<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8474655631324058881.post-3166157009570927880</id><published>2009-11-06T13:38:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T12:00:03.933+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Down In the Dumps.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;I was at Klana Resort Seremban for two days, 31st October &amp;amp; 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; November 2009 for Winning Performance Culture Team Engagement. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;I managed to accomplish most of outdoor activities. Though it’s not easy to overcome fear of height but at least, I managed to climb 12 feet wall with full support &amp;amp; assistance from all of the superb team members. Bravo, Ellena.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTwoxCzL1I/AAAAAAAAB5w/oVDiCQLY84Y/s1600-h/DSC04003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTwoxCzL1I/AAAAAAAAB5w/oVDiCQLY84Y/s320/DSC04003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401206436274581330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;When I came back to work on Monday morning, one of my office mate give me out a question “best tak pi team building?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Honestly, it’s just so-so. It was unremarkable moment for me. I noticed, all the colleagues are still feeling the “heat” &amp;amp; “fire” of it, but not me. When I stepped into office on Monday’s morning, they did a very out, loud-mouthed war-cry, but I silently, wordlessly sit at my place with unpleasant, nasty smile and down face. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Straight from my shoulder, it was moderately good for ME. I was not really motivated. What have caused it happened? Personally, something is bothering my mind since a week ago which I was not supposed to amass that “thing” with me all through team engagement days. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Too bad, this weedy Ellena let this sticky situation winning her mind throughout those days. I was not okay at all and I knew all colleagues noticed about this gloomy girl. I gave bad smiles to others. I refused to do few things. I let myself single-handedly and toddle around the resort unaccompanied. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;And to my Transformers team members:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sorry for ‘saying no’ for a number of activities &amp;amp; thank you for those who had replaced me. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sorry for being unhappy and sluggish team member. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sorry for being jaded. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sorry for the all unpleasant smiles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Fortunately, on the Halloween night, my mood was back to normal. We performed a drama and surprisingly we won the second place. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvaRNaNOI/AAAAAAAAB5g/_A3x00Mo4ys/s1600-h/DSC03810.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvaRNaNOI/AAAAAAAAB5g/_A3x00Mo4ys/s320/DSC03810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401205087699350754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvaHGfkvI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/sDQyaaMOzHM/s1600-h/DSC03812.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvaHGfkvI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/sDQyaaMOzHM/s320/DSC03812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401205084985987826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvHczDvII/AAAAAAAAB5Q/TG5XzCOWK2E/s1600-h/DSC03855.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvHczDvII/AAAAAAAAB5Q/TG5XzCOWK2E/s320/DSC03855.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204764392537218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvHC08pII/AAAAAAAAB5I/O3jX6n7ZJfs/s1600-h/DSC03901.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvHC08pII/AAAAAAAAB5I/O3jX6n7ZJfs/s320/DSC03901.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204757421139074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvGWJEjJI/AAAAAAAAB4w/NeTLQvmn_7c/s1600-h/Ellena987.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTvGWJEjJI/AAAAAAAAB4w/NeTLQvmn_7c/s320/Ellena987.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204745425947794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTuj-NfYlI/AAAAAAAAB4o/6cYV8Y9YEiE/s1600-h/Ellena989.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 309px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTuj-NfYlI/AAAAAAAAB4o/6cYV8Y9YEiE/s320/Ellena989.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204154886480466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTujs2I5pI/AAAAAAAAB4g/Jxy7jN86V0k/s1600-h/Ellena991.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTujs2I5pI/AAAAAAAAB4g/Jxy7jN86V0k/s320/Ellena991.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204150225135250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTujYKgNRI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/mbcDXfpdmqk/s1600-h/Ellena992.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTujYKgNRI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/mbcDXfpdmqk/s320/Ellena992.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204144673404178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTujReLdSI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/Kf6hgk5NHko/s1600-h/Ellena1005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTujReLdSI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/Kf6hgk5NHko/s320/Ellena1005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204142876882210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTui8QLQXI/AAAAAAAAB4I/pGpjfZt5JLY/s1600-h/Ellena1011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTui8QLQXI/AAAAAAAAB4I/pGpjfZt5JLY/s320/Ellena1011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401204137181004146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt883_7PI/AAAAAAAAB4A/cXAS6Bc2zrA/s1600-h/Ellena1012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt883_7PI/AAAAAAAAB4A/cXAS6Bc2zrA/s320/Ellena1012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401203484513004786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt8qUSAaI/AAAAAAAAB34/RNsmZrY8tX0/s1600-h/Ellena1016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt8qUSAaI/AAAAAAAAB34/RNsmZrY8tX0/s320/Ellena1016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401203479531356578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt8Zu0yxI/AAAAAAAAB3w/j3ALjfN5dw4/s1600-h/Ellena1019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt8Zu0yxI/AAAAAAAAB3w/j3ALjfN5dw4/s320/Ellena1019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401203475079285522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt8KrnJBI/AAAAAAAAB3o/NX6Md_pdppY/s1600-h/Ellena1022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt8KrnJBI/AAAAAAAAB3o/NX6Md_pdppY/s320/Ellena1022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401203471039276050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt78hH4WI/AAAAAAAAB3g/eOj5-duBGBg/s1600-h/Ellena1021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTt78hH4WI/AAAAAAAAB3g/eOj5-duBGBg/s320/Ellena1021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401203467237187938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;That night, we danced, we sang songs together and enough said I really-really get pleasure from that moment. I had a good time with my colleagues. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Thank you to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;my better-half&lt;/span&gt; who made an effort to wake up in early morning, without having mealtime together and drove me to Seremban, dissimilar with others who were taking bas to reach there. Heart you, so much. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;And;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;I’m still jaded till this moment…. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8474655631324058881-3166157009570927880?l=ellenagothicfairy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ellenagothicfairy.blogspot.com/feeds/3166157009570927880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8474655631324058881&amp;postID=3166157009570927880&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8474655631324058881/posts/default/3166157009570927880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8474655631324058881/posts/default/3166157009570927880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ellenagothicfairy.blogspot.com/2009/11/down-in-dumps.html' title='Down In the Dumps.'/><author><name>Ellena</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='13352078841904798119'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uNGyfAPydx4/SvTwoxCzL1I/AAAAAAAAB5w/oVDiCQLY84Y/s72-c/DSC04003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry>