Refocusing my Priorities

Finally decided to stop playing Cafe World on Facebook. Although it didn't really take up a lot of my time, I found that I was constantly keeping track of whether it is time to serve the food. It was also getting rather boring since there wasn't much to do besides just leveling up.

I have also decided not to stay up late when I have to go to work the next day. In addition, I have stopped my self-learning of Japanese for some time and want to restart again. Therefore I'll try to limit myself to stop watching J-dramas or surfing the internet by about 11 - 11.30 pm and then spend about 1 hour to improve on my Japanese. Thus, I should be in bed by about 12.30 am.

I'm not sure how long I can keep this up but will try my best to do so. Wish me luck :)

It's Friday!

This afternoon we had a team meeting. Was rather shocked to learn that one of my colleagues might be asked to leave at the end of the year as her role will be made redundant. Sometimes I really don't understand what the company is thinking. From the day I joined, they have been undergoing restructuring almost every year. Some departments just seem to be hiring and retrenching people every now and then, it's almost as if they can't make up their minds what they want to do. I feel that this can be very disrupting as sometimes the handover might not have been done properly and new staff have no idea what to do. In the worst scenario, no one takes over the job and you don't know who to turn to.

The management always say that our performances lag behind our competitors but have they really given a thought that it maybe their own fault? Having restructuring so often is so damaging to employee morale. Who would want to do their best when your role can be made redundant so easily, irregardless of your performance? Of course they could tell you that if you are a good performer, you could be redeployed elsewhere, but who is to say that your new role won't be made redundant again? The worse thing is that even if you are good, you will not be automatically redeployed but have to go for interviews again. So how would one have a real sense of belonging in the company?


Tonight, 小花 and I watched our second movie of the week - Time Traveler's Wife. I enjoyed the show and was touched by the deep love between the Henry and Claire. Claire was willing to try to have Henry's child even when it could endanger her life. And Henry underwent vasectomy because he didn't want Clarie to be pregnant and thus put her life in danger. The ending was not bad but of course would have preferred if both of them could watch their daughter grow up together.

After the movie, we went for dinner at Coffee Club Express and ordered the special sets that came with a free 99% fat-free fruity drink each. I chose a soft shell crab linguini with black pepper sauce, while 小花 ordered a fish pasta with lobster sauce. Both were delicious and we were so full that we couldn't finish our drinks, which tasted good too. Shall come and try some other dishes next time :)

Food for thought

Today I had a mid-year performance conversation with my boss. Sigh... think I'm really bad at answering questions that I had not thought about beforehand. My mind seem to go blank and no matter how hard I try, I just can't come up with a good answer right away. Wonder how some people can talk about almost anything so easily while I struggle just to say something.

Guess this is why I usually prefer to just listen to what people have to say. Or perhaps all this while I have just been taking the easy way out by opting not to speak. Stating my opinion more often could be a good practice for me since I would have to think about what to say... Hmm....