It was a very busy week for me work wise but at the same time, it was a rewarding time.
Had to go to HK for a business trip from Tues to Fri. Full agenda of meeting up with the senior people and being involved in 2 ongoing projects that are going to be very important for me this year as I am the Account Executive (AE), project owner for both. Though I have a number of people to help me with the implementation of the projects, the buck stops with me. The marketing teams want to push for an aggressive launch date while the IT guys would like to provide buffers for a later date in case of unexpected delays. Lots balls to juggle and the clock is ticking…
It was Valentine’s day on Tues and there we were, 5 guys having dinner at Dan Ryan’s, surrounded by couples and pink balloons/VD decorations… hahaha, so lomantic… We had lotsa beer and meats (1 Tomahawk steak and 2 slabs of ribs). Wife was on a business trip too, so I sent her some flowers to her Boston office.
The IT team brought me to the HK Jockey club the following night. It was the mid-week races and we had a good time there, more beer and fried food. We started a small pool and the 8 of us would take turns to decide on a number to bet on for each race. For every race, we betted everything on a Win – it only pays out if our horse comes in first. There was a total of 8 races that night and after losing every single one, we reached the last race at 1030 pm. Given that we were in HK, we decided that we should choose horse no.8 just for the fun of it, to bring us good luck. The odds given to it when we bought the ticket was 1:37 . When I saw it, I figured that it was more “throw-away” money down the toilet. Just before the race started, the odds went down to 1:17 . Our horse started from being in the second last position and slowly made its way up. I thought that it was game over at the finishing line but my colleagues started shouting that we had won. Imagine, the amount of winning we had was more than enough to cover for the whole night – HK 160 became HK 5,920 !!! Amazing!
Moral of the story? Never give up! There is always a bright side to things. And of course, always count your blessings lah.
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