everything adds up

The best writing in the world can't compensate for flawed analysis.

 - extracted from my school's textbook

^@mien: pasta in laksa sauce 

  ^back to school. it's hot out. wore the vintage pendleton in the lecture theatre.

is anyone in the field of analytics? more specifically, in the human resource industry? i'm rather interested in doing research work (if my understanding of the work is correct). i'm just not sure whether handling data is my strength, and whether i can really perform critical thinking. it sounds like high-level work. which is usually beyond my rank-file capacity. my only 'strength' i could claim to fame is writing --> qualifier: self-praise is no praise. perhaps it's true only based on the perception that good writing is not expected of people of my job capacity - which is inevitably linked to my education level. and as long as my academic qualifications are not up to par for the kind of work involved, i can forget about being given the chance to put on the thinking hat. then i won't know if i might like the field of analytics.

i guess, ultimately, my chance would come when i complete the degree (entry-level grad at 43, anyone?). i think what i'm trying to find out is whether i'm going to enjoy analysing issues, esp if they are abstract. i wonder whether i'll feel like a fraud when i dish out my insights about an issue, drawn from looking at numbers and figures. oh gosh. where am i going with this? i'm already over-thinking things and i sometimes loathe it when i see people dissecting an issue to mush. do i still have you with me? do you get me?   

i'm asking these questions because my organisation is undergoing "transformation". we're given the chance to choose where we'd like to be deployed to. we already have in place posting exercises for eligible officers but the exercise for this transformation is of a different magnitude (at least that's my interpretation of things). my job could still be mine after all's said and done. or i could be working in the unit where i feel my strengths would be further honed. how do you decide to decide? it's so frustrating yet amusing, isn't it: decision-making becomes harder when you're given more options. just think of yourself in the shoe section, trying not to tear your hair out deciding on which pairs not to buy. lol.

  ^teddy toh's relative looks like he doesn't have a care in the world. teddy toh himself doesn't care if his butt is exposed to the world while he crashes from sheer exhaustion. ok, just imagine i'm teddy toh. that's the truer picture.