environment I

few days ago my family & I went for a famous tourist spot in our country. it is a highland with few small towns.

the picture above shows a lake by the old main road. there are few outlets there selling fresh vegetables and fruits. there was a food outlet but it was closed. the lake is actually feeding an electrical power station. the lake was a major attraction then. few years ago I read about the lake was clogged with dirt. the culprit, the report said, was the extensive forest clearing to make way for commercial use. today the river is barricaded with construction hoarding. there is 'No Entry' sign. the view is blocked. the road in front of the picture is actually the path used by lorries that transporting dirt. may be they are digging out the dirt out of the lake. there is picturesque view no more. even some of the outlets are closing down including the only one which selling food. my plan to sip a hot fresh tea beside the lake was hold back.

thank to the development.

sales, 'The Greatest Sales Stories Ever Told: From the World's Best Salespeople', by Robert L Shook

this 'The Greatest Sales Stories Ever Told: From the World's Best Salespeople' book by Robert L Shook is very entertaining but valuable. here are the attributes of best sales peoples according to the book.

1. mental attitude (enthusiasm)
2. the initial approach
3. selling yourself
4. innovation
5. selling solution
6. creating a sense of urgency
7. closing the sale
8. servicing the customer

thank you for reading.

GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASED: negligible (due to my current financial difficulties, I cut several electrical usage rigourously)

interview, again II

I've finish the interview. don't know the fate.

interview, again

so I'm scheduled to have yet another interview. after a devastating interview session last week, I better be prepared so this one. and I don't whether it will be fruitful one. I very much hope it is. I very much hope it is.

GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASED: negligible

justice

I was having a breakfast with my kids when my son suddenly spoke that "we're lucky to be living in a country where there's no real threat to life (war)". I asked them is it good to be a independent nation or under some sort of colonization. of course their answer were "independent".

I told them about how people defending their rights. that including go to war. I'm also told them about the character of colonial who built sort of infrastructure, e.g. railway, not for the benefit of the people. but for them. then I told them about a friend of mine, who is a high government officer, proudly announced in the public that "as a government servant, I (his son) deserve to get government's scholarship". so I told my kids to have a look at both stories and make a comparison.

I still remember a Metallica album '... and justice for all'.

GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASED: 0.03 kg

nuclear fuel Japan - underestimate the risk

so there was report from United Nation saying that Japan has underestimate the risk of hazard by tsunami to nuclear power station. however the praised the Japanese response as 'exemplary'.

I hope I can learn that 'exemplary' steps. such an effort towards such a serious event can be easily adopted into solving other lesser problem. and about for the last one or two days senior citizen of Japan are volunteering themselves in fighting the radiation. they gave their reason but saying their mission is no 'kamikaze'. kamikaze, according to them is a weird strategy where 'people go and never comeback'. but their effort is 'go and will come back'.

I should go to Japan, work there and learn.

GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASED: negligible

the light of a new beginning

exactly 17 months ago, I was 800 km from my home. I just reached there that night after an epic driving, alone. left at home was my pregnant wife and our three kids.

it was my first day in a new job. about 30 minutes from end of the day I got a call from my mother in law that my wife was going to deliver our kids. my God, what should I do. so I went to see my project manager and he advised me to go home and defer the actual report duty to another week. but I told the HR manager that I'll be coming back after the weekend over.

so that evening I grab my car steering and started to drive. I was not pretty sure whether to drive back or what. but next thing I knew I was half way heading home. I got a call late that night that my wife was safely delivered a baby girl. after a short nap, I drove back home only to stop by my parent's house because I'm too exhausted. I drove back the next morning and finally got to see my kid, 12 hours after she was born. I called my HR manager and my project manager that I wanted to defer the formal report duty for another week.

due to that moment, we named the girl with a name meaning 'the light of a new beginning'.

GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASED: 0.117 kg