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New Year 2009, we want something new

Family, Health and wellness, Life Style
New Year is quite the same every year, we avoid travelling upcountry or abroad to avoid crowded. We went to have dinner with family.
We having dinner with on 31/12/08 with my relative side. On 1/1/09, we went to having dinner with my wife side.
But this year, I think we should have something new. I always feel that I will be lucky in 2009 at least in my mind.
If you can feel like this since the beginning of the year, you will be lucky for sure. Everything will drive from your heart.
I plan to buy my wife a new car since she use Altis for more than 6 years.
I think a lot to choose between Accord, Camry, Wish, Captiva, Teana and CR-V which are all in the same price range.
Accord -> interia design does not catch me.
Camry -> interia almost same style like new Altis that I drive
Wish -> heard about noise suppression and suspension issue
Captiva -> ugly interia design
CR-V -> Suspension issue
Teana -> looking better among all but old body.
Wait a minute, I see from the internet that Nissan gonna launch new body in Q1’09.
Perfect timing for us, very beautiful like picture below but my wife didn’t see it yet.
I already told her that I already make decision to buy it. We want something new.
Note: at the end, I didn’t buy it since my wife choose Toyota Wish instead. She wants family car that children can watch cartoon from TV at back seat.

Happy Birthday Geno

Family, Life Style, ,
November 2008: Yesterday was Geno Birthday. In fact, we already celebrated his birthday since Sunday because no one can come back early on Monday.
He got 2 cakes on Sunday. The first one we bought and celebrated within our family in the morning.
The second one, Tuck bought it for him to celebrate at Mom’s home in the evening.
The funny thing is that he got sleep talk since Saturday night singing birthday song and blew the candle in his dream.
It can’t believe that 2 years old boy knowing about his own birthday and sleep talk.
Anyway, he did very good blow on Sunday. He took down 2 candle lights within one blow.
He tried to do the same on the second cake in the evening but he blow into wrong direction. Very funny.
Happy Birthday Geno, this event will be your good memory for long.

จีโน่กับสิ่งที่มองไม่เห็น

Family,

ไม่นานมานี้ ลูกคนเล็กของผมจะตื่นขึ้นมาร้องกรี๊ดทุกวันประมาณเที่ยงคืน เราไม่รู้ว่าเกิดอะไรขึ้น

จนผมกับภรรยาตัดสินใจหาสร้อยพระมาห้อยคอน้อง Geno จากนั้นก็ไม่ตื่นขึ้นมาร้องอีก แต่เราสังเกตุเห็นว่าบางครั้ง Geno จะแสดงความรู้สึกกลัวอะไรบางอย่าง เวลาเจอคนแปลกหน้าบางคน หรือรูปปั้นบางประเภท โดย Geno จะเงียบและก้มหน้าตลอดเวลา จนสังเกตุเห็นได้

ยกตัวอย่างเช่น เวลาพาไปบ้านแม่ แล้วเห็นรูปปั้น ร.5 ก็จะกลัวไม่กล้ามอง และก้มหน้าหลบสายตา หรือถ้าเจอกับญาติบางคนก็จะไม่กล้ามองหน้าและนั่งนิ่ง จนกระทั่งพ่อหรือแม่ต้องไปอุ้มออกมาจากจุดนั้นและพาเดินไปที่อื่น ระหว่างอุ้มไปที่อื่นก็จะคอยเหลือบมองเป็นระยะ พอไปอยู่ในจุดที่พ้นระยะสายตา ก็จะกลับมาร่าเริงเหมือนเดิม

เป็นไปได้ไม๊ว่า เด็กอายุ 1.5 ปีจะสามารถเห็นในสิ่งที่คนทั่วไปมองไม่เห็น???

ตอนนี้จะบอกว่าสร้อยพระขาดไปแล้ว แต่ Geno เองก็หายจากอาการหวาดผวาในเวลากลางคืนแล้ว

May – This is my month

Family, Life Style
May 2008: I was born in this month but this year it is a very busy year for me.
I didn’t expect any birthday greeting since I come back to my home almost midnight.
I run many projects in office from 9 to five.
Then I rush to study my MBA until late at night.
I expect that my birthday this year will be as same as another working day.
Wake up in the early morning.
Take a bath and get dress, prepare to go for work.
Walking down from upstair.
Why no one turn on the light today.
I heard the song along the way to dining table.
“Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you …..”
My wife and sons sing birthday song for me, how sweet. They didn’t forget about my day.
I eat cake as my breakfast and go to work happily.
I’m busy with my work and go for lunch and come back to finish my work again.
In late afternoon, all the light in my office black out.
I heard the song along the way to my room again
“Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you …..”
All my subordinates buy me ice-cream cake, how nice are they.
2 cakes in one day
I finish the cake and finish my work and finish my MBA study at the end of day.
Tired but happy.

A Catchy Word!

Family

On the way to go for lunch, I drive my car with my son, Nano, sitting beside me. I notice that he keeps looking into my face and keep smiling.

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Me: Nano, Why you are keep smiling when looking into my face?

Nano: BECAUSE, I’M SO HAPPY WHEN YOU STAY WITH ME AND NO NEED TO GO FOR WORK!!!

In fact, I plan to take leave on Nano’s birthday but there is no point since he also need to go to school. Anyway, Gob plans to buy birthday cake for him and bring to school. Therefore, he can enjoy his birthday with all his friends and learn how to share happiness

Can’t beleive I will go for MBA

Family,
March 2008: After I graduated from ABAC since year 1993, I talked to myself that I will never continue on Master degree anymore because studying is boring. I hate reading and memorizing for examination. Sometimes only hate cannot stop destiny.
Do you believe in destiny?
It started from Q4 last year. My next assignment in the company is to implement SAP in Eastern Europe. There was 3 years assignment by implementing SAP country by country, one year for each country starting from Hungary. It was really exciting decision because we need to move the whole family there as expat (cool isn’t it?). That is why I put in to one of ultimate goal as surviving my new job in Budapest!
Once the dead line came closer for contract signing, I and Gob felt uncertainty in leaving BKK. Last week before dead line, project director told me there was some change in implementation plan. The project will be based in Debrezen instead of Budapest. There is no international school for my kid in that city and people there hardly speak English. We think a lot how our children will live and Gob will feel lonely there. Therefore, I decided to turn down this opportunity. At the same time, I was looking for new job because it is the dead end for my career path now if I’m still working in company (I thought).
Within that week I got one opportunity as IT Manager in big car manufacturing company via headhunter but the compensation is almost the same as current company. I consult with my elder brother about this opportunity but he disagreed. I also think that it is not good solution if I change job just because I want to working in BKK. Therefore I declined new opportunity and talking to headhunter. She understood and convinced me that I should have master degree for further future growth. From that day, her idea is still running in my head.
The week later, I decided to talk to my boss in order to turn down opportunity in Europe with family reason. He asked me what will be my next move since I’m too big for the current position. There are only 2 options, grow outside Thailand (vertical growth) or horizontal growth (cross functional). So I told my boss that please give me a chance to go for MBA then I can move horizontally. My boss replied back immediately “I fully support you! We are always happy to invest in good people”.
Last week, I just apply for MBA with company scholarship. The only step to make this happen is to go for interviewing in mid of April. Then the course will start at beginning of May. I should change my first ultimate goal to ‘acquire MBA degree’