When I caught a glimpse of
the event proposal back in jan
"my whole world went collapsed"
20th-23rd Feb??
I have bought concert ticket
way back in Dec for
22nd feb, which is on a Saturday
Oh man
so I told Mag
kindly just give me your
account number and I shall
transfer the ticket fare to her
I am not going to turn up as promised
but she refused to
thinking that I should
just give it a try before giving up
I asked my senior colleagues and
they told me the same thing
So it set me thinking
should I take the risk of
booking the flight ticket and
submitting along with the leave application
so it would appear to be more credible
It's all or nothing
so let's say I do nothing
I lost the concert ticket and
looking all grumpy throughout the event
probability is 100%
Let's say I book a flight ticket and
attach it, along with the concert ticket
to the leave application
chances are 50% : 50%
I got the approval and fly my way or
landing on a bigger loss
Then after the press con last week
because I know if that thing
went on well
my chance is higher
and it did
I finally decided to
submit the application
moreover after that Pre-event function
I realized that
maybe I think too great of myself
so many fishes in the sea
what role do I have to play
even I have,
it is not something pivotal
I am just a seaweed which is
hidden at one corner
struggling to keep afloat
*i actually modify some lyrics
of a song to Illustrate this*
so one fine morning
I checked with the PA if
my boss is in good mood and
so there I went
it looked a bit bleak in the first place
because she asked
why didn’t I apply earlier
I told her I was trying hard to
sell the ticket but failed
so basically this is a last resort
"well.. Yes I didn't lie about this"
Then she said that
normally they won't allow
except in special case
Anyway..
she will bring this up to
the senior management because
she is not the one who can approve
after getting back to my desk
I was like
oh this is a gone case
she is the vice president of the group
i.e. the senior management
I refuse to believe that
patty little things like that
she has to bring it up to
the board meeting?
Arrgh
that's just her appeared to be
less nasty way of
rejecting the application
but oh come on
maybe it's a 50% 50% again
she just wanted to see my performance
for the week to come or
she just have to show that
you see.. Leave application is
not as easily as you imagine
so don't ever try it if
you don't have any life-death emergency
until two days ago, Tuesday?
she gave me back my application form
with a tick beside
the "Approved" column
Oh man..
Oh man...
Oh man...
Happy flyday!!!
No in fact it's a Saturday
I am still working half day on Saturday
and it's glad to think that
my boss is actually not that bad
after all
not that I thought she is
Assume the worst
prepare the best
that's my "crisis management"
motto these days
P.s.
I have even drafted a formal letter
which was badly written
thank goodness it wasn't even printed
it’s a déjà vu
I actually remembered this scene
from my dream
the other time it was vice versa
gangs flew over for concert
and I was like
how could it be possible that
I will do something as crazy as
flying to another city for concert