Parodies at Work Part 271,197,083

The week before last was pretty insane. For your easy-viewing pleasure, let me break it down for you:-

Monday
Had a meeting in the morning to discuss our presentation on Wednesday. I'm assisting my Executive Director and we were in a competition with other teams to do a project for JTC. It involves building 15 empty factories, which is currently very much in demand by lots of companies.

In the afternoon, my boss called me and our conversation went somewhat like this:

Boss: How are you doing with your projects arh? Think you can handle one more?

Me: *mutters* Erm... Yeah, i think so.

Boss: I have a project with SPH. But the meeting time keeps clashing with my other meeting times. ISO says that i need a back-up in cases like this. So i need you to cover for me, just in case. You tomorrow morning free?

Me: *searches through my planner* Yeah, i'm free.

Boss: Ok. The meetings are usually on Tuesday mornings. So tomorrow you follow me to the meeting for the SPH project.


Tuesday
Before the meeting, the phone rang at the reception counter. Since our girls were busy and no one was around to take the call, i answered it:

Other person on the line: Hi, i'm calling from the Singapore Autism School. I'm preparing the Letter of Appointment for your company. Would you like to collect it personally? Or you want us to post it to you?

Me: *stumped momentarily* Erm... I'll check with my Boss and let you know. Can i have your name and contact number please?

Right after, our reception girl appeared and i told her about the phone call. She nods and said that she'll ask Boss. Right on cue, Boss emerges from his office and our reception girl informs him immediately:

Reception Girl: Boss. The Singapore Autism School called and asked if they should post the Letter of Appointment or we go collect it personally.

Boss: *Frowning at the offending piece of paper with the name and contact of the person* We have a project with them meh?

Reception Girl: Yes. A long time ago. We applied for it via the internet.

Boss: *still staring at the offending piece of paper, knowing that we have too many projects to handle* Wah liao...

At 10.30am, i followed Boss to the meeting for our SPH project. As it was my first meeting and i had no prior knowledge of what was going on, i tried as best as i could to understand the on-goings. The meeting only finished at 1.00pm, with Boss and I walking around the site.
At 2.30pm, i had another meeting for a condominium project. Since i had a late lunch, i arrived late naturally.
At 4.00pm, i headed off for another meeting at MOE. Only arrived home at about 8pm.


Wednesday
Went for the presentation to JTC and EDB in the morning. Sat right through the entire project without uttering a word. The 'main actors' were the Architect and the Developer/Contractor. As M&E Engineers, we were probably the least important of the consultants team.

When people see a building, they observe how it looks *cue the Architect*. The building has to be safe and not collapse *cue the Structural Engineer*. The project must be on budget *cue the Quantity Surveyor*. As long as the air-conditioning works fine, the electrical switchboard doesn't trip, people don't really care about us M&E Engineers.

After the presentation, as i stepped wearily into the office, my reception girl tells me, "Eh. The Singapore Autism School will be under you hor. Boss say one"


Thursday
My Executive Director told me that the Architect for the JTC project has just called him. Through various contacts, she has heard that we have gotten the project aka won the competition. In other words, he will guide me along but i will be doing most of the work.

So.

In a nutshell, in a space of one week, i am saddled with three new projects: SPH, JTC's 15 new factories and the Singapore Autism School. How brilliant is that. (-.-)

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Last week, one of our engineers (the Indonesian one >.<) had to fly back to his homeland because his grandmother had died. He will only be back next week.

Daniel's leg has been giving him grief lately. Each time he walks, pain lances through his right leg. He has even seen a chinese physician, but to no avail. He's gonna see a proper doctor tomorrow afternoon.

So if he takes MC, which is highly likely, that means that I'm the only engineer left to handle any problems that may arise from my colleagues' projects.

And i'm starting to feel the symptoms of flu coming onto me: Blocked Nose, Slight Cough, Scratchy Throat, Head Feels Like Its Been Stuffed With Wool. You know the rest.

This is going to the longest week ever. (-.-)