a friend is celebrating his birthday here at another friend's house.
what a stupid line to start a blog entry. lol.
sorry for typing this blog with a lot of errors and a lot of lower cases not corrected. I'm typing on a mac book keyboard and all of the keys seem to never be at the right places. i mean, PC places, if you get what i mean. the last time i check they were both called keyboards. weird that they can be so much different from each other.
anyway, i was saying, I'm at a friend's place in the middle of a pyjamas party, watching all of the making all sort of jokes out of no where, it's no wonder that i could be friends with all these people for all these years. they are a bunch of marvelous people almost like a laughter factory, and the production line never stops. quality guaranteed.
just to show i mean it, please read the following words aloud:
"HAHAHAHAHA"
sounds loud didn't it. when a laughter sounds loud, it means it's fun.
to show that i mean it, please see the emoticon below:
=D
large isn't it? that's the size of the smiley on my face.
those who read that as "equals Dee" please you can go die now coz you have no sense of humor and you dun deserve to live another day.
anyway, the cocktails are ready, and the party is ready. I'm ready to laugh till i drop, how about you guys?
happy Friday night, and hallo crazy Saturday!
Signing off.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Lunch Time!
22 minutes to my lunch time at 11:30am.
I'm thinking what I should have for lunch. Actuall I'm just wasting my time because I'd probably be going to be drinking HerbalLife Shake like I've been doing for most of the time in the last 2 months. Some asked me why I drink Herbal life for lunch, instead of finding some nice food to eat. I usually just shrug and not answer that question. I'm going to answer it here.
Reasons:
1# Because I'm lazy to think what to eat. Nothing around here is ESPECIALLY good.
2# it's boring when no one is there to discuss.
3# I hate eating alone.
Simple aint it? I'm quite sure most of you share the same opinions
I'm thinking what I should have for lunch. Actuall I'm just wasting my time because I'd probably be going to be drinking HerbalLife Shake like I've been doing for most of the time in the last 2 months. Some asked me why I drink Herbal life for lunch, instead of finding some nice food to eat. I usually just shrug and not answer that question. I'm going to answer it here.
Reasons:
1# Because I'm lazy to think what to eat. Nothing around here is ESPECIALLY good.
2# it's boring when no one is there to discuss.
3# I hate eating alone.
Simple aint it? I'm quite sure most of you share the same opinions
Thursday, January 6, 2011
I love writing.
Life kinda caught up on me when I started working in 2005. I stopped reading, I stopped playing video games, I stopped watching TV (actually I hardly watch TV but...), I reduced my time severely with friends and family, I stopped writing, I stopped almost everything. All I do everyday was to wake up, eat whatever available, run out, and meet whoever I gotta meet, tell them about how awesome the insurance packages (FYI i genuinely know that they are awesome) and why they should sign up a policy with me.
Life caught up. Money was important, and it was never enough.
Then things started to change, I realised that I have no time to spend my money. More over, my money seems to always be leaking away for no reason. My bank account never fills beyond the amount that I got on a monthly basis and it always hits the bottom on the end of each fortnight. Something was seriously not right with my life.
So Seven (my dog) came into my life 3 years ago. She was so small, so fragile and she was going to die. To save her I have to set everything aside. I started to significantly cut down the time I spend outside doing sales, and spent more time at home trying to keep her alive. Then I realised I still have a life. It isn't about chasing wild dreams of getting rich, so what if I'm really rich and have friends that are really rich or want to be really rich? There's no heart in there.
Then I realised something more.
The writer in me was missing.
I used to write a lot.
I've won prizes back in school for writing.
I've earn quite some pocket money over the years by writing.
I've confessed to a few girls that I like via writing.
I've solve issues with writing.
I've made people smile with writing.
I've wrote to myself as a form of self conversation.
I've wrote diaries to keep myself sane at hard times.
All of that were missing, after I starting doing a sales job that requires me to just run out of the door when someone calls me, even on weekends.
Then I realised something more.
I used to observe a lot when I was writing. To write about people you have to interpret them. To write about people you have to assume things. To write about people you have to analyse what you see. Observation is the key. I haven't been observing when I stopped writing. It's like my brain has been operating in less than half the capacity for half a decade.
All of a sudden I woke up.
Maybe it's impulsive. I started up a blog. Maybe I'm just a copy cat because someone else in the office is blogging. Maybe it's not impulsive because I actually spent time in creating the blog and try to make it look like a blog before I write an entry. All that effort was put in, and when that's done, I still have an urge to write something.
And then I started my first entry. My fingers just fly themselves around the keyboard. All I have to do is just think what I want to say and my fingers do their job on the keyboard. It feels good. I laughed at myself that my English grammar has not improved a bit but who cares. Words flow, there was no block, it doesn't feel strange. It's just like old friends coming back to meet me. Writer's block? I'm a stranger to it.
I used to tell my friends that writer's block was such a piece of crap. It's an excuse for people that's lazy or a valid reason only for people that are mentally disturbed. But people are all mentally disturbed in some ways nowadays that the second reason shouldn't be valid anymore.
I used to blog in Mandarin. One reason is that's the language my mind is speaking. Another reason is my English sucks, and no one blogs with a language they suck at. Well, you get the idea. Although I still suck in English but I've learned to speak it now, so maybe things are a little different. Or maybe it's just me, no other reasons.
