Busy...Rushing...Exhausted

I have been rushing the whole day...so much to do and yet so little time...

Files have been piling up my desk since I stepped into office. Anyway, just as what I imagined it will be. Backlog of one week's work! Signing and checking files the whole morning. Oh no...time is running out and my manager kept rushing me to complete a downgrading case!

Every moment I looked at the clock it was like a time bomb. I am meeting up with my friends in Berlin Houz later for lunch and yet my works are lying on my desk. So many emails to check. So many reply to be done.

I went back to office about 2.20pm and I can't do much when the most dreadful customer came over. Yeah, he was the cause of my two weeks frustration. Thanks to his company that gives me so much headache that dragged me into all these troubles. Anyway, I have faith in God that He will get me through all this. It also makes me wiser on certain's people attitude and morality. God is always just and good! Let justice be done by Lord.

Oh dear....I had an appointment with a customer together with my senior manager at 3.00pm. We were late!! We left office at 3.15pm and reached there at 3.30pm. The whole meeting meeting lasted until 5.20pm. I have a train to catch at 6.00pm! I was rushing and finally I boarded the train just in the nick of time! I was so exhausted mentally and physically.

The journey to Renaissance, KL took me three and a half hour.

My work...

This blog is specially dedicated to all my colleagues and managers from HSBC CMB IPH. Well,it means HSBC Commercial Banking Ipoh.

They have been very nice to me and to be honest I have learned a lot from them. However, the learning process over was not the classroom style. Instead, I learned it the hard way. I felt so helpless and frustrated at the beginning when I need to explore and learn things myself without a proper guidance.

However, when I look back and ponder, I knew how much I have learnt. Only by this way, I will learn as I took the extra effort to solve whatever cases I have in hand. In fact, I made 1001 mistakes. By now, I have made less mistake as I had learned from it as the saying "once bitten twice shy".

There have been customers telling me on how tough it must be working in HSBC. Well, I do agree. It is definitely a bank that have high expectations from every staffs. All the staffs here need to be multi-tasked and knowledgeable in everything. Hence, I was under a lot of pressure. As time passes by, I knew that this is what life is all about. I need to be competitive in order to climb the corporate ladder. I really want to thank God for His plan.

I never knew I could learn so much and go this far. I also would like to thank a few important people. They are Jeremy, Adeline, Mr Leong, Esvie, Jit Foo, Kim Ling, Pooi Leng, Melody, Yoga, Choong, Nizam, Pui See, Jasmine, Shirley and the rest.

Ipoh International Run 2010

My alarm woke me up at the stroke of 5.00am on the 18th July 2010. It was Sunday. Well, who on earth would wake up so early on Sunday?? One thing for sure was I did. That was because I participated in the Ipoh International Run 2010.

This was the second consecutive year which I joined. There were many categories but as for my age, there were only two categories to choose, 10km or 21km. At first, I thought I wanted to join dear for the 21km run. He said it would be more challenging. As the closing registration dates came closer, we decided not too. As it was just too strenuous especially we were so occupied with work & church activities. Hence, 10km will be just nice.

Back to 18th July 2010: We reached there about 6.10am. We registered and waited until 6.50 before we were flagged off. Wow....to my surprise, there were a lot of participants this year as compared to last year. Well, dear was way ahead of me. I was panting but I just dragged my feet and run. Not an easy task as my stamina wasn't as good as last year. I stopped a few times along the run. I was a bit disappointed with myself. I prayed to God and I just persevere.

Finally I made it to the finishing line! I was the 48th person to complete the 10km run. I took 60 minutes to complete it. Thank you God. I also want to thank dear as he has motivated me to become healthier by participating in more sports.

Certification

Medal for the first 200 participants who finished the run

Bad Day 08Jul2010

What a day of frustration & agitation...

As usual, I opened my mailbox every morning. I received an email early in the morning....This email was something unusual..

The title of the email was "notification from Jabatan Insolvensi Malaysia". A lot of queries were in my mind. What is it?? I clicked & read the mail...alright...hit the jackpot

That company again...How I wish I can get rid of that account or should I say how I wish the problematic account was not transfered to me. I used to ask God why He allowed selfish people to bully me. Anyway, no point thinking or grumbling what should or should not...it WAS anyway.

