These videos are great. I am not good at talking, but I hope anyone watching this will be able to understand what Nichiren Buddhism is all about:
There are 4 parts to this 30 minute interview and this is just the first of them..
Enjoy 
The fight between the Uchiha brothers is finally over. The story moves back to Naruto and his team.
That fight between Itachi and Sasuke was a bit too long. Hopefully the anime version will be shortened to just two episodes. I missed Naruto and his team for the past 10 weeks.
Now I understand why manga is better in volumes than in chapters..
After the speech, after the singing and after talking to a few friends about it, I have decided not to wait for any further. Since university, I have been on an open ended contract at a prominent organisation. I like the work, I like my colleagues, I like the environment and their culture is great. But I seem to be pondering on the uncertainties of my contract more often now and I don’t seem to be getting anywhere.
So I have decided to keep myself back on track and taking the responsibility for my own future instead of waiting for things to happen. Resolutions number 1 and 3 are on track. I am doing a fair bit of walking on most weekends now and I am cutting off a lot on my unnecessary expenditures. But my goals for resolutions 2 (career) and 4 (self improvement) are way too far behind and I need to work on them. Having taking two days off this week for being sick and fatigued, I took the opportunity of having an additional 8 hours of free time to look for jobs again and update my CV. I am also preparing for my application to do Masters in GIT.
I don’t know how things will go, but I really hope that I will either find a job before April 30, get my contract extended after April 30 or get some response about my Masters Application.
It will definitely be very tough for the next month, but I am going to live up to the challenge and try my best in every situation. Of course, I will need to recover from my cold at the same time.
It’s the annual Youth Meeting at Kaikan in Elsternwick and I will be speaking in front over a hundred people tomorrow and sharing my own experiences. It is the first time in 18 months that I am presenting. The last presentation I had was OK because I had been practising for it many times before it. The last time I really struggled talking was actually my interview for the water analyst position. I struggled with words, I struggled with everything. Answering questions live was hard. I failed miserably at my last interview…
This is big tomorrow. Not only I will be presenting, but I will have to talk about myself in front of others. I am so nervous, but I am also looking forward to it tomorrow. It’s going to be a big test of confidence.. I have a script (it’s like an essay), but I really don’t want to refer to it tomorrow. After the speech, I have the Bayside performance, which is the singing. I hope it all goes well. The rehearsals have been brilliant and everyone is singing with hope and conviction.
After the speech and the performance, I hope to mingle with people, eat some food. And then I will come home, prepare for work tomorrow and start on my application for Masters. I also need to start applying for jobs. I have to succeed in getting a perm - it is part of my list of resolutions for this year. On Monday, I have to work harder and forget all the negativities in my mind. I am telling myself to stay focused.
I feel really really down today after the following series of events:
- I got chased around for a job that I left for a colleague to do on Friday. It turned out that he didn’t finish the job and is now sick. I was angry because I refused to stay in for another hour on Friday to finish the job.
- Turned up late to a training session. If I had not gone to the toilet five minutes before the session started, I would have went in on time. I hate it when I stuff up my punctuality.
- Heard a rumour from my agent that there might be another contractor coming into the team. It seems like I will be kicked out of the company after 30th April. It is reasonable to hire more people as the team is already 3 people understaffed. But it could also be possible that my position as a contractor is going to be replaced, hence there is a reason for me to worry. Maybe it is time for me to start applying for another job.
- Lost my access card. Now that’s a big thing. I am not sure if I had left it in the office or dropped it in the carpark by accident but I am again, angry at myself for being so careless. I do not want anyone to know that I lost my access card. I knew this would happen to me. Maybe I was too preoccupied thinking about my contract.
I have lost a sense of hope after these things have happened in one day. I know I shouldn’t but I am. I don’t even want to chant about it. I feel I am letting everyone down at work.