I started the blog about 10 days ago. It's really not that long and I have about 16 entries when I'm typing this, that's an average of more than 1 entry per day. I'm sure that's going to reduce eventually but intend to keep it consistent. To keep writing you gotta keep a look out of what's happening around you, like I said earlier that's something I haven't been doing for a while. When I starting looking around again it's amazing how many things are going around me all the time.
Cute girls seem cuter because you appreciate their cuteness in more dimensions.
Idiots seems more idiotic now you wont even bother getting angry at them anymore.
Talented people seems more awesome because you understand more about how awesome they are now.
Seems like blabbering but if you get it you get it, if you don't, then you don't. You dun have to understand what I'm blabbering about. It doesn't give you better score in school and it doesn't get you an increment at work.
Life is so great when you start looking at it.
Life is so great only when you start looking at it, and see what's more in it.
Life is so great precisely because when you see more in it, you appreciate more of it.
Life is so awesome.
I love writing. I still do.
Signing out.
Life caught up. Money was important, and it was never enough.
Then things started to change, I realised that I have no time to spend my money. More over, my money seems to always be leaking away for no reason. My bank account never fills beyond the amount that I got on a monthly basis and it always hits the bottom on the end of each fortnight. Something was seriously not right with my life.
So Seven (my dog) came into my life 3 years ago. She was so small, so fragile and she was going to die. To save her I have to set everything aside. I started to significantly cut down the time I spend outside doing sales, and spent more time at home trying to keep her alive. Then I realised I still have a life. It isn't about chasing wild dreams of getting rich, so what if I'm really rich and have friends that are really rich or want to be really rich? There's no heart in there.
Then I realised something more.
The writer in me was missing.
I used to write a lot.
I've won prizes back in school for writing.
I've earn quite some pocket money over the years by writing.
I've confessed to a few girls that I like via writing.
I've solve issues with writing.
I've made people smile with writing.
I've wrote to myself as a form of self conversation.
I've wrote diaries to keep myself sane at hard times.
All of that were missing, after I starting doing a sales job that requires me to just run out of the door when someone calls me, even on weekends.
Then I realised something more.
I used to observe a lot when I was writing. To write about people you have to interpret them. To write about people you have to assume things. To write about people you have to analyse what you see. Observation is the key. I haven't been observing when I stopped writing. It's like my brain has been operating in less than half the capacity for half a decade.
All of a sudden I woke up.
Maybe it's impulsive. I started up a blog. Maybe I'm just a copy cat because someone else in the office is blogging. Maybe it's not impulsive because I actually spent time in creating the blog and try to make it look like a blog before I write an entry. All that effort was put in, and when that's done, I still have an urge to write something.
And then I started my first entry. My fingers just fly themselves around the keyboard. All I have to do is just think what I want to say and my fingers do their job on the keyboard. It feels good. I laughed at myself that my English grammar has not improved a bit but who cares. Words flow, there was no block, it doesn't feel strange. It's just like old friends coming back to meet me. Writer's block? I'm a stranger to it.
I used to tell my friends that writer's block was such a piece of crap. It's an excuse for people that's lazy or a valid reason only for people that are mentally disturbed. But people are all mentally disturbed in some ways nowadays that the second reason shouldn't be valid anymore.
I used to blog in Mandarin. One reason is that's the language my mind is speaking. Another reason is my English sucks, and no one blogs with a language they suck at. Well, you get the idea. Although I still suck in English but I've learned to speak it now, so maybe things are a little different. Or maybe it's just me, no other reasons.
I started the blog about 10 days ago. It's really not that long and I have about 16 entries when I'm typing this, that's an average of more than 1 entry per day. I'm sure that's going to reduce eventually but intend to keep it consistent. To keep writing you gotta keep a look out of what's happening around you, like I said earlier that's something I haven't been doing for a while. When I starting looking around again it's amazing how many things are going around me all the time.
Cute girls seem cuter because you appreciate their cuteness in more dimensions.
Idiots seems more idiotic now you wont even bother getting angry at them anymore.
Talented people seems more awesome because you understand more about how awesome they are now.
Seems like blabbering but if you get it you get it, if you don't, then you don't. You dun have to understand what I'm blabbering about. It doesn't give you better score in school and it doesn't get you an increment at work.
Life is so great when you start looking at it.
Life is so great only when you start looking at it, and see what's more in it.
Life is so great precisely because when you see more in it, you appreciate more of it.
Life is so awesome.
I love writing. I still do.
Signing out.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Lazy work mate (continued part 3)
He went home 2:30pm sharp as if nothing ever happened.
Sometimes I just hope that my prowess in shooting games can be applied in the real world.
I'll make that my next Christmas wish. Whatever superior being out there that's hearing my prayers, I promise I will make good use of this power and will not hard innocent people. Please grant me my wish. Amitabha, Amen, Abra Ke Dabra.
10 minutes to 4pm.
What's at work, stays at work. I shall forget all these shits today and go home happy. For the fact that I get to go home everyday at 4pm no matter how shitty things get.
Sometimes I just hope that my prowess in shooting games can be applied in the real world.
