Was doing some retail therapy this afternoon when the phone rang. A quick glance on the mobile, couldn't recognize the number but took the call anyway.
"Hello?"
"Hi Jane"
"Who is this?"
"(says name)"
"Sorry, who?"
"(says name again)"
"Oh, shit!!"
"(laughs)..So how's the new job going??"
(makes mental note to fire evil twin or sexy lexy but I know they wouldn't be the ones)
"What? New job? What?"
"Oh, a little bird told me..."
"Don't believe everything the dumb bird tells you"
"No lah, I saw you driving one morning. Quite early & you were all dressed up. So I figured you must have been on your way to work... So the honeymoon period is over and you finally felt the need to work?"
"Well, I wasn't really looking for a job. Just that my ex-boss offered me & I thought I'd give it a shot. So when are you leaving?"
"Oh, you know..."
"Yeah, a bigger bird told me..."
And he goes on to tell me that he's leaving soon and yada yada yada...And we bid the other well before saying goodbye
Shockalingam me!! Why did he call me? To say goodbye ah? Oh well, I am me after all. There is a love-hate relationship. Love to hate me, hate to love me...
As much as I am not too fond of him, him calling me didn't spoil my day. Therapy sessions proved fruitful. Didn't even have to wait to go across the border to add to my genuine collection. Happy happy me.....
20090528
20090527
genuine ah
She looks at the bags I carry.
"Wah!! New bag ah? (says the brand)"
Acknowledges her query.
"Genuine ah?"
Getting on the nerves. Is this question really necessary? Do I look like I carry fakes? Been there, done that. Phase is so over.
Thinking of adding another one to the collection. A visit to the island republic beckons. Soon.
"Yes madam!! Genuine!!"
"Wah, stylo ah. Ada class"
"Abuden..."
Shuts up. For now.
"Wah!! New bag ah? (says the brand)"
Acknowledges her query.
"Genuine ah?"
Getting on the nerves. Is this question really necessary? Do I look like I carry fakes? Been there, done that. Phase is so over.
Thinking of adding another one to the collection. A visit to the island republic beckons. Soon.
"Yes madam!! Genuine!!"
"Wah, stylo ah. Ada class"
"Abuden..."
Shuts up. For now.
disillusioned few
Have you ever come across a select few who are in a confused state of mind, be it whether the country they are in or something like that?
In my condo, there is one guy who is on the joint management body who put up a circular on security alert or something. He mentioned about a break-in that happened last autumn. Our country? Autumn? When?
Then as I am browsing Facebook, someone I know put in her status "XX needs an extra boost; RETAIL THERAPY, alwiz works for me" and followed by some comments from her fellow comrades - 'Ok, ok, I get it. Next weekend" and one went "now if only i had the benjamins, i WUD LOVE to join you too"
Again? Benjamin? When? How? What? Last I checked the pic of the Agong, he didn't look like Benjamin to me..
Really? Just cause one lived abroad a couple of years, we suddenly have autumn & benjamins? Really?????
In my condo, there is one guy who is on the joint management body who put up a circular on security alert or something. He mentioned about a break-in that happened last autumn. Our country? Autumn? When?
Then as I am browsing Facebook, someone I know put in her status "XX needs an extra boost; RETAIL THERAPY, alwiz works for me" and followed by some comments from her fellow comrades - 'Ok, ok, I get it. Next weekend" and one went "now if only i had the benjamins, i WUD LOVE to join you too"
Again? Benjamin? When? How? What? Last I checked the pic of the Agong, he didn't look like Benjamin to me..
Really? Just cause one lived abroad a couple of years, we suddenly have autumn & benjamins? Really?????
ah so..me no speak engerund
I don't know if there is any truth in this but I thought it pretty funny...I received it via mail from a friend.
A few days ago, Prime Minister Mori was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Barack Obama..
The instructor told Mori Prime Minister, when you shake hand with President Obama, please say 'how r u'. Then Mr. Obama should say, 'I am fine, and you?' Now, you should say 'me too'. Afterwards we, translators, will do the work for you.'
It looks quite simple, but the truth is...
When Mori met Obama , he mistakenly said 'who r u?' (Instead of 'How r u?'.)
Mr. Obama was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor: 'Well, I'm Michelle's husband, ha-ha...'
Then Mori replied 'me too, ha-ha.. .'.
Then there was a long silence in the meeting room.
A few days ago, Prime Minister Mori was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Barack Obama..
The instructor told Mori Prime Minister, when you shake hand with President Obama, please say 'how r u'. Then Mr. Obama should say, 'I am fine, and you?' Now, you should say 'me too'. Afterwards we, translators, will do the work for you.'
It looks quite simple, but the truth is...
When Mori met Obama , he mistakenly said 'who r u?' (Instead of 'How r u?'.)
Mr. Obama was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor: 'Well, I'm Michelle's husband, ha-ha...'
Then Mori replied 'me too, ha-ha.. .'.
Then there was a long silence in the meeting room.
there's a monster under....
Couldn't help but smile when they read the interesting headlines on the radio this morning, especially this.
I know a few people who have or had problems with monsters-in-law, namely the she-monster. You know who I am referring to.
I myself have had my fair share of problems with the MIL but I guess I am one the luckier one who have a spouse (her son) who has balls and see who or what is wrong. And I suppose, after seeing that I can actually take care of her son as well as her if not better (pushing it maybe?), she backed off.
Contacts and communications with her are but a few and I am happy to keep it as such. Balik kampung ocassions are also limited so not much opportunities to cari pasal. Hubby has mentioned that he wants to bring her on our family vacations but I am not sold on that idea yet. So I shall not bring up the idea of a family getaway as yet. Waitlah a couple of months and he'll soon forget he said that. Must. Remember. Not. To. Bring. It. Up.
Some of us can only be so lucky to have the She-Ra stay in another continent or across the ocean and the only way to get to them is by taking a flight. Damn the budget flights kan? But you can always say "Oh, penuh lah flight.." Just don't tell your other half that you tried to book the flights one day before intended travel. LOL
So do you have monsters in your closet?
I know a few people who have or had problems with monsters-in-law, namely the she-monster. You know who I am referring to.
I myself have had my fair share of problems with the MIL but I guess I am one the luckier one who have a spouse (her son) who has balls and see who or what is wrong. And I suppose, after seeing that I can actually take care of her son as well as her if not better (pushing it maybe?), she backed off.
Contacts and communications with her are but a few and I am happy to keep it as such. Balik kampung ocassions are also limited so not much opportunities to cari pasal. Hubby has mentioned that he wants to bring her on our family vacations but I am not sold on that idea yet. So I shall not bring up the idea of a family getaway as yet. Waitlah a couple of months and he'll soon forget he said that. Must. Remember. Not. To. Bring. It. Up.
