We had a birthday lunch for my boss a couple of days before the Lunar New Year. The restaurant did not offer much in terms of healthy choice. So, I ordered what I thought would be suitable for me. I forgot what it was called but it was a mix of sliced vegetables fried with tempura batter, with a bowl of rice soaked in what I believed was sweet soy sauce.
Well, I got sick that night. I had a bad migraine and could not sleep at all. The TV had nothing good on, so I thought I should use the time productively. That was when I realized my office did not make or sent any Lunar New Year cards to its clientele.
I don’t think it was something special and I think almost anyone with a simple basic knowledge of photoshop can do it too (I used GIMP by the way). I took a print screen of a desktop wallpaper, cropped it and inserted outlines of rabbits in the lanterns (it was the year of the rabbit). Then, I added the required text. And so, I sent the finished work to my boss to do whatever the office want to do it with it. All this with a bad headache, mind you.
That morning at work, my boss seemed ecstatic about the eCard I made and sent it to all the company staff worldwide. Then we received a request to make one for the Asia Pacific region. I did not have the required software in my office laptop but not wanting to disappoint my boss I used a simple cut and paste to just change the text.
Later, we had a talk. To put it simply, my job may be short-lived due to possibly some job-redesign, and she sees that my capabilities to do design work can add value to myself and provide a reason for the organisation to employ me full time. I told her I am open to it, even though I never thought of returning to design work due to my previous bad job experience. If I agree to it she would suggest to the higher ups to open a job role for a designer. Just so happen the head for marketing was coming over for a visit and my boss believe it was a chance for me to do some design work for marketing and prove myself.
And so, I will be leaving my two other part-time jobs to work, what I hope will be full-time, with the PR firm.
There will be a lot of issues I need to work out.
My memory lost has caused me to forget what design work fully entails;
I was actually okay working three jobs with the long hours as it would mean I get to stay away from home and a reason to stay away from my demanding family – I made a mistake of informing my family that I would be leaving my two other jobs and tomorrow my brother wants me to fix his internet connection and another one asked to help recover his password;
But, the biggest issue of all is, if I deserve the trust my boss have in me as I have recently found that I can get absent-minded lately.
