Lost & Found
I can onli promise tat tis would a veri long entry. Might b too dry for anyone to read it. It is to serve as a reminder for myself. To reflect on this entry after completin my temp job.
Looking back @ my previous entries, I feel remorseful for sayin tat my current job is brainless. Today, I come to realise e ans for sum of e qns which is alwaes on my mind since my veri first dae into tis job. Why am I here? Wat am I suppose to learn frm tis position? On e veri first week, I was tasked to sit @ my desk. Yes. U dont hav to b surprised. Simply bcos I wasnt assigned with anythin. In order to keep myself occupied n prevent myself frm dozing off, I sat @ my desk daydreamin n observing pple. I was sitting @ one corner of tis 'huge classroom idea' office of mine. Hence, it gave me a veri good view of e all other pple in the office. It was a good location to b in as I was on a look out to see if there is any good-lookin man in e office. One of e cheeky engineers caught my eye.
Into e 2nd week, I was assigned wif sum tasks but they were on an ad-hoc basis. As I had been sittin ard n rottin for one week, I bcame fearful of havin nothin to do. Tryin to b a smart aleck, I almost landed myself in trouble. I was surfing ard n doin anythin which is possible with e usage of my boss acc. Havin sumone keepin you in close watch is definately sickening. Tis colleague of mine who loves to use e word "Boss" tried to scare me with several attempts. However, I got to sae it wasnt tat effective to me. I knew all along she was tryin to scare me. I hav seen pple like her in my previous workin experience at other companies. Finally, @ e end of e week, my email acc n SAP were set up n ready to b used.
3rd week. I cursed under my breath. Wat e hell did tis company hire me for? I questioned myself abt my existence in the company. I felt as if I was wasting my life away. I took a break in between my current job n e previous one. 3 months. In my opinion, a break is meant to help u recharge urself but 3 months is too long to b considered as a break. Tt was more like a hibernation period for me. I wasted 1/4 of a yr of my life away rottin @ home n not learnin anythin. I din wanna to waste my time anymore. Finally, e wait was over. Boss came to me with a list of figures to b changed in e SAP. In total, there are over 4000 figures to b changed. Boss told me tat there would b a target set for me. I was supposed to change all e figures in e SAP by end of June. Boss went on to further break down e target set for me on a daily basis. I went on to make e changes accordingly.
I hav to sae that my current is veri much alike to my attachment. Both companies were US MNC. E pple n environment are pretty similar too. Esp. tis particular colleague of mine whom I had to work wif. Her character is veri much similiar to my ex female sup @ SP. She simply reminds me of my female sup. I hav come to understand why I land myself in tis job, why I meet e same idiotic pple in e office n why I get myself into e same old shit. Its a test tat Heaven had set for me. I din pass e test previous time. In fact, I failed terribly e previous time. Tis time I am goin to conquer tis learning curve again. Heaven is kind enoff to give another chance to learn frm my mistake n grow up to b a better person. One thing for sure, I cant perform well under pressure and time is alwaes a constraint. My current job does not impose any pressure on me as e task given to me is veri simple n time is sumting I hav control over it.
Reflectin upon my attachment, I got to say tat I realli learn alot frm there. It was beyond wat I had imagine it to b. I learn abt technical stuff, workin culture, workin environment, human relations n most impt of all, myself! I was put to test time after time. I remembered how I grumble over e amt of work n wat I had to do. Through it all, it shown me wat r my weakness and wat r my strength. In e past, I absolutely hav no idea wat are my strengths . Now, I hav to thank all e pple I met n all e crap tat I went thru as it revealed to me more abt myself. I hav a better idea of wat my strengths r n e weakness which I never tot tat exist in me.
Today, my weakness was put to test once again. Different instructions were given to me by different pple. One was given by my boss, another was from my colleague. Which shld I follow? It may seems simple. But I hav no idea why I got so stressed over it. At e end of e dae, I decided to clarify it wif my boss. In short, I got to learn how to take instructions frm my superior. It may sound like a simple thing to do. To me, it does have its own difficulty. E reason is I hav a tendency to try to compromise everyone. Yet, in life, we all understand that we are unable to do so.
Also, I hav to train myself not to rush. Take my time to do e task so as not to make any careless mistakes. I am an ultra careless person. I know tat I tend to make careless mistake n overlook small details. All these small details can make a hell lot of difference! Do e job rite for once n I would not need to repeat it. :) I got to constantly remind myself over this.
Above all, e best thing tat Heaven has grant me wif is e $$ I am earning frm tis job. I hav been prayin hard as I would need to mend e hole in my pocket. It is gettin bigger in size as time goes by. My current job not onli allows me to mend e hole but it also another "full sponsored" learning opportunity. I gonna make good use of it n not tink tat there is nothin which I can learn frm my job. E best lesson learnt is to learn frm my own mistakes n not to allow it to happen again.
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Just today, I found out tat my ex male sup in SP got promoted to manager! WOW! I am truly inspired by him. I do still remember how hard he tried to survive in tat place. I understand how tough it is as I went thru a similar one @ another place. Frm e bottom of my heart, I looked up to him. Finally, he managed to see e rainbow after e rain! :)
JY: Now u understand y I told tat I will b fine? I hav seen e worst. So, this is reali nothin. Thanks for e sweet sms e other day. U realli brighten my dae. I wil DEFINATELY spare tat dae off ESP. for U! Cant wait to go "dating" wif u again! *winks*