People's mindset do change when they get a raise or promotion in their work place. I guess because they let things go over their head, some people think they hold more power but it comes with pressure and responsibility. It's unavoidable, they just need to get used to it and move forward and not keep harping on it.
To be honest I can feel some changes in my attitude towards certain things. Like spending, I'm more willing to spend now, although I still hesitate a long time on that $113 on a t-shirt. What I should do is have the same mentality as what I been doing all these time - be restrictive in my spending so I can save more. Just because I earn more doesn't mean I have to spend more, instead it just means I have more to save and I can clear my future debts more quickly. Yes it's nice to treat or reward yourself occasionally but not every month or every weekend. The more I save the more I have for bigger things.
On working attitude, I was quite disappointed at the attitude and mentality I displayed last week because I let things get over my head. Yes, I am planning to move to another company but I still have a few more weeks to go and I haven't officially resigned, and I would like to come back if possible. So, I shouldn't be so hard-headed or aggressive or trying so hard to prove myself. And no sloppy seconds. I should have the same mentality as what I have been doing all these time - be humble, patient, ready for anything and focused on learning to improve. Having this attitude is the reason why I have been doing so well in this company and I have to bring this same attitude to the other side as well.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Friday, June 19, 2020
Kitsune Rainbow Tee
This broke the record of the most expensive t-shirt I have bought.
I wanted to buy something from Maison Kitsune after visiting their shop in Daikanyama in Jan, really beautiful shop, and I saw some of their t-shirts on sale but the simple designs were 120sgd after the sale and I know it wasn't worth that price. But the fitting is nice though.
So after the trip I saw this particular design that I liked from their SS collection so I was camping for the sale. The official website was too expensive and mr porter was out of stock even before the sale. So I had to source for alternative shops to buy from, and also I was contemplating if I should pay so much for a simple t-shirt. Urgh. Last year I wouldn't even think about paying above $60 for a T-shirt.
Yesterday I was causally googling this t-shirt and actually found a website with 50% off, almost 75sgd which was decent sale price, but the shipping was 35sgd. Well it was the cheapest option I had found and also I was going to have a salary increase so click click click, kaching kaching kaching. ~$113~
Officially the most expensive T-shirt I own now, and reward for not buying any clothes for the last 5 months, reward for getting a new job, something to wear after today coz phase 2 is official here and we can go out now.
Now how about that pair of Lanvin white sneakers that I have been eyeing...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
New Offer
What a day.
After 12pm this afternoon I wouldn't focus at work today because the outcome of the counter-offer wasn't what I expected. Well I mean, I had 80% expectation that my company would counter-offer but seems like they didn't have enough budget and my boss says that it is a a good offer from the other side.
I have accepted the offer from the other company but it came with nervousness, excitement and scariness. I have became so comfortable in my current position that I wouldn't want to change anything besides my pay. I really like my company and my boss and I would stay here forever if not for the offer. It came at a surprise thou, I didn't expect to change jobs so fast. I was still planning which part of the business to rotate to within my company but it seems like plans do change when fate plays with you.
Ok it's almost the end game now, I'm scared and nervous.
As Kanan from Star Wars said, when the situation is out of your control, all you can do is wait.
After 12pm this afternoon I wouldn't focus at work today because the outcome of the counter-offer wasn't what I expected. Well I mean, I had 80% expectation that my company would counter-offer but seems like they didn't have enough budget and my boss says that it is a a good offer from the other side.
I have accepted the offer from the other company but it came with nervousness, excitement and scariness. I have became so comfortable in my current position that I wouldn't want to change anything besides my pay. I really like my company and my boss and I would stay here forever if not for the offer. It came at a surprise thou, I didn't expect to change jobs so fast. I was still planning which part of the business to rotate to within my company but it seems like plans do change when fate plays with you.
Ok it's almost the end game now, I'm scared and nervous.
As Kanan from Star Wars said, when the situation is out of your control, all you can do is wait.
Thursday, June 11, 2020
AC spoil
As usual after dinner, after 1 episode of Star Trek Discovery, I switched on the air con in my room, went out to brush my teeth, came back, and the room was still warm.
My AC unit is not working AGAIN. ARGH. This time the in-built fan was not working.
Today the repair company came down and thought it was the circuit board problem. After switching the circuit board, the fan is still not working, so last resort - change the entire unit.
~$250~
Sigh, my hard earned $250 just flew away like that. To think that for the past month I have been hesitant whether I should buy that $200 tablet, this one just snapped away in 1 hour, even without consideration or hesitation.
AC is such an essential need, especially in this time of CB and WFH. I was so angsty yesterday night when I had to sleep without AC. I hope this unit will last longer.
