Its been more than a month. I rarely come online nowadays, and even when I do, its only for brief moments. The same story. Work has been overwhelming. Everyone at office has been stretched to the limit. Long hours. It should be a good year.
BOD meets tomorrow. Wonder whats gonna happen.
Yet another new staff resigns. This one does it the day after he is told off for acting in a manner not befitting a person of his position. Playing truant never gets into my good books. Had sort of expected him to tender his resignation. But didnt expect him to just drop everything at his table and walk off. Sigh. Difficult to find decent responsible around. At least the last guy who left made sure all his work was completed before he left.
On the home front, the younger one was 1 year old last week. How time flies :) Theyre both so wonderful to be with. Both almost similar in character. I guess most kids are like that. Have their photos here at office. Comforting and soothing for tired eyes. Though busy with work, have been trying hard to make sure i spend lots of time at home with family. Its so relaxing at times.
Been out twice for breaking of fast with different sets of clients. Met up with a few bankers for tea earlier. So many young ones nowadays.
Its going to be double the usual madness next 2 days as we try to clear as much work as possible by Saturday. Most staff are off for almost the entire of next week. Am not planning to travel anywhere for the holidays. I guess part of the holidays would be spent at the office. Work has to be completed. Deadlines met. Keep reminding myself that lots of work, is better than no work. Keep reminding the staff that too.
Fantasy golf season is over. Made it into the top 1000. Out of 300,000 plus teams i guess. Not bad for a non-golfer. English premier league fantasy football has been on for a few months. Quiet still there. Still behind Pret, but ahead of sic, noh and the rest.
At times the mind does wonder and think of the past. The countless hours wasted on some. Should have been a rolling stone, and not gather any moss. Time and work have been wonderful in erasing most memories. There's still a bit of bitterness. There must always be that. A perfect deterrent. Wont waste my time in future.
All this long hours has practically stopped attempts to download music and build up a collection of songs from the pre-90 days. There just hasnt been much free time.
Time to get off. So much more to be done before i head home.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Its been way too long. And its the same old stories.
Work has been a killer. The load has increased to levels never before seen in my 15 years with this outfit. The staff have been working long hours for the past few weeks. One begins to start wondering if the dangling of a carrot with higher incentive payments will work beyond a certain threshold of workload. I pray it does.
Thankfully Eng Ho has been back from Australia for a short holiday and his timing has been perfect. We have been discussing with the computer vendors are waiting for final approvals for upgrading works. The challenge appears to be to complete the basic changeover while he is still here.
A new staff is due to start on Monday. Another guy comes in on Thursday. Pray that they both turn up. But till then, its madness. Two of the guys have been working today, and I guess all of us will also be working throughout Sunday.
Been preoccupied with work that its been many many days since chatted with anyone on YM or anywhere else. Did meet up with sf and madnoh over tea quite a few days back. She appears to be a nice lady.
As for golf, season is ending soon, and am still around the 400+ rankings. A top 200 finish is definitely out of the question. Football is time consuming. So many players, so many positions, so many injuries and suspensions to take note of.
On the bright side, finally managed to install the CD Writer back home. Burned my first CD..hurray. Get to play them at office now.
J continues to look for a job now. Looks like something may come up soon. Keeping fingers crossed. The kids are a joy to be with. D is as cute and mischevious as usual. K has begun to stand. Its a matter of weeks before she starts to walk..and run. As it is, she crawls very very fast now.
Its already 5pm. Time to clear up a bit of work, and head home. Will be coming in early sunday. So much to be done, so little time.
Work has been a killer. The load has increased to levels never before seen in my 15 years with this outfit. The staff have been working long hours for the past few weeks. One begins to start wondering if the dangling of a carrot with higher incentive payments will work beyond a certain threshold of workload. I pray it does.
Thankfully Eng Ho has been back from Australia for a short holiday and his timing has been perfect. We have been discussing with the computer vendors are waiting for final approvals for upgrading works. The challenge appears to be to complete the basic changeover while he is still here.
