Wednesday fourth of July 2006.
Not a good day. The work load keep piling up and time is running short.Datelines.
Datelines. My leave has been deferred for another 9 days. If not I would have been home by now. But here I am faced with an expected problem. I say "expected" since we have predicted and see it coming. I am sure the whole 'gang' knew it all along but not breathing a word to the management. They speak and mumble and ramble in their language, and only they understand. I had always made the deduction that if they dont talk in a common language when you are around, that means they do not want you to know what they are talking about. Its not that great a loss, with his salary figure we could hire two other people. No love loss anyway, but it is still not a proper way to resign. Another case of 'ungrateful' after all that the company has given him and his family.
So how we place a trust in people from this particular country ? They claimed to be very sensitive natured people, a small thing would always 'hurt' their feelings, but what about the things that they did that hurt other people. Do they see it that way ? Respect, tolerance, understanding, communication and infact everything in life is a two way street.
I am already up to my nose with this particular people/country. Its a long history, since when I was in Singapore. Its a tarnished reputation, no matter how much I tried to respect them or think and hope that they are different, they always disappoint me in the end.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Not a good day ...
Wednesday fourth of July 2006.
Not a good day. The work load keep piling up and time is running short.Datelines.
Datelines. My leave has been deferred for another 9 days. If not I would have been home by now. But here I am faced with an expected problem. I say "expected" since we have predicted and see it coming. I am sure the whole 'gang' knew it all along but not breathing a word to the management. They speak and mumble and ramble in their language, and only they understand. I had always made the deduction that if they dont talk in a common language when you are around, that means they do not want you to know what they are talking about. Its not that great a loss, with his salary figure we could hire two other people. No love loss anyway, but it is still not a proper way to resign. Another case of 'ungrateful' after all that the company has given him and his family.
So how we place a trust in people from this particular country ? They claimed to be very sensitive natured people, a small thing would always 'hurt' their feelings, but what about the things that they did that hurt other people. Do they see it that way ? Respect, tolerance, understanding, communication and infact everything in life is a two way street.
I am already up to my nose with this particular people/country. Its a long history, since when I was in Singapore. Its a tarnished reputation, no matter how much I tried to respect them or think and hope that they are different, they always disappoint me in the end.
Not a good day. The work load keep piling up and time is running short.Datelines.
Datelines. My leave has been deferred for another 9 days. If not I would have been home by now. But here I am faced with an expected problem. I say "expected" since we have predicted and see it coming. I am sure the whole 'gang' knew it all along but not breathing a word to the management. They speak and mumble and ramble in their language, and only they understand. I had always made the deduction that if they dont talk in a common language when you are around, that means they do not want you to know what they are talking about. Its not that great a loss, with his salary figure we could hire two other people. No love loss anyway, but it is still not a proper way to resign. Another case of 'ungrateful' after all that the company has given him and his family.
So how we place a trust in people from this particular country ? They claimed to be very sensitive natured people, a small thing would always 'hurt' their feelings, but what about the things that they did that hurt other people. Do they see it that way ? Respect, tolerance, understanding, communication and infact everything in life is a two way street.
I am already up to my nose with this particular people/country. Its a long history, since when I was in Singapore. Its a tarnished reputation, no matter how much I tried to respect them or think and hope that they are different, they always disappoint me in the end.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Tuesday fourth of july
Yesterday, ken was back in the office after his vacation. And it was Jannie's turn to go for her summer. Mine was supposed to be tomorrow but had to rescheduled it due to some work commitment.
Ken brought back a lot of interesting chocolates and sweets. Chocolates with green tea filling, chocolates with cactus filling etc. I was hoping for kim chee.
Last nite had a talk with JAF and have a learnt a lot of things that she claimed that "hurt" their feelings, like they feel that I do not take care of them. A lot of sensitive issues were brought up. But she forgot that for everything there has to be a reaction. She forgot how she and the rest of the gang have isolated themselves and ganged up. if she feels that she is sensitive and feels hurt, so is the others.
There has been too much going ons in the back ground. An older staff that has been putting poison in their minds. People tends to get greedy and start comparing.
