The buffet table.....

The buffet table...... yes, the long table that tempts us all the time with wonderful varieties of food. The table that brings us the joy of filling our stomach with all sorts of indulgences. The table that whispers in your ears, "forget the cholestrol for now, you can put on the extra pounds, your tummy needs the food." 

I was at a buffet restaurant last night, courtesy of a good friend of mine who had a buy-one-get-one-free coupon. The moment you walk in, if you don't see the food, you'll smell the food. Anyway, for the benefit of those who do not know this place it's Jogoya Japanese Buffet. It's the highest floor of Starhill Gallery KL. 

My friend and I had a lot of good food, so much so that I barely felt like walking to the car after we finished our dinner. Anyway, I am not going to give a very descriptive write up on how my friend and I indulged in food and made ourselves feel guilty about it.

I would like to direct your attention to just how the buffet style dining works - you walk up to that long table filled with good food and you go on to take whatever dish you want. Before you know it, you find yourself carrying all sorts of dishes of your choice and you are probably already salivating, anticipating the food in your mouth. 

What we do everyday is very much like being in front of a buffet table. We actually go out there on a daily basis to try to get what we want. The world at large is our buffet table. Good stuff hardly ever comes our way. Every now and then we do find ourselves being blest by our loved ones or maybe very close friends of ours. Good times come and go but never stay for long.

Go on out there and reach out for what you believe in and strive for........ make the world you buffet table and get the goodies for yourself!

~Path of Time~ by Micky Foo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.

Who we are and what we stand for....

The past 2 weeks and presumably the next 3 months will be challenging period for me and many in the place I work. Many will be resigning with the coming of the promotion period and for many who have completed three years working experience to become chartered accountants. With many leaving, loss of friends, increasing workload, drop in motivation - one's morale will definitely be affected.

As for myself, trying to separated between what I want to do from here on becomes an unprecedented task of mind boggling complexity. Forget the pun, long story short - I have to make up my mind soon on whether I want to continue doing audit or to move on into tax advisory. Both paths are equally lucrative monetary-wise, both with differing job scopes and requiring differing sets of skill. Not that it gives me a headache or anything but it confuses my mind since there are so many unknown factors to consider. Three quarters of the time, it is always the unknown that winds up becoming the bullet or bullets in one's head! To make matters worse, the finger pulling the trigger to the bullet usually belongs to our very own hand. Quite profoundly true, it is always the unknown that raises worries.

Decisions trouble all of us on a daily basis, from as simple as "what's for lunch?" to "what shirt should I wear today?" to "which tie should I put on?". Frustratingly true right? This should give you a good picture of what I am going through but at a larger scale of course, given my future is at stake.

Time and time again, I keep asking myself, "what am I doing?", "what is it I want out of myself?", "is this who I am?". I get different answers all the time, as if being in a schizophrenic state of mind switching virtual personalities from time to time. I guess the mind does play tricks on people especially when choices are of abundance.