A new staff is due to start on Monday. Another guy comes in on Thursday. Pray that they both turn up. But till then, its madness. Two of the guys have been working today, and I guess all of us will also be working throughout Sunday.
Been preoccupied with work that its been many many days since chatted with anyone on YM or anywhere else. Did meet up with sf and madnoh over tea quite a few days back. She appears to be a nice lady.
As for golf, season is ending soon, and am still around the 400+ rankings. A top 200 finish is definitely out of the question. Football is time consuming. So many players, so many positions, so many injuries and suspensions to take note of.
On the bright side, finally managed to install the CD Writer back home. Burned my first CD..hurray. Get to play them at office now.
J continues to look for a job now. Looks like something may come up soon. Keeping fingers crossed. The kids are a joy to be with. D is as cute and mischevious as usual. K has begun to stand. Its a matter of weeks before she starts to walk..and run. As it is, she crawls very very fast now.
Its already 5pm. Time to clear up a bit of work, and head home. Will be coming in early sunday. So much to be done, so little time.
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
A wet Wednesday its been. Thunderstorm and lightning is bad. Had a heavy breakfast at 10, so lunch can be skipped.
Man U whacked the greeks 5-0. Was supposed to wake up at 3am, but i guess was just too tired to notice the alarm clock go off.
Lots of setbacks of late. The guy from a rival firm who asked to join us, backed off one week before the date he was due to report in. Trying hard to get an alternative. Hope that works out. Work appears to have slowed down somewhat past 2 weeks. A welcome breather, but must make sure it doesnt slacken further.
Had been struggling (more like been too lazy) to work on this blog recently. To add in a guest book. Somehow or rather managed to set up a crude one up. Perhaps on evenings effort must be made to learn a bit on html and the various tools available to make this a better interactive environment. Would be nice to read comments from strangers bashing me up.
The fantasy football site is down. Perhaps its time to continue with work.
Man U whacked the greeks 5-0. Was supposed to wake up at 3am, but i guess was just too tired to notice the alarm clock go off.
Lots of setbacks of late. The guy from a rival firm who asked to join us, backed off one week before the date he was due to report in. Trying hard to get an alternative. Hope that works out. Work appears to have slowed down somewhat past 2 weeks. A welcome breather, but must make sure it doesnt slacken further.
Had been struggling (more like been too lazy) to work on this blog recently. To add in a guest book. Somehow or rather managed to set up a crude one up. Perhaps on evenings effort must be made to learn a bit on html and the various tools available to make this a better interactive environment. Would be nice to read comments from strangers bashing me up.
The fantasy football site is down. Perhaps its time to continue with work.
Thursday, September 11, 2003
What more can i say. Ever so often, what we see is not what we get. Definitely a good decision to move on in life. Exception of course would continue to be the golf and football fantasy games...lol. Aint gonna give em up.
Busy busy busy. Lots of work to be done. Planning to head to KL tomorrow afternoon. But seeing the pile on table, am not so sure at the moment. Will probably need to stay back late tonight to clear up work.
Elder daughter keeps asking to go see her uncle at KL. She's so cute. Ahh ... miss her lots when am at office. Younger one swims much faster now. Wonder when she will start to crawl and sit up and eventually stand/walk. Must let her take her time.
Time to continue with work.
Busy busy busy. Lots of work to be done. Planning to head to KL tomorrow afternoon. But seeing the pile on table, am not so sure at the moment. Will probably need to stay back late tonight to clear up work.
Elder daughter keeps asking to go see her uncle at KL. She's so cute. Ahh ... miss her lots when am at office. Younger one swims much faster now. Wonder when she will start to crawl and sit up and eventually stand/walk. Must let her take her time.
Time to continue with work.
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Shortcomings of the state
You have a visit johor year, and thats the time you dig up almost the entire city centre to re-do the drainage, set up pedestrian walkways, get rid of much needed street parking, and cause massive inconveniences to the public as well as the business community. Even the Jalan Tan Hiok Nee walkway has yet to be completed after many many months of closure. Now, the State Exco member has the cheek to blame TNB for the delays of works at Jalan Meldrum. So much for proper planning before approvals are granted for development works. And so typical of pointing fingers when things go wrong. So typical of the Malaysian way of not knowing the meaning of accountability.
