Two-Faced

avoid those who gossip about other people to you; they’re probably gossiping about you too

how true, and that's the reason why i try to avoid people who have the habit of talking about others, however harmless. what i really find hilarious, though, is seeing other people's friendster testimonials - the very person who is glorified as the truest and dearest friend is the same person who peddles the nastiest stories about the other.

friendship is a tricky thing and sometimes, true is such a stupid word.

Petronas Twin Towers
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NONAME basics, vodka cola, peanuts and ever reliable ash tray.
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Monumen Nasional, Jakarta
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The Tactics of the Battle

This would be your guide on office politics. Thanks to Blaine Pardoe for the good advice he'd given us in all his books about office politics and how to be hypercompetitive.

Brownnosing works. Often in its illustrious and successful existence it has gone by other names-kissing up, buttering up, bootlicking, butt kissing, ass kissing, butt wiping-it is something that has reached a nearly art-form status with many players. Simply put, it appeals to the egos of the targets. As humans, our egos often govern our decision-making ability. We also tend to surround ourselves with those who think and act like us as managers. Brownnosers, by their actions, show that they either like us or support us. Either way it appeals to the egos of the targets and fulfills that need to have others working for us who like us.

In its mildest form, it is simply complimenting your management food chain in an effort to gain their support or at least get them acknowledge you. It can take a personal form, for example, "Gee, Ms. watson, you're looking great today." This form is often referred to as "Pulling an Eddie" or "Haskilling".

It most often takes form in work-related compliments like, "I'm just thankful I don't have your job and have to deal with hassles at your level , sir."

Whatever form of brownnosing you choose is based on the managers or individuals you are talking to. Depending on their personalities, you should apply whichever form is most appropriate. Observe your target, get to know what works best there.

The impact of brownnosing is relatively limited. It helps with securing promotions or assignment to projects, but its long term impact is limited. It also lacks impact in high pressure situations and environments.

See you again tomorrow, don't miss it!

Marina, Langkawi Island
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So funny! Send me some ok.....
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Georgetown, Penang Island

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Borubodur , Indonesia
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Dejeuner Du Matin

I'm not a lover of poems but during my French class our French teacher read this poem to us. Well, it's just an observation of someone to a man seated next to him while inside a cafe. Very detailed, how he made coffee, how he smoked. A very sad poem. Anyways, there's some sexiness behind it. It's French but if you'll read it you can understand some of it since some of the words are almost the same in Spanish or English.. Il is he, avec is with, sans is without, et is and.

Dejeuner Du Matin
par Jacques Prevert

Il a mis le cafe
Dans la tasse

Il a mis le lait
Dans la tasse de cafe

Il a mis le sucre
Dans le cafe au lait
Avec la petit cuiller

Il a tourne

Il a bu le cafe au lait
Et il a repose la tasse
Sans me parler

Il a allume
Une cigarette

Il a fait des ronds
Avec la fumee

Il a mis les cendres
Dans les cendrier
Sans me parler
Sans me regarder

Il s'est leve

Il a mis
Son chapeau sur sa tete

Il a mis
Son manteau de pluie
Parce qu'il pleuvait
Et il est parti

Sous la pluie
Sans une parole
Sans me regarder

Et moi j'ai pris
Ma tete dans ma main

Et j'ai pleure

blanc, noir, moi

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I will always be 29, ask Brian Kinney

When I was 21, I bought a self-help book by Steven Gibb, 20-something, Floundering And Off The Yuppie Track- A Self Help Guide to Making It Through Your Twenties. It sure helped a lot and gives advice on how to find a job that pays the bills, making new friends in a strange city, becoming a social activist without the burnout, living (and eating) on less than $14,000 a year, leaving the beer keg behind(I still am working on that) and falling in love while maintaining your sanity which by the way I didn't have time to read or digest since I thought that it was so bookish. I have my own software for that.

Now, I'm 29 and just counting the days before the dreaded big 30 . I promised myself to assess and review the past 29 years of my life and pay tribute to all the people who made an impact on my so-called life. Well, I'm no drama queen but hell this would be something new. I guess its time to value family, friends and fortune. We'll be going back to the past and show you the sights, the characters and persons I met but still be connected with the present.

I always make a list every year but this one is different. I am now putting it on my blog and not on paper. I am just doing it not because of the New Year but because of me. Here it is:

1. Be true to myself , friends and and family
2. Assert what you believe in and think of yourself first
3. Career wise, play, fight,take the risk and do more ass-kissing (it sure was effective)
4. Take the DELF and continue Advanced French
5. Apply multiple visas to any country imaginable (ask help from Ruel)
6. Clubbing to a minimum
7. Stash cash, save more and invest (aka read Idiot's Guide on Personal Finance on Your 20's and 30's)
8. Travel to Europe
9. Hunt for more high paying jobs in Viet Nam, Camdodge or Afrique
10. More blogs???

Well, W3 for this would be:
Who: River
When: September 16, 2005
What: THE LIST

If Demi Moore can get Ashton Kutcher and Iraq can have elections, I think its also possible I'll still be forever 29.

All Smiles!

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