New Year's Resolution

Before gliding along 2010, let's take some times to look back to the past twelve months and see what the one thing that has brought about our New Year's resolution is. Rewinding a film reel, I see clearly a so plain and ordinary guy that I did not pay attention to when we first met; just recognized that he was one of the new colleagues I was introduced to in Chiang Rai. Time passed by, while I was busying myself with fitting into a new glass of water; and he, an ordinary and soft spoken guy, showed up in my office one day asking about the task we had been assigned but did not know much about. Telling him I would find out the answers, we started to exchange more and it turned out to be me who frequently popped up in his office to relay the information and to talk about other stuff. I was taken by surprise when, he, an ordinary; soft spoken; and sensible guy, offered to take me to my birthday dinner. With his motorbike, we went to town to find a nice place I'd told him was any place for good food and red wine. He, an ordinary; soft spoken; sensible; and tasteful guy, picked a place and ordered a bottle of red wine for us. I started feeling hot on my face after the first glass and knew what it was, so I put up as an excuse a rare occasion where I drank with male reasoning that I was aware of how awful it would be to get red in front of guys. He, an ordinary; soft spoken; sensible; tasteful; and artful guy said, "Is it hot when it's red?" while his hand was reaching out to my cheek and I got carried away. It's been a year already. I've learned a lot more about him, he who was an ordinary; soft spoken; sensible; tasteful; artful; and complicating guy, yet know nothing about him; and instead got weakened and weakened myself each day. Thus, for 2010 I put this as my New Year's Resolution--BE COMPOSED, BE FOCUSED, BE STRONG!

'Give Me a Break'

At intervals, we all need a break. I always need it when working; especially after sitting long hours in front of a computer. To take a break, I usually opt to work on something else or play some computer games, and sometimes just eat or take a nap. That should sound familiar and common as they are what many people do to ease the tension built up during that physical moments. Yet, there's another kind of tension that seems to be stronger and tends to burrow its root deeper. This kind of tension is accumulated through thought; and I normally need quiet time with myself when it occurs. Nonetheless, I've found out that talking to people helps. All I need is the right person to talk to and it should be done when my mind is stable enough to not to be stirred or weakened by possible unexpected different viewpoints.

What about you? How do you take a break during tense time?