down with rain

i decided to give in to the cold/flu. took a day of medical leave. the rest certainly helped alot, although i'm pretty worried if the audit report would be ready by tomorrow morning.

i am feeling better now. ready for work and training once again.

spent most of the day pigging out in bed. managed to catch up with a wee bit of reading too.

have been wanting to blog about the awesome weekend but somehow the words don't flow. i just want to thank my 2 friends and dearie for the time. i haven't spent such a great time with friends for a long while. it was fun (though fun itself is insufficient a word to describe).. running from mr to pierce and back. shopping for running stuff. laughing over how the running top/shorts made us look sexy or fat. i will surely miss yenling as she goes off to uk for her mba.

casually talked to my colleagues yesterday about the company and its operations. i was telling them how i want to work around the problems encountered during audit this year; ensuring things will go more smoothly next year. i was a little disheartened when the more senior colleague commented, "that is if we are still around next year."

i got her to tell me more about how she felt the company was going and what she observed was the problem to the company's deficit position. she has been with the company for more than 15years and she has seen the company go through its different phases and management.

there seems so little which is within our control and means. the market has evolved in its last 15years of existence and somehow the business model has not been able to keep up with the change. changes were made but somehow it is still not meeting the market's needs.

on a pessimistic note, i am unsure how the company will hold on too. however, for the small role i play, the only thing i can do is to continue to perform my scope well. whether the company turns around, there are just too many variable factors which will come into play.

dearie will say,"don't think so much. just do your work."

it's going to be 3rd qtr soon. i actually planned to go for some short courses in 3rd or 4th q. on one hand i can clock some cpe hours, on the other to learn some new things/update myself. i should be able to get some funding from my company. =) let's see how this works out.

meantime, i think i need to start looking at some short-mid term goals because i feel a little aimless these days. academically i think i have managed to attain to a decent level. i have also settled down in the new job. training wise, i have also completed that which dearie drafted for me.

i don't want to stay at this point. got to keep up and move. the environment is changing. if we don't change fast enough, we will not keep up. i do not want to be written off as irrelevant.