:: The Rat Race ::

"I had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one. One was highly educated and intelligent; he had a Ph.D and completed four years of undergraduate work in less than two years. He then went on to Stanford University, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University to do his advance studies, all on full financial scholarships. The other father never finished eighth grade. Both men were successful in their careers, working hard all their lives. Yet one struggled financially all his life. The other would become one of the richest men in Hawaii. One died leaving tens of millions of dollars to his family, charities and his church. The other left bills to be paid."

- Robert Kiyosaki-

Being financially literate is important. Money is important, it is even more important as we get older, that is what I feel at least ... 3 years back, money didn't seem to be thought deeply of. Now, conversation among colleagues, friends and family would be about properties, savings, shares, yada yada yada ... Some ppl of my age would be purchasing properties, a condominium or even a landed property. How about me? Where do I stand? When would I even get my first property? Im not young anymore ... =(

The book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" has opened my mind in several perspectives. Some of which I totally agree but there were a number of statements which I totally do not agree as it just has no strong standings, mostly being unreasonable and unrealistic. IMHO, being rich is a key to live happy but it must always go together with other elements such as love for family, friends and nature. Its just like a cooking recipe. Missing out some ingredients would make the dish turn out bad no matter how much main ingredient u put in. There has to be balance in everything you do ...

++Lynn++

:: The Working Life Of Mine ::

I don't think that I was that busy the past few weeks, I guess its just me being lazy and did not find any reason to blog or maybe I just don't know what to blog about or even think ... lotsa things happened ... well I guess it should happen for a change ... I seriously despise having things done the same old routine way every single day ... I'm happy that the old routine path that I was going through for the past 5 months or so decided to give itself a huge curving turn for me to taste the other side of the road ... =)

Yea, my contract was extended for another 6 months which means that I'll be working here for 1 whole year ... It was somehow partially not like what I expected as when I first joined Intel, I was told that my contract was only 3 mths long & it got extended for another 3 mths & now 6 mths ... What else could I ask for ... I'm glad it all happened ... No, I did not get promoted or anything like that, I got to change my job position though ... at least now I get to taste the life of a developer, nothing great but just something that I've wanted to try since I've graduated ... :)

I would say, being a developer is alot more challenging compared to my previous post ... alot would say that my salary for the past 5 mths was easy money ... I would agree ... but I did not learn alot technically but more of the business logic and the whole idea of working in an MNC ... well being a developer now, I have to really brush up my technical skills which was left rather abandoned for the past 6 months or even more ... I even had to wake up early just to reach work on time for an early training / meeting ... like today ... I had to wake up at 5.30 am just to be able to go for my morning training n this sux :P

I'll learn how to call in from home for early sessions ... that way I won't have to wake up sooo earlyy!!! I'm getting cranky soon ... with me ranting aimlessly ere ... Have a good week ahead!! :)

++Lynn++