Post Power Syndrome

Einstein with his theory of relativity is right! Time is relative. I can't believe that it's less than one week for me to finally give my final bow and say goodbye to my workmate. Looking back in retrospect, I can't help noticing how life come in full circle. I started my work in Australia, end of January 2001 and now I get to end it in Australia too, end of January 2008.

Seven long years... ten different countries... hundreds of people from all over the world. The dessert, the snows, the jungle, the multi-million sky scrappers. The living to bare minimum in the back of a truck to the five-star hotel exposure.

I didn't know what I commit to when I start working. And wow, what a ride it's been so far. And I have to admit part of me freaking out thinking that by end of next week, I'll cut my ties (eventho temporarily) to all the things that I've been so used to for the past seven years. But you know how it goes, when you've been running so long and so far, under constant pressure, you have to stop and rest.

I need to stop. I need the rest.

I need this 1.5 years leave, not only to study but also to contemplate on what is it that I want to achieve in life. Taking a deep breath, living in slower pace, getting to know myself, getting to know life. I'm all for climbing the stair, as fast as I could, as high as possible. But I want to make sure that the stair is leaning to the right wall. I don't want to reach the end of my journey only to find out I've been climbing the wrong stair.

Am sooo looking forward of the future!