i contracted food poisoning since tuesday. supposed to be on MC on wed and thurs but i went to work on thurs anyway. had a very groggy week after my illness. for the past 2 days of the weekdays, i totally got screwed up by the many discrepancy issues that i nearly fainted and had a throbbing headache after work each day.
i finally got the chance to communicate with the brokers, to confirm the orders and to send them the allocations of the stocks there were traded, their quantities and portfolios. ooooh cool! i totally love it!
i reli felt so so so tired from the many discrepancy issues that i nearly dreaded every ring i hear from my phone on friday evening, as i know every ring surely constitutes a discrepancy issue and it rang continuously till near 7pm.
it was really the first time, and i reli mean the 1st time, that i felt myself working in a fast-paced position. had a short chat with my trader over my lunch, and we chatted about his work life. as we all should know, life as a trader is never easy. looking around my workplace, i've concurred his point of a very fast-paced lifestyle for our department. other departments could have their own stress and datelines and all, but my department - mainly my traders - were the ones who always have to keep up with the market prices, or even overperform from the benchmark prices. they have to act fast, think fast, decide fast, so that they can get the best prices for the fund managers. always having pressure and all as they are on the frontline. really, all the principles that mr cheong had taught us were totally applicable in this job. as their assistant, i have to keep up with the pace and send info and allocation to brokers as fast as possible too. compute performance for their trade executions as fast as possible. and do distinction projects on futures, options and many more for them.
ARGHHHH i'm stressed out. how can i not be. but i'm trying to take it easy.
i attended an interview for UOB KH, as a biz development clerk. the post has got something to do with the handling of IPOs and prospectus, usually more backroom and desk-bound kinda job. i wasn't very keen so i din reli promote myself that much, just talked cock a lil and kept silent, as i reli hope that i will be able to get an extension for my current job. haha if i can be shortlisted i will tou xiao man.
the Japanese trading company asked me down for an interview, but i postponed it till next tues. was super sick and weak in my knees that i felt so jellyish and nua throughout my whole body. tot for a few days and realized that 1.3K is reli a lil too low, even if bonuses and leaves were to make up for the low pay. DBS called me up and asked me whether i am interested for a position as an Operations officer or assistant. haha but i was sick on that day, hence i wasn't able to attend the interview. just too bad. although the company sounds good and looks good on my resume, but my trader advised me against joining local banks and jap companies. leng also has a fren who learnt very limited knowledge while working in dbs, i wonder if i will be like him? so just too bad for them! hahahaha!
anyway, my trader was proposing to me that there is a high potential that he will extend my contract. dun ask me how i get him to talk about it, i led to this topic unknowingly. was quite sad that my frenz on contract basis were due and left on friday but he brought up this topic and brightened my day when he said that he will be renewing my contract. hahaha. but he also mentioned that i am not convertible to perm (yet) due to company restructuring programme (not very sure did he mention the word YET, but if he did, i will be very happy =) ).
haha god pls BLESS me~ wherever u are~ whoever u are~
i finally got the chance to communicate with the brokers, to confirm the orders and to send them the allocations of the stocks there were traded, their quantities and portfolios. ooooh cool! i totally love it!
i reli felt so so so tired from the many discrepancy issues that i nearly dreaded every ring i hear from my phone on friday evening, as i know every ring surely constitutes a discrepancy issue and it rang continuously till near 7pm.
it was really the first time, and i reli mean the 1st time, that i felt myself working in a fast-paced position. had a short chat with my trader over my lunch, and we chatted about his work life. as we all should know, life as a trader is never easy. looking around my workplace, i've concurred his point of a very fast-paced lifestyle for our department. other departments could have their own stress and datelines and all, but my department - mainly my traders - were the ones who always have to keep up with the market prices, or even overperform from the benchmark prices. they have to act fast, think fast, decide fast, so that they can get the best prices for the fund managers. always having pressure and all as they are on the frontline. really, all the principles that mr cheong had taught us were totally applicable in this job. as their assistant, i have to keep up with the pace and send info and allocation to brokers as fast as possible too. compute performance for their trade executions as fast as possible. and do distinction projects on futures, options and many more for them.
ARGHHHH i'm stressed out. how can i not be. but i'm trying to take it easy.
i attended an interview for UOB KH, as a biz development clerk. the post has got something to do with the handling of IPOs and prospectus, usually more backroom and desk-bound kinda job. i wasn't very keen so i din reli promote myself that much, just talked cock a lil and kept silent, as i reli hope that i will be able to get an extension for my current job. haha if i can be shortlisted i will tou xiao man.
the Japanese trading company asked me down for an interview, but i postponed it till next tues. was super sick and weak in my knees that i felt so jellyish and nua throughout my whole body. tot for a few days and realized that 1.3K is reli a lil too low, even if bonuses and leaves were to make up for the low pay. DBS called me up and asked me whether i am interested for a position as an Operations officer or assistant. haha but i was sick on that day, hence i wasn't able to attend the interview. just too bad. although the company sounds good and looks good on my resume, but my trader advised me against joining local banks and jap companies. leng also has a fren who learnt very limited knowledge while working in dbs, i wonder if i will be like him? so just too bad for them! hahahaha!
anyway, my trader was proposing to me that there is a high potential that he will extend my contract. dun ask me how i get him to talk about it, i led to this topic unknowingly. was quite sad that my frenz on contract basis were due and left on friday but he brought up this topic and brightened my day when he said that he will be renewing my contract. hahaha. but he also mentioned that i am not convertible to perm (yet) due to company restructuring programme (not very sure did he mention the word YET, but if he did, i will be very happy =) ).
haha god pls BLESS me~ wherever u are~ whoever u are~
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