So today we had another session with the boss. Looks like they are going to get some overtime pay. We'll see how they perform after this. They were working late this evening to finish the projects. Hope this will be a good start.
Ken brought back a lot of interesting chocolates and sweets. Chocolates with green tea filling, chocolates with cactus filling etc. I was hoping for kim chee.
Last nite had a talk with JAF and have a learnt a lot of things that she claimed that "hurt" their feelings, like they feel that I do not take care of them. A lot of sensitive issues were brought up. But she forgot that for everything there has to be a reaction. She forgot how she and the rest of the gang have isolated themselves and ganged up. if she feels that she is sensitive and feels hurt, so is the others.
There has been too much going ons in the back ground. An older staff that has been putting poison in their minds. People tends to get greedy and start comparing.
So today we had another session with the boss. Looks like they are going to get some overtime pay. We'll see how they perform after this. They were working late this evening to finish the projects. Hope this will be a good start.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Sunday july the second
Sunday
July 2nd 2006
Another of those days when everybody is out on site. So we had some peace in the office. No 1 is jumpy and not in a very approachable mood. No 2 seems agitated.
In the evening I managed to go and collect my abaya and got a few scarves and fabrics to bring home. Had some vegetarian food for dinner in town. Pooris with korma and masala tea. And by the time I got home, I was feeling hungry again.
July 2nd 2006
Another of those days when everybody is out on site. So we had some peace in the office. No 1 is jumpy and not in a very approachable mood. No 2 seems agitated.
In the evening I managed to go and collect my abaya and got a few scarves and fabrics to bring home. Had some vegetarian food for dinner in town. Pooris with korma and masala tea. And by the time I got home, I was feeling hungry again.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Saturday ... what a day
Saturday 1st july 2006
Spent the whole of friday trying to clean up the place and still I have 30% more to make it liveable...!!
Cant wait to see the guys who went on strike last thursday afternoon.But I guess conceited people feel no remorse.
Well, they trooped into the department later than me, so I had the pleasure of looking at their faces.
So I asked him.." hows your headache..." he said last thursday that he wanted to take the afternoon off, because he had a severe headache, that he would stay home. I asked if I could call him, should I need his help...and he replied ..."NO"...pointing at his head which is supposed to be aching.
And JAF too said that she will not want to work in the afternoon and that she too will be at home.
Anyway, last thursday evening I noticed that their apartment was in the dark... so couldnt be that they are at home...!!!
So I guess they have made plans. Its ok if you want to have time off to go out on a thursday afternoon if you have finished all your work, but please do not lie to me.
The fact that they have so many outstanding urgent jobs and refused to finish them on time, does not really look good for their work performance.
Thus from now onwards, I shall give them a dateline which they must adhere to.
Sympathies and understanding should not be given freely.
It is not easy to manage people, you try to have compassion, but they misused it.
Spent the whole of friday trying to clean up the place and still I have 30% more to make it liveable...!!
Cant wait to see the guys who went on strike last thursday afternoon.But I guess conceited people feel no remorse.
Well, they trooped into the department later than me, so I had the pleasure of looking at their faces.
So I asked him.." hows your headache..." he said last thursday that he wanted to take the afternoon off, because he had a severe headache, that he would stay home. I asked if I could call him, should I need his help...and he replied ..."NO"...pointing at his head which is supposed to be aching.
And JAF too said that she will not want to work in the afternoon and that she too will be at home.
Anyway, last thursday evening I noticed that their apartment was in the dark... so couldnt be that they are at home...!!!
So I guess they have made plans. Its ok if you want to have time off to go out on a thursday afternoon if you have finished all your work, but please do not lie to me.
The fact that they have so many outstanding urgent jobs and refused to finish them on time, does not really look good for their work performance.
Thus from now onwards, I shall give them a dateline which they must adhere to.
Sympathies and understanding should not be given freely.
It is not easy to manage people, you try to have compassion, but they misused it.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Friday
Friday June 30th 2006
It is always another friday here. Laundry done...!!! So today's mission is to clean my room and start packing for my vacation.
Yesterday was a disaster day where moods flared and everyone pissed off. I was specially pissed off with JAF with her comments. Of late she has been passing remarks without thinking who she is reporting to. Its funny though when someone gets conceited and forget how things started, forgot who hired her and gave her the opportunity to work here. Its a classic case of being ungrateful.
