The weekend is coming and this Friday, we will be having our usual yearly Department Retreat. My first attended retreat was held at some country club, the second one I missed attending because of illness. And this third one will be held at some off city place they call it the Countryside Retreat. What so special about this coming retreat is that, while past retreats focuses more on Team Building, this coming one will focus more on topics for example, understanding each individual’s role in our joint success, jointly agree on our key stakeholders, and our strategic factors which drive success .
In layman’s term, it means a sharing session among all of us, follow by a session to identify our valued customers and customer satisfaction. Our Dean wants all of us to do “homework” for the former by drawing on a piece of flipchart paper, our River of Life.
This River of Life will joint down the series of events in our lives and anything or whatever we want to portray and share with our fellow colleagues. So each of us were given a piece of the Flipchart paper on Tues and tasked to do it after work at home.
So yesterday, I managed to complete the flipchart once and for all. This morning, there was a “commotion” in the office when I arrived. Two of my colleagues have brought their drawings to work and the rest of them were eager to see (including me). So I took one of it and open it up while the rest of my colleagues crowded around my table. It was a beautiful drawing, portraying her series of events from newborn to grown up. Another colleague drew with crayons and was too shy to show but eventually did. Then they started to shift their attention to me and pressed on to ask about my drawings, as most of them knew I do paintings during my leisure time. I said I didn’t bring mine but have a photo of it in my phone and showed to them. And the reaction goes “wahhhhhh….!” Then around of commotion again.
Then all of those who have not done anything to their flipchart started to be panicked. Some felt stressed, some felt embarrassed with theirs. One jokingly said I spoilt the market. I laughed and explained to all that I only have majority bottles of paint at home and by painting it with big brushes, I could quickly finish it up the drawing and basically I could only paint or sketch and sucks at drawing cartoons or human. I knew my drawing on the flipchart is going to make the rest of them flip from their seats, but I have already uses my most casual strokes to complete the paper with colors effortlessly and even engaged Baby to help with coloring the symbols of my events. I dont think I will ever get to sleep at all if I am to use color pencils or markers to complete it. And by the time I reached hom from work it was already 7:30pm.
I really never intend to outwit others but I need to take my painting talent with pride too. Since many of them even my dean knew and has visited my first Art Exhibition, how could I just give a sketch? You know what I mean, readers?
That’s why sometimes I get so confused. To show or conceal what I have? And why should I conceal the something that I have just because others dun have? So what I can do to compensate, I used my lunch time to help one of my colleagues color her River of Life. I could even offer to paint for all if given the time. There is nothing wrong in sharing and making other’s work better.
In layman’s term, it means a sharing session among all of us, follow by a session to identify our valued customers and customer satisfaction. Our Dean wants all of us to do “homework” for the former by drawing on a piece of flipchart paper, our River of Life.
This River of Life will joint down the series of events in our lives and anything or whatever we want to portray and share with our fellow colleagues. So each of us were given a piece of the Flipchart paper on Tues and tasked to do it after work at home.
So yesterday, I managed to complete the flipchart once and for all. This morning, there was a “commotion” in the office when I arrived. Two of my colleagues have brought their drawings to work and the rest of them were eager to see (including me). So I took one of it and open it up while the rest of my colleagues crowded around my table. It was a beautiful drawing, portraying her series of events from newborn to grown up. Another colleague drew with crayons and was too shy to show but eventually did. Then they started to shift their attention to me and pressed on to ask about my drawings, as most of them knew I do paintings during my leisure time. I said I didn’t bring mine but have a photo of it in my phone and showed to them. And the reaction goes “wahhhhhh….!” Then around of commotion again.
Then all of those who have not done anything to their flipchart started to be panicked. Some felt stressed, some felt embarrassed with theirs. One jokingly said I spoilt the market. I laughed and explained to all that I only have majority bottles of paint at home and by painting it with big brushes, I could quickly finish it up the drawing and basically I could only paint or sketch and sucks at drawing cartoons or human. I knew my drawing on the flipchart is going to make the rest of them flip from their seats, but I have already uses my most casual strokes to complete the paper with colors effortlessly and even engaged Baby to help with coloring the symbols of my events. I dont think I will ever get to sleep at all if I am to use color pencils or markers to complete it. And by the time I reached hom from work it was already 7:30pm.
I really never intend to outwit others but I need to take my painting talent with pride too. Since many of them even my dean knew and has visited my first Art Exhibition, how could I just give a sketch? You know what I mean, readers?
That’s why sometimes I get so confused. To show or conceal what I have? And why should I conceal the something that I have just because others dun have? So what I can do to compensate, I used my lunch time to help one of my colleagues color her River of Life. I could even offer to paint for all if given the time. There is nothing wrong in sharing and making other’s work better.
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2 comments:
Can I ask which one is me in the Happy Family boat? Your painting is really NICE! Just do your best in everything you do. The only person you should be fair to is yourself. All other people, they come and go. So why do it for them?
The tie up hair one lor, now that I have cut my hair..... :)
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