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So we had our 25th anniversary for the company, and it was extremely tiring preparing and helping every team leaders for their demos and stuff...given I had help from another colleague, it was still hard since I'm the only person who knows what is going on logistically and my help came last minute...The event itself went on flawlessly, which felt great.
But I did meet a few customers and integrators for our company, and I was in for a surprise when some of them were General Managers of their respective companies...mostly in Singapore. They sure are very nice, down to earth people. Then again, I'm an internal personnel so I'm probably the most neutral person in the crowd.
I had fun, that's for sure, hanging out at the bar with them, though I did observe, some business dealings definitely went down over "casual drinks" since that's the only free time they have and everybody is more open in the welcoming ambiance on the patio.
Had a couple of drinks and nice talks with some colleagues from UK and Czech every night, including some US colleagues. It's nice how everybody got closer and closer after events like these, over drinks when we're out of our "working persona". Had a different opinion on foreign colleagues after the event, to be honest. Positive ones.
And then it hit me. I intend to leave soon, no matter what it takes. I'm leaving a fantastic group of people, whom I've gained respect from, people who knows me by name and still remembers my full name though we meet once in a few years...people I won't hesitate to help any time of the day. Though I only meet them in person only once in a while...
That feeling of attachment to some colleagues will probably be a hit, but my heart is still set on moving away. That feeling of being trapped and lonely, takes a big toll everyone people I like goes home or away. Time flew by cruelly fast.
Oh well...I'll see how it goes. Job search shows no results as of yet. *cross fingers*
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