Some of us can only be so lucky to have the She-Ra stay in another continent or across the ocean and the only way to get to them is by taking a flight. Damn the budget flights kan? But you can always say "Oh, penuh lah flight.." Just don't tell your other half that you tried to book the flights one day before intended travel. LOL
So do you have monsters in your closet?
it's been a hard day's night....
Wow, it's been a week and I have not put up any post in this lowly blog of mine. Nothing much has been happening apart from the fact that the hubby & the daughter came down with viral bug and yours truly had to make sure they took their medication, ate well & that the temperature didn't go too high. Ahhh, the joys of being a mother & a wife (no, no I am not complaining)...
And to add to the unenviable duty of being a nurse and a maid, I had endless deadlines at the office. Jane, Jane you need to do this for a meeting with the big kahunas next Wednesday (err yes its today). So I cried & vomitted blood and have prepared everything for a meeting today just to have the big kahunas & big-kahuna-wannabe leave for an out of town biz trip five minutes ago. So now I have to come in an additional day on Friday just for the darn meeting. Shit!! But on the bright side, next week I only work 1 day...
Just this morning, I had a chat with the lady boss who informed that the big kahunas are looking for an Executive Assistant and she thought I could do the job. So she tells me she spoke to the man and he wants to know if I can keep confidential issues, well confidential. And she came up with an X amount. Thanks but really, no thanks I'll pass. I named my figure & she'll have to speak to the man about it. If they do agree to the amount I set, I'll not only keep all things confidential, I'll be nice and friendly and all things I am not. Otherwise, I'll just be doing what I do now....
Don't really know if I need it but wish me luck!!
And to add to the unenviable duty of being a nurse and a maid, I had endless deadlines at the office. Jane, Jane you need to do this for a meeting with the big kahunas next Wednesday (err yes its today). So I cried & vomitted blood and have prepared everything for a meeting today just to have the big kahunas & big-kahuna-wannabe leave for an out of town biz trip five minutes ago. So now I have to come in an additional day on Friday just for the darn meeting. Shit!! But on the bright side, next week I only work 1 day...
Just this morning, I had a chat with the lady boss who informed that the big kahunas are looking for an Executive Assistant and she thought I could do the job. So she tells me she spoke to the man and he wants to know if I can keep confidential issues, well confidential. And she came up with an X amount. Thanks but really, no thanks I'll pass. I named my figure & she'll have to speak to the man about it. If they do agree to the amount I set, I'll not only keep all things confidential, I'll be nice and friendly and all things I am not. Otherwise, I'll just be doing what I do now....
Don't really know if I need it but wish me luck!!
20090520
a little less a little more
I am in this situation where we (hubby & I) have loaned out of compassion, an amount of money to some friends whom we have known for as long as we have been married.
Of course they approached the hubby when they wanted to take out the loan and although I manage the moolah at home, I agreed to help out for reasons that I shall not divulge. Then recently they approach the hubby again for another loan (the first one only settled 25%) for a business venture during a recent sporting event.
Hubby again agreed to give a loan after the she-counterpart promised to pay back in cash the full amount no later than 2 days after the event. This time though, I had to pass her the cash just so she is aware that I know about this (apparently they thought I did not know about the first one but like seriously??). So it's been a while now and we have yet to see a single ringgit in repayment.
And she went on to say "If it goes well, we'll pay back the loan amount plus token." to which I replied "It'd be enought to get back just the principal amount. Don't worry too much about the token." I was being honest although the husband thought I was being too blunt.
And the dear husband thought he would let me have the enviable coveted role of being the debt collector this time after of course he tried to call them but to no avail. So I sent them a message (yes both to the husband and wife) asking them when they want to settle lah. And yes, they gave excuses as in 'delay in payment from vendor lah or whatever lah. give us a week'.
Fast forward two weeks (I gave one week in addition lagi) I sent him a message again asking the update & he gives me the excuse of still not receiving payment from the other party. So I 'brewed' a little white lie. Not wrong kan? I mean really, should it be my concern that he cannot get the other party to pay up? How he manages his finances is not my concern right? How him not being able to meet his other half's absurd demands is not my effing problem right?
I know I may lose the friendship but truth be told, I really don't give a shit although I have known her for so long. I am not being a person's friend just so I can be taken advantage of and for me to take advantage of them also.
If it's a genuine reason that one needs help (financially, emotionally) I try to help to the best of my abilities. But if one thinks I am gonna be there to catch them everytime they fall and think its all free (and ditanggung halal after that), I think not!! I'm just gonna let them fall smack flat on their face and won't even bother to ask what happened.
Yes, I know it may sound cruel but is it sometimes that you have to be cruel to be kind?
Of course they approached the hubby when they wanted to take out the loan and although I manage the moolah at home, I agreed to help out for reasons that I shall not divulge. Then recently they approach the hubby again for another loan (the first one only settled 25%) for a business venture during a recent sporting event.
Hubby again agreed to give a loan after the she-counterpart promised to pay back in cash the full amount no later than 2 days after the event. This time though, I had to pass her the cash just so she is aware that I know about this (apparently they thought I did not know about the first one but like seriously??). So it's been a while now and we have yet to see a single ringgit in repayment.
And she went on to say "If it goes well, we'll pay back the loan amount plus token." to which I replied "It'd be enought to get back just the principal amount. Don't worry too much about the token." I was being honest although the husband thought I was being too blunt.
And the dear husband thought he would let me have the enviable coveted role of being the debt collector this time after of course he tried to call them but to no avail. So I sent them a message (yes both to the husband and wife) asking them when they want to settle lah. And yes, they gave excuses as in 'delay in payment from vendor lah or whatever lah. give us a week'.
Fast forward two weeks (I gave one week in addition lagi) I sent him a message again asking the update & he gives me the excuse of still not receiving payment from the other party. So I 'brewed' a little white lie. Not wrong kan? I mean really, should it be my concern that he cannot get the other party to pay up? How he manages his finances is not my concern right? How him not being able to meet his other half's absurd demands is not my effing problem right?
I know I may lose the friendship but truth be told, I really don't give a shit although I have known her for so long. I am not being a person's friend just so I can be taken advantage of and for me to take advantage of them also.
If it's a genuine reason that one needs help (financially, emotionally) I try to help to the best of my abilities. But if one thinks I am gonna be there to catch them everytime they fall and think its all free (and ditanggung halal after that), I think not!! I'm just gonna let them fall smack flat on their face and won't even bother to ask what happened.
Yes, I know it may sound cruel but is it sometimes that you have to be cruel to be kind?
20090519
loving me and leaving me
If I don't tell you my innermost secrets?
If I don't call you just to say 'hi' or 'bye'?
If I choose to confide in another whom I think will understand me better?
If I tell you what you need to hear instead of what you want to hear?
If I can't meet you for lunch or drinks every week, or month?
If I can't be there for every ocassion that you are celebrating?
If I don't know what you like or dislike?
If I choose to give my opinion but trust you to make your own decision, learned or otherwise?
If I choose to say what I say or do what I do for not wanting to hurt you?
Does that make me a terrible person? A lousy friend?
