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Post 200! lessons from the office

Wow, so this is my 200th weblog post. Lets see things I want to talk about. My office is still as crazy as ever, but slowly calming down. I noticed that for women in the office they really need that social support structure to relieve stress. My father decided to educate me on a little hormone called cortisol that is released in stressful situtations. My father had wrecked his own health years ago working like your average Hong Kong worker. Unhealthy amounts of over-time, and an unbalanced diet. Lucky for me I've seen it happen and hopefully I can take preventative measures to help. Stressing doesn't help anyone and I've had to increased my EQ ever since I started working in HK. Well I just need to learn how to manage stress.

Everybody has stress. Everybody wants to make money as well. There has been a new trend in Hong Kong where ladies sit on the streets begging for money with children in their hands. I've heard stories where people "plant" food in garabage bins just to "find" them later to eat infront of everyone. Some of these beggers look really bad, but some of the methods used are just horrible.

I frequent the blog of a Russell Beattie and he has posted some very good stories recently. Including one on Asterisk the open source VoIP system. There's a great link to an online video showing people the potentials of asterisk.

I've been debating about spending money on a wireless mouse for my notebook. My notebook has had so many problems recently but I still love it. People still think it is new, since it is very rare to see this kind of notebook even in Hong Kong. Well because I'm use to the quality of Microsoft hardware I've been looking at the two new laser mice from them. The choices are the Wireless Notebook Laser mouse 6000 or the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000. Do I spend $350-$450 HKD on a mouse I don't really need (but it allows me to do away with the cord so my notebook becomes really portable), do I choose a larger mouse that is more expensive but fits better in my hands, or something smaller and a bit more portable?

posted by Tempest7 @ 14:35