I would like to capture my emotions.. well.. while I’m really on the peak of it.. :)
It was 9 PM, Friday night. It’s the last day of October, where we have a milestone to meet & documents to be delivered. So I stayed in the office & tried to finish my work before leaving for the day. Anyway my boyfriend is as well working and I don’t have other plan for the day.
Remember how I mentioned last few weeks that my boss has been kept asking me to go home early? Well, he lost his patience towards me today & this incident happened.
In front of my other team members, he shouted at me. “What are you doing in the office!? I have told you so many times. You leave now or I’m reducing your grade by 2!” (What a coincidence that day was assessment day & he seems to be really serious)
Being a normal human being, I defended myself and told him that today is the deadline for an important milestone in our project & we need to get it ready before Monday. He disagreed with my approached of staying late and doing the administrative work of sending files to TCS. He said I should have left it with my team members in Germany since it’s anyway only 3PM for them & it’s already 9PM for us. He explained how I should learn on getting help from other team members rather than taking everything to myself. He accused of how I’m working hard but not smart.
The worse part? After his 5 minutes speech, I didn’t know what to do… so I promised that I will leave in another 15 minutes after finishing the work I’m doing half way. He isn’t that easily satisfied.
He called up my team member in Germany to take up my work!! He even linked me in to the call when he got agreement from the other team member to finish what I’m doing.
I’m so embarrassed that I almost cried on the spot. I don’t understand where I have done so wrong, that he decided to do this to me. I stayed late but I come to office on time in the morning. I hardly took taxi so I don’t think the problem is with the claim. I completed my work & I don’t believe if there is any escalation saying that I’m sleeping on my work. So what was the reason that he decided to embarrass me in public, and taking my performance evaluation grades to threaten me?
I lost my peace to do my work after the incident, and decided to call it a day. I went back & unfortunately, can’t stop the tears on my way home.
I always know that this incident will hit me, sooner or latter. I got so many reminders but thought that those are trivial. I’m just one big stubborn employee after all. And I appraised my boss for his well-done approach in giving me a lesson.
There goes one black Friday.
ED
Friday, October 29, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Not-So-Fun Working Week
In the new seating arrangement, I am left stranded on level 2, while the rest of my team is down at level 1. I thought it will be fun to work with no team member watching you... But I’m proven wrong. They called me down almost every half an hour! +_+
It was another long working hours week, but I didn’t feel productive :( So many meetings and discussions, with zero time to do the actual work. So many running here and there, I sometime can’t even remember what I went down for.
So on Friday, when I packed my stuff again for my final move, I actually feel quite happy. It might not turn out to be the best seat, but at least I will be around the other team member and discussion is just a matter of rolling my chair around.
Bye, my one-week-old new seat!
This week, we kicked-off the exercise class again in office. I completed 2 exercises + 1 yoga this week (which lead to the pain in my stomach this weekend). And! this week seems to be a favourite week for celebration. 2 team dinner, 2 farewells, 2 birthday parties… these are another causes on why I’m not very productive this week =.=’ There is one day that I spent 1 hour for breakfast, 2 hours for lunch, and another hour for dinner, that I literally wasting 50% of my office time. Hahaha… I hope things will be better next week…
My 18th years old colleague making his b’day wish :)
On Saturday, we finally completed the movie Detective Dee. I’m very very satisfied with the movie :) Finally Andy Lau played a good role in an awesome movie again :D it was mysterious and interesting from the start until the very end… one of the rare Chinese movies which worth watching in cinema!
In the evening, despite the heavy rain weather forecast, we decided to pay a visit to Marina I Light (I hope they wont get to dispute with Apple later on), the so called “Asia’s First sustainable Light Art Festival”. I enjoyed the 4-km walk a lot :) Maybe it’s because of the cooling weather and the nice exhibition, but I too believe that the most important one was the companions. We started after the dinner @ Xing Wang Taiwan Café. We walked and snapped and laughed so hard that I really felt hungry again at the end of the walk. Seriously.
