I am so the broke

I know this is nothing new lar...but then I still wanna whine about it. And I'm going to say it again.

I am so the broke!!!

This is the time of the month and year where almost everyone is broke. Come end of the month, everyone's running low on their pay and can't wait till the next payday. Plus, it's Christmas and there're presents to get too.

The same situation goes for me...but this year it's different. I have to scrape enough through to try and pay the deposit and all for a new place and a Christmas party to attend at work as well. The dress is there, but I still need to get other stuff to go with it, like shoes, makeup, accessories, and other minor details that I shall spare you all from. I don't mind this party at all though, since we're getting free food and drinks for it. (Though drinks are a little bit limited cos last year people got so pissed when it was free flow.)

I can't wait till payday next week...

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I was off last Monday, having a nice long weekend...only to return to work to attend an urgent meeting on Tuesday morning.

Apparently, our company has just been bought over a few hours earlier by another US based company. Right....

First thought: What, are they going to downsize the company?

Second thought: Or not, are we all going to get a pay rise? (No harm dreaming of it...)

Third thought: Do I get to do attachments abroad then?

Yeah yeah...I'm in a world of my own.

But then people can't help worrying about this major transition in power in the highest management level. Though our COO reassured us that it's not going to affect any of our operations, that things are going to go on as normal, but you never know. It IS under a new management now.

On a lower level, I was surprisingly pleased when my boss decided to let me do my own conjugation on Friday. And instead of following the standard operating procedure, I was asked to start everything from scratch. Well...not really...it's just for everyone to 'pretend' that this is something new, and I had no prior knowledge of it. So...without anyone constantly there to probe me on what to do next, I was on my own. Good news: I'm giving myself a chance to test myself to see how well I'll do. Bad news: There were quite a few hiccups here and there. (And both my bosses knew about it...shite)

Though everyone reassured me that it was ok, I can't help but feel frustrated cos I know that I should and could have done it better...

Anyway, my boss decided to pull me out of the conjugation team in January (NO, not because I was doing badly) to get me to work with her for a month on another task. This is because, I'm, I quote "driven, motivated, energetic, enthusiastic and willing to try new stuff". (Yes, I am.)

Not too bad...hehe...