I'll make that my next Christmas wish. Whatever superior being out there that's hearing my prayers, I promise I will make good use of this power and will not hard innocent people. Please grant me my wish. Amitabha, Amen, Abra Ke Dabra.
10 minutes to 4pm.
What's at work, stays at work. I shall forget all these shits today and go home happy. For the fact that I get to go home everyday at 4pm no matter how shitty things get.
Lazy work mate (continued part 2)
And he is now wondering around flirting and joking and completely forgotten about it.
Speaking of "busy".
Gah, what a day.
Speaking of "busy".
Gah, what a day.
Lazy work mate
I kinda confess that I'm not exactly a super hardworking type. I believe in working smart but I admit without working hard it'd just be total bullshit if someone were to be able to work efficiently. So working hard AND working smart are equally important to me.
With that said I just want to say that I hate people that's lazy. So lazy that he could say that he's busy while he was shaking his legs, and said loudly "shaking legs cannot be busy ah?"
If I was a couple of years younger I would have already ripped his neck off. I'm glad that I didn't. That would just stained my hands. Who knows if his blood is erosive enough to make the whole office building collapse. hhmmm, wouldn't want that.
Here's the conversation that I had with that fella.
=================================
8:28AM ME:
Case ref# 123CAL, 123AABU
hi pal can you let me know what's happening with these 2 cases?
one of them says support received, how about the other one?
8:28AM Lazy Colleauge:
se called in....promising to send in supports....nothin yet so far
8:30AM ME:
one of them is received, arent they xref#?
how about the other one?
8:30AM Lazy Colleauge:
maybe
8:30AM ME:
is that a yes or no?
8:31AM Lazy Colleague:
busy now...late will check
==================================
HE was shaking leg and was laughing and chatting away with the other work mates around his seats by 9am.
So I confronted him:
ME: "Hey pal are you free now?"
Him: "No I'm still busy."
(He said that while shaking his legs facing the colleauge behind his seat with his back facing his computer. both hands on his crossed legs.)
Me: "come on man you shaking leg right?"
(obviously I was annoyed of how "busy" he was looking)
Him: "Shaking leg cannot be busy ar?"
ME: "Geez fuck you man."
(I was angry)
Him: "come lar how you want to do it"
(Obviously he didnt get the message)
I kinda walked away from my seat to take my deserved break at 8:45am so that I dun slap him to wake his lazy bones up"
=======================
It's 10:30am right now when I'm typing this, and the fella just came back from his lunch 9:30am-10:30am.
he has logged into his computer and is chatting around without doing anything and yet he dun seem to be checking anything, let alone of "later will check". I'm starting to think that "late" that he said actually means "never".
Gosh why is this guy being hired. On top of that he did not even perform when he was in probation. He was pretty much just a lazy ass and a failure. And then the next thing you know, his employment got confirmed after 6 months in probation. HUH!?
I shall not talk too much about that. if you want to know more details just check out this blog: http://sinoffire.blogspot.com/
I'm just ranting. Just so that I dun snap anytime today.
Signing off.
With that said I just want to say that I hate people that's lazy. So lazy that he could say that he's busy while he was shaking his legs, and said loudly "shaking legs cannot be busy ah?"
If I was a couple of years younger I would have already ripped his neck off. I'm glad that I didn't. That would just stained my hands. Who knows if his blood is erosive enough to make the whole office building collapse. hhmmm, wouldn't want that.
Here's the conversation that I had with that fella.
=================================
8:28AM ME:
Case ref# 123CAL, 123AABU
hi pal can you let me know what's happening with these 2 cases?
one of them says support received, how about the other one?
8:28AM Lazy Colleauge:
se called in....promising to send in supports....nothin yet so far
8:30AM ME:
one of them is received, arent they xref#?
how about the other one?
8:30AM Lazy Colleauge:
maybe
8:30AM ME:
is that a yes or no?
8:31AM Lazy Colleague:
busy now...late will check
==================================
HE was shaking leg and was laughing and chatting away with the other work mates around his seats by 9am.
So I confronted him:
ME: "Hey pal are you free now?"
Him: "No I'm still busy."
(He said that while shaking his legs facing the colleauge behind his seat with his back facing his computer. both hands on his crossed legs.)
Me: "come on man you shaking leg right?"
(obviously I was annoyed of how "busy" he was looking)
Him: "Shaking leg cannot be busy ar?"
ME: "Geez fuck you man."
(I was angry)
Him: "come lar how you want to do it"
(Obviously he didnt get the message)
I kinda walked away from my seat to take my deserved break at 8:45am so that I dun slap him to wake his lazy bones up"
=======================
It's 10:30am right now when I'm typing this, and the fella just came back from his lunch 9:30am-10:30am.
he has logged into his computer and is chatting around without doing anything and yet he dun seem to be checking anything, let alone of "later will check". I'm starting to think that "late" that he said actually means "never".
Gosh why is this guy being hired. On top of that he did not even perform when he was in probation. He was pretty much just a lazy ass and a failure. And then the next thing you know, his employment got confirmed after 6 months in probation. HUH!?
I shall not talk too much about that. if you want to know more details just check out this blog: http://sinoffire.blogspot.com/
I'm just ranting. Just so that I dun snap anytime today.
Signing off.
Weirdest call ever.
