The Review

Mondays have always been labelled as BLUE all the time because ppl always get the syndrome "Monday Blues". And coincidentally, Mondays have always been a day that passes very slowly and when all the meetings will take place hmmmph!

So its not suprising too that today was one of those draggy days that everyone's waiting for the 'official' time to get home. But the funny thing is, whenever the 'official' working time is over, we never always get to go home on time..well not always because we are bogged down with work, well at least for me, its because i got tired of waiting for the day to end that i felt lazy to step out of the office! hah!

So the day went fine actually today we had a celebration for our colleague whose birthday is on the 18th this month...so we cut the cake, had the cake and talked abit during the meeting and then....it was time for the boss to release the results of our Review Form! All of us were very anxious to see the results of the review because its actually an evaluation of our self by our colleagues. The ratings include, Results, Communication, Integrity etc....and apart from that, it includes the part that everyone was so anxious to read, the comments made by our colleagues on the categories mentioned earlier.

So, well im not going to say what my ratings were, other than its OK and can be further improved. But its all numbers anyway and im not really interested in all those figures. Rather, like everyone else, i was more concerned about the comments. Well, i did have some positive comments which made me smile and also negative comments which, of course made me abit disheartened though i somehow expected it because they are true. But i told myself, this is actually a blessing in disguise because these comments actually will help me to identify my weaknesses and others' perception of me. In this way, it acts as a target (another one :P) for me to work on and improve on myself so that i could be a better employee and be an asset to the company. Cehh steady lah Edah!! Well, negative comments aren't always bad actually (need to constantly remind myself that and pls do remind me will ya if i ever forget), as long as its constructive feedback and not being criticism to demotivate a person.

So for all of you out there who happens to read this, whenever we give someone a feedback, always remember to give CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK, comments about issues that you would like the subject to know, in order that he/she could review and improve on (be it in writing or verbal), and not in any way sounding like a criticism or bitching session. And always, do it TACTFULLY..because no one likes negative comments, especially if its being conveyed with harsh emotions. Well of course, its easier said than done...and me too, i do admit that im a culprit. So, by writing it in here, i hope that i could inadvertently remind myself on that..

ok so, im done for today..To my wonderful colleagues, thank you for those feedbacks that you've given be it good or bad, im taking it on my stride. I'm ok, i'm fine, just need to keep myself focused on improvements to be made and i pray that God keep me in His guidance always and give me the strength to keep on going and pursue what i plan to achieve..Insyallah..Amin