Me promoting Marina I Light :D Notice the head behind!
The 4 bestest companion @ somewhere I never been before :) Theme: Staircase
Sunday, I decided to just stay at home and complain about my leg pain :) it was a good cozy weather outside and the sky is cleared from haze. Yay! Thanks to the rain earlier in the morning. Even though it comes at the cost of wetting my laundry… again!!
Ok, time to take a little nap before dinner… :p
ED
It was another long working hours week, but I didn’t feel productive :( So many meetings and discussions, with zero time to do the actual work. So many running here and there, I sometime can’t even remember what I went down for.
So on Friday, when I packed my stuff again for my final move, I actually feel quite happy. It might not turn out to be the best seat, but at least I will be around the other team member and discussion is just a matter of rolling my chair around.
Bye, my one-week-old new seat!
This week, we kicked-off the exercise class again in office. I completed 2 exercises + 1 yoga this week (which lead to the pain in my stomach this weekend). And! this week seems to be a favourite week for celebration. 2 team dinner, 2 farewells, 2 birthday parties… these are another causes on why I’m not very productive this week =.=’ There is one day that I spent 1 hour for breakfast, 2 hours for lunch, and another hour for dinner, that I literally wasting 50% of my office time. Hahaha… I hope things will be better next week…
My 18th years old colleague making his b’day wish :)
On Saturday, we finally completed the movie Detective Dee. I’m very very satisfied with the movie :) Finally Andy Lau played a good role in an awesome movie again :D it was mysterious and interesting from the start until the very end… one of the rare Chinese movies which worth watching in cinema!
In the evening, despite the heavy rain weather forecast, we decided to pay a visit to Marina I Light (I hope they wont get to dispute with Apple later on), the so called “Asia’s First sustainable Light Art Festival”. I enjoyed the 4-km walk a lot :) Maybe it’s because of the cooling weather and the nice exhibition, but I too believe that the most important one was the companions. We started after the dinner @ Xing Wang Taiwan Café. We walked and snapped and laughed so hard that I really felt hungry again at the end of the walk. Seriously.
Me promoting Marina I Light :D Notice the head behind!
The 4 bestest companion @ somewhere I never been before :) Theme: Staircase
Sunday, I decided to just stay at home and complain about my leg pain :) it was a good cozy weather outside and the sky is cleared from haze. Yay! Thanks to the rain earlier in the morning. Even though it comes at the cost of wetting my laundry… again!!
Ok, time to take a little nap before dinner… :p
ED
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Please rain!
The weather is so unforgiving these days! It’s hot to max! To the degree that I rather ate in canteen and quickly went back to cozy office rather than hunting good food somewhere else. What funny is, I happened to check the weather forecast on those days… and it always forecasted that it would rain the next day… even weather forecast team can be wishful. Haha.
The only day it rains this week is… today. Sunday morning. When I decided to swim! When I washed my cloths the previous night! This is what we call luck T_T
This week has been… er… better compared with last week. Yes I still have the OT which I guess will never end… and I kept getting request from everyone else when my boss is not around :( It’s not a celebration when your boss went for a business trip. You have to cover part of his work also, while he enjoyed himself in the mesmerizing Abu Dhabi under company expense. Jealous! (Ok, to be fair to him, he has a big responsibility there, too)
I don’t know what happened, but my boss never failed to text / email me every single day, asking me to go home earlier. +_+ I can think lots of positive & negative reasons, but I decided to take it just as it is.
On Friday, I hardly work for 4 hours. There is a seat reallocation happening in my office, and lots of people busy packing and throwing stuffs. Due to that too, all of us need to shutdown our computer at 6pm. That’s a very good news for me :p I finally got a valid excuse to leave office early.