At one time, every other piece of state land, was privatised for one form of redevelopment. Naturally, the moment the approvals were granted, the companies were sold and quick profits realised. No prizes to guess who were the people to gain. It would indeed be enlightening to know the list of state lands that have been given such approvals, and the people behind these schemes.
We had the KPRJ semi govt. body supposedly in existence to provide infrastructural works such as roads and mosques in rural areas, which was fair enough. But then, this body was given state lands which they charge to the commercial banks. And the monies used for infrastructural works, which doesnt generate money to repay the loans. And theres no need to mention about the money spent lavishly to set up this organisation. Some people up there conveniently forgot the existence of JKR and the Johor Corporation (SEDC) to provide such development works.
Then we have the Johor Education Foundation (YPJ) which was also given vast tracts of lands for setting up of oil palm plantations etc. And they too couldnt resist the temptation of entering into property investments in the hotel business amongst others.
Johor Corporation made millions getting State land and developing industrial estates. Land cleared and provided with infrastructure such as roads, drains, water and electricity supplies. Naturally you would make money in the good years. But then, theyre amongst the biggest debtors in the country. Big numbers of companies within the group doing badly.
We had the unit trust issue a few years back. The head had the cheek to say the state's shares in big listed companies were to be given to these unit trusts for the sole purpose of inflating the unit trust prices. I guess, they again conveniently forgot that the unit trusts were owned by a small group of people, not the entire population the state.
Can we have an audit to reveal publicly the extent of help the government had given previously, and the failures of these bodies?
No one noticed that the number of non-Malays within the abovementioned state owned bodies is miniscule, perhaps 1%? or less? I digress perhaps, but then its a fact thats undeniable.
If its one major weakness in the entire governance system, its the refusal to accept the fact that the government is there to manage the assets of the country, the general public. Unfortunately, what we have is a system where those governing is more interested to enrich themselves and their friends/families.
Once, i commented to a civil servant on how the civil service seem to wantonly spend millions on functions, opening/closing ceremonies, speeches and functions at posh places; monies that belong to the public. Not surprisingly the response i got was, the civil servant strongly defended saying even the public sector was lavishly spending money for such purposes. Sad to say, it didnt cross the person's mind that the private sector spends money that it earns. It doesnt spend public money. It seems that citizens pay taxes so that civil servants can have a good time.
Instead of spending money to improve infrastructure and provide more facilities, for the past few months much money has gone into landscaping works all over the town. Carpet grass everywhere with flowering plants at every imaginable road junctions! Not to mention decorative lamp posts that supposedly cost RM20,000 each or thereabout! The only ones laughing to the bank would be the suppliers/contractors and most definitely those approving such works.
Water rates have gone up. Supposedly to finance infrastructural expenditure. Me thinks its more to fill up wallets. They couldnt even write the notice to subscribers in decent english.
Parking coupons in the state is divided into 2 zones. Northern and southern johor. Today the state says theyre looking into having one standard coupon and company managing the entire state. They couldnt standardize it now? Why not just leave the ticketing to the local authorities and let them make all the money.
The MPPJ signboard issue which was highlighted by The Sun papers recently was perhaps the tip of the iceberg. One wonders whats the situation in the other state local authorities.
Are we investor friendly? Hardly. We seem to have policies that go against national policies at times. Remember the FIC guidelines issue previously? The state required further payments for such approvals. Recently they even amended the state law and said the penalty for foreign purchases was RM100,000 i think, instead of the normal RM10,000 previously. Naturally when the issue was blown up by the papers, the state defended that it was a typographical error (yeah, i believe that...yeah rite)
If only things are done for the good of the State and country. And not for individual self interests or ulterior motives.
Its a nice place to stay. Its where i am born. Yes, its my home. I only wish they run it better.
Oh yes... Visit Johor! Its Visit Johor Year!
