Internet Movies

Recently, I have developed a habit of watching internet movies.  Lots of good movies can be found from the following websites!

http://www.flashmov.com/, http://www.biku.com/, http://www.baidu.com/, http://www.ku6.com/

Long Weekend

I spent 2 days and 1 night in a cottage near Lake Simcoe in the past long weekend.

It was a relaxing and spiritual enriching trip since I went with a group of people at my age, where we were walking in trials, having chinese dumping dinner, and dancing and singing around a fire place on Saturday.  On Sunday, we went fishing in the morning and wrapped up with a BBQ lunch/dinner.  I also met a number of new friends, where we shared quite a bit of information.

The major draw back was that I got lots of mosquito bits all around my body and they have been keeping me itching up to now!  I guess I asked for it because I refused to use any anti-mosquito agents in those 2 days.

What did I get from this trip?  I got my battery recharged and resolved some of my health issues.  I became a fresh and spiritual person when I came to work today.

Working Lunch

I had the honour to be invited to a wroking lunch by one of my suppliers this afternoon.  We had Thai food in a resturatnt in Keele and Steeles, where my Plant Manager suffered from food poisoning a while ago.

During the conservation, he asked me “What do you like to make a change in your job?”  While I was thinking about those universal problems in every working place in the world, I shared an idea at which I like to change all the people working around me to those who are well trained, willing to take on responsibilities, and willing to work independently to achieve results above and beyond the requirements.  Then, he told me that I will have an enjoyable and successful career in big companies.

After this conversion, I looked for the reasons for my success in each of the leadership positions I had in Toastmasters.  The reason for my achievements was that I surround myself with competent people who were well trained, and exercised their experience to get the job done well.

From this, I know exactly my leadership and working styles.  I know exactly the kind of firms that I should land in order to exercise my talent to make a happy and wealthy career.

Government Reporting

With a behinded work schedule due to constant interruptions, I spent this weekend to finish the Environmental reports, due to both the Federal and Provinical Governments by May 31, 2007, at home.

The governments monitor emissions of harmful substance into the environment from each industry in an annual basis through these reports.  I have to gather the usage of all the material in my facility last year, break them into chemical components and calculate releases.  Then, I have to compare the releases of each component to the requirements specified in the the law and see if I have met the reporting requirements.

This is a very heavy data acquisition exercise, in addition to a lot of different varieties of mass balance calculations.  I enjoyed doing it since I am acting in my real profession, as a Chemical Engineer.

With the amount of enjoyment I found in this exercise, I should consider doing a part time business on the submission of these reports for other companies!