
2015.03.17
16:15pm
Monday, March 16, 2015
New Try - E&M Coffee
Just explored a new place for coffee in BKK last Saturday with a new friend, Ricky.
The environment was cozy and it had a quite new interior design. ^^
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.03.16
13:10pm at office
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Little Eau de Toilette
Thanks for the little gift, 大哥!Your gifts have always been so special and nice.
Received on Sunday afrernoon at Costa Coffee BKK.
Love,
Jocelyn
2015.03.03
10:05pm
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Bangkok and Pattaya – 5 Days 4 Nights During Chinese New Year 2015
Cheer for more travels, more activities, more outings, more adventures.
Crazily,
Jocelyn
2015.02.20
9:57 pm
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Lai See
A Lai See from my workplace, the third one I have ever received from the company.
By today, I have worked there for 2 years, 4 months and 12 days. Time flies....
And now sth triggers me to move on... Anyway, will wait and see.
Happy Chinese New Year 2015!
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.02.12
19:42pm
P.S just a note. This little tree is belonged to Mala. :D
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Exam Result Day - Completion of ACCA (F - Level)
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Afternoon Conversation
In a group of three friends, one boy and two girls, they were talking the love story of the boy. You know what? The boy and one of the girls used to be in relationship but broken up and back to being friends. The girl was still in love with the boy although she has tried another two relationships since then. All failed. She is now single, and is now listening the story how her ex is chasing another girl. Literally they are now just friend, but emotionally she is still having a feeling connected to him.
When the boy was describing the story, he only looked at the other girl without maintaining any eye contact with his ex. She though has been keeping an eye on him at all times while he was speaking and started to feel ignored and taken for granted. It seemed that she was not there or she was an extra existence.
For around more than half an hour, she could not bear with it and poured out what she was not contented. They did notice that she was sad and saw the tear behind her eyeballs.
Nothing she said abt it and allowed them to go on. She was not good at communicating negative feelings. Then at the end of the day she found herself so depressed after meeting the two friends.
Things are going on in her mind. Why does she still have such a feeling for this boy as they have broken up for almost three years? She feels that she is an unpleasant person to be with. She feels failure. She feels down and depressed...
What should she do now?
Jocelyn
2015.02.03
20:45pm
Sunday, February 1, 2015
The Conditions of Being Generous
Generosity has conditions and timing. We cannot be very generous at all times and assist anyone asking help from us or give out money to people without knowing where the money goes and how it is spent.
Someone criticized me when I post a comment on fb saying 'I normally don't give out money to beggars on the street.' He said that I should have a good heart and give out money to those beggars who cannot self sustain. I suddenly felt blamed. I was blamed that I didn't have a heart good enough to care for others. Perhaps I used to be so that embedded this thinking in him. Undoubtedly he thinks so as he has never seen me handing even a hundred riels to a beggar I suppose.
It's true that normally I don't give money to beggars on the streets as I don't wanna support them in this way. What if they simple feel motivated to just continue to beg for living? What if there is someone manipulates them to beg money and benefits the villains behind the scene? I really don't like helping in this way. First I don't know if I am really helping them. Second I don't feel I have actually helped them from their current situation. I have seen the same girl begging of the street every morning at a traffic light. I don't think I will help her out by just giving money to her every day. That's actually destroying her. And that's what I meant of not giving money to the beggars on the streets.
Generosity is conditioned. It is conditioned to the kind of people who we should help and at the time when we should help. I regret that I have not helped many people until now. I will when I can from this second onward if it is apparently for good cause.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Reflection on myself
Books I Read in Jan 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
10 Floors' Walk
Perhaps I felt too bad that I was late or perhaps I was not patient enough to wait for the lift, something urged me to go for the staircase. 'Hey, but the workshop hall is at the 10th floor! Are you serious?!' I was asking myself. 'Well, it is not a big deal. I am strong enough to climb 10 floors with my heels!' Then I went for the challenge.
'Cool.' I made my way to the 10th floor. It exhausted me somehow, but it was really not a big deal, not a big physical challenge, I can say. With ease.
Guess what? After the workshop I decided not to choose the lift to go down. Again, I climbed down the stair! What I can say was 'Wow'. I loved the feeling of climbing stairs! If only I was wearing sneakers! Heels are not good to climb stair anyway.
It is the first time I have been climbing stairs to 10th floor. I think this is the highest floor I have ever climbed. If possible, I will climb higher and higher next time. Just hope that I will not look silly or stupid anyhow by the bystanders. lolzzz..
