PLAYing Catchups...
Finally i had Lunch with Angie.. Boy, she must be so busy lately cos we kept changing the appointments.. Toying with a few dates and guess today is the "auspicious" date for Luncheons... I was late for almost 30 mins.. had to settle with something fast and quicky.. so we decided to try Vientai Kitchen @ Great World City...
Supposely this "open-roof concept" eatery serves up a mixture of Vietnamese and Thai cuisine.
The cafe/eatry appeared to be quite cozy.. a condusive environment for your buddy luncheon catchup, especially in this glass enclosure with the light wood interior setting...
We did not go through the menu much cos our eyes caught a set Lunch offer of $9.60++. You can a choice of noodle or rice dishes + 1 sampler + 1 drink.. Not bad a deal we thought, plus Angie had to be back at office by 2pm cos there's a budgeting meeting.. Therefore we only have under 50 minutes to feed our tummy... we ordered our familiar favourites which was beef soup noodles.+ sampler spring rolls and Mango salad for side, not forgetting the ice-tea to wash it down... Plus the pictures on the menu looked pretty appetizing..
Guess it was mad lunch hour.. we did not really get our food quick.. items was served in individual instead as a set, we kinda have to rush through the meal...
The quintessential Pho Bo - beef noodles, served piping hot beef broth with the rare beef slices on thin rice noodles.. Very high expectation for this dish cos the bare minimum for a Viet restuarant is to serve good Pho.. No good Pho, u can forget abt the rest of the dishes...The beef noodles was just as normal and quite bland, guess the soup stock is not well done.... as usual for me... needed lots of chilli padi to "favour" it.. perhaps i should have tried the Tom Yam noodle soup which i was eyeing.. The spring Roll was very small and pathetic.. mango salad was appetizing though....
The consolation was that the food comes in generous portions.. Now i can feel a burch at my tummy.. seems like i need a tummy tuck... It was a little satifying meal overall and for a meal under $12 per head.. think it is still reasonable..
Within the 1 hour lunch, We kept each other posted abt the happenings in our lives.. things has been the same since i left.. ex-boss has been secretly adding more of "her friends" into her list of "business contacts" or "contracts".. something that i have been observing since last year.. basically she finds that they are suppliers that she can bull-doze and get the job done.. Well, quality of work was not exactly good lah.. all they did was just deliver within deadline and charge skyhigh prices... anyway.. it's not my problem anymore so i wish my "ex-company" gd luck lor..
Zoey's contract ending soon next month so ex-boss recommended her to work in Ambxxxxx... lucky she still have heart lah.. never ditched the small girl and leave her jobless.. They did a handover yesterday on the roadshow stuff to sales.. Not surprising.. and for obvious reasons, key account team had violently disagreed to take on the responsibility.. i can understand that cos when i was managing it.. it has never been easy and there has been lots of bad end work to be done... Key account team knew how extensive the work.. who wants to do this dirty job??.. only a sucker like me and Zoey will do it.. Only who think that it's easy?? everyone else except Marketing lor... And the GM is still so oblivious abt this.. hahahaaa... Now the sales team know how important i am liao right??? Enough for me lah.. Thank god i'm out of it...
Sales force is the same, they filled in Cindy's position and they finally got a lady recently to fill in mine.. Looks like they REALLY need someone that is VERY EXPERIENCED.... so they took sometime to get my replacement... i guess my position call for a guy to do it.. apparently my ex-boss choose the lady candidate.... Angie had seen her and thought she's quite okay.. Mayb my boss can't control "her man" well so she needed to get a more submissive character to manage...i wonder if she's one of my ex-boss "contacts" again?? ahhahaa
As for Angie, she is just going through the motion @ work.. nothing is exciting though.. Spoke to her about my job hunt.. there has been a lot of jobs available now and they need people that has experiences and expertise like Angie.. i tried to talk her out of her usual work regime and look out of "her cubicle", she seemed restless about getting another job.. i just thought she could have a brighter future out there instead of her current comfort zone.. at least her pay scheme will substantial increase.. With her caliber, she can easily command a better compensation scheme and a better learning experience than now.. she's at the end of her learning curve and unless she gets a new boss, she is not going to learn anything from her current boss.. and she agreed with me.. My Ex-Ex-boss was a fantastic mentor.. she has motivated me so much and both angie & i cannot agree more than we had so much of learning examples from my Ex-Ex-boss.. I was sad that she move on to a regional role but i always console myself that it is for her best interest and since this is a good opportunity for her.. y not?
I remembered she actually interviewed me abt how i feel if she were to move to another role and leave the current team.. i told her that i'm certainly happy for her and i don't think she owes anyone a living if she moves away from the team.. in fact it's good exposure for her and i think no one should dictates how you want your career path to be... especially not from ur subordinates...I guess she was more worried that we all will leave the company soon after she move up but i told her then that so far the environment has been quite condusive and managable.... i don't no intentions to move out, unless i get a Sh*tty boss... True enough my prayers was heard....
Anyway, i was hoping my encouragement has some effects and that she will really start thinking wat she want to do to her career now and looking out.. To be frank, if we both applied for a similar job portfolio, she will certainly be a better candidate than me... and if she gets the job instead of me... i will be truly happy for her and will really congrats her from the bottom of my heart... She is such a sweetheart since the day i know her and she really helped me a lot in my work.. so much to learn from her especially her level-headedness.. and her calm nature.. as opposed to me quick tempered nature and erratic mood swings... i have tried to mellow my out-spokenness nowadays... guess being a "home-maker" has changed the way i see things... hahahaha..
-- Spiritous Gal -- Jun.29.07
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