Warzone

"Sorry," he said.

Maybe I was shocked that he actually apologized, till I was stunned into silence.

The past 3 days post-CNY have not been easy. There are various phases:

• Disappointment that the so-called 'teammates' left, barely 2 weeks after our first company trip that was meant to foster closer bonds;
• Being annoyed by clients who demanded absolute timeliness (think deadlines brought FORWARD) but later chose to sit on it for one week with absolutely NO PROGRESS;
• Finding myself drowning at the avalanche of things to do... seeing blurry lines between 'urgent', 'important' and 'just kill me now'.
• Safely enlisting one client on the Main Market; then preparing to launch another IPO campaign that afternoon. Talk about being between a rock and a hard place.
• Choosing to stay calm while watching his mounting panic at the list of deliverables. It's a warzone out there. (In your panic, don't kill your soldiers.)

Then there are good days. Like having a quick-thinking and self-motivated freshie on board and showing her the ropes. Always reminds me how far I've come.

On the 14th just past, I marked my 5th year working here. Gosh. 5 years of receiving patience, and guidance, testing the limits of my physical and mental capacities, taking on new and/or more things that I thought possible. Measuring some degree of my growth by the prominence with clients, media and investors. This is an experience I won't wanna miss out on.

Guess I won't mind being here for the long term. Let's see how this pans out =) If I can survive this...

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