Sunday, August 12, 2018

2018/08/13: Good-By July

how on earth it took me so long to write this

but not that bad right

this is actually the 2nd Sunday of August

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how would i describe July

fast but slow at the same time

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1st week was pretty slow

struggling to move on

from the trough during June

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but it was overall okay

at least I have billed in something

before flying off to Tokyo on 7 July

which fell on a weekend

with zero workload to start with

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the entire week at Tokyo

was smooth sailing

the best perk of solo travel

work and play at my pace

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so I mostly work in the morning

and go out after noon

and continue/start again

in the evening if required

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on the night before

my day trip to Kamakura

i was racing with time

with a large volume task

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so the day trip kinda acted as a motivation

i finally managed to finish

and went out by 12

without sacrificing the day trip

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and on the day after

i could totally went with

a super slow pace

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like waking up pretty late and

worked all the way until 3

went out at 4 and

returned by midnight

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i remember during my post for June

was lamenting over my bad luck

of how i missed a task

simply because i read the email

7 minutes late

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but it seemed that this month

luck was on my side

so i went for a concert

on a Friday evening

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and there was no signal

on my portable WiFi

in the underground venue

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but oh man

the concert was too great

No Party for Caodong @ WWW Tokyo

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i had no time to worry

and my battery died

while snapping Shibuya’s Crossing

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but thank goodness

the client waited

as I had worked on the previous batch

the one I was racing against time

a couple of days ago

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no sleep on a Friday night

and i had to ask for an extension

for a task I didn’t manage to finish

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packing done by 3 AM

caught the earliest train by 5 AM

flight at 10 AM

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well getting an extension is one thing

i still had to get it done

on a Saturday

well… half done on the place

battery died ><

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and half done

on the floor at the airport

as i found power supply there

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and third week of July was

really crazy that

i have got no time for

post-vacation blue

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audio transcription

over 2 weeks

6 videos

1-1:30 hours each

which took me

1-1.5 days each

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and i had to take a break

after 1 video done

not exactly a break

like working on something else

to get the “voice” out of my mind

before i can start over again

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and hiccup happened

7 hours of unsaved work

took me another 2 hour

to redo everything

and finished the complete file

by 3 AM

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that kind of stress

i was undergoing

so i decided to go for another concert

to be exact a 2-day music festival

featuring the same artist and more

No Party for Caodong @ Cameron Highlands

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a small 3 day 2 night vacation

waking up in Malaysia at 13 °C

is not something you experience everyday

Strawberry tea ><

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and the month ended in

another round of busyness

this post is so long huh

and it took me so long

looking for pictures

it felt so long ago

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anyway the month ended good

highest sale since the year started

in fact since last April

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