Setting out ...

I wrote this mail on 1 Feb and then went down with a bad flu. Have fully recovered now ... Time to go! And have fun ... =)

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It has been 2.5 years since I have left for the States and I have asked myself constantly what I have really achieved during this time. I have done a lot of things, but what exactly have I achieved?

I have also asked myself where I see myself in 5, 10 years' time. It is a question I really hate answering, esp during interviews ... I mean who the hell knows what would happen so many years down the road. But yet during the recent Strategic Thinking Paper session w Prof Tom K, he reaffirmed the facts that you create your own future and only you can decide if your choices will bring you happiness.

I thought about I want to achieve in the next 5, 10 years ... Earn $10k per month? Reach some really high up position somewhere? Own a car? A house? Find that special someone?

But where does my passion lie? What choices will bring me happiness? Eventually I came back to sports, to playing squash as one of the answers.

I have decided to continue this path for several reasons ...

1) Squash is fun. I really enjoy playing this game very much.

2) I want to be on a pursuit for excellence and do something really well. Squash is the chosen vehicle and I believe it is a worthwhile pursuit.

3) I have set certain targets previously, targets that have not been achieved. At this point of time, I still can't explain to myself satisfactorily for not having done so. I know I have not reached the point where I can tell myself very honestly that "This is the best I can do given my innate ability, the circumstances and the resources. I have pushed to the max and I will stop here now." Thus I want to go back and complete what I have set out to do ...

Do join me ...