I work in a creditcard merchant servicing call center. I take calls regarding on Creditcard disputes. Where I guide merchants to answer to dispute inquiries.
It was about 7 minutes to 4pm and I was about to finish work and head home. Usually these were the hours where no longer anyone from ANZ would call. So I was chatting away with one of the colleagues about weird calls, sharing what kind of funny or strange calls we had. Just as we were doing that a call from Australia came in.
Phone: "DOOOOOOOOOD DOOOOOOOOOOD"
Me: "Chargeback prevention, this is Alvin, how may i......"
(before i could finish my intro the merchant spoke)
Merchant: "Alvin you listen up, you sent me a Direct Debit Pren-otification telling me that you are about to take 89 dollars out of my account."
Me: "Uh huh... sir..."
(before I could respond in anyway he continued)
Merchant： "Now I'm telling you, don't you dare doing that because if you do that I will go up there and grab whoever necessary by the throat and hit on his head until his ass bleeds! and then I will report to the police and prosecute you of stealing! you understand me?"
(Geez man this guy never heard of auto-debit? him or his boss were the one that authorized it)
Me: "erm yes sir... but..."
(he cut me off again)
Merchant: "who the fuck do you think you are? If I owe you money, You send me a bill! you hear that? who told you that you can help yourself to take money out of my bank account when you want it? huh!?"
Me: "that's the agreement you signed sir..."
(Of course he didn't let me finish)
Merchant: "then I'm gonna fucking unsign it tonight"
(What the heck how do you unsign something you have signed?)
Me: "sir..."
(duh... he didn't let me finish)
Merchant: "I'm telling you I'm going to go to the bank today and terminate any services I have with you guys, I dun need your services and I dun need your businesses. you fucking people try to steal my money and that's not going to happen!"
Me: "Sir!"
(he didn't hear me and continued)
Merchant: "NOW you better fucking call me tomorrow, or i am going to be very pissed!"
(I'd get someone to call you but not while fucking.)
Me: "Sure sire but first I need to know who you are."
(He seemed surprised that did know who he was, I know I'm good but not that good.)
Merchant: "WHAT?"
Me: "I said, Sir, first I need to know who you are."
Merchant: "oh..."
Me: "Your name? Sir?
Merchant: "oh my name is Michael"
Me: "Do you have a merchant account number?"
Merchant: "oh yes, here it is, 1212121212, trading as xxxx car rentals."
Me: "Let me take a look, yeap I could see that. dun worry sir, I'll get someone to call you tomorrow."
Merchant: "you better because I'm really pissed right now"
(I thought: you're not pissed, you're just being an ass.)
Me: "Sure Michael, you're going to get a phone call tomorrow."
(what an idiot, he's not even talking to the right department)
Merchant: "OK then"
Me: "happy new year Micheal, bye"
(Basically i meant "get lost, loser")
Merchant: "erk... OK bye"
(I think he got the message)
and he hung up.
Speaking of weirdness... buahahahahahaha I wonder how you beat someone in the head and he'd bleed from the ass... these people needs to learn how not to throw threats and ended up like jokes. but that brighten up my day.
By the time the call finished, it was already 3:59pm. as soon as it hits 4pm, I just logged out of the system and got the hell out of the office. The pissed off guys that can do magic by making people bleed from the ass after choking people and hitting on the head? He can wait. Or he can just hit his own head and bleed out of the ass and make the news.
I'll deal with him tomorrow, If I remember him.
It was about 7 minutes to 4pm and I was about to finish work and head home. Usually these were the hours where no longer anyone from ANZ would call. So I was chatting away with one of the colleagues about weird calls, sharing what kind of funny or strange calls we had. Just as we were doing that a call from Australia came in.
Phone: "DOOOOOOOOOD DOOOOOOOOOOD"
Me: "Chargeback prevention, this is Alvin, how may i......"
(before i could finish my intro the merchant spoke)
Merchant: "Alvin you listen up, you sent me a Direct Debit Pren-otification telling me that you are about to take 89 dollars out of my account."
Me: "Uh huh... sir..."
(before I could respond in anyway he continued)
Merchant： "Now I'm telling you, don't you dare doing that because if you do that I will go up there and grab whoever necessary by the throat and hit on his head until his ass bleeds! and then I will report to the police and prosecute you of stealing! you understand me?"
(Geez man this guy never heard of auto-debit? him or his boss were the one that authorized it)
Me: "erm yes sir... but..."
(he cut me off again)
Merchant: "who the fuck do you think you are? If I owe you money, You send me a bill! you hear that? who told you that you can help yourself to take money out of my bank account when you want it? huh!?"
Me: "that's the agreement you signed sir..."
(Of course he didn't let me finish)
Merchant: "then I'm gonna fucking unsign it tonight"
(What the heck how do you unsign something you have signed?)
Me: "sir..."
(duh... he didn't let me finish)
Merchant: "I'm telling you I'm going to go to the bank today and terminate any services I have with you guys, I dun need your services and I dun need your businesses. you fucking people try to steal my money and that's not going to happen!"
Me: "Sir!"
(he didn't hear me and continued)
Merchant: "NOW you better fucking call me tomorrow, or i am going to be very pissed!"
(I'd get someone to call you but not while fucking.)
Me: "Sure sire but first I need to know who you are."
