Bad Feng Shui

Received a call from a friend......regarding my previous Company. After I left, the Company employed 2 persons to take over my areas of work. The guy who took over my areas - Europe, Australia & New Zealand, came from another Company with experience.

Well, he has resigned and no longer in the Company. The reason was ......cannot take the stress! Just 2 months in the job and only half of what I was handling!

The seat I had was the same seat he had and that seat has changed many planners....... bad feng shui?

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Saturday

Yesterday I went back to office to get some work done. Back in SingTel, it's 5-day week. It's really good not to go back on weekend. Most colleagues would rather stay back late on Friday than to come back on Saturday. I beg to differ......

I enjoy coming back on Saturday. With this job, I actually get tired by the end of the day. All I want is to get out of the office and relax the mind. So, I would rather come back on Saturday than to work late on Friday

When I come in on Saturday, it's quiet.......no phone call, no one to disturb.....just me, myself, I and Ben.....good time to get many things done. and prepare for the week ahead.

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Relationship

Had dinner with Sebastian on Friday night. The wife n son have gone back to Taiwan and he would be leaving for China next week to take up a tour.

It has been tough for him. His wife wanted a divorce and he has decided to agree to it. Sebastian spent the last 8 years mainly in Taiwan staying with the in-laws. Both Sebastian n wife are tour guide for Europe and they often have to travel. The son is placed with the in-laws to look after.

To me , Sebastian is a simple man. All he does is to earn money so that he could afford a comfortable life for his family. Of course, there's always disagreement between husband n wife but he usually give in.

The last few months, the wife gave him hell and he finally decided that he has enough. He agreed on the divorce.

Someone very close to me is going through similar situation. The wife has asked for a divorce because the husband had an affair. But the wife is going all the way out to accuse the husband of abuse on her and the children and also a threat to the in-law.She is trying to extort an exorbitant sum for alimony (I almost fainted when I heard of the amount). She was all out to 'destroy' him so that she could get as much as possible.

It's really sad to know all these. But, it shocking to hear the extent people go to to exhort as much as possible. Sebastian's wife said that Sebastian should give to the house a certain sum a year to raise the kid. Somehow, to me, it did not occur to her that the kid belongs to her as well! She also wanted Sebastian to pay for staying at her place for the last 8 years. But she forgot to remember that Sebastian paid for the Taiwan house!

For that someone close to me, the wife becomes someone I could not recognise anymore. She forgets that when she continues to try and squeeze every penny from him, the only person who gains is the lawyer. Ultimately, she will lose because she was not telling the truth, and the whole family ends up poorer because of the legal fees. She fell out with her best friends and also family, and at the end of this legal case..... she will lose herself.

Why?

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Busy Week

This is probably the busiest week since I started in July! We are still having a lot of problems with the system! Since the launch of the iphone and using SPEAR (reservation system), instead of enhancing customer's experience, it was more like enhancing our nightmare!



SMS a close friend on 26th ... his birthday. Surprised to get a reply and even more surprised to learn that he was in Singapore! Sebastian was a ex- colleague. I travelled with his group to South Africa and since that trip, we became close friends. Found out that he is not getting along well with his wife and will be splitting up. Plan to meet up with him soon......



Got invitation for steamboat dinner last night .... at Roxy Square.... next to Grand Mercure Hotel (opp Parkway Parade). The steamboat was quite good...except VERY EXPENSIVE!!!!! When I saw how much Derrick paid, my jaw almost dropped! For a steamboat lover like me, eaten at a lot of places, it was expensive for a average location with no ambiance, except it has air-con. Nevertheless, the company was great and that's all it matter



It's Sam's birthday today! Happy Birthday! Received a sms from him that he received my 'card'. Instead of buying the usual birthday card, I 'made' one and sent to him. Glad that he liked it. Well, he does not really have a choice, anyway!



It's Friday tomorrow! Hurray! Looking forward to the weekend! Malaysia having LONG WEEKEND..until Tuesday! Also, I have 3 friends' Birthday! It's Alex, Eric and Michael's birthday! Alex & Eric are local and Michael is a friend in Hong Kong.

Happy Birthday, my friends!

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Maturing

I realised that lately when I go shopping, I usually come back empty-handed. Even my friends who were with me commented that. I would want to go to a place to buy something but in the end, I would come back without buying.

Nowadays, I would ask myself if I really need the stuff. I may have the intention to buy but when I am there looking, I would ask myself if it is necessary. Often, I convinced myself that I could do without and then I would not buy.

In the past. I would spend on food, snacks, etc that I like. Now, I would look at them and then probably give most a miss. Well, it does not mean that I save a lot ...it just means that I spend the money on things that are necessities, e.g. stuff for the house, etc.

When you grow older, do you necessarily grow wiser?

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Another Busy Day

The mobile rang and I got up.... from office..... 3:40am! Called back and spoke to Jontue...problem with 1 reservation. Settled.... and then asked her why so late and found that they had a lot of problems with the reservation system.

Was in office in the morning and found that Jontue left out 1 reservation. Oh dear! How to explain to customer? The email was sent after 6am! They were in office till 6am!!!!!!!!

Another chaotic day! Many people called to check the delivery. One company has 4 sets but we only delivered 2! The other 2 sets were delivered just before the day ended! So many called to ask and check on iphone prices... the calls were almost non-stop! I have been been so busy before, except at NATAS!!!!!!

Well...when I left, many colleagues were still in office struggling ........



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Crazy Day

The launch of iPhone tonight......past midnight!

Been a extremely busy day! The amount of phone calls was overwhelming! I could hardly cope! Call after call......and I could not even remember the name of the caller!

Trying to fulfil the delivery of iPhone to a certain group of customers. Hopefully everything will turn out smoothly for the colleagues who are doing the data entry from 12 midnight to 3am! Good luck!

Will be another busy day tomorrow....



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