That night, Glen and I have made appointment to meet Venny and Linh at 7pm. Glen was so afraid to be late (and irritated by how slow I’m) that he decided to help me do my packing XD Thank you Glen! In the end, we reached the restaurant second (after Winson, thanks for helping us queue!), and it was another 10 mins before Venny and Linh came out. It was a fun dinner… and would have been perfect if I wasn’t interrupted by conference call at 9pm :( After dinner, we had some yogurt at level B1, and then went back to home.
Saturday, I went out together with Inche.. I can’t remember when the last time I met her was! Feel like so out of loop with all my friends out there… and I guess I have myself to blame. I rejected all sports invitation and went missing when they went for dinner. She doesn’t change abit :) and we had good time at Marina Bay Square… I got all the things I wanted :D including a new working shoes and lip gloss. Thanks for being an awesome shopping partner, Che! It was only before we departed that I realized we haven’t taken any picture… in the end, we took one shot in the MRT station ^^;
The Two Ex-Roomie :p
Sunday is my lazy day… I still have some ironing to be done, but have no mood to start off :p Tonight I’m going to Bishan to meet Nova… :)
Ok, would like to close this blog with a mention of the movie I watch yesterday: The Legend of Chen Zhen. Until the end of the movie, I was still trying to figure out what the main story is.
Eat, Sleep, Sweat,
ED
The only day it rains this week is… today. Sunday morning. When I decided to swim! When I washed my cloths the previous night! This is what we call luck T_T
This week has been… er… better compared with last week. Yes I still have the OT which I guess will never end… and I kept getting request from everyone else when my boss is not around :( It’s not a celebration when your boss went for a business trip. You have to cover part of his work also, while he enjoyed himself in the mesmerizing Abu Dhabi under company expense. Jealous! (Ok, to be fair to him, he has a big responsibility there, too)
I don’t know what happened, but my boss never failed to text / email me every single day, asking me to go home earlier. +_+ I can think lots of positive & negative reasons, but I decided to take it just as it is.
On Friday, I hardly work for 4 hours. There is a seat reallocation happening in my office, and lots of people busy packing and throwing stuffs. Due to that too, all of us need to shutdown our computer at 6pm. That’s a very good news for me :p I finally got a valid excuse to leave office early.
That night, Glen and I have made appointment to meet Venny and Linh at 7pm. Glen was so afraid to be late (and irritated by how slow I’m) that he decided to help me do my packing XD Thank you Glen! In the end, we reached the restaurant second (after Winson, thanks for helping us queue!), and it was another 10 mins before Venny and Linh came out. It was a fun dinner… and would have been perfect if I wasn’t interrupted by conference call at 9pm :( After dinner, we had some yogurt at level B1, and then went back to home.
Saturday, I went out together with Inche.. I can’t remember when the last time I met her was! Feel like so out of loop with all my friends out there… and I guess I have myself to blame. I rejected all sports invitation and went missing when they went for dinner. She doesn’t change abit :) and we had good time at Marina Bay Square… I got all the things I wanted :D including a new working shoes and lip gloss. Thanks for being an awesome shopping partner, Che! It was only before we departed that I realized we haven’t taken any picture… in the end, we took one shot in the MRT station ^^;
The Two Ex-Roomie :p
Sunday is my lazy day… I still have some ironing to be done, but have no mood to start off :p Tonight I’m going to Bishan to meet Nova… :)
Ok, would like to close this blog with a mention of the movie I watch yesterday: The Legend of Chen Zhen. Until the end of the movie, I was still trying to figure out what the main story is.
Eat, Sleep, Sweat,
ED
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Fitness First
I’m back to SG! (again) Safe and sound! The 4-day in India has been quite an eye opener for me. You will never know how lucky you’re until you are countered with something… erm… worse.
I chanted almost every week on how I had to work long hours and attend late night calls. What I didn’t know is, there are my colleagues who work throughout every weekend and attend mid night (4 am) calls. And I got a chance to experience the same when I was in Bangalore. My comment? Tireedddd!!