You have a visit johor year, and thats the time you dig up almost the entire city centre to re-do the drainage, set up pedestrian walkways, get rid of much needed street parking, and cause massive inconveniences to the public as well as the business community. Even the Jalan Tan Hiok Nee walkway has yet to be completed after many many months of closure. Now, the State Exco member has the cheek to blame TNB for the delays of works at Jalan Meldrum. So much for proper planning before approvals are granted for development works. And so typical of pointing fingers when things go wrong. So typical of the Malaysian way of not knowing the meaning of accountability.
At one time, every other piece of state land, was privatised for one form of redevelopment. Naturally, the moment the approvals were granted, the companies were sold and quick profits realised. No prizes to guess who were the people to gain. It would indeed be enlightening to know the list of state lands that have been given such approvals, and the people behind these schemes.
We had the KPRJ semi govt. body supposedly in existence to provide infrastructural works such as roads and mosques in rural areas, which was fair enough. But then, this body was given state lands which they charge to the commercial banks. And the monies used for infrastructural works, which doesnt generate money to repay the loans. And theres no need to mention about the money spent lavishly to set up this organisation. Some people up there conveniently forgot the existence of JKR and the Johor Corporation (SEDC) to provide such development works.
Then we have the Johor Education Foundation (YPJ) which was also given vast tracts of lands for setting up of oil palm plantations etc. And they too couldnt resist the temptation of entering into property investments in the hotel business amongst others.
Johor Corporation made millions getting State land and developing industrial estates. Land cleared and provided with infrastructure such as roads, drains, water and electricity supplies. Naturally you would make money in the good years. But then, theyre amongst the biggest debtors in the country. Big numbers of companies within the group doing badly.
We had the unit trust issue a few years back. The head had the cheek to say the state's shares in big listed companies were to be given to these unit trusts for the sole purpose of inflating the unit trust prices. I guess, they again conveniently forgot that the unit trusts were owned by a small group of people, not the entire population the state.
Can we have an audit to reveal publicly the extent of help the government had given previously, and the failures of these bodies?
No one noticed that the number of non-Malays within the abovementioned state owned bodies is miniscule, perhaps 1%? or less? I digress perhaps, but then its a fact thats undeniable.
If its one major weakness in the entire governance system, its the refusal to accept the fact that the government is there to manage the assets of the country, the general public. Unfortunately, what we have is a system where those governing is more interested to enrich themselves and their friends/families.
Once, i commented to a civil servant on how the civil service seem to wantonly spend millions on functions, opening/closing ceremonies, speeches and functions at posh places; monies that belong to the public. Not surprisingly the response i got was, the civil servant strongly defended saying even the public sector was lavishly spending money for such purposes. Sad to say, it didnt cross the person's mind that the private sector spends money that it earns. It doesnt spend public money. It seems that citizens pay taxes so that civil servants can have a good time.
Instead of spending money to improve infrastructure and provide more facilities, for the past few months much money has gone into landscaping works all over the town. Carpet grass everywhere with flowering plants at every imaginable road junctions! Not to mention decorative lamp posts that supposedly cost RM20,000 each or thereabout! The only ones laughing to the bank would be the suppliers/contractors and most definitely those approving such works.
Water rates have gone up. Supposedly to finance infrastructural expenditure. Me thinks its more to fill up wallets. They couldnt even write the notice to subscribers in decent english.
Parking coupons in the state is divided into 2 zones. Northern and southern johor. Today the state says theyre looking into having one standard coupon and company managing the entire state. They couldnt standardize it now? Why not just leave the ticketing to the local authorities and let them make all the money.
The MPPJ signboard issue which was highlighted by The Sun papers recently was perhaps the tip of the iceberg. One wonders whats the situation in the other state local authorities.
Are we investor friendly? Hardly. We seem to have policies that go against national policies at times. Remember the FIC guidelines issue previously? The state required further payments for such approvals. Recently they even amended the state law and said the penalty for foreign purchases was RM100,000 i think, instead of the normal RM10,000 previously. Naturally when the issue was blown up by the papers, the state defended that it was a typographical error (yeah, i believe that...yeah rite)
If only things are done for the good of the State and country. And not for individual self interests or ulterior motives.
