bad thing about getting a laptop at work

...is not having a CPU under the table to rest your legs on.

High or Unfair expectations?

...to give 5 working days to write a report consisting of 10 focus groups

...most likely needing to put in 2 consecutive weekends

...for someone junior, that is still struggling to write a full report

...and she has a child.

High or Unfair expectations?

How to be happy at work

My favourite has to be No. 13:

I recognize happiness at work also comes from the time I don't spend at work.

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I'm not sure if it's good or bad when someone who might be hiring says "I'm not sure we can afford you".

Giving up on you

Luckily I don't work with you, you try-so-hard-to-act-cute and want to feel special bitch! How can a form FEEL wrong and you don't even try to feedback so things can be made right?! You consulted a psychic?

You don't deserve any kind of promotion anytime soon. I'm not impressed by your cutesiness and if others are...they can work with you; 'cos I never want to.

And I'm not going to try to help you improve things anymore because it's just not worth getting worked up over. I will just stop being nosy and mind my own business.

Because I'm giving up on you, and feeling pretty damn good about it.

For Gawdssakes!!!

"I'll tell them what you think, but it's not going to change anything."

I can understand that there are limitations to your influence without imposing on your country MD and his work; but what kind of answer is this!

Flying by, not stopping, continueing

Last weekend´s jaunt in the dreamscape filled with yellow mustard seed flowers is fading in my memory. The week passed by in a flash, with 4 hour sleeping nights seeming like just enough sleep: konk out at 11pm-12am and waking up at 3-4am. Maybe this method actually works for me!!!

Life just happened without me. It feels like a few days ago that I was back in Singapore cavorting in Chinese New Year delights, yet all those feelings seem so distant as I grudgingly and drudgingly try to trim the loose ends of my report.

With sweet May holidays waiting to spring in a surprise, am pretty darn sure April is going to fly by just as quickly.

Not gonna win the multitasking beauty pageant

Right on the money this article! After giving instructions for some other project it does take me more time to refocus. Guess it shows that some emails, really should just wait.

In a recent study, a group of Microsoft workers took, on average, 15 minutes to
return to serious mental tasks, like writing reports or computer code, after
responding to incoming e-mail or instant messages. They strayed off to reply to
other messages or browse news, sports or entertainment Web sites.

Plummetting

I've been stressing myself out after the promotion by heaping all these expectations of making every project perfect, the burden of responsibility feels heavier. Answering external emails quickly, sitting on colleagues to ensure there are no mistakes; and when things still go out of control it really pulls me down. So much so that I couldn't pick myself up from a miscommunication screw up (which involves missing a deadline - it was due Friday and I only learnt about it Friday night). As such, this Sunday evening is WORKING - TO SAVE MY SORRY A*SS time. And it is not even peak period yet. A change in strategy is needed, but just let me get through this week. Please.

Edit: More projects came in. In the end my manager said, just delegate. Shouldn´t feel that other people are very busy. My job is to analyse more...yes...new strategy! hehe...

Another 'adult' milestone

Given my lack of motivation and unrepentant lateness earlier in the year, even with all the hard work done after; I didn't think that I would get promoted. After all, whatever possible things that could go wrong, has gone wrong. It's such a relief now to be comfortable in chaos.

Although it is more money (it better be! and I hopehopehopehope), there is a large component of managing people. Too hard - you're aggressive & bitchy, too soft - that's being such a pushover & being so typically female. I will have to be more adept at teetering on tiptoes through the tender blossoms of sensitive feelings and difficult prickly people.

You know, somehow I don't feel the burst of exhiliration or penetration of pride. Unapologetic for not feeling that way and glad I am for it. Instead, all my thoughts are whimsical - centred around making list of cities to travel in Asia to travel with DL, to learn jazz ballet or salsa, how to make my room more cosy, what soup to prepare tonight lalala... Work keeps me alive, travel & love makes me feel alive.