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So So Hot

I am experiencing quite a lot of strange weather changes recently.

I was in Turkey last year and experienced the coldest day in 10 years, around -10 degrees celsius.
During my honeynoon, when I was in France some said it was the first time since 1937 where it snowed in an October.

This time back in Melbourne, I experiencied three consecutive days of temperatures above 43 degrees celsius, which is the first time in the history of Melbourne weather bureau since records began in 1855.

Coincidently, the mercury peaked at 45 degrees celsius yoday, the hottest in 70 years.

Great, all of these weather changes is making me think one thing. The end of the world is coming.

Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco are playing their semi-final match at the Australian Open right now. I hope Nadal wins.

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A Very Cold Week

I am back from Turkey.

It was fun walking under the snow.

Ten below zero in Ankara, under the snow, outside the hotel entrance, I had a quick reflection of my life over the last three years.

Sometimes, coming out of a meeting with some potential customers, whether I was in Bangkok, Hanoi, Manila, Sydney or Istanbul, I would catch my reflection in the elevator doors, in a shirt, and a briefcase in hand. In a blink of a second, I would imagine myself as leader of this industry, shouting out orders, closing the deals, before I remembered who it was that I really wanted myself to be.

People often say, Why Simply Win When You Can Dominate?

I don’t want to just be better than someone, I want to be the best as who I can be.

I am happy to be back in Taipei.

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Feeling Cold

I was told at this time of the year, Turkey is cold.

While I was packing my stuff, I asked myself, just how cold?

Therefore, I checked The Weather Channel, and this is what it tells me.

Istanbul
Istanbul Weather

Ankara
Ankara Weather

This is really really cold. Much colder than Taipei, and even Melbourne too. Istanbul might be OK, but Ankara is really going to kill me.

I really don’t feel like going anymore.

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Turkey?

Interesting, just like the start of this year, I will be sent off to another country right after new year.

I went to Vietnam on the 3rd of January this year.

This time I will be in Turkey on the 6th of January.

Wow, Turkey, sounds like a fun place? Well, yes and no. Just yesterday a letter bomb exploded in the central of Istanbul, killing one.

I will be in Istanbul too.

I will bring my DSLR with me this time, just in case I get to visit some interesting historic places like some of the famous mosques, museums, castles, churches or towers. Maybe the ruins of Troy or the Trojan Horse too!

Anyway, anything is good, just don’t give me another letter bomb.