I dont' understand how they survive that kind of life style. It was 9.30 AM on Sunday when I was dragged to office. By the time I finally reached back hotel & fell to bed, it was 2 AM. The next day, I woke up at 6.00 AM as the meeting planned at 7.00 AM. Mummy!!! It didn’t do any good to me. Despite having a very nice local-brewed coffee, I still felt very moody due to lack of sleep. I reached back hotel at 11.30 PM on Monday and decided to sleep straight away. I fekt better the next day as I woke up at 5 AM to pack. When I went down to the café for breakfast, my colleagues were telling me they didn’t really sleep due to deployment issues. They seemed to be living only by coffee.
So I worked until 7pm on Tuesday, then went to airport, accompanied with multiple calls in the taxi. I thought I could get some sleep in car. What a wishful thinking :( When I actually got seated in the plane, I was so tired that I considered skipping the supper... (but took it anyway in the end)
Touched down at 6 AM, I then get some sleep and went to office at 12 PM. I felt good to be back to somewhere I’m familiar with… to a place where I can come and go whenever I want… I love my SG office! (am I going mad?) Anyway, we had our monthly forum on Wednesday, and weekly call on Thursday. I was kind of worried that I would be spending my Friday in office again, but thanks to the gank who ensure it didn’t happen :)
I went to watch a hindi movie: Enthiran… which translated to English as “The Robot”. How should I rate the movie? I felt that they overdid some of the effects, but apart from that… it was a good mix of tension and humour. The heroine is too pretty that it's almost unrealistic for her to fall in love with the 61 years old hero. Haha… Anyway, it’s really a good movie. Thanks, Sapna, for the wonderful treat! I just know that it’s 15 bucks for Hindi movie in cinema… That’s 50% more expensive than Hollywood movie.
On Saturday, I went back to office for… lunch @ Aston’s! haha.. It was quite empty in Maple tree area, but I still met 4 colleagues who are working over weekend. Duh! The food & the service are good. I love their side dishes the best. Very generous =)
BBQ Chicken + 2 Side Dishes for $6.9!
At night, we watch Sex and the city II, which is more like Abu Dhabi Tourism Board + Fashion show. It did make me wanted to go to Abu Dhabi… But only if I’m treated first class like them :p I want to have my own butler!
The next day, I went to Fitness First @ ORQ for my trial class… I’m quite impressed with their facilities… complete equipments + free training attire + free drinks + sauna & steam. I must admit that they might be one of the best fitness center around…. But it’s like SGD 133 / month T_T how… I checked with my roomie and she said that NTU only charged SGD40. That’s quite lots of difference. They said they are building a new branch near maple tree next year, which will be very near for me… Well, I will see if I have a motivation to join. I am already half dead with 2 hours treadmill and cycling.
At Fitness First, North Tower Level 8 - It has awesome view!
After fitness, we went to Ayam Penyet for lunch. It was almost 3 PM, but the place is still so crowded! Amazing. After lunch, I came back home, did some ironing, and slept until dinner time (now tell me how can I get slimmer) After dinner, now it’s time for… another movie! Hahaha..
Happy Binary Day, 101010,
ED
I chanted almost every week on how I had to work long hours and attend late night calls. What I didn’t know is, there are my colleagues who work throughout every weekend and attend mid night (4 am) calls. And I got a chance to experience the same when I was in Bangalore. My comment? Tireedddd!!
I dont' understand how they survive that kind of life style. It was 9.30 AM on Sunday when I was dragged to office. By the time I finally reached back hotel & fell to bed, it was 2 AM. The next day, I woke up at 6.00 AM as the meeting planned at 7.00 AM. Mummy!!! It didn’t do any good to me. Despite having a very nice local-brewed coffee, I still felt very moody due to lack of sleep. I reached back hotel at 11.30 PM on Monday and decided to sleep straight away. I fekt better the next day as I woke up at 5 AM to pack. When I went down to the café for breakfast, my colleagues were telling me they didn’t really sleep due to deployment issues. They seemed to be living only by coffee.