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.30
9:58pm
Monday, January 26, 2015
High school certificate and some self reflection
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Old House
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Half Way Through My Third 30-day Challenge
New Environment At Work from Jan 8, 2015
Monday, January 12, 2015
Imagine...
Imagine the I was strolling with my shoes off and opening my arms to embrace the very nature in the secluded area from the noisy world. Imagine that I can leave everything behind and live a very simple yet self-fulfilling and full life seeing the green and smelling its sweetness.
Imagine that I was chasing a dog, running hand in hand with someone I love so much that I don't wanna let go of, barbecuing on the beach late in the evening, dancing around the sparkling fire, sipping cocktail, and counting the stars. If only for one day, imagine that we were that the whole day, chatting, giggling, laughing, warming each other and relaxing under the blanket of nature.
Life can be this romantic and worryfree......
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.12
10:09 pm
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Work Challenge
No matter the situation will be, I will embrace changes and welcome challenges. After every drop of tear, I will be back on my feet and smile and appreciate every lesson I will learn from every given opportunity. Thanks to my mentor today who has always by my side although she is on maternity leave. Thanks for my accounting team members who have contributed their good parts in the year-end closing. Thanks to my FM who has given me the opportunity to be independent. Thanks for my colleagues who have given me so many harsh challenges.
Finally I must appreciate myself again for being strong and maintaining a happy mood through the process. Life will be dull without tears and challenges.
A better tomorrow is on its way.
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.07
9:25 pm
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
First 30-Day Challenge Now Due - Writing articles for my blog
Twas inspired to go back to my writing preference and so I undertook the first 30-day challenge as advised by the speaker. To summarize, since then I have written and posted 17 articles including this one. Not so good, but not too bad. I will continue writing articles for my blog as mirror for self-reflection, as a diary to record fun and happy moments, as a forum to share great ideas from the books I have been reading which is my second 30-day challenge.
I will see how many articles I will have been written by end of December 2015. Given the time constraint after starting the new term, I will learn to manage my time for this first challenge (writing blogs), second challenge (reading good books), third challenge (morning biking and evening gym), the challenge of the P levels of ACCA and the challenge at work. Most importantly, I will make time for my family and dear friends.
It is not ended here. I will be thriving and build this great habit for the rest of my life.
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.06
10:31 pm
Monday, January 5, 2015
The Third 30 Day's Challenge - Morning Biking
It was not too dark. The people in the small canteen near my house was already preparing the food for their customers who would be arriving and having breakfast before getting off to work and school. Some were driving on the road rushing to deliver vegetable and foodstuff to the retailers at the local traditional market. The waiters and waitresses at the cafe and restaurant were preparing to welcome their first customer of the day.
I was riding my Bikey inhaling the freshest air of the day. It was so refreshing and I felt energized and romantic with the soft, relieving music from my earphones. I arrived at the riverside in front of the Royal Palace at 6:30am, stopped and did some stretchings. It was so relaxing to embrace the wind from the river and to appreciate the sunray hidden behind the cloud far at the horizon of the other side of the river. With regret, I was not there until the sun bathed on me due to time constraint.
It took me 25 minutes to bike from my house to the riverside. I plan to spend one hour every morning to bike to the riverside to inhale the fresh air of the day.
This marks a successful first day trying. I appreciate myself that I give myself one hour to spare with this life-improving activity; I appreciate my mum for cooking me breakfast every morning and encourage me to do more workout especially to let me out alone in such an early morning; I appreciate the fresh air given by the trees along the road which have already been fewer and fewer; I appreciate my Bikey that has taken me to places though it is old; I appreciate the people who sweep and pick up junks and plastics at the riverside and the park and condemn those who throw them away without conscience and love of the environment; I appreciate the sun that is still shining as it always is.
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.05
9:54pm
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Back to my little zen
The Ten Rituals of Rediant Living, from 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari'
For a better life, we shall embrace the following 10 rituals. Taking the idea from the previous article, each ritual shall be applied for at least 21 days in a row to be installed in our life as a habit.
1) The Ritual of Solitude: Maintain a schedule of a mandatory period of peace. Our mind deserves a rest after running hot for a whole day. Fifteen minutes will do for the period of solitude.
2) The Ritual of Physicallity: Invest at least five hours a week in some form of physical activity like going for walk, practising yoga, swimming etc.
