Saturday, November 3, 2007
Sayonara to Taiji Master
I blogged sometime in May this year about Taiji Master at work. Let's just call him Master Sala.
Sala bade farewell to the company on 30 Oct. Strangely, I felt a tinge of sadness as we took pictures with him on the last day. He had not been an easy person to work with. Initially he arrived with his Jap male ego and most probably saw local staff as second to the Jap researchers. He tried to control our work and even thought of himself as my boss. Nope, he's not my boss, just the project leader. I report to Dr M. Throughout his two-year stint in Singapore, I believed he was humbled a lot.
I couldn't tell his true character. He gave me alot of support during the most trying moments of my PLR life in Sep 2006. He asked me to take care of my baby. She is of utmost priority, above work. I am her only mother in this world, while the company still had other staff to help shoulder load of the project.
However, he was also like a stubborn bull who would rush headon into experiments without considering other factors. Suggestions fell on deaf ears. We had a lot of misgivings about his project, yet he insisted on going ahead. The company spent quite a substantial amount to fund his work. All his time, efforts and company's $$ went to the drain.
It came to a point when I was nonchalant - tired of fighting fires. 'Whatever!' Just show up at work, grit my teeth for that 8 hours or so, then go back to my little one.
There's a softer side to Sala. He was quite emotional when we took group pictures with him. Even when we presented the team's farewell gift to him, he excused himself for a while to retreat into a small room and recomposed himself before coming out to thank us.
When Sala first came to PLR, the general opinion was that he was the bad guy who didn't know his place and my boss was the good guy. Now that Sala had left, I am still unsure about who's good and who's bad. It doesn't matter, I guess. All of us has many facades and everyone has their own agenda.
However, Sala gave me a new perspective to the way I view my boss. For that I thank him.
Sala bade farewell to the company on 30 Oct. Strangely, I felt a tinge of sadness as we took pictures with him on the last day. He had not been an easy person to work with. Initially he arrived with his Jap male ego and most probably saw local staff as second to the Jap researchers. He tried to control our work and even thought of himself as my boss. Nope, he's not my boss, just the project leader. I report to Dr M. Throughout his two-year stint in Singapore, I believed he was humbled a lot.
I couldn't tell his true character. He gave me alot of support during the most trying moments of my PLR life in Sep 2006. He asked me to take care of my baby. She is of utmost priority, above work. I am her only mother in this world, while the company still had other staff to help shoulder load of the project.
However, he was also like a stubborn bull who would rush headon into experiments without considering other factors. Suggestions fell on deaf ears. We had a lot of misgivings about his project, yet he insisted on going ahead. The company spent quite a substantial amount to fund his work. All his time, efforts and company's $$ went to the drain.
It came to a point when I was nonchalant - tired of fighting fires. 'Whatever!' Just show up at work, grit my teeth for that 8 hours or so, then go back to my little one.
There's a softer side to Sala. He was quite emotional when we took group pictures with him. Even when we presented the team's farewell gift to him, he excused himself for a while to retreat into a small room and recomposed himself before coming out to thank us.
When Sala first came to PLR, the general opinion was that he was the bad guy who didn't know his place and my boss was the good guy. Now that Sala had left, I am still unsure about who's good and who's bad. It doesn't matter, I guess. All of us has many facades and everyone has their own agenda.
However, Sala gave me a new perspective to the way I view my boss. For that I thank him.
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