85 & Work

Thursday, August 14, 2003

Sigh. The meet up at 85 today was cancelled. 00 working in jurong and eq going to juriong to have dinner. Sianz. I was actually looking forward to going to 85. I miss the food there. I miss the oyster omelette, ngor hiang, bah chor mee, the peng, tang yuan, bbq chinken wing and chan bbq!! yum yum. Its been a long time since we went 85 makan. Last time, we will have an 85 gathering at least once a week. Now it became afew weeks once and still everybody cannot make it. Sometimes I wonder: what is the actual reason that is pulling us all apart? Is it because we are all too busy with our own bf?? Our career?? Or just that our lifestyle becomes different?? I don���t know sial.

Read power���s blog just now. She was feeling sianz about her life. She wrote that I seemed very contended with my life. Seldom hear me complaining. Actually I���m kinda bored with my life too. Everyday, by the time I knock at 7+ - 8, there���s nothing much I can do except to go eat and sleep. I can���t even go for a swim because by the time I reach bedok, it will be very late and I will be starving already. But I guess there���s no point complaining because I don���t have any solution. I also am unsure about my career in this company. Chris n Johnny says they will train me to become the next front line management. But can I trust their words? Our company doesn���t seem to be doing too well, especially during this crisis period. Will my staying in this company bring me any prospect? I really don���t know. If we are going to expand like what Chris and Johnny has said, then I like what I am going to face. But I also don���t know if they are just talking to make us feel good about our jobs. So I also don���t know if I should go look for a new job. But if I change jobs, I have to start all over again, make new friends, and adapt myself to the new environment. I am already so comfortable with my present job. Even Matt commented that I could never change job cause I am late everyday (my actual work time starts at 9. I reach office about 9.30 ��� 9.45 everyday. LoL). I come in late everyday, I can joke with my bosses and I have so much freedom. I choose which projects to take. I plan what time I want to meet customer and when. I decide what price I want to quote, except for big orders. Most importantly, I don���t have to report to anyone. Chris or Johnny seldom asks me to give the details of the projects I���m under taking. These are the plus points of my job. But the down sides are the low pay, the stress, never ending datelines, stupid and unreasonable customers, the frequent cock ups from china. So, should I stay or should I go?? The market now so bad some more.

Till now I already have 20 over people writing in for the job. Some of them are uni graduates!! There are some fresh poly graduates writing in as well. They are asking for $1300. That���s very little. In my time, the commending pay of a fresh poly grad was $1500. Now it has stoop to $1300. The market must be really bad sial. Imagine, if I call them up for interview, what will they think if they see that their interviewer is me?? Will they reject the job because of me? Hmmmm. Anyway, I have decided to consolidate all the resumes before making a decision whom to call down for interview. I will stop all collections of resumes by 20 Aug 03 and start my calling on 21 Aug. Hopefully, by September, I will have an assistant!! :D :D

Clatzz reflected on 6:55 PM