Was engaging in a chat with a colleague not too long ago while waiting for a meeting to start.

Somehow the topic of our conversation drifted to what we would both do the moment we are not obliged to serve the government any longer.

We are both relatively new to the organisation, having worked in it for under 2 years and having many more years ahead of us, not to mention lots of walls and hurdles to clear.

"So how? Would you stay on?"

Came the all-too-familiar question that has been posed to me countless times the past year-and-a-half.

To be truthful, I don't really have the answer.

I do like what I am doing but occasional thoughts of "What if I had...?" and "Is this what I really should be doing?" do creep into the recesses of my mind.

That would trigger a series of even more thoughts about the future, and also images of myself doing totally unrelated jobs like freelance writing, teaching Japanese or swimming, translation work etc etc.

Or even hawking soya bean milk and tau huay at your neighbourhood coffee shop. Haha.

That aside, the future is pretty uncertain at this point in time and of whether or not I would really still enjoy what I am doing a couple of years down the road.

It could reach the point that I have become so comfortable in my job that I would crave for a change.

Well, it's good to ponder about things like these once in a while, like when I am running early for meetings or just simply having nothing else better to do.

Just keeping my options wide open.

And my radar in good working order.

Back...

Hard to believe that a month has passed since I posted something here.

It's now February and we are into the second month of 2006!

Was just wondering if this is the time when people would actually start reflecting on whether or not they are still sticking by the new year's resolutions that they have made at the end of last year.

Well, my progress report has been so-so I guess.

Have been hitting the gym on a more regular basis now in an effort to bulk up a little more and squeezing in the additional run or session at the pool.

So I suppose if I maintain at the current rate at which I am going, I reckon I should be doing fine.

Not big, bulging muscles that I am aiming for but just a more, toned physique.

Things on the work front have been difficult at times but I reckon I am coping okay.

Hoping that this year will shape out to be a pretty good one.

Looking forward to the coming months ahead.