Corporate Revolution
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Yup, it appears that i have not been updating regulary unlike the flurry of posts which i has during the first few weeks of work. It appears that everything is becoming routine, such that i even began to think of an apt depiction of life in the derivatives business, asa part-time. If someone askes me something like, "So whats the plan for work today?". The answer shall be, "The same as yesterday". Pretty simple. Pretty boring. Definately routine.
Ken, the Dutch/French who could potentially be my first foreign friend/lunch buddy, has left for greener pastures. He's sent to Hong Kong for 3 months and that means when he's back, i won't be around for good. We chatted after work and i remembered him asking me LOTS of questions which borders on the ones being personal to the ones being hilarious and crazy, for example name me the hottest 3 BABES in the FIRM. Sadly, i really can't think of any.
He joked that once i graduate, i shall sit in the Compliance Manager's chair. No thanks dude, having worked as a part timer in that department, i realized that reading through TONS of documents, coordinating with the various unco-operative departments and answering to MAS auditors directly, isn't exactly what i call an exciting job. I rather be in investment banking.
Another bad news, my compliance manager is leaving soon. This time, he got a better paying job(and hopefully, a more friendlier environment) at another firm. Fortunately, he's leaving after i am leaving and that leaves us ample time for lunching.
I really enjoy lunch with him. He offers great insights into the finance industry, the ideal career route one should pursue, what jobs to avoid if possible and of cos, studying studying and more studying.
One of the reason i hang out with him is because he takes me to places beyond raffles place. To be honest, there are many eateries at where i work but few good ones to lunch at. Furthermore, we sometimes overshot the 1hr for lunchbreak and coming back with a manager gives me more "legitimacy" as compared to coming back alone late.
I ate for the first time with the IT staff and he's Indian. We ate Indian food( I suggested cos i like Indian food) and thats where i got to know the 'other' perspective of the other staff.
for example, who dislikes who and all that.
Best of all, he treated him the whole lunch set.
As for the Client Support Officer, she's gone through a remarkable change: apart from the new haircut, she seems more polite and gracious nowadays. I don't know why. She thanks me for the work being done(which was very uncommon initially) and even does not scold or reprimand me for the various silly mistakes i made.
The stock market is unpredictable. So is life. And to better illustrate the point, i have the NS asking me back for a briefing tmr. Frak that!
