Monday

Went to my first BC after a long time, I genuinely cannot remember the last time I BC during the weekdays.

Last night it was T5 -3 = big guy & me

It was great to see him cos big guy has almost completely disappear from the face of the earth for the last few months, it's good to see him despite that it was probably one of the worse day in his career life. 

I can absolutely relate to him and these things happen all the time at work. Even without having worked with him nor knowing what he actually do, i still have no doubt that he is more than competent in doing what he does, you can just tell by their personality & attributes. So knowing the potential of what you can become (regardless whether you'd like to or not) but being denied that opportunity is really hard to make peace with. It reminds me of a Chinese proverb- 懷才不遇.

As a friend, the only thing we can do is to trying cheering him up as best as we can but this is something that only he can overcome in time. 

I seriously think that in his situation, none of his competence as leader was in question, it's purely bureaucratic. Promotion means paperwork & justification. Less justification, less chance to being questioned and bombarded. That's how the system works. Not that i agree with it but once you're in the system, there seem to be no way around it. It all comes down to whether you're boss is a person with conscience and whether he/she is willing to fight for your greater good. 

Big guy if you're reading this ----- We are fighters and we never give up!!