Saturday, November 08, 2008
Buried in Work
Thank you so much, Jac! I really like this Coach keychain. The slipper looks so classy and cute. Dian also gave me a ZA blusher when I met her for lunch. Gal frenz are the best - they are the ones who understand you most. Speaking of lunch, I met one of my poly fren this week. She has found a new job at Deutsche Bank. Seems like she has been doing quite well despite all the financial turmoil going on.
This is my first week of work after conversion and I have been super busy. Not exactly cos of the conversion I think but the trades are simply endless. When I'm about to be done with one task, another one just appear on my tray. -_-" Then as London and New York market open in the late afternoon/evening, the more U can't leave as C/P starts calling and emailing you. There was also one urgent payment where I gotta barge into the Asst Director's room for approval cos both my managers are not around. It was quite crazy. My manager was also emailing me from her Blackberry even though she is in Japan. Omg...
It has been a long time since I have been able to leave promptly at 6pm. I'm glad that I'm able to claim for cab fare now cos I did for the first time this week. But in a way, it's not such a good thing too cos there's no excuse for you not to stay back late. With status, there comes more responsibilities. It's really physically and mentally draining. Got home late everyday and dinner at 9+ close to 10. I had about 6 or less hours of sleep each day. Every morning, I would be struggling to wake up and always late for work. It's a vicious cycle.
Yest, I was determined not to work till extremely late cos it's a Fri afterall. I didn't even have time to go out and buy lunch back. Asked my mentor to help me buy. She was supposed to be on leave. Luckily, she came back cos we were short-handed. Otherwise, I might have collapsed w/o her help and yet still have to cover her Asia. It already feels as though I am juggling 3 person's job. I have to handle my current US bond mkt, the stupid fails/late cases and EQ mkt. On top of it, I gotta train my coll to handover my US bonds. Next week, I gotta attend a meeting for EQ on GDR and ADR. *Yawn* Sounds familiar? It feels like I'm back in sch with several different modules. The difference here is I can never skip one lesson... Got to perservere!
++ MarryMango at 2:51 PM.
