员工的心态

今天我心情低潮，痘痘跟月姐又齐齐缠上身了 > o <

其实我心情低潮，跟我女人病无关，而是最近人事部的事让我伤尽了脑筋。

我有时候在想，有些员工到底是抱着什么心态来上班的？是懒人心态？

爱理不理的心态？半途而废的心态？跟老板作对的心态？还是专门来生是非的心态呢？

我习惯了行动前会观察员工的言行举齿，适当的时候自然会请员工喝咖啡。

喝咖啡之前我想先了解，该员工是为了什么事而对公司抱着那么负面的心机？

我可以用员工的角度去了解，低工资和工作量一般都是让员工心态转变的原因。这两点我是可以明白的。可是，要是这两方面都不是问题的话，那请你告诉我，到底公司在那一方面是满足不了你的吗？

我想，像这种非工资及非压力的人事问题，我大概也有点头绪。

我发现现在的员工，跟我们旧时候的员工思想有很大的不同。

以前的我们会担心会害怕在外面找不到工作，所以一旦找到一份工资不错又安稳的工作就会特别珍惜，就算OT加班都任劳任怨，我们的父母就是人版。可是现在的年轻人的工作态度则是妙得很 － 看心情，缺乏斗志，CASUAL BUSINESS。

我今早起床喉咙觉得有点痛，就向公司索病假算了。

为什么会用‘索’这个字呢？因为我一直相信，一个好的员工就算再病也会尝试来上班，就算不上班也会把分内事务交代给其他员工，从来不会要主任或老板替他操心。我自己也曾经是人家的员工，所以我可以了解打工仔的心态。记得过去打工的五年里，我一共只请了三天病假，其中两天是因为一天去开刀拔智慧牙，另一天是为了不想针线爆开而留在家修养，下一天肿着脸就上班去了。我并非要求每一个员工向我看齐，但是我是觉得常常请病假的年轻人，就算不为了公司，也不为了替你收拾烂摊子的可怜同事们，那你也总该考虑一下自己的声誉吧？这个样子，你叫你公司以后怎样给你写好推荐书呢？

另一点，澳洲人的三大妙点，（一）很会为了个人利益而滥用个人权利，（二）对同事没有半点手足同情的态度，（三）要求大家平起平坐 WE ARE EQUAL 的态度，需要很大的改正。因为这三点，公司的是非特别多。曾经有个员工跟我要求公司上下全体平起平坐，她要是沦落到要洗厕所，主任也要以身作则。后来，我严肃地问该员工，明不明白什么是 HIERARCHY？不明白的话，回家多念几篇历史书就会明白了。因为 HIERARCHY 政治自五千年前就已经实行了，相信公司没有必要因为个人的观点而有改换政策的需要。

虽然如此，我身边然而有不少很出色的员工，让我安慰万分。

我不乞求每一个员工可以同样做到那么出色，不过基本的工作道德是一定要有的。

为公司又好，为同事又好，为自己的声誉，自己的面子，自己的CV，自己的将来又好，你是不是应该尊重一下自己的工作道德呢？

放心，今天我没有请人喝咖啡，反而是麻烦了AOKI 桑请我吃日本甜点，让我开心一下。

我跟师傅开玩笑，问他这个月停止了LUNCH MENU，会不会多了很多时间打高尔夫球呢？

他居然跟我说，公司的这个决定不太好，因为他习惯了中午时间就来这里准备晚餐的食材了。这一句让我听了十分有意思，为什么有些人可以那么敬业，有些人却不能呢？

今晚，感谢AOKI桑。

Xmas Party 2012 (Part II)

<< Happy New Year Bloggers! >>

This is my second post of the day. I am hardly this dedicated ^__^

Do you know? 

Since many weeks ago, I was already thinking about what to wear to the xmas party...

mainly because that will help determine how much weight I need to lose before that evening...

Initially I was sort of leaning towards a pair of dainty pink dress like this.

Because not only does it look cute but it may also make me look less chubby.

But on the other hand I am also afraid that I might look a little childish for the event?

A sequin black dress can be sexy but it might be a bit too hot for a summer evening?

 Cheongsam is sophisticated yet elegant!
But that would mean I need to shed even more weight before the party!

I know it is kind of hard too choose which dress to wear...
After all they are all very different dresses catering for very different occasions...

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This is what I wore to the party last year...
A very simple but nice black cocktail dress...
But I am hoping that I won't have to wear the same dress again this year =)

Anyway..... 

