Over the last couple of months, we got a new programmer, a new female marketing person, and two female on-the-job trainees. As you have noticed, the male-female-ratio is a little off. It wouldn't have been a big deal since that's always been the case in our team, but recently one of our old timers--a male programmer--has been basking in the abundance of female presence to the point of crossing certain boundaries. He has been chosen to be groomed for a supervisory position long before I came, but now he's acting like "let's all be friends and be happy, that's the true team spirit!", taking the new marketing person and the two trainees (who are all young and female) under his wing (the new programmer is pretty balanced so I have no problems with him). I, personally, don't care about who's close with whom. But the cheesiness and the lack of professionalism are just too much. The other day, the programmer guy even had the gall to interrupt me and get my trainee's attention while I was talking to her about a serious matter. Our supervisor had lectured him about these things countless times already, but he just wouldn't let go of his ideal team spirit. Needless to say, I lost my temper and snapped...which, I know, wasn't very professional either. He's been testing my limit since December.
And now the female marketing newbie has been told to resign because of low performance. I was involved in the evaluation because over the last year I've been taking over some marketing stuff (which is essential for my operations/web-admin duties) whenever the marketing position is left vacant, and naturally when she came, I became her sort-of supervisor. Our team supervisor had been consulting with me, and it's common knowledge that we've been friends even before I came to the team, so there's a feeling of "ganging up" and "power tripping" in the air. Of course, other people wouldn't know that I actually convinced my supervisor to give her another chance more than twice, and to just give her another position if she's really not working out anymore so she won't have to leave the company.
But hey. I'm tired of caring. I won't even care if they decide to boycott our "team" once they found out that our supervisor isn't even going to hire their favorite pretty little trainees as employees. I'll get my job done, save up, and travel. That's my plan for 2012, thank you.
On a lighter note, I got an Android phone with a Sun postpaid a couple of weeks ago, which I immediately regretted when I realized that I should have gotten it from Smart instead. I rarely get a signal when I'm at home and, with my dismal social life, don't really have anyone to use my postpaid on except my parents and my brothers. If it were Smart, I would get to use Facebook or Twitter anywhere. But now I can't give it back to my brother, who used his credit card for the plan, because I'm locked in for 2 years (2 effing years alsksjdhfk).
Recently, I found out how convenient it was to read ebooks on it--I could read even when my room lights are out (which means my father won't even realize I'm still up and reading) or when I'm on the bus and it's taking ages to pick up passengers. I could even download an ebook and read it there if I can't yet afford or find the real thing. So, I guess, it's all good.
And, oh, did I mention that I already have my ticket for the L'Arc-en-Ciel concert in Bangkok on March?
DUDE, I'M TOTALLY GOING TO A L'ARC-EN-CIEL CONCERT. After 10 years of yearning.
This. This is just too much for my speaking writing capacity at the moment. I. HAVE. NO. WORDS.
