Assalamualaikum, my fellow readers (sound a little like column writer in tabloids, isn't it? hahahah)

On semi-official note, I just finished the busiest weeks of my working year of 2006 (semi-official because there are still some paperworks in need to be touch-up and beautifies :( ). A really tough and stressful few weeks for everyone in the office, and that was not because of lack of planning or preparation. Rather, too many plans and too much attention on details on a very tight timeline had really hit us bad. Being an engineer through and through, everyone seems to look too much into the details even though there are very little possibility that all that are concerned would remotely happen at all. Techies-Paranoia of sort.

But, when U tie the success of a particular R&D process to the amount of appealing monitorial compensation for a person, somehow everyone seems motivated to squeeze that little extra attention into the success of such a process. Real life carrot-and-stick strategy, which might grandly works but almost backfired too. I really hope everything would be a success, and the works we did would turn out all fine, for I swear never to allow myself to endure such a crappy process again. Sleepless nights, skipped meals, prolonged headaches, even skipped movies, and I AM a big screen fans... It is a big NO, NO,.. even for a self-confessed workaholic like me. Nothing is worth more than my health and I shall never ever compromise that any more. This time, take it as my token of loyalty to a company I helped to prosper, but there should be no more re-occurrence of similar cycle of these crappy works in the future.

I missed my bed and pillows, I missed the peaceful lunch and dinner time where I could not be bother about work piles, and most of all, I missed the opportunity to spend time with my family, my friends and my love ones. It is rather unfair to push a person to focus every single life energy of his into his career, even though he really loves the job. Life is much more than just a career, and I am willing to get my life back on track, again. I know my bosses are reading this, but heck, I am always a very opinionated person and this is what my opinion is, regarding our 2-months plus tough ordeal. As much as I love to contribute to the company's success, I hate to state that this 10-weeks had been my worst working experience, and did too my colleagues. Boss, please plan properly, lah... 12 weeks per projects, is humanly possible, 10 weeks? Don't kill us softly, U could just shoot us each on the forehead.

Ok, enough of the rants, just need to get it out of the system :D

For those who are willing to be an engineer, manufacturing engineer to be precise, better prepare yourself for a similar torture. It might take a different angle and flavor, but carrot-and-stick is an industry standard, it just never been documented nor certified. Take it or leave it.

Have a great world-cup (and non-world-cup) weekend everyone.