Thursday, July 10, 2008

Cultural Clash

Adoii geramnya aku hari ini. Today, i was a little bit unhappy in the office. There's few issues need to be resolve, customers complaining that our 100mt crane driver buat hal at the site, a vendor who'd been calling for his payment (which is not ready yet) and a disagreement in term of reporting system with our partner rep here. Adoiii pening aku. When i first came here, i am surprise on how well develop Dubai is, but instead of feeling like in Arab country, i thought i'm in India..hahaha remind me of lost in translation..

I'm also surprise that there's so many things are still lack in Dubai like procedure, system, HSEQ etc.. And i remember that i thought all of staff here are so hardworking and efficient. But that's my first impression. Some of the first impression will last but some not.

It's always amaze me on how different things are done here compare to in Malaysia. rules can change everyday depend on who you meet-up with. And now, i realize that our staff here are not so hardworking and efficient as i first thought they are. And our partner rep (which in position is higher than me but since i'm reporting directly to Malaysia, so we are at same level, luckily) which i dislike earlier and still dislike now, but i'm surprise that we manage to complement each other at the office. Despite our frequent arguments and disagreement, we still have respect for each other (i think la.. unless secretly he think i'm a nutcase)..

And now i realize, even we still disagree on the reporting system, we will find a way to make this joint venture work. It's not only because it's our responsbility but at the same time both of us are so kiasu and proud person, reputation does matter.

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