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Monday, September 25, 2006
The World of Tourism
My mother runs a tourism company for tours in Borneo and, as I am sure all tourism companies go through, we got caught up with weather problems.
It was a particularly hazy day today which resulted in a flight getting cancelled leaving a tour group of 20 people stuck here in Miri instead of going on to have new experiences.
It was all pretty headachey for my mother -- rescheduling, replanning, pushing back tours, etc. -- but I think I strive on this sort of stuff: the problem-solving pressure cooker. It's like a mini adrenaline rush. I am too impatient for overcoming problems in the long term but love solving things for the here and now and that's that.
Anyway, yeah... very problem-solvey day for my mom. I didn't really do much but observe; although, it was interesting seeing how she handled it. Very different method of approaching problems. Makes me wonder, yet again where my personality arose from that it be so different from that of my parents.
It was a particularly hazy day today which resulted in a flight getting cancelled leaving a tour group of 20 people stuck here in Miri instead of going on to have new experiences.
It was all pretty headachey for my mother -- rescheduling, replanning, pushing back tours, etc. -- but I think I strive on this sort of stuff: the problem-solving pressure cooker. It's like a mini adrenaline rush. I am too impatient for overcoming problems in the long term but love solving things for the here and now and that's that.
Anyway, yeah... very problem-solvey day for my mom. I didn't really do much but observe; although, it was interesting seeing how she handled it. Very different method of approaching problems. Makes me wonder, yet again where my personality arose from that it be so different from that of my parents.
posted by Salian at 22:50
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