Tuesday, December 13, 2005

満足感

まんぞくかん
manzokukan
Self-satisfaction

I have 3 specs I need to deliver in December.
I got the first, small one done, reviewed, action items closed and rechecked in to the system way before the beginning of the deadlines.
Today, finally, the second one, which is big and tough, is also done after I worked from 10am-11:50pm with only a 3.5 hour break in between. I am about 12 days late with this spec but I think I did a superb job on it. The review will be tomorrow and I feel it will be one of the more solid specs this team has seen so far! Ha! So the 満足感 was overflowing when I checked in the document for tomorrow's meeting. On the other hand, I have to take out my old Enigma CD and listen to the Electronic-Gregorian-Chant-Mixed-with-Good-Beat to help me unwind from the long hours of intense focus on writing the spec. I could have done a half-hearted job to meet the deadline but it's just not me to do such a thing. :-P But who knows? Few years down the road, I just might consider doing that instead of making myself so stressed out. (I could have actually done it over the weekend, but instead I chose to study Japanese...)
Anyway, I have yet to get started on the third one and so far I only have a skeleton with no meat in it. Luckily, this is another small feature that should not take too long to finish. But I am completely missing the deadline on this one... Sometimes, I feel I overworked. (時々、私は働き過ぎだと感じる)

Oh, time to send out some Christmas cards!! I did not realize it until last year that people at work really care about receiving Christmas cards. Last year I only bought 24 cards and my colleagues who did not receive one from me actually felt insulted or something. But this year, I still only bought 12+16 cards. I only want to give to people I like and I care about... but looks like everyone from work that I worked with is expecting one from me if I am again giving them out. I wonder if I should just go buy more cards...? But writing so many is a lot of hassle. Do you like or care about receiving Christmas card? Actually, come to think of it... I LOVE RECEIVING CHRISTMAS CARDS!! So if you want one, you shall get one! :-)