So I worked until 7pm on Tuesday, then went to airport, accompanied with multiple calls in the taxi. I thought I could get some sleep in car. What a wishful thinking :( When I actually got seated in the plane, I was so tired that I considered skipping the supper... (but took it anyway in the end)
Touched down at 6 AM, I then get some sleep and went to office at 12 PM. I felt good to be back to somewhere I’m familiar with… to a place where I can come and go whenever I want… I love my SG office! (am I going mad?) Anyway, we had our monthly forum on Wednesday, and weekly call on Thursday. I was kind of worried that I would be spending my Friday in office again, but thanks to the gank who ensure it didn’t happen :)
I went to watch a hindi movie: Enthiran… which translated to English as “The Robot”. How should I rate the movie? I felt that they overdid some of the effects, but apart from that… it was a good mix of tension and humour. The heroine is too pretty that it's almost unrealistic for her to fall in love with the 61 years old hero. Haha… Anyway, it’s really a good movie. Thanks, Sapna, for the wonderful treat! I just know that it’s 15 bucks for Hindi movie in cinema… That’s 50% more expensive than Hollywood movie.
On Saturday, I went back to office for… lunch @ Aston’s! haha.. It was quite empty in Maple tree area, but I still met 4 colleagues who are working over weekend. Duh! The food & the service are good. I love their side dishes the best. Very generous =)
BBQ Chicken + 2 Side Dishes for $6.9!
At night, we watch Sex and the city II, which is more like Abu Dhabi Tourism Board + Fashion show. It did make me wanted to go to Abu Dhabi… But only if I’m treated first class like them :p I want to have my own butler!
The next day, I went to Fitness First @ ORQ for my trial class… I’m quite impressed with their facilities… complete equipments + free training attire + free drinks + sauna & steam. I must admit that they might be one of the best fitness center around…. But it’s like SGD 133 / month T_T how… I checked with my roomie and she said that NTU only charged SGD40. That’s quite lots of difference. They said they are building a new branch near maple tree next year, which will be very near for me… Well, I will see if I have a motivation to join. I am already half dead with 2 hours treadmill and cycling.
At Fitness First, North Tower Level 8 - It has awesome view!
After fitness, we went to Ayam Penyet for lunch. It was almost 3 PM, but the place is still so crowded! Amazing. After lunch, I came back home, did some ironing, and slept until dinner time (now tell me how can I get slimmer) After dinner, now it’s time for… another movie! Hahaha..
Happy Binary Day, 101010,
ED
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Back to work!
This is my first week start working again after the two weeks break. As usual, I was anxious for the ‘first’ day… and trapped myself into a sleepless on the Sunday night =_=; Sometimes I’m just amazed with myself… How can I still feel so anxious after being in the same company for more than two years? ~.~
Luckily, I can still wake up fresh the next day. I reached office at 9.30 AM, and glad that everything was still looking somehow familiar. I did my routine: cleaning up my cup, booting up my computer, and playing a little game of guessing number of mails from the past 2 weeks. I was relieved as I saw 3 digit numbers instead of 4… and yes, my inbox size was still within limits. I spent the next couple of hours screening through my mails, then went to say hi to my boss - which I regretted later on - as he started to give me more work T_T I should have pretended that I didn’t see him, at least for the first day.
Anyway, first day passed quite well :) One thing I noticed was, after around 15 days away from computer, my eyes gets tired easily. It felt burnt after 8 hrs. Normally it won’t even bulge for 24 hrs, especially during those university days :)
This week, we watched How I meet your mother, Big Bang Theory, and stated with Glee. I decided to watch Glee after hearing so many good reviews + getting the downloaded file from my roomate :p It was a good first impression on its pilot episode.
Watching Glee makes me realized how much time has passed in my life. I used to watch those high school theme movies and dream of experiencing those moments myself. I used to read the biography of the actors, admired how good they are, and gave myself an encouragement “Of course, they are twenties. When I’m their age, I will have these talents too!”