Its a nice place to stay. Its where i am born. Yes, its my home. I only wish they run it better.
Oh yes... Visit Johor! Its Visit Johor Year!
Work has indeed been overwhelming over the past weeks. Theres not much free time to write. Whatever time online is mainly to reply emails as well as maintain the yahoo fantasy football and golf teams.
Was at KL for the Merdeka weekend with the family. It was a pleasant trip, except for the Man U loss to Southampton on Sunday night. Sigh. Was at a wedding at KDU, and later drove up to Bangsar to watch the second half of the game. Found a quiet pub that was surprising only had one other customer. Perfect to watch a game over a couple of beers. Damn team lost.
Highlight of the trip? I guess it was meeting up an old buddy and having dinner at the Jalan Imbi hawker site on Tuesday night. It was good to catch up with him. We used to meet up for lunches ever so often whilst at JB. On hindsight, wish we didnt go overboard with the amount of food we ate.
Should be up at KL this weekend again, for another two wedding functions.
Its been 2 months plus now since i stopped chatting in the chat rooms. Am glad i did it. Too many disappointments. Too many false pretences, facades. Am no saint either. I know of my shortcomings. Am surprised though there seem to be some attempts to log into my yahoo account, causing yahoo to suspend my account a couple of times over the past month. Why cant they just leave me alone. Had never been interested in being in a popularity contest. Perhaps i've stepped onto too many toes over the years. Well, am blunt, and try to be as frank as possible. And if it so happens someone do hack into the account, even better. Will just delete the account, ID and email. Entire history of its existence will be wiped out.
Doing fairly well in fantasy football, though the KL trip caused me to lose valuable points in golf. The effect of not switching players was dropping down in the rankings to 313 now. Damn. Did very well last weekend. Could have broke into the top 100 perhaps if not for that earlier screwup.
The annual dinner is coming up in a months time. And of all persons, am to be the MC. Much work and preparation there. Sigh.
Was at KL for the Merdeka weekend with the family. It was a pleasant trip, except for the Man U loss to Southampton on Sunday night. Sigh. Was at a wedding at KDU, and later drove up to Bangsar to watch the second half of the game. Found a quiet pub that was surprising only had one other customer. Perfect to watch a game over a couple of beers. Damn team lost.
Highlight of the trip? I guess it was meeting up an old buddy and having dinner at the Jalan Imbi hawker site on Tuesday night. It was good to catch up with him. We used to meet up for lunches ever so often whilst at JB. On hindsight, wish we didnt go overboard with the amount of food we ate.
Should be up at KL this weekend again, for another two wedding functions.
Its been 2 months plus now since i stopped chatting in the chat rooms. Am glad i did it. Too many disappointments. Too many false pretences, facades. Am no saint either. I know of my shortcomings. Am surprised though there seem to be some attempts to log into my yahoo account, causing yahoo to suspend my account a couple of times over the past month. Why cant they just leave me alone. Had never been interested in being in a popularity contest. Perhaps i've stepped onto too many toes over the years. Well, am blunt, and try to be as frank as possible. And if it so happens someone do hack into the account, even better. Will just delete the account, ID and email. Entire history of its existence will be wiped out.
Doing fairly well in fantasy football, though the KL trip caused me to lose valuable points in golf. The effect of not switching players was dropping down in the rankings to 313 now. Damn. Did very well last weekend. Could have broke into the top 100 perhaps if not for that earlier screwup.
The annual dinner is coming up in a months time. And of all persons, am to be the MC. Much work and preparation there. Sigh.
Friday, August 15, 2003
Now, don’t just walk away
Pretending everything’s ok
And you don’t care about me
And I know there’s just no use
When all your lies become your truths and I don’t care... yeah, yeah, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you’re happy now, ohhh, ohhh
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
You took all there was to take,
And left with an empty plate
And you don’t care about it, yeah.
And I, I’ve given up this game
I’m leaving you with all the blame cause I don’t care, yeah, yeah yeah,
Could you look me in the eye?
