petai

I've just recovered from the toilet trip 3mins ago. Someone in one of the toilet cubicle must have eaten tons of "petai" over the weekend. The pungent smell polluted the whole toilet while she is doing her biz. The most embarassing was when the toilet cleaner shouted "Who has eaten buah petai....aiyoo!!!" And there was only 1 cubicle occuppied. Hahahaha...If i were the one in that cubicle, i will hide myself and make sure everybody leaves the toilet to save myself from such embarassment.

Honestly, I really hate it when people take petai especially when the smell lingers when you're talking to the person. And the worst is the smell after that person's toilet visit.

cost saving

Since there is cost saving everywhere, hubby & i decided to perform some cost saving activities at home. One of them is to ride to work, instead of drive. No doubt, there are few advantages & drawbacks to ride a bike to work.

Good things:
- it takes only 25mins to get to work daily
- save money on toll (RM1.12 compared to RM5.60, daily)
- save money on petrol (RM23 compared to RM70, weekly)
- i'm forced to use sun block everyday, so that my freckles condition will not deteriorate
- i'm forced to wash my face diligently everyday, so that my facial prod will not go to waste
- we can't talk, so less quarrel
- we have to be close to each other physically, so that when he decides to go full speed, i will not end up on the windscreen of the car behind us.

Bad things:
- i have to wash my hair every single day
- i have to prepare plastic bag in case it rains suddenly
- i can't wear my heels to work
- i have to wear perfume everyday to cover the smell of smoke
- i can't wear skirt - but i never wear skirt to work :P
- there is a chance that we will melt under the scorching sun

sigh

It's a rather tiring and pathetic day for me today. First, we had to endured the haze in the morning while riding to work. Then, it's the time of the month where all girls despise. The icing of the day, i received a rather nasty mail from a counterpart, like usual. Of how this person did something since last evening and had to tell me ALL the hard work tht has been done. Afterall, i was the one who discovered the problem and logged a call. And again i was left out from the circle of mail. Although i have well trained myself to accept nasty mails from this particular person, but i just hate this person all over again.

revenge of the fallen

I was attracted to this phrase "Revenge of the Fallen". It truly describes what i'm going thru now at work, but i'm not the bad ones. Just that i feel that i need to claim my territory & draw fine lines surrounding it, just in case. Actually, it's rather fun to work around people who fear to be kicked away from this company, especially when they finally have to think twice before stepping on your tail in situation like this. The retrenchment activities that are going on do not affect me at all. I will go when they give me the angpow. Unlike some other people whom i work with, who thinks himself/herself is The Great One. You can be the most important person in a function, but so what? You're not indispensable, esp when you're highly paid. If a fly is paid half your salary and flexible to do multiple jobs at one time, who would the company keep? Do you just hate people who love to claim credit for A-Z work? Or those who need to tell the whole world that he/she has lack of sleeps for god knows who many days just to get something done? Or people whom delete your name from your own mail?

Blue Day

With the recent retrenchment package news in our company (1 mth old news), some of them are organizing a special day next week where people will wear blue to show their dissatisfaction or something to do with company no appreciating them anymore. There are a few reason why i choose not to join them:

- i've only worked for 6yrs

- i don't bother if i'm selected for the new retrenchment policy

- i don't have blue shirt/blouse/dress

If i were to join them, i will come in my Donald Duck shirt, together with hubby :D

eat what?

I was at my coll's place for training since she is going to leave here soon. She was briefing me on her work and the "problematic" people whom she deals with.


Coll : We should process request A followed by request B.
Me : Can accept both request at the same time?
Coll : Do you want to eat? (out of a sudden)
Me : Nope, it's not yet lunch time
Coll : No, i'm asking you if someone asks do you want to eat, you will wash hand before or after eating?
Me : ...........

Get what i mean? I thought she was REALLY asking me whether i want to take lunch or eat anything or not. She didn't start her sentence with for instance or for example.

WFM

I still remember when i came back from my maternity, i misplaced my drawer keys and needed help urgently as my notebook was in the drawer. Someone helped me to log a high priority call by stating i'm the relative of so & so, so better hurry. I heard all that cos i was just walking behind them, unknown to them.

I really hate those people who always assume that my sis & i are related to so and so in the company, so we have immunity when disaster hits. Says who?? My sis just got her package last Friday. She was informed of the package at 1pm and had to leave by 5pm on the same day. Did i mention that she is 8 mths preg with twins?

thoughts

I'm the sole survivor in my depart now with about 10+ people under me. Some in their 20s, 30s and 50s. Me in late 20s. I still remember when i first came out from my shell into working life. That time i used most of my time surfing the net cos i only needed to attend to a few requests from US and took only 15mins to complete all the requests? I didn't take the initiative to learn new things cos i was basically enjoying my life earning easy money :P Now i see the this exact patterns in some of younger my subordinates. Some of them are working really hard, some of them think that they're working in cybercafe. You know what i mean. Perhaps they don't even bother whether they get retrenched or not, perhaps they come from not bad family background who can support them financially if they're jobless. Perhaps they are just too young to realise the importance of money. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps..... Who am i to bother so much? As long as job get done & no complaints.

2009 wave

2009 starts with a series of bad news from different companies:
- 6days off or 3 days of unpaid leave
- 10% pay cut for indirect labor & 5% cut for direct labor
- 6days off every month
- 0 pay increment until further notice.

This is really bad and our government is still saying that we're not hit badly by economy downturn? Our inflation rate is not high? Trying to camouflaged?
Yesterday i was forced to make a difficult decision, to chop off a headcount. I feel sorry for that person but unfortunately, she gets the lowest score in term of performance. Looking at the situation now, if you're not performing well, there are thousands of hungry ghosts out there waiting for your place and i'm not exagerrating. There is no such thing as job security now. 2 choices: Work or leave. I still prefer the first for the time being.

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