Swine virus outbreak is really frightening, everyday in newspaper or television, people tell you to avoid travelling overseas.
But guess what? I am going to Hong Kong tomorrow!
To make things even more interesting, just tonight there is a confirmed case of swine virus in Hong Kong.
Shit.
My wife was lucky enough to win herself a new bicycle from a company event yesterday.
The chances were small, but I guess it was her day, and took the top prize.
It’s a small bicycle, the exact model is a 6-speed Giant FD806. Nothing really fancy about it, but it is still good to have, at least it is something I can use to get me around places without the need of walking long distance, or driving.
My wife, on the other hand, wants to get rid of the bicycle. I don’t blame her, because stupid management people at work is practically forcing people to buy bicycles and join them on their weekly bicycle rides. I promised myself not to buy a bicycle because personally I thought it would be a waste of money just to ride with them, and a waste of time too. Now I have a bicycle, so I guess I cannot have anymore excuses now.
Still, I have no complaint, a new bicycle is better than nothing. Maybe I will post some pictures once I get it.
After one year, my term deposit is up. And just how much I got back from a 200,000NTD annual deposit?
6,400NTD.
The bank asks me if I like to continue with another year, the interest rate is 0.77%.
Maybe I should bring my savings back to Australia.
I went to see this movie called Knowing, with Nicholas Cage. I wanted to see it because the preview trailer looked so good.
The movie turned out to be good, then really good, then really shit and finally the movie just go so shit I didn’t even take much note on what happened over the final 40 minutes.
To summarize this, I hate movies that involves people from outer space.
Not from our company, but from a prestigous car maker.
Bentley will open its first showroom in Taiwan, right next to our company! Not too sure why I am so excited, but it is not often when you see such expensive vechicles on the road, especially when they opened a showroom right next to where I work.
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It seems poor economy doesn’t quite affect the riches I guess. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley all have showroom in Neihu Technology Park now, what is to come next?
I just hate my job now. It is shit. Perhaps four years is enough and I should move on.
I received an offer from my Australian subsidary to work there.
Given the current exchange rate, the salary is double of what I am getting now. It is a handsome number. They even kind enough to offer my wife a job too, although the pay isn’t as good, but still higher than what she is getting now.
A great, great opportunity.
I contempated, but finally decided to turn it down.
Strange enough, although the decision is made up, I cannot stop thinking about it. Maybe in a few years time and look back again, then I know if this decision was a hit or a miss.
When I was small, mum or dad would go on telling me to do things like, wash your hand before eating, brushing your teeth after a meal, drink a glass of water every morning, and so on. These were simple, routine tasks that I always remembered, but just never really bothered to perform.
New Year’s resolution I set for myself this year, is to get back to basics.
I am not sure about other people, but it’s funny how the older I get, I lose these basics. For example, when I wash my hands, do I really wash them with soap, or do I just wet them? When I brush my teeth, do I really brush by the gum, or do I just use some toothpaste and make a lot of bubbles then rinse them out? These are the things that people just don’t do correctly anymore.
But now, I am doing all, step by step, whether if I am at home, or at work.
I feel good getting back to basics, making everything thorough. People see me doing it, they also start to do them too. I really should have been doing so a long time ago, but it is never too late to get back on track.
My weight is dropping too. Everything is finally falling back into places.
My wife is pissed off at me for using iPhone all the time and not spending time with her.
She has every reason to be pissed off at me, but it is not like I am going to play with it all the time.
It is just a new toy, and I am still in the middle of exploring all the functionalities. I do not see why she should get upset over this.
Anyway, I think iPhone is only good for another week or two, then I will just leave it there like every other phones I have owned.
And I am on a twenty months contract too. Shit.
It was such a short trip, and now I am back in Taipei.
Gosh I really I really miss Melbourne. I really had a great time.
Hope I can go back again in July.