I seem to have been double-jinxed this week. But bad things come with good things too. So although I have experienced certain minor upheavals, good things happened to override the bad luck.
First, I went to work as usual on Wednesday morning. In the middle of the morning, my head suddenly felt heavy, and I felt sleepy. I did not think it was due to lack of sleep. When I went for lunch, I found that I had no appetite, and there were symptoms that my gastric was acting up again.
Then my boss took a look at me, and told me I looked really bad, and asked me to go see a doctor and go home and rest. When I went to see the doctor, he said I had a fever of more than thirty degree celsius! How in the world did I get a fever? There were no symptoms, and it was just a fever, no flu or anything.
So he gave me two days off, and I called my office to inform. My boss just said since I was covered just stay home and rest, no need to return to the office. Thus, I had been in bed for the past two days, and luckily I recovered on time, or else I would be lying on a hospital bed right now, undergoing tests for dengue.
The second thing was my previous boss called me regarding a case. I was too sick to talk to him, so I was not very receptive. Apparently, something went wrong with one of the cases and the client defaulted, so now the debt-collectors went to the lawyer's house.
He was agitated, and called me and asked me what I did for the case. In the first place, I honestly did not remember doing anything for that particular case, except that the client gave us an invalid address so all the letters to him were bounced back to the firm.
And anyway, I was too sick to really think properly. He must have taken my silence and non-response as a type of defiance, because I remembered him saying before he hanged up that if there were any damages incurred, I would expect a letter from the firm to sue me.
That got me worried, so I called the new girl the next morning, and told her the situation. She promised to check up for me. In the end, it turned out that it was my predecessor who did something to the case, as the printout was dated somewhere in April, and even the lawyer knew about it as his handwriting was all over the printout.
At least I will not get sued for nothing. Why blame me in the first place? My mum told me I should have just called him up and scolded him back for accusing me without any proof, but to me, as long as the issue is resolved, that is all that matters.
Since the mooncake festival is coming, my company gave every employee a gift - a box containing a mooncake (hopefully of my favourite plain lotus flavour!) and a box of tea. The box is no ordinary box; it was taken from the gallery (our retail arm specialising in spa, aromatherapy and nostalgic products) and the box has pictures of olden Singapore all over. It is a treasure indeed, especially to someone like me!
And since the gift is so special, I have even taken pictures as memories!
First, I went to work as usual on Wednesday morning. In the middle of the morning, my head suddenly felt heavy, and I felt sleepy. I did not think it was due to lack of sleep. When I went for lunch, I found that I had no appetite, and there were symptoms that my gastric was acting up again.
Then my boss took a look at me, and told me I looked really bad, and asked me to go see a doctor and go home and rest. When I went to see the doctor, he said I had a fever of more than thirty degree celsius! How in the world did I get a fever? There were no symptoms, and it was just a fever, no flu or anything.
So he gave me two days off, and I called my office to inform. My boss just said since I was covered just stay home and rest, no need to return to the office. Thus, I had been in bed for the past two days, and luckily I recovered on time, or else I would be lying on a hospital bed right now, undergoing tests for dengue.
The second thing was my previous boss called me regarding a case. I was too sick to talk to him, so I was not very receptive. Apparently, something went wrong with one of the cases and the client defaulted, so now the debt-collectors went to the lawyer's house.
He was agitated, and called me and asked me what I did for the case. In the first place, I honestly did not remember doing anything for that particular case, except that the client gave us an invalid address so all the letters to him were bounced back to the firm.
And anyway, I was too sick to really think properly. He must have taken my silence and non-response as a type of defiance, because I remembered him saying before he hanged up that if there were any damages incurred, I would expect a letter from the firm to sue me.
That got me worried, so I called the new girl the next morning, and told her the situation. She promised to check up for me. In the end, it turned out that it was my predecessor who did something to the case, as the printout was dated somewhere in April, and even the lawyer knew about it as his handwriting was all over the printout.
At least I will not get sued for nothing. Why blame me in the first place? My mum told me I should have just called him up and scolded him back for accusing me without any proof, but to me, as long as the issue is resolved, that is all that matters.
Since the mooncake festival is coming, my company gave every employee a gift - a box containing a mooncake (hopefully of my favourite plain lotus flavour!) and a box of tea. The box is no ordinary box; it was taken from the gallery (our retail arm specialising in spa, aromatherapy and nostalgic products) and the box has pictures of olden Singapore all over. It is a treasure indeed, especially to someone like me!
And since the gift is so special, I have even taken pictures as memories!
The front view of the box - images of the Singapore River in olden days
The side view where the handle and clasp is
The contents of the box - a mooncake and a tea box(together with a small greeting card)
Close-up of the mooncake and tea box
The tea box (close up) - a view of the old Fullerton Building
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