Coming of Age

It is said that pain is a catalyst for progress and self improvement. Artists make their masterpieces at times of desolation, while poets yield their best work in while nursing a broken heart.

As you've noticed, I haven't updated this blog for almost a month now. And I apologize to all who has been dropping here continually. I'm also asking understanding for having not been visible at your sites and at your comments box for the same period. The reason for this is that I just got a bigger slice in the company's responsibility and I am grasping for all the things I have to do at the same time. I was so used to just do my design and drawings in the comfort of my table with a bit of meetings every now and then. Nowadays, I have to deal with many things I don't have to deal before. And I'm getting frustrated sometimes especially when I feel so stressed with things not going right. Jean call it growing pains. that it's a normal cycle and I need to go through with it the same with others who are made junior partners in a company. I'm just thankful my wife is always there for me. Her words and my son's laugh is always there to catapult me to top gear again when I feel down or really frustrated.

The last few weeks has been my dry run to lead the department. My boss is in Australia for a month to set up the office there. Eventually she will be staying there to run the new branch and I will be left here with another partner(who is currently in New Zealand taking his masters, and will only be back in December) to run the show, and these few weeks would be my acid test. It's odd. You always pray for these things to come, and when it did it got me off- guard.

I guess I just got a bit shocked with the leapfrog from being a senior designer to being both a designer and at the same time dealing with the business side of things. But I'll get through this, and I know I will learn every step of the way. The going is getting tough, and it's for the tough to get going. Break through…Coming of age.

…I hope not to get bald though.