Day 35

For quite some years I've been hating the Nov-Jan period. It rains all day, making the days seem long and melancholic. I used to like the rainy season when I was in kindergarden and primary school. Was very perplexed when they taught us to sing "rain rain go away". But now I find the wet weather intolerable. One because the weather changes have become more extreme due to global warming that it drizzles are few and downpours aplenty. Two because I now suffer from the "cold feet syndrome" literally and I really can't stand the cold.

There were not enough warm bodies on the 19th floor today and I was freezing. Was holed up in my cubicle doing research on SMEs. This is what I found:


Got a presentation again this week. This time I don't feel good about it because I've got 70 slides but only enough time for 15. And how I suck at summarizing. Have a few days more to get my act together.

心理測驗

心理測驗題目：什麼原因會讓你想哭?

排一下自己最易哭的原因! (1是最容易 , 5是最不容易)

a.感動 b.傷心 c.痛( 是肉體, 不是心靈) d.生氣 e.擔心/緊張


My results∼

感動：不是跟你很熟的人覺得你是......
一個傻傻的人。怪怪的。想做什麼就做什麼。不過很可愛。

傷心：跟你很熟的人覺得你是......
對很多事都要求很高的人。不過有很多時候都太固執。

痛：你想要別人覺得你是......
不是那麼容易接近的人。

生氣：你最希望你的情人是......
智慧很重要。可以管得到你的人。而且要講道理。

擔心 /緊張：其實真實的你是......
直接的人。很多時候因為這樣的性格跟別人不合。希望有多一點人可以了解你, 特別是你喜歡的人。

Day 34

Was overwhelmed by a sense of achievement at work on Friday. We were supposed to submit our slides for today's meeting but a new finding came up in the morning which tripped our entire analysis. But it is in times like that where we are forced to work under pressure that we produce the best results. Managed to work around the problem and came up with a convincing flow of argument. I like these kinds of scenarios, they remind me of school whereby we rushed to meet project deadlines=]

I came up with a follow-up for the THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER DO ON THE JOB:

CORPORATE JARGON YOU WILL ENCOUNTER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE:
* gain traction * bandwidth * my sense is * organic * bounce off * touch base * higher-ups * table papers * give heads-up * get buy-in * discuss offline * tranche * escalate to * levers * exigencies *...(and all sorts of acronyms).