(He seemed surprised that did know who he was, I know I'm good but not that good.)
Merchant: "WHAT?"
Me: "I said, Sir, first I need to know who you are."
Merchant: "oh..."
Me: "Your name? Sir?
Merchant: "oh my name is Michael"
Me: "Do you have a merchant account number?"
Merchant: "oh yes, here it is, 1212121212, trading as xxxx car rentals."
Me: "Let me take a look, yeap I could see that. dun worry sir, I'll get someone to call you tomorrow."
Merchant: "you better because I'm really pissed right now"
(I thought: you're not pissed, you're just being an ass.)
Me: "Sure Michael, you're going to get a phone call tomorrow."
(what an idiot, he's not even talking to the right department)
Merchant: "OK then"
Me: "happy new year Micheal, bye"
(Basically i meant "get lost, loser")
Merchant: "erk... OK bye"
(I think he got the message)
and he hung up.
Speaking of weirdness... buahahahahahaha I wonder how you beat someone in the head and he'd bleed from the ass... these people needs to learn how not to throw threats and ended up like jokes. but that brighten up my day.
By the time the call finished, it was already 3:59pm. as soon as it hits 4pm, I just logged out of the system and got the hell out of the office. The pissed off guys that can do magic by making people bleed from the ass after choking people and hitting on the head? He can wait. Or he can just hit his own head and bleed out of the ass and make the news.
I'll deal with him tomorrow, If I remember him.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
New year resolution
Today marks the second working day of 2011. Today is another day time being spent reading newspapers and blogging and staring at the computer screen blankly. work has been piling up, yet I cant find the drive I need to work on it like I used to do. Have I been really drained dry? I find it tough to work on hard. Maybe I'm lazy, or maybe I just no longer have passion doing this without feeling driven. Never in my life I could work on something hard without looking forward to something. There hasn't been much to look forward to lately. Not on the job anyway. Despite hard work there's not going to be promotion, recognition, increment. All there was, was an installation of a crappy boss. Gah. whatever.
2011 is a year to look forward to however in terms of friendship and travel.
Like I always said, work sucks, LIFE ROCKS.
No matter what happens dun let the disappointment in your job to affect your life. If something is wrong, make it right. Even if your boss hates you, your family and friends will still love you, if you think otherwise then maybe you should love your boss so that someone actually loves you.
Sarcasm aside. I've got things planned with some friends, not yet with my family but I'd really like something to happen, given that my dad could actually makes up his mind and dun change things ten thousand times in the last 10 minutes, maybe I could get something organised. I dunno but we shall see what happens. Maybe a trip somewhere could be nice. There hasn't been an organised family outing for a while. I'm thinking it's time for a change.
I've got some trips planned with my buddies. There's a confirmed trip to Bangkok in October. Awesome. Another trip to Pulau Redang in March is in the plans, not yet confirmed. So gotta get things going by chasing this one up. Surely I'll update the trip with photos, you have my word.
One day before new year suddenly my boss had nothing better to do, so he pulled a chair and sat down next to myself and my lovely girl colleague. For your information he's supposed to be busy. Busier than what he was supposed to be anyway. Well both me and the girl was SHIT busy. Out of the blue he asked: "Hey guys, new year's coming. What are your new year resolutions?" Honestly speaking I didn't think that he meant to ask our new year resolution, he was just looking for an opportunity to tell his because after he asked it he just went on and talk about his. It wasn't important for me so I shut him out mentally and I didn't hear a single word of what he crapped about. So when he finally finished and no one gives a shit about him, he realised that he should get us talking. He asked the same question again to the girl.
Now I must be honest that I didn't hear their conversation although I was in range. I was still shutting him out mentally so that I can focus on what I was doing. The girl didn't tell him much, but she did answer something. A few minutes later when they were done, he turned to me and asked me the same question. I was a little annoyed although I did think about it, so I told him: "Find a better job." In a as a matter of fact kinda way. I think he never expected that, which in fact he should be. The conversation ended quite awkwardly because he asked some stupid questions. Not my fault. How can you expect some nice answers about that when you are such a shitty boss? You cant expect me to say "I look forward in 2011 under your LEADERSHIP cant I?". I know that wouldn't be wrong to be said but that would be a complete lie. Lying is despicable.
The fun was that later when I talked about it with my girl colleague, apparently she answered something similar. LOL. Talking about coincidence.
So what happened to you guys? Any new year resolution? Anywhere you have always been wanting to go that you have planned in this year? Anyone you've been wanting to know that you have plans to know him/her better this year? Or has there been anyone you want to love and you would be showing it this year? Maybe it's not too late to think about it, if you are going to take actions. Time does fly by before you know it. You may think 365 days are long, but you only get 1 year out of it. Definitely chances do not appear by themselves, you have to create them. Time to move buddies.
Happy new year. =)
2011 is a year to look forward to however in terms of friendship and travel.
Like I always said, work sucks, LIFE ROCKS.
No matter what happens dun let the disappointment in your job to affect your life. If something is wrong, make it right. Even if your boss hates you, your family and friends will still love you, if you think otherwise then maybe you should love your boss so that someone actually loves you.
