So far I haven't personally seen any outrageous project manager demands on maintaining the same productivity but it's early days especially when my projects are still not at crunch-time yet (i.e. a few weeks before major deadlines). I'm still kept relatively busy but the sharp drop in oil price and investor confidence is going to hit my company really hard in one or two months. I've lots of leave accumulated for these scenarios which prevents joblessness but a wage freeze is something I can't avoid and it'll happen (again!!!). More than half of my working life in Australia saw wage freezes whilst inflation (albeit not high) continued, and very soon I'll hear the "at least you're still employed" tagline phrased in all sorts of euphemistic ways again from management. I'm just counting down the days till that happens.
Resource planning in these crazy times is exponentially more difficult because the department is so splintered right now. This results in some being overworked while others twiddle their thumbs. I'd rather be in the former situation and feel fortunate that I'm not required to do that planning job. I want to always be able to blame that planner when my projects don't get the resources they need (hehe).
OK that's enough doom and gloom for now. This post continues my "Through Facebook" series and it focuses on my catch-ups with friends during my Singapore trip which seems so long ago in this new COVID-19 timeline that we all live in now. I don't have many close friends in Singapore and I always go back to those few whenever I'm back.
Good friends don't need to see one another all the time to maintain that closeness and those featured in this post are testament to how well this can work. I'll see all you guys again when the virus dies and global travel normalises. The daily infection rate is almost a thousand in Singapore right now so please stay safe my friends.
This is the Christmas house party of last night. I've not been to one of these for ages and I must say it was unexpectedly quite fun. Thanks Pascal for the invite!
Finally a picture of one of my catchups. I've forgotten to take so many! Thanks YingYing, Jay, Cindy, Adeline!
Three ex-colleagues have just caught up, reliving those laughter-filled after-work socialising sessions, 13 years ago. How time flies.
High school friend of 25 (!) years, it's been great catching up with you again today! 别来无恙哦! 可是我们都老了.
Nice to finally meet you Tom! Now I know why Jared can't get enough of you.
It's been a long time but it's been great to catch up with you before our KL trip.
Karaoke-ing in a pub popular with bears and singing my heart out!
What a good run, post-run breakfast and catchup this morning. Thank you exercise buddy. See you next time I'm back in Singapore!
It's been too long, I love you guys so much!
PS: Can you spot Ivan in the picture?
And we're off! So looking forward to feel the outdoor sun sans clothing once again in my home country!
I guess there's a first time for everything i.e. fetching a friend's child from preschool, stroller and all. #TheGayestDaddyIfIWereAParent
Nice catching up again after 3 years. Good luck in your 377A case. So proud of you!
Catching up with Phoebee typically includes a house-visit and playing with Evan these days. It's a good thing I did it today as I got to try non-pizza associated food delivery service for the FIRST time! Plus I finally got to savour the famous White Beehoon from White Restaurant to see for myself why it's so famous. #SeeYouAgainHopefullySoonBestie
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