If I don't call you just to say 'hi' or 'bye'?
If I choose to confide in another whom I think will understand me better?
If I tell you what you need to hear instead of what you want to hear?
If I can't meet you for lunch or drinks every week, or month?
If I can't be there for every ocassion that you are celebrating?
If I don't know what you like or dislike?
If I choose to give my opinion but trust you to make your own decision, learned or otherwise?
If I choose to say what I say or do what I do for not wanting to hurt you?
Does that make me a terrible person? A lousy friend?
we aren't the brady bunch
I survived the weekend with the MIL at home...kesian ange, tak dapat my koleksi dvd tak halal. Takpe takpe there's always next time.
Last Friday, the hubby had to drive to the east of the country with his mom & his sis to attend a family function. I managed to weasel my way out of attending plus I was working on Friday. So I thought the hubby will be entertained with the yapping sis that should keep him from feeling sleepy throughout the journey.
They were due back on Saturday evening. And Saturday noon, I brought the daughter and friend to celebrate her friend's birthday at Hard Rock. Good lunch. So evening, I start cooking dinner when I hear them coming through the door. Hubby walks right into the kitchen for a hug and kiss & then blurts out "Argggghh, tak leh tahan my sister. She talked non-stop from the time we got into the car till the time we reached home. Pening. Pening." (and the journey took only three hours).
Then he leaves to check his mail on the laptop, read the political blogs, the news and such. Then the sister pulak walks into the kitchen and goes "How can you stand your husband ah? Asyik nak angin jer. Sikit-sikit nak marah" and she goes on to tell me how he chided her for certain things. All I could do was just to smile. Suddenly I am aunt agony to both of them. Expecting the MIL to walk in any time soon to complain about her two children but I think she was busy nursing her headache after the journey. Dinner, a Panadol and sleep helped solve that problem.
So.... all it took was one three hour drive for them to realise each other's shortcomings?? Live with it, I told them. They are siblings after all, its not like you can block them or unlist them like how we can in Facebook kan??
Next family trip, I am packing the I-Pod!!
Last Friday, the hubby had to drive to the east of the country with his mom & his sis to attend a family function. I managed to weasel my way out of attending plus I was working on Friday. So I thought the hubby will be entertained with the yapping sis that should keep him from feeling sleepy throughout the journey.
They were due back on Saturday evening. And Saturday noon, I brought the daughter and friend to celebrate her friend's birthday at Hard Rock. Good lunch. So evening, I start cooking dinner when I hear them coming through the door. Hubby walks right into the kitchen for a hug and kiss & then blurts out "Argggghh, tak leh tahan my sister. She talked non-stop from the time we got into the car till the time we reached home. Pening. Pening." (and the journey took only three hours).
Then he leaves to check his mail on the laptop, read the political blogs, the news and such. Then the sister pulak walks into the kitchen and goes "How can you stand your husband ah? Asyik nak angin jer. Sikit-sikit nak marah" and she goes on to tell me how he chided her for certain things. All I could do was just to smile. Suddenly I am aunt agony to both of them. Expecting the MIL to walk in any time soon to complain about her two children but I think she was busy nursing her headache after the journey. Dinner, a Panadol and sleep helped solve that problem.
So.... all it took was one three hour drive for them to realise each other's shortcomings?? Live with it, I told them. They are siblings after all, its not like you can block them or unlist them like how we can in Facebook kan??
Next family trip, I am packing the I-Pod!!
20090515
if at first you don't succeed...
...try again!! Or so the saying goes....
Put yourself in this situation. You have been assigned a project. You put your heart & soul into it (well probably half-hearted I don't know) and come up with something you think is gonna knock the boss' socks off.
After reminding him numerous times to revert, he finally comes back to you with a list of what and what not to do...and ends off with 'try again'.
How would you feel?
Put yourself in this situation. You have been assigned a project. You put your heart & soul into it (well probably half-hearted I don't know) and come up with something you think is gonna knock the boss' socks off.
After reminding him numerous times to revert, he finally comes back to you with a list of what and what not to do...and ends off with 'try again'.
How would you feel?
20090514
ring-ring escort services
This morning. I am at my tailor's picking up some stuff I commissioned her to make for the sis-in-law and myself. The mobile rings. Not the exact conversation but something like that lah.
Me: Babe...
Her: Babe, kerja today?
Me: No. You?
Her: Kerja lah. I tengah breakfast before I go in to work.
Me: What's up, babe?
Her: Takde lah I dah habis makan so boring-boring ni I call you lah borak-borak.
Me: Kawan-kawan semua cam tu. Tengah tunggu client ke, tengah boring ke sambil hisap rokok talipon aku ajak borak kosong.
Her: Hee hee hee
Me: Buat escort service lah cam ni.
And we continue to talk about other things till it's time for her to go into the office till she next needs my services again.
So if you are hanging around waiting for someone to show up, or waiting for your friend to come out of the washroom or just need to talk but not to yourself, call me lah..... Text me pun boleh.
Me: Babe...
Her: Babe, kerja today?
Me: No. You?
Her: Kerja lah. I tengah breakfast before I go in to work.
Me: What's up, babe?
Her: Takde lah I dah habis makan so boring-boring ni I call you lah borak-borak.
Me: Kawan-kawan semua cam tu. Tengah tunggu client ke, tengah boring ke sambil hisap rokok talipon aku ajak borak kosong.
Her: Hee hee hee
Me: Buat escort service lah cam ni.
And we continue to talk about other things till it's time for her to go into the office till she next needs my services again.
So if you are hanging around waiting for someone to show up, or waiting for your friend to come out of the washroom or just need to talk but not to yourself, call me lah..... Text me pun boleh.
20090513
the good, the not-so-bad & the fugly..
The Good
Yesterday the daughter was telling me a funny story about one of her friends. See, they will be sitting for a somewhat important exam later in the year. Seems her friend decided to add one more subject to the list of seven compulsory papers they need to take - the Chinese language.
One of their teachers was asking her to read some Chinese characters to which friends say after hmm-ing and ahh-ing that she doesn't know. Then the teacher asks her why she decided to take on this additional subject if she can't even read the characters. Her answer - simply "When my brother did his exams, he got 7As & 1D and the D was for Chinese. So I wanted to take and score a 'C' so that I can brag to him". The daughter then says "Oh a straight Cs student (friend has been scoring C in all the Chinese papers in all the exams)" to which friend proudly beams and says "Yeah!!".
As much as I did laugh at her reasoning for wanting to do what she wants to do, I am indeed in awe and perhaps admiration of her guts to do what she wants and not give two hoots about what the C might do to her straight As that she is aspiring to score for the rest (thinking positive for the girls here).
But really, I am glad that there is some sense (common or cow-dung) in these kids; the daughter and her friends alike to not take life too seriously especially when they are just fifteen and to enjoy what the have when they can. How I wish I was back in school now (don't really look forward to the exams and the homework though).
