700 See You Next Year

Next year, trying not to be that perfect and giving a bit more smile instead.

Thank you so much and see you again, in a Happy New Year.

699 Flow of Time

Within a few hours the new year breaks. The scale of year, day, or any kind of time frame, are always regular and even. It doesn't go like you have 24 hours a day and 36 hours the next day. The time frame is like a beat and rhythm in dance music. The first thing you notice in those beats are "kick and snare", and if you take them in dancing it will greatly fit. But recently I learned from my dance teacher that dance is not about catching the beat, because the music is flowing all the time without being stopped by the beats. You count like "1, 2, 3 and 4..." but actually the sounds flows between 1 and 2, 2 and 3. 

We get up and make a start of a day, and close the day when we go to sleep. Hours by hours, day by day, we tend to live such fragmented time of life. We assign our time along with our task, instead of assigning task according to our available time. But time is not fragmented nor segmentalized. The beats identify the music and the others compose the tune. 

Tomorrow is Sunday and the first day of the new year 2017. We will kick off it and beat out the rhythm of it, and it's okay --- because this is a start of a fresh tune. 

698 Instagram

This year I started using Instagram and soon noticed why this is of huge popularity and interest among people globally. It's not just about following celebrities. Instagram has its original fun and beauty as a media. To those who likes to shoot a photo, Instagram is like a personal exhibition space. Sure you can post your photo to Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, but you will be more purely focused on the photo work you made, since Instagram is designed to feature clear visuality. The other feature I like about it is that Instagram seems not that talkative compared to peers in SNS. I understand Instagram is all about the picture and the picture can instantly tell. Instagram looks simple and there's no advertisement (as long as I know), there's no shared news, no "what I was doing 5 years ago". While other SNS provide different function and contribute as more informative and interactive communication tools, to me Instagram sounds like a quiet and personal space to show my photo book. 

697 In Memory of Princess Leia

Like everyone else I feel shocked and truly sad about the loss of Princess Leia - Carrie Fisher past away. I'm not much knowledgable about her life outside the role in Star Wars saga but really liked her, being humorous, lovely, funny, wise, courageous and vigorous in the films, and that's what matters to me. We never be able to imagine the charming Princess Leia played by other actress. May the force be with you, always.

696 Look Back

In the middle of media and / or social media wrapping up 2016, though I know it's not mandatory but it's true that I get to feel like looking back what was the year 2016 to me. It started with a huge, exciting challenge. Soon I had to face the time of difficulty, anger and deep desperation. These experiences are too early to be wrapped up but one thing I got to learn was a courage to stand out and speak out, and also a courage to stay cool and wait for the change to come. Overall the year has been rough and tough but there I have seen lots of fun, delight and new experiences, which opened my eyes to the world and to myself in the course of the time. Altogether, the lessens start to tell me how I live my life in the coming years.   

If you look up a quote relating "looking back" you will see lots of nice words. Winston Churchill said "The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward", while probably one of the most popular one is "Don't look back you are not going that way." They sounds a bit contradictory but I think many people can see truth in both of them. Always the past is over and you will never go through it again, but the past is somehow the way that leads you to the future direction.

695 Updating

It's sometimes surprising to know that the favorite things had turned to be the past things. I may be a slow learner in terms of it. Recently I found myself a lot changed from who I had been in 7 years ago when I started this blog. Of those differences, some are of much importance that affect the way of my life and others not much, like the change of taste of music to which I like to spend my time. But that doesn't matter how much the change is great or trivial. The thing is that change is always unexpected and unpredictable, and I'm sure it will continue to happen, which I would like to call as "updating myself".

694 Job Search

I've been experiencing a job search many times. Sure, it's a long and complicated road to go, and it costs you lots of energy, time and expense. In the job interviews all the time I've been through anxious and nervous days of challenge, hoping finally I get a happy landing. However I also find the process rather interesting and meaningful. 

First you have a very good opportunity to know the firm from inside because you need to know what they are actually doing in the job and you may ask (or rather you are supposed to ask) whatever you need to understand the reality. The more essential and sharp your question becomes, the more it is welcomed because it no doubt shows that you are serious. The competitive landscape, the strength, the vision, what they are proud of, what they are afraid of, and what kind of person they want. Those are what you might not be able to access through the website or IR materials. 

Secondly you will be tested through tons of the interviews and questions by several different person. If you patiently keep pursuing the opportunity you will find there are a number of several different firms and jobs, usually more than expected, which, of course does not mean you will get a number of offers from them. You only need an offer at the end of the day. 

And finally, it's a bit mean to point this out but you will find exactly how the firm treats its candidate and get the important information if they are mindful enough to keep their branding policy not only to their clients but also to the prospective clients.