Wow. Busy Busy Busy. This is crazy.. since fyp was over, just busy working, doing attachment. Working, transiting into corporate life, really one helluva ride. It was a journey of self discovery, not that we do not discover ourselves before, but everyday is one step to knowing ourselves dun you think? Mr. Educator in my office, rather Mr. Philosophical, states that 80% of humans do not know themselves. These 80% of people live with what he calls "reactions". cant seem to find a better way to explain other than with an example..

Sometimes we encounter some mistakes or took a wrong turn in life. We end up saying, "shit". According to him, we do not think about saying "shit". We do not go through the process of: "Hey this is a shitty situation, oh lets say something, hmm what should i say? Oh lets say shit!" and you say, "Shit". We do not do that people. and that, according to him, is not knowing ourselves. According to him (maybe it's more justifed to say that some books do state this point as well), knowing ourselves is the sure way to success in life. Well how do you put it? If we know ourselves so well, we basically control our life. If we control our life, we control the future of it. Next time you say "shit" out of plain reaction, think about it and how you could have avoided saying it altogether. Crude theory but well, food for the mind ^^

What a nice opening to my post! Lol.. Hello loyal supporters who read my blog day and night fantasizing about me. =3.. jk.. i am back again, still working (this post was created at my workplace).. and my life these 2 months can be listed out..

1. Work everyday (DAY AND NIGHT)
2. Do homevisits
3. Play games
4. Read harry potter (near the end of attachment)
5. Watch movie at home with my studio equipment to destress (near the end of attachment)
6. Go out with my darling (2 movies, 1 concert, 1 birthday ^^)
7. Practice with Edwin (beginning of attachment)
8. One piano performance

That's pretty much it.. Boring eh? So many things i want to do, so many achievements i want to make, and what can i say? Glad I came to this company. Boring it may be, i have learnt many things. Lets start with the first general thing i learnt. The importance of communication.

For people who know me, i can speak well, i have what it takes to lead people.. And the thing i realized is, that does not mean i can communicate well. I realized that I have been very lucky, to have always been given a chance to speak so far. The same goes for leadership. I have been put into roles all my life, rather than earn it myself. So, the very first problem i have is, communication with my boss. I am a good worker, I do a good job out of everything i do, but i fail in communicating with my boss. That, is something i must learn. Because I have been doing "one to many" communication, my "one to one" skills are either not there, or i haven learnt to be myself when it comes to "one to one".

This got me into a fix, because i fail to tell my boss what i have done. This, plus another issue, which is "Presumption", is quite a deadly mix. In the real world, It is amazing that the truth is actually not the truth, but what people actually presume. I have always believed being a good worker and producing good results are the most important. But however, i was wrong. It is sad at first to stomach the fact that you have to attend to people's perceptions about you. It is survival 101. Dun do that, you'd find yourself a worse man than you actually are. So for a moment, there are many presumptions that i am a downright slacker, listening to music while working, do nothing, hack care attitude, do things half past six. Until, using a full month of "showing-off" (I hate it). I showed them. It may be good to state another thing i learnt: "People assess you in the first 3 secs of contact"

The second problem is, because I have been naturally given leadership roles, I lack to skills to look for contacts myself. One big word to put forth, "Networking". My loner working attitude has got me into trouble with both aspects, even more so in the latter. I learnt something from Mr. Philosophy. The 6 level/step networking rule/law. It basically means that the person/resource you need is just maximum 6 people away. That is one of the secret to success, networking. keep networking as much, and one day you might receive the call to success. That's what it means in a nutshell. Something out of a bell curve theory without understanding the theory of it.

That's pretty much two things i learnt corporate-ly. Another thing not so corporate-ish is punctuality, because of the fact that it doesnt apply to onli working life. I have this problem with punctuality, as you might see from my previous posts. So i got into a little bit of trouble my first two weeks in office. For this i just have one advice, "Victory starts in the morning!" Nuff said. ^^