LEAVING YESTERDAY
Wenyao
There are some things in life we have no control over, and that's what destiny is.
Friday, May 6, 2011, 10:57:00 PM
我不帅，真的不是我的错吗?
Came across these Cantonese lyrics:
踏世上, 高峰总要攀, 碧血染青衫
Living in this world, we need to scale high mountains, even if sacrifice has to be made.
I was astonished by these lyrics. They seem so true. If we don't outperform yesterday, why are we living today? The hardest thing has to be conquered by man, and sometimes we have to give up on certain parts of our life to accomplish it. So be it.
在死路, 一双脚走出生关
Even at dead ends, we need to take a step out of the danger.
How often are we stopped by obstacles in our life? Let alone dead ends, all I want to say is there is NO dead ends. We just need to take the step, to come out of danger. Obstacles are there to test our faith in the route. When we feel like we reach the bottomless pit in certain situations, actually all it takes is that step, that very first step. It might seem to be difficult to start, but trust me, its worth it.
Men are greedy creatures, I myself is guilty of it. Many times, we are blinded by greed that we forgot the basic necessities of life. But we have to remind ourselves again and again that we should not take ANYTHING for granted.
I heard my boss say: This election have Facebook mah.
How true? 5 years ago, there wasn't such a big din about elections. This time it was different. Though I really couldn't care more about government policies and national crisis, unless they affect me in anyway. I saw that actually it is true, Facebook did play a huge role in notifying others about the opposition. The impact was actually so great that most of the people actually wrote for the opposition on Facebook.
It was today when my accounts manager, chief finance officer, chief executive officer and marketing director gossip behind my table during this afternoon. I realise they don't have high education levels, the highest of all is the marketing director whom have a degree from some unknown UK university. Others just merely have 'O' Levels and Diplomas. And so they complained about the current office situation, and how they manage to stick around in this junk place for like donkey years. When I say donkey years, I mean it. The most junior amongst them was the CFO, whom worked here for like 23 years? And so they talked about who is nearer to CPF Board and so..
The most interesting part which made me control my laughter for nearly 2 hours was that they all know that the company is in dire straits. Not that the company is making losses or what, but the weak and inefficient system that the company is currently employing. They complained about how faulty the overall system was, and how slow information was actually flowing down the pyramid. Then at some point, they were talking about the price of our product: Ricola Candies. My CFO says that who in the right frame of mind will buy a small box of candies for $3 when you can buy a bowl of noodles with the same amount. The response was hilarious: Lets quit this and go sell wanton mee. I seriously almost just laughed out loud when I heard that. That was a awesome analogy how screwed up this company is.
The conversation continued with who can cook what dish or what noodles. They joked around for like 2-3 hours before going back to their workplace. Of course, they ain't gonna quit their high paying job here to sell WANTON MEE. But that shows how screwed up this place is.
The last thing I notice is that, they can do whatever they want. Like seriously, they can do WHATEVER they want. They can laze around gossiping for hours. And yet they get like 8 times my pay; and of course, I slog like a dog. My accounts manager brought us out for lunch yesterday, she paid for the whole meal. And you know what she did afterwards? She passed me the receipt to key into the system as entertainment expenses for the company. The meal cost like $50 for a mere 4 people. Of course, I didn't have questions, I did as ordered.
I start to wonder, those petrol costs, meals, drinks or even their expensive hairstyling receipt; were they also 'Entertainment Expenses'? Someday I will dig out the full accounts and find out..
Oh yeah, I had been learning more at work each day then any school's lesson on accounting. But I don't think its gonna help me in the long run in any manner. However, I start to see how an accountant works till late.
1st day of work: nothing much to do, you knock off at 5.30pm.
1st Friday of work: you begin to see work on your table, you don't care, knock off at 5.30pm.
2nd Friday of work: you see never ending work, you STILL don't care, knock off at 5.30pm
3rd Friday of work: Work is impossible, you start to get worried, but you still knock off at 5.30pm
4th Friday of work: You don't see your colleagues anymore, the work has piled so high that its blocking your vision. You clear as much as you can so that you can view your colleagues. Knock off at the last piece of work that blocks your vision.
5th Monday of work: you realise work needs to be done, time pass SUPER DUPER FAST. and by the time you finish that particular piece of work, its 5.45pm. you knock off.
5th Friday of work: Work is still piling, so you try to do work again. At 5.30pm, you tell yourself, why not we finish another invoice/PO so that theres one less. 6.00pm, knock off.
Thats the Fridays that I been through.
Yes I know I have no life, deal with it.