Doraemin Time Machine

小叮当的时光机 记载生活的点点滴滴

恐怖工作日

Filed under: Uncategorized — doraemin at 12:02 pm on Monday, May 29, 2006

今天算是闯大祸了!

一大清早5点45分,我还在半梦半醒中,突然接到公司的电话。英文组同事说,chinese desk没有人到,问我是不是快到公司了。我回说“是”后,对方放心地放下电话。

我心想:怎么会?通常主编4点半就到公司了呀!我不过是副编,主编不在,新闻怎么出街呢?天呀!本来还在睡梦中的我突然吓醒了!在路上,我一直想,要不要打电话给老板?可是,万一主编真的迟到,通知老板岂不是害了她?还是到了公司,确定没人再说吧!

6点正(刚查了taxi receipt,我5点59分才下车的),我抵达公司,忙着找电话联络值班主编和老板,都不通?怎么办?我慌了!

这时,电话响起,DJ说:新闻稿怎么还没下来?

一直以为新闻7点才开始播出的我还搞不清楚状况,回答:“好的,我会处理。”

几分钟后,已经是6点多了,电话又响起,“6点播新闻,为什么稿还没有送下来?”

我恍然大悟。啊!新闻是6点开始吗?DJ也不十分确定。我看时间来不及了,就说没办法,看样子没办法播出了。过了一会儿,老板回电,说半小时内赶到。我如释重负,并向她说明情况,包括6点新闻没有播出这件事。当时,她知道我是6点才进来的,就没有多说什么。接着,我们加上hotline同时就忙着把7/8/9/10/11的新闻生出来。太可怕了!偏偏印尼大地震又有一大堆updates!连喘气的时间都没有!

后来知道是班表出了问题,值班主编还在放假,所以才引发一连串的事端。应该是有听众投诉吧!DJ也向上级报告了此事。结果,11点多的时候,老板来找我。她说,身为新闻工作者,我应该更机警点儿,看到没有主编,就应该自己随便找几张稿送下去。当然,我承认,我真的不知道6点开始播新闻。另外,我也不知道,原来晚班同事通常都会排好6点的稿,更不知道他们把稿件放在哪里,不然我其实可以直接把稿送下去。一切都是事发后才知道的。当然,免不了一顿训话。

其实,觉得有点委屈啦!当时情况混乱,6点钟的新闻,我6点才到呀!那么短的时间内,我是否反应得过来是一回事。坦白说,当时的我真的慌了手脚。然而,我能说什么吗?毕竟,我还是有责任的,我是副编呀!只好自叹倒霉咯!But this is really a good lesson learnt, a lesson that I’ll never forget.

后来和同事J 谈起,他说,如果DJ把昨晚的稿拿来念,就可以解燃眉之急了。对呀!其实一件事情会发生,最后的结果是好是坏,是由很多个环节组成的。哪个环节处理得当,坏事都能化险为夷。反之亦然。我不否认我有错,平时太依赖主编了,很多小细节都没有注意到,可是我想大家都有责任吧!况且,事后追究责任真的那么重要吗?

刚来到这里,就觉得working culture 和以前的公司很不同。

以前,老板教我们,面对问题的时候,最重要的是解决问题,而不是追究责任。How to solve the problem is more impt than finding someone to be responsible.

可是,在这儿出了什么问题、犯了什么错,人们问的第一句总是:谁教你的?你跟谁学的?我觉得很可怕,好像你一不小心说错什么,就会害了自己的同事。

谁教你的?跟谁学的?这些真的那么重要吗?我觉得,更重要的是,同样的错误下次不要再犯了。找出负责人会解决问题吗?如果不会,何必非要追根究底不可?

我不明白。

Fox Song

Filed under: Uncategorized — doraemin at 3:46 am on Wednesday, May 24, 2006

haha so funny! This Monday, when rab & I were abt to part our ways, she suddenly showed me the namecard of her travel agent. "Fox Song" I read aloud and burst out laughing, hahaha… what a strange name AND surname, matched together, it just sounds like 狐狸歌 to me! Or even folk song! Thinking further, luckily it’s not a lady’s name, if not it will be really weird indeed! It also reminded me of my fren who mentioned before that she had a colleague named Ju2 Gui4, which really sounds like Chwee Kuay! haha… parents shld really named their children after careful thoughts…

Opps… really bad of me, laughing at pple’s names… So mean… =P

人有悲欢离合

Filed under: Uncategorized — doraemin at 12:35 pm on Tuesday, May 23, 2006

今天原本是off-day,却因为有couse得回公司。其实也好啦,有位同事 S 星期三last day,刚好我星期三off不能送她,今天就趁机约 S 在公司餐厅吃饭,当作欢送吧!

