This morning, i got an appreciation email from my boss, thanking the team for the efforts put in for the P&B, and informing us that the review with our VP went very well..
There was another email from him announcing the arrival of a new member in our team, this guy from Guatemala.. Because our Brazilian affliate had been taken over by a local company in Brazil, one of our Brazilian guys had to leave the team, so this Guatemala guy will be his replacement.. Anyway, in this announcement / welcome email, my boss mentioned that we will get a chance to meet our new team member in Paris.. i was estatic! PARIS!! Initially, i thought maybe we will get to go to Guatemala since the new guy is based there, but oh well, i guess Paris is better ??!
My Colombian colleague happened to be online, so i chatted with him a bit regarding the trip.. he told me everything had been arranged and booked already by my colleague in Brussels.. I knew we will be having a team offsite meeting, cause we usually do so every year after the ardous P&B cycle, but i didn't knew when and where.. so i checked with my colombian colleague the dates, and he mentioned 3 - 5 Nov.. looking through my calender, my heart stopped for a few seconds: the dates clashed with my Perth trip!! My friends and I had booked tickets to Perth on 24 Oct and will only be landing in Singapore on 2 Nov @ 10pm.. which meant if i were to reach Paris on 3 Nov, i will have to fly direct from Perth, which will then make things super complicated...
SO.. i called K to discuss.. K was not too happy.. he wanted me to skip the meeting for a day, and arrive at Paris on 4 Nov instead.. it was either that, or come back to Singapore at 10pm and immediately fly to Paris on the 11pm flight.. but that would mean arriving at Paris at 6am on Monday just in time for my meeting.. which means no rest! I was reluctant because if possible, i want to spend the weekend in Paris!! I had been to Paris before but it was only for a one day stopover, and i really want to see more of this beautiful city if possible so... i told K that we had 2 options: 1: Change our return tickets one day earlier to 1 Nov, or 2: i will buy my own ticket to return 1 day earlier while the rest can stay in Perth for another day and fly back on 2 Nov.. K knew i had made up my mind so he got pissed and asked me to do whatever i wanted.. = ( SIGH!! Am i being too unreasonable? or selfish?? it's just one day difference !!
While fretting over what i should do, i saw my boss online and decided to chat with him and try my luck to see if the meeting can be postponed to a day later.. which was a good thing i did.. cause my boss told me that the meeting is actually on the 4th, not 3 Nov.. 3 Nov was a public holiday in the USA. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.. all the drama with K for nothing!! So now, everything's cool.. i will go for BOTH my Perth and my Paris.. boy this is gonna be a long long holiday for me!! I'm so excited that i went and told 2 of my colleagues about it.. dunno why i am so excited cause it's not the first time i'm going on an offsite meeting, and usually, i don't tell anybody cause i am worried they might get jealous and think lesser of me.. Actually, a bit regret telling the 2 colleagues now, but i just couldn't contain my excitement! = )
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