Haiz. Spent the whole of the good day in our office training room attending our sponsored diploma course. Boring as hell and yet have to try and tahan the ordeal since its always good to add more papers to our resume (MY educational system taught me this).
The training marked the end of some 6 months of on-off (mostly off) studying and ended with an online exam which I scored a good enough pass of 80%! And so we have all completed the 1st of 4 modules (I think), of a European diploma whose name I cannot remember anymore. But its finance something something, and it covers basically every investment instrument under the sun! Haha.
Anybody who knows what this diploma we're doing is called please comment!
Choot choot!
Afterthat we all celebrated with a SGD700+++ dinner at the nearby Sushi Tei. Dun ask me how we spent so much. I get full and sick of sashimi just thinking about it.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Sometimes, People Deserve To Know Earlier
Its tough, I know.
But sometimes, more time should be spared for mourning.
For after the agony of despair always comes the optimism of hope.
And a new beginning.
That is when we will all be happy once again.
Let your friends rejoice, not feel sadness!
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Life is sometimes a tough little cookie.
Full of choices but yet hardly able to decide.
But then when the boat reaches the harbour, it will automatically straighten.
I wish you the very best in your endeavours!
But sometimes, more time should be spared for mourning.
For after the agony of despair always comes the optimism of hope.
And a new beginning.
That is when we will all be happy once again.
Let your friends rejoice, not feel sadness!
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Life is sometimes a tough little cookie.
Full of choices but yet hardly able to decide.
But then when the boat reaches the harbour, it will automatically straighten.
I wish you the very best in your endeavours!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Still Can't Figure Out What Went Wrong
With my previous posts.
Anyway, things are going ok. Not doing too well this month, so decided to take things easy and buckle up for June.
Was upset that Chelsea won the FA Cup when we actually played better. Hmph.
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Is the job market really that good out there? Maybe I ought to hang myself out and see if there're any takers...
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Watched Blades of Glory over the weekend. I can't really describe how good I find it because some people will disagree with me. But it is downright the funniest movie I've watched this year. Hands down.
Those who like the type of humour I like will love it!
Anyway, things are going ok. Not doing too well this month, so decided to take things easy and buckle up for June.
Was upset that Chelsea won the FA Cup when we actually played better. Hmph.
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Is the job market really that good out there? Maybe I ought to hang myself out and see if there're any takers...
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Watched Blades of Glory over the weekend. I can't really describe how good I find it because some people will disagree with me. But it is downright the funniest movie I've watched this year. Hands down.
Those who like the type of humour I like will love it!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
The Agony Of Getting FIRED
I really should've blogged about this much earlier, when my memory was still fresh and lingering.
Its utterly horrible.
No words can describe it.
The sight of seeing a few good buddies being told that they've been released by the company. Terrible. Just so ruthless is the environment we're in that nobody's safe from "not contributing enough towards the revenue of the company".
It happened on Tuesday. We even had a good celebratory cheer about Man U winning the championship when I got in to work that morning. We talked about the Macquarie Warrants tradegame that we all joined and how we were gonna win it. Too bad I missed lunch as I had to meet some ex-colleagues. It happened after lunch when the first him was innocently asked to go into a meeting with them. Nobody knew exactly what was going on but something was just not right.
When it was all over, he was escorted out of the office. Didn't even have a chance to pack up and leave. Escorted out of the office. Wahlao.
Then they also called the second him in also. This time around there was abit more grace. He was allowed to come back to his desk to pack up, under a manager's supervision. And then he too was escorted out.
That was even more terrible in fact. The fact that you have all your colleagues' eyes fixated on you as you turn off your PC for the last time and pack up all your belongings. All this while the watchful eyes of the manager makes sure you are not doing anything suspiscious.
We were all confused. Blur. Went down to try to catch them and find out what was going on in that meeting room. I could see alot of anger. I could see alot of pain. I could see alot of sadness.
They were given two simple choices. To resign on their own accord, or to be terminated by the company. Sign, and you pack up and leave immediately. Everything else, get a colleague to pack it up for you. There are no other alternatives.
We had a final dinner together at Burger King that evening, and the rest of us still had to go back to office for the FX Seminar. Haiz.
Yesterday was round 2. One more was let go. Another was transfered to marketing.
In total, 3 were release and one was transfered out of my department. By last night, my team had shrunk from the original 12 when we first came in, to the current 7.
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It is times like these that you do wonder what's really good for you. You fear being treated with such ruthlessness. And yet you somehow come to expect it in this line of work. Once you don't meet the grade, you're asked to move on. Indeed, only the fittest survived.
I have lost some pretty close colleagues. And the office is all the quieter without them bantering and being silly and making jokes. The Gears of War email thread has lost an integral member. The Golfing buddies have lost two key members. One less smoker in the company.
Somehow, things will never be the same again. And yet, we have to keep moving forward.
We have to get over this quickly and reach for greater heights, or the ones who have left would have left in vain.
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Bros, I will really miss you guys. Keep in contact always.
"Cos you had a bad day..." - Daniel Powter
Its utterly horrible.
No words can describe it.
The sight of seeing a few good buddies being told that they've been released by the company. Terrible. Just so ruthless is the environment we're in that nobody's safe from "not contributing enough towards the revenue of the company".
It happened on Tuesday. We even had a good celebratory cheer about Man U winning the championship when I got in to work that morning. We talked about the Macquarie Warrants tradegame that we all joined and how we were gonna win it. Too bad I missed lunch as I had to meet some ex-colleagues. It happened after lunch when the first him was innocently asked to go into a meeting with them. Nobody knew exactly what was going on but something was just not right.
When it was all over, he was escorted out of the office. Didn't even have a chance to pack up and leave. Escorted out of the office. Wahlao.
Then they also called the second him in also. This time around there was abit more grace. He was allowed to come back to his desk to pack up, under a manager's supervision. And then he too was escorted out.
That was even more terrible in fact. The fact that you have all your colleagues' eyes fixated on you as you turn off your PC for the last time and pack up all your belongings. All this while the watchful eyes of the manager makes sure you are not doing anything suspiscious.
We were all confused. Blur. Went down to try to catch them and find out what was going on in that meeting room. I could see alot of anger. I could see alot of pain. I could see alot of sadness.
They were given two simple choices. To resign on their own accord, or to be terminated by the company. Sign, and you pack up and leave immediately. Everything else, get a colleague to pack it up for you. There are no other alternatives.
We had a final dinner together at Burger King that evening, and the rest of us still had to go back to office for the FX Seminar. Haiz.
Yesterday was round 2. One more was let go. Another was transfered to marketing.
In total, 3 were release and one was transfered out of my department. By last night, my team had shrunk from the original 12 when we first came in, to the current 7.
____________________________________________________
It is times like these that you do wonder what's really good for you. You fear being treated with such ruthlessness. And yet you somehow come to expect it in this line of work. Once you don't meet the grade, you're asked to move on. Indeed, only the fittest survived.
I have lost some pretty close colleagues. And the office is all the quieter without them bantering and being silly and making jokes. The Gears of War email thread has lost an integral member. The Golfing buddies have lost two key members. One less smoker in the company.
Somehow, things will never be the same again. And yet, we have to keep moving forward.
We have to get over this quickly and reach for greater heights, or the ones who have left would have left in vain.
_____________________________________________________
Bros, I will really miss you guys. Keep in contact always.
"Cos you had a bad day..." - Daniel Powter
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