Conversation in a padded cell #8

I was watching emails flying across all parties involved in a project. My client is a humourous and down-to-earth human, who helps me fight end-users whom I suspect are martians, with their weird requests.

Martian 1: Blah blah blah blah *some ridiculous requests*
Martian 2: Blah blah blah blah *some absurd requests*
Martian 3: Blah blah blah blah *ok, I can only roll eyes*

My client fends them off, asking them questions in a sarcastic form that we know these martians cannot comprehend. They probably think my client is the greatest being alive, since she is ever-ready with a vicious comment.

Hahahahaha.

I simply love her, for she makes me literally laugh out loud when I see her replies to these bunch of not-too-smart clients.

She : Ignore them while they flip around. Dont make any amendments until they come to a conclusion. *Cough blood*

Me : *wipes trickle of blood from corner of mouth*

搞失踪)）不是我想的

昨晚，有个人对我说，很久都没有我的消息。

我笑着道歉，问他为什么不主动联络我呢？ 他解释之前手机丢了，连我的联络号码也一起没了。我却因为忙，偶尔才能上 msn，所以一直没有机会碰见他。

我和他聊了一阵，要下线的时候，我再次给了他我的手机号码。他问我会不会很快又会上线，我只能照实说我不知道。

过后我在想，为什么我常常这样对待我身边的朋友？时不时搞失踪，时不时不复机。我不想的，真的。我不想找藉口，可是我得为自己找藉口，好让我能不显得没人性。

特效药）辗转治疗工作量

我一直有偏头痛的问题，而且这种痛，就好象有人拿了一支铅笔，往脑袋瓜缓缓的刺下去。

看过很多医生，吃过很多药，但一直没有好转。

这个病，其实不是每天会出现，而是时不时出其不意的给你痛一下，让你痛不欲生。我没有夸大，可是这类痛，发作的时候，让我呼吸急促，泪水直飙。

头痛和偏头痛这类病，常被不理解的人当成是装病的好藉口。因为肉眼察觉不到，一般医生也不可能在诊所内附有那么先进的仪器，能让他们马上做个电波测试。所以我常听别人说他们一想要装病，头痛总是首选的藉口。

正因如此，我除非是痛到一个不行，不然我不会急着去就医。

最近常有听闻，很多人年纪轻轻就过世了。很多人都是觉得小病能自医，感冒服些 off-the-shelf 的感冒药片就能摆平了。这年头，每个人的工作责任越来越重，常常是一个人顶两个人的工作量。一点小病小痛就请假看医生，被视为偷懒。结果每个人都忙着吃特效药，希望能把病症压住。

我想着大概就是为什么病症消失不久，很快又再回来纠缠。治标不治本的动作，好象刚好呼应我们现代人的生活方式。

有病求医，照理是天经地义。病从浅中医，却被我们现代人解释为，无病呻吟。

我当然并不是觉得自己快死了，可是那些死了的人，会不会在生前也觉得自己不会为一声咳嗽而死，不会为一次晕厥而死。

生病吃特效药，究竟是为了治病，还是为了治工作量，因为知道自己不能病倒？

我一方面忍痛，一方面苦笑。人活着，真的是由种种的身不由己组合成的。

Ktv : 會呼吸的痛

Recently learning:
梁靜茹 - 會呼吸的痛

Movie : L

After a long rest from movie going, I caught L: Change the World with my movie gang. I thought the movie is linked to Deathnote 1 and Deathnote 2, but it is actually not.

Hence I was a little lost in the first portion of the movie, when I see no apparent connection to Deathnotes.

(Must remember to always check the synopsis of movies before going to the cinema.)

The storyline is fresh and I am laughing at the humourous bits that littered the plot. L's expressions are simply hilarious. From how he piled food for the two kids when they are crying, just because eating is his form of pleasure, to how he tried to straightened his back at maki's request.

And it was already reminded in the first scene that he will have only 23 days left, for he had written in the deathnote, sealing his fate willingly. But as the show progressed, seeing how he gets along with the two children, it is quite sad how they will eventually part.

I like this show, and I like L. So cute.

