Friday, September 8, 2017

Slowness X Sudden Enormous: Adieu August

it has been a not really memorable

yet somehow unforgettable month

wasn’t that busy to start with

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then in the middle

suddenly there was this sudden peak

that i had to juggle with

so many deadlines in a day that

i decided not to sleep at all

*

literally started work at 10 PM

all the way until 4 AM

took a nap and continued on

all the way until brunch

*

then went to work in a cafe

for a change of air

in fact I have worked twice in cafes

once was due to a Skype call

oh my and that cafe had

actually closed down

who knows when

*

suddenly realized that

i didn’t have a laptop case

then i found this

and used it for my Canton trip

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but it was a bit too tight

like i had to struggle

quite a bit to take my laptop out

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so i ordered one

and it’s on the way

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speaking of the trip

i left with zero deadline

that was the night of 27th

i can even blog at the airport

and also drafted posts on the plane too

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when i touched down

received a batch of new files

it was an ongoing project

but usually it didn’t come in

such a huge batch

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so i actually started work

right at the airport

after claiming our baggage

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for 3 days and nights

have been working from

our lovely apartment at Foshan

well… not really that sad

but i wish i had time to explore more

like fooling around more

*

and the work momentum

continued on at Guangzhou

and i finally took a day off on Sunday

during the flight and journey home

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this time round

work was made easier

as i got myself a travel SIM card

no restriction on Gmail, FB etc

and i no longer suffer from email blue

China Unicom Data SIM

*

wait.. we are already in September

so the busyness continued on

all the way until today

that i finally had time to

deal with bills, more bills

trip planning etc…

*

time really flies though

wait i haven’t had time to

key in my sales for August

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a friend i am about to travel with

urged me to check for our flight

i was telling her how busy i was

she thought i was really stressed up

and she asked me to chill

*

so was another friend

when i snapped a photo of

our living room and told her

that was my work space

for the next 3 nights to come

she asked me not to

work too much too

*

in fact i am not

but i think there’s no way i can

make them see and believe that

i am actually enjoying what

i am doing now very much

*

in spite of the rush, the deadlines

i really enjoy the momentum

and that makes me cherish

my free time more

like right now??

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and yeah in spite of the deadlines

i have been going out for my

routine evening walks

3 times this week

grabbing dessert, fast food and

bikinis along the way

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