My AC unit is not working AGAIN. ARGH. This time the in-built fan was not working.
Today the repair company came down and thought it was the circuit board problem. After switching the circuit board, the fan is still not working, so last resort - change the entire unit.
~$250~
Sigh, my hard earned $250 just flew away like that. To think that for the past month I have been hesitant whether I should buy that $200 tablet, this one just snapped away in 1 hour, even without consideration or hesitation.
AC is such an essential need, especially in this time of CB and WFH. I was so angsty yesterday night when I had to sleep without AC. I hope this unit will last longer.
Monday, June 08, 2020
Eldest uncle
Just got news that my eldest uncle from my mum's family passed away this morning.
I'm not close to him at all, we only spoke briefly every Chinese New Year and he was particularly concerned about my job, as compared to the other cousins. He was also very aware that I was posted to Shanghai in my first job. Every year he would never fail to ask me about my job but this year surprisingly he didn't ask although I had prepared my speech so I was a little puzzled. He must have asked my dad coz my dad told me to exaggerate my job to him that day lol. Anyway he has been nice to me and I also have been polite to him, other than that there's no much interaction.
There's no way to travel to JB in this situation, we can only observe from home and get updates from the family via phone. My mum was in all sorts of panics and out of focus and I was annoyed. Oh wells.
I'm not close to him at all, we only spoke briefly every Chinese New Year and he was particularly concerned about my job, as compared to the other cousins. He was also very aware that I was posted to Shanghai in my first job. Every year he would never fail to ask me about my job but this year surprisingly he didn't ask although I had prepared my speech so I was a little puzzled. He must have asked my dad coz my dad told me to exaggerate my job to him that day lol. Anyway he has been nice to me and I also have been polite to him, other than that there's no much interaction.
Oh well, one less person to meet next CNY.
Friday, June 05, 2020
The leftovers
I finished 2 seasons of the highly acclaimed HBO series The Leftovers.
I'm quite of myself for finishing, although this is not the type of sci fi show that I would watch, but it's just so captivating. The storyline is very crazy and incomplete but it makes you reflect a lot about life.
2% of the people in the planet disappeared suddenly one day. After 3 seasons there wasn't any explanation about that and that's what the show wants you to think about. You actually want a logical explanation but sometimes in life you just have to accept that things happen in an unexplainable way and move on. The show is about moving on and acceptance about life. Sometimes we have to pretend to be ok, sometimes we just have to understand that life happens in a mysterious way, you can't control life, you can't control people, you just have to accept it. You don't know what other people are thinking, you don't know what they are going through and why they do the things they do.
It's about acceptance and moving on. Life is not logical sometimes.
The Leftovers displays what happens to all of us when we fail to let go of control of our goodness. Within a microcosm where the stakes are blatantly high and the situation increasingly dire, humanity faces the same old struggle with sin we’ve faced since the very beginning: We want to control what happens to us, if not also for those around us. We want a say in the whys and the hows of life—I was good, and therefore X happened, I failed at Y and therefore Z took place. We are not a people to be content with the unknown, we want skin in the game regardless of whether or not that means predicting outcomes, throwing in the towel and giving up altogether, or assuming nothing was ever wrong with us in the first place (or at least, that less is wrong with us than those other people).
So deep.
I'm quite of myself for finishing, although this is not the type of sci fi show that I would watch, but it's just so captivating. The storyline is very crazy and incomplete but it makes you reflect a lot about life.
2% of the people in the planet disappeared suddenly one day. After 3 seasons there wasn't any explanation about that and that's what the show wants you to think about. You actually want a logical explanation but sometimes in life you just have to accept that things happen in an unexplainable way and move on. The show is about moving on and acceptance about life. Sometimes we have to pretend to be ok, sometimes we just have to understand that life happens in a mysterious way, you can't control life, you can't control people, you just have to accept it. You don't know what other people are thinking, you don't know what they are going through and why they do the things they do.
It's about acceptance and moving on. Life is not logical sometimes.
The Leftovers displays what happens to all of us when we fail to let go of control of our goodness. Within a microcosm where the stakes are blatantly high and the situation increasingly dire, humanity faces the same old struggle with sin we’ve faced since the very beginning: We want to control what happens to us, if not also for those around us. We want a say in the whys and the hows of life—I was good, and therefore X happened, I failed at Y and therefore Z took place. We are not a people to be content with the unknown, we want skin in the game regardless of whether or not that means predicting outcomes, throwing in the towel and giving up altogether, or assuming nothing was ever wrong with us in the first place (or at least, that less is wrong with us than those other people).
So deep.
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