…was the Han Solo Star Wars figurine in arctic gear that I received during a kindergarten party. Think the party was for my birthday if I remember correctly. It was given by Dan Lim, whom I have as one of my Facebook contacts!
Thanks Dan! Think I still have the toy somewhere. :p
Waiting in office to make a call to vendors in India and the United States. I suppose the meeting will last about an hour, so I’ll probably only reach home at 0030H… Looks like it’s gonna be straight to the showers then to bed!
Once I went to Centrepoint MacDonald’s by myself when I was in Secondary (or Primary?) School and I ordered a meal. Unfortunately while I was walking to one of the stone tables outside of Macs, my drink slid off the tray and dropped to the floor! As there was nothing much I could do, I sidestepped the mess I created and looked at the cleaning staff guiltily, bemoaning the loss of my drink at the same time…
As I was eating my burger, one of the Macs staff came up to me and gave me a replacement drink gratis! Although it was probably a small gesture coming from a multinational conglomerate like Macs, it was very, very appreciated by a young, little, innocent me (yes, it was that long ago….).
Thanks Mr Ronald MacDonald!
Arrived at UOB P1aza early for dinner. Esh and ILs were gonna try out the Sichuan Dou Hua Restaurant as we had some cash vouchers on hand.
Since no one is here yet, I’ll go walk around in the shops at the Raffles Places MRT station…
If you are in a position where you manage people, you ought to be careful about what you say to your subordinates. My ex-colleagues from another department had the misfortune to work under a manager who had these words of wisdom for them with regards to a project that was threatening to overrun the deadlines: “Don’t ask for a deadline extension unless you have worked 24/7 and over weekends as well.”
Perhaps that manager was misguided into thinking that the people under his charge will either be scared to the extent that they will work harder, or they will not be scared but still soldier on anyway. Unfortunately, he should have realised that people can also choose to walk away, and once that happens, domain knowledge and expertise goes with that same person as well.
Managers who take on the role as people-managers should realise that all their staff always have the option of tendering their resignation regardless of the importance or progress of a project. I’m just thankful that all the managers I had to report directly to so far in my career have not made such an unreasonable demand as the aforementioned manager. Even if deadlines are tight and cannot be moved, there are kinder and gentler ways to bring the message across.
Departing from home now to Ah Yat at Turf City to try out their dim sum!
The comments for this blog was getting spammed big time by Russian spammers and I had to install a Captcha module to stop it. This will cause a minor inconvenience for people who legitimately want to post a comment, but I suppose it shouldn’t be too big a problem. Anyway I was getting sick of deleting about 20+ spam comments a day…
Esh is returning the breast pump to her cousin’s wif. We’re returning the “yo na” (cloth cradle) at the same time since we don’t need it anymore.
In a super bad jam on the way home. This is the 2nd time in 3 days that I have been caught in a jam on Farrer road. The first time was due to a bus accident where the bus smashed into the metal partition separating the construction site from the main road.
Been a long day today. There were many cases at MPS today and it was exceptionally busy! The volunteers supposed that it was due to next Monday being a public holiday (which completely slipped my mind… It’s a nice thing to have a long weekend sneak up on you like that)