The Rookie

As soon as I left my corporate job, I was hit first by a wave of panic. What no more 9-6 job??!! What I need to drive around KL??!! Argh!!!! But one can't get anywhere if you never want to step out of your comfort zone. A month later, yea it's not bad. Pretty good actually. Hours are flexi, thank God for that, else I would have gone nuts if I was to be stuck in traffic day in, day out. And I've met some very interesting people along the way, learned that a smile gets you a long way and breaks ice pretty well. One important note I've made to myself, most successful people are humble.

I was somewhat ill equipped for the job, at least for the start. My good ol' Kelisa was making all kinds of funny sound, and one day the brake behaved weirdly while I was on the highway. Scary. That's how I found out what happens when you drive with your hand brake up for a long time. Sigh. After nearly giving myself heart attack more than once, I sent the Goldie to the workshop. Three times. Now, driving around isn't too bad knowing my car will not die on me. And I learned how to use Waze to get around, finally I stopped getting lost, well not much at least. Waze is pretty awesome. I even use it on my routine trips from home to work and vice versa, to avoid jam. Also I got myself a Smart Tag. Hah! So now, only my crappy driving skills needs improvement. Perhaps by year end, Goldie will be replaced. This time I am going green, and have my sights on Honda Insight. Maybe blue, I like blue. Well, they don't have purple!

Uber stylish, and environment friendly!

My iPhone has became my lifeline to most things. The voice recorder for interviews, press releases or when I just need to record something. And the camera for all the snapshots, not just the vain ones anymore. For now, it's fine and except for the battery life, it's ok. But soon, I'll need to get a camera. I don't want those fancy DSLR ones that's huge and complicated. I really don't need another thing to muddle me further. Perhaps a simple one, point and shoot. If I decide on a smart camera, it would be Samsung WB250F. It connects via WiFi making photo uploading a breeze and has a Hybrid Touch User interface. Plus the red one looks like purple, and it's light on the pocket!

Samsung WB250F

This was a huge change from my corporate life, to a more relaxed environment, let's see where does my next adventure lead me to.