The Not-so-Bad
Ahhhhh....bliss (one of the many that keep a plain jane like me smiling and happy happy) is cruising on the highways sans idiotic drivers from one end of the earth (read: office) to the civilization (read: home) in fifteen minutes. Believe it!! I did that today. And this is way faster than when I worked in a place that is supposed to be ten minutes away but felt like it took eternity on the road. And the fact that I had to fork out four buckaroos for the toll didn't even bother me.
The Fugly
Since I left my last employment, I have learnt to be more calm, less irritable, less bitchy, less a pain in the arse. But these undesirable traits are slowly creeping its way back...bad!!! (yes people, I am mother theresa incarnate I keep telling you. Believe me already). Tuesday - went into the office. Boss gives me some projects I need to work on & a couple are bloody urgent like 'we need it last year'. Sigh...okay. So I start working on the last years project, deadline today...
And I'm working. And I'm typing. And I'm hurting my brains (ah chanz, ange, bee or whoever don't even think of kutuking 'k). Then it strikes me "If the dinosaurs in the company aren't smart enough to open the relevant sheets in the spreadsheet, nanti I juga susah kan"... being the super-efficient worker that I am (self praise moment cos I know I ain't getting any lurve) I very patiently copy-paste copy-paste into four different spreadsheets. and this is for three documents. Which took me one whole effing day to do. So this morning, all printed, sorted I give boss the proposal.
Ignoramus looks at me: "When they open the file, I want all three documents to be there as a set".
Me: "Can't we just send the three spreadsheets to them in soft copy and they can do it themselves."
Ignoramus: "No, no. It must be a set"
Me: "It's different applications. If I put it all in word doc, alignment will lari, tabulation not auto" (making excuses lah. work smart not hard)
Ignoramus: "No, no. It must be a set"
Me: "Redo lah"
Deadline - today & she's telling me this one hour before it's time to eff-off. So I got effing one hour to redo the documents for four different companies with four different sets of information. Bloody old arseholes can't even fill in the details themselves; ignoramus is ringing in my ear "they are not that smart"...what the saying about pots and kettles again??
Okay, docs completed. Sends via email. Summoned in "I don't know how to forward this docs. Come help me create an icon". What icon? Saves file into the folder. "Oh you forgot one more company ah". Shit!! Never mind copy-paste comes to the rescue. So I use file A as sample. "No, no don't use this. Use that. The staff force is about the same". Okay, its fifteen minutes to go before I need to get my ass out the office. Okay okay copy-paste file B.
Opens new file. Changes the information. "This company where got site office". Urgh!! Takde bulu pun bulu dah meremang "Patience lah. You know, patience is a virtue". Ignoramus just laughs and says "I scared you forget". Dear god!! Someone kill me already!!!
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
I will if I can but I can't so I won't. Who gives a shit anyways!!! Oh, a friend suggested I apply for a part time gig with a child development outfit. Maybe I will.. So I won't be able to wear my AX outfits or tote my SF but at least the halo above my head won't disappear so soon right? Or will the kids be traumatized for life?? If I do end up working with the kids, maybe the parents should be made to sign a disclaimer. Or something.
And oh!! MIL is visiting tomorrow - wish me luck!!
Yesterday the daughter was telling me a funny story about one of her friends. See, they will be sitting for a somewhat important exam later in the year. Seems her friend decided to add one more subject to the list of seven compulsory papers they need to take - the Chinese language.
One of their teachers was asking her to read some Chinese characters to which friends say after hmm-ing and ahh-ing that she doesn't know. Then the teacher asks her why she decided to take on this additional subject if she can't even read the characters. Her answer - simply "When my brother did his exams, he got 7As & 1D and the D was for Chinese. So I wanted to take and score a 'C' so that I can brag to him". The daughter then says "Oh a straight Cs student (friend has been scoring C in all the Chinese papers in all the exams)" to which friend proudly beams and says "Yeah!!".
As much as I did laugh at her reasoning for wanting to do what she wants to do, I am indeed in awe and perhaps admiration of her guts to do what she wants and not give two hoots about what the C might do to her straight As that she is aspiring to score for the rest (thinking positive for the girls here).
But really, I am glad that there is some sense (common or cow-dung) in these kids; the daughter and her friends alike to not take life too seriously especially when they are just fifteen and to enjoy what the have when they can. How I wish I was back in school now (don't really look forward to the exams and the homework though).
The Not-so-Bad
Ahhhhh....bliss (one of the many that keep a plain jane like me smiling and happy happy) is cruising on the highways sans idiotic drivers from one end of the earth (read: office) to the civilization (read: home) in fifteen minutes. Believe it!! I did that today. And this is way faster than when I worked in a place that is supposed to be ten minutes away but felt like it took eternity on the road. And the fact that I had to fork out four buckaroos for the toll didn't even bother me.
The Fugly
Since I left my last employment, I have learnt to be more calm, less irritable, less bitchy, less a pain in the arse. But these undesirable traits are slowly creeping its way back...bad!!! (yes people, I am mother theresa incarnate I keep telling you. Believe me already). Tuesday - went into the office. Boss gives me some projects I need to work on & a couple are bloody urgent like 'we need it last year'. Sigh...okay. So I start working on the last years project, deadline today...
And I'm working. And I'm typing. And I'm hurting my brains (ah chanz, ange, bee or whoever don't even think of kutuking 'k). Then it strikes me "If the dinosaurs in the company aren't smart enough to open the relevant sheets in the spreadsheet, nanti I juga susah kan"... being the super-efficient worker that I am (self praise moment cos I know I ain't getting any lurve) I very patiently copy-paste copy-paste into four different spreadsheets. and this is for three documents. Which took me one whole effing day to do. So this morning, all printed, sorted I give boss the proposal.
Ignoramus looks at me: "When they open the file, I want all three documents to be there as a set".
Me: "Can't we just send the three spreadsheets to them in soft copy and they can do it themselves."
Ignoramus: "No, no. It must be a set"
Me: "It's different applications. If I put it all in word doc, alignment will lari, tabulation not auto" (making excuses lah. work smart not hard)
Ignoramus: "No, no. It must be a set"
Me: "Redo lah"
Deadline - today & she's telling me this one hour before it's time to eff-off. So I got effing one hour to redo the documents for four different companies with four different sets of information. Bloody old arseholes can't even fill in the details themselves; ignoramus is ringing in my ear "they are not that smart"...what the saying about pots and kettles again??
Okay, docs completed. Sends via email. Summoned in "I don't know how to forward this docs. Come help me create an icon". What icon? Saves file into the folder. "Oh you forgot one more company ah". Shit!! Never mind copy-paste comes to the rescue. So I use file A as sample. "No, no don't use this. Use that. The staff force is about the same". Okay, its fifteen minutes to go before I need to get my ass out the office. Okay okay copy-paste file B.
