Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

I have so many birthdays to celebrate this month that I find it redundant to organize one of my own. Besides, given my friends and my own hectic schedule, I think it’ll be quite hard to squeeze in another party this month when all the weekends and celebrate-able weekdays are already packed. I’ll just ride on someone else’s birthday party and invite my own friends along too! Haha, cheapo? Convenient more like it. Birthdays are such a hassle sometimes. You have to think about who to invite, where to celebrate, what to buy, what to prepare, who NOT to invite, what time to celebrate…might as well employ a wedding planner to do for me better. January must have been a hot month for couples in those days. Still is, actually.

I met an old friend today who’s now working at a Legal Firm. Having recently spoken to her boss, she is now contemplating on working in Hong Kong for awhile where the pay is more alluring. Sometimes, I wonder how she manages to feel so small despite her abilities. For most of our conversation, she spent lamenting about how others are doing much better than her and how much she should have achieved. I mean, to have your confidence exceed your ability is probably a bad thing. But to have your abilities exceed your confidence, I feel, is profligacy in the talent department. I’m sure that if she is able to sort herself out, she’ll achieve some mean feat in time to come.