I’m a little cog wheel, round and snug.

Today’s the middle of my fourth week in WK. Next Monday, I qualify for the company jacket. Yay! Well, I like it ‘cos it’s soft and comfy to snuggle in.

Other than a bout of restless boredom yesterday and today, it’s been a good ride. I like the view so far. Roger told me that this job was a secure, boring one with limited possibilities for advancement, which is true. But it’s also still a young set-up that’s in the process of growing. By that, I’m referring to the Cyberjaya operations and not CCH or WK.

So. I’ve attended three team meetings with our Asian publishing mangers in the past two days and a company-wide meeting last Thurs with Kay More, our managing director. The new kid on the block, fresh out of training and taking it all in. While I haven’t done any work yet, I’ve been able to follow them bigwigs as they talk about visions and missions and all the bigwig stuff. It’s actually rather exciting to hear all the goals and plans and see the big picture, and see where your role in turning the huge machinery of CCH Asia.

Kay More went through our overall strategies in 2007, while Audrey and Belinda-the Asian publishing mangers-covered strategies in each of the countries we are in: Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and China. This included each country’s target markets, market profiles, CCH’s market position and our competitors. There were figures, revenues and percentages galore in Belinda’s presentation on Monday!

I personally enjoyed Audrey’s session yesterday the most. It was a rather informal session on the evolution of our products and how our customers use them. Her session gave insight on why our managers make the demands that they do and the nature of the industry itself, with its cycles and peaks. The last meeting with Belinda on our product development process was informative but not entirely memorable 24 hours later. And no, I didn’t take any notes.

All in all, I’m rather proud of my company’s history, market position and products. And this is not just an at-first-sight infatuation or the idealism of a green work-drone. I was very proud of my former workplace too. Basically, I like to take pride in my work. Which means when I finally start working on my product, I’d better do it well. Which means I should refresh my memory soon on what I’m supposed to do instead of wasting all my time away now.