I got a surprise email from my boss two days ago asking me to go over his office to collect my promotion letter :) Only two of us, me and my admin manager, got the nod to move a grade up. Selections were quite stringent this time round, I was told, and I was quite lucky that the panel chose me.
It has been 4 years since my last promotion and I am blessed to be recognised for my work done these few years. However, I also feel a bit sad for my other colleagues who have worked tirelessly for the department, and yet have not been pushed up for promotion. They truly deserve the recognition even more than me, I feel. I am just luckier because I have an understanding and good boss who fights for his staff's welfare.
Hubby was very happy and the 1st question he asked me was how much pay raise did I get? The money is not much, I have to admit, but the satisfaction I get from it is quite good :) Hope this would motivate me to work harder and not look around for better opportunities elsewhere, which sadly, is not much, looking from the career ads in the papers nowadays.
I gave a small treat to my colleagues today and we also bid farewell to a fellow colleague who is leaving us to join another department and we celebrated her moving to a higher, and hopefully a better position. Congrats Rebecca!
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My darlings are hooked on Barney nowadays. It is a great relief because previously it was hard to find them an activity to do for a long period before they get restless again. However, they will sit down and watch, dance and sing whenever I play the Barney DVD. It keeps them occupied while I do my own work. I usually do not advocate the TV as a tool to keep them occupied, but since Barney is very educational and fun, I can be flexible in this case :)
Concentrating hard on Barney
This is a heartwarming video of the 3 kids (my children and my nephew). In it, I ask them who they love and they all replied the same thing! Watch it!
So cute, right?