Someone who forgets and does not respect the ranks and files in any organisation.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
A day in Qatar
In Qatar again.
Trips to Qatar is always tiring.As usual we take the first flight out and last one in. Had to wake up at 4.30am to get ready for the airport.We arrived at 8am and since we had some time to spare we went fo breakfast at Movenpick. Then we went to our first appointment and then we went to the museum to do some researh.First to Qatar National Museum, then on to The Weaponry Museum.The visits are by appointments only. There is a very extensive range of collections housed in three double storey villas and still more in their storage.It is an impressive collection and most of them are antiques.Cannons, swords, guns and rifles, spears, bows and arrows, knives and armours. I cant imagine how one can wear those heavy armours. Or it goes to show that those guys in the olden days are much stronger and fit. After the museum, we had another appointment before we went for lunch at the Doha Club. The restaurant is on the second floor and so the guys had some good opportunity to look at the girls swimming in the pool. We had a nice spread of mezzeh and grilled seafood and lambs.Actually the mezzeh can be a meal on its own.After lunch we dropped by at the exhibition hall to check on the build up and we had a couple of hours to kill so we stop over at cityCenter. I like it here since I can go to my favourite shop, Mikyajy. Got some scented candles from Homecenter too.Then somebody wanted to watch the world cup telecast, so on to the Rydges. When we got there the match has already started and it was packed with the English supporters. It was a game between England and Equador. I only know the no 7jersey , Beckham. Not really my favourite place to be, I hate the smokey atmosphere, and I am drowned in the crowd and tall guys.Good game I supposed, sinced England won the match 1-0.Match over and we had to rush to the airport to catch the flight back home. It was so crowded, but luckily we had checked in earlier for to and fro. Our lucky evening, since we were upgraded to bussiness class. One of the guy said..." at least I could get to drink the orange juice from a glass" He had complained earlier of not enough leg room for his long legs and the uncomfortable seats.And lately we all been having neck ache, since he is so tall. He joked about it and tell everyone that I am at his waist...!!!
Oh boy... was it a long day ... was so tired when we finally reached home.
Trips to Qatar is always tiring.As usual we take the first flight out and last one in. Had to wake up at 4.30am to get ready for the airport.We arrived at 8am and since we had some time to spare we went fo breakfast at Movenpick. Then we went to our first appointment and then we went to the museum to do some researh.First to Qatar National Museum, then on to The Weaponry Museum.The visits are by appointments only. There is a very extensive range of collections housed in three double storey villas and still more in their storage.It is an impressive collection and most of them are antiques.Cannons, swords, guns and rifles, spears, bows and arrows, knives and armours. I cant imagine how one can wear those heavy armours. Or it goes to show that those guys in the olden days are much stronger and fit. After the museum, we had another appointment before we went for lunch at the Doha Club. The restaurant is on the second floor and so the guys had some good opportunity to look at the girls swimming in the pool. We had a nice spread of mezzeh and grilled seafood and lambs.Actually the mezzeh can be a meal on its own.After lunch we dropped by at the exhibition hall to check on the build up and we had a couple of hours to kill so we stop over at cityCenter. I like it here since I can go to my favourite shop, Mikyajy. Got some scented candles from Homecenter too.Then somebody wanted to watch the world cup telecast, so on to the Rydges. When we got there the match has already started and it was packed with the English supporters. It was a game between England and Equador. I only know the no 7jersey , Beckham. Not really my favourite place to be, I hate the smokey atmosphere, and I am drowned in the crowd and tall guys.Good game I supposed, sinced England won the match 1-0.Match over and we had to rush to the airport to catch the flight back home. It was so crowded, but luckily we had checked in earlier for to and fro. Our lucky evening, since we were upgraded to bussiness class. One of the guy said..." at least I could get to drink the orange juice from a glass" He had complained earlier of not enough leg room for his long legs and the uncomfortable seats.And lately we all been having neck ache, since he is so tall. He joked about it and tell everyone that I am at his waist...!!!
Oh boy... was it a long day ... was so tired when we finally reached home.
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