Too Much Today

Within a short day today, many things happened. So this blog gonna be very lengthy, yet without a smooth flow.

1) New Job Opportunity
This morning, I received a phone call from Singapore Customs, asking me to go down for interview for the post of a Management Executive. It’s the kind of job I wanted very badly. I could feel my passion for this job even before I go down for the interview, I simply love the job nature. Moreover, the pay is 3-3.1k!!! Sad to say, I already have a job now. I thought I shld stay at one job for at least 1yr before I can learn enough to decide and conclude where I shld jump next.

2) Problems at Work
i) Disputes between Snr Workers
Today, one of my foreman complained to me about another senior technician. Both of them are supposed to be among the most seniors in the workshop, without 100s of technicians under them. I do not know how to solve the dispute, but I guess such things shld be handle with extra care. My manager couldn’t be bothered with this issue when I told him abt the problem, he is a not so ppl oriented person, and is only concerned with work quality and results. However, I feel that if the workers are not happy and cooperative, we cannot produce good work. I will do something abt it.

ii) The IA Student
One of the IA students came to my room today. He had a quarrel with one of the full-time technician, whom he claimed has bullied him. He felt that he is here to pick up technical skills and this technician has kinda disturbed and affected his learnings over here. He also added that he see no pt why the technician shld be nasty to him when I am always smiling at him. I told him coming to work is just not abt learning technical skills, but also learning how to work with ppl. It a good opportunity for him to be exposed in a real working world, to witness how ppl behave in the society. He agreed with me and said: Sir! I shld have studied harder and go to uni, then everyday sit in the air-con office like u.

iii) The Worrisome Taxi Driver
I have encountered many taxi-drivers by now, however, none was as special as this one I met today. I immediately notice the melancholic and worrisome face when the driver came to my room. I later found out he may have some psychological imbalance. He told me that he suspected my technicians were against him and they have purposely delayed the repair of his vehicle by making him wait for so long. I told him that’s not possible as my technicians will only try to finish their job fast so that they can rest earlier, they will nv wanna drag their job. He later added that his engine burst and suspected my technicians were out there to ‘revenge’ and sabotage him. I felt like laughing but I din, and told him that they wudnt do that as by doing so, they are creating my job for themselves as the ‘spoilt vehicle’ will ultimately come back to them for repair, giving themselves more work. The driver was convinced and said he felt better and more relief after hearing wat I say. I know I shldnt feel good or gloat over this driver’s misfortune, but so far, this has been the most happy case I ever handled. Perhaps I enjoyed making someone feel better.

iv) Reprimanding for the First Time
I have been working for four weeks, and so far, I have never lost my cool or scolded any of my technicians or Foreman. Firstly, I feel I was too new to throw my weights around and secondly, I dun like the feeling of making ppl unhappy. However an incident happened today which has reached beyond my threshold of tolerance and I called one of my snr technician to my office and reprimanded him. I guess everyone was surprised as I have never seemed to be so serious at my workplace before. This snr technician was apologetic for his mistake and I felt bad abt scolding him. Just imagine your father got scolded by someone who is around your age…. I think sometimes ‘respecting for snr’ and ‘getting things done right’ cannot comprise.

iv) Are you a Taxi Driver?
This week, there’s a road show at my work place selling insurance. There is this bunch of recruiters who miss no chance into getting the taxi drivers to buy themselves a policy. I happened to walk past the reception area when I was approached by one of them “ excuse me, do u mind if I introduce u a good stuff…. Blah blah blah”. “Sorry I am not a taxi driver!” I smiled back. Its alrite as I walked further down, I was approached 2 more times. I went back to tell my admin staffs, and they laughed their heads off. Well well, I shldnt wear blue to work next time then….

3) Blood Donation + Chinatown Walk
This evening, I met smallbro OWY and Chun Kit at outram for blood donation. For many times, I nearly blacked out after my blood donation and I always have to warn the nurses before hand. This evening, the ‘black-out’ feeling started to creep in minutes after my blood start pumping out. I thot “Shxx! Not again!”. Fortunately, it lasted just a while and I got back to shape shortly later. I am very happy that the National Blood Bank opens till 8pm every Friday. It has given working class ppl like me a chance to donate blood too since its close on Saturday aftn and Sundays. Surprisingly, the receptionist could guess I am an engineer! I thought I look like a taxi driver?

After the donation, we brought chun kit to the often-heard Evergreen Bookstore. Its his first time there, as we proceed on to eat Yong Tau Foo and ice-desserts at Ppl’s park Hawker. I felt as if I am bringing a tourist around, bringing him around to walk on the streets of Chinatown, haha.

4) Meditation is Good
I found out more and more of my friends, including jnrs of BS, are getting interested to learn meditation seriously. Most of them only attended those short and introductory meditation courses in NUS, but nv to any formal and proper courses. Indeed, its very impt to learn meditation through a formal and proper course, from a good and experienced meditation teacher. These frens have approached me to intro them a good meditation teacher/course. Anyone has lobang? Pls tell me, I really feel like arranging one for my frens.