A very personal blog

Author: Yan

  • Oof

    I don’t know if a lozenge counts as a candy but my favorite one is Fisherman’s Friend Original. Something’s wrong with my automation. There’s a missing step we forgot to put in the stored procedure that made the automation incomplete. And it’s already in production for what, two months now? T_T Oh my gosh. I…

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  • Today

    Today

    It’s already Feb! Can’t wait til March to be honest. It’s when I get to have my compensation discussion with my manager. See how much salary increase I’ll be getting (if any), how much of my target bonus I reached (if any), and how much extra bonus I’ll be getting (if any). Lol. Hopefully it’s…

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  • Friday’s Happy Things

    Friday’s Happy Things

    Know that this is very hard to do for me to do right now because I’ve been feeling largely uncertain about my job position. But let’s try… ✱ I got my Bodum tumbler back! When I went back for it I didn’t bother checking at Watsons because I was so sure I left it at…

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  • Today: you lose some, you gain some

    Today: you lose some, you gain some

    Today I lost my favorite tumbler huhu. My off-white Bodum travel press that’s been with me for almost 3 years now! I’m sure I left it somewhere in Shang when I went to rehab earlier. I already called lost and found and Rustan’s department store but they couldn’t find it or no one has surrendered…

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  • Today: #ProjectKorra, swimming, and feeling lost at work

    Today: #ProjectKorra, swimming, and feeling lost at work

    It’s the third day of the week and as usual, nothing productive going on at work. I was gonna fix the transition item I’m gonna turn over to Jay this week, but I got really lazy like I have zero motivation to work. My skills are gonna rust big time this way and if they…

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  • Reorg

    Company went into another reorg which basically cut my load in half but also put me in a weird place in terms of reporting structure because I’m gonna be more alone now. It used to be Jay and I in automation. We were both hired under Software Support Team. But we don’t do support work…

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