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If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.Joseph Campbell
Ah…a day to remember?
25 May 2012
After a long journey, finally, can I say finally..
The journey began with 16 April, the first day of bouncing myself right into the enormous tower, where people who belong to it exude smugness and I just secretly hoped that compared to the average person, they really have a more aware use of their abilities, for the betterment of the world.
Then came the second day, 23 April, where I cried a lot at the end, on the vast corridors of Raffles City. The first time seeing the limitations of my mind coming between me and my dream. Childhood ghosts revived at the forefront of adulthood..And then THAT CALL. I liked their frankness.
The last day of school and the start day of the rest of my life..24 April. A good conversation that brought all my bittersweet memories back. Yes, it has been difficult and painful, but it has been rewarding and revealing. Is it fateful that the last battle of the hunting is a battle of reflections of growing up? I liked the questions that summarized my last four years:
“Have you ever been in a situation where there is so much pressure to change and how did you fare with it?”
“Have you ever felt the need to be very competitive? How did you deal with that?”
Answering them in the interview room to adults who I probably shouldn’t but I do trust, is terribly…..intriguing.
In the end, whatever you do and feel come back to you in the most unexpected ways, at the most unexpected time. Maybe you need that last thread of connection to go on to the next part?
After that day, I thought the yes or no would come lightning fast. A straightforward success or failure. A clear before-that-moment and after-that-moment. A decisive win or a heart-breaking defeat.
But no, where is the fun in all that cliche? There is waiting and more waiting…intense waiting..for two weeks..It taught me something about not freaking out, not blunting, not giving in to fear, not …
Do you believe that deciding what to do while you are waiting for something is one of the most difficult experience? That sense of helplessness, the guilt, and the decisions that you make to enjoy the gifts or wallow in worries. That is the undesirable time between plans that will unexpectedly energize and bring blessings when used well. Even though not applying for more openings is an unproductive move, I couldn’t tell myself to do it. Two weeks full of reading interesting books, carrying on my tasks, building things with my teammates, spending time with people I love kept me calm and more tolerant of the pending results.
For better or worse, time and too much expectation do numb you to the good/bad news..So that when I finally received it when I was in the fish market with mom today, I was calm enough to say a controlled “I am glad”
At least, the wait plus the unreasonable heart brought me excuses to spend private time with my loved ones and gave me comfort from their always-present support..
As for whether it is good or bad news, who knows, as I have no wish to say finally to any journey anymore..
Spiritual Serendipity
Another book that seems like a good old friend coming here to confirm my thoughts and answer my burning questions…………….Good timing, right after the Malacca reflections where I felt the pull of serendipity…
Serendipity: “That quality of mind which, through awareness, sagacity, and good fortune, allows one to frequently discover something good while seeking something else”
How to balance
between structure and spontaneity
between certainty and flexibility
Our world is boisterously busy!
And confusingly complex
Options, opportunities, and obligations
proliferate and grow like grass
and most problems stem from surplus
rather than scarcity
Getting away in Malacca
Một chuyến đi bão táp..
Quyết định đi khi đầu óc còn ngổn ngang…Tuần sau bất kể câu trả lời là gì, ta vẫn đã đi chơi lần đầu tiên một năm trời (không tính những lần về VN nằm chờ ăn với mẹ). Bỏ hết các dự định qua một bên, xiềng xích dù tự mình đeo vào và giúp mình tập luyện tay chân cho dẻo dai thì vẫn là xiềng xích mà..Thế là ta háo hức chờ đợi chuyến đi Malacca - khu phố cổ di sản văn hóa thế giới như Hội An của mình - vào 2 ngày cuối tuần.. Chuyến đi này làm ta nhận ra mặc dù ta thích plan, ta vẫn cố chấp đủ để chuẩn bị vừa đủ để chừa chỗ cho những bất ngờ, chỉ tội nghiệp những người xung quanh đủ gần để gánh lấy tai họa từ sự planning bất thành của ta.
All Ellen vids seem to have Royal Carribean ads with “the sea is calling” theme and viewers are getting pretty annoyed..!
Love HR innovation, hehe. Too bad it is not in my city
HR Coordinator - Internal Mobility
Great just isn’t good enough for our People Operations team (you probably know us better as “Human Resources’). Made up of equal parts HR professionals, former consultants and analysts, we’re the champions of Google’s colorful culture. In People Ops, we “find them, grow them, and keep them” - we bring the world’s most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next great Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field.
The Role
People Operations strives to revolutionize human resources the same way that Google has revolutionized search. We are helping to find, grow and keep the remarkable assemblage of talent who are our Googlers. You’ll be a champion of Google’s culture and values, partnering with our business leaders to help them build their organizations and make sure all people decisions are based on data. Whether coaching your clients on how to lead their teams, navigating and resolving employee relations issues or managing programs that help develop our Googlers, you are exceptionally focused on putting them first, and being as clear and transparent as possible to help Googlers understand how people decisions get made.
As a coordinator, you will support efforts to manage the internal transfer process for our tech organization; working cross-functionally with People Operations, Engineering teams, and management. You will build relationships with employees who are changing roles internally, schedule interviews, create offer letters, work closely with internal clients, assist employees with career development and create reports as needed.
Responsibilities
- Manage transfer cases, communicate process, and escalate high-risk cases
- Partner directly with transfer candidates and hiring managers in order to ensure a positive transfer experience for all
- Pull data from different systems and create transfer packets for review by committees
- Manage additional HR related projects as needed
G co`i how are you?:(
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Write and rewrite until you can stand behind every of your word and mean it
