Two job offers, a three-party bidding match… that’s really an overwhelming experience that I don’t know how to deal with, but I guess I know how it feels now :).

Anyway, I have tendered my resignation today and will be moving on to Panasonic R&D Centre Malaysia (PRDCM) in September, which will give me a whole new environment to learn new things. Am really grateful with E-Genting R&D (Systems) with all the opportunities available which really took me to the next level and uncovering and trained me in quite a lot of skills that really transform me as a person. Mainly after I took on the project lead role which exposes me to real users.

I guess after all this while going through the ups and down, I think I have outgrown …

If there’s a day when I stop reading, probably it’s not a good sign. I’m currently stocking books like no end (talk about building my personal library :p) and I’m looking forward (and excited, if you can’t tell :D) to complete my reading this year, I’m expecting myself to get even more enriched through my exposure of new things through books and real-life experience.

Anyway, here is the booklist:

• First Things First by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill
• Law of Attraction by Michael Losier
• The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
• Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker
• Jack: Straight from the Cut by Jack Welch with John A. Byrne
• Monster Careers: How to Land the Job of Your …

What was previously a passive attempt had me more energized and becoming more active.

What I’m referring to now is job hunting. Well… pretty much it started with me exposing my resume and in due turns of events I ended up getting calls from headhunters. So now I find myself quite engaged in exploring possibilities outside while still working on whatever tasks on hand at the moment.

What’s very interesting is the fact that the whole process is really an eye-opener to me, it’s like the very first time I get to step into other people’s offices and see how each of these environments were unique from the others and get to chat with a bigger pool of people. I get to find myself traveling into places that I haven’t …

Directly copied from my email I sent to my friends and family:

For those who aren’t aware, Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture is the recent best-seller book in the market at the moment, which Randy, a computer science professor for Carnegie Melon University, shares his views and thoughts of life as he approaches death - literally, as he has only months to live due to pancreatic cancer.

For those who haven’t read the book, fear not, you don’t need to get it at all. I wanted to share with you his video of “The Last Lecture” which gain astounding popularity after this talk was posted on the web. You can access the videos via the video links in this page (Under the “The Last Lecture” section)

Personally I recommend to watch the …

Currently I introduced enough wild cards in my own life which I felt makes my own future unpredictable… at least in the short term. When one has to have long term focus, sometimes such initiatives and decisions are inevitable.

“… when you decide to move forward, there’s no room for regret”

To be honest, the situation is still misty as the storms has yet to calm its rages, ensuring the ship stays afloat is the still the main priority and I’d foresee it to be important to assess my own situation before making a decision on what’s the next step that I should take. By all means all that I could do now is to work things out along the way and I need to make sure that I yield enough flexibility to …

Just finished reading The World is Flat… and within one sitting I finished Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture, which came to me as a very enchanting read.

Skipping the review (probably would be integrated in my drifting thoughts posts anyway), they are bestsellers for a reason and I can testify to that. For those who haven’t read them, I greatly recommend that you pick it up :).

all but leaving with just a hope, with its guiding light will lead me to paradise

Today’s the day! 😄 The first time I had the amount invested in two funds to hit five figures each. It took me three years to attain to that amount and it’s really a great achievement in by itself.

Given that I will progress (read: salary increment), it’s just the time for me to revise and up my investment amount as soon as that time comes. Now all I need to make sure I’m persistent in learning as I continue my investment journey.

Finally I settled with the three preferred destinations for the 8D/7N hotel stay prize that I won previously. Posted it out and now all I needed is to wait for their phone call to confirm where I’ll be going.

As for work, I sort of have a few contingency plans worked out on my head and came up with a resolve on how I should interpret the situation that I’m having now. By all means, I have to change for the better myself and it’s not really an option anymore. The solutions and plans that I have now may not be all that comfortable for others and myself, but considering the fact that it has not happened yet and things will unfold eventually, I still have time to fine tune and …

This is crazy! My reading-list is getting longer and longer and having yet another BookFest end of this month isn’t helping ^^||. Anyway, here’s a new list of books:

• Let’s Go Europe on a Budget 2008 from St Martin’s Press
• Investing Your Savings - A collection of essays on investing by Yeoh Keat Seng
• Rich Dad’s Prophecy by Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter
• His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman