As the old Chinese saying goes
第一胎照书养， 第二胎照猪养
It definitely holds some water.
Having went through Ryan's infant stage, we are not as uptight and panicky when it comes to Rainie.
Afterall, we now know that infants are not as fragile as we first thought.
Some well thought processes, even though are for the good of the infant, does not make sense to execute daily, and people end up with truncated versions which get the job done as well.
Taking extra care to pace ourselves better this time round, and not go all out with burning passion and enthusiasm from the start, and get burnt out in no time. There was still time for me to go for a swim today
Caring for baby is not a 100m sprint, No, not even a marathon.
It's a full time whole-life-encompassing Ironman journey that lasts till your last breath.
The old photo collage that I had done for Ryan's baby shower is still hanging on my living room wall, and it makes an easy reference to compare Rainie's everyday changes to Ryan. I gonna do a similar photo collage for Rainie's baby shower too
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Precious Princess Rainie
My precious princess Rainie has finally descended into my world on 8 Jan 2015!
It only seemed like yesterday when Ryan was just born, and now we have a new member in the family!
Gonna get real busy again but I'm loving every moment of it!
It only seemed like yesterday when Ryan was just born, and now we have a new member in the family!
Gonna get real busy again but I'm loving every moment of it!
2014 Review
Jan -
Feb - Family Retreat at Hong Kong
Mar - Completed 2XU 42km run
Apr - Completed Putra Jaya 70.3
May -
Jun -
Jul - IPPT gold again!
Aug - Visited Yosemite
Sep - Completed TriFactor OD. Started Stock class and swim class
Oct - Holiday @ Bali with Dear & Ryan
Nov - Done SwimExpoAsia (not considered as completed due to a DNF in 1 race)
Dec - Completed 13th installation of SCMS and crossing the finish line in hand with Weicheng for the 1st time
As I get more experienced in Triathlon, I get more selective of the races that I join.
Racing for race experience isn't necessary for me anymore.
How did I fare on my 2014 To Do List:
Clock 2 x 70.3 Races - Only managed to do 1 this year. Wanted to do a 2nd one but have to put it off till next year as Lishan was pregnant and it won't be feasible to have a Race Holiday.
Test a proper business idea
Plucked up the courage to approach a couple of vendors for product distributorship.
The initial business plan was good, but couldn't reach a mutual agreement on pricing so I decided to drop the idea.
On hindsight, it was good that I didn't forcibly enter a bad business, as it wouldn't be sustainable at the prices that I was given. No point jumping in when the conditions ain't right. Especially after seeing my BIL sports venture fall through after 1 year of effort.
1 Full overseas trip with Dear and Ryan
Bali!
Expand portfolio by 75%
The initial goal was pretty random when I first decided on 75%.
I'm glad that I went in the other direction of going for proper classes and learning more rather than just going after illusion of having a bigger portfolio = a bigger safety blanket
Bigger portfolio of bad stocks will just push me further away from my goal.
Pick up martial arts
This was replaced by my swim and stock classes.
The original motivation for martial arts was to keep things fresh and to keep learning new stuff. Martial arts definitely is still on my list as one of the to do items, but choosing the correct skill to learn at the correct time, and with time-skill compounding (it works like interest compounding), it is a correct choice to pick up trading and swimming first than martial arts.
Learning to trade properly earlier means I got more time for compounding effects.
Learning good swim techniques means I get more focused on what I should be doing in my Ironman trainings rather than just going after aerobic & anaerobic gains which come and goes.
Clock 3 interviews
Now this is something which I should have really done much better.
I'm definitely too far into my comfort zone that even though I kept saying that I want to look for new jobs but didn't even bother to find the time to update my resume and send it out, much less spend time looking for openings.
However, the good thing is that some of the extra stuff which I did, beyond my scope of work, has unexpectedly opened new horizons for me, as it lead me to new roles and even possibly new business that I can operate.
On the 3x interviews target that I had set, I had only managed to do 1x.
And it was an internal interview, which went pretty well.
Hopefully I will get some good news within the next 2 weeks.
Time to write 2015 goals!
Feb - Family Retreat at Hong Kong
Mar - Completed 2XU 42km run
Apr - Completed Putra Jaya 70.3
May -
Jun -
Jul - IPPT gold again!
