Finally out of Comfort Zone

My blog has been extremely quiet lately... where have all my friends gone to? Haha, nvm, i prefer a quieter and more private blog. Lets keep it this way.

Frankly speaking, life is not a bed of roses at my new work place. Everyday is like going to a battle ground without my ammunition with me. In other words, i am fighting battle everyday, ready to be shot and attacked by others, but i do not have any ideas, knowledge or experience to deal with the on going issues.

Life over here is quite different from what i have expected, probably becos the working culture in HP is v diff from CDGE. In the past, I worked very closely with my manager, and can consult him in almost every issues. Over here, I hardly get to see or talk to my manager, and he doesn even know which stage i am in now. Hence, i was really quite disappointed, until a snr came over, brought me to a coffee break at a nearby coffee club, and explained to me abt the situation.

He made me realise that 'empowerment' is very much practised here, that managers no longer always come into picture, but engineers themselves are working like individual project managers. This is actually much emphasized in the new economy, where hierachy is gradually abolished and replaced by 'flatted management'. How come i didnt get to see the picture earlier? I also learnt from him that almost every new comer has to go through this initial hardship stage, jus tat some of the luckier ones may have direct upper study to learn from, while most others may need to struggle more. Still, everyone has to go thru this very confusing and overwhelming stage.

Heard the news that one soldier died after jogging at P.Tekong. Sometimes, its quite understandable why the grieving parents wud blame the govt on their plight under such situations. Most wud have this thinking that 'without army, my son wun die'. Personally, i have very mixed feelings for the army. While i sometimes see it as a waste of time, a filthy ground to pick up all the bad and undesirable habits and expose ourselves to unnecc dangers.... i also see it as a good learning ground, to gain invaluable experiences (tat u cant learn anywhere else), and most imptly, to break the guys out of their protected shells. And i m refering to only those stay-in personnel, who have experienced overseas/outfields trainings. It really differentiates a man from a boy.