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!