Xmas '16

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

I had such an unforgettable night with my best colleagues in the world. Last night, the weather seemed not so easy to celebrate the party, but we still attended to the Guest Gathering and had warm conversations with our beloved guests. There were a lot of activities such as calligraphy (one kind of Vietnamese traditional writing), dragon dance, etc. at the Jetty bar. Then we both turned into the faithful and went to the Dining by the Bay restaurant to sing carol songs. 

Although it was raining heavily and freezing, we later decided to come to the Rock Villa to sing for a private BBQ party thanks to the speed boat. The feeling of rain, wind and frozen to the bone but happiness flew inside me somehow. Yay, we were taken many wonderful pictures to share on facebook and honestly that was one of the best Xmas I had ever experienced in my life because I had them all beside me.

The night fell down and we had an intimate late dinner at the host bar to chit chat and laugh out loud like kids. It lasted until the midnight and we must get back to our room for sleeping. 

What a holy night!!!

This morning, we sang again and danced the bamboo ^^~ Then we had a big pizza and cups of carrot juice at lunch while waiting for the speed boat to get home. *Phew* As soon as I arrived at home, I flung myself into the bed and sleep well haha

Too tired but too happy to complain :") I'm so full now!!!

Thanks, God for everything!!!

Love,

Hal

191216

Christmas is not coming to town but flooding over the resort where I'm working. It means I have been participating in the vocal group to sing carols on Christmas' Eve at the restaurant as a special gift for all the guests on the day. 

Half of me is intensively excited to stay over night on the hidden away island to celebrate this occasion for the first time with my lovely colleagues and spread our heart all around to cheer the night while the other half tells me to get home, stick my ass on the comfy sofa beside my beloved ones, taste the popcorn while watching our all-the-time favourite movie "Home alone 2". 

This year, I am about to have myself a little Christmas in another way, though. Yes, I agreed to spend my most special moment in the resort to sing carols and have a party with my colleagues here. Hopefully the night wouldn't make me disappointed :)

Bf has been not around for over one month and won't return until Tet holiday for his master degree course. Last year, we had a warm and cosy night together at Nha Trang center. Life is always getting so easy to be with him. I suppose I should fill the loneliness on holidays by hooking up with my friends and enjoying the holidays in delight even without him.

Can't wait until the Saturday!!!

Peace,

Hal 

Nước lũ dâng cao

Qua giờ Nha Trang có áp thấp nhiệt đới nên mưa xối xả từ đêm qua đến tận sáng nay, mình cũng cố dậy sớm chuẩn bị rồi đi làm. Xe đi được đến cầu Trần Phú thì bị tắc nghẽn giao thông vì đường biển khúc Phạm Văn Đồng bị chặn do sạc lở đường.

Mình ngồi trên xe cũng nhoi nhoi vì sợ không biết lát đi tàu ra sao nữa, thế là quyết định xuống xe bắt taxi về nhà cho lành. Về đến nhà lại không có mami ở nhà nên đành lên Lotte mua vé xem phim vô ngồi trong cái rạp vắng tanh xem phim "The charnel house". Phim khá hay vì ít nhất lâu lắm rồi mới lại có cảm giác sợ thật sự.

Sau đó thì về nhà ăn trưa rồi nằm ngủ. Hôm nay mưa to nhiều lắm, vỡ đê lũ lụt khắp nơi. Nhà mình cũng bị dột từ tối hôm qua nhưng may quá lại không bị lũ lụt gì cả. Đôi khi chỉ cần thế này cũng thấy rằng mình may mắn nhiều như nào rồi.

Mấy nay tiếng anh mình quá tệ :( Mình cảm thấy xấu hổ và buồn bã vì mình không còn được sử dụng tiếng anh hay thấy tự hào gì về khả năng ngôn ngữ của mình nữa.

Cảm thấy buồn vì bị put in the wrong condition :)

Boring day!