 It was a scorching hot 42℃ on the day we were supposed to have our xmas party.
We thought it might be over 100 guests attending but only half the number turned up that night.
There were more than enough entertainments such as DJ, dance floor and a bar to serve drinks.
There were, of course, plenty of pretty girls and handsome boys on the evening too...
But a lot of them were too drunk even before the party started *sigh*

Unfortunately, only one person brought along camera.
 So I have only a handful of pictures to share this time ^^

These three women in the picture are like second mothers to me at work~

This is a picture of me with my very gentleman Pharmacist colleague + half of my face got smudged away by someone's fingerprint!

And yeah! In the end I decided to wear cheongsam to the party. So did you guess it right?

其实很久没穿旗袍了，当晚因为害怕会隆起小肚腩，所以都不敢吃太多～

Some pictures of my precious juniors and their partners...

They are all aged between 16-19 but look so grown up without their school uniforms!
Most of them are much much taller than me and have better figures than me too! How unfair~

这些孩子都是我的学生，国家的未来栋梁～

Young man on the left is our third year Pharmacy student.

And next to him is my best friend Adrian the Oppa Gangnam style!

That evening wasn't just all about chit chatting, drinking and dancing.

We had secret santa in between but everyone was too busy reaping off the presents!

 So no one had actually taken any picture of the major highlight of that evening.

Here comes more pictures from the iPhone!

Don't we all look like vampires with red eyes?

And some silly pictures taken at the photo booth...

I haven't played this for a long time since I left the high school!

I have always wanted to explore a bit of crazy fun at the photo booth~

It was a very fun night but because Alex did not come along, so in the end I decided to take off early to accompany my darling man for the rest of my evening =)

It is amazing how the year has gone by so quickly...

2012 is gone already yet I still have so many things I wish I could have accomplished last year.

Let's hope 2013 will be an even better year for everyone.

Thanks for reading and with lots of love - happy new year to you again!

喜欢圣诞节的原因，不是因为期待会下雪，也不是因为期待有礼物收，

而是因为这一天让我感觉特别安稳、特别满足。

希望你亦会是如此，祝你2013幸福快乐。

Humble Gifts

I think I have been very lucky. I have been blessed with:

A lifetime profession which allows me to provide and help others endlessly.

A profession which allows me to achieve ultimate peace and serenity at the end of my lifetime.

I stumbled upon a young lady who was so depressed and on the verge of quitting her life but today she returned to thank me for my tiny little - almost worthless words of support and encouragement that has made a major turning point in her life. I gasped in surprise. 

It led me to believe - that money may not necessarily be the best return from your hard work.

A word of thanks is the humblest gift from the patients. And that is all we need.

We see many patients from all sorts of backgrounds everyday. Some as young as a a few days old.

Some are very elderly and in need of palliative care. Some come in for a tiny piece of reassurance.

Some come in purely as a time-waster. Some come in for a real emergency attention. Which ever case it is, I am proud to be able to help. I am sure Alex feels the same way too.

Some patients may earn only peanuts and live on very little savings.
These five freshly laid eggs from yesterday are "generous" gifts from one of Alex's patients.

Two of my patients have their own orchids and they made me mulberry pie from their fresh produce.

I have never tasted such a beautiful pie in a long while. And mulberry is really rare and expensive too.

Sometimes patients also make me sushi and handmade radish cake for lunch. It was very thoughtful of them but often I have to kindly refuse the generous offer as it compromises my work ethics.

My job requires a lot of commitment yet it may be the most rewarding job in my lifetime.

There are so many individual story and situation I have dealt with in the past four years. From small to big, they all have been very meaningful to me. Just imagine how wonderful it is to see a healthy toddler who had been failed to thrive for almost two years but has now returned to give you a cuddle and hi-5 as a mean of saying thank you. The feeling is incredible and magical.

I have learnt so much from them and I hope I can continue to learn.

Take pride in your job.
Keep working hard.
Live life to the fullest ^__^

Flowers again!

It means a lot to me when I receive flowers from the patients and my staff...

It may just be an ordinary bouquet from the flower shop... but these people have gone completely out of their way to make me smile and feel appreciated. I must be very lucky to deserve this... 

Thank you all very much ♥

This is why I ♥ my job so much!

Thank you for Thanking!

My retail manager has wanted a baby for a long time...

Thank you for thanking me.

I think I will miss you at work...

I am glad you have got what you want to be happy ^_^

Congratulation Lib!

Flowers from the retiring couple

Mr and Mrs M came by yesterday with a bouquet of flowers.

They are retiring in a few months time and thinking of moving to Gold Coast for good.

Mrs M generously handed me the flowers and gave me a big cuddle before she left.

It makes me happy to know that my patients have had wonderful service and experience under my care.

It is also nice to know that I have been silently missed and appreciated by my patients.