Sarcasm aside. I've got things planned with some friends, not yet with my family but I'd really like something to happen, given that my dad could actually makes up his mind and dun change things ten thousand times in the last 10 minutes, maybe I could get something organised. I dunno but we shall see what happens. Maybe a trip somewhere could be nice. There hasn't been an organised family outing for a while. I'm thinking it's time for a change.
I've got some trips planned with my buddies. There's a confirmed trip to Bangkok in October. Awesome. Another trip to Pulau Redang in March is in the plans, not yet confirmed. So gotta get things going by chasing this one up. Surely I'll update the trip with photos, you have my word.
One day before new year suddenly my boss had nothing better to do, so he pulled a chair and sat down next to myself and my lovely girl colleague. For your information he's supposed to be busy. Busier than what he was supposed to be anyway. Well both me and the girl was SHIT busy. Out of the blue he asked: "Hey guys, new year's coming. What are your new year resolutions?" Honestly speaking I didn't think that he meant to ask our new year resolution, he was just looking for an opportunity to tell his because after he asked it he just went on and talk about his. It wasn't important for me so I shut him out mentally and I didn't hear a single word of what he crapped about. So when he finally finished and no one gives a shit about him, he realised that he should get us talking. He asked the same question again to the girl.
Now I must be honest that I didn't hear their conversation although I was in range. I was still shutting him out mentally so that I can focus on what I was doing. The girl didn't tell him much, but she did answer something. A few minutes later when they were done, he turned to me and asked me the same question. I was a little annoyed although I did think about it, so I told him: "Find a better job." In a as a matter of fact kinda way. I think he never expected that, which in fact he should be. The conversation ended quite awkwardly because he asked some stupid questions. Not my fault. How can you expect some nice answers about that when you are such a shitty boss? You cant expect me to say "I look forward in 2011 under your LEADERSHIP cant I?". I know that wouldn't be wrong to be said but that would be a complete lie. Lying is despicable.
The fun was that later when I talked about it with my girl colleague, apparently she answered something similar. LOL. Talking about coincidence.
So what happened to you guys? Any new year resolution? Anywhere you have always been wanting to go that you have planned in this year? Anyone you've been wanting to know that you have plans to know him/her better this year? Or has there been anyone you want to love and you would be showing it this year? Maybe it's not too late to think about it, if you are going to take actions. Time does fly by before you know it. You may think 365 days are long, but you only get 1 year out of it. Definitely chances do not appear by themselves, you have to create them. Time to move buddies.
Happy new year. =)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Monday Blues - Nice to meet you.
I never quite believed in Monday Blues.
Not for the last 6-7 years of working life. Not that I think of it maybe it's because I didn't have any Mondays when I was an Insurance Agent. Everyday it's the same, as long as there's a need to work or if there's a possibility of a new case, I was always gonna be working. I never had Monday blues even after I joined the current company. Working in a line that I was not familiar with. Besides all the technique in talking everything was new to me.
I'm a little weird. As long as I feel that I am learning something new, the joy in me is just so overwhelming that I dun really care about everything else. I just didn't think everything else are important. Not so friendly seniors (which somehow later turned out as nice people), some big shoes to fill. There was some tracking on my performance, and being a stats whore (for those who are not familiar with the term, it simply means that I'm obsessed with statistics regarding myself) I'm always trying to make my score as high as possible. I'll do anything, as long as I feel that there are actually new knowledge coming into my brain, from the toughest to the most mafan (troublesome) task, you said it, I'll do it.
Everyday was an exhausting day, yet everyday was an fulfilling day. Whenever I learn something new, I'd be overjoyed and I'd sincerely thank my seniors "OH THANKS! I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY!". That's me. I like working. I am a workaholic. As long as I think there's work need done, I'd even come back on weekends even if no one pays me to do it. That's what I did. I didn't need anyone to motivate me at all, as long as I have something that I feel challenged when I'm doing it, something that I feel accomplished when it's completed.
Things didn't just change all of a sudden.
We lost our team leader inevitably. He has to move on to something better, something bigger, he was too good to remain as a mere team leader. He moved on. We knew it was coming. He had a couple of seniors prepared to babysit the team, everything was in good hands, he prepared us for his departure.
We had a secondment team leader, he was a little of an EMO type, a little strict, but he's a performer. He ask for things to be done, and then he justifies why it needs it done. Good things don't last forever. Eventually he had to leave, he moved on as well. He moved to a different company, with his own reasons, seeking his own set of new goals. He didn't leave. He was a good leader too because after he left, everything was so automated, everything was so well organized that even without a direct leader we were working in harmony, highest efficiency, tough as steel team spirits. Motivation wise, no problems.
Then we have a new team leader. Some new guy used to work in other call centers. Zero experience on the creditcard industry, straight into a managerial position, handling 2 of the teams with the highest profile in this company's risk management sector.
One word: SHIT.
I'm not just refering to the situation, I was refering to things that he did and things that he said and emails that he sent and promises that he made.
Still the same word: SHIT.
Oh gosh.
First time in my life, I've experiencing Monday blues. Every Sunday I'm like "oh shit man tomorrow is a Monday again", it feels damn shitty to have to go to sleep early which usually ending up with me staying up late. Every Monday morning was like "oh shit man it's 6am already can I just pretend I'm sick and don't go to work".