And tell me that you’re happy now, oohh oohhh
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now? Ohhh, ohhhh
Are you happy now?
Do you really have everything you want?
You could never give something you ain't got
You can’t run away from yourself
Could you look me in the eye?
and tell me that you`re happy now, oohh oohhh
come on tell it to my face or have i been erased,
are you happy now? Ohhh, ohhhh
are you happy now?
Would you look me in the eye?
Could you look me in the eye?
I’ve had that all I can take
And I’m about to break
Cause I’m happy now, ohhh, ohhh
Are you happy now?
I keep looking too much into song lyrics. Sigh. Michelle Branch's Are you happy now, is haunting me now.
Pretending everything’s ok
And you don’t care about me
And I know there’s just no use
When all your lies become your truths and I don’t care... yeah, yeah, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you’re happy now, ohhh, ohhh
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
You took all there was to take,
And left with an empty plate
And you don’t care about it, yeah.
And I, I’ve given up this game
I’m leaving you with all the blame cause I don’t care, yeah, yeah yeah,
Could you look me in the eye?
And tell me that you’re happy now, oohh oohhh
Would you tell it to my face or have I been erased,
Are you happy now? Ohhh, ohhhh
Are you happy now?
Do you really have everything you want?
You could never give something you ain't got
You can’t run away from yourself
Could you look me in the eye?
and tell me that you`re happy now, oohh oohhh
come on tell it to my face or have i been erased,
are you happy now? Ohhh, ohhhh
are you happy now?
Would you look me in the eye?
Could you look me in the eye?
I’ve had that all I can take
And I’m about to break
Cause I’m happy now, ohhh, ohhh
Are you happy now?
I keep looking too much into song lyrics. Sigh. Michelle Branch's Are you happy now, is haunting me now.
The past few days has been difficult. There has been too many problems surfacing. Too many idiots bungling. Too many issues needing attention. And work has been overwhelming. Had been looking at the latter from the positive angle for weeks now, till a few days back when the junior staff dumped his resignation letter on my table when i wasnt around. Supposedly leaving on the basis of a RM300 increment, that was something which could have easily been met with our productivity incentive had he worked more efficiently. Have had to do site inspection work past 2 days, which am used to. But its a headache to allocate time to do the paperwork. The adverts for job vacancy will come out early next week. One lady had already came today for an interview. She had some experience, but told her honestly i would rather see the response to our advert. We need a wider pool of candidates to chose from. Its time to stop being nice to new staff cos its rarely appreciated. At the end of the day, we just end up being a training ground for others to pinch.
EPL starts on saturday. The fantasy league is very difficult this year. Prices are high, thus choices are a major headache. Not an easy feat to buy 11 players at 100 million dollars. The guys from last season have got together again in a private league. A welcome distraction this will be for the next 8 months.
Have confirmed KL trip end of this month. A 5 or 6 day trip. The family would love it. And i need the distraction and rest. The back is still sore. Have been procastinating and not seen a doctor about it. As a result, have laid off squash now for almost a month. Have started carrying light weights again. Perhaps that has been a bad idea. Must see a doc!
Its almost 1am. Not started on office work yet. Sigh.
EPL starts on saturday. The fantasy league is very difficult this year. Prices are high, thus choices are a major headache. Not an easy feat to buy 11 players at 100 million dollars. The guys from last season have got together again in a private league. A welcome distraction this will be for the next 8 months.
Have confirmed KL trip end of this month. A 5 or 6 day trip. The family would love it. And i need the distraction and rest. The back is still sore. Have been procastinating and not seen a doctor about it. As a result, have laid off squash now for almost a month. Have started carrying light weights again. Perhaps that has been a bad idea. Must see a doc!
Its almost 1am. Not started on office work yet. Sigh.
Sunday, August 10, 2003
The frequency has indeed dropped. Its not for lack of interest to write. I want to. But the tendency to think of the past is still there.
