lala

 

 

 

 

 

无论再努力，还是很难接受有时候残酷的事实，就是累了，不想工作，不知道想工什么作。。。

 

我只是累了。。。

 

 

After the dramatic week in Sep, Nor bought our European Division, I was lucky enough to be in the package. :)

 

So as usual, I am taking the tube to Bank street every morning, the unusual things are that LB sign within the building and the color GREEN are disappearing gradually.

 

In Oct, My lovely manager left for another company, she told me on my bday, I cried cos I knew the probability of me meeting another her was slim.

 

Then big bday party for party princess emma chen, I cant express how happy I was, realizing how many friends were there for me no matter what; and seeing ranran and piguli slaved and slaved for the party. !I am the happiest person in the world! :D

 

After my bday, I became an older lady, thought I should take responsibility and started preparing for my cfa exam which i wanted to withdraw in Sep. After the whole year without studying hard, it was too…difficult...to...concentrate…

 

In Nov, I went to Prague and Vienna to take a break from my studying and work, people kept saying to me :"u underestimate cfa, u should spent more time! not juz go travelling", I laughed and enjoyed my trip so much.

 

As you can imagine, came back from the hol, panic! It was not enough time for cfa! well...

 

In Dec, I took the exam, didn’t love it. but yay, my freedom is back :p

 

Juz like many ppl, I have been through so much the last 2-3 months, sometimes I felt like I have had enough, but then I reminded myself to be positive. 2009 is going to be a tough year, I will "hope for the best prepare for the worst"!

 

Wish everyone a very nice xmas!

 

Linda and a gong - Happy be-lated bday! i was thinking of u 2 on 8th and 9th.

L filed for bankruptcy, left its employees with sadness and disappointment. L was a brand had distinctive culture, I was proud being part of it, even now I can and no one can believe this brand is actually disappearing...

 

Sep 15th Mon after the call with my manager, I stood up, brushed my teeth, washed my face, got changed, walked to the tube station, tube was buz...everything was as usual except for my mood. When I arrived in the office, I prayed...

 

I received many phone calls from recruitment agents thanks to my CV alreadi in the job market, I thought my CV must be so impressive and I must be special, not realising that the agents have been calling everyone, cos everyone in L is special. My phone didnt stop ringing for the whole day, talking to many friends made me feel stronger, saying "we f**ked up" stopped me crying like river. Kel delivered dinner that nite to my flat, I didnt say thanks, I felt loved.

 

Then the whole week was juz crazy,

- waiting for and listening to several announcements from senior managers - anxious 

- meeting agents who juz wanna get business done - despair

- checking all the visa information - tiring

- looking at different opportunities - confused

- listening to what american colleagues are getting - angry 

 

All = stressed out!!

 

Until Fri, good news that some banks were interested in our European Division, I phew~ed. I drank 5 glasses of liquid with L gangs, my brain needed a rest and so it did.

 

then I had a great weekend, staying @ ran's place on fri, she cooked me nice noodle while drunk; sat I was invited to the boat party with Mel & Jordi, I asked them to pretend to be "Jack & Rose" in Titanic, and I was singing "I had a dream..."; sun beryl called from aus, juz talking to her made me feel better.

 

Now I am back to the crazy reality again, no magic...

 

Thanks to all of my friends, so that I could be strong enough to get through this difficult period and having my new dreams. :)

 

Best of luck to L bros & sis..we still rock!

  

What are ppl talking about these 2 weeks? Lehman, Merill, AIG, WaMu, MS... Global financial crisis.

 

I graduated @ warwick with Accounting & Finance Degree, then master @ LSE, which make me perfect as a participant within financial industry, also a perfect match with L.

 

Starting on Sep 10th 2007, thinking my dream has finally come true, wishing to develop a long-term career with L... all disappeared on 14th Sep 2008.

 

Ever since Bear was taken over by JP, the market has expected L to follow the same path. L made loss in Q2 + rumour = stock price down to $12 from $20ish; my big boss told me everything would get better if we could make profits in Q3, I had the naive thinking that profit would be possible. 

