Finally, my IA @ Pfizer has ended today. It's such a unique experience, as I have my own projects to do & along the way, helping out colleagues with their work while learning things outside my project scope. The people there (esp my dept) are friendly, humourous & treat me very well, way beyond my expectations. It's a nice environment & I've really enjoyed my stay there.
On my last day of work, I transformed into a small Santa Claus, distributing thank-you cards & thank-you-cum-X'mas gifts to my dept colleagues & some others. I was so glad & 感动 from their wide smiles when they received the cards & gifts. Ironically, my sup was the last one to got it, as he was busy throughout that day & not around in the office. I waited, waited & waited until everybody went home. I looked around, feeling 舍不得 & slowly walked out of the office, praying along the way as I inched down the stairs, hoping I could bump into my sup & tell him about the gift & bid him farewell. Heaven answered my prayers! I really bumped into him at the door & say goodbye. I then went to wait for the bus. Surprisingly, I saw my sup rushing to take the same bus. He told me he has seen the gifts and liked them a lot. I was so glad. Chatting in the bus, we finally reached JE MRT Stn & parted. Haiz, 很多感触...
The biggest lessons learnt from this IA are :
[1] Good time management & task prioritization are crucial for successful & on-schedule completion of a project
[2] How we communicate with people is much more important than what we want to communicate
[3] Process automation knowledge, which complements process control
Hmm, not too bad, quite a fruitful experience. Finally got a taste of life in pharma industry :)
1 comment:
Herman,
me got the same yi yi bu she feeling as you.
And horrible me, haven give my sup gift lo! the gift got nan-chan in the process. haiz.... am still going around to look for the critical component before i can complete it.
Regards,
JY
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