Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Watch me smile

After a streak of what I'd loosely term as bad luck, I finally have something to smile about today. A few things in fact.

I had my appraisal done this afternoon. Following a lousy couple of months at work, which I was sure left a bad impression on my new boss, I wasn't expecting much flattery from him today. So much so that me being fashionably late for work and all the rubber-timing lunches were becoming rather passé in itself. Turns out that he had many nice things to say and I even hit an 'exceeded expectation' score which, hopefully, would lead to a bigger paycheck! Fingers crossed. You can probably imagine how I was trying to hide my flabbergast and cheeky smile while trying to maintain a 'professional' and I-am-a-good-worker-and-was-expecting-nothing-less kinda look.

Truth be told, that was a much needed boost for me, considering how demoralised I have been feeling lately, to a point of searching for a new job, something which I wasn't even planning for (at least until end of the year). Perhaps things are finally starting to look sunny for me in Paragon, especially with some upcoming changes in the office. We'll see, we'll see.

Oh yes, here's a joke before we move on to the next topic. When we were at the punctuality section of the appraisal (which of cos, I expected to fail terribly), my boss said that I should try to come to the office before 9.30am. (I start work at 9 btw). In self-defence, I told him that I'm always there before 9.30! Then, he said, "Oh, ok, try to be in the office by 9.15am then." And I was like, darn, why did I open my big mouth?!? Anyway, he passed me for that section.

Hmmm...On hindsight, I think my boss is being extremely generous with his scores.

So, today, I also emailed a certain editor to ask him/her to be a guest speaker for our next M-Media input session. Well, it turns out, (this is the moment that really defined my day), that he/she is a parishioner in church and he/she has already seen the first issue of the magazine (and loved it) and he/she is willing to give a talk! What a small world! I was so happy after receiving the email that I practically skipped along Orchard Rd on my way home.

And I know that God really has His hands in this publication because He sends all these lovely people to guide and teach us so that we can be better equipped to do His work! When I got home, I received an email from another person who kindly volunteered to give me some tips and guidance along the way! Woohoo!

I think I'm going to smile in my sleep tonight. Whatever happened today will certainly go down as a good day, which is an affirmation of a bible passage which I read two days ago and have been waiting for a miracle since.

"...For nothing is impossible to God." (Luke 1:37)

Posted by Jo at 10:05 PM