Burning the candle at both ends
For the non-native English speakers that read this, 'burning the candle at both ends' is a British phrase that means your working too much and playing too much.
After a hardcore past 6 months, I went back to the UK for 5 days over Christmas, and although the flight was long (10 hours), thankfully there were no problems. And for those reading this from the UK, the fog over London that you suffered - it looked amazing from above.
During these 5 days I met up with many of my friends and family. It was a little hectic at times to make the most of this time, but I loved seeing all of you again and spending some quality time to catch up and chat. During this time I accidently walked into a lamppost, drunk many cups of English tea, enjoyed amazing food and decided what I want to do next year - on Christmas eve I decided that I'm going to apply to work for AIESEC Brazil next year, starting in the summer. Like when I applied for China, it's an incredibly scary option, but the most exciting opportunity I have and in my free time I can't stop thinking about it.
When I returned back to (another very exciting place) China, the team had some time off so for the next few days including new years eve Juan, Birtan and I partied hard (western style), getting in at 6am and waking up at 3pm three nights in a row, it was really cool but now my body clock has become even more odd, so I've had trouble sleeping and have been really tired in the past week. This weekend I need to catch up, but in the last week, I've managed to do some relaxing things like sitting in a cafe reading for hours, went to a golf driving range with Kitty at what was meant to be a networking event and today the team played pool together.
We went back to work this week, which was quite exciting but I've realised that I need to become more clear on what results I'm trying to drive, and make sure that I'm being as productive as I can be. I love what I do, but it's certainly not easy.
Now the team is back from their holiday travels and this morning we have a new member join the team, called Caio from Brazil. I've met him before at an international conference, he's really cool and has settled in very quickly, and what sealed the deal was when he showed us what we brought with him... Brazilian coffee - proper coffee!
7pm. Some of the team are having a few hours sleep, some are on the internet, and some are out having a facial massage. I'm going to try to download the Brazil application package, then grab an hour or two of sleep before going out for dinner, then to a club with the team. Tomorrow I'll sleep in, hopefully go ice skating on a lake, and spend some time with some cool people.
If you burn the candle at both ends, does this mean you have twice as much light in your life?
After a hardcore past 6 months, I went back to the UK for 5 days over Christmas, and although the flight was long (10 hours), thankfully there were no problems. And for those reading this from the UK, the fog over London that you suffered - it looked amazing from above.
During these 5 days I met up with many of my friends and family. It was a little hectic at times to make the most of this time, but I loved seeing all of you again and spending some quality time to catch up and chat. During this time I accidently walked into a lamppost, drunk many cups of English tea, enjoyed amazing food and decided what I want to do next year - on Christmas eve I decided that I'm going to apply to work for AIESEC Brazil next year, starting in the summer. Like when I applied for China, it's an incredibly scary option, but the most exciting opportunity I have and in my free time I can't stop thinking about it.
When I returned back to (another very exciting place) China, the team had some time off so for the next few days including new years eve Juan, Birtan and I partied hard (western style), getting in at 6am and waking up at 3pm three nights in a row, it was really cool but now my body clock has become even more odd, so I've had trouble sleeping and have been really tired in the past week. This weekend I need to catch up, but in the last week, I've managed to do some relaxing things like sitting in a cafe reading for hours, went to a golf driving range with Kitty at what was meant to be a networking event and today the team played pool together.
We went back to work this week, which was quite exciting but I've realised that I need to become more clear on what results I'm trying to drive, and make sure that I'm being as productive as I can be. I love what I do, but it's certainly not easy.
Now the team is back from their holiday travels and this morning we have a new member join the team, called Caio from Brazil. I've met him before at an international conference, he's really cool and has settled in very quickly, and what sealed the deal was when he showed us what we brought with him... Brazilian coffee - proper coffee!
7pm. Some of the team are having a few hours sleep, some are on the internet, and some are out having a facial massage. I'm going to try to download the Brazil application package, then grab an hour or two of sleep before going out for dinner, then to a club with the team. Tomorrow I'll sleep in, hopefully go ice skating on a lake, and spend some time with some cool people.
If you burn the candle at both ends, does this mean you have twice as much light in your life?
5 Comments:
A rather philosophical finish to your blog this time!! As long as you dont burn out, I dont think it matters!!
Love, Laura
ps more pics requested, would be nice to see what the people and places you talk about look like xx
Hey!
Commented on this post before but it doesn't seem to have come up! Oi...!
Good to hear you had a good time at home and must agree with Laura on the philosophical finish to the post! I like it...
Can't believe you're doing anoter MC term (well I can actually!). I hope it all goes well and can't wait to hear that you got the position ;)
Love,
xD
"on Christmas eve I decided that I'm going to apply to work for AIESEC Brazil next year, starting in the summer." Wow... that's pretty amazing!! I'm really quite envious lol. Glad you're having fun back in China, hope to speak to you soon. Get on some of that foreskin ;). My bear came back with me to uni btw!
Vickx
me... philisophical... well it happens about once a year so i guess that's this years quota gone.
and why does my family always comment about eating forskin in a beijing restaurant, if you translate that into spanish or portugese it sounds even more dirty than in english
^_^ Dan
My God! He replied! He's ALIVE!!!
I'm intregued... what is foreskin translated into spanish then??? Lol. And you're going to kill me.... guess what I'm listening to right now??? The special edition of Juanes' 'Mi Sangre' album which i brought today!!! Whooo!!!!!!! lol.
Vickx
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