年初一） 就是审问拷打的时间

每年过年，我们这些晚辈，最害怕的就是长辈问东问西。

以前问成绩，现在就整天问几时要嫁了，为什么没带男友来。（都没男友，难道带只鬼来吗？明知故问！）

才发现，被问及这些令人翻白眼的问题，原来真的不是只有我一个人。

这些问题真是太无聊了，所以以后当我成了长辈，我一定要相对的修理我的晚辈。呵呵呵。开玩笑的啦。

起床气) 全表现在脸上

从前，有人告诉我，说我不说话的时候，脸很黑，很臭。

即使没摔东西，没有大吼大叫，也能够感觉得到我的不悦。

我喊冤，说我不过是一大早不习惯笑，更不习惯聊天寒暄。我笑他们形容得过分夸张，哪有真的这样？可他们总说，我的负面力量，大老远都感觉得到。

直到来到了这间公司，认识了大佬。从他的身上，我看见那传说中的负面力量。有些早上，当他踏进办公室时，隐约感觉到一股杀气，随他一起出现。

我马上住嘴，不发出一丁点声音，因为怕干扰他后会被他得眼神刺死。

我只会在一，两个小时后，仔细观察大佬的表情后，小心翼翼的问：

昨晚睡得不好厚？

往往都会听见大佬叹气，说前一晚太冷啦，太热啦，有蚊子啦，有噪音啦，诸如此类。一晚上的不好眠，会造成隔天的心情不好，并全表露在脸上。

原来以前别人也是让我的臭脸色吓得花容失色。

抽根烟) 然后顺手把它丢出窗外

我不常在家里抽烟，因为我没打算让我家人知道我有这个习惯。 在家里抽烟需要偷偷摸摸，不如到外面抽个够好了。

若是真的低档不了烟瘾，那也得等到所有人都已经睡着了，我才能躲在窗口边吞云吐雾。烟蒂怎么办？总不可能把它吞进肚子里吧？所以我向来都有把烟蒂往窗外丢的坏习惯。（糟糕！这样一承认，会不会马上又环境部门的勘查员请我去劳改？）

我住得楼层不高，其实把烟蒂那么随手一丢，是很可能置中楼下路过的人。但是我如果会在家里抽烟， 通常也是过了凌晨一，二点。要是有人那么晚都还没归，却在外游荡，被我的烟蒂击中，算是对他的教训。

活该。

Poor time management

No wonder friends always complain about me having no life.

When people ask me out on weekends, I dutifully attend, and then return home to do work overnight.

When people dont ask me out on weekends, I stay at home whole day, and TRY to do work.

Sometimes I also dont understand why I must bring work home to do over the weekend. My concentration level is less than 10% compared to a normal day, and I am just staring at the page painfully for a few minutes, then alt-tab to mozilla to continue my online streaming.

After each episode, I alt-tab back long enough for my show to load totally, then return to watch my show.

Then at the end of the day, like right now, when I look at the empty excel sheet, I wonder why do I even bother.

But I also know for sure that if I dont do this, and another compilation over this weekend, my coming week will be a torture.

I am going to be working non-stop from 8.30am till 11pm on both days, juggling my 8 live projects, and 2 completed-but-still-have-some-loose-ends jobs.

In this current job, I am so engaged that I dont even have time to msn or surf cowboybar. Each time someone msn me, I cringe when I have to apologise that I am busy and cant stop to talk. Being busy sounds like such a lousy excuse if it wasnt the whole truth, as it is in my case.

Lunch is a 10min affair, where I catch up on daily news via myepaper.sg.


Which brings me to my point.

I once read, that there are some people who possess poor time management skills.
They procrastinate, and dont give a damn about deadlines.

I read the article, feeling very pleased, for I am never a procrastinator. I do my work as they come, and I give myself deadlines earlier than what is stated, thus making sure I ALWAYS meet deadlines.

But I am not smiling when I saw the second portion.

Another group of people with poor time management skills, are people whom overestimated their abilities, or underestimated the complexity of an assignment.

These people packed their tasks back to back, with no buffer allowance between them. They presume they will need 1 hour to finish something that looks to take 1 hour to finish, but in reality, phone do rings, emails do arrive, colleagues do try to talk.


*Headdesk* I am exactly such kind of person. It always take me longer than I originally expect to finish my work because emails arrive at frightening rates.

But I never remember these when I need to commit a deadline to my clients. While others request for a week to turn around client's requests, I force myself to complete within 2 days, or 3 max.

不知量力.

Quick test

Recently I think I will be stealing a lot of stuff from mypaper because that is almost the only paper I read daily.

I am no longer reading zaobao every morning, nor am I reading newpaper every night. But I am reading myepaper every afternoon over lunch.

Which is just great, because I dont like taking the paper copy then throw it away after reading it.

I digress. See this psychological test.














And the results are below.

I chose D. Looking at the options, I dont care for any of these things.

Secretly, I also thought D should be a society-acceptable choice, seeing how it reeks of communication and family warmth. *Shivers*

And guess what.

(But I like the part of 你会想办法修理对方, super 有画面. Heehee.)

Conversation in a padded cell #7

Senior : Can do me a favour? For the... the...

Me (inserts) : bank project

Senior : Yes. For the...

Me (inserts) : raffles branch

Senior : Yes. At the... (strums his thighs)

Me (inserts) : conference room, glass panels

Senior : Yes. I need the graphic artwork. Can you call...

Me (inserts) : sam, and ask for proposal? I already did.

Senior : Thanks a lot! Is it in my email already?

Me : Yes. Let me know what you think about it. And dai lou, talk faster and dont make me end all of your sentence myself leh!

Senior : Where got lah. Only..

Me (inserts) : once or twice?