office
Putting email into context
Do you write an email to your colleague who’s sitting right next to you? Would you rather email a person to negotiate a deal? How many times do you play email tennis until you decide to pick up the phone to call the person?
I’m an office bound worker, and my work requires me to deal [...]
Blunder blender
Ever wish you have a gadget that could just blend away the blunders that you’ve made? To be able to start over? To be given a second chance?
Sometimes, you get a second chance, sometimes, you don’t. In either case, you’ll still need to create a mental blender to shred up the blunder you’ve made, in [...]
Fatigue
I’m watching Friends, and laughing as though I haven’t seen the episode before (the one where Chandler is moving in with Monica). Friends are just such a mind relaxant. Kudos to the people who made it such a joy. And then my wife made a comment…
“You must be really stressed…”
I think she’s right, as usual.
I’m [...]
Fear of feedback
I recently attended a “leadership” course, where you’re asked to play games in a group setting to demonstrate your leadership, or the lack of it, in a controlled environment. We navigated a small island with a “hot-from-the-oven” navigation skills and a 20-years-old topographical map.
I actually enjoyed the navigation part as it brought me out to [...]
Offsite to meet the Heroes?
Nah, our annual offsite was not a visit to the Heroes set, like the lucky bunch who gave us Google Reader. And I thought I was already quite close when I saw some of the Heroes cast here! Our offsite this year was a milder version of the Amazing Race, without the “strange things you [...]
Never force your opponent 100%
In push hands, one of my teacher’s favourite quote is to tell us not to push your partner into oblivion.
Push 70% and leave 30% for yourself (逼人七分，留三分给自己）
I’ve unconsciously recorded this in my mind, only to realise I like the quote because I used it in my teaching as well!
The reason he gave? If you push [...]
Paid to perform
I am an employee. I have a fixed salary every month, for as long as I work with the company. I get some holidays which I can take anytime of the year. Of course, “anytime” is normally controlled by someone else, commonly known as “the boss”. I can “request” anytime, but it’s never “anytime”… Anyway, [...]
Job update #1
It has been a tiring first week. I’ve been leaving the office around 8pm. It’s a far cry from my 9 to 5 job previously. My wife is complaining about the lack of wife time. I’ve been struggling to understand what exactly is it i’m trying to do in the office. I seem to be [...]
You didn’t do your overtime until the boss says so
I don’t know about overtime rules in other places, most likely you might not even get overtime but is expected to work longer hours. For those places with a system of overtime in place, how strictly are they adhered to?
i’ve heard of one where you get overtime if you work more than 1 hour before [...]
