September 16, 2005
Day 5: Homeward Bound
Sitting
in the HK office waiting for my colleagues to get their acts together so we can head to the airport and go home. Finally. One week of living out of a suitcase and trying to figure out how to look different every night with only 2 tops and 2 bottoms is becoming quite a challenge.
So. It's been a fairly interesting week. It's always great to meet up with my colleagues here and since this is my first trip to HK this year there was a lot to catch up on. And on the work front, I really need to sit down and think about what I want to do. A decision has to be made pretty soon and the longer I dither, the higher the opportunity cost gets. I've got some pretty good advice from the senior people here so hopefully I can get off my lazy ass and figure out what I really want to do in the next few years.
I'm not trying to fish for compliments here but sometimes I really wonder what the hell people see when they look at me. One of the higher-ups said that I was smart, I worked hard and I could probably get into a top business school and I just sat there projecting an air of serenity while inwardly I was simultaneously thinking he was smoking some serious shit and quaking at the thought that they might one day find out it's all fake and I just seriously lucked out at landing this job etc. And during meetings and such, I'm asking questions of people who are far more accomplished than I am, while wondering at the same time if I'm just asking rubbish questions. So either I'm learning by osmosis and not realising it or this is a house of cards that is going to tumble pretty soon.
Anyhow. These are not good thoughts to be having after finishing a week's worth of meetings but I just wanted to put it out there and not have to dwell on it. There's enough shit for me to be thinking about so I definitely don't want to add stuff to that list.
Okie dokie. Time to head out. Later dudes.
Posted by scrabbyfoo at September 16, 2005 04:16 PM