Saturday, April 21, 2007
I am back after 2 weeks of "disappearing" acts.
Well, here are some quick updates..
9th April - I have a new colleague, doing patent application. She was from D & N. She is sumone's best friend (Some of da hapyhadys will know who is da sumone. heehee *winkz*)
10th April - One of da lawyers' secretary had bought gifts and a card for ELK's departure. We had shared $$ among ourselves to buy something for him. Well, only 2 or 3 staffs who REALLY HATES ELK for I DO NOT WHAT REASON didnt contribute any $$. As for me, of coz I contribute. I dun even care how much as long as I contribute coz if it wasnt for ELK, I wont get this job and if it wasnt for him, I wont get $1, 600 salary after my 3 months probation. I know da big boss wont give very high increment but he will if da head of each and every dept convinces him that a particular staff can deliver da job well and/or with no bad working attitude such as coming late, talking on da handphones, etc.
11th April - At approximately 5.25 pm, only Kak SM and I went in to ELK's room to hand over da gifts to him. Da rest who contributed were kinda fearful. Hah. I understand why. ELK neva smile. He looks very strict. When pple makes him happy, he still didnt smile. If he wants to, he will give a force smile. Well, thats his character. Maybe he finds it comfortable that way, so whats there to be fearful abt? When he accepted da gifts from us, I witnessed his BEST SMILE EVER and said, "Thank you." I was just too happy to see that BEST BIG SMILE on his face that I couldnt even replied, "Welcome." So I just nodded my head with a grateful smile.
12th April - Took leave, because of exams. My Year 1 exam. It shld be REUNIT (failed twice and then retaking it again) but I was shocked to see da status read as, "FRESH" ! (1st time taking da exam) Cool! No need to pay extra charges.. Hahaha..I didnt even alert da sch coz I felt that I was overpaid for da course. Total course fee is S$25,200!! Now, I heard da fee for da same course is S$10,800 to S$12,500!! MORE THAN HALF!!! So, I am gonna keep it a hush-hush abt da examination status. Heeh.. Da paper was OK. Hope to nail it this time.
13th April - Fri, da 13th. ELK choose this date to leave D & B. His last day should be on 30th April (thats what they said) but he chose to leave early. Maybe he offset his leave? It was rather sad to hear him leave. ELK was in charge for TM & Patent Dept and now that he had left, LST took over.
16th April - Kak PS' last day. So, da new colleague, Kak AH who came in on 9th April, will be taking over Kak PS' portfolio.
19th April - I have no idea why all of a sudden without any topic, EA came up to me and imposed me this question (already translated to english), "MBS, u dun wish to get out from here and look for other jobs?" I was astonished! I didnt expect her to ask me that question! I know she has problems with work. Lawyers kept pushing her to expedite with da work and she also did mention she wanna resign but she cant ask me to resign too! I mean, it is really up to her. If she wants to resign, go ahead. She worked in D & B longer than me if she wanna resign, be it.. But why impose that question to me? She wanna me to leave as well?
Well, for da ardent readers of my blog, u may have read that I wanna resign and look for other jobs before. Thats because I just couldnt take da politics. I wanna leave coz I cant stand with all those politics. I know, wherever u go, u can neva run away from politics. But I am DEFINITELY SURE D & B HAS DA WORST POLITICS EVER!
This was what I replied to EA, "I cant. My mum will create a BIG fuss." (Aint true but I cant say da truth - which I will write in da later para). EA frowned and inquired further, "How come?" I told her, "My mum said, 'DO NOT CARE ABT DA BONUS. GOT BONUS OR NO BONUS, THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS EVERY MONTH, U GET UR INCOME.' So being an obedient daughter, I listened to her."
EA didnt seem too happy with my answer. Maybe she knew I didnt give her a true answer. I CANT TELL HER DA TRUTH!! I WILL BE IN TROUBLE! I WANNA AVOID THAT. Da TRUTH IS...
I am drawing a monthly salary of $1,600. If I were to apply to other jobs, I have to find one that can offer me a higher pay than $1, 600 - which I really doubt so. Besides, if I were to look for other jobs and it didnt state what is da salary requirements, if I were to send my resume for their attention, they wont call me as I will put my 'expected salary' field to b $ 1700 to $1800, which is too high for some of da companies.
So I cant relate this to EA. There will be conflict and controversies.. NO WAY.. I know EA's personality. If she gets to know something, she will spread to da other staffs. If she got to hear "A" and she spreads da same thing, "A", it wont matter but she is da type who if pple tell her "A", she will spread to others, "B" >> i.e NOT TRUE FACT anymore! Thats why I dun even tell her anything personal abt myself. Let me just keep a low profile.