Why, one could ask, would i bother to put in so much effort to keep a friendship going, and regardless of how many times its broken, i keep going back trying hard to keep it alive, and then just turn around..and finally say am going off, and meaning it. Am one notorious to simply walk away from people for the simplest of reasons. Its after all the chat world. And yet, there are occasions i've done the exact opposite. Well this time, i've finally realised, am confronted with a stranger. Someone i know not. For so many months early this year i was in the dumps. Had been mentally worn out. Felt so bad, that i thought i had let down a friend in need. That i had walked away, when i shouldnt have. Upon reflection of late, i realise, my folly. In the final instance, thats always the right thing to do, to be fair to all parties. Its something not done impulsively. Had thought about it for days. Enough said. Enough said, i keep telling myself. Its been more than a month since i entered KL1, and i can safely say i dont miss it. I have not been tempted to enter and chat there. I still keep in touch with the few who still bother to message or email me.
Past few days were quite worrying. The little one was down with a fever for 3 days, despite medication and tests done. Thankfully she is well now. It was the first time she had ever got sick, i think.
Hurray..the EPL football yahoo fantasy site is up and running and we have a few days to name the teams. An added welcome to distract and torture the mind. But with the increased workload at office, and long working hours, its gonna be toughm, very tough.
Saturday was an interesting morning. Was introduced to the world of digital mapping. Its something we will be seriously considering adopting. Coming back to office after lunch was perhaps a wrong move. To see an envelope with my name on it. The most junior executive we have had tendered his resignation.
While it can be fairly stated that he has not been impressive, but after many months of training and giving the opportunity to learn, its frustratingly annoying to see such an impersonal act. So very polite when requesting for a job, and so bloody rude in resigning in that manner. Supposedly he has been offerred a higher salary by a competitor. (God save them from his mistakes). No mention of the one month notice. Good riddance. Come monday he will surely get an earfull from me. No, we wont be counter offering. No, none of that nonsense. But we're in a predicament. We need to advertise for staff surely. The quotes from the computer vendor has yet to arrive. So much to be done in the next few weeks. And so very short handed at office.
Why, one could ask, would i bother to put in so much effort to keep a friendship going, and regardless of how many times its broken, i keep going back trying hard to keep it alive, and then just turn around..and finally say am going off, and meaning it. Am one notorious to simply walk away from people for the simplest of reasons. Its after all the chat world. And yet, there are occasions i've done the exact opposite. Well this time, i've finally realised, am confronted with a stranger. Someone i know not. For so many months early this year i was in the dumps. Had been mentally worn out. Felt so bad, that i thought i had let down a friend in need. That i had walked away, when i shouldnt have. Upon reflection of late, i realise, my folly. In the final instance, thats always the right thing to do, to be fair to all parties. Its something not done impulsively. Had thought about it for days. Enough said. Enough said, i keep telling myself. Its been more than a month since i entered KL1, and i can safely say i dont miss it. I have not been tempted to enter and chat there. I still keep in touch with the few who still bother to message or email me.
Past few days were quite worrying. The little one was down with a fever for 3 days, despite medication and tests done. Thankfully she is well now. It was the first time she had ever got sick, i think.
Hurray..the EPL football yahoo fantasy site is up and running and we have a few days to name the teams. An added welcome to distract and torture the mind. But with the increased workload at office, and long working hours, its gonna be toughm, very tough.
Saturday was an interesting morning. Was introduced to the world of digital mapping. Its something we will be seriously considering adopting. Coming back to office after lunch was perhaps a wrong move. To see an envelope with my name on it. The most junior executive we have had tendered his resignation.
While it can be fairly stated that he has not been impressive, but after many months of training and giving the opportunity to learn, its frustratingly annoying to see such an impersonal act. So very polite when requesting for a job, and so bloody rude in resigning in that manner. Supposedly he has been offerred a higher salary by a competitor. (God save them from his mistakes). No mention of the one month notice. Good riddance. Come monday he will surely get an earfull from me. No, we wont be counter offering. No, none of that nonsense. But we're in a predicament. We need to advertise for staff surely. The quotes from the computer vendor has yet to arrive. So much to be done in the next few weeks. And so very short handed at office.
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