Yesterday, I had a meeting at one of the Government agency. The meeting began at 2.45 pm and lasted 2 hours.
There were 6 Government officials, while from my company there were 5 of us. The meeting was Chaired by the Government official and it started with some funny comments and informal conversations. But as the meeting went on, I realized that the Chairman just loved to repeat himself. I figured it could be his age or he just loves repeating. And I also realized that the moment me and my colleague looked down at the papers in front of us, he would ask us if we had problem. (Though my colleague and I were just scribbling messages on the paper) So each time he called out my name wondering if everything was okay, I would have to quickly think of some items to discuss. This game went on for about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The last 15 minutes, they served us the guests tea and kuihs. What a relief that was.
My conclusion about this meeting? They have lots of time to repeat what they've said. They loved making jokes on services providers like us. The meeting was not even supposed to be chaired by a person of his title. This meeting was not even necessary. It could have been done via a couple of emails. Gossshhh....At the end of it, I was tired beyond words....