I love lilies but never thought that they will pair well with the cockscomb before.

Aren't they beautiful? 

I ♥ my job!

I got my first job as a kindergarten teacher when I was 19 just after completing my A-level.

I like to work with kids and I think they are the most beautiful creatures on earth.

When I received a letter of acceptance from the Pharmacy school, reluctantly I resigned from my teaching position.

Instead I signed up on a three-month contract with a Pharmacy before the first fall semester began.

So these were my duties at the Pharmacy:

☼ Morning - clean the toilet and mop the floor

☼ Mid morning - serve customers and dust the shelves

☀ Afternoon - prepare cream and cough mixture

☀ Evening - mark off, unpack and put away stocks

Yes... Sounds like a great deal of hard work for very little money!

(and felt like I had joined the cleaning company instead!)

Daunting and disgusting. Customers and drug reps were just as rude and demanding.

If you ask me before today: Is Pharmacist what I really want to be?

I guess it might be a bit late to say no now (^_^)

I am in my fifth year of practising now!

(my original ambition had a lot to do with art, cartoon and interior designing)

One great thing about my career is to be able to help people regaining smiles on their faces.

I like to learn from the patients (they often know more than you do) and in return, I share my little piece of knowledge with them. These things that I am doing each day just feel so meaningful to me.

Today I am counting my blessings. Reluctant to believe, my first Pharmacy experience has taught me so much as to treat my customers better and to create a supportive environment for my staff members.

Now you ask me if I still love my job?

Yes... immensely ♥♥♥ !!!

Sharing a plate of sushi

This well spoken lady whom I met at my workplace a month ago seems quite approachable and friendly to me. Today she brought in some homemade sushi for me to share with Alex. I think it is very nice of her to think about me (and my better half) when it comes to sharing nice food. I seriously appreciate that.

Thinking about it, I wouldn't have met this lady if not because of the rush decision I made one night to stay back to help with the Christmas fragrance sale. Life is full of surprises. 

Pardon me for such poor quality of the pictures.

End of Year Party

End of year party always brings joy to my working life.

It is once in a year staff receive abundant recognition and rewards.

It is also once in a year every staff gets to dress up nicely outside the company uniform.

For the past two years, I have been feeling very grateful to be crowned the Employee of the year and because of this I have received many amazing gifts from the company e.g. coffee machine, porcelain dish and vase. Thanks to the boss and the beloved bunch of staff members who have helped me at some point of my career path. My fiance Alex is very proud of my achievement ^_^

This year is the first year I attended the staff party without Alex.

I chose a simple but effective black dress for the occasion. 

I didn't think that there would be so many people attending the evening.

With two stores combined, the number of heads totals up to 70 people.

Food wasn't too fancy but the function room was great.

That evening I saw many pretty boys and girls from different age groups.

I didn't bring the camera with me but there were enough flashes from other cameras on that evening.

This is a picture of me with my dispense assistant, Debbie. She is an adorable mother of two grown ups.

Next on scene is the gorgeous trio - Helen, Glynis and Leanne.

They have been so lovely and supportive since my first day of work.

I wouldn't have come this far without them.

Jaime, Margaret and Wanda are part of the amazing team. I work closely with them.

Of course there were also 25 other staff members not in the picture but seriously need to be thanked to. My working life can't be anymore wonderful than this without them.

Pink this October

Pink this October for Pink Ribbon Day.
Today we teamed up to wear pink to show our endless support to those affected by breast cancer and to raise awareness about early detection of breast cancer among women across the whole Australia.

Today is the first day of our ecstatically wondrous Pink Ribbon week.
It feels good to be part of the pinky team...

We are lucky to have so many pretty staff at our work place (many more are not in these pictures) and this lovely bunch of people always wear a great smile to work. No wonder the customers are always happy to be here... ^__^

Sushi treat from my patient

One of my very regular patients happens to own a sushi shop not far from where I work...
He is very health conscious man and he comes in for advices every now and then...
And when he does come in he brings me very nice sushi for afternoon tea...
He is a thoughtful man sometimes I feel embarrassed to even accept his generosity.

Staff Appreciation

Debbie recently becomes a grandmother and asked me if she could have some time off to spend with the newborn and his exhausted mother. When she returned to work after a week, she bought me a very nice bouquet of flowers and a box of Turkish delight as a sign of gratitude.

Turkish delight were almost gone before the day called off!



Thank you for your sweet thoughts...

Something makes me happy!

Sometimes it doesn't take much to put a smile on your face...

Sometimes happiness is just right where you are...

Isn't that lovely and beautiful?

I feel more obliged to treat them well and to do better!

Thank you for thinking of me.