6 Years in to work force and then only I'm starting to have to experience Monday Blues, how embarrassing.
It just shows how shitty it is when you don't like the way your boss get things done, or in my case the way that he gets things done with the wrong ways. Suddenly I saw seniors protesting. Work mates getting angry at things that they were so good at doing that it used to be so routine. Team mates mumbling about finding a better job. Friends saying that this place is such a hell hole to be at. Colleagues saying that what an idiot our new boss was, and still is even after his 6 months probation ended.
Monday blue strikes every Monday now. It strikes me now and it'd stirke me hard tomorrow morning I swear it would.
Motivation at work is such a big thing for all companies. Morale is such an important factor in all companies. Both of these qualities in our team has been in pieces lately. Almost completely shattered. Almost everyone for him/herselves. Do your own damn job and head the hell home. who gives a damn about staying back and get more things done. who gives a shit about coming early to cover other people's ass. Who cares about helping other work mates that's struggling.
Oh geez, it used to be another way round.
Then this new boss of mine begged for his probation to get extended. His wish granted, so he got another 3 months to "perform". which one of these 3 months he spent them with getting Married and being away for his Honeymoon. What kind of man marries a woman he loves while he has no idea if he could secure his job. Aren't you supposed to promise your woman her security if you were to marry her? Well I guess he did. He promises everything anyway.
When his extension was announced, it was such a great impact. Or I should say we took a hit. It completely demolished the team's morale. We hung on for half a year to wait for his probation to end so that he would get his ass off our face and stop farting. He ended up staying for another 3 more months, and that's the best case scenario. Rumour says that he might have his job confirmed.
Another senior left.
Gosh.
So, Monday blues, I know I havent know you soon enough, but anyway, nice to meet you. Can you take some time off soon? I'd feel better when you are not around. murder my boss if you must, let me know if you need help.
I've started to hate Mondays. =/
Not for the last 6-7 years of working life. Not that I think of it maybe it's because I didn't have any Mondays when I was an Insurance Agent. Everyday it's the same, as long as there's a need to work or if there's a possibility of a new case, I was always gonna be working. I never had Monday blues even after I joined the current company. Working in a line that I was not familiar with. Besides all the technique in talking everything was new to me.
I'm a little weird. As long as I feel that I am learning something new, the joy in me is just so overwhelming that I dun really care about everything else. I just didn't think everything else are important. Not so friendly seniors (which somehow later turned out as nice people), some big shoes to fill. There was some tracking on my performance, and being a stats whore (for those who are not familiar with the term, it simply means that I'm obsessed with statistics regarding myself) I'm always trying to make my score as high as possible. I'll do anything, as long as I feel that there are actually new knowledge coming into my brain, from the toughest to the most mafan (troublesome) task, you said it, I'll do it.
Everyday was an exhausting day, yet everyday was an fulfilling day. Whenever I learn something new, I'd be overjoyed and I'd sincerely thank my seniors "OH THANKS! I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY!". That's me. I like working. I am a workaholic. As long as I think there's work need done, I'd even come back on weekends even if no one pays me to do it. That's what I did. I didn't need anyone to motivate me at all, as long as I have something that I feel challenged when I'm doing it, something that I feel accomplished when it's completed.
Things didn't just change all of a sudden.
We lost our team leader inevitably. He has to move on to something better, something bigger, he was too good to remain as a mere team leader. He moved on. We knew it was coming. He had a couple of seniors prepared to babysit the team, everything was in good hands, he prepared us for his departure.
We had a secondment team leader, he was a little of an EMO type, a little strict, but he's a performer. He ask for things to be done, and then he justifies why it needs it done. Good things don't last forever. Eventually he had to leave, he moved on as well. He moved to a different company, with his own reasons, seeking his own set of new goals. He didn't leave. He was a good leader too because after he left, everything was so automated, everything was so well organized that even without a direct leader we were working in harmony, highest efficiency, tough as steel team spirits. Motivation wise, no problems.
Then we have a new team leader. Some new guy used to work in other call centers. Zero experience on the creditcard industry, straight into a managerial position, handling 2 of the teams with the highest profile in this company's risk management sector.
One word: SHIT.
I'm not just refering to the situation, I was refering to things that he did and things that he said and emails that he sent and promises that he made.
Still the same word: SHIT.
Oh gosh.
First time in my life, I've experiencing Monday blues. Every Sunday I'm like "oh shit man tomorrow is a Monday again", it feels damn shitty to have to go to sleep early which usually ending up with me staying up late. Every Monday morning was like "oh shit man it's 6am already can I just pretend I'm sick and don't go to work".
6 Years in to work force and then only I'm starting to have to experience Monday Blues, how embarrassing.
It just shows how shitty it is when you don't like the way your boss get things done, or in my case the way that he gets things done with the wrong ways. Suddenly I saw seniors protesting. Work mates getting angry at things that they were so good at doing that it used to be so routine. Team mates mumbling about finding a better job. Friends saying that this place is such a hell hole to be at. Colleagues saying that what an idiot our new boss was, and still is even after his 6 months probation ended.
Monday blue strikes every Monday now. It strikes me now and it'd stirke me hard tomorrow morning I swear it would.