Opens new file. Changes the information. "This company where got site office". Urgh!! Takde bulu pun bulu dah meremang "Patience lah. You know, patience is a virtue". Ignoramus just laughs and says "I scared you forget". Dear god!! Someone kill me already!!!
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
I will if I can but I can't so I won't. Who gives a shit anyways!!! Oh, a friend suggested I apply for a part time gig with a child development outfit. Maybe I will.. So I won't be able to wear my AX outfits or tote my SF but at least the halo above my head won't disappear so soon right? Or will the kids be traumatized for life?? If I do end up working with the kids, maybe the parents should be made to sign a disclaimer. Or something.
And oh!! MIL is visiting tomorrow - wish me luck!!
20090512
fashion don'ts one-o-one
This my dear readers is what not to wear to the office...especially if you hold a senior position within a company. Dress down Friday or or not..... Pic isn't that that clear as the photographer had limited resources to work with & our creature of the sea swam by so swiftly and of course photo taken from outside the aquarium. Face had to be sprayed for obvious reasons but I think those of you who know, knows.
20090511
scusi...
Found this on the net & found it a bit funny. How true it is, I really have not a clue but I won't be surprised if some people do actually write like this.
These are real absence excuses sent to school from the parents of kids at the Wells Branch School District.
These are real absence excuses sent to school from the parents of kids at the Wells Branch School District.
- Dear school please accuse John from being absent on January 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.
- Please excuse Dianne from being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.
- I had to keep Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I didn't know what size she ware.
- Please excuse Johnny for being. It was his father's fault.
- Mary could not come to school because she was bothered by very close veins.
- Chris will not be in school cuz he has an acre in his side.
- John has been absent because he had two teeth taken off his face.
- Excuse Gloria. She has been under the doctor.
- Lillie was absent from school yesterday because she had a going over.
- My son is under the doctor's care and should not take fizaca ed. Please execute him.
- Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.
- My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent this weekend with the Marines.
- Please excuse Joyce from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday she fell off a tree and misplaced her hip.
- Please excuse Ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
- Maryann was absent December 11-16 because she had a fever, sore throat, headache, and upset stomack. Her sister was also sick, fever and sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be the flu going around, her father even got hot last night.
- Please excuse Blanche from jim today. She is adminstrating.
- Please excuse Pedero from being absent yseterday. He had diah/ dyah/ the sh*ts.
- George was absent yesterday because he had a stomach. Ralph was absent yesterday because he had a sore trout.
- Please excuse Wayne for being out yeaterday, because he had the fuel.
- Please excuse Sarah for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.
been missing out
Apart from finishing the employee handbook, I've not been doing anything much on the laptop lately. The blog has been neglected for almost a week now. And seems I missed on a girl's night out with bee & ange (did it happen girls) & perhaps the mother's day post.
Well, better late than never I suppose. So to all the mothers I know, tak kira lah ada anak kaki dua ke anak kaki empat ke anak tekak ke...belated mother's day wishes to all of you with love and kisses.
I will not have a temper tantrum nor stomp across the floor.
I will not pout, scream or shout or kick against the door.
I will not throw my food around nor pick upon another.
I’ll always try to be real good because I am the mother.
I will not pout, scream or shout or kick against the door.
I will not throw my food around nor pick upon another.
I’ll always try to be real good because I am the mother.
20090506
from outside the aqua-room
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the highest level one can achieve in self-actualization. Careerwise, everyone or at least everyone wants to attain the highest level, getting to the top ie the powers that be or doing what you are actually passionate about.
Imagine this - an employee of finance background (lets call this one Calamary) has reached quite a senior position in an organization; whether competent or otherwise I shall reserve my comments. The numero uno in the department is intending to leave for greener pastures. So the natural course of order would be if they are not deciding on a replacement from external sources a promotion for Calamary.
Does Calamary want it? Apparently no & Calamary was heard with this remark (not the exact words but you get the point).
Calamary: I don't want the promotion & am not even expecting it. I am quite happy where I am now. Actually, I am not really interested in finance. My true passion is fashion & hobbies.
Assistant to Calamary: Okay (obviously in a daze & confusion)
And went on to add (I don't know how long it took for the idea to settle in Calamary's head though)...
Calamary: Actually I want to take on more responsibilities & learn something new...
Assistant to Calamary: Like what?
Calamary: Reports...
Assistant can only smile & wonder what brought this on. SWIM CALAMARY SWIM, YOU'LL GET THERE SOME DAY....... I believe in you!!
i love her, i love her not
Came across this while kepoh-ing in some blogs and thought it simply hilarious. Okay I may be breaking the rules a bit (ie I didn't speak to bee recently but does leaving a comment in her blog count??)..so bee, this is my break up letter to you. Pass on the lurve....
Dear Bee,
I don't really know how to tell you this, I’m in love with your cat. I think I realized it when your dog humped my leg at the Elton John concert and I saw you sit on your "My Little Pony" collection. I'm sure you're cowardly enough to understand that your driving sucks. I'm returning the couch cushions to you, but I'll keep your glass eye as a memory. You should also know that I will not tell the authorities that you stole the whale from the backyard and you should stop picking your nose.
Kiss my butt,
Jane
Here's how you do it:
Dear (Someone you recently talked to),
I don't really know how to tell you this, (1). I think I realized it (2) (3) and I saw you (4) (5). I'm sure you're (6) enough to understand (7). I'm returning (8) to you, but I'll keep (9) as a memory. You should also know that I (10) and (11).
(12),
your name
1) What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - I'm in love with your cat
Red - Our affair is over
White - I’m joining the Convent
Black -Our romance is over
Green- Our socks don't match
Grey - You're a leprechaun
Yellow - I'm selling myself for candy
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - Purple hedgehogs want to destroy you
Other -I dislike your eyelashes
2) Which is your birth month?
January - That night you picked your nose
February -When I quoted Forrest Gump
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on peanut butter
May - When I threw up in your sock drawer
June - When you put cuffs on me
July – When I saw the purple monkey
August - When you smacked my ass
September - Last year when you peed your pants
October - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
November - When your dog humped my leg
December - When I finally changed my underwear
3) Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
Chicken- In your car
Pasta - Outside of your office
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad – As you were eating Kraft Dinner
Lasagna - In your closet
Kebab - With Jean Chrétien
Fish - In a clown suit
Sandwiches - At the Elton John concert
Pizza - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a street light
Annat- With George Bush and Stephen Harper
4) What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Ignore
Red - Put whipped cream on
Black - Hit on
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - bit of
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the pants off of
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive over
5) What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My boyfriend
White - My father
Grey – The Catholic Priest
Brown – The Montreal Canadian’s goalie
Purple - My corned beef hash
Red – My knee caps
Blue - My salt-beef bucket
Yellow - My illegitimate child in Ghana
Orange - My Blink 182 cd
Pink – Your ‘My Little Pony’ collection
Other --The elephant in the corner
6) What do you prefer to watch on TV?
