Last 2 days of reservist, still can’t quite decide if this is a pure waste of time. I did manage to catch up with Royce and Yuan Han, made some good friends like Yee and Alvin.
But the whole outfield experience is still a turn off. With Royce pulling me to help with admin, these 3 days meant minimum time out on the sea sailing with the rest on the barge but sometimes I’m still not too sure about whether it’s a good thing. Hanging around with the officers and the appointment holders also meant a higher chance of ending up with an appointment overtime. Alvin is left with 1 more ICT and so is Royce, which means 2 positions that needs to be filled with I do end up staying in 5WC (watercraft company).
Work has gone ahead full steam while i’m away with a new US person joining our APAC GDC management team after Esther left. I haven’t met him yet, so not sure if he is any good.
Final plans of trekking in Nepal after the US holidays is firming up. We need to buy tickets and confirm itinerary before the end of the month. Also means that I’ll be away the whole of Apr and half of May. Not too sure how Huw is going to take this but I’m sure if I don’t go, I’ll probably never ever do this until maybe after my kids grow up. (And that’s provided I even have half of my current level of health and fitness). Going away for so long also meant taking some non paid leave and will probably results in a lousy performance review for the end of FY12. So likely no promotion again. Sheesh! 4 years without moving up, first time in my career.
So many considerations just to take a month and a half away from work. Gosh, i guess i should anticipated that it will only get tougher overtime with more commitments.
Well, away also means Sweetie will be alone at home for 3 weeks in the new place that is so so big! Sweetie say Cody was very preventive when I was out on reservist exercise, I’m sure he’ll be worst in a new place and me away. Hmm.. I hope Cody & Coco settle in fast too after reno.
Shall I just do it. This is tough decision..
