Land!! *kiss flat ground*

Yo dudes! I am finally back from Taman Negara! back to the concrete jungle! it was an excellent trip, especially tough on the 2nd day (at least for me) (1st day was like walking thru bukit timah hill, not bad at all). lucky for me, i din die halfway up the campsite. it was more of jungle bashing (as Buggy called it) man, the guide like brought us to some abandoned jungle area and then forced a path and we had to crawl under over behind etc those bamboos, trees, branches, logs woohoo and maan the leeches were everywhere!! wah lau eh they even went to my friend's tummy and there's these 2 ppl who found leeches at spots i shall not say. ugh! damn those leeches! one even managed to sneak into my socks! gaaah into my socks darnit! i think leeches can somehow osmose their way thru things... something to think about people!

so yea great stuff, i think it was so much tougher than my hiking trip to Berlumut, at least there was a path up to Berlumut's campsite. this trail they brought was abandoned for abt 2 to 3 years plus the terrain was darn steep and there were some dangerous spots.. like superly narrow path where you practically had to crabwalk your way and hang on to the soil.

but we all survived tho there some who nearly gave up ("I can't do it man!"). and what a magnificient view from the top, was so totally worth it.

my best exp was certainly Caving. yup my first time and of cuz i have to be a loser at the last moment while trying to get out of that super mini exit. you really gotta think small! yea you should have seen my face okay?! i really do wanna go for more caving yea let's do it guys!

the whole trip was great and the people were nice as well, a few funny people and i even made a few friends (and someone said i look young! wahahhaha!). but of cuz there were a few times i just wanted to kill these NUS ppl (sorry NUS ppl i cannot help it) cuz some of them are so darn rigid. oh yea if you din know, i went with the NUS Rovers, i was the only non NUS person there.

haa~ cool stuff! will definitely do it again in a hearbeat!

here i'll share my photos i din take a lot cuz i was too lazy to keep taking it out from my ziplock bag. i'll go sieve thru the other's photos and then i will share it as well ya!

let's organise a trip to Taman Negara guys, will definitely be loads of fun!!

Lessons Learned

If you read Bug's post titled Encouragement (see January 2006), well guess what people? Today is my turn.

i made a stupid careless mistake. i designed the coupons for our upcoming carnival and i seriously did not notice that the date was June 2005 instead of 2006. a huge small mistake. a nice colleague from FSC pointed me out this error and i quickly emailed the printer company the correct one. unfortunately, this morning, they called and said that it has been sent for printing (apparently i sent the email too late?? but i sent the error design in the morning & the right one in the eve. do they work that fast?). i was really freaked out. i think i felt like maybe crying and then juump off the building/kill self/resign? cuz i *know* seafood and especially skinny j will jump on me for this thing.

good news was printer co called n said that printing was delayed, bad news was we'll be charged extra for changing the cast film. so i pulled myself together and decided to tell my so *wonderfully kind* manager. now ok i expected a good scolding cuz it cannot be denied that i was very careless and did not check the work properly. but...

It's your mistake. You pay lor.

That was like a slap to my face. my mistake? yes. but can it be said that it was ALL my fault? but i sent the design to you and you gave me the go ahead. at that moment i just couldnt believe my ears. this must be how bug felt when seafood told her off. disappointment, anger, sadness...

you are the manager. you are my leader. im working under you. i am an assistant to you. my work is yours too. what happens to me reflects on you too. so why are you giving me the 100% blame? yes i know i am very careless and it was a bad mistake on my part. but how can you abandon me like that? if i did a great job you will be all smiley and laughing and patting yourself on the back on a job well done. cuz skinny and seafood will shower you praises on your god like abilities to lead.

so ask me, if i'm the manager what would i have done or said?

i would of cuz give the staff a lecture. and then you know what, i would say it's ok, because the staff would be feeling pretty bad by now. im sure lessons have been learned. what now? well no damage was done (coupons werent printed) so we have to pay? so what? money can be earned. in the end, it's the support from management to your staff that matters.

and the best part that was not the end of it. throughout the day, she kept jumping on my mistakes.

why do you keep spelling wrongly?!! *angry sigh*
but it's not wrong. it's the font. the R looks like a B. why aren't you apologising?

*after finding another error, this time it's the MP's correct designation*
why dont you call them (printer co) for her no (the saleslady's no)! do i have to teach you everything?!!
but i already have her no. i just need to breathe and think. it's been 2 mistakes, 1 after another. it doesnt help you keep saying it's *my* mistake. it doesnt help that you are pushing me to pay for all the extra charges. it doesnt help that you're jumping on me on my every move.

i am truly disappointed. you are NOT a leader. leaders dont leave their followers behind when there's trouble.

if you ask me, yes i have learn my lesson. i'll be handing it my resignation after June's event.