One Tree Hill - Senile
Heroes- Frostbitten
Lost - High
Simpsons- Cowardly
The news - Scarred
American Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Open
Top Model - Middle-class
Annat -shamed
7) Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful you are
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That I get turned on only by garbage men
Angry - That your smell makes me vomit
Depressed – That we’re related
Excited - That I may pee my pants
Nervous - The middle-east is planning their revenge on you
Worried - That your Ford sucks
Apathetic - That you need a sex-change
Silly - That I'm allergic to your earlobes
Cuddly - That Santa doesn't exist
Ashamed - That there is no solution to you being a dumb kid
Other - That your driving sucks
8) What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your toe ring
Yellow - Your love letters to me
Red - The pictures from Vegas
Black - Your pet rock
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - Your car
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your nose hair clippers
Grey - Our matching snoopy underwear
Purple - Your old New Kids on the Block blanket
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your Hannah Montana underwear
9) The first letter of your first name?
A/B - My virginity
C/D - Your photo with the moustache drawn on it
E/F - Your neighbors dog
G/H - The oil tank from your car
I/J - Your left ear
K/L - The results of that blood-sample
M/N - Your glass eye
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X – Your sucide note
Y/Z - Your credit cards
10) The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Love your sweet, sweet ass
C/D - Always will remember the pep talks
E/F -Never will forget that night
G/H – Will not tell the authorites that you stole the whale from the backyard.
I/J – Mocked you behind your back constantly
K/L - Hate your cooking
M/N - Told in my confession today about the moose poaching
O/P - Told my psychiatrist about the bruises
Q/R - Always wanted to break your legs
S/T - Get sick when I think of your feet
U/V - Will try to forget that you broke my heart
W/X - Haven’t showered in a month
Y/Z – am better off without you
11) What do you prefer to drink?
Wine- Our friendship is ruined
Soft drink – I’m off to lead a new life as a lemon
Soda – I will haunt you when I’m reincarnated as an Eskimo
Milk - The apartment building is on fire
Water – I'm scratching my butt as you read this
Cider– I have a passionate interest for mice
Juice – You ruined my attempts at another world war
Mineral/Vitamin water – You should get that embarrassing rash checked
Hot chocolate – Your Cucumber-fetishism is weird
Whiskey - I love Oprah Winfrey
Beer – Thanks for the Cocaine
Other – you should stop picking your nose
12) To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand – Warm tingly sensations
Australia - Best of luck on the sex change
France - Love always
Spain - With tears of sadness
China – You make me sick
Germany – Please don’t hurt me
Japan - Go milk a cow
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
USA - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt – Kiss my butt
England - Go drown yourself.
Dear Bee,
I don't really know how to tell you this, I’m in love with your cat. I think I realized it when your dog humped my leg at the Elton John concert and I saw you sit on your "My Little Pony" collection. I'm sure you're cowardly enough to understand that your driving sucks. I'm returning the couch cushions to you, but I'll keep your glass eye as a memory. You should also know that I will not tell the authorities that you stole the whale from the backyard and you should stop picking your nose.
Kiss my butt,
Jane
Here's how you do it:
Dear (Someone you recently talked to),
I don't really know how to tell you this, (1). I think I realized it (2) (3) and I saw you (4) (5). I'm sure you're (6) enough to understand (7). I'm returning (8) to you, but I'll keep (9) as a memory. You should also know that I (10) and (11).
(12),
your name
1) What's the color of your shirt?
Blue - I'm in love with your cat
Red - Our affair is over
White - I’m joining the Convent
Black -Our romance is over
Green- Our socks don't match
Grey - You're a leprechaun
Yellow - I'm selling myself for candy
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - Purple hedgehogs want to destroy you
Other -I dislike your eyelashes
2) Which is your birth month?
January - That night you picked your nose
February -When I quoted Forrest Gump
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on peanut butter
May - When I threw up in your sock drawer
June - When you put cuffs on me
July – When I saw the purple monkey
August - When you smacked my ass
September - Last year when you peed your pants
October - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
November - When your dog humped my leg
December - When I finally changed my underwear
3) Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - When we skinny dipped in the bathtub
Chicken- In your car
Pasta - Outside of your office
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad – As you were eating Kraft Dinner
Lasagna - In your closet
Kebab - With Jean Chrétien
Fish - In a clown suit
Sandwiches - At the Elton John concert
Pizza - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a street light
Annat- With George Bush and Stephen Harper
4) What's the color of your socks?
Yellow - Ignore
Red - Put whipped cream on
Black - Hit on
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - bit of
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the pants off of
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive over
5) What's the color of your underwear?
Black - My boyfriend
White - My father
Grey – The Catholic Priest
Brown – The Montreal Canadian’s goalie
Purple - My corned beef hash
Red – My knee caps
Blue - My salt-beef bucket
Yellow - My illegitimate child in Ghana
Orange - My Blink 182 cd
Pink – Your ‘My Little Pony’ collection
Other --The elephant in the corner
6) What do you prefer to watch on TV?
One Tree Hill - Senile
Heroes- Frostbitten
Lost - High
Simpsons- Cowardly
The news - Scarred
American Idol - Masochistic
Family Guy - Open
Top Model - Middle-class
Annat -shamed
7) Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful you are
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That I get turned on only by garbage men
Angry - That your smell makes me vomit
Depressed – That we’re related
Excited - That I may pee my pants
Nervous - The middle-east is planning their revenge on you
Worried - That your Ford sucks
Apathetic - That you need a sex-change
Silly - That I'm allergic to your earlobes
Cuddly - That Santa doesn't exist
Ashamed - That there is no solution to you being a dumb kid
Other - That your driving sucks
8) What's the color of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your toe ring
Yellow - Your love letters to me
Red - The pictures from Vegas
Black - Your pet rock
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - Your car
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your nose hair clippers
Grey - Our matching snoopy underwear
Purple - Your old New Kids on the Block blanket
Pink - The cut toenails
Other - Your Hannah Montana underwear
9) The first letter of your first name?
A/B - My virginity
C/D - Your photo with the moustache drawn on it
E/F - Your neighbors dog
G/H - The oil tank from your car
I/J - Your left ear
K/L - The results of that blood-sample
M/N - Your glass eye
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X – Your sucide note
Y/Z - Your credit cards
10) The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Love your sweet, sweet ass
C/D - Always will remember the pep talks
E/F -Never will forget that night
G/H – Will not tell the authorites that you stole the whale from the backyard.
I/J – Mocked you behind your back constantly
K/L - Hate your cooking
M/N - Told in my confession today about the moose poaching
O/P - Told my psychiatrist about the bruises
Q/R - Always wanted to break your legs
S/T - Get sick when I think of your feet
U/V - Will try to forget that you broke my heart
W/X - Haven’t showered in a month
Y/Z – am better off without you
11) What do you prefer to drink?
