改变

Change is a natural process

Everything undergoes some form of changes

If there are no changes, life would be so boring!

Interactions with people and environment make us change

Some for the better, some for the worse

However, the crux of the matter is...

After all the flurry of efforts made for improvements,

Are people willing to "change" their expectations on us?

Would people "discard" their stereotype of us?

Most importantly, would they be "supportive" of our changes?

Or they'd rather prefer our old, problematic self?

In today's hectic life

People often want to see fast results

Overlooking the fact those results are often impermanent in nature

The human mind and behaviour is a very complex matter

Mindset changes may have occured in the conscious and sub-conscious mind

However it may not be immediately visible from the behaviour

As people need to go through a transition period

To adapt to and internalise the changes made

All these aside, there's two things for sure

It's demoralising when people do not believe that we can and will change

It's sad when changes made are not being supported

The final question is...

How the changes should be made,

such that people around us won't be hurt,

and that they are willing to accept the new us,

at the same time, our goals can be attained?

It's really a profound art

Perhaps only The Enlightened One could answer this question

Mixed Feelings

As IA mission almost 大功告成, really look forward to the holidays, but also kinda reluctant to leave Pfizer.

不知何故, 今天有很多感触. This morning began with a heavy rain, felt a bit moody. Today supposed to work 半天 coz tmr Deepavali, but went for Team Building @ Sembawang Park. Nice place with lotsa fresh air. We played laser war reality games. Like children playing hide & seek, each of us had a laser gun, with 6 lives each. We took turns to be the attacker & defender of the base (the playground), hiding behind green dustbins & trees. Recall sth similar? Bollywood film! But the funniest part was that today 我壮烈牺牲了. While playing as the defender, I stayed until the final moments, when the last 2 surviving attackers tried snatching the balloon @ our base. With 4 lives left & unknown enemies' remaining lives, I rushed out to shoot them & managed to 干掉 one of them, but my engineer (my enemy in the game) sneaked up, snatched the balloon & shot me. Oops, game over! Then while playing as the attacker, I tried to cover my team mates by distracting the enemies & allowing my team mates to advance further to the enemy's base, but was shot multiple times by the cunning snipers. Wow, what a fun game!

Then, we went for lunch @ Bei Sheng Seafood Restaurant, Blk 701A, Yishun Ave 5. With the decree that we can order anything we like, we ordered 10 dishes. Hmm, you can imagine the extent of hunger at that time, haha... Seriously, I highly recommend this place. Reason? Very fast ordering-to-serving time, yummy food, reasonable price & convenient location near Yishun MRT Stn! After the games & lunch, somehow felt closer to the colleagues, esp. IT division people. It's heartening to see a group of colleagues so close together like pals.

In the evening, we went to celebrate JY's 21st birthday @ The Cafe Cartel, IMM. Haha, my 21st b'day is very long time ago le... Hope she liked our gift. Hmm, that feeling of hanging out with a group of very close friends, chatting & LOL-ing are one of the best things in life. Well, it's time to get back to work again.