Rambles
- Thursday, November 15, 2007 / 9:01 am.
Taking a bit of time off in between a busy week to relax with my cuppa coffee. Haa.. actually, its cuz i'm super early for work today (8.30am). May sound like: aiyah, normal time to be in the office what! but it isn't to me. Consider the fact that
1. My office is 90% empty at 8.50am
2. I worked til ultra late yesterday.
3. I'm just not an early riser
Somehow, i've just got a topsy turvy schedule these couple of days. I can't sleep right, can't eat proper, can't focuse properly. Basically, a blind rat.
The evidence of work stress is starting to show physically aka Pimples!
To most, pimples is an almost everyday-i-don't-want-to-have-but-i-have affair, but to me, its a disaster in the making and i-don't-ever-face-this-before thing! I'm proud to say that Mummy's zi-chun-mi-fang when i was young works fantastically: EAT LOADS OF TOMATOS! Yes, thats the secret behind my babay-smooth skin even til the age of 20. But now?? bah, Pimples all because of stress.
Unwanted, not needed, can't avoid, need to control, find a way to relax STRESS!
Somehow, even the recent getaway didn't do anything to cure it. I was on my Dellish 25% the time trying to clear backlog and having to attend a conference meeting.
Working in a globally aligned company isn't all that glam.
For reasons:
1. It basically screws up your social life
2. 9-6 working hours? haa.. whats that?
3. Its a 1-person show; you deal with things by multi-tasking - always!
4. work is work, OT is never on the menu, you work late. Period.
5. getting things done is an uphill task - try getting people in Mumbai, UK, & NYC in 1 meeting and for them to be tasked and meet the deadline, forget it.
Yes yes, for all the above, there's of course the glam side to things.
For 1 I know is that - no one ever flys by economy class when travelling for business. Its Biz Class or 1st. Nothing less. If no seats, no compromise, take the next available flight. That goes the same with hotels: We get to pick our choice, always 5star Superior Deluxe.
But when do you ever get to enjoy the facilities? When u fly, its 75% a night flight, you're expected to rest on the flight and head into office straight upon arrival. Travelling for business, means business. You won't leave the off-site office on time, your hotel room is just the bed. Once your business is done, you're on the next flight back. Evening flight, touch down at 1am, in the office by 9am. Glam meh? i don't think so lor. I see shagged faces around me everyday cuz ppl travel for business so much, its practically part and parcel.
Sigh