Wine- Our friendship is ruined
Soft drink – I’m off to lead a new life as a lemon
Soda – I will haunt you when I’m reincarnated as an Eskimo
Milk - The apartment building is on fire
Water – I'm scratching my butt as you read this
Cider– I have a passionate interest for mice
Juice – You ruined my attempts at another world war
Mineral/Vitamin water – You should get that embarrassing rash checked
Hot chocolate – Your Cucumber-fetishism is weird
Whiskey - I love Oprah Winfrey
Beer – Thanks for the Cocaine
Other – you should stop picking your nose
12) To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand – Warm tingly sensations
Australia - Best of luck on the sex change
France - Love always
Spain - With tears of sadness
China – You make me sick
Germany – Please don’t hurt me
Japan - Go milk a cow
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
USA - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt – Kiss my butt
England - Go drown yourself.
power cleaning
The help who used to come is twice a week is on a break - she's due to deliver the fourth child any time now & I have been without help for the past month or so. Before I got myself this part time job, I used to do the house cleaning myself but now I find that I don't have enough hours in a day to do everything that I want to.
So after checking with a friend, I managed to contract a cleaning service. Albeit the fact that they screwed up my appointment ie they were supposed to send someone yesterday at noon, they made up for it by sending someone this morning bright & early at 7.00am. Just as she is coming in, I have to go out to send the daughter off to school. So I tell her what to do while I make a quick dash and back.
Chore one completed, she moves on to the tiring task of vacuuming the place. I ask her if she has used the type of vacuum I have, before. She asks me "Rainbow ah maam? Ya, ya pernah.." I like this girl already. So she goes about doing what she is supposed to do, ocassionally calling out 'maam' to check where things are and such.
And I hear her dragging the couch & see the carpets and mats rolled as she sucks out the unseen from under them. Yes, yes I am liking this one. And as I am posting this mindless rant, she is wiping down all the furnishings including the built-ins.
Now, my other help who has gone on a break is supposed to restart work after she is done with her confinement. I had the thought of terminating her services, oh well I don't have to state my reasons. You know why. But the thing is, her husband just passed away two days back & I know she will need the job and money. But this present one (although it's only day one) is doing a thorough job.
What to do, what to do??
So after checking with a friend, I managed to contract a cleaning service. Albeit the fact that they screwed up my appointment ie they were supposed to send someone yesterday at noon, they made up for it by sending someone this morning bright & early at 7.00am. Just as she is coming in, I have to go out to send the daughter off to school. So I tell her what to do while I make a quick dash and back.
Chore one completed, she moves on to the tiring task of vacuuming the place. I ask her if she has used the type of vacuum I have, before. She asks me "Rainbow ah maam? Ya, ya pernah.." I like this girl already. So she goes about doing what she is supposed to do, ocassionally calling out 'maam' to check where things are and such.
And I hear her dragging the couch & see the carpets and mats rolled as she sucks out the unseen from under them. Yes, yes I am liking this one. And as I am posting this mindless rant, she is wiping down all the furnishings including the built-ins.
Now, my other help who has gone on a break is supposed to restart work after she is done with her confinement. I had the thought of terminating her services, oh well I don't have to state my reasons. You know why. But the thing is, her husband just passed away two days back & I know she will need the job and money. But this present one (although it's only day one) is doing a thorough job.
What to do, what to do??
20090505
change change change
You know how in a relationship between couples (in a perfect world ie a male & a female), you are at your best behaviour - no buang angin in public, makan pun segan silu. Then you go and get married and wham!! all the nasty habits reveal itself.
How when you are courting, the guy would drive to the ends of the earth (literally perhaps) to fetch his sweetheart after work? Once you become Mr. & Mrs, he might just tell her he's working into overtime and why don't she just take a cab if she's lucky or horrors of horrors - the bus?
Then if you are lucky enough to get a sneak preview of your significant other's nasty habit prior to being punished to a lifetime of being the spouse, you just say to yourself "Never mind, it will change. I can make him/her change" while the other party is blissfully ignorant of your devious plans. Many a times, the deejays in the radio has made this a topic for debate or battle between the sexes. And many a times, the young 'uns will swear on their ancestor's graves that they will never change or try to change the other person however unrealistic it may be. Reasons like 'love them for what they are, accept them as is, love them flaws & all'...
But really, as you grow older and supposedly wiser doesn't one go through changes that can either be for the better (less temper, more patience) or if you ain't so lucky for the worse (bellies get bigger, smoking habit becomes worse).
So if there was one nasty habit you could change about your other half, what would it be?
How when you are courting, the guy would drive to the ends of the earth (literally perhaps) to fetch his sweetheart after work? Once you become Mr. & Mrs, he might just tell her he's working into overtime and why don't she just take a cab if she's lucky or horrors of horrors - the bus?
Then if you are lucky enough to get a sneak preview of your significant other's nasty habit prior to being punished to a lifetime of being the spouse, you just say to yourself "Never mind, it will change. I can make him/her change" while the other party is blissfully ignorant of your devious plans. Many a times, the deejays in the radio has made this a topic for debate or battle between the sexes. And many a times, the young 'uns will swear on their ancestor's graves that they will never change or try to change the other person however unrealistic it may be. Reasons like 'love them for what they are, accept them as is, love them flaws & all'...
But really, as you grow older and supposedly wiser doesn't one go through changes that can either be for the better (less temper, more patience) or if you ain't so lucky for the worse (bellies get bigger, smoking habit becomes worse).
So if there was one nasty habit you could change about your other half, what would it be?
the duke is up & running
The DUKE highway is opened to all interchanges as scheduled. Guess we are so used to Malaysian timing that we thought 'Oh okay...soon.' But the Duta interchange has been opened to public in May as promised by the authorities.
Missed it on the way to work yesterday but I didn't have ants in my pants as the ride to work ain't so bad. But as the end of the work day approached and seeing that I couldn't leave for home on the dot, I decided to take a gamble and use the new highway. Left office in Setiawangsa at five to 7pm. Believe you me, by 720pm I was home already & heading out for dinner with the daughter.
Travelling time cut in half. Toll up double the norm I pay. Oh well, can't have the best of both worlds I suppose.
I know I have a fellow driver out there (Anon who left a comment in one of my earlier post) who is so relieved that this highway is finally accessible.
It may not be much but twenty minutes extra at home plus the jam free journey back (okay so we get stuck for about a 100m strecth) disregarding the toll we have to pay - PRICELESS!!
Missed it on the way to work yesterday but I didn't have ants in my pants as the ride to work ain't so bad. But as the end of the work day approached and seeing that I couldn't leave for home on the dot, I decided to take a gamble and use the new highway. Left office in Setiawangsa at five to 7pm. Believe you me, by 720pm I was home already & heading out for dinner with the daughter.
Travelling time cut in half. Toll up double the norm I pay. Oh well, can't have the best of both worlds I suppose.
I know I have a fellow driver out there (Anon who left a comment in one of my earlier post) who is so relieved that this highway is finally accessible.
