Had a class gathering with my Sec Sch buddies yesterday. 13 years had passed since we graduated from our O levels but everyone is still their same old crappy self. Hahaha, to think that we all live in the Serangoon-Hougang-Sengkang area but it actually took us like 2 years to meet up... We should really make an effor to meet up more often...

As usual, topics during class gathering revolve around girlfriends/ boyfriends/ marriage/ career and cars... Most of us are doing quite ok in our respective fields... We actually have a scientist, an SIA pilot, an IT consultant, a manager and a manager-to-be in our ranks.

Speaking of work, I still have like 2 more weeks before I start. Feeling kinda excited about the challenges that lie ahead but then Rainbow warned me about the office politics in the place. I suppose office politics exists everywhere, even in a sheltered environment such as the civil service.

Recently heard from one of my friends that they have a Golden Horse Best Actress nominee in her company. Somebody who does nothing except talking and then acts as if she is all knowing and all important. She will do the bare minimum, maybe say just a little planning in the initial stage, then 'handover' to her co workers and the rest of the committee/ project team to work out the details, and then at the eleventh hour, ask how things are going and if there's anything she needs to do (which is redundant lah, whatever that needs to be done will already be done by then) and then during the big day itself, put on her best acting skills and look all so important and knowledgeable to impress the bosses.

I must say, I really 佩服 such people... yesh, granted that they are downright despicable and shameless but they have the resourcefulness and the brains to be working out such schemes. These people sure will be an asset to the organisation that they work in becuz such people sure very loyal and will not quit one, otherwise, why would they try so hard to outsmart their peers? They are also ususally the apples in their bosses' eyes as they are usually quite good bootlickers too as they have to learn how to be politically correct.

I hope I dun have such people in my new workplace though... It will be a waste of energy trying to deal with such scum.