Conversation in a padded cell #3

Boss : There's boxes of tissue there. Why bring your own?

Me : Oh, free tissue from TP. My brother brought it home.

Boss : So next time if I kena I call you can?

Me : Can, I'll say thanks for calling and hang up on you.

Boss : Chey.

Me : Answer call for the sake of answering mah. Not intending to help you wor. Hahahaha.

********

3 hours later...

Boss : Ooi. I print your name card for you ok?

Me : No need la, save the trees lah.

Boss : What should I put for the title? Managing Director hou boh?

Me : Me not greedy. CEO can le. But really lah, can dont put my title as interior designer but just as designer?

Boss (guai lan) : Why?

Me : Prefer lor.

Boss : Give me one very good reason why should only put 'designer'.

Me : Cos easier to read, otherwise it is very 饶舌.

Boss : 饶 your head lah. Interior designer. Decided.

Me : 假文明. Then ask me for what?

Boss : Cant tell meh? Ask for the sake of asking only.

Me : =_="

Sounds nice

Boss asked me today, how long had I been with this company?

3 weeks!

But it does seems longer than that.

Maybe it is because they are too used to me being around, and I am seldom quiet enough to be regarded as invisible, hence it feels that my presence is stronger than it actually is.

Boss asked how I was coping with the work, and I confessed that I am still feverishly learning, with hope that I can pick up more things within a lesser period of time. He assured me that it is normal that I am feeling lost, and I should just keep going, (instead of worrying whether I can go ahead or not.)

As usual, he mentioned his aspiration for the company for the next couple of years, and that by then I will be strong enough in design to be a senior myself, he will put me in charge of junior designers.

I told him I am not thinking that far ahead! And as my usual, I told him not to stress me up, that I am not ready to embrace whatever he had planned for me. I just want to tread in shallow waters first until I am ready.

He told me to just keep working hard, and after next month he will review my confirmation.

Isnt it 6 months? I asked.

He explained that he already mentioned this in the interview (but I dont recall at all, so I guess he dreamt that he said it, haha) that he will do necessary reviews at necessary timings. Hence if by the end of next month, he feels that I had prove my worth, he will give me my confirmation.

Sounds nice hor?

But I think I will still jiao ta shi di.. 6 months 6 months lor. No difference one la. =)

Conversation in a padded cell #2

Me (With sore throat) : Buy... page.. divider...

Senior : Huh?

Me : Page... divider... tags..

Senior : Huh?

Me (clears throat noisily) : I say, we need to buy those page dividers to do filing.

Senior : Oh... Ok, later we go ok?

Boss : Why today you are so lazy to talk?

Me : I am not lazy to talk, I am sick of sounding like a frog. Dont you two think I sound like a frog?

Boss : Dont say that!
You sound worse than a frog ok!!

Me : =_="

Blogging on the go

Well, it is pretty fun to be able to blog on the go. With thanks to
wireless@sg coverage. =)

Got this from email

Imagine you are in Africa. You have been tied hanging on a tree with a rope anchored on the ground, a candle is slowly burning the rope, and the lion is waiting for you to drop and be his lunch.




Your survival hinges on the rope staying intact, there is no one around to help you. What to do now ..........




Scroll down for answer...

Sing a Happy Birthday song.

Silly banter

My senior is a friendly but serious person, or at least that is the first impression I had of him.

But 3wks down the road, I realise he is not that strict! He keeps me entertained in office and he is quite willing to engage in silly banter with me.

I am so glad to have such a nice colleague!

But even so, I must say that the workload is scary. I really hope that it is just because I am unfamiliar hence I take so long to do my work. I hope things get better.

Conversation in a padded cell #1

Me (Brain dead) : Hallo

Boss (Overseas call) : Oooi.. Why you sound so bored

Me : Nothing la

Boss : Dont like that leh. Where did all your energy go?

Me : No mah, you not here to 抄做气氛, so I 没力气 lor.

Boss : Ok lah, then I fly back to talk to you you want?

Me : 好啊! Hahahaha.

Redemption temporarily out of stock

Blahdy hell!!

Random things: Life and death

十年生死两茫茫，不思量，自难忘。
千里孤坟，无处话凄凉。
纵使相逢应不识，尘满面，鬓如霜。
夜来幽梦忽还乡。小轩窗，正梳妆。
相顾无言，惟有泪千行。
料得年年肠断处：明月夜，短松冈。

Explanation here

Niu zai

Yah, you can call me 牛仔.

I am feeling so very tired.

Habit to sigh

Senior is on leave today, and I used his laptop so that I can use the photoshop on it. I was toggling between photoshop and powerpoint and I was amazed and appalled at how softwares have evolved into.