3) The Ritual of Live Nourishment: Eat healthy food, preferably more 'live' food, that is, vegetables and avoid as much as meat and junk food. What we consume affects our emotions and physical ability.
4) The Ritual of Abundant Knowledge: Pursue lifelong learning and expand your knowledge base for the good of yourself and all those around you. This can be achieved by reading more. We don't read every book available, but we choose some good books to read. Some books are to be tasted, some books are to be chewed, but some books are to be swallowed and digested.
5) The Ritual of Personal Reflection: Reflect on what you did during the day and think of how you could have done better for the sake of yourself and others. Self-reflection can be done by writing down what you have been through in a day in one column and a review of actions you can take in the other column.
6) The Ritual of Early Awakening: Train yourself to get up earlier and rise with the sun will be at best. By rising earlier, you gain more time to do what you have excused yourself for not having time to do it like morning exercise.
7) The Ritual of Music: Get yourself some good spiritinually inspiring and relieving music and listen to it while you are driving or before going to bed. Music cures unrelived mind.
8) The Ritual of Unspoken Word: Create some mantras of your own. Mantra means freeing the mind in Sanskrit. A mantra is a phrase you will be using to speak to yourself to build positive thinking about your ability, emotion and spirit. A mantra can be something like ‘I am confident in myself, and I can do it.' Mantras are powerful because what you speak to yourself affects your actions.
9) The Ritual of Congruent Character: Take daily, incremental action to build your character. Strengthening your character affects the way you see yourself and the actions you take. Do the right thing. Act in a way that is congruent with your true character. Be guided by your heart.
10) The Ritual of Simplicity: Live a simple life. Don't live a life follow social expectation but your satisfaction. People tend to compare their lives with others and feel inferior when they are not using brandy items or live in a smaller house than their friends. From my own standpoint, as long as we are not struggling for a meal, I prefer a simple life using simple things and use the excess money to explore the world.
Excerpt and paraphrased from the book, 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' by Robin Sharma.
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.04
10:37 am
Saturday, January 3, 2015
The Five-Step Method to Attain a Goal, from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
I find the five-step method to attain an aim and realize a goal very interesting, and it will be more rewarding if I can share it to you all here.
The method is summarized as below:
1) Form a clear mental picture of your outcome
This includes being aware of what your aim in life is. 'The purpose of life is a life of purpose.' 'Learn what you excel at and what makes you happy.' Many people are just surviving a life by doing things they don't like to make a living and pursuing things as a fulfillment of social expectations rather than personal happiness and fulfillment. As long as we know what we are good at and what we love doing, we can achieve far more and far better.
2) Create a little positive pressure behind it
Many people fail to adhere to goals when commitment is faded by time. We need feel inspired and have some positive 'pressure' to continue our odyssey. The simplest pressure you may put on yourself is the announcement of your goals to as many people as possible, to your friends, family members, and even to the public. With this pressure, you will not let go of the goal so easily.
3) Set a deadline and committed in to paper
Julian suggested that we buy a journal and keep filling it with all our desires, objectives and dreams attached with timelines to complete them. We need to know ourselves better, that is, our strengths and our weaknesses. At the end of the day, write in the journal reflecting what we have done in the day and review how we could have done better.
4) Apply The Magic Rule of 21
A habit can be built into a person if he does the new thing consistently for a period of 21 days in a row. I am convinced that this is somehow real true. I have applied the 30-day challenge to write articles for this blog somewhere in the first week of December 2014, and now writing articles for this blog has become a job on my everyday to-do-list.
5) Enjoy the process
'A day without laughter or a day without love was a day without life.' In the process of achieving our goals, we should optimistically and happily enjoy the path we walk through though tough sometimes. We shall not regret what has happened in the past and worry what will happen tomorrow but live our lives to fullest today and right now. Don't push ourselves too hard when we feel that we have come to a limit. Take a little bit rest and continue the odyssey with hope and smile.
The lessons given by Julian are inspiring if you have read them. I might not have a good use of words to re-produce his ideas. If you are interested, you can acquire the book and learn the essence within it.
Cheers,
Joceyln
2015.01.03
2:00 pm
Friday, January 2, 2015
Password Format
and every of them demands a password from me for security purpose. My passwords used to be the same for every account; however, some accounts were used often and so the passwords have been updated from time to time; for those accounts I had left unused for some time, I cracked my head to figure out what the password was or simply re-set it after a few tries.
When there are too many versions and updates of passwords for different accounts, we are easily confused and don't remember them well. Luckily, I have received great advice from a friend who has a good sense of technology to formulate good passwords for each and every account I have, and I will never forget my passwords ever again.