唉,S 已经是第3位离开的同事了(在我短短的4个月任职期)。看着熟悉的面孔一个个离开,有点百感交集。好不容易才跟大家比较熟,现在又要送走她们…

不过这顿farewell lunch倒是吃得很开心。饭桌上有说有笑,气氛很好。感觉上,来新公司那么久,还没有那么多人聚在一起吃饭聊天呢!这让我回想到过去在八方的日子…大家一起吃饭、一起搞笑,真的很开心。在新的工作环境,和同事吃饭的机会不算多,尤其做早班/晚班,都是打包回办公室吃的,开始时觉得很寂寞,久而久之也就习惯了。

离开公司后便到Audio House Warehouse Sale买了台DVD Player(结果朋友都说不要买branded dvd player cos cant play pirated vcds, diao…我才买了2hrs plus 呀!)。过后又完成了两封拖欠已久的farewell letter…在Mac边看前同事写给自己的farewell letter & card,边一把鼻涕一把眼泪地写回信,真的是有够丢脸的。还好,用了近两个小时,终于完成了任务。最后就到Cityhall MRT meet 朋友,一起去garlic restaurant 吃晚餐。

今天其实是和前同事欢聚,一起庆祝小飞象的belated bday。其实人生就是这样!充满了悲欢离合。还记得,前阵子我还在八方和共事已久的同事一一道别,现在却在新公司送走了几位同事。今天送走了S,却又和前公司的同事欢聚,人生就是这么一回事。

缘起缘灭,最终还能保持联络的会有几人?很开心自己能和前公司的几位朋友保持联络,甚至时常出来打麻将、吃饭、旅行,真的很难得。很多要"keep in touch"的朋友,往往都没有再联络了。也许应该怪自己吧!整天窝在家里看电视,不是个常主动找旧朋友出来的懒惰人。不然就是各忙各的,说穿了,也是为自己的nua 找借口吧!是时候反省了!

一直很安静-阿桑

Filed under: Uncategorized — doraemin at 12:37 pm on Wednesday, May 17, 2006

空荡的街景想找个人放感情
做这种决定是寂寞与我为邻

我们的爱情像你路过的风景
一直在进行脚步却从来不会为我而停

**给你的爱一直很安静
来交换你偶尔给的关心
明明是三个人的电影
我却始终不能有姓名

你说爱像云要自在飘浮才美丽
我终於相信分手的理由有时候很动听

**
给你的爱一直很安静
我从一开始就下定决心
以为自己要的是曾经
却发现爱一定要有回音

**
给你的爱一直很安静
除了泪在我的脸上任性
原来缘份是用来说明
你突然不爱我这件事情

Chickens, here i chop!!!

Filed under: Uncategorized — doraemin at 11:08 am on Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Had a fantastic cooking experience this Monday!

Though I was on early morning shift and zz a pathetic 3-4hrs, but when my 2 jms suggested cooking @ cy house, I agreed immediately. hehe… sounds so fun & exciting! Dun be mistaken thou, I can only managed maggi mee & omelette. Nevertheless we met at ntuc & starting hunting for food like sharkfin (WAH!), crabs, lobstar.. i mean balls, chicken, veges etc. It’s the 1st time I see the dissecting of crabs, they act "teared" the shell out and started cleaning it. Honestly, I felt a little sinful and gross & I quite pity the poor crab. Esp since I’m cancerian… opps… Anyway, with all the barangs, we decided to take cab to cy house.

All of us took turns to demonstrate our cooking skills, haha… I must admit I’m the worst out of the 3. SM very pro esp when cooking the crabs, wah like yan can cook! The shark fin was also very rich, in fact a little too rich… Too much shark fin for us to digest… CY also very pro with her broccoli with mushrooms and lobster… balls. =)As for me, the chopping of chickens already caused my tears to flow (act it’s the onions la). I mean, I never realised chopping chicken wings into half is soooo difficult until I tried it myself!