I am quite updated in terms of softwares, but honestly I cannot be keeping up with every single type of software that I know.

Subconsciously, I sighed whenever I cannot find a certain function or when something just doesnt work even when I am using the same routine.

Boss, who was sitting at the desk in front of senior, kept asking me why do I keep sighing.

Hey! I didnt even realise that! I attribute that as just a bad habit and laughed it off. Boss snickered and said that senior has that bad habit too and he is constantly sighing.

I smiled and ended the conversation, and after 3 or 4 accidental sighs and boss catching me, I narrowed my eyes and told boss to stop pointing me out! I told him I am glad I am not siting at senior's seat or I will have to stop breathing to prevent sighing accidentally.

Suddenly I am glad that I am sitting 2 seats away, even though that means he have plain view of my pc screen. Heng ar!

Cheery

My brother laughed, saying that I am reaching home no earlier as compared to my last job. Well, it is my 2nd wk in the job, and I had already worked till almost 12am.

But I am not complaining. I stayed not because there's something pressing to be done, but rather, just because I want to get more stuff done.

And I am having fun with my boss and senior! I think they are trying to stop themselves from strangling me because I talk so much crap. =)

On our way to a meeting today, boss revealed that one reason why he decided on hiring me, and at such quick speed, is because he thinks I am a cheerful person. I know what he means. He wants us to be like one big happy family and he feels that having happy characters around, it is easier to create that environment.

I wanted to confess that I am actually more sorrowful than cheery, but I think I will leave it to him to find out himself.

Before I joined, I was honestly very apprehensive about a company that is so small. (Our sg office is very small, because the OPs are at another country.) But now I am loving it. But boss is going to hire more ppl and to expand the company.

Yet I know that, the more ppl there is, the more likely there is going to be differences.

But nevermind, let's worry about it when that day comes.

星期天) 不适合出门

我长久以来，都不习惯在星期天出门。

我能不能归咎于我是巨蟹座的关系呢？巨蟹座的人喜欢居家，喜欢窝在自己的空间内做自己喜欢的事。

刚过的星期天，我有一个不可不出席的场合，所以勉为其难的出了门。

以后不要了。很累的你知道吗？

Words are tasty

Because I keep eating them.

I am going to recontract with singnet even though I promised I will not do that.
But my main grievance with them is their lousy CSO's attitudes.

Recently I called up their hotlines a couple of times to check on status of my existing plan, and their CSOs are less irritated and more helpful.

Since so, what more do I pick on?

My plan will be cheaper now, from $60 to $45 per month and I will be getting a free gift for continuing with them. So it's yay!

Happy Holiday

I am hungry but my friends are still busy. Sianz.

Shall I not go out with them and go home instead? But there's no food at home either. Arghh.. Either way also equate that I have to worry about dinner.

This office feels scary at night, much more than the last one. Boss hadnt returned from his trip, so there's no security alarm on the door now, and I have to lock it with my key so that I dont have to keep looking to see if someone had stepped in.

But there's sure a lot of weird sounds here. *Shivers*

And it is ridiculously cold here. If you dive deep enough into my archives, you will see that I cant stand coldness, contrary to most normal people. Donnie keeps complaining that it is stuffy in here, and then proceed to turn the aircon to 18º. =_="

Old school game

He's very nice but I cant do anything with him behind my back. In short, everyone is at my back. What is this? Old school game of 排排坐 issit?

Bored

I am so bored of reading guidelines! But I know I cannot be wilful because these information are important. Awww.

In 2008

On the other hand, according to various sources online, my zodiac sign should be having a good year in 2008.

整体运程：

　　属猪的朋友经过去年本命年的晦运，好的运程开始反升，在今年能够得到天德星的关照，天德为众神之中比较强的，能够化解一些凶灾之劫，今年一年因为有“小耗”“劫煞”“死符”等凶星存在，本年仍需有贵人帮助，才能在财运运程各个方面有所改善。

在事业上可以说是蒸蒸日上，会得到很多贵人的帮助，能够一帆风顺，事事如意，如果往外地发展收到的效果更好，去年耽误的工作，今年可以挽回，与人合作的生意比自己做要好的多。

今年职务和权利能得到提升，仕途之人可以抓住机会尽快发展。财运上虽然有些反复，整体来说比去年大大改善，但是多数来说属于正财，靠自己的劳动所得带来的收入，偏财比较少。

婚姻方面今年是桃花年，感情问题可以得到解决，咸池星降临，缘分会异常的好，还没有对象的朋友要留意身边的异性。健康方面要注意消化道疾病，今年仍有影响健康的凶星存在。

~taken from here.



