Memorable Moment

A colleague of mine resigned recently, and now serving her notice. While she was busying backing up all the projects she in-charged of, browsing through all the folders to make sure that everything is there, it was like going back to the past. She emailed a picture she found which was taken 2 years ago, but it feels like it just happened yesterday. The subject of the email is "memorable moment".

This picture was taken during one of the interesting projects that we have done – a beauty summit, and there was so much to talk about; how we spent days cracking ways to meet the budget, how we spent nights planning and preparing for the summit, how our MD stayed up together to re-deco the props, how we set up throughout the day until 5am and all went home to shower and went back for the event at 8.30am (scolded by client because he was expecting us to arrive by 8am), how the heavy rain shaken the marquee and the whole temporary curtain wall collapsed, how we reacted to the crisis without creating any worries to the client and client’s clients… It was tiring and intense, but I must say, we had fun.

Looking back at our journey, I’m so amazed that we have been working so closely that we are more than colleague. The team spirit and the passion on the job are the driving forces that bind us throughout this journey. Some of us already moved on to other roles but we still remain close, even though we seldom meet up.

While there were argument and different opinion during work, the best part is we don’t bring in the emotion after work, i.e. how me and my manager fight over different opinions, how strict I was to my subordinates, but once we were off work, we are just a bunch of silly friends that laugh and make fun of each other. But I guess, in the process, we learn and grow together.

The most unforgettable part of this journey has to be those days when none of us ever went off from work during day light, most of the time, to be able to leave by 11pm is already considered lucky. Else, it might be 1 or 2 am. And it is everyday, not once a while. It was when the other colleagues found that the whole roll of cubicle was still occupied with PC monitor showing lots of numbers in excel sheet, and lots of papers pilling up at a side. It was because every week, we have to rush for reports for various projects that were running concurrently.

A lot of the colleagues in the team left, because of the tedious and fast pace of the account. But for those that are still around, we were not enjoying the 15hours of working everyday, but we just wanted to deliver, at least up to our standard, well… which is pretty high, and we like the fact that we work as a team and achieved the success as a team.

People come people go, but the “good” old time will always bind us together.