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Blinded by Comfort

Jobee — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:06:55 +0000

I have been slacking off lately here at work. I really didn’t know what was happening to me for these past 2 weeks, I was practically doing nothing for days. I mean I am pretending to work and I do accomplish some things but I finish them in an awfully a lot of time. A task that I could do for like 20 minutes would take me a whole day. And I would sometimes just look at the monitor and do nothing. I was contemplating what was happening to me and yet I couldn’t think of any reason. This morning, the answer came right to me. I was reminiscing about my college days and my first year here at work, I used to love doing these things. I would stay up all night just to finish something I have started. I loved the feeling of hitting Ctrl+F5 for last time because I have completed my work. I loved the challenges where I would be caught talking to myself just so because I need to figure out what’s wrong with code. In short, I used to love what I do.

Now I know what happened. I was blinded by the comfort of my job for I came to realize that even without giving my best, I was still getting paid. I could extend deadlines all I want and still be the hero when I finish my codes. I was starting to settle for a mediocre quality of my work. It was clear that this was the cause of my slacking off. I need to pull myself together. I need to feel again the gratification of debugging and compiling my work. And I will be starting this today. I have a deadline tomorrow and I need this to be done.

Now all I have to do is download the chants of Gregorian and it will all be good.

Turning The Blind Eye

Jobee — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:49:49 +0000

Ever noticed that whenever somebody far more superior than you does something wrong, the initial reaction would be to turn a blind eye and pretend it didn’t happen. Why do we do that? I am also guilty of this deed. I really do not know the reason, maybe because we are afraid of them or maybe sometimes it’s just the practical thing to do. Sometimes turning a blind eye seems more logical that fighting for your beliefs.

Love Is Blind

Jobee — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:06:00 +0000

They say that love is blind, that’s not true I think. For when you love, it opens your eyes and heart to the wholeness of the person you love. It makes you see all the good traits and flaws of that person and it makes you accept all of the things that make him as a person. They say that love turns a blind eye for them when the truth is, it opens your eyes and make you understand and love the person even more. The people that always say that love is blind are not really in love but rather infatuated with a single characteristic and they focus on that. That is not love.