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January 29th, 2006

A New Job A New Life

After struggling and crying for a few weeks, the good news came last Thursday…
After I turned in my resignation letter a week ago, I had a few conversations with my management team. I made it clear to all levels of my managers that unless they can offer me something local which does not require […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 7 comments

January 23rd, 2006

Leaving the Bridge Unburned

I finally took the first step towards leaving my job today.
After thinking carefully for the whole weekend, I felt that no matter what I do and no matter how much I have determined that I would never ever come back to this company again, I should not burn the bridge.. You just never know. […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 9 comments

January 20th, 2006

Finding The Better Path

Yes, I am ready to switch career. The $100,000 question is … What is the better path?
I am a Christian who can’t really memorize the Bible. But I do remember somewhere in the Bible says that everybody in this world is suitable for doing one type of thing. We are all unique individuals with weakness […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 5 comments

January 19th, 2006

Saving For The Rainy Days

A long time ago, I learned something from my financial advisor that I need to put aside 3 – 6 months of living expenses in an easily accessible account, preferable a cash account which I can withdraw money during emergency. According to quite a few experts, this is a more important fiancial step than […]

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January 18th, 2006

What Is Your 2005 Stress Scale

Stress can be productive or destructive, depending on what type of stress it is, and how much stress you may be dealing with at any given time.
Evaluate the following stressors according to what you have experienced in the past year. If the event happened in 2005, put a mark aside of the event and […]

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January 17th, 2006

Make A Change - Step #1 Make A Plan

First of all, I want to thank all the ladies for leaving inspiring comments on the previous post. A lot of words really got me thinking about the options, reality and what I should do next.
The politics is getting worse and worse on the daily basis in the office. In order to protect my privacy […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 1 comment

January 16th, 2006

Too Stubborn to Improve?

I wrote a short article a few days ago about whether women should take a full time travel job. I got some excellent responses from the readers and I’d like to quote one of theirs here:
Kayll wrote:
When you travel like that, where exactly do you call your home? When are you not catching up on […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 8 comments

January 13th, 2006

Should Women Take Travel Jobs?

I work for an IT consulting firm. One of the job requirements is to be able to travel full time. That is, we fly out on Mondays and come home on Fridays. If we are lucky, we can work out the Monday through Thursday schedule and work from home on Fridays, which is what I […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 4 comments

January 10th, 2006

Kiss Pensions Goodbye

If you are in your 30’s or 40’s, you might have grandparents who are comfortably living off the pensions and social security. Guess what, none of these might happen when you grow older.
When I did my retirement plan a while ago, I didn’t count the social security simply because of all the troubles the […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 5 comments

January 9th, 2006

2006 Best Companies To Work For

Fortune just published a new list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For.
Here is the top ten list:
1. Genentech
2. Wegmans
3. Valero Energy
4. Griffin Hospital
5. W.L. Gore
6. Container Store
7. Vision Service Plan
8. J.M. Smucker
9. REI
10. S.C. Johnson & Son
I am […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 5 comments

January 4th, 2006

Sexy Isn’t Better At Work

I have worked in ultra conservative and super relaxed environments from east coast all the way to the sunny California. I have spent time working with both sloppy dressers wearing flip flops and clean cut guys in dark suits. I actually have never seen anybody dressing super sexy and showing cleavage at work until today. […]

By Christine(Yuna) -- 3 comments

January 3rd, 2006

Nightmare At Work

(If you’ve missed previous posts , here is the short version of the story: I lost 3 machines in one week. As a IT worker, there isn’t much to do without a computer.)

So… I showed up at work without my laptop today, however, I did prepare a deck of cards, a dozen […]

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January 1st, 2006

A Short Notice

I soaked my machine in water last week and the carriers lost 2 replacements in one week (talking about a lottery winning probability), I will be offline starting tomorrow until Thursday. Let’s just hope my next shipment will peacefully make it to the destination.
In the meantime, I will go to work with just pen […]

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January 1st, 2006

The Reality Check

On Dec 19, I wrote a post to show my determinations to take a real vacation by turning away from my work, blog and work. The reality is that it is much harder to avoid work responsibilities than we thought.
I couldn’t resist my “curiosity” and checked my work emails on the second night […]

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