In my perception...its a really important day. First and foremost, thank you Brenda for helping me empty my stress bar last night. You're such a darling.
Today, things made a full turn around.. as if the moon opened her eyes and shone clarity into our minds. The Full moon brings change no matter the linage. But it is always for the better.
This morning, my uncle passed away. He was in the bank when he complained of a dizzy spell. The bank called my aunt. By the time she got there, my uncle had passed away. He was 59(if im not mistaken).
Meanwhile, I was in my office, when Terence Chong, my colleague from another dept. came to me to offer me some advice about working life, as I was down from my recent appraisal performance.
He said "Bruce!"...yea this guy calls me Bruce. "Bruce, one thing you gotta do is to get to know the people in the plant office more. Spend your time mingling with us there maybe half an hour or an hour a day. Mark my words, in a month's time, you will be in a much better shape then where you are now!"
My Head of Dept. Called me in. He said, "You see, I sent your appraisal to my boss, and he said that my marking was too harsh. He said it maybe a bit discouraging to you as a first job. Now I have no intention of discouraging you, And I have been quite honest to you. I said you have room for improvement. But he seems to feel that this may scare you off."
"From my perspective, what I gave you is true. ANd through this you can see where you lack and then you can improve at it. But I dunno, (my company) has this thing of doing things to please the boss, which I believe is wrong. In fact we should be frank in order to progress."
"Now do you know what HR calls playing sports together as team building? Which I think is wrong. Team building should be getting ppl's trust. Two ppl seat infront of each other and say out straight what i dont like about the other person. That is team building."
"Now what you did that day (referring to the suggestive memo to a manager) in (my company) was perceived as bad here. But In other companies...ITs GOOD!! Its Team building!. I think the culture here is .... "
Pretty much went on and on about how he single handedly troubleshooted the entire plant when all the other engineers went home. And pretty much asked me how I felt about the appraisal.
I felt that his justification was for the benefit of our skills as young workers. So I was pretty much happy that he was honest about it. Sigh, 3 years to learn 10 years of experience. How will I achieve a feat like that for the Dark Lord?
It was after this that I heard about my uncle. He leaves a wife, 4 children and a grandchild.
My condolences to Aunt Shyan and family. If you need us, we'll be here.
So, Uncle Freddie, let the world's Chinese community light a Candle for your departure and show you the way to where you need to be.
Happy Mid-autumn Festival everybody subtle as it may seem.
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