It may not be much but twenty minutes extra at home plus the jam free journey back (okay so we get stuck for about a 100m strecth) disregarding the toll we have to pay - PRICELESS!!
coppers alert
When
Sunday
Route
The Curve - Home - D'sara Uptown - Bangsar Village - D'sara Uptown - Damas - Home
Half a day via this route, I saw 4 or 5 operasi saman besar-besaran.. Wow!! These coppers must have their KPI or something. My guess - summons for various offenses ie orang belakang tak pakai seatbelt, speeding, using handphone while driving, running the red light..
Very impressed...pakcik-pakcik polis are stepping it up. Good lah..good!!
This morning while flipping the dailies, then realised why they are doing this after all. They have a daily update on what they have been doing. Crimes busted, arrests made, summons issued...
Ohhhhh, no wonder stevie wonder... it's all about the numbers!! Happy & safe driving y'all.
Sunday
Route
The Curve - Home - D'sara Uptown - Bangsar Village - D'sara Uptown - Damas - Home
Half a day via this route, I saw 4 or 5 operasi saman besar-besaran.. Wow!! These coppers must have their KPI or something. My guess - summons for various offenses ie orang belakang tak pakai seatbelt, speeding, using handphone while driving, running the red light..
Very impressed...pakcik-pakcik polis are stepping it up. Good lah..good!!
This morning while flipping the dailies, then realised why they are doing this after all. They have a daily update on what they have been doing. Crimes busted, arrests made, summons issued...
Ohhhhh, no wonder stevie wonder... it's all about the numbers!! Happy & safe driving y'all.
20090504
a sensitive case...
Hmm, apparently my recent post 'time is of the essence' hit a sensitive chord in the friend who was a no show at the lunch. She felt neglected & thought Kunti and I were abandoning her and becoming the best of buds.
I really don't know what the big issue is. It was really a miscommunication & lousy sense of direction. No need to harbour hard feelings or spite.
I have only a selected few people whom I can call friends. I don't call them a gazillion times a day or meet up for lunch or drinks every other day. None of this just so they know that I am their friend and they mine. But I think it is enough for them to know that I have them close in my heart and in return can only but hope it is mutual.
And yes, I use this blog as an avenue to tell my stories but they are my stories. If you feel that you have been wronged, well my bad. If I have done it wrong I will retract my post. But my stories comes from what I think, what I feel, what I hear, what I see, what I say - in short my point of view..
What you feel or say or hear or think is your prerogative and I for one cannot tell you how you should react and what you should do. So really, there's no need for this animosity. Life's too short for this..
I really don't know what the big issue is. It was really a miscommunication & lousy sense of direction. No need to harbour hard feelings or spite.
I have only a selected few people whom I can call friends. I don't call them a gazillion times a day or meet up for lunch or drinks every other day. None of this just so they know that I am their friend and they mine. But I think it is enough for them to know that I have them close in my heart and in return can only but hope it is mutual.
And yes, I use this blog as an avenue to tell my stories but they are my stories. If you feel that you have been wronged, well my bad. If I have done it wrong I will retract my post. But my stories comes from what I think, what I feel, what I hear, what I see, what I say - in short my point of view..
What you feel or say or hear or think is your prerogative and I for one cannot tell you how you should react and what you should do. So really, there's no need for this animosity. Life's too short for this..
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time is of the essence...
Met up with a friend on Thursday, supposedly to go to a warehouse clearance sale. Before that I met up with another group of friends for lunch cum gossip (or was it gossip cum lunch...). Got to the venue of the sale, there was a queue like a million miles long. So we thought 'Okay lunch time..they'll soon leave'. Hah!! Fat chance...I think they either took mc or leave to go to the sale. Seems someone my friend knew queued for 3 effing hours just to get in.
We decided to give the sale a miss & loittered elsewhere. Then friend suggests we meet up for lunch this weekend (err, today actually). Okay, we'll play it by ear. So this morning, she sents me an SMS & after arrangements we agreed to meet at 1245 after me dropping off the daughter for her tutorial class. And I reminded her that I will bugger off to pick up the daughter at 145; so that gave us 1 hour for lunch.
Didn't know another friend was supposed to join us but it's okay. The more the merrier I suppose. Reached the restaurant, the other one wasn't there yet. Plan was for her to meet us at 1230 but somehow she got it mixed up as leaving her house at 1230 to meet us. Restaurant was packed, couldn't hold the table sit and not order for so long. Lest we want to be chased out lah...
So we eat & leave. The friend calls and say's she's in the area, parking the car. And we are already heading back to the mall for ice-creams & later back home. So friend who missed lunch merajuk pulak...and wants to make a u-turn to head back home.
My fault? Not really, I didn't even know she was supposed to be there save for 5 mins before arriving at destination. Well, its not the first time this has happened... So, really whose fault ah????
We decided to give the sale a miss & loittered elsewhere. Then friend suggests we meet up for lunch this weekend (err, today actually). Okay, we'll play it by ear. So this morning, she sents me an SMS & after arrangements we agreed to meet at 1245 after me dropping off the daughter for her tutorial class. And I reminded her that I will bugger off to pick up the daughter at 145; so that gave us 1 hour for lunch.
Didn't know another friend was supposed to join us but it's okay. The more the merrier I suppose. Reached the restaurant, the other one wasn't there yet. Plan was for her to meet us at 1230 but somehow she got it mixed up as leaving her house at 1230 to meet us. Restaurant was packed, couldn't hold the table sit and not order for so long. Lest we want to be chased out lah...
So we eat & leave. The friend calls and say's she's in the area, parking the car. And we are already heading back to the mall for ice-creams & later back home. So friend who missed lunch merajuk pulak...and wants to make a u-turn to head back home.
My fault? Not really, I didn't even know she was supposed to be there save for 5 mins before arriving at destination. Well, its not the first time this has happened... So, really whose fault ah????
powder powder one
Am in the midst of doing the employee's handbook which is so much fun!! Really, it is...
So I am retyping the whole damn thing like 5 inches thick or more & the effing thing is making me cry blood. Then the boss says "Don't use bombastic words ah. Their English not as powderful as yours and mine, k..."
So my reasoning is "Well, at least they learn a new word." No, no she insists...they won't pick up a dictionary. Uhhh...she has been in this industry long enough to know that nobody reads the effing handbook lah... unless they want to claim something or have landed their ass in hot soup.
Yeah. Okay. Whatever you say boss.
This coming from a woman who says 'perps' instead of 'perks'.
Go figure....
So I am retyping the whole damn thing like 5 inches thick or more & the effing thing is making me cry blood. Then the boss says "Don't use bombastic words ah. Their English not as powderful as yours and mine, k..."
So my reasoning is "Well, at least they learn a new word." No, no she insists...they won't pick up a dictionary. Uhhh...she has been in this industry long enough to know that nobody reads the effing handbook lah... unless they want to claim something or have landed their ass in hot soup.
Yeah. Okay. Whatever you say boss.
This coming from a woman who says 'perps' instead of 'perks'.
Go figure....
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