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A church friend has gone into a partnership with some of his friends and opened a little joint selling chilled soba.



If you are in Tanjoing Pagar, going towards Amara Hotel or Tanjong Pagar Plaza, do pop by their shop at Icon Village and check out their offerings. It's chilled Japanese soba with a variety of ingredients to choose from. Soba is a healthy food, and I thought the portion that they sold is just nice for a not-so-hungry stomach, though some may not agree.

Website: www.shakemee.com

Heh... I am not linking them because I don't want him to discover my blog. Hiak hiak hiak...

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I have never been quite bothered with this internet thing called "Site feeds" or "Web feeds". Curious, but doesn't know how it work. I thought I had better learn the science of it before my new employer start to ask me things about it...

So I am now a subscriber of Bloglines. I've downloaded a little application from their website to sit on my taskbar. So nowadays, when my computer is turned on, I am notified on the updates of blogs/websites with topics/theme that interest me. Which is pretty handy actually... The blogs are pretty precise in their delivery of information, and it will really help me get quick information of the trends and things happening around the world.

So far, I am pretty pleased with my selection of feeds. Very helpful indeed.

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Lifted this from a website that I followed from one of the blog feeds

“Quit your complaining. It’s not the world’s fault that you wanted to be an artist. It’s not the world’s job to enjoy the films you make, and it’s certainly not the world’s obligation to pay for your dreams. Nobody wants to hear it. Steal a camera if you have to, but stop whining and get back to work.”

+full write-up here+

The statement says it all. I don't have to elaborate.

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To be honest, I am a scared of the things to come.

I mean, my future employer seemed to expect A LOT from me. Or for that matter, the entire team, the entirely new team.

What if I don't perform as what he has expected? What if I flopped? What if he thinks I am not as good as the way I present myself during the interview? What if I cannot generate results as he hope I could? What if I am daydreaming when I cannot follow a concept? What if I wasn't paying attention to the details of the clients? WHAT IFS?!?!?

I guess all these feelings linger within me because all this while, no employer of mine has ever told me that they know my strengths and hopes that I can excel in them. In fact, they hardly notice my other talents. None of them ever instilled in me the confidence that I can rise up and step up. The current ones kept complaining that I did not step up; how can I do so when I am always suppressed right after I am given an opportunity to take charge? To them, I am just an employee, sucking out their resources. That's it.

The pressure than is to work for what is expected of me, to be the person that can add value to the company.

I am scared, I am afraid my confidence will betray me in my new job. I am afraid that I cannot rise to the occasion.

Still am.