Despite the tiredness
I am back to my overtime marathon again this week after a short 2 days off last weekend at Kuantan, Pahang. I took a day-off last Friday and flew to Kuantan in the morning. As soon as we reached KC's house, Mrs. Low ordered him to do housekeeping at their family's own homestay and I had to become part-time housekeeper as well. We swept and mopped the floor, changed the bedsheets in each room, replaced the shampoos, shower foams and drinking water. Phew~! After all that, Mr. Low said, "Now you know how busy am I when I come back each time.. if the Commander's at home!"
And.. I was only rewarded with a bowl of cendol for all the hard work! Hehe, just kidding la! I had been pestering him to bring me to this cendol stall again (after our last visit back in 2009) when I knew we were going to his hometown.
The legendary cendol ice. Not sweet. Just nice :-)
The next morning, we journeyed to Sg. Lembing to see the magnificent Rainbow Waterfall with our ex-colleagues. There were 11 of us in total. We went on an adventurous ride in an old 4WD. The driver, who was our tour guide, was a nice and friendly uncle. He revealed everything about Sg. Lembing to all of us and ensured we did not miss a thing! I was especially touched when he took the effort to bring me over to the waterfall to view the 'smaller Rainbow' :-) I was sitting alone by the side while the rest jumped into the water and splashed through to the waterfall to have a glimpse at the 'smaller Rainbow'. He understood that I did not want to wet myself and brought me to a different route, in which I do not have to get wet and could catch the beautiful Rainbow.
I guess this is Uncle's principle in his job :-) He wants to ensure all of his charges achieve what they've came for. Hiking down from the waterfall, Uncle said, "After each tough journey is always a smooth path ahead."
Back to reality, despite the tiredness at work, I've realized that I've garnered a closer tie with my team (except my pushy boss!). The developers, on and offshore, are a bunch of nice people to work with and they can be playful at times. They call me mei mei (younger sis) although I am older than most of them! -_- Enjoyed the lunch with the guys at my PM's solemnization of marriage this afternoon.
Lovely couple :-)New Phase?
It has been a week since I had reported to work at this new company. Things have been going quite okay if you look at it from the work perspective, it's just that.
I see that my work revolves around Microsoft Excel, Visio and Word nowadays. How boring! I would have to spend hours studying a document and think of how things should be done. The toughest part would be how to convey all these to my fellow developer colleagues. They are pure Chinese guys! But look at it from the other side, this is supposed to be the next step in my career ladder. On my first day, the project manager briefed me on this ongoing project and stated that I would be involved in requirements gathering and analysis as well as the design sections. Honestly, this is a bit more than what I had expected because I was tested more on the development side during the interview. I sat for a while and thought to myself. Am I ready for all these?
Apart from these new things that I will have to cope and learn, I now know many new Chinese words! For e.g. database, database tables, columns, source codes, document and etc. Haha.
Go! Go! Go!
I've finally got a faster, faster PC today! Yeah! It's time to work effectively and start showing some of my prowess! Haha, just kidding.
On the other hand, this is what I've got from a photography forum:
If one is on a budget one needs patience and needs to be happy with whatever gear one already owns. You can make excellent pictures with it (you already showed us some examples!)
加油!
Morning joy
Reached office this morning only to find an e-mail from my Head of Department.
I startled.
What have I done?
The e-mail was sent to my reporting manager, carbon-copied to me. He wanted my manager to initiate a RAM upgrade for my machine. So so so touched.
I stayed back in the office yesterday night, was so frustrated with my machine. It took me approximately an hour to finish a task that could be completed in 10 minutes. Yep, my machine runs at 512MB. Mr HOD passed by my cubicle and heard my machine spinning. He stopped and had a short chat with me. He began telling how he refused to work when he was given a slow machine like mine when he first joined, how he firmly told his boss that he would not stay back in the office to finish his work because it was not his efficiency that has made him unproductive.
What a great way to start my working day!
Life of An Immigrant Worker
It is pretty much a routined life. My usual day starts at 7:30AM and ends at 10:00-11:00PM.
7:00AM - Biological alarm triggers, lazes on bed.
7:30AM - Prepare for work.
8:10AM - Journey to office begins! It is a 7-minute brisk walk; passing by a few blocks of flats and a secondary school.
The flats near my area
Walking out of the flats
Towards Street 23, where my office is situated
Onward to St. 23
Almost there... The building is at the end of the road
8:20AM - Off to the canteen to get a cup of black coffee.
8:30AM - Work starts!
5:30PM - Office hour officially ends at this time but on a busy day, I may need to stay to finish certain tasks.
Finally, off to dinner with KC!
That's about it, the life of an immigrant worker.
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