Naturally Careless

After a session with my department head, I am handed more assignments to do these days. However, I am still relatively unfamiliar with the documentations. And I am given my first "hanko" rubber stamp with your name engraved on that is used in many Japanese firms). Now I must stamp on every documents I've processed, which represents that I've undertaken responsibilities to check through any details stated in the documents.

Perhaps I'm born naturally careless. Despite numerous checks, I still continue to make mistakes. I think my mentor is not very happy about my current performance. I think she has already formalized a bad impression of me. This is really a bad start! I have to really "watch my back" (literally, that phrase applies to my situation where my whole division is sitting behind me again). This department is one of the worst gossips area. Everyone is watching over you. A very high political risk region.

I met up with my Venezuela teacher that day. She gave me some good pieces of advices about work life. I might have to heed her advices in order to survive in the department. Stay focused at work! I will have to be extra careful with my own work (especially those I need to "hanko"). Then I have to "open one eye, close one eye" to the things around me. People might stabbed you without you knowing, even those whom you treat you as friend. But you can choose not to backstab them at all. Stay clear of such risks! Colleagues are colleagues. Concentrate on giving your best at work and hopefully they will finally change their bad perceptions of you to good ones.

P.S. As of date, one of the graduate trainee colleagues has already decided to tender and grab a better opportunity out there. That means 11 of us from the programme are left currently. I presume more will soon leave too.