Thursday, July 05, 2007
Was about to blog on what a rough week I had thus far. Been working till around 9 to 10 lately but I think my colleagues take the cake. They are still on site at this hour. Trust me when I said that the feeling is like shit. You are dying to go home to take a warm bath, relax to some smoothing music, have your overdue dinner and do something to relax your mind. Problem is that you can't leave till the problem is solved. People working in the construction sector can relate better to this. But I am not complaining though.
I was recently handled a project by Stanley which was previously under a colleague of mine who had since left for greener pasture. I think the move is good for him as he was stagnating in his career and maybe a new challenge might just push him to greater heights in his career. The scope of the project at first sound easy. Doing up the programming and ensuring that the project is run smoothly. Stanley will help me with the rest. Well, life ain't a bed of rose.
During the week when Stanley is out of town, I began to feel the pressure of handling this project. From being a newbie (this is my first time handling such a big project and of this nature) to someone who is an expert in this technology. This is what my Indian workers, fellow colleagues and my boss demand from me. They had assumed that I had known everything about this system and I can run it on my own. It is like taking a degree in 1 year instead of the normal 3 years. Talk about a major stress out.
I was reprimanded all round by my Indian workers who can't believe that this Chinese man know less than them, my fellow colleagues who can't believe that I don't know the basic fundamentals of electricity circuitry, my customer who know more than me (That man is simply amazing) and my boss who just want the project to be done up without any complains from the customer.
As usual, I was full of complains and angry that I was being arrowed to do this shit. But as the days went by, I found myself improving in all aspects of handling this project. I am also beginning to have the fulfillment that I had indeed learn a lot from this experience. I am confident that this experience will be useful in my career. If this can't break me, it can only make me better.
Need to thank my great Project Manager, CK, my Shen, Mr Kolo Tay and of course Stanley for all the help rendered so far. Though this project is really draining me out, I am confident that it will be a success.
Every great achievement was once considered impossible.
You can take a picture of something you see. In the future where will I be?
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