Happy 37th arbitrary orbit around the sun I guess.
A little bit update on life and career. I gained a lot of weight. I am now 94 kilos. From the average of 85, it has come up to that. I know it is nothing to be proud of. Colleagues, family and friends are noticing and it made me wanna go somewhere and hide. But I know that won’t solve anything. Lack of exercise, hiking and generally indulgence on eating these past few months has finally taken its toll on me. Yeah I should probably change my eating and living habits. Let’s start by cutting on food and sugar and then start those physical activities shall we? If Bujal can do it, I sure as hell can. But I’ll start after having this delicious birthday cake bought by my wife. I didn’t have the heart to say no to that 😉 .
Career wise, it’s been good to me. A few months ago I was appointed department team leader for the primary school campus. It means more responsibility but it is also a recognition of seniority if anything else. It would be nice if I get some pay raise with that but baby steps.
Last week however, came the really good news. After a major reshuffle in the management of my department when a few people got promoted, I was affected also. You are now looking at the new assistant system administrator. I know its not much compared to some of my old time friends who are now directors or managers but it’s a big step up. For the first time in my 11 years career in the IT industry I’m not doing basic technical support anymore. No more going to see users of all sorts fixing their usually mundane and never-ending problems no matter how many times you teach them how to. It’s not that I hate or detest doing those jobs, they had given me much knowledge and experience over the years, it’s just sometimes you will grow tired of doing the same shit if you know what I mean. I have now stepped up to solving server and cloud application problems. Which means generally less physical jobs but more of mentally-challenging jobs that require knowledge and experience. Less brawn, more brain so they say. And the best thing about this promotion is that it comes with a pay rise, not much but it’s something nevertheless 😊 .
The keys to climbing up the career ladder are:— Afif (@afifplc) November 22, 2017
1. Boss is always right
2. Do what you do best, no need to kiss ass. Good work will not go unnoticed
3. Always willing to learn
4. Don’t be a pain in the ass to anybody
5. Patience is key when dealing with customers
Here’s to a blissful and happy 37th birthday. Hopefully by this time next year I’ll be fit as a fiddle if not buff and ripped ☺️ .
My target for 2018 is to finally graduate from G7 - climbing all the 7 tallest mountains in peninsular Malaysia. I have done 5 and 2 more left to go. And of course to lose maybe 15 - 20 kilos of my weight?
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