Project A : 4000+ mandays
Team size : 50 at peak
Duration : 1 year
Project B : 80,000+ mandays
Team size : An army
Duration : Across several years
Scope : Similar for both.
If this is not a recipe for failure for Project A, I don’t know what is.
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On the other hand, it feels good to be recognized and appreciated […]

Had a short powwow over cake and coffee, with the app manager after our gruelling full-day session with the client.
He is from the London office and he shared the differences between his office and the KL office.
The stark differences between how the London office values their staff vs. the KL office is quite appalling.
It seems that […]

Never ever trust anyone.
Just when I started to have a sliver of faith in humanity again, I got sabo-ed by the client. Which resulted in this person’s boss getting onto my boss’ case.
Thank gawd my boss was nice enough not to get on my case about it but still, he took the flack on my […]

There’s only a couple of reasons why I work as hard as I do, hard as in the long hours.
It’s not because of my loyalty to the organization. A business is a business i.e. to make profits. It does not make sense for the business to look at employee welfare when the business is suffering. So […]

… of trying to plan leave in advance but the person who is supposed to approve your leave is not willing to accept your leave plan just coz there MIGHT be a lot of work during that time? I mean, so are we now not allowed to take leave at all during a project?
And it’s […]

Update
Ahah!!!! I found the culprit!! Or rather, the culprit owned up. It was one of the BOYS. Naturally, I gave him a piece of my mind. He better not do it again. Hmph!
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Some people just don’t understand the concept of open workstations.
One thing I detest to see when I get in to work […]

…of a good holiday! Hmph!
Trust me to catch the flu bug on the week of Raya. Sleep, sleep, and more sleep was all I got during the past 5 days.
Sigh… I hate being sick
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Being back in the office has dumped me right smack in the middle of all these colleagues whom I’ve never […]

Update
I’m such a dork!! I get POINTS, not cash!!! Duh! Which I can redeem for products
Oooooooo… I see a 2GB Ipod Shuffle, Sony MP3 Walkman…. *drool*
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I got an award I got an award!!!!!!!!!!
My boss gave me a Celebrating Performance Monetary Award for my work on one of the items […]

The firm’s retreat was quite enjoyable. We were sufficiently occupied, not overly. So it was quite relaxing for me.
Had a great time bonding with the team, though not all of them were there. I think I spoiled the market a bit for the two boys, since we were literally inseparable! LOL! What to do… people mostly hung […]

I have not laughed as hard as I did last night in a long, long time.
I was literally in tears!
See, I had some problems with my mobile line yesterday. Not sure if it was a crossline problem or something but I was told that the recipient of my calls heard someone else on the phone […]