Thursday, February 09, 2012
Someone up there please grant certain people more maturity
Shallow, immature, complain too much, skews the truth, not on top of her work - that is how I will describe my co-worker should my boss asks me one day why I'm leaving. How long more do I have to suffer.......
Monday, November 07, 2011
Of aging and weddings
Tale 1
A few weeks ago, I saw an ex-student post a congratulatory statement on Facebook to another fellow student. Not the first time I have ex-students getting married but till this point in time, it has been mostly girls. Now this time, it's a guy marrying at 24. It really hit me that I'm definitely getting old.
Tale 2
Over the weekend, I went to help out at a friend's wedding. Waking up at 5am and on my feet for the whole day till 11pm IS NO JOKE. I came home with aching arms and legs and like an old lady, needed to rub ointment into my aching parts. On top of that, I needed to sleep the whole of next day to recover from the fatigue and my legs are still aching. Luckily this is a long weekend, if not, I would definitely have to call in sick to the office. Fine, it may be my lack of physical fitness but age is definitely catching up. At 32, weddings shouldn't have gate crashing anymore. It's something you would do in your twenties but come thirties, it's just childish. It should be come get the bride and leave, wait for the night to have dinner and the day's over. Simple. No more complicated programs please, I'm just way too old for that physical strain.
A few weeks ago, I saw an ex-student post a congratulatory statement on Facebook to another fellow student. Not the first time I have ex-students getting married but till this point in time, it has been mostly girls. Now this time, it's a guy marrying at 24. It really hit me that I'm definitely getting old.
Tale 2
Over the weekend, I went to help out at a friend's wedding. Waking up at 5am and on my feet for the whole day till 11pm IS NO JOKE. I came home with aching arms and legs and like an old lady, needed to rub ointment into my aching parts. On top of that, I needed to sleep the whole of next day to recover from the fatigue and my legs are still aching. Luckily this is a long weekend, if not, I would definitely have to call in sick to the office. Fine, it may be my lack of physical fitness but age is definitely catching up. At 32, weddings shouldn't have gate crashing anymore. It's something you would do in your twenties but come thirties, it's just childish. It should be come get the bride and leave, wait for the night to have dinner and the day's over. Simple. No more complicated programs please, I'm just way too old for that physical strain.
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Reflections of the past year
Today marks the start of my second year at work. So how had the last year been? At the beginning it was a struggle fitting into the culture, the people, the way things are being done etc. I guess it's the usual uphill task of adjusting to a new environment all over again. I think it took me about half a year to finally fit in. Yes, I'm not used to that kind of colleagues but I've learnt to put up with it and it wasn't so bad. Work-wise, nothing is ever too difficult if you put your heart to learn and go around asking people, at least most people that I met were all very willing to teach.
My boss was definitely a huge factor in my decision to stay on. In my working life, he's definitely amongst the top few best boss I've ever had but of course he's not the perfect boss. I'm just happy with a good enough boss, no need to be perfect. I had no other boss who brought me (along with 2 others) to have sharks' fins, gave me a good and reasonable pay raise, asks why we never go for long lunch or shop during lunch hour, basically he just doesn't care what I do at work as long as I get the work done.
The company is great, they had a Bali trip for staff which I missed out coz I didn't feel too safe about the earthquake that happened 2 weeks before the trip. HR always organizes activities like I went for the Semakau landfill trip and they had yoga classes for staff, gave good quality fruits monthly.
I guess there's really nothing much to complain at this point in time. My only worry is do I want to be stuck doing the same work indefinitely because there is definitely no career path here and I wonder how much more pay raise can my boss give every year and most importantly, I fear that one day when he leaves, then what happens?
I shall complete year 2 and see what happens same time next year. But I'm glad to say that at this point in time, I'm still quite happy where I am :)
My boss was definitely a huge factor in my decision to stay on. In my working life, he's definitely amongst the top few best boss I've ever had but of course he's not the perfect boss. I'm just happy with a good enough boss, no need to be perfect. I had no other boss who brought me (along with 2 others) to have sharks' fins, gave me a good and reasonable pay raise, asks why we never go for long lunch or shop during lunch hour, basically he just doesn't care what I do at work as long as I get the work done.
