having witnessed how some of my lady colleagues couldn't help shedding (more than) a few tears for boss esp towards end of the day, i cannot help but infer that he must have been a really really good boss. and these past few days of group phototaking... farewell last week... decorating his workstation early this morning... individual phototaking... and some resigned sighs of "things will never be the same again"... i suppose all of them must have built up really good working relationships as well as friendships. i have to admit that even as a newbie, i felt a little teary for 3 seconds in the middle of his mini farewell speech. funny thing is, despite having worked in a 90% female environment for some years, i believe boss is still rather clueless as to how to deal with women when they cry... and so when one colleague was hiding in cubicle (cos crying rather badly) boss was really at a loss and stared blankly at some of us... but still attempted to go in... poke poke a little, joke a little... but eventually decided to disappear :P oh well... i'm actually not so sure i can handle ppl crying either haha.but ya, it's certainly hard when you know you're going to miss someone.

my unit LOVES taking pictures. so today was pink day... we're doing all these crazy things cos old boss is leaving tmr and they want to have some things for him to bring away.... and so boss was made to wear pink too. he grudgingly did, claiming that it was the 2nd time wearing the pink shirt since some funny choir performance when everyone had to wear pink. new boss who thought it was a joke came in normal shirt then got penalized and made to pose with huge pink cushion in picture... hmm. dunno what to think haha. but feel like it's nice that everyone's kinda one big 'family'.... tomorrow's white top and jeans day-- but supposedly hawaiian shirt day for the male bosses. hmmph. wonder how bosses will react. aiyah but last chance for them to play joke on boss already... though i don't really know boss very well, i guess i can tell that my colleagues are sad to see him go... but, since he's gonna be bonded for quite a few more years after he returns from his studies, that certainly wun be the last we'll see of him ;P

haven't had much motivation to blog recently; and am trying very hard to ensure that all my entries don't end up talking about work.... so....
anyways, this one will be vaguely related to work lah. i was just thinking how much time i'll want to devote to work eventually. right now, i still have the luxury of going home around 645pm on average, but this certainly isn't the case for bosses... and in my case (ie. ppl i'm under) deputy director of my section works late into the night everyday (i heard) and comes back on weekends too to work... while her work dedication is certainly admirable, it makes me wonder how much i'm willing to give up for work. as it is now, i dun feel like i have much time to myself after work... and this is just the beginning! oh well, perhaps it also really depends on how one manages his/her time... how efficient one is at work... how perfectionist you want to be and many many other factors. in any case, i suppose i can't be too wrong to conclude that there's really a price to pay to be at the top?