Random…

• Been "struggling" to produce the internal newsletter… Kind of different from what I used to do... Now, I have to write the copy, think of the design, etc,etc.. ie, to produce the newsletter right from scratch to the finished product. Last time, at least, some one would propose the design to me, and I would have my other expert colleague to do these layout/designs for me. All I have to do is to sit back, shake leg, and wait to see the final layout… Oh boy, Cen and JH, how I missed the 2 of you.. hahaha.... It was tough in the beginning since my ex-colleagues all know I have no patience to sit in front of a computer trying to figure out how to draw a straight line, insert, crop, images, bla, bla, bla… but well, now, it got kind of fun… so I am enjoying it now… It trains my patience level as well, which is a good thing. Mum said I have been rather quick tempered these days…

• Something “major” happened at work on a Friday though… I caused, be it directly or indirectly, the whole company’s server to shut down at about 4 pm, after sending a super huge email to everyone…

Well, the thing is, that email was supposed to be sent by my boss... but she was rushing out for a meeting, so she asked me to send it instead… It was an email to tell everyone about adopting some new designs (which I came up with) for all their proposals, submissions and external reports. There was a link for them to access but boss wanted to let them see the different images, so asked me to copy and paste the images onto the email… Well, both of us totally forgot that I used super hi-res images for the designs.. and yes, you guessed it.. the email I sent was of 27 MB… to everyone (including my MD) in the office… **Faint**

And so, my phone started ringing every minute... the secretaries of some depts came over to ask me what "the hell" I sent… **Panic**

I ran to my IT guy but he told me that it was not due to my email that the server was down… so that was what I told everyone and anyone who came to me… but somehow, later, I realised that the IT guy said that so as not to worry me too much… Guess I had this super stressed look on my face then.. and worse, my boss was not in office… Sms-ed my boss, and she called back and joked that I will now be infamous in the office but everyone will thank me cos they can all leave early on a Friday evening!

At 6 pm, I guessed I better be out of the office fast, to prevent any more “bombardment” from other colleagues… Met two colleagues (A and B) at the lift lobby... The conversation went as follows:

A (looked at me with uncertain eyes): You are Ching Hsia?

I shook my head and said no, and went on to tell him my name.

A: Oh…

Then he turned to B and me.

A: You are the gal who sent that email, right? (At that moment, I managed a weak smile…) You know what my boss came to me and say when he received that email? (in my mind, **panic**, not again!) There is a 林青霞 who sent me an email!! (then he turned to me) that’s why I thought you are Ching Hsia… Sorry..

Well, those of you who know my full dialect name -- please put my first name, then my last name, and you will kind of know why the "mistake" was made… but he managed to make me feel better and laugh all the way until I met Cen for dinner… and with B shouting after me to tell me not to think about the email anymore and said it’s really no big deal, my day din end that bad after all…