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yesterday i realized that i think i need to be putting more concentration into my work. and i realize im doing more than i should, simply because im not being as mindful as i should be on certain things..

at aldente(esplanade), it was a practical thing, i was actively serving plates and i know exactly when people are dissatisfied because their hungry and keep hounding you. your mistakes do not carry over to tomorrow or some other day when perhaps you might have forgotten you even might have overlooked. when being a waiter, its a process you’re familiar with. they come, they order, you serve, they eat, call for the bill, pay and leave. repeat.

at greenbook, we were doing mindless stuff, like -do or dont do- makes no diff, but its really nice if we did. there was no process, you called everyone on an endless list telling them exactly the same thing like singing a song that’s become second-nature to you.

at han chew’s, i was taught the process and it was simple. the products came, i sorted them, they took the pictures, i may/may not help, i gather and make sure all the products are back together and i let someone collect them. at times, im helping to source for perhaps, a printer or a location for a shoot. at other times, im scheduling casting/auditions for models and taking casting photos, sorting them and sending them over to the client.

k, maybe cos it’s my first office-office job and what i do, actually impacts certain things in a bigger picture.now, what i do/don’t do or dont do well can make better, halt or hold up an entire process. and this process, im still trying to figure out. i keep finding out something new and terms i’ve never heard of. yes, there is alot to learn and there are people who are willing to help and will help, if they only had the time. i do things that are given to me as individual tasks, knowing that it impacts the general process but i dont really know the steps before and after it. i know the process from a layman’s point of view, the logical way that things should be done when organizing a convention overseas. what i dont know is all the little things that come along in this process: i dont know the details. i want to help, i really do, but sometimes, i think i’m more a hindrance than a help. and i guess sometimes i get things wrong because i dont really know what it’s for. and this work i do, carries over to tomorrow, the day after, maybe even after a convention is over.

i was told i might go to dubai sometime early may. and im looking forward to it, if i really am going. why? because it’s a running around kind of job, the kind im better at. like a practical (i hate to use the word but), hands-on kinda job. it’s okay if its physical, like really running around, getting sweaty and stuff, because i know that i coud actually be a help. by doing the running around, people who are more skilled at other things can do those other things, without the hassle and then i can learn things as i run around and put two and two together.

on the bright side, i had a pleasant lunch yesterday, also with slightly different people. and my evening was great! k, it got abit tense later in the evening, but it’s all good now on my end..

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riding..hey, these are pics of a pic..but yeah, we’ve been immortalized!

(L-R) urs on sonia, me on smint, victoria on mimo and yingjie on doc..

(L-R) me, yingjie, urs, victoria and daniel.