Justcame back from a run~ omg i ran all the way to tampines from my house. And then when i reached the end of the runway, i stopped by one of those breakwaters to catch a breath. And i saw this man strategically hiding in the bushes, close to being totally naked and he was suntanning! OMG. which guy ever goes suntanning naked. From far, I was almost on the verge of placing a verdict that its one of those old se4 bei2 bei2, but I noticed he was listening to an mp3 and surfing on his laptop. What a weird man.
Anyway, I worked at the Australian Trade Commission, located in the Australian Embassy, for the past 2 days and its been a terrific working experience out of all the three I've done! I met Andrew West, this australian guy, whom according to himself, stole his current wife from KL. And the best thing is, both of them now work for Austrade, Margaret as Business Manager and him as the IT Consultant. Everyone in the office spoke such impecabble, slightly Aussie accented English, that I felt compelled to add a tinge of slang. haaha. My direct superior Irene, had a voice that was uncannily similar to Zoe Tay, and she also bore the surname Tay. For a moment, I really had the urge to ask her if she was related to Queen of Caldecott Hill (albeit now close to retirement)!
So I was E-blasting thousands of F & B Company for an upcoming Australian fair, and I realised that I was unconsciously discriminating against the presence of women in the workforce. Yes even myself!
Consider some names without salutations, like Tan Min Yi, with senior level designations like GM or F & B Manager. Whenever I wasnt sure about the gender of the other party, I always gave the benefit of the doubt. To the male gender. Because unconsciously I was thinking that managerial positions, GMs, CEOs are almost always filled up by our male counterparts in the workforce. What happened to my girl-elitist RGS education whatsoever?? =P
I also discovered that the male gender likes to abbreviate their name. For example i had many instances of C.F. Chen, KK Tan, JK Yong etc. I would almost confidently conclude that these are male. Perhaps its cos of the harsh sounding phonemes of the letters when pronounced, or perhaps males are simply to lazy to look for an alternative nickname or christian name. They jsut shorten the name, while ladies would go all, searching for names that flows with their surnames and accentuate their character.
Names and salutations are important, dont you think so?
