the stolen heart

i bought a beautiful book a while ago called "classic love poems" hoping i could become more cultured and i started reading it last night. all the great poets are there…marlowe, byron, shakespeare, keats, yeats and wordsworth. i came across "the stolen heart" by john suckling and it really touched my heart...

"but love is such a mystery,
i cannot find it out;
for when i think i'm best resolved
i then am most in doubt"

{the stolen heart -- sir john suckling}

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quotable quote

i love donald miller. i was catching up on his blog today and came across this post entitled the joy of getting older:

"i wish i could go back and talk to myself when i was twenty. i'd say to myself "listen, don't worry about the things you've been worrying about. everything is going to work out great." and i'd likely clarify with myself that "in the future i get everything i need?" and i'd say back to myself, "no, you just realise you didn't need it. and that's even better."

{donald miller}

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self portrait: expressiveness

i'm often told i'm really expressive. and people frequently laugh at my animated-ness. i do it without realising. so i figured i'd try capture that in a single multiple-self-portrait. and this way i have a willing subject {myself} to practice some lighting and effects. plus, if you randomly {and perhaps unfortunately} come across my blog, you can know what i look like. sort of. my normal un-expressive face is a lot less interesting :)

cerebral implosion

i'm here at what we call the glc which is the bank's training grounds, doing a leadership programme. we're here the whole week, sunday to friday and you stay over at the on site hotel. it's super intense though, and we're only on day 2 and my brain is so tired. but i have learnt a few things about myself that i need to re-calibrate.

one. i am not ready to hit the books for an mba or pdm anytime soon. i am really study unfit.
two. i can contribute meaningfully to a classroom discussion around themes like strategy. so i've learnt a lot in my short tenure in the bank. but i have far to go :)
three. i have no self disclipline when it comes to the unbelievable food here. wow. french toast for breakfast everyday is heaven for me.
four. i feel an intense guilt being here, especially given the recent retrenchments.
five. i am not that bad at meeting new people and holding my own in what can sometimes be awkward conversations with work people {a situation i usually avoid like the plague}
six. strategy and finance are really fascinating and i'm loving the content. but i still believe i am being called to something outside of banking. and there have been so many confirmations of this {including a case study on grameen bank in our session yesterday -- what a cool surprise!}

anyway. i'm going to crash now. been a long day and have a hectic {but hopefully interesting} day ahead tomorrow.

that's all
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