*Mango Lover*

Friday, March 21, 2008

Work hard to get converted

Been working late the last few days. First time I heard the system announcing "The lights are going to dim in 10 mins. If you wish to continue working, please press...". On one night, my manager said that she's so happy that for the first time she's going bk earlier than me. On another nite, she was chasing me home. Every quarter, around the third week, there will be bulk trades. This is where I'll be extremely busy as volume is high. And with counterparty (like Carisse's co) who asked whether I'll still be around at 7pm (cos they need to lias with their New York team before reverting bk to me) , how can I go back early? I told them I'll definitely be around, in fact till later timing.

But most surprising of all, I'm not even complaining. For the first time in my life, I'm actually beginning to enjoy work. I used to put off going to work (those stupid temp assignments lor). Nowadays, I find myself actually looking forward more to work than the weekends. Yup, my next goal shall be the title of this entry. Mentor told me that they are pushing for me to be converted (cos they wan me to work on public holi which I dun mind cos can claim a day's leave and you only need to go in for like half a day). They said most likely should be able to convert even before my 1 year contract is up.

Got the feeling of being in a real working world where your time seems so limited. Lunch time has become a time for me to run errands cos I worry shops might close by the time I knocked off. Yest, I dropped by City Hall during lunch time to collect a shirt that I have ordered the other day with Carisse while my colls took a cab to China/Capital Sq for Sushi Tei. Then, I went to packet lunch at Marina Sq. Saw Joey eating there as her office is somewhere nearby. No time to talk much as I was rushing for time, only said Hi. First time we had talked in person since tat incident. Haha... Went bk office, had my quick lunch and it's bk to work again. My workspace is so messy with loads of documents now even though my area has supposedly increased. Oh well, I have to establish my stand there bah. I'm sure there are ppl talking behind me cos there are fresh grads from foreign university who juz came in and are only assistants. Need to show them that I do have the ability of an analyst.

Alright, work aside I think I should play hard as well. Thanks for putting your things aside and coming down to look for me last nite. Your listening ear and the talk we had helped a lot. I think we could have talked till morning if not for the 2 of us needing to pee. Haha... Really appreciate it a lot. Shouldn't be much difference for me. I will only rewind back to last year, alr picking up my old habits. I guess I was lost for a moment for me to say all those things last nite. Yup, Linda shall be back in no time.

A friend in need is a friend indeed :)

++ MarryMango at 12:55 PM.