A New Work Station

I have moved today!

Thanks to a few of my colleagues... XL for helping me to sort out the "rubbish" in my old boxes and Kelvin who helped me to move the bulky items to my new space. And today, officially, I have moved!

It was very nice of Chloe to give me this flower arrangement last week. Felt like a "housewarming" gift. Haha!

Beautiful flowers for my new work station from my new boss :)

The move was warranted because of the re-organization in the department. With a few colleagues leaving to join the newly formed department, we could not function status quo. I believe in this re-org and I definitely welcome this, as compared to the last 2 years working under a different leader. Also, I am looking forward to Bo's return to join the department. I think it will be a compatible blend.

Initially I was a little reluctant about this move because it was simply "too troublesome" for me to sort out my stuff and "find time" to do housekeeping. It turned out to be pretty simple when I "think big start small". And with my helpful colleagues, things got simpler. Another most important thought that came into my mind to make me embrace this change was "Not seeing it as what I have lost but seeing it as what I still have". I say this because my original workspace has a lot more privacy and it seems like I have more space around me. Thinking back, I think the concern is trivial and what I need to learn is to shut off the "noise" as I do not really have much "quiet corner" now. The consolation is I am seated with the people I like. :)

After note: I got used to my new work station really quickly and it is a good beginning! :)

Value Creation Day 2013 - Time to Start Work

Last I know is that my director has spoken to CA to clear things up and I need to get started on putting things together for VCD. Feeling the stress coming but I think I just have to do one thing at a time.

I understand CA was given one week to consider her posting options.

Anyway, I have sort of drawn up the activities which I needed to do but yet to put in the timeline because I have no expectations of what comes first or how long each activity will need. But to get started I think I need to just put a tentative one. Just to get a clearer mind on what I should do coming up in the coming week... ...

- Settle on the timeline for all the sub-activities
- Draft the specs for the exhibition and event management
- Email to the relevant directors to nominate 2 reps for the exhibition (on service related innovations)
- Decide on the awardees to be recognised on stage
- Email to relevant officers for their photos (to show them recognition by photos on screen)

I think this should be what I need to accomplish at least in the coming week. 

Ministry Corporate Seminar

Attended the corporate seminar this morning at RELC, I like the way they shaped the appeal from the forefathers to our children.

"We do not inherit the environment from our forefathers,
but we borrow it from our children"

First Corporate Plan Seminar of the Year

Yesterday was our Corp Plan Seminar, a twice yearly event where Division I officers got together to know more about the plans for the organisation ahead. I am just glad that the event yesterday went rather smoothly but the preparation and setting up were kind of hectic. All in all, it was a well-executed programme with excellent team. I am also glad that I did not screw up the audiovisual part.

We had about 600 plus attendees in the cosy auditorium, Axis which coincidentally was under the church which hubby used to go. He also happened to know Kin Wee and Steven who helped us in the setup.

In the middle of the session, my cough got worse and for a while the phlegm built up so much that I just could not stop coughing. Worse was I could not leave my post because I needed to control the screening so I had to press my mouth hard with layers of tissue paper, hoping to buffer my coughing. Luckily it got controlled… with lots of swallowing of saliva.

Anyway, some snapshots on how yesterday went… a little blurry cos’ I took it while I was on duty in the middle of the auditorium… lighting wasn’t bright enough for my hp.

View from my station

The beginning

Colleagues commenting good choice to use black as the background despite some Directors’ comments to stick to Corp template

The tree

Q&A, towards the end. 1st time seeing DHR rushing up the stage to answer a question

Maybe because I was part of the organising team, I thought this CPS was of good length but Bo commented that it was a bit too long. I guess the content was really nothing new, that was why many actually dozed off (probably the seats were too comfy too!).

Anyhow I hope there were some who were impressed by the visuals and videos (on “The Future of Water” and “Lead India, The Tree”). Personally I like “The Tree” very much. Inspiring. Oh yes for the filler before the start of CPS, we played the Wally Shower Dance video, showing a primary school boy dancing to depict keeping your shower to 5 min. He was quite adorable and spontaneous. Wonder where my Corp Comms colleagues found this talent. :)

A New sharOn

Was greeted by a brand new Intranet in office today. Happy, as I played a part in the revamp.

SHARON, our office intranet has changed her looks and organisation. To me, she surely looks more vibrant now but one setback is I find the scrolling a bit lagged, it is not as smooth as before. I hope this is only an interim problem because of the mass access and server (?) Anyway I do not have much faith in our IT support.

In this new sharOn, from the homepage I will get to see my network at one glance. So it is kind of funny to see the photos of other officers. And their photos were taken like yearssss ago. I hope this will motivate them to change the photo since they will appear in other people’s page.

It did nudge me to change mine from how I looked 12 years ago to my present self.

LOL, I am not saying it’s a better photo now but at least it is more “relevant”.

Keep Making Mistakes

I realised I kept making small little mistakes at work lately. Is it because I have too many things on hand or is it because I am still groggy from being ill?

Should not let these things be the excuse for my mistakes. I think I really need to be more alert and careful at work. If I keep doing this, my bosses will start to look at me as a careless person. I do not want to term as that!!!!!!!

Trying to be Creative

Was tasked to work on CE's message and slides for the coming CPS. Basically I took instructions from the bosses and put things together. So it is not really my work per se but I thought I could use some minimal creativity for the slides. But I was too optimistic.

 

The slide that made it

The slide which did not make it

Ok, it's ok. I did not regret trying though. I really thought my slide looked better, at least to keep people interested for a while. I tried to animate each word relevantly with its context but... ...

Anyway, just want to write this down at least helps me to remember this effort, it may come in handy next time.