After seeking advise from manager, line managers, senior manager, legal department & corporate recovery center I did whatever that is necessary. I was so angry. I feel so used & cheated deep down in my heart. A very obvious default & problematic account transferred to me. Oh...I started to wonder..there are many type of "Christians" out there. Anyway, God assured me that I should just believe in Him as God is just fair. Hang on there...should be my resolution starting today....

After 10 hours of frustration, I decided to call it a day. This format of write-up better be correct. I really have no time to mend all the holes at the pot which was messed up by "someone".

Let tomorrow be another day & get it over! God please let me enjoy my weekend. I need all the rest I can.

I had a bad day...............

Walk Like A Star...Starwalk 2010

3....2....1.....go.........

Last month, I walked 10km in 1 hour 22 minutes in an event organised by The Star, newspaper. It was Starwalk 2010. A yearly event & this is the 3rd time I participated.

everyone was waiting for the flag off...

This year I really took all my strength & dragged my feet to the finishing line. It feels like forever before I reached. The idea of finishing the walk within 100 minutes seems so impossible. I prayed to God for strength. I just focused & kept on walking. Deep down I knew I have to just do it.

Oh yeah...I reached the finishing line at last. It took me 1 hour & 22 minutes as shown over the big timer displayed at the finishing line. I was so happy. To my surprise, I was no 7 for my category, Women's Open. It is for women from age 18 & above.

Imediately I felt my stomach growling. Time for food....breakfast!! I persuaded dear to grab some drink & food at the booth. We then headed to the food court. I ordered roti canai & dear ordered wan tan mee. Everything just tasted good simply because we were so desperate for food.

dear was eating the milk & cereal, my fav

We then stayed for the lucky draw & live performances. It was all hot & sweaty day. Darling got himself a lucky draw prizes while I got a medal & an umbrella just like last year.

this lady was singing "Poker Face" & "Nobody But You"

Belly Dancers

Face-changing magic by a KL lass

Dear with his lucky draw

Although it was tiring, but it was fun as usual..We need the exercise. No sweat no fun!

A New Change- A New Me

Hi guys. I have not been blogging for quite some time. Just a recap on what happened for the first half of my life in 2010.
After I came back from Melbourne, I am beginning to feel suffocated with my new job at that time. Being a lecturer in Masterskill is not the standard of my expectation. Anyway, it is not nice to talk bad about other organization here. Bottom line: Not for me. Hence, I have been praying and God open ways for me. Guess what, back into the banking field. After all I have been trying so hard to break away from banking and now back to banking? Everyone thinks that I am out of my mind. Finally I gave it a try. Just like dear said, "How bad could it be when things are worse in Masterskill?".

Well, here I am in HSBC for almost 5 months as an Accounts Manager for commercial banking. To my surprise, everything were so different here. We do not have meetings/training in classroom method. Instead, we use webminar,no secretary etc. Most importantly is the relationship and closeness between managers and staffs. Well, of course workload is much heavier. Imagine I have to meet sales target, conduct monthly review, processing of loan, recover excess of my portfolio, selling investments, opening of current account...name it and I am doing it! Not an easy job.


I was struggling in the first three months. Things doesn't seem to look good. I feel like I am trapped into a dark room without any door to escape. I have been in despair and depressed. I cries, asking God to why He allowed these things to happen in my life. All complains, anger and frustration are channeled to dear. Arguments were triggered. I just want to take this opportunities to thank Him for his gentleness and patience with me.

Here I am, 3 months of hardship and finally I can see the rewards in the 4th month. Cases are being referred to me and most importantly, I am adapting to the HSBC culture. Things are beginning to look easier to me as I have went through the rough and patchy road.

Now I am thanking God here for He wants me to grow out of my comfort zone and be competitive. He wants me to grow up and equip myself with knowledge.

HSBC Ipoh Branch

Below are some pictures of the farewell of Regional North Director, Jeff. He will be transferred to Hong Kong for a promotion. Hardly know him well as he left about 2 weeks after I joined HSBC.

Left to right: Mr Leong, Jeff

Lion dance prospering my office

Art piece by the lion dance

PeiPei & the lion

My wonderful colleagues