Claud

An avid collector of your hopes and worries, a romantic at heart.

She thanks her fairies, for blessing her with people who know compassion down to an art.

For accepting her for who she is, who never fails to turn up,

in times of need as well as happiness, or just there for a loving hug.

I broke a few personal rules myself that I said I won't do when I start work.

One of which is the work life balance rule. Well, it's hard to have a work life balance when your boss doesn't have one. I really like working for him sometimes, but most of the time, I wished he were a bit more 'grounded'. For a virgo, it's hard to work for a boss who changes his mind like half the time. But I guess I'm bringing order into chaos.

I have been returning home late so much that my dad was a little upset. There was once he got up at 3am just to say a few words to me. I suppose that means a lot to him that I'm home. I hope these two weeks when Ee Jun's not in office can be a peaceful one, so that I can also spend more time with my family.

Another rule I broke is to shut up. I guess it's hard to, when you're at the "director's" level because you have to ultimately tell people what to do, delegating tasks and breathing down people's necks when they don't do their jobs. Oh not to forget to kindly remind them of their mistakes. Something happened in my office that undermined the reputation of the company - was a PR nightmare (still is) - and my boss ordered me (threatened that if I don't speak my mind about this issue he's gonna sack me) to voice my frank opinion about this issue. I don't like to speak bad about others especially when they are 'nice'. Then again, in an office situation, professionalism demands that I speak my mind if not my boss can't make decisions. I understand that, and I think the reason he hires me is because he knows that I am a fair person.

I am still learning, and feeling my way through. From a student to a teacher, I have to learn to keep my distance and not interfere in the students' creative process. They have to learn, and I can only show them the way. Ultimately they have to walk the path themselves and hopefully, make the ASEAN Youth Convention and Global Youth Forum a successful one. If anything, the alternate chair of GYF intrigues me. He scares me colleagues but I can definitely use his mind. I was telling him I understand how he feels and I can share with him a lot of how we work here because he is mature and understands. I hope I don't disappoint him too much by restraining some of his more innovative (read: ambitious) ideas.