"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat" - Napolean Hill
Bad day bad day. Dont feel any better, tho I keep on telling myself that "ITS A BAD DAY!" its not helping.
As mentioned, I was on a work trip to Ipoh and Penang since yesterday. So yesterday was at Iph and event ends at bout 7pm. So the next day schedule starts at onli 3pm. So I was like, since there is plenty of time, I tho for a moment, why not I stay one nite at Ipoh spend some time with Yan and Lee Yong. After a few thought, I was like - OKLAH, I take bus to Penang tml on my own. Planned to meet them at Auto City, so I bought my tix to make a stop at Butterworth and take a cabbie there to Auto City.
So I enjoyed myself so much that nite in Iph, hardly hang out with Yan and met up with Mei Yoke too.
At bout 9.45pm, received a miss call from my BOSS. Blahdy hell, I thought....ummm, something muz be wrong jor. He must be mad cos I did not follow them to Penang tat nite and went on my own, and bravely make my own decision to meet them at Auto City the next day.
I wanted to call him bc, but BATTERY WENT FLAT pulak. Bad day or what!!!!
So then, thinking not much can be done about it, since I am at Iph and the rest of the ppl alredi in Penang.
Ok, lemme just skip the part when I felt teriibly horrified went I have no idea where Butterworth and Auto City is.
So then, I took a cabbie and reached Auto City and saw the SIC trucks were there. RELIEVEDat last!!!
I saw John (the event organiser). RELIEVED AGAIN
BUT DEPRESSION JUST STARTED TO HAPPEN
He said "What happen to you....??"
Joe "MY BATTERY WENT FLAT. Cant on it, and I cant remember anyone's number"
Then he made a call to my boss and pass it to me, he said "Alan was looking for you"
I GULPED
"JOANNE ONG, I AM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH YOU!!!!!!!" (he's mad, I can tell)
I was thinking OPPPPPPPSSSSS I'm in deep shit now. Deep deep shit definitely. So he started to ummm, not to say schold cos he din yell at me lah. He was dissapointed. Ok, so he was saying :
"I did not send you to visit your relatives. Where were you?"
Joe answered "I was at Ipoh... (sked)"
"Do you know there is a briefing this morning?????? You were not there. I am so dissapointed. How if there is something wrong and you were not there!! What time did you reach Penang? Who say u can go on your own. Why din u call and ask me first!!!.........and so on and so on!"
JOE KEEP QUIET!!!! "Sorry Sorry Sorry...I have checked the schedule and things are suppose to starts at 3pm. So I thought......."
BOSS "You thought what....." You can imagine how the line goes then.
SIGHHHHHHH!!
My explaination (and I dun think anyone will accept my explaination) 1. I have checked schedule with client and John. Event is to starts at 3pm at Auto City. 2. Client did told me that there will be a media briefing but she had already briefed me in Iph and the thing is that it has nuttin much to do with media planning. Its out of my job scope.
I know, maybe I am really irresponsible. Too simple minded. I did not know that the brief will be like so important. But my boss exagerate a bit kwa. Cos when client sees he, she also din say anything about it.
But I was wrong. I felt teribly bad now. Feeling really really bad.
Lesson learn : Work trip is meant for work. Its not FUN ok. Most of the time, I need to ponder and think "what the heck should I do except taking pictures and make sure that the roadshow did jalan smoothly"
Haih, I think my boss will wanna KILL me when I'm back. Or maybe worst still lost trust in me, hor?
And if he nags me again, what should I do????
Answer him "ENUFF LAH, WRONG IS WRONG. So what u wanna do now??? KILL me!?"
SIGH...haha but obviously I will not do that...all I will say is "SORRY lah boss. No more next time (repeat and repeat till he sien lor, rite?)
Regret, totally regret. Made a wrong decision.
At one point I was thinking "Maybe i should resign!!!"