Category Archives: work

How to make a Secret Baker smile

Posted on May 19, 2015 by thepogblog

The loveliest thing happened yesterday.  After traipsing to work with four trays of Sticky Bicky Cake (a delicious gooey refrigerator cake that my best friend’s mum used to make when we were kids), that weighed more than my rucksack (and … Continue reading →

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A Sausage Dog mum and a lack of animal snap

Posted on April 10, 2015 by thepogblog

I have a new friend!  It’s all very exciting.  Ok, that might be stretching the truth a bit, but over Easter there was a reshuffle in the office and new people have been scattered all around me.  People who interact … Continue reading →

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Professional Pog?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by thepogblog

I’ve never been one of those hugely ambitious people at work.  My goal has always been to be as good as I can at my job without missing out on life.  I’ve worked with people who stay in the office … Continue reading →

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Hanging in there with cakes and caterpillars

Posted on March 24, 2015 by thepogblog

It was time for a bit of secret bakering on Monday.  My last offering of flapjacks hadn’t seemed too exciting, so I decided to push the boat out and make my Mum’s chocolate spice cake which is a family favourite.  … Continue reading →

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Advice to make your tummy smile

Posted on March 10, 2015 by thepogblog

I think word has got around the office that my workload may have got a bit silly utterly ridiculous.  People keep offering me advice.  I know it is well intentioned but honestly, it’s not really all that helpful.  For example, … Continue reading →

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All sanity has left the building

Posted on February 3, 2015 by thepogblog

Every day I think “this job can’t get any worse”.  And then it does.  The good news though, is that I am through the ‘crying hysterically about it’ phase, and have moved on to the ‘slightly manically laughing about it’ … Continue reading →

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On a hunt to find smiles

Posted on December 17, 2014 by thepogblog

My new office is not a terribly happy place.  On day 1 of week 4 I had the first conversation that I hadn’t initiated and was very excited.  And then felt grumpy as that was hardly impressive.  The people on … Continue reading →

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Thank you balloons

Posted on December 12, 2014 by thepogblog

When I was growing up, saying please and thank you was drummed into me.  As an adult, I find it REALLY irritating when people don’t remember their manners – I get very grumpy if people don’t say thank you when … Continue reading →

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Is dancing the answer?

Posted on December 9, 2014 by thepogblog

The last few weeks have been…well…tricky. I’ve started my new job which has been a long way from plain sailing, Mum has been poorly and there has been another typhoon in the Philippines.  I didn’t realise just how much I … Continue reading →

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First week of new job discoveries

Posted on November 21, 2014 by thepogblog

I’ve got through the first week in my new job, but it’s been…different.  I think the fact that I bought my first ever lottery ticket this week probably says quite a lot.  There was no ‘getting up to speed’.  No, … Continue reading →

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