Connected to the "Outside World

Yipee yayee!!! We have been recently been granted external email acess for out email accounts :)))) Still remembering feeling v "uneasy" when I first started working as my email had no external access and we can't access external websites either; oh well we still can't but at least I don't feel so "alienated" from the outside world, being able to only check mails when I am home and then waiting 1 whole day for the reply. Now I can answer in REAL time :)

Also had a yummylicious dinner @ Tao Restaurant w Stella & ZH juz now. The food was q unique and tasty... rather worth the price. As usual, we had a great time catching up, chit chatting and got me got pressies too! :) Thanks guys!!! And not to mention the karaoke session w the PA pp e other day, didn't really get to talk a lot, but yet in a way, having the company was somehow enough. If only wish we could all meet more often but more often than not, schedules don't meet and then we take it for granted that there's always another day to meet up. (yes, I am 1 of the guilty ones...) Or that there's always email, msn, and even now, blogging to keep ourselves updated on each other's life... but somehow feel that a face to face meet up is still the best coz it is difficult to anticipate's one's feelings over these channels... don't ya thnk?

Slow Morning

It's gota be 1 of the MOST boring Sat mornings in office for me today!! and almost every Sat, my boss would comment that our branch should be close which I totally agree!! Other than the fact that I can sleep in late and laze around in the house, there are hardly any people on Sat, safe the employees of the establishments in the building. Just wondering if the few transactions we did justify for our pay, the utility bill and all other expenses??
Actually it has been a really slow week... partly due to the IMF I guess; road closures making our branch somewhat inaccessible (yipee yayee) so almost everyday, we balance by 5 and can happily leave the office by 530... how's that??? (now u all can understand why I say I am sooo comfy in this job hee) This morning, when we came to work, we noticed that the surrounding side roads have all been closed off, and then sometime later, the portion of North Bridge Road just in front of my office was closed off too... No wonder there weren't many pp coming in!!! I was trying so hard to keep myself occupied the whole day and it was TOUGH!!! didnt wana spend the time reading process maps, yet didnt wana seem to free to my boss :P Tellers didnt have much transactions so there weren't many vouchers to check either... so went to pester them to close early and return money early so that can try to aim for record breaking time home haha!! And they were really sooo cooperative that I, as cash officer balanced before they did!!!! Only thing is 人算不如天算，1 of my tellers didn't balance so we could only leave @ 130. BAH!!!

Appraisal Time

*Gasp* gota pass up my appraisal by next Mon... has it been soooooooooo fast already??? Was just given the KPIs by my boss 2 days ago and gota hand it to her on Mon... thankfully, there weren't a lot of KPIs but i found it difficult to phrase my own appraisal. Truely miss the good old PA days where we just copied from each other or rather where 1 person did for the rest of us haha! :P Unlike in PA too, I don't think I will get an exceptionally good Evaluation coz there are already certain areas where we fall below the KPI and I am not a very conscientious worker either *sheepish look*

During this time, it always makes me wonder how effective are the yearly appraisals. To me, it is like a "for show" kinda thing, where you try to "promote" yourself; or rather don't make yourself to be a bad worker. Thing is that the KPIs are given to us at the same time of the appraisal (actually they are the same every year but still!!! I only just received mine!!) so how do we measure ourself and take note of the things we shd be looking out for??? To me, I also feel that upper management already has in mind who are the people they wish to promote, so why bother with this kinda self-promotion?? Although supervisors are supposed to meet with the staff after their appraisal, it has never been done in PA... but I heard UOB is different, they do talk to you about it. But then again I don't like these kinda stuff haha!! Heard that I would have to evaluate some of my counter staff too... definitely NOT looking forward to it...

Received the news after my block leave that the new branch @ Raffles City would be opening soon and my Cash Officer would be going over. SOBBIE SOBBIE!!! I really really like her... I thnk that she is THE nicest person in the branch; she doesn't raise her temper and is ever so helpful even if she is soooo v busy... which is what I can't say about some other pp heh heh. I have learnt a lot from her and chatting with her; like recently over SI haha. In the morning she never fails to greet with a cheerful Good Morning and end the day with a "See You..." Sometimes I feel guilty coz she has many things to do and when I try to help her (coz our duties overlap) to clear some, she will quickly wana take over and do herself instead. But I feel bad to just leave like that mah... I am sure gona miss her a lot... and hopefully the new cash officer that comes in will be just as nice. I always have this impression that all Cash Officers are motherly and nice coz the Cash Officer @ King George was also suuuuuper suuuuuper nice too!!! And I do hope there is a replacement coz if I am tasked to be the permanent Cash Officer... i will QUIT straight away!!