Shopping in seminyak

For those expecting to bask in an air con environment in seminyak, you are in the shock of your life.

This area of bali is not very accessible to vehicle except for motocycle if you consider renting one.

There is only 1 shopping center; seminyak village which is pretty small compared to shopping malls in city area.

All around of shop houses selling
- clothing
- novelty products
-swim wear
-hand made craft
- polo
- eatery
- pub
- mini mart
- cafe
- dvd shops

At that point which I went, shops are capitalising on the Halloween festival.

Bali culture and history

Today is my 2nd day in bali!😃
Love this place and have experience lots of new things about their culture.

For starters, bali is predominantly made up of Hindu and is a small state compromising of 5 millions people.

Am staying at seminyak and I realised that the building there is mainly 2 storey high with a rare few that are 3 storey high.

Nearer the beach area, you have to be careful of motorists as they will drive on the pavement or narrow street.

Don't be surprised to see 2 vehicles being stuck in a one way street as both are traveling in opposite direction.

As a whole, around this area,there are lots of drinking place and tourists. It is generally safe to walk about in the day and in the main beach alley at night.

For those who are afraid of the dark, the beach is very dark in some area. Do remember to bring at torch.

Professionalism Tips (With superior)

When communicating with superior/bosses

-Staying Objective
-Never bring in the past tense, e.g. past job/contribution

-Seriousness and paying full attention 

-Responsiveness and readiness to change workflow to superior/bosses instructions/priorities

Freeing yourself from brain clutter and procrastination

The brain is designed to stop you from doing things that are uncomfortable, unsafe and....

Making a list of things to do, throwing the stuff in your face and doing simple things first will bring you out of it.

What is meant by being professional

Usually when the environment in the workplace is right, it is not hard getting down to work.

But if the workplace are filled with people who are not in the right mindset to work, it will negatively affect others and yourself.

When that happens, there is only one thing to do.

Being professional.

And what is meant by being professional?

It means to leave your emotion out as much as possible and react with a Zen mindset to whatever bad things people may throw at you.

In the short run, it is not easy to do, but in the long run, with a calm mind, you will be able to devise better solutions to your problem.

Not work that is tiring, it's the dealing with people part

It is usually not work that is tiring and the reason to make people leave.

It is the people portion that is tiring to dealing with because human are unpredictable and it is usually always the case of every man for himself and human nature to usually label a boogeyman in the flock for everyone to target at, hoping others will not target them.

Because of these laws, you can see people pushing away work they are supposed to do or in short taichi to the boogeyman.

It is natural to feel tired, toxic and negative.

These people thrive on such negative mentality and it is natural to sometimes feel is it right to join them or be outcast yourself.

This happen in school, in work and even in a community (sports, volunteering, interest group)

What should be done to deal with it?

Be yourself in school, be professional in work and be passionate in your community.

Critics are everywhere

In life, someone will surely criticise you no matter what you do. One thing is for sure, no one likes to be criticise.

And same goes for work. If the work given to you is reasonable, you are lucky. But if the work given to you is not reasonable, you are dealt an unlucky card in life.  You can deliver and you are criticise.

There is no other way out sometimes but to look at the person who dealt you that card straight in the eye and said you done your best.

Don't for a moment hope the person will understand you. No one will know best except for yourself.

That's why if you done your best, good job. The rest can let the critics decide. What most important is you got what you want in life or moving towards it.