It has been an immensely enjoyable 2 and a half weeks working with all my temp colleagues at Standard Chartered Bank. Never expected myself to be able to enjoy going to work everyday, and still not feel tired at the end of it all. The manager in-charge, Carol, is a nice lady who doesn’t mind us taking breaks and chatting so long as we complete our work. I would say the environment, workload, and colleagues are the best in all the jobs I’ve worked so far.
What we do every morning is gather in our private sanctuary, which is basically a room, heavily guarded by paper boxes from the outside, that Melvin, Melvyn, Junquan and myself share to do our work. After a morning meeting conducted by our CEO Shawn Cheng, everyone would then return to their desks and start reading data from financial documents and type into our computers. Of course, a “meeting” is held every 30-60 mins to make sure everyone is not yet bored to death =D. We talk about everything under the sun, but emo stories and views on relationships has to take the cake. Remember the circle of trust yeah =D. Although our work lasted only 2 weeks+, I think our friendship will last a long long time. And this is to all my friends in SCB (in order of the excel name list):
Nicholas – Big guy who doesn’t talk much, but when he does speak, you know you can depend on it!
Xinzi - Fun and easy-going girl, which makes it easy to know her. I enjoyed getting to know you better during the last few days, keep eating ya! Haha
Yuwen - Genuine and simple girl, who is also v good in bowling! Perhaps I will update you on the happenings in the room in the future ok haha.
Jing Ting – Super nice and shy girl, she has a great voice and loves to sing K like me! Has a very cute personality and may be quiet in a large group but I enjoyed talking to you. Glad that I got to know you better in the last few days, keep in contact ya!
Jun Quan – If I had to choose a guy to tell a secret, it would be him! Humorous and genuine, you keep the atmosphere in the office full of fun and laughter.
Felicia - Fun-loving and bubbly girl, she is small but her charisma will get your attention immediately!
Shawn Cheng – Genuine and super funny guy to be around, you will be bowled over by his signature smile! All the best to your time in the army!
Nelson - Helpful and responsible guy who doesn’t forget to do his job while we might get carried away sometimes. Has both a serious and fun side to him, good luck to your biz ventures!
Jane - Quiet and reserved girl, one of the major contributors to our work. Nice and diligent, we might not have had time to have fun if not for her. Good luck in your job search!
Raymond - Super ‘on’ and organizes our group gatherings, but I suspect he has something going ‘on’ with JQ! Haha nice guy and thanks for educating me on investing. Wouldn’t have been so fun if not for the activities you organised.
Jun Kiat – Quiet and reserved guy, reminds me of another friend of mine. Although we didn’t talk much but been nice working with you.
Melvyn Toh – Probably knows all the secrets going on in the room, but keeps it with him. He has a weird sense about him that makes him quite funny actually. Keep taking nice pictures yeah!
Cai Yun – Hard working girl who didn’t just give up after she deleted a day’s worth of work accidentally. Know that you’re concerned with your studies, good luck with it!
Melvin Loh – Was surprised by how nice and helpful he is, a good friend to have around. Initiated the secrets-sharing by starting off with himself, and is a good listener as well. Has a Japanese/Korean-inspired style about him =D
Eunice – Very nice and cheerful girl who likes to talk. First person I talked to when I reached the office cause we were both early haha. Easy to talk to and dresses nicely like a model!
Erin - Chatty and loves fast food! Can see the gleam of excitement when she talks about Natalia. Thanks for enduring our spells of Channel 8 hehe.
I believe we will have a host of activities planned for this holiday period, credits to our planner Raymond, and Nelson for organising the paintball. Hope to see you guys/gals often, and when I’m back from the UK for my summer holidays we’ll catch up yeah!
