A month has past

It has well been month into my new job, unable to consider it as my career as yet or ever...

Things are getting from busy to busier... nothing much I can do but do my fair share of work load...
Like what Marc said that it's only within your capabilities and control...
I think most of the things aren't within my control, all I could is to work more efficiently than always to keep myself head above water...

On the whole, I'm still enjoying what I do, I felt good well the deal goes well, even though there's not value tied to it...
On the other hand, I'd realised the value of having a value on your work scope...

Dollars and cents have always been one common motivation and it is very apparent in and around CBD...

Was having lunch with the guys (all my bosses) and listening to their conversations, learning and appreciating from their experiences... Was very enlightening listen to my boss from HK...
He controls tons of money and "tons" of manpower, yet he is yearning dearly to be what my boss in SIN does...

From the bits and pieces, I gathered, that he wants to be more involved in the business side of things, which implied the financial aspect of the business... by so meaning the revenue generating division...
The reason he gave me???
There's nothing much for him to learn in what he is and has been doing... he had done it all... Of course main part of it is how much $$$ he will be earning... just not sure which takes a higher weightage...
But guess from now, he needs to work "under" my boss to learn the ropes...

I still think that moving up the corporate ladder does not have a monetary value to it (like Alan Greenspan) but sense of achievements...
I also understand that without tangible rewards, task are harder and more time consuming...

The incident that set my thoughts going is my training this morning highlighted the fact:

Vendors are not partners... only profit generating business units are consider partners...

All I can say now is that I'm still contended with the amount of savings I generate for the company... for now... :)

IT is a Simple Life...

Today is a typical morning for me, slept like a log last night and woke up really really late and rush like mayhem to catch my beloved SMRT... However, IT is a simple way of life and I'm enjoying my day...

Reach office pretty late (then my boss) but early cause there were just the two of us... rather stone and decided to make my first KOPI in office... Well, IT firm is IT firm, the selection of coffee machine is impressive enough... made my choice and started brewing my KOPI-O... Didn't want a KOPI-O but... LOL...

Anyway, turn up that the coffee machine's KOPI isn't that bad... well, this made my day, knowing I can have my daily dosage of caffeine~!

As mentioned, I'm a simple guy leading a simple life...
It's a simple life and IT has made is a Simple Simple Life...

:)

Fire Fighters

Fire Fighting is one of the most well regarded jobs, but like many others in the local context, it has lost its objective and purpose. I'd successfully moved away from my former fire fighting job to yet another...

By definition, "fire fighting" refers to the act of being passive and responsive to the external environmental situation. There is no connotation of good or bad, but just a action.

Personally, I don't like to "fire fight", maybe because I like to be in control. The main reason is that "fire fighting" wears me off badly... to be constantly doing that for a year and now moving on the go it (hopefully) for another two years... I'm not sure if I can do that...

On a biz point of view, I believe in strategic planning; where fire could be avoided...

Prevention and way much better than cure

Putting all these aside, looking towards a (min) 2 years path ahead... all I can do it quickly put out the fire and start implementing some fire safety measures...

It's a tall order to stop the burning... needless to say getting counterparts' support to start preventive measures...

*Sigh*

Right Brain-er or Left Brain-er? I'm a no Brain-er

Visit the link below to try the real thing:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22535838-5012895,00.html

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS

uses logic

detail oriented

facts rule

words and language

present and past

math and science

can comprehend

knowing

acknowledges

order/pattern perception

knows object namereality based

forms strategies

practical

safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS

uses feeling"big picture" oriented

imagination rules

symbols and images

present and future

philosophy & religioncan "get it" (i.e. meaning)believes

appreciates

spatial perception

knows object function

fantasy based

presents possibilities

impetuous

risk taking

Headache...

Very lousy week for my manager...
without saying much, it wouldn't be good for me either...
Dun wanna nag...
I just wanna go home...

Love you guys...

Beautiful Tuesday

Well, a really very sleepy Tuesday morning where nothing good could have turn up...

I'd missed my gym session yesterday, was already at somerset when it started pouring cats and dogs... stood there for awhile before I gave up and headed home... so push all my evening appts forward... the top in my mind was to get my season shit tested for this morning... and I did...
cool banana-s...

So even though the Tuesday couldn't be any more better... I'm feeling pretty good... cuz I drove to work this morning...

And yes I woke up 5 plus in the morning, got ready drove on the AYE and watched he sun rise... and reached CBD just before 7 am to beat the sill ERP...

Longer drive as compared to my time in TPY, not real distance but the lousy road planning / network by the ever well loved LTA...

Anyway I hope I could keep this nice feeling up for the rest of the day... I'm not even going to think it'll last longer that 24hrs...

Lousy way to end the week...

Just to recapture how things went south last week...

Started with tons of work to do which I couldn't really complete due to some I.T. screwed up...
Depended on others to get the finishing touches in all matters...
As a De facto of life, people cannot be depended on...
Well, it's really no big a deal, just really disturbed by the fact that my image with the company has started corroding at such a stage here...

Other than little screw tightening, there had been two news that "made" my Friday ticks.
Understand that the head of Trans wasn't really interested in getting me on board, classifying me as "not suitable"... WTF, even if he was going to me under his wings, I was going to...
This was, in fact is, hurting my little ego just a tiny bit... LOL... Guess nobody likes to face with rejection...
The other news that shocked me slightly is the fact that one of my Mger has been asked to leave the boat... OMG... out of a sudden... Send me re-thinking my path walking Jack Sparrow's wooden plank...

Where it all begins... Singapore River

* A view from my pantry *