P1019609I chopped with all my might and managed to conquer 2 wings. (See photo) Was sweating all over after that. CY & SM done their part too. But we seem to be smashing the bones while we chop cos the aiming is not at the same spot most of the time. So cruel yah? Poor chickens… I really wondered y mum can dissect the whole chicken so easily? Guess I appreciate her more after this. Cooking is really no easy task!

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Here comes the frying part! After a very very long time, my supposedly prawn paste but salt fish taste-alike chickens are done! I’m so proud of myself! haha… =D

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Here is the big feast we had! 3 bowls of shark fin & Chilli/tomato crabs proudly presented by SM, broccoli w shitake mushrooms, carrots & lobster balls by CY and chickens by myself. What an accomplishment!

Next time, when mum is chopping chicken, I must make sure I get a few tips from her! Chickens, I’ll be back!

冰雨

Filed under: Film — doraemin at 12:39 pm on Monday, May 8, 2006

I dun think I’ll ever climb mountains in my life, at least not those dangerous ones where u might even lose your life. After watching the korean movie 冰雨, I think mountain climbing is scary. Can u imagine? Climbing the mountain with a grp of frens, but when u returned, it might not be the same grp of frens again! Can one bear the loss of a fren this way?

1 scenario in the movie: The female lead missed a step & the male lead came to her rescue, however the rope cant hold the weight of 2 persons. In the end, the gal cut her rope and fell to her death to avoid 2 of them dying together.

Let’s imagine, if it’s myself and a fren, not lovers, if I know both of us will die if no one let go, will I have the courage to cut my own rope despite knowing that it means a sure death? I think it takes a lot of courage… but of cos 1 person dying is better than 2 dying together. But how will the only survivor live his/her life after that? Watching ur fren or worse, lover, plunge to death in front of u, the thought saddens me… No wonder the male lead went bk to the mountain yrs later & died there so he can be reunited with the female lead.

Another scenario: Your frens are trapped on the mountain and u have reached safer grds, will u go back to the mountain to save them or go down and seek help from the rescue team? Logically one shld seek help 1st becos it’s dangerous to go back & it cld well mean another corpse on the mountain. But the thought of ur frens still suffering & may lose their lives anytime and here u are moving further away from them to safer grds, wld u not be guilt stricken?

I really dunno the answer… Anyway just dun climb mountains!

GE 2006

Filed under: Uncategorized — doraemin at 12:14 pm on Monday, May 8, 2006

This yr’s GE is indeed very exciting, with the opposition getting stronger and voters getting younger (which means we have our own thoughts and views that really differ from the generation born before independence). More than half of the constituencies are contested for and for the 1st time in many yrs, PAP faced the greatest challenge since independence.

I’m glad I joined my new job! It enabled me to experience all the excitement and thrill of GE in the course of wk. Though I was not sent to rallies (though I wished I had a chance to go), but watching all the livefeed from tv comfortably in the office is also a nice experience, esp when I was always asked to watch the opposition rallies. hehe… lucky me! =P

I went to 1 rally with a fren, the hougang one by WP. Wow the crowd is scary… heads popping out from every flat and everywhere… We were late and did not manage to get a good position & view. So upsetting… Later I realised I can use my media pass to get a gd location in front! aighs… But can really sense the support of residents for low. I’m touched…

6 May 2006

Finally the long awaited GE is here! Sadly, I did not have a chance to vote again! Anyway, I dun think I’ll get a chance unless I move house. =(

I started wk at 10am & volunteered to stay back to help. Was assigned to go WP assembly centre at YCK stadium! Wow! I’m glad I stayed! The whole atmosphere is fantastic. Thou I got a little squashed while collecting sots, but the whole experience is great. I mean it’s once in every 5 yrs and I’m glad I grabbed the opportunity to participate in the event!

I’m tired of cos, but everyone was tired. Went back to office ard 1+ or 2am, cant rem liao, and everyone is still wking hard. It’s a rare sight in the office. I liked the feeling when everyone is pianging hard for the same event, 万众一心, very touched somehow. Reminds me of the days when Geyao stayed back & practised for our performaces & the days when pianging for WBF… Those were the days… Pity I’m not really involved in doing the packages, just collected sots for other colleagues…

Finally everything is over now! I got a really gd rest, zz till near 3pm the next day & was super shacked for the whole day. Now I’m fully recharged! Any more challenges? I’m looking forward!