Let me share you all with what I have learnt from him.
For higher security purpose, many websites demand users to create a password having a combination of numbers, symbols, small case letters and sometimes captalised letters. eg. P@ssw0rd, and a password shall have at least eight digits. If you don't have some good techniques in creating one, you might spend some times entering passwords that are either too weak or are not accepted by the site you are about to sign up.
To create a good password, you should think of a word that you can always remember, preferably having five letters, and this word will be used as a base for every other password you will be creating for every account. Let's say you like the word 'Blogs'. To make it stronger, we can replace some letters that resemble numbers with numbers, hence in this case, the letter 'l' and 'o' to number '1' and '0'. Then your base will be 'Bl0gs'.
This will be followed by some letters related to the account you are logging on. You will need to decide how many letters you want to standardize your passwords. Let's say you want 10 letters/digits, so you will need five more letters from the site's name for the password. For example, you are creating a password for your Gmail account. Then, your password might look like this -- 'B10gsGmail'. To complicate the password a little bit more, you may want to add a symbol to it. Something look like this -- 'B10gs&Gmail' -- or -- 'B10gs&Gmai' (if you still want it to be a ten-digit password).
A password for Facebook account can go like this: Gl0gs&Face
A password for Yahoo account can go like this: G10gs&Yaho
A password for Dropbox account can go like this: G10gs&Drop
A password for Outlook account can go like this: G10gs&Outl
To summarize, we can easily standardize our passwords by simply remember our base word and the format.
- Find your base word
- Formulate the base word by replacing one or two letters with numbers
- Add a symbol as a link
- Choose the first four letters from the site name you are logging on (You might also choose the last four if you like)
- You may capitalize any letter in the password, but make sure that you stick to the same format for other passwords
- Go to change all your regular used accounts with your new passwords.
- and yeah, you make it!!! Your passwords are standardized, and you will never forget and go and re-set them ever again.
- One last tip: Don't ever tell others your base word!!!
I find this very useful. Credit go to one of my dearest friends, and hope you like it too.
Cheers,
Jocelyn
2015.01.02
10:35pm
Thursday, January 1, 2015
A Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Who Will Cry When You Die, by Robin Sharma
reading it on this New Year Day. It grabs my attention at first glance at the cover and the title, and each chapter is so impressive and mind-catching which I almost could not put it down.
It consists of 101 chapters with the length of 2 or 3 pages each which is concise but with clear purpose. The author used quotations from world great thinks, philosophers, and many successful leaders and business people to convey the messages of life to the readers. It has got helpful contents full of inspirations and great advice to learn and act in our daily life so that we live fully and die happily without regret.
Some great thoughts I love from the book are as below:
- 'If you don't act on life, life has a habit of acting on you.' (My impression: Time passes faster than we think it does. Don't ever feel down and passively deal with problems. Actively face them, and live a life which we can control by ourselves.)
- 'Everyone who enters your life has a lesson to teach and a story to tell.' (My impression: It is normal to feel down or irritated when we meet people who do ills to you, make you unhappy, or even cause you some big failures in some ways; however, just because of their presence, you have learned some great lessons and those are not taught at school. Be appreciate with all good and bad deeds received. They are all gifts.)
- 'Writing in a journal offers you the opportunity to have regular one-on-one conversations with yourself.' (My impression: I have given up writing a diary/journal for quite a long time excusing myself for not having enough time to do it. As a matter of fact, it is very advisable to keep a journal reflecting on your thoughts of the day, your activities, and your reactions to problems. True enough, it is the best way to heal your feelings when you are encountering tough situations.)
- 'Develop an Honesty Philosophy - When you promise someone you will do something, do it.' (My impression: Promise is a promise. If I say let's have a cup of tea together, I mean it. This shows how accountable we are in relationship, in work, and in ourselves.)
- 'I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.' (My impression: We can only see where a successful people is when they are successful, but we have no idea how they have been through. No goal can be easily attained, but with some great luck, some people can somehow easily attain it with greater blessings than others. It is better to measure a person's success by number of obstacles they have encountered throughout the path to success rather the position they are in.)
- '...the person who asks for what he wants at least has a chance of getting what he wants.' (My impression: No one knows what we want. If you feel you deserve it, directly and gracefully ask for it.)
There are other abundant great thoughts for us to chew and digest with.
See if you like it too.
Cheers,
Joceyln
2015.01.01 10:22 am