Christmas is coming to town. People all around me are getting busy with a lot of incredible plans at Christmas' Eve such as practicing to sing carols, decorating the Xmas tree, shopping for a bunch of cute fluffy stuff to wear and take photos everywhere. 

However, I feel somehow indifferent with this most special event in the year. There is no more annual Christmas countdown, no more decoration and Hal-made greeting cards. What has left in me now is just a void that is hardly to be filled. 

I'm thinking of another trip to HCMC at the end of year to have the New Year's Eve party with my friends and they would be able to drive me through beautiful and sparkling streets under the colorful lights above my head. It must be wonderful to meet them again after months of working like a slave.

On the other hand, my colleagues asked me to remain at the resort to sing the carols of Christmas for guests at the dinner and celebrate a little party at the Christmas' Eve and we will take a trip to Dalat city at the first of 2017.

Well, there are several interesting options to pick here. Either HCMC or Dalat city or nothing - stay at home and enjoy my holiday wrapped myself in the cover and start to hibernate like a polar bear =.= 

Since I started my work, all I wish to do everything I've got free time is just sleeping and sleeping as much as possible in order to fill the lack of sleep that I have been experiencing for months. 

*Phew*

This post is lame! I'm lame too!

Sorry.

071216

I have got a sunstroke since the day of interview at Eastin resort for some reason. That must be an impressing day as long as I forgot the interview with a Vietnamese nasty woman in Human Resource Department. What's more, working on Saturday would be awful to me. Therefore, regardless of the fact that I had an interesting conversation with General Manager and I supposed I would be fortune to work with such a nice boss like this, my ultimate decision was refusing the job no matter how high my salary could be. 

My guts told me it was not right to go for such an office environment as everything was strange to me, from the way those staff threw at me inquisitive looks and certainly initiated to give me judgment inside their head. I felt totally uncomfortable!

Back to where I have been working, there are a lot of nice things here. From the colleagues to the environment, they give me peace and the sense of familiarity except my manager *frown* Well, I'd better temporarily work here until the end of January due to the upcoming Lunar New Year. I'm going to attend to the Year-End party with most of my company and get the bonus at the end of year :') Many good things are waiting for me at this time. 

The start of something new should come in new year!!!

My current job is kind of boring and tedious which doesn't give me any opportunity to grow myself and improve any specific skill. I am an extrovert who would like to communicate and learn more new things from a variety of other fields, but right now I'm surrounded by the walls in a small room, all alone sticking my ass on a chair, facing to the screen for eight hours and working like a machine T_T Sometimes I wonder why I chose this position although I had already had a vision of that poor me stuck in a room without moving an inch to anywhere else. Well, maybe my decision followed the salary that attracted such a recent graduate like me :)) Money first, your passion comes second! That's the rule ='p Now, I'm slight regretting for the thought somehow!

...

It's raining in torrents outside.

...seems the storm is coming.

Sad!

~Hal

Salut Decembre!

December greeted me with an overwhelming workload that I believe it must have been for the whole team working together to complete. Sometimes I wonder whether my manager supposes I am such a supergirl or possess any supernatural powers to handle all those tasks at once, or simply she merely considers me a machine to work automatically without tiredness. 

To be honest, I am capable of handling them but I decided to refuse and quit the job because I should let no one exploit me for no reason. I need a leader who may sympathize with me or at least encourage me and appreciate what I have done so far instead of showing me how unproductive I am although she never tries putting herself into my shoe and knows how much I have dedicated to this company. 

I am not going to show off my ability but I dare her to find out someone else better than me. Someone who can play two roles at the same time and work all alone under pressure without being recognized by the leader.

This morning, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back when she forced me to follow her rules even though she allowed me to manage everything by myself right from the beginning. One thing, she is bad at managing and doesn’t fit to become a manager :)

As my plan, I have the date of interview tomorrow morning at another resort and get ready to leave this current job. Future is such a mysterious thing to predict but I believe there is a will, there’s a way. 

Wish me luck on the day!! *finger crossed*

Hal