When I Dream~

Jus came back from a road trip to Afamosa Resort with my family. It's a place somewhere in between Melaka and KL. That place was sooo huge! 150 hectare of land all on their own with a Cowboy Town, Water World, Animal Safari, golf course, tennis courts and all sorts of other recreational activities. At the Cowboy town, I had a go on the mechanical bull ride. Hanging on for dear life to avoid being thrown off the bull, I ended up with a slightly swollen finger (injury + injury = swelling) and slightly bruised knees (from pushing hard against the bull). It was interesting though! :) At Water World, I went for the 8 storey high slide down lying on my back with hands crossed at my chest and legs crossed too. 2 different types of slides but sooo much fun! There were 3 other girls before me (about 20 but I dunno them) and all didn't dare to do it so I went ahead 1st. After which, they became more daring to try. Haha. Ate, drank and be merry while I was there but had a headache the who...

It's been a very crazy week after the Japan earthquake last Friday (11/03/11). Markets were moving crazy, everyone was working like there's no tomorrow. I did my best to help in every way I could - booking and amending deals, helping out wherever I can including running downstairs to buy breakfast, lunch and coffee for everyone. Had to take over my manager's work as well coz he doesn't wanna do it anymore. Was informed that I am to backup another colleague when she's not around. Means I'll have to do 3 people's job if she's not around. How fair is that? I don't mind being busy or having a lot of work. I jus don't find it fair to me coz she will not be my backup when I'm not around. Life is never fair anyway. But what really made me happy is that the hardwork I've put in is appreciated. My Singapore boss paid for breakfast coz all of us came in early to work for the last couple of days. He even paid for lunch (Crystal Jade) for everyone wh...

Yet another not too happy post. :( Bought ice cream on the way home to cheer myself up. :) The next 6 months are gonna be a trying one for me. Gotta keep my fingers crossed real tight and hope for the best. Spoke to 3 of my traders when I heard the news and they are very supportive of me, asking me to be positive. Even Mr Z is supportive. Hope they will fight hard for me. That's all I can wish for.. Really not sure what's gonna happen within these 6 months. If things don't turn out well, it's probably adios amigos and on I move. Could this be a do or die situation? Maybe what I blogged about is coming true - about moving on to other departments, other positions or leaving the firm. Much as I love my team, I know this is a tough fight to win even for someone as highly ranked as my Singapore boss. I know my traders will help me out but it's 1 team against Global initiatives. Whatever the outcome is, I'm happy to have been in this team and to have fantastic colleag...

Yet another farewell for a trader from my team - Will. Saddens me to keep seeing the traders in my team leave 1 after another. At least for now, I know the 2 traders I'm closest to in my team will be around for that while more. I certainly do not want them to leave before I do. I'll be heartbroken.. But then again, I know it's for greener pastures that others are leaving to go for and I should be happy for them. I hate such bittersweet moments. The mixed sad and yet happy moments at the same time. At the farewell drinks party, I was asking Will when he'll be going back to London and he said 30 April. The 1st thought that came to mind and I dunno why I said it out loud.. Was that it's my dad's bday on that day. So this trader jokingly asked if he should send flowers to me to pass to my dad and my response was "to put at his grave?". I thought he knew my parents have passed away but apparently he only knew about my mum and not my dad. So there was this ...

I was in office chatting with a trader from another desk over messenger before I left office and he said I still look happy everyday at work. Yes, I am happy - I love my trading team, I love the work, I love most of the people I work with. I am indeed very blessed in that sense and I'm grateful for that. To have a great team is the most important thing to me and my traders make me feel loved every single day! What else can I ask for? I happened to bump into the same trader coincidentally in the lift as I was leaving office. My lovely traders allowed me to leave on the dot at 5pm sharp to go for a run. :) Wonderful people! So we were talking in the lift and I said I was going back to change n go for a run. He asked me something which struck a chord right in my heart - Are you running from problems or should you be searching for solutions? It did hit me right there and then. I admit I might be running away from problems right now. I actually thought of changing departments or request...