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Since I am so lazy right now and have tons of random thoughts in mind, I am thinking to write. And the "great" thing is that I don't even have a topic! so, I will just follow my free mind.

I decided to write this blog in english because suddenly I realized how poor my english is, in both vocabulary, grammar including the structure of it.

I had a discussion with my colleague this morning about the handover of my tasks to my (poor) successor. At some point, we have to talk about my team and his team member in both experience, capability, attitude, potential or even, the lack of it. One of the observation that we have is, in many cases, it is not about lack of capability or lack of experience/knowledge, but the real underlying issue is the lacking of communication skill, especially when we have to use english to convey our messages.

I must admit, when you work in a company where english is equally important as Bahasa, your career is somehow can be predicted from your language skill. Sadly it is. Some people with not-so-good English skill often choose to stay silent hence their true skill/strength is never seen, some people with so-so english skill normally tries to survive, mostly survive in business related discussion, but lacking in terms of casual discussion especially high-level small talks. I considered my self as the one with so-so skill, who keep using the same (limited) vocabulary and when I have to do a small talks with my regional bosses, I suddenly turns quiet. Sometime, I don't even get the meaning of their "jokes", how can I even join the talking. Huaaaaa.. Since exposure is the 2nd most influential factor for career and promotion, there goes my career. Haha.. If I remember it right, the most influential factor is "Image".

Now, I am moving to new job that has clearly indicate that English is even becoming much more important as this new company has much more expat, so I am now having cold-feet haha. As a new joinee, I need to be more talktative, starting a small talk to introduce myself and know other colleagues, while in reality, I am a very direct in addressing my messages, instead of being politically correct.

Some real-life cases of being "not" politically correct are:

Politically correct : We have to keep them silent
Unprofessional?:p : We have to make them shut up
(Yes, you know who I am talking about, my friend *wink*)

Direct message : After company retain a person but in x months time they still choose to walk away, then "Fuck you" -> hahaha.. very improper language

I remember a situation I had when I was working in Japan where a direct message and strong feedback is not common in their culture, especially when a female (like me) giving a feedback to a male. Once, a literally smiling and confident Japanese guy was elaborating his "idea" to me in front of a few people, knowing that his "idea" is not working (trash haha) and since I'm having tons of other priority, I quickly answered "No! if you understand the system, it doesn't work that way" and I walked away. I remember a jaw dropping expression from that guy, and a Korean friend of mine came to me and told me not to be that strong in giving my feedback. haha.

Well, I regret and learned my mistake. So, I have to repeatedly remind myself to listen, give 2 seconds, and say "Well, that's an interesting idea (still trash haha), if we can add up with this XXX solution, I'm sure it will work even better *ting!!*" -> that's also means, "Hey fella, your suggestion won't work, let's use solution XXX". It's just sounds a bit better, isn't it? hahaha

Trust me, I am not that mean or aggressive in the office, but I use lots of informal words and I am not sneaking behind someone's back. and trust me, I do compliment, although not as much as I should.

So, what I am trying to do is trying to write a more structured, politically correct and simple sentences in english. And start learning new vocabulary because I can't survive with the same amount of vocabs since high school (hu hu hu).

Sorry for the boring post guys/gals :) I will try to blog more interesting and useful topics in the next few days!

Cheers,