Big Wheel! Big Wheel!

Well, to wrap up my weekend - it was "long" and "hard" (Ugh! Yea, right!...That's what she said). I had been suffering my allergies all week and this past weekend was just unbelievably disgusting! I hanged out with my brother after maybe 4 weeks of not been able to see and hang out with him. He's been busy with work and his girlfriend and so have I (the only difference - GF!). I hanged out with his GF for a little bit, met her parents (they were really nice!), had some Filipino soup, then left. After that, had dinner and watched "The Forbidden Kingdom" featuring Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Although I like both of them, the story line was too magical for me. I wish they kept the superficial powers to a minimum! The movie was pretty good, nevertheless. The interesting part was, after watching the movie, some kid (probably in his late teens or possibly early 20's) yelled at me and said "Dude, I like your car! (as he was dancing to my music)... Hope to see ya again here!.." and I was like "What the hell just happened?". Still stunned, but I gave him the whole "Peace" hand gesture, as a form to say "Thanks!". So I was like "Huh! That was interesting!". So anyway, that ended that. I went home and watch "No Country for Old Men" -- what a bizarre movie and hardly understandable! Today, I did some grocery shop, came home and did some cleaning. It was fun - I felt accomplished! W0ot w0ot!

Yes, yes, yes...tomorrow is Monday! Ugh! Yet another week and this week for me is the most busiest week ever this year. Some of you probably know the story behind this, but for those who doesn't - I have this conference program I'll be developing for and a week-long meeting in San Francisco at the end of May. I only have three weeks to accomplish everything I need to prepare for the upcoming conference while planning another one. This whole scenario of things I call them "Pancakes" - one thing after the other! I am a busy man with a busy job that requires a lot of time. Don't you hate that? I know I do, sometimes. Best thing to do is focus of what good things that benefits you. I try to prioritize the learning concept of it other than the amount of time I invest in it. I'm not worried about the time...but I can't wait for the "pay off" to come later on in my career -- if I choose to stay in this industry. Although career change could always happen anytime, anywhere. If I were to change jobs, it would be from marketing firm to a law firm. Actually, to be honest with you, I intended to jump from Marketing to Professional Affairs, but instead Marketing to Conference Program -- which isn't that too bad! It just requires different set of learning tools in order to do the job. I suppose that happens to every job - doesn't it? Well, the job itself is quite beneficial in a long run, has its pressures at major points, nevertheless an escalator for my career from small to bigger scale of things!

So, the week ahead of me will be quite a "full house" so getting back to people or even to communicate with people will be quite a challenge. Not only I have deadlines to meet, I will also be dealing with my final exam--writing my final paper which is due this Friday! I won't get into that, but this final is going to be the ultimate paper, where you emphasize the supposedly knowledge of association management. (FYI - more than half of the class doesn't even work with association, so I suppose I should feel or think ahead of them, or worst yet the instructor would expect more from those who work with associations, and guess who those people are!). Ugh!

Well, have a great work week everyone! I'll catch up with you, hopefully sooner than what my schedule permits. Take care!

d-Jae