Engulfed by a sudden sense of lost and despair, like a part of me just died...
I also not sure what happen... Guess maybe that my colleagues in Perth office learned of the news of my resignation and I do feel sad that I am going to leave them. I mean, we are starting to get to know each other and working well together.
Maybe it is good to leave at high time. I always remembered the story of Rurouni Kenshin. As the story goes, at the peak of the Pre-Meji Restortation period, he quitted his job as an assassin and disappear.
Or maybe there is something else that is troubling me... Sigh...
I just wanted to be alone for a while I guess.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
It is that time of the year again...
It has been 31 years since I took my first breathe. Yes, it is my birthday today, the only difference is... I am celebrating it overseas in Perth, my first birthday that I ever celebrate overseas. :) But yet... I feel so ordinary today. Nothing special. Nothing significant.
Woke up early this morning, had my breakfast, went to work early. It has been a really busy day. Break for lunch and continue to work. Thanks for all the well wishes through SMSes and calls. I really appreciate them.
Just got no mood to work today, left work at 4pm, went to the Nando's nearby Hay Street for dinner and walk around Hay and Murray Street Mall before I proceed back home and call it a day.
Just another day...
Woke up early this morning, had my breakfast, went to work early. It has been a really busy day. Break for lunch and continue to work. Thanks for all the well wishes through SMSes and calls. I really appreciate them.
Just got no mood to work today, left work at 4pm, went to the Nando's nearby Hay Street for dinner and walk around Hay and Murray Street Mall before I proceed back home and call it a day.
Just another day...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Story of the Ant - metaphoric in nature
Got this off from the Clubsnap forum. Just sounded so familiar, just like a deja vu.
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The Ant
A Fable..
Or
May Be Not...
Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and starts work immediately.She produces a lot and she was happy. The Chief, a lion,was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision. He thought if the ant can produce so much without supervision, wouldn’t she produce even more if she had a supervisor!
So he recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports and …... he recruited a spider, who managed the archives and monitored all phone calls.
The lion was delighted with the cockroach's reports and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and to analyse trends, so that he could use them for presentations at Board‘s meetings.
So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer and ...... recruited a fly to manage the IT department. The ant, who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time…! The lion came to the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the department where the ant worked. The position was given to the cicada, whose first decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office.
The new person in charge, the cicada, also needed a computer and a personal assistant ,who he brought from his previous department, to help him prepare a Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimisation Plan …
The Department where the ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore and everybody has become upset...It was at that time that the cicada convinced the boss , the lion, of the absolute necessity to start a climatic study of the environment .
Having reviewed the charges for running the ant’s department , the lion found out that the production was much less than before.
So he recruited the owl , a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions. The owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report , in several volumes, that concluded :
“ The department is overstaffed ...”
Guess who the lion fires first?
The ant , of course, because she “showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude".
NB:
The characters in this fable are fictitious; any resemblance toreal people or facts within the Corporation is pure coincidence…
The End
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The Ant
A Fable..
Or
May Be Not...
Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and starts work immediately.She produces a lot and she was happy. The Chief, a lion,was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision. He thought if the ant can produce so much without supervision, wouldn’t she produce even more if she had a supervisor!
So he recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports and …... he recruited a spider, who managed the archives and monitored all phone calls.
The lion was delighted with the cockroach's reports and asked him to produce graphs to describe production rates and to analyse trends, so that he could use them for presentations at Board‘s meetings.
So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer and ...... recruited a fly to manage the IT department. The ant, who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her time…! The lion came to the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the department where the ant worked. The position was given to the cicada, whose first decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office.
The new person in charge, the cicada, also needed a computer and a personal assistant ,who he brought from his previous department, to help him prepare a Work and Budget Control Strategic Optimisation Plan …
The Department where the ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore and everybody has become upset...It was at that time that the cicada convinced the boss , the lion, of the absolute necessity to start a climatic study of the environment .
Having reviewed the charges for running the ant’s department , the lion found out that the production was much less than before.
So he recruited the owl , a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions. The owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report , in several volumes, that concluded :
“ The department is overstaffed ...”
Guess who the lion fires first?
The ant , of course, because she “showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude".
NB:
The characters in this fable are fictitious; any resemblance toreal people or facts within the Corporation is pure coincidence…
The End
Friday, July 17, 2009
Mounts Bay Hotel Apartment
Here I am again reporting live from Perth City. I will be here for a month starting 15th July 2009 until 13th August 2009. I was originially placed in Travelodge Hotel but my project secretary decided to put me in an cozy apartment at Mounts Bay Village instead. It is really a nice and beautiful apartment. I really wish to get a house like this in future.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Claisebrook Cove Revisited
It is my last evening here in Perth before I head back to sunny Singapore. Seems like Lady Luck understand that I really hope to get a good shot of Claisebrook Cove as the weather is beautiful today.
Immediately after work, I went back to my hotel to grab my gears and took the Yellow CAT down to Claisebrook and took some shots. Hope that it is good. Enjoy.
Immediately after work, I went back to my hotel to grab my gears and took the Yellow CAT down to Claisebrook and took some shots. Hope that it is good. Enjoy.
