February always feels shorter as it only has 28 days, but this year's February felt like zooming past me. I spent the days taking in my colleague's work load, my own work load and also working on my other clients' assignments.
This month I still had three projects from the SG-based clients and two projects from my ID-based clients on a fixed contract. Meanwhile, I was also working on the revision on the Sumba Island project and starting on the earthquake aid relief project. Whenever I woke up from my night sleep this month, I quickly checked the day/date and the to-do list that I had wrote down the day before. This habit actually helped me to stay on track and finish every daily/weekly tasks on time so that I still had time to work on the other projects.
In the past, my colleague often joked that I have this mechanical response and work on a predetermined schedule. Well, look who's benefiting from my unique trait, none other than herself! 😆
Anyway, the writing assignment on the earthquake aid relief turned out to be in either raw form or in limited amount. Some of the data are in the form of newsletters, while some others still in the form of audio/video files. I also had to do additional interviews (note the plural form!) via Microsoft Teams, transcribe the audio/video files into text and then compiling the words into comprehensive articles.
Tangent: after using Skype and Webex for the SG-based client, I have been using Zoom, GMeet and WhatsApp Call for various work purposes. However, this was the first time I used Microsoft Teams and I was impressed. Teams can allow a computer to take over another computer so it can browse the content of the overtaken computer.
If I had more time to work on this assignment, I could enjoy the process more. But it was all about catching up with the deadline, so to be honest, I would say that it was not one of my best work. On a normal situation, I would beat myself for not giving the best result. During this pandemic, I just want to end the assignment as soon as possible, I could not wait to feel at ease again.
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