My horoscope sign shows that I should be starting to have better luck in romance.

巨蟹座08年的关键词是 变动:

巨蟹座的朋友，之前有两到三年，其实他们觉得自己运气不太好。但是2007年就会觉得开始慢慢稳定起来了。

但是到2008年，为什么是一个变动的年呢？对你们来说，之前没有发生的事情，没有的机会就来了。双子座的人喜欢变，巨蟹座觉得要不要尝试新东西呢？

对巨蟹座来说，未来进步的空间会很大。巨蟹座明年的爱情运蛮好的，从2005年之前，土星在巨蟹座就很难受，土星在狮子座也很难受，好不容易熬到处女座。过去几年他们都蛮累，今年可以看到慢慢舒服起来，所以明年的心态要接受新的挑战比较好。闷那么久，就是给自己开了一扇窗，要深呼吸。

巨蟹座明年的贵人是射手座，小人星座是双子座。

~taken from here.

Name test

I met laoda for karaoke and liao tian session today, and he mentioned he chanced upon a website that have 姓名测算.

I know this is purely for entertainment purposes only, but I had always believe in such astronomical / zodiac / horoscope talk and hence I am inclined to think the website is somewhat credible.

Sigh. According to the website, my name is not that good wor.


天格11的解析
（旱苗逢雨）万物更新，调顺发达，恢弘泽世，繁荣富贵。　　（吉）

人格29的解析
（智谋）智谋优秀，财力归集，名闻海内，成就大业。　　（吉）

地格43的解析
（散财破产）散财破产，诸事不遂，虽有智谋，财来财去。　　（凶）

外格25的解析
（荣俊）资性英敏，才能奇特，克服傲慢，尚可成功。　　（半吉）

总格53的解析
（曲卷难星）外祥内患，外祸内安，先富后贫，先贫后富。(凶）



对三才数理的影响(天人地)
一时虽可以发展，但基础不稳，易生急变急祸，有病难。男性克妻。(凶）

对基础运的影响(人地)
急变大疾之象，易患心脏疾病。（凶）

对成功运的影响(天人)
一方面成功顺利，一方面家庭内部不和不幸，属于半福半祸格。（凶）

对人际关系的影响(人外)
有积极进取的勇气，但注定有百般阻挠，困难迫害殊多。数吉并能努力者终将成功，但有劫财之虑。（平）



人格29有以下数理暗示 首领运、财富运、艺能运、女寡运

总评及建议：

• 你的名字起得不算理想，如果可能的话，不妨尝试改变一下，也许会有事半功倍之效

• 取此名可能对婚姻不利（女性）　

Actually, the first 2 characters of my name since ok, but the third character seems to be the one causing the problem.

And the third character is actually chosen because my parents forgot to decide on my name by the deadline and they just chose one that they had flippantly discussed before.

Thanks a lot.

Mr Lee Shee Lam

This 大人有大量 67-year-old Mr Lee was bullied by 3 british brats but he wasnt angry with them anymore, but instead had forgotten about the incident.

If it was me, I probably would be angry for a year or two bah, wahahahaha.

That is why, I admire the 肚量 of Mr Lee. It is not easy to forgive and forget, but apparently he had done both.

*Salutes*

I want to watch movies!

Yesterday, Linn told me that she had 2 movie passes that will expire the same day. It was too late to ask anyone out and the passes are for Cathay only, hence it will make things even harder.

I had to turn down the tickets, partly because there's no interesting shows recently anyway.

But I sooo want to watch a movie! I checked online and is elated to discover there will be an interesting show is coming up soon!

Movie : Anna and Anna
Showtime : 8 Nov 2007
Starring : Karena Lin Jia Xin / Lu Yi
Language : Mandarin
Length : 90min

Worrier of a boss

This entry should originally appear on 1st Nov 2007.

While I am supposed to start work next Monday, my new boss (GK) had emailed me this morning apologising that he wont be in office from tomorrow until the end of next wk, hence he had drafted out some duties for me for the week.

Actually, from the sound of it, I am not going to have any orientation period, but expect to be very busy from the first day onwards.

Well, no worries about that, I should be able to cope.

I replied him that "I will do my best" and within 2 minutes, he replied "I am still contactable, if you need to speak to me, just call me ok?"

Wuahahahaha.

My new boss is so adorable.

I am so tempted to reply him a tease, but of course I am not ready to commit career suicide yet, so I restrain myself.

"Dear Boss,

For some reasons, you always sound like you are very worried about me. I wont be burning down the office...

..yet.

So for now, dont worry too much! =)


Yours Sincerely,
Employer-with-lighter-behind-back"

*Smiles*