 

But approaching to Q3 P&L announcement, L attracted all of the media attention with the rumour + management changes + short selling = stock prices down...down, our CFO sed everyday when he read the newspaper, if he didnt see Leh on the front page, he was happy, and i was wishing for the best, I believed our CEO Mr F knew magic.

 

Then Mr F showed his magic, L in talks with CIC & KDB - to be acquired by these 2 Banks...here comes my diary:

 

Tue 09/09/2008 - KDB walked away, CIC no longer interested, L share price dropped to below $10, I was sitting @ my desk, looking @ the screen, face all red, my colleague was shouting @ another colleague Steve: " do sth, Steve, do sth! stop that!" and I laughed.

 

Wed 10/09/08 - My 1 yr aniversary with L, all of the analysts were planning to have lunch together, which was cancelled cos the management decided to release our Q3 results one week earlier, today. before the annoucement, I was joking with a L sis: " u know what, Mr F will come out and say: Ladies & Gents, we made $1.9999bn loss which is better than market expectation of £2bn!" the joke didnt happen, we made bigger loss than the expectation...

 

Thur 11/09/08 - L stock price dropped to $4, I updated my CV

 

Fri 12/09/2008 - I had my usual Fri, very buz, As we could see in the news, Boa is interested buying our stakes, my big boss told us that take-over was gonna be the biggest possibility, and he sed at least it would be better than bankruptcy... L bros & sis went out for diner, and we were saying our green color would be replaced by red and blue on Mon..I nearly cried, I wanted to be, juz the L employee

 

Sat 13/09/2008 - No major news came out from wall street, I had a nightmare that everything changed in the L building on Mon, all of my closed friends were fired

 

Sun 14/09/2008 - I woke up, scared, and sent my first-version CV out to the job market. Its moon-cake day today, juz before I went out for dinner with friends, I checked the news: Barclays/GS/BoA are planning to rescue L. after festival diner, we went to the riverside to watch fireworks, it was supposed to e a nice nite, then i received a msg from my manager: "My dear, i am sure u have seen the news, nothing we can do now, juz keep ur chin up and lets wait and see." I called piguli immediately, and the news was L had the possibility of bankruptcy... I got home, reading the news one by one...believing the magic would still take place the next day...

 

Mon 15/09/2008 - @ 7:30am, my phone was ringing, I picked up, it was my manager:"L has filed for bankruptcy..."

 

 

Lots of friends ask me why im happy all the time, the answer is its nice to be happy!

 

The weather has been real good these days, which makes me sing on the way to work and on the way home, a little bit dancing too when necessary.

 

 

How is work? my typical answer:"it has been good, juz really buz." + smiling face; what I'm thinking is I need a holiday!

 

How is life? my usual answer:"life is good good, juz a lil bit tired."; yea, I didnt say: actually i miss home...

 

How is everything? My real aswners:

 

- I still like the the flat I am staying! rosa likes cleaning and carol likes my jokes.

 

- It takes me 20 mins to go to work, and its been difficult for me to wake up recently, cos i never wanna sleep early. :'(

 

- Love being surrounded with friends, cos otherwise I will be singing: "oh...by myself, I dun wanna be~~ by myself~~~" 

 

- Becoming fatter and fatter cos I quit the gym via believing that I would have the discipline to run in the park everyday.

 

- Trying to shop as much as possible cos saving is no longer a good option given the current inflation!

 

Well well well, life has not been extremely easy since I (for everyone as well)started working, differnt life style, meeting different ppl, different environment, even speaking different languages... BUT juz be HAPPY! work hard! play harder! think positive! act proactive! life will then be easier.  

 

 So looking forwards to Beijing Olympics!

 

 

 

 

 

 

继续。。。

 

 

 

 

 

 

这些场景虽然没有拍下来，却深深的印在我脑海里。

 

待续。。。

继续。。。

 

 

 

 

 

警察叔叔明显被吓到了，哈哈。。

 

 

 

 

 

 

心里却很难受。。。

 

待续。。。

这篇日志应该在两星期前为大家送上，可是本姑娘一直没抓住机会，今天下班早，酝酿了好一会儿， 开始描述第一段。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 哈哈，后面才发现站在中间的那位兄弟就是其中一个在网上流传的英雄人物 :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

最近去了highlands skiing， 照片随后送上。。。 ^.^