Long long days...

I started on my first resolution for the yr... my photoshop class with cubix...In order for me to go to class, I spent 2 long days at work trying to clear all my work so that my strawberry at work does not need to bother me when I am in class... In case you are wondering what is my strawberry... it is a term used by the taiwanese to describe the young generation, typically born in the yr 1981 - 1991 who are good looking on the outside but fragile on the inside, just like a strawberry... my asst is one such person...

While she is somebody who cannot manage a lot of things on her plate, she is also somebody who tries to snatch more jobs from other ppl... she tried to take over my main role, she tried to see how I manage the budget behind my back...and the best of all, she tries to dictate what I give her to do... in order for her not to keep digging at what I am doing and yet let her have sufficient work to do while i am gone, i spent two long days at work... i started work at 7am and didn't go home till 11pm... and for somebody's sake, it's 6 cups of coffee/tea...

I took a long train ride to my class today... met cubix at the train station and while waiting for her, i started on my 1st cup of tea... class was fun and interactive.. i learned a whole lot... in fact, the instructor encouraged us to take the professional exam for Adobe Photoshop.. I'm tempted... but maybe I should leave it for apr when I come back from my Korea trip... the only thing which i didnt enjoy was the constant calls from office.. my strawberry cant handle the questions that my colleagues pose to her.. she dunno where to find the resources and my colleagues still come to me for advice on the system as well as consensus to the outside partners... sometimes it makes me wonder if it was me who did not train her well enough to make decisions or am i just a bad boss.... as much as i try to hand hold her, with less than a mth away from the event, it seems hard for me to hand hold her too much.. esp when she tries to push away my hand..

after class, while the world went back home, i was hounded by another lady whom i am taking a freelance job with... she know nothing abt facebook and i am trying to help her to manage her event facebook and her clients know nothing about it too and they try to make the changes on facebook that is impossible... it's a user problem i guess... as much as i try to explain patiently, she just dun get it... and now, at 2am in the morning, i'm still trying to resolve the nonsense she is giving me and the 1001 changes... i foresee more changes and more long nights... bah!

hopefully these long nights will pass soon!