Mess of a Life

bee zee... I am running around like a mad dog at work these days. Amazingly enough, through a series of bad planning... well, not really bad planning.. just really bad timing.

1. I bought tickets to Cambodia sometime back (hey, it was heavily discounted!)... and it now clashes with quite a few meetings.. making life very tough as I have to reschedule. And if you are wondering why I would be scheduling meetings when I know I am going overseas, well, it's more a matter of this dear collleague of mine resigning and me taking over her work. Resulting in me inheriting her meetings.


2. Work trip (also compliments of colleague) fell into my lap. I will be headed to Shanghai the very next day when I get back from Cambodia


3. Finally, having stupidly signed up for ACTA, it has now eaten up most of my weekends (both Sat & Sun) all the way till November. This includes the Sat and Sun after I return from Shanghai (and I had to reschedule one module as it had clashed with my Cambodia trip)


4. And... we decided to take my dad to Thailand and we have booked for the dates 12-15Nov as it's his 60th birthday. Without realizing that... I have got ACTA class over the same weekend.


5. Now I need to reschedule the module as it clashes with my BKK trip. Argh... unbelievable.


6. Also, there's this external organization visiting us... and the BKK trip clashes with that. No worries *deep breath*, I believe I can get another colleague to cover that

Work is so busy, and I had to compound it by taking up this bloody course and making myself all tired and cranky... Grrrrr.... self inflicted I know. But hey, just a month ago, I was soo bored I was tweedling my thumbs.. which was why I decided to so something useful with my life. DIdn't expect it to backfire so badly on me. Grrrr.... x2

Now... there is also this delicate matter of me being on the lookout for another job. And so... this had added to the complications in my life. Cuz, not only am I focused on my work and studies, now I have to lend some thinking time to what I want to do with my life.

1. Ex-boss has asked if I wanna join her organization. This is not firm as they do not have the headcount for sure yet... so it's more of them having grand plans, and they think I fit in. Or I hope I fit in. Sooo... now I am asking if they are okay to wait till April next year? Since they do not practice sign-on bonus and I was sorta hoping to be able to get me bonus (I have worked hard for it). There is also the delicate matter of their fiscal year being from April-Mar.. meaning, me joining in Dec would result in me not being eligible for any bonus from this new org (most require at least 6 months in the org), so in chinese it would be called 赔了夫人又折兵.... At the same time, it seems rather unfair to expect them to wait for me for 7 months... well 8 if you include my notice period. This is such a dilemma... but at least I would have the same boss right??


2. At the same time, while I was mulling over Option 1, along comes another company who gives me a call, asking if I would be interested in joining their organization. While I was on the verge of rejecting it, my colleagues asked me to give it a shot. Saying it's a pretty good org, MNC some more. So okay lah... I submitted my CV. Now... it's been 4 days.. no sound no picture. Call me impatient... but bloody hell, you were the one who called me to ask for my resume... you would think, if you are no longer interested, or if my experience isn't as relevant as you wanted, you would have the courtesy of at least emailing to thank me and do the "I regret to inform you... " talk? No? Nevermind lah... since no sound no picture, I shall continue mulling over Option 1... no difference in my life, other than another wounded pride moment.