The Pressures of a First Post

5th of February... 5 weeks have past since I began my new job at MOE HQ as an ODO. Thats an Organization Development Officer to those wondering. Its one letter away from becoming a DODO too.

Having only been working in a school all this while, coming over to MOE HQ is really a culture shock. Some interesting facts worth sharing...

1) There are 12 Directors who lead 12 Divisions!
Bleach Coincidence???

2) Lotusnotes ROX! My new email account has calender function and the ability to check calender with other people in MOE so that we can figure out meeting dates. This is really important since we work from 9 - 6 walking from 1 meeting to another.

3) I get my own Name Card. I got 1 box of name cards today. I was so happy, I wanted to go around Bouna Vista MRT station distributing them.

4) MOE HQ uses an air-con system that is ground up. This changes all our Physics textbooks on this concept. (See below)
Thats all for now...

I am quite inspired by the work I am doing. After doing this budget work for an overseas study trip, I think I am going back to school to set a PBL based on this math problem. Something along the lines of...

Your Director has tasked you to budget a trip to Microsoft HQ to study the innovation practices there. Craft a budget proposal for the trip.
Include a matrix representing the number of people for the trip, the number of nights agains the trip expediture.
Factor, flight cost, accomodation cost, possible fuel hike with impeding war with Iran etc...
Use data taken online, hyperlink all websites used. Good luck.

Yep... Quite inspired now. =)