THe old saying is “mind over body”. Whatever you think you can do, or will happen, it will be done or happen. But what if your mind is so strong that, your body can’t handle it?

Last few days has been hard, with so many commitment to fulfill. And suddenly, in less than 24 hours, 2 person who doesn’t know each other told me to take some rest. The first one said that your mind might be strong, but your body has almost give up. The other told a story of her friend, who was hospitalized due to mind problem, and advised to change her mindset.

Am I closing to the limit?

We just discussed a blog post from a well known radio broadcaster . He complained about expensive long distance call to a girl in Dubai. Sure enough he received much advise and mocked up by his friends.

This morning, my boss, out of the blue, asked my opinion about joinning project delivery abroad. Destination: Pakistan. So I told She about this:

Me: But seriously…. kalo gua diminta ke Pakistan…. I’ll take it……
Me: Sambil mikir… gimana caranya ngomong ke bokap nyokap
She:
Me: Semoga pacar gue gak ikutan parno :p
She: hmm parno sih mungkin engga, entahlah. mikirin biaya telp. ke dubai aja mahal apalagi Pakistan
Me: *Speechless

OK… I don’t know what happen, but I’m happy if she realize that she should be more responsible. Really appreciate her effort last night to try to make things happen…

Apology accepted, case closed

“Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong”

Less than 48 hours of our deadline with 2 approval needed. One is running away, one should work from other town, and the last one is hospitalized.

What a perfect example of Murphy’s Law…..

With our deadline approaching, one of our team will go overseas to take her ill nephew. There are old proverb: blood is thicker than water. So as weird as it sounds to me (i.e. is there nobody else to take her nephew, etc?), it might be acceptable. What is not acceptable if she left with no responsibility to us.

Such kind of trip is not planned overnight. There are hospital arrangement to make, travel document to prepare, and office leave to apply.  And it is certainly possible (and we deserve it) if she can notify us NOT within 3 days before her departure date. And we just know that she will not be here until the deadline, and NOT planning to bring her laptop. HECK, who will fix all this if something goes awry on Monday?

We are not 5 years old boys and girls anymore, where nobody is counting on us. We all have wife, baby, parents, nephew to take care of, and friends  and colleague that is counting on us. I believe that they deserve some more responsible manner, just as your workplace. BTW, you don’t give 3 days notice to your boss about your plan, right? I think we deserve the same.