Tag: life

Tough Thursday

by liyangsthoughts, posted in Anything and everything

It seems to be a week of being a lazy parent. First we missed out on B’s school learning showcase day. Today we forgot to send Ingrid to daycare with some vegetables, they were making soup for Matariki.

Went to work feeling tired and a numbing headache. Last night, Ingrid and I both coughed a lot. It’s the winter bugs. We are fine during the day, but can’t stop coughing at night. Ingrid keeps saying she is not sick, so she can go to Norway. Poor little one.

My headache gives me brain fog. Good thing is at work we have a wellness room, where I can relax for a bit. It helps to just go in a dimmed lighted room closing my eyes and sit there for a while. It smooths out the headache a bit. I am curious what causing me having these headaches every month, I think it is hormone level related.

I was proud of myself to be at Pilates class this evening. This teacher had the best playlist , I pushed hard, chose all the hard level options. Felt much better after my body moved a bit. When I came home I told B that if you ever have a hard day, best thing to do is to move your body. Hope she remembers what I told her, coz one day she will need exercise to help her get through some long days.

Went for a walk during lunch time, had delicious lunch. When I sit in front of something I really enjoy to eat, I tell myself this is the reason to work. So I can appreciate meals like this to treat myself and enjoy the reward of working.

Hope the weekend is going to be a good one, after this week ends, then we are 3 weeks till the trip begins.

Working in a law firm

by liyangsthoughts, posted in Anything and everything

I have been working at a law firm for 6 weeks now. What an interesting world it is! Everyday is different. Let me capture today.

  • Woke up 6:30, get ready for breakfast.
  • 7:45 everyone out of the house, drop off kids
  • 8:40 got into the office
  • 9-12pm emails, preparer documents, translate emails to clients who don’t speak English
  • 1pm found a little boy in the reception who was crying and looking for his mum, talked to him in Chinese and found his mum. Then kept him and his younger brother entertained, got them some biscuits, while their mum sorted out stuff
  • 1:30pm went to an event about e-commerce, payment, regulations around selling online
  • 2pm back to my desk, more emails, phone calls to clients to confirm meetings, follow up on their billing stuff
  • 3pm realised missed out on my child’s school learning day.
  • 4pm went back to the e-commerce event, learnt that TikTok ads can’t be more than 30 seconds, better have the CEO hold a phone talking about stupid things for 30 seconds than making it longer
  • 5pm on the way to pick up kids from school and daycare, traffic was mad, was late for pick up
  • 6pm dinner was take away sushi for kids, leftover for adults
  • 7pm kids played my phone to take a dancing video, they watched 30 mins TV then bedtime
  • 8pm did my home exercises after kids fell asleep, listened to podcast for 30 mins
  • 9pm got in my room opened my laptop and typing these words

Three things I learnt while working at a law firm:

  1. it is a fast paced high pressure environment
  2. professionals take their time very seriously, no wasted time for random chats
  3. if I want to stay in this place longer, need to find things truly add value to the firm and do them well

I am not sure how my network will be relevant to what I am doing now, but I do believe focus on doing everything to a good standard. Overtime, I will find my own pace and unique attribute to this place. I love the seriousness of the job, also it is a beautiful environment, filled with smart people.

I trust with time and patience, I will enjoy what I do more and more.