Monday, November 28, 2011

Long time no see

Haven't posted a single word for half a year. This is not good.
I even forgot I had this blog.

Recent news:
Visited Papua New Guinea and Bali in June-July: this was fun. Made me think about moving to some southern island (Bali?) some day.
Changed my job: Programmer --> PMO (employer calls this management consultant)
Started learning Chinese: so far just keep listening to the same audio tracks from a book called "Chinese through pictures".

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Jump rope

This morning went out to try my new jump rope.
This was way harder than I imagined when ordered it at Am***n.
In total jumped 4-5 hundred times but failed to jump even 100 without
stopping.
Suprisingly my back didn't hurt at all after the training.
Is it a good sign?

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

what should I do to find some time for studying

I feel really tired of this job. But it is extremely hard for me to quit
it.
One guy that joined the company the same time with me has told me today
that he is leaving in the end of this month. He is going to prepare for
the public accountant or tax consultant exam for half a year and search
another job afterwards. What a luxurious plan! Half a year for studying
something new is no doubt great. I cannot keep learning anything for
longer than 1-2 weeks because after work I simply haven't enough power
to make myself study for an hour or two.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

attitude to the job

Yesterday I was told by my wife that my attitude to the current job has
changed dramatically recently and it makes her feel anxious.
To tell the truth I do realize this by myself as well but cannot help
losing interest to the job that exhausts me day by day. Working 10-13
hours every day, having to wake up as early as 4:30 - 5:00 am just to be
able to see kids in the evening, all this can only make me tired more
and more. And furthermore it doesn't allow any time for efficient
studying, no matter whether the subjects are related to the current job
(e.g. SJCP) or not (e.g. Finance, etc.).
The wind of change is supposed (by me) to come this year.
I really need to summon all my abilities to make a pathway for this wind
in the rocks I am now surrounded.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

going to Papua?

Today I'm visiting the Tokyo Immigration Bureau for registering Roma in
my passport and obtain the re-entry permissions for us both.
The next step is to set the appropriate dates and buy the tickets. And
then, if everything goes right, we can go to Papua for a week or so.
Sounds so exciting that I can't wait.
I really really hope everything will work out.

Monday, February 21, 2011

HP PC

Our new HP PC has been delivered this morning. Hooray.
Can't wait for going home and open the box.
Repeating myself, I hope that this notebook will work as well as my
previous used to work. And that one was a tough guy. :)

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Just Do It!

Да! Теперь решено. Без возврата...

This is year is to be a year of learning something very new. Not IT.
I really want to change my job, but I decided that the new one must not
be "developer or IT specialist" which I have aimed at so far.
Something related to finance would suit me better.

Here is my plan for this year:

1) Japan Securities Dealers Association Exam L2
2) Securities Analyst Exam L1
3) (as an immediate task) Start seeking junior positions in the finance.
Find out all possible "start" positions and list them up.
4) Also try to check the big Trading Houses, which can be a good
alternative.