2 years...

Finally, it's been 2 years since I joined SPH. One third way to the light at the end of the tunnel. Honestly, it felt like 20 years.

Didn't manage to blog on the actual day itself (7/11) as I was stuck at City Hall covering the Horizon Towers case. I hope it ends soon... the mess is torturous... i pity the lawyers involved...ok maybe not, considering they are paid tons to try to straighten out the mess...

My neighbour at work did a gd job describing how i feel at the hearings: out of place. some of the owners are so rich, they can sit in everyday and not go to work. the lawyers are being paid 100+k a day in total. In contrast, i'm paid peanuts and not only have to sit through the painful hearing, I have to go back to reorganise the points into a story and then translate at the end of the day.

Enough on Horizon Towers...my second year has been less exciting despite a heavier work load.

On top of my daily articles, I planned 3 executive series supplements & workshops and did the supplement & marketing for 2 of them at my paper.

Moved on to Zaobao after my paper's first anniversary in June this year. Let's put it this way, the grass is not always greener on the other side. Been feeling like a human typewriter for the last 5 months churning out property stories after property stories... i miss writing my banking n finance articles which have reduced to a rare occurrence given the never ending URA/SLA/HDB press releases and announcements + Horizon Towers. Hopefully things will change for the better with HM back on the team.

The best word to sum up how I feel now will probably be numb.

Perhaps i've been in journalism for too long. 2007 also marks my 10th year with SPH. I became a student sports correspondent for Zaobao in 1997 and then a student reporter with Friday weekly & Zaobao Fukan in 1998. Interned for half a year in 2001 before LSE and then every summer at the various papers. Besides wanbao, zaobao online & the magazines, I've experienced working for all the various departments under the chinese news division.

Perhaps, it's really time for a change.