I had just came to the realisation that being a mentor was not just teaching the trainee the process and such but also being able to communicate with them and to try to protect them to a certain extend. Leaving someone who'd just learnt swimming to try swimming back to shore was a suicide, having half inflate buoys was deemed useless. That was just an example anyway.

Two weeks of training on just one product was definitely more than enough, but imagine having to be independent just less than a week and that one product's process was complicated. Many times I wished to take note of questions she'd always ask, repeated questions she couldn't answer when being asked, check on her process flow, the procedure, the steps she'd take to check. Many times when it was arranged (though it took a long time due to the busy period and my managers are kind enough to take time to schedule), something crops up and I'm needed somewhere, duties awaiting to be fulfilled.

Today comes the time when my trainee did a combo on me.. Which are not not-serious. Sigh. My manager did pose a very good question, which I wondered myself, why did I not supervise her? Why did I not help her make that call? Fine, if I wanted her to be indepenent and to try to make that call, why not stay beside her should she need help?

Some of my colleagues did feedback to me and I did notice something which I should take note of. Perhaps I should sit down with her and have a good talk.

Somehow "The Devil Wears Prada's Dez Moines" managed to cheer me up a little.

Am I suited to be a mentor?
Well I did have the "don't care" attitude.
Did I let her fly too fast?
Did I not observe her enough?
Did I teach her with the correct info?

*sigh*
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Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!!!

Thanks for reading or even "stepping" into my blog eventhough its kinda boring. Heh heh. But it suits me fine.

Gotten a rather unexpected gift from Daryl. XD
Super sweet dreams!!!!! Shall post up pictures when free!! *floating away*
I'm sure Master Lil is gonna be so jealous when she sees the picture! *evil grin*
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I'd been asked aplenty of times: What is so special about Apple Iphones?

I do asked myself about it but I can't seemed to find the answer myself.

Can anyone please enlighten me?

I'd appreciate that very much. :)
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I'm just on the way home, still feeling tired however my spirits lifted up slightly when my trusty mp3 played "Sweet Child o' mine".
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Yes... I'm going to start with.. Time passes so fast! It's already the 14th today but my mind is still with the 13th. Waking up at 6am, preparing for the brothers and groom's arrival.. Preparing the makeup and hairdo, the clothes, the "breakfast" for them.. Preparing activities and doing time check, making sure the groom will step into the house by 9.30am, leaving the house by 10am so he'll step into his house by 10.30am. To think that the event was over in a day when preparations and planning took more than 3 months. The images and everything that had happened yesterday were still fresh in my mind. It was tiring but eventful.

Hyatt Hotel's services were and are impressive! I hope they'll keep that up. They made you feel special. The moment you'd arrived, they were there, expecting you. Preparing everything so that you don't even have to lift a finger, just wait for them to usher you from the hotel's entrance straight to your room. It seems like everyone were trained to remember every guests name. As we do not have the keycard to dajie & Jeremy's room, we just have to inform one of the staff that we needed to go up to room, they instantly do it for you. WOW! They were courteous, polite and EFFICIENT!

The room.. I tell you, were IMPRESSIVE as well! Dajie's room was the best, even she herself did not expect such a big room. Most of the suites I'd went to was nowhere like hers. Hers was big, spacious, and it's almost like a mansionette. Double storey with plenty of storage places, decorated with state of the art furniture. Wow, WOw and WOW!!!

Not just hers, mine was impressive as well. Having tried some of the hotels in Singapore, take note - they are just normal rooms that I'd stayed in. The Hyatt's room was bigger, toilet was big, and it's just perfect! Called room service for ONE extra towel and shampoo & conditioners, they brought not just one but TWO ok? I know it may sound something where I don't have to make such a big deal with but.. they took the initiative to go to the extra mile. Shampoo & conditioner? They brought the whole set - shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, shower cap, body scrub, etc.. OMG. Totally impressed! I hope they will keep it up.

I'll post some of the pics up once I have it from dajie..

Had just encountered something which is so utterly disgusting that I cannot bear to take a picture of to post.

Someone left their bloodied pad on the toilet roll dispenser.. And its filled to the brim and not those empty ones. It's so disgusting! How can people be so inconsiderate? I was so turned off the moment I saw it and recoiled as soon as I stepped into the cubicle. I really pity the cleaning lady when she cleans the toilet the next morning. Imagine if today is a Sunday... Worse!
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Gosh!! I felt like an old woman today!

I woke up feeling my whole body aching all over!! My calves, my thighs, my back, my stomach, my neck/shoulder, my feet, ankles, all aching! And it makes it so difficult for my leg to do movements like stand, sit, bend, kneel, squat, walk up and down curbs/staircase/escalators.. I hope these will go away by Sun otherwise I will not be able to move around on my dajie's big day!!

And thanks to chee wah that I know my running time. I'm quite.... Impressed as I expect it to be like 2hrs. So... The results is...1 h46m26s! Now to think of it, I'm feeling quite disappointed too as everyone seemed to fare better than me. Sigh.
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Today was my 10km StandChart run. I had only 4hours of rest and no breakfast to fill my hungry stomach. Took a peek on the running route from the guide that comes with the goodie bag and I gasp! I did not expect the route to stretch till Suntec and began to wonder whether can I really make it through the route in one piece.

No more thinking, the run started and we began our slow jog. I managed to jog all 2+km before my stamina gave up on me, right after the upward n downward slope.. I brisked walk all the way till 9km and jogged the remaining 10km. I wanted to jogged from 2km as my heart told me that I'm reaching the finishing line real soon!! However, that was also when I nearly experience a leg cramp. It felt horrible as the warning sign is there and its painful to continue forcing the leg to jog. :(

Now, I gotta wait patiently for the HR to email us our running results.. It happened fast but it ended pretty fast too. The weather was kind to us by being cloudy and sun shining bright when most of us are almost done.

What an experience to be running on the ECP as well as some of the roads without having to stop at traffic lights and with plenty of space to jog. Now, I'm so smelly and sticky but I can't forget the 10km feeling. A look on my smelly running top with my bib number still attached with the help of safety pins.. My running shoes with my ChampionChip... Sigh.

Just read the guide book again and I hope that I'd crossed the correct chip mat that wll record my timing. :/

1st pic - My Medal!
2nd pic - My Bib Number!!
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