Aug - Visited Yosemite
Sep - Completed TriFactor OD. Started Stock class and swim class
Oct - Holiday @ Bali with Dear & Ryan
Nov - Done SwimExpoAsia (not considered as completed due to a DNF in 1 race)
Dec - Completed 13th installation of SCMS and crossing the finish line in hand with Weicheng for the 1st time
As I get more experienced in Triathlon, I get more selective of the races that I join.
Racing for race experience isn't necessary for me anymore.
How did I fare on my 2014 To Do List:
Clock 2 x 70.3 Races - Only managed to do 1 this year. Wanted to do a 2nd one but have to put it off till next year as Lishan was pregnant and it won't be feasible to have a Race Holiday.
Test a proper business idea
Plucked up the courage to approach a couple of vendors for product distributorship.
The initial business plan was good, but couldn't reach a mutual agreement on pricing so I decided to drop the idea.
On hindsight, it was good that I didn't forcibly enter a bad business, as it wouldn't be sustainable at the prices that I was given. No point jumping in when the conditions ain't right. Especially after seeing my BIL sports venture fall through after 1 year of effort.
1 Full overseas trip with Dear and Ryan
Bali!
Expand portfolio by 75%
The initial goal was pretty random when I first decided on 75%.
I'm glad that I went in the other direction of going for proper classes and learning more rather than just going after illusion of having a bigger portfolio = a bigger safety blanket
Bigger portfolio of bad stocks will just push me further away from my goal.
Pick up martial arts
This was replaced by my swim and stock classes.
The original motivation for martial arts was to keep things fresh and to keep learning new stuff. Martial arts definitely is still on my list as one of the to do items, but choosing the correct skill to learn at the correct time, and with time-skill compounding (it works like interest compounding), it is a correct choice to pick up trading and swimming first than martial arts.
Learning to trade properly earlier means I got more time for compounding effects.
Learning good swim techniques means I get more focused on what I should be doing in my Ironman trainings rather than just going after aerobic & anaerobic gains which come and goes.
Clock 3 interviews
Now this is something which I should have really done much better.
I'm definitely too far into my comfort zone that even though I kept saying that I want to look for new jobs but didn't even bother to find the time to update my resume and send it out, much less spend time looking for openings.
However, the good thing is that some of the extra stuff which I did, beyond my scope of work, has unexpectedly opened new horizons for me, as it lead me to new roles and even possibly new business that I can operate.
On the 3x interviews target that I had set, I had only managed to do 1x.
And it was an internal interview, which went pretty well.
Hopefully I will get some good news within the next 2 weeks.
Time to write 2015 goals!
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Management Skills Nugget
Recent issues had got me thinking about my own management style, which I can summarize as below:
Managing your team well is similar to commanding your troops well.
A good leader should have set well defined expectations in his team, and train his team to understand his actions and the rationale behind it. The team shall be well drilled in their own responsibilities, so that when issues arise, they will be able to broadly predict what will the leader do, and they will be able to react quickly, sometimes even without direct input from the leader.
Unclear directions within the team will create confusion that will result in uncertainty and the team will not know how to react in crisis/situations.
Confusion has it's place, and that is on the battlefield, and reserved for the enemies. Not your own troops.
一个好的领导者要懂得如何带兵。
操兵是为了要让兵士知道如何应对号令, 日后在战场上才不会兵荒马乱
战场上的混乱应该留给敌人，而不是自己的士兵
当士兵无法理解号令，那将领就是个失败者
Managing your team well is similar to commanding your troops well.
A good leader should have set well defined expectations in his team, and train his team to understand his actions and the rationale behind it. The team shall be well drilled in their own responsibilities, so that when issues arise, they will be able to broadly predict what will the leader do, and they will be able to react quickly, sometimes even without direct input from the leader.
Unclear directions within the team will create confusion that will result in uncertainty and the team will not know how to react in crisis/situations.
Confusion has it's place, and that is on the battlefield, and reserved for the enemies. Not your own troops.
一个好的领导者要懂得如何带兵。
操兵是为了要让兵士知道如何应对号令, 日后在战场上才不会兵荒马乱
战场上的混乱应该留给敌人，而不是自己的士兵
当士兵无法理解号令，那将领就是个失败者