I was seriously surprised today. When I left for my wedding in June, my team gave me a card with their wishes and sent me on my way to get married in Hertfordshire.
Now it's wedding part 2 coming up and today was my last day at work. I was planning a quiet exit for two weeks, since in my mind K and I are very much married. This morning my manager asked me for a handover meeting and together with Apoorva, we were at her desk looking at this report which we have been working on for the past week. Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw some people coming towards us and I just assumed they were here for a meeting with my manager.. and I was worried she had to leave soon, and kept telling her "wait Katia, very quickly, we could maybe add these two more pieces of info on the report? Revenues earned since they came for approval? Oh oh what about dates of approval?" I was in a rush to get all the words out of my mouth when suddenly I realised something is not right. We don't usually have that many people for a meeting. 15 people? What is going on? And okay wait, everyone is looking straight at me... omg... don't tell me..
And yes Katia suddenly smiled and started her speech about colleagues and team members who wanted to wish me well, and that I would enjoy wedding part 2 in Singapore and spend some time with my family.. sheesh I don't take such spotlight moments very well I think I was slowly turning red. And they promptly passed me three bags of presents! Wow! Seriously I never knew.. no wonder I noticed Nirav and Apoorva acting all strange since this morning. They were discussing what to buy for me with all the money they collected! So sweet of everyone and of course to my team for making the efforts to liaise with all the bankers I work with. I had two filled cards of wishes and even one spillover page from bankers I work with all the way in Russia, South Africa, Dubai, Frankfurt, Stockholm... I could have shed a tear but I think the nervousness got the better of me that it overrode my emotional side lol Janine whom I get along with called from our Switzerland office to wish me too, and everyone asked me to forget about work for the next two weeks... to leave my blackberry behind. (Good tips, I think I shall do just that.)
I have enjoyed my role tremendously in the past one year and the exposure to the business and all the bankers just opened up a whole new world for me. David, an MD whom I worked for, before he left gave me an encouraging speech thanking me for all the hard work I've done and told me he is sad for me that I am in a thankless role and it's so easy for people to overlook what I do. "Many times, as long as you don't screw things up, people assume it's all going great and keep quiet. Until something happens you start to realise fingers start to point..." But today I saw the kind side of everyone and that really made me smile.
So now, yes all gearing up for home. I pray that all will go well and that .. oh well Jesus knows the prayers in my heart :)
Now it's wedding part 2 coming up and today was my last day at work. I was planning a quiet exit for two weeks, since in my mind K and I are very much married. This morning my manager asked me for a handover meeting and together with Apoorva, we were at her desk looking at this report which we have been working on for the past week. Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw some people coming towards us and I just assumed they were here for a meeting with my manager.. and I was worried she had to leave soon, and kept telling her "wait Katia, very quickly, we could maybe add these two more pieces of info on the report? Revenues earned since they came for approval? Oh oh what about dates of approval?" I was in a rush to get all the words out of my mouth when suddenly I realised something is not right. We don't usually have that many people for a meeting. 15 people? What is going on? And okay wait, everyone is looking straight at me... omg... don't tell me..
And yes Katia suddenly smiled and started her speech about colleagues and team members who wanted to wish me well, and that I would enjoy wedding part 2 in Singapore and spend some time with my family.. sheesh I don't take such spotlight moments very well I think I was slowly turning red. And they promptly passed me three bags of presents! Wow! Seriously I never knew.. no wonder I noticed Nirav and Apoorva acting all strange since this morning. They were discussing what to buy for me with all the money they collected! So sweet of everyone and of course to my team for making the efforts to liaise with all the bankers I work with. I had two filled cards of wishes and even one spillover page from bankers I work with all the way in Russia, South Africa, Dubai, Frankfurt, Stockholm... I could have shed a tear but I think the nervousness got the better of me that it overrode my emotional side lol Janine whom I get along with called from our Switzerland office to wish me too, and everyone asked me to forget about work for the next two weeks... to leave my blackberry behind. (Good tips, I think I shall do just that.)
I have enjoyed my role tremendously in the past one year and the exposure to the business and all the bankers just opened up a whole new world for me. David, an MD whom I worked for, before he left gave me an encouraging speech thanking me for all the hard work I've done and told me he is sad for me that I am in a thankless role and it's so easy for people to overlook what I do. "Many times, as long as you don't screw things up, people assume it's all going great and keep quiet. Until something happens you start to realise fingers start to point..." But today I saw the kind side of everyone and that really made me smile.
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| Received a clutch, two cookbooks (wonder why?!) and a Jo Malone perfume |
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