Motivation at work is such a big thing for all companies. Morale is such an important factor in all companies. Both of these qualities in our team has been in pieces lately. Almost completely shattered. Almost everyone for him/herselves. Do your own damn job and head the hell home. who gives a damn about staying back and get more things done. who gives a shit about coming early to cover other people's ass. Who cares about helping other work mates that's struggling.
Oh geez, it used to be another way round.
Then this new boss of mine begged for his probation to get extended. His wish granted, so he got another 3 months to "perform". which one of these 3 months he spent them with getting Married and being away for his Honeymoon. What kind of man marries a woman he loves while he has no idea if he could secure his job. Aren't you supposed to promise your woman her security if you were to marry her? Well I guess he did. He promises everything anyway.
When his extension was announced, it was such a great impact. Or I should say we took a hit. It completely demolished the team's morale. We hung on for half a year to wait for his probation to end so that he would get his ass off our face and stop farting. He ended up staying for another 3 more months, and that's the best case scenario. Rumour says that he might have his job confirmed.
Another senior left.
Gosh.
So, Monday blues, I know I havent know you soon enough, but anyway, nice to meet you. Can you take some time off soon? I'd feel better when you are not around. murder my boss if you must, let me know if you need help.
I've started to hate Mondays. =/
Happy Newly Wedd
It's 1/1/11.
A friend got married.
The boy spent most of his savings and bought a right secretly during their wedding shoot. Half way through the wedding shoot he presented the ring all of a sudden. It was a surprise, she cried from that point on, until the end of the shooting on the same day. Romantic, we all thought.
1/1/11 was the wedding dinner. Nothing too dramatic. A lot of friends came, relatively calm wedding dinner (which is quite rare) probably because most of the people are calm Christians, not many crazy YAAAAMMMMM SSSEEEENNNGGGGG until much later, but it wasn't THAT crazy as well. I guess every wedding has its style depending on the crowd. It was surprisingly boring about the people that shared a table with us though. I think I kinda spotted fungus growing out of some of them. I was SMSing some friends, and one of them said "that's wedding dinner for you, it's supposed to be boring". Well actually it wasn't bad, it was just a little too quiet for a Chinese wedding.
The bride was beautiful. Bride's Groom was extremely happy. I'm sure they'd make a happy couple at least for the next 50 years.
Just remember Hump Hump, only 3 rules in a good marriage.
1) Darling is always right.
2) In case of Darling is wrong, please refer to rule @1.
3) In case of Darling is in fact wrong, please refer to rule #2.
Wan Wan and Hump Hump, best wishes to you two, wish you guys live happily ever after.
Cheers
=============================================
Mother asked me today morning when I told her that I'm going to a friend's wedding dinner, "Actually are you dating anyone?". I told her no. The she got really excited and mentioned about this friend's daughter is such a nice girl yadaa yadaa... Well, I told her "sure. why not" when she asked if I wanted to get to know her. She's a little over joyed but I also told her just let things happen naturally, there's no set up needed. She agreed. I think she's just a little anxious that most of my cousins are already married when they are about my age and I'm not even dating anyone yet.
Oh well, It's not like I haven't tried. I guess I'll keep that part to myself in case she gets panicked.
Gonna be going to a close friend's wedding in 2 weeks time, but it'd be dumb to write about something that hasn't happened. So I'll leave it till it happens.
Good night.
A friend got married.
The boy spent most of his savings and bought a right secretly during their wedding shoot. Half way through the wedding shoot he presented the ring all of a sudden. It was a surprise, she cried from that point on, until the end of the shooting on the same day. Romantic, we all thought.
1/1/11 was the wedding dinner. Nothing too dramatic. A lot of friends came, relatively calm wedding dinner (which is quite rare) probably because most of the people are calm Christians, not many crazy YAAAAMMMMM SSSEEEENNNGGGGG until much later, but it wasn't THAT crazy as well. I guess every wedding has its style depending on the crowd. It was surprisingly boring about the people that shared a table with us though. I think I kinda spotted fungus growing out of some of them. I was SMSing some friends, and one of them said "that's wedding dinner for you, it's supposed to be boring". Well actually it wasn't bad, it was just a little too quiet for a Chinese wedding.
The bride was beautiful. Bride's Groom was extremely happy. I'm sure they'd make a happy couple at least for the next 50 years.
Just remember Hump Hump, only 3 rules in a good marriage.
1) Darling is always right.
2) In case of Darling is wrong, please refer to rule @1.
3) In case of Darling is in fact wrong, please refer to rule #2.
Wan Wan and Hump Hump, best wishes to you two, wish you guys live happily ever after.
Cheers
=============================================
Mother asked me today morning when I told her that I'm going to a friend's wedding dinner, "Actually are you dating anyone?". I told her no. The she got really excited and mentioned about this friend's daughter is such a nice girl yadaa yadaa... Well, I told her "sure. why not" when she asked if I wanted to get to know her. She's a little over joyed but I also told her just let things happen naturally, there's no set up needed. She agreed. I think she's just a little anxious that most of my cousins are already married when they are about my age and I'm not even dating anyone yet.
Oh well, It's not like I haven't tried. I guess I'll keep that part to myself in case she gets panicked.
Gonna be going to a close friend's wedding in 2 weeks time, but it'd be dumb to write about something that hasn't happened. So I'll leave it till it happens.
Good night.
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