Mail Flood

I am flooded with emails. Firstly, my personal yahoo mailbox seems to be flooded with forwarded buddhist yahoogroup mails by some unknown ppl. Sometimes, I do get a bit fed up with ppl who use either buddhist names or acronyms, making ppl difficult to identify them. Secondly, i am flooded with my meditation workshop emails with ppl asking if the deadline has been closed, still got vacancy etc.

Thirdly, and most scaringly, my work mailbox nv get its chance to rest for a single moment. Even now, at this very moment, i am still receiving mails from my global counter parts, who work at diff time zones from us. So its now working hrs for them while rest time for us, and vice versa. As a result, i nv have the chance to finish clearing my mails... and most are very important issues, and delays = losing money. I m always mentally prep to stay back late at work to clear my stuffs, but have nv expected to bring work back home to do - no wonder HP gives us mail and server access to work at home.

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Its such an irony. I was still complaining to a colleague on tuesday evening that i feel so 'useless', sitting in the office having nothing to do. But within 2 short days, i have transformed myself into a busy man jus like any others.... Thank goodness i am NOT a freshgrad, if not, i wud definitely be overwhelmed by the very steep learning gradient i am embarking on right now. My prior working experience at CDGE has definitely helped a great deal, for not expecting everything to be spoon-fed, clear cut and direct.

A nusbs jnr is complaining to me now that he has problem settling down on his new found job. He felt unguided and lost. I can understand how he feels, cos the initial stage is always the hardest. I am now experiencing it myself too, but then, thats parts and parcel of life. A lot of things we duno what it is about, duno how to solve it, and worse, duno who to look for help. This is esp so when i am now working 'globally', working with ppl from taiwan, japan, USA, australia etc. I really see the impt of PR and interpersonal skills at work.

On the brighter side, i have v nice colleagues, who drove us out (in 2 cars) to Tiong Bahru for lunch today. Some more snr engineers even treated us to the meals, so paiseh.

Life is very hectic in HP, but i m sure i will feel a greater sense of job satisfaction.