Lovely surprises

SL came back from the States on Monday, with lovely surprises! Check out the latest Gucci design he got from San Francisco airport! They have been out in Europe for only a month! It's not even selling in Asia or on the Gucci website yet.



And there's this lovely scarf from Coach too. A good one for the winter-turn-spring transitional period! =P



I might be due in Sydney for a bi-annual meeting in mid-dec... erm... I mean, only if I can survive the rough waves in the coming weeks, and of course, IF I decide to stay on. Will see how things go. I welcome a free trip to Sydney, granted that extension is permitted! =P

Mission Impossible

I'm feeling so drained. Finished work at 10.30pm last night. The previous week has been a crazy one. Had a full 3-day management training programme. It was enriching, BUT having to squeeze in time in between breaks to follow up on phone calls and finish up urgent matters was totally EXHAUSTING! The following 2 days after the training session was filled with 
LONG meeting schedules.

And thus, I ended my work week yesterday with a full day meeting which finished 10.30pm! What really wears me out is the thought of organising my agenda for the 
following 2 weeks. I can't imagine how I can handle month-end closing and the very inquisitive internal auditors at the same time. 

I can't figure how I can try to put in place the policies and procedures 
that have not been followed for a long while. 

Thanks to those people who just walk
away from their jobs without tying up the loose ends. And thanks for receiving the credits for what you manage to hide and thanks to the management for making me responsible for
cleaning up your mess!

I might be going to Sydney for a work trip in November, IF I'm going to remain here till then.

More training to come next Wednesday on labour relations.

I'm going to have fun!

Exhausted

Work has taken up the bulk of my energy and time of late. So much so that I can't even be bothered to pen my grouses for many weekends.

I badly need a break, but only after I have got things up and running smoothly in my department. With a painful agenda as follows, I'm not sure how long that will be...

1. Plenty of back-log to clear 
2. Difficult staff to handle
3. Coordination with other Department heads (even more difficult to handle?!)
4. Reporting to a very demanding regional FC and a wishy-washy GM!

But I guess it's a good learning curve for myself. Hope to have brighter stuff to update the next time round. In the meantime, I'll be hugging my newly arrived book (Hotel Operations Management) from Amazon to sleep!

Back to work

I'm finally back, after what seemed like a long while of disappearance!

I have been busy at work! After all the fun I had with my siblings in Perth, doing crazy shopping and all, I was made to face up with reality the following day. I packed and left for work on Monday morning.

Lotsa drama at work, even in just 2 weeks. I also realised that I'll need to be responsible for new duties like budgeting and doing cashflow forecast. The job is going to be challenging and hectic! But also promising at the same time, if i can survive it all. So, I'm hanging on there, so that i can fulfil my first dream vacation in 2009! *Fingers crossed*

Lucky thing is that accomodation is provided at the hotel. So it's pretty convenient for me to crash after finishing work late at night!

A Quick Post

I'm officially 23 today!

Dinner at Lighthouse was awesome and the Gelare ice-cream treat topped off the night beautifully!

I was at Margaret River and Augusta today. Bought two bottles of wine from Gralyn. They just taste so beautiful. Wonder who I can share the wine with now... Haha! The coastline along Augusta was equally great! The breathtaking scenery had made my day! Well, actually, it's heaps better to let the pictures do the talking!