- Fear of dying
- Fear of presentation or public speaking
- Fear of dying while giving the presentation
I chuckled alound when I first read this. But shucks, I've been told to give a presentation to the BIG boss scheduled for 27 Feb. Darned! Whatever mood I have for CNY is gone! This time kena arrowed and really a tokong one some more!
The thing is, I'm not even supposed to be the one giving this presentation. This should be the job for someone marked for promotion this year. I tried to tolak this assignment to someone else. But alas, the management seems to have more confidence in me.... never mind that I was recently promoted ....
Oh well, I suppose I should take this all positively, and should really see it as a compliment. Yeah, I should think of creative ways to CAPITALISE on such rare given opportunity hor? After all, how often do I get to interact with the BIG BOSS? I could rub shoulders with the big boss. Juz shoulders, and nothing more hor ..... and tell him what I REALLY think of the office (and him) .... hmmmm.... and why some people dislike CS so much.
But I still HATE giving presentation.
Dammit.
Category: Musings
18 comments:
>This should be the job for someone marked for promotion this year.
What a subtle way of telling people that despite your promotion last year, your chance of getting it again this year is still better than mine. HNGG. *Sob*.
Lap it all up, high flyer... and one who likes to 'roll on the floor' very much, wahaha.
(Note to all readers, especially ECL: 'CS' in this case may not stand for 'civil serpents'.)
Compliments come in many guises. This is one of them. Show them what you are made of.
In public sector, these top guns come and go very quickly. If they are good they will be promoted and move on. If they are not, they will be replaced with other young scholars. So no matter what happens, you will problably outlast the guy. Trust me. I have seen so many cases; esp from your sector.
Try to inject some humour. And pls remember to KISS - not kiss butt, but keep it short and simple. These guys have short attention spells. And back up what your say with facts and figures - preferrably in form of charts.
All the best.
Coincidentally, I hate to do presentation as well! Lucky no need to do for a while now.:D
lcs - Is that you Lam Chun See? Thanks for the of tips and the KISS....reminds me to keep the slides short. I'm not sure if injecting humour is appropriate here... The BIG BOSS very serious one ... :(( I dun want to be the only one laughing at my own joke you know. Hahaha
If you're not Chun See, then who are you arh? Incidentally, the BIG BOSS initial is also lcs leh .... no kidding... Boss? You there? Hehehe..
Tigerfish - Lucky you. So now you tai tai already izzit? Living in California arh? If not, where got time to cook up a storm every other day one? Hee!
Victor - CS can be Chris Sim also wat... who you have in mind arh?
Liling - thanks for the word of encouragement!
Wah 'LCS'! Be afraid, be very afraid.
Can also mean 'lousy civil serpents' or 'lame civil serpents' or 'lazy civil serpents' what. ECL would be delighted at any of these terms.
Where got taitai ? If taitai, then 我不必自己动手 liao! Too expensive to eat-out here...will "bankrupt" !
And not so convenient here. You thought so easy as S'pore...walk a few steps to kopitiam and lim kopi so easy meh ? LOL!
Chris,
thot u no heel me liao.
one more fear you didn't put - most men very scared one, especially you & Victor. Little brother lost his power.
L.C.S.!!! solly ....... I think something else la.
You got promotion I haven't got a treat yet leh. When you collecting your bonus? I help you spend. hahaha........
Excuse me, my nick can use ang mo or not. Like tat, some people dun know Chinese cannot go read my blog leh.
Rainbow, why u so "kau ceh" one? If pple dunno how to read Chinese, the more they would click on it and see see mah. Why spoil the fun for people to let them know it's the infamous... i mean famous ECL?
I where got no heel you? I've been wanting to link you but juz couldn't think of a better name mah. I not like Victor the agile monkey you know. Snap his finger only can think of Xu Chun Mei hor. Anyway, 变色龙是你自己说的hor. And it fits you to a T. LOL
Oh... forgot the little bro lost its power part .... Why worry, Rainbow? Haven't you heard about the blue pill and the pink (?) pill? Nowadays, not only women go on pill, ok?
But I dunno about Victor lah. Mine still kilat one. Try me.
LOL.
And whatever happened to "The A** one"? 不是吧？我像是那么小气的人meh?
Joke joke only also cannot (sounds familiar hor?)
wahahahaha....
tok 3 tok 4, where's my treat????
One more thing abt the charts and figures. These scholars tend to be very sharp with nos. so pls check thoroughly otherwise backfire.
Thanks lcs.. really appreciate your help. You're right about figures.. my colleagues warned me about this too. The boss is very good with figures. Harvard-trained one.
No lah, not Harvard. Harvard is famous for its law school. He was Cambridge-trained (like me, except mine only A levels, LOL).
die lah... if lcs is really our boss... I sure get it one. Harvard or Cambridge also 括不清楚. Sigh.
Congrats, your opportunity is coming again!
Yes, big boss likes facts & figures. And BB doesn't like open-ended problems. Remember to put forth the available solutions and recommendations clearly.
He'll tell you his decision, and remember to take down the minutes!
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