This is part of my job

What were you doing on 17th March 2008 from 1am to 2.30am?
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Sleeping?
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Surfing net?
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I was stuck in this place, cleaning up. Guess where this place is?

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And look how disgusting it is.

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See how greasy the water is? I think you must be wondering what the pile of brownish thing is.

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What time did I go home that day? 4am.

This Cruel World

So much had happened since my last entry and seriously, I don't know what and how to tell you all. My heart simply hurts everytime I think of it.

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The wind started to blow during the week after CNY break. It gathered strength the following Monday during an internal meeting and by the next day, the storm came. The climax began to creep in that night and by Wednesday afternoon, it was all over. Everything ended in less than 24 hours.

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I lost 2 colleagues. 2 of my best brothers.

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They are the last that I would expect to go.

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They are not even the target.

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They are in fact the more capable guys compared to those who escape unscathed.

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What had they done to deserve an immediate termination of their service and got a month's pay as compensation? They are more than happy to serve their one month notice so that they can at least bid farewell to those that they care, and have a proper handover of duties to their colleagues.

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This just should not end like this. It was totally unacceptable to me!

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So much went through my mind and the reaction time was so short.

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I lost it. I cried my heart out for almost 2 hours in front of my boss who could not do much to console me.

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He could not even give me good explanations for most of my sharp questions directed at him. I noticed that his eyes were also red when I came to some personal and emotional parts. Some points must have hit him on his tender spots too. I hope he regretted his decision after hearing my point of view and he wake up.

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This job is already tough enough with too many parties to please and what are my colleagues doing to one another? I don't have to put myself through this. Not when I can get a job with lesser negative externalities.

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It was the story of trying to kill with a borrowed knife from the start.

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But things got out of hand and already-disheartened and demoralised people wanted to leave. The target tried to salvage the situation by persuading them to stay but to no avail. To save himself, he reversed the situation to become the aggressor and let 2 innocent guys stepped forward to be the scapegoats of this whole episode. In the end, the fella who started all these was guilty of manslaughter. Worst of all, he killed someone else that he did not intend to get rid of.

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Yes, this is my first full-time job and this is also the first time that I witnessed such cruelty in life. But this was simply too much! The adult world is not for me yet.

Guess who's in the picture?

Both pictures taken recently during company's D&D.

Guess who's in the picture?

Little Updates

Hi everyone,

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Haven't been blogging since last October and that was 3 months ago. I am still surviving in my present company, though losing steam day by day.

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During the 3 months that I was away, little happened to my already boring life but there are some developments in my career. One of my colleagues left and I took over his duties as the Second-Key (aka second manager-in-charge). After about a month, my First-Key was transferred back to his original outlet and I took over his duties. Things happened so fast that there was so little time to react and adjust. Responsibilities just came to you because you are the overall in-charge.

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Can you imagine a 22-year-old fresh grad (a female some more) taking care of a food court? It is scary. I was responsible for turnover of a stall, in a tough negotiation process with one of the more difficult tenants, making a decision that would cost my job if not handled properly, trying to "sell" stall spaces, doing recruitment and interviews for servers and most recently, involved in JobsDB recruitment for the BT Group. It is hard for me to list what I had done for all my time with this company but there are of course lessons to take home.

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I haven't heard of female in-charge in local food courts and I am wondering if I the only one who has gone so far. It is definitely a tough and demanding job. I don't mean to say that females can't do it but we are at an disadvantage due the some shortcomings brought about by gender.

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So a short note here to say that "I am back!". We catch up again.

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Cheers!