CNY Day 1

So the OX year has started. Well, it's really great to survive through 2020. The pandemic really really change things around. After much of emotional roller coaster here and there, I guess I'm pretty glad things work out this way. 

The entire Jan 2021 has been just about retrospective. Most of the time just catching up with friends from all walks of life. Midnight walks, midnight coffeeshops, midnight cycles. 

So concluded about how everything is ephemeral, and things I thought never affected me I guess did affect me subconsciously. Friends that stayed.... friends that drifted.... friends that lost....... friends that I stubbornly cling on but i became an annoyance, and those platonic that became awkward cuz of external factors, missed relationships that I didnt took that first step due to the fear of heartbreak, all the little things that made me who am I........ kindda think of perhaps I understand myself a little more now.

Work wise though, 2020 was a reshuffle. Big players means big liabilities and harder to find pivot points, smaller players may not breakthrough the volume barrier, mid-size are on survival mode or on innovation mode. The scene is ot injected with much much more creativity, going for unfamiliar modes, going for uncertain segmentations, and going for unheard of decision.

But Jan 27 we had our first meeting. The first full team meeting that sets company vision and 2021 direction, the first meeting that officially. It felt so surreal for this to happen. Last year this time, things were so different. Ive been always wanting a team, that sticks like muah chee, that plays like rojak, work like putu piring, support like satay. I tried for many years, through different avenues, went through thick and thin, but all feasts comes to an end. I guess i've let an yeast to crumble the loaf. I thought that was the end, I thought I wasnt doing enough, I thought I was incapable...... maybe im just too naive, too stubborn, too hopeful for an ideal team thats impossible to attain. So I signed up for coachings and facilitation courses, leadership and people management courses, to search for what is missing in me....... 

So Im truly truly truly honoured to get the same team, and even expanded. I thank all of you for the trust in me, for the faith in the company, and confidence for the industry! Everything wasnt planned, but the HOD came in one by one, each bringing an expertise to the table. The ecosystem we are building is extremely strong, we discussed about 22 items in a 3 hours meeting. Our branding is getting stronger and stronger from many directions, many tour offerings, many faces. With no micromanaging, ample resources, no need for statistics or forecasting, we hold passionately on the "believe". With cross-policing, we cover each other's blindspots, and ensure progress, while reassuring that each and everyone is putting all their heart and soul. We do not walk alone. 

So team! Lets BULLDOZE all challenges ahead and emerge victorious!!!! A team is only a team when we achieve greater heights through a supportive, efficient and empowering ecosystem, not just a mere summation of the individual strengths.

Very very very optimistic to the endless possibilities we can reach in 2021. SOOOOO MANY, it's beyond words can express.......