2016 OLYMPICS

It was a battle between four remarkable cities in the world: Chicago (USA), Madrid (Spain), Tokyo (Japan), which was eventually won by Rio de Janiero (Brazil).

Below was the table of pros and cons on the four cities' bid to host the 2016 Olympics...


The winning speech of Brazilian Pres. Luiz Incio Lula da Silva who said it was time the Olympics goes to a new continent with the promise of opening new sporting frontiers, was what made IOC decide to hand it to Rio;

"This bid is not only ours. It is also South America's bid, the bid of a continent with almost 400 million men and women and around 180 million youngsters. A continent that, as we saw, never hosted the Games. It is time to address this imbalance. For the Olympic movement, this decision will open a new and promising frontier."

source: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2059623#ixzz0SnkUgOIk

**now it is only a matter of time that havaianas will come up with designs for the Rio/Brazil Olympiad!

HOW TO REVVED UP YOUR ENGINE

This is it...

After 4 yrs with IBM... having been associated with two accounts, I am moving again.
I am not resigning, silly, same same IBM but one band higher, and an ALL NEW department.
NEW challenges... NEW environment... NEW process...
But with same set of friends to start on this NEW phase of my profession. Talk about cool.

This new department is IBM itself. We'll gonna be handling and supporting IBM's North America sales team. Unlike the first two accounts I handled, which focus mainly on customer satisfaction and be service-oriented, and is very call-center in nature; the new department of course will be much tougher and challenging. Of course, there's still the element of client/seller satisfaction and good service but this time sans the call-center feel. Forgive me friends in that department now if my expectations are kind of high.

For awhile there, I was really thinking of quitting.. of resigning.. What with all of my friends going out---moving to a different company and/or accounts. It happened before when I was part of a telecomm account. There was downsizing so either stay or transfer or be transferred. So me being a chicken shit and afraid to be left out, decided to transfer to a newly opened account which deals with consumer electronics. Optimism was high back then due to the account being new and my mind was set to a lot of opportunities I could get. Turned out it was a wrong move. A big disappointment. Because my friends who were left in that telecomm account eventually got promoted.


Ok, it was really not so disappointing... If it weren't for the fact that I've meet wonderful, fine people... People that become good friends as well. Friends who turned up to be best buddy and motivator. As this consumer electronics account started to go nowhere, it was those friends that kept me positive. Them friends who made the stress bearable. Injected fun at work and a lot of good vibes... When some friends left, it scared me. Mainly because I am afraid of being left out--that same feeling that got me before. But lesson learned and I just have to charge it to experience.

I just celebrated my 4th yr in the company last September 24th. And a day after, I got accepted to this new department. I am looking forward for more. As the saying goes change is inevitable. Change should be good. It is constant. Being with good friends is my comfort zone. But I know I need to get my fat ass out of that comfort zone to grow.

Now, with my good friends still with me as I step out of that comfort zone, I think I am ready to fire up that engine. To start a new. NEW chapter... travel NEW distance and explore NEW horizon! Just have to inject my fuel with a little more faith and optimism...

Carpe diem, peeps!