Dah dua hari tak pergi office, I really wasn't in the mood to do work. Tapi apakan daya... saya makan gaji. Was so nice to be at home or doing other things...
Awal2 pagi lagi NAMN had called to brief on what transpired during the two meetings held the previous day. Banyak betul masalah dengan this project. Dengan kekalutannya, dengan clash of personality nya, dengan orang yang kata A tapi buat Z nya... exhausting! Kita do our best and hope that all goes well je lah...
Also got memo about the annual publication... there's a lot that the dept has to do and boss asked me to coordinate for the dept for this edition. Deadlines to send to Mgmt is in Feb. That doesn't leave us with much time... considering the chapter and numerous box articles that we'll have to write. Hmmph... no chance lah to go away during CNY.
Lunch time got a call from ARG... ajak pergi MV dgn NSY, MM and MZ. Semua sumbat dlm kereta NSY... which is fortunately besar. Duduk berempat kat belakang including moi with extra large derriere was still comfortable. Lunch was at Little Penang. I've decided to have prawn meehoon early on, while the rest wanted to have char kuey teow. But since it lambat kalau nak char kuey teow, all 5 of us ended up having prawn mee... which was very yummy :)
Sambil tunggu order sampai, I sempat singgah kedai jual tudung kat tepi tu. Tak plan pun but got attracted to the anak tudung ada awning. I normally don't wear anak tudung but since there's a wedding to attend tomorrow and the weekend, wanted to try pakai selendang bling-bling ;) It won't look nice without. But I memang have no skill to pakai selendang, so kena lah minta tolong the adik shopkeeper ajarkan. Hajatnya nak beli anak tudung tu je tapi terjebak beli another selendang which will match a baju I have at home and this silk tudung yang warnanya sangat sweet. I should have heeded the age old saying... never shop when you're hungry ;)
Petang we had a small departmental celebration... award recognition for staff who has displayed certain qualities or attained certain achievement. I was asked to head the committee to decide on the category, criteria, quantum (yes... dpt duit!!), selection and judging. With the dept so kecik, we decided to make it an annual event je instead of quarterly basis. So we had a short gathering... beri sepatah dua kata and announced the winners, with boss sebagai pemberi hadiah. Tak ramai yang hadir because many were still on leave, but it was meriah jugak. Ada potluck pelbagai.
For leadership, the winner was boss. He was pleasantly surprised and very happy when we told him that he received nominations from several people. He was obviously moved by the justification yang the nominators wrote. Tapinya he then told us that as director, he cannot be a recipient of the recognition award. HR policy. So the money was given to the team winner but he kept the certificate. Afterwards he came to my room and asked to see what people had written about him. It's so nice to see him smile and feeling so happy. I could see the joy and pride that was oozing out of him. He deserved it... after all the challenges that he had to face this year. Walaupun kena bambu by mgmt, he never cascaded it to us... he would convey the message but never place the blame or marah like some other bosses. I count myself lucky to be working with someone like him. Simple and senang dibawa berbincang.
Petang had a small problem to manage regarding the IKEA delivery. Ada barang yang tertinggal. Ina was at home to check and receive the goods tapinya the buyer kena call the IKEA service centre sendiri. So in between clearing some work and meetings, I managed to call IKEA, get the things in order. Bila sampai rumah, the house bau macam IKEA... berkotak barang are now on the floor in what used to be our dining room. The rumah memang tengah tak rupa a home. Semua furniture dah tolak to one side and tutup dengan kain.
Soon... it will look like a home again. And I'll have my walk-in wardrobe :)
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