Fast forward, now I’m watching high school movie & realized I have missed the stage. I can’t even have myself admiring the lead actor anymore. And now when I look at their profile… oh my! Are these people really same age as me? And some even 5 years younger than me? Since when I’m aging so fast? It used to be the world of Spice Girls, The Moffats, Boyzone, Backstreet boys. All in sudden, it’s all about Sean Kingston, Justin Bieber, Taylor swift, Charice, Wonder girls, Twilight… ~.~ Gosh I’m so out!
OK, coming back to work and reality now!
On Thursday, I had the normal 9pm weekly call in the office. Was trying to find some friends for dinner at 6.30pm but can’t find any... (how can they all decided to ditch me on the same day T_T) so decided to take this opportunity for my diet.
Friday, I was suddenly overloaded with work. I don’t know what my bosses were up too. They started briefing me with new stuff at 7pm, and said it can be done anytime before Monday. Before Monday? I was speechless. There goes my Friday night. I stayed in office until 1.30am before deciding to come back on the next day.
Saturday, I can’t sleep well and decided to wake up at 10am. After lunch, I went to office & came back at 6pm. Next thing I know, I was in flight to Bangalore and now alone in Vivanta Hotel. I am still clueless how I ended up here for my weekend, but next week will definitely be another thrilling week.
Playing with the Touch Screen Phone
Meet again, Benguluru!
ED
Luckily, I can still wake up fresh the next day. I reached office at 9.30 AM, and glad that everything was still looking somehow familiar. I did my routine: cleaning up my cup, booting up my computer, and playing a little game of guessing number of mails from the past 2 weeks. I was relieved as I saw 3 digit numbers instead of 4… and yes, my inbox size was still within limits. I spent the next couple of hours screening through my mails, then went to say hi to my boss - which I regretted later on - as he started to give me more work T_T I should have pretended that I didn’t see him, at least for the first day.
Anyway, first day passed quite well :) One thing I noticed was, after around 15 days away from computer, my eyes gets tired easily. It felt burnt after 8 hrs. Normally it won’t even bulge for 24 hrs, especially during those university days :)
This week, we watched How I meet your mother, Big Bang Theory, and stated with Glee. I decided to watch Glee after hearing so many good reviews + getting the downloaded file from my roomate :p It was a good first impression on its pilot episode.
Watching Glee makes me realized how much time has passed in my life. I used to watch those high school theme movies and dream of experiencing those moments myself. I used to read the biography of the actors, admired how good they are, and gave myself an encouragement “Of course, they are twenties. When I’m their age, I will have these talents too!”
Fast forward, now I’m watching high school movie & realized I have missed the stage. I can’t even have myself admiring the lead actor anymore. And now when I look at their profile… oh my! Are these people really same age as me? And some even 5 years younger than me? Since when I’m aging so fast? It used to be the world of Spice Girls, The Moffats, Boyzone, Backstreet boys. All in sudden, it’s all about Sean Kingston, Justin Bieber, Taylor swift, Charice, Wonder girls, Twilight… ~.~ Gosh I’m so out!
OK, coming back to work and reality now!
On Thursday, I had the normal 9pm weekly call in the office. Was trying to find some friends for dinner at 6.30pm but can’t find any... (how can they all decided to ditch me on the same day T_T) so decided to take this opportunity for my diet.
Friday, I was suddenly overloaded with work. I don’t know what my bosses were up too. They started briefing me with new stuff at 7pm, and said it can be done anytime before Monday. Before Monday? I was speechless. There goes my Friday night. I stayed in office until 1.30am before deciding to come back on the next day.
Saturday, I can’t sleep well and decided to wake up at 10am. After lunch, I went to office & came back at 6pm. Next thing I know, I was in flight to Bangalore and now alone in Vivanta Hotel. I am still clueless how I ended up here for my weekend, but next week will definitely be another thrilling week.
Playing with the Touch Screen Phone
Meet again, Benguluru!
ED
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