The company is great, they had a Bali trip for staff which I missed out coz I didn't feel too safe about the earthquake that happened 2 weeks before the trip. HR always organizes activities like I went for the Semakau landfill trip and they had yoga classes for staff, gave good quality fruits monthly.
I guess there's really nothing much to complain at this point in time. My only worry is do I want to be stuck doing the same work indefinitely because there is definitely no career path here and I wonder how much more pay raise can my boss give every year and most importantly, I fear that one day when he leaves, then what happens?
I shall complete year 2 and see what happens same time next year. But I'm glad to say that at this point in time, I'm still quite happy where I am :)
Monday, September 26, 2011
Random post
What is reality when you cannot differentiate what is in your head vs what is real anymore.
But there is no reality because all things are perception by the brain
Sometimes do you wonder if you could have done more and what difference it would have made. But usually by then it is too late.
No one knows how much more is enough so have you done enough today?
But there is no reality because all things are perception by the brain
Sometimes do you wonder if you could have done more and what difference it would have made. But usually by then it is too late.
No one knows how much more is enough so have you done enough today?
Monday, September 19, 2011
Daddy's little girl
I think beside my grandma, my dad will rank second place in my list of family member I love most.
Sometimes the things he do, never fails to crack me up. Like for example, seeing the pile of clothes on my sofa, he feels that it must be the source of my unhappiness. So the next day afternoon, he brought my mum over to my place in an attempt to help iron the clothes. But of course they never got to do it coz they were stopped. Anyway I don't really trust my mum's ironing skills.
Then tonight he called and checked if I'm ok. He ended the call with: "be a good girl ah".
That's my dad and I'll always be daddy's little girl.
Sometimes the things he do, never fails to crack me up. Like for example, seeing the pile of clothes on my sofa, he feels that it must be the source of my unhappiness. So the next day afternoon, he brought my mum over to my place in an attempt to help iron the clothes. But of course they never got to do it coz they were stopped. Anyway I don't really trust my mum's ironing skills.
Then tonight he called and checked if I'm ok. He ended the call with: "be a good girl ah".
That's my dad and I'll always be daddy's little girl.
Monday, September 12, 2011
10 years ago
11 September 2001. What were you doing on this day 10 years ago?
I was a temp staff working in Standard Chartered Bank with their credit control department. I had just graduated two months ago but jobs were not coming so I had to temp first.
The day started as per normal. It was a while later, slightly before lunch when someone said the twin towers in US had been hit. The Internet was not as popular back then and news travelled slower. I was only able to watch that devastation later that day at home from CNN.
Anyway that was ten years ago. Watching the documentaries now on tv for their 10th anniversary memorial, it really hit how many lives were lost on that fateful day when the terrorists decided to carry out their inhumane act.
One of the documentaries is about the last message that the victims left or called their loved ones moments before they perished. It got me thinking if one day I have that kind of opportunity at all to leave a last message. So in case I don't, I just want to say I love my family, my brother, my husband and my close friends. I hope that in my short lifetime, no matter how nasty I had been, at that moment, when I'm about to go, you guys are always on my mind. It has been my pleasure this lifetime to have known the people I know and lived the life I did.
I was a temp staff working in Standard Chartered Bank with their credit control department. I had just graduated two months ago but jobs were not coming so I had to temp first.
The day started as per normal. It was a while later, slightly before lunch when someone said the twin towers in US had been hit. The Internet was not as popular back then and news travelled slower. I was only able to watch that devastation later that day at home from CNN.
Anyway that was ten years ago. Watching the documentaries now on tv for their 10th anniversary memorial, it really hit how many lives were lost on that fateful day when the terrorists decided to carry out their inhumane act.
One of the documentaries is about the last message that the victims left or called their loved ones moments before they perished. It got me thinking if one day I have that kind of opportunity at all to leave a last message. So in case I don't, I just want to say I love my family, my brother, my husband and my close friends. I hope that in my short lifetime, no matter how nasty I had been, at that moment, when I'm about to go, you guys are always on my mind. It has been my pleasure this lifetime to have known the people I know and lived the life I did.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Get a grip, girl!
It's one of those weeks where I hate all my colleagues and I wished they would just go. Have to get a grip on myself and convince myself to hang on. Work shouldn't be creating so much angst.
