Productive Weekend

Productive weekend.

Rainy Saturday night - checked
Bright blue sky on Sunday morning - checked
Cool & crisp wind - checked
Laundry - checked
Packed away some stuff in preparation for moving - checked
Bathe dogs - checked
Facial appointment - checked
Wash down the wet kitchen - checked
Spruce up my potted plants - checked
Visit photography fair - checked
Tidied up house - checked

How's yours?

12 Hours Marathon....

I know, after being away from my blog for a month, there should be many things that I should be blogging about.  But before all those interesting things, I must first blog about this important thing.  I've just experienced the worst bout of food poisoning for my entire life of 34!  Something I had for dinner last night must have not jived with my system.

Luckily I am finally feeling slightly better after 12 hours of being a fixture in front of the toilet bowl.  I've puked every last bits of stuff that could possibly still be in my stomach.  The last was just some yellowish slime.  Eww.... :p As I was puking, the more i look at it, the more i wanna puke.  So basically I disgust myself out even more.

Medications and bread couldn't stay in for long enough too before being wash out.  wtf.. so basically i just have to go thru the whole motion without medication.  The gastric pain was so unbearable and I have half the mind to call the doc over to give me some kind of jab to stop all this agony.  Of course I didn't.

After the last puke of slime, I decided that die die I must eat something or there will be nothing to puke next round which would be more suffering.  I managed to stuff a slice of cheese which was appetizing enough.  You know, when you have food poisoning, everything seems unappetizing?  That's why everything I had earlier for medication sake just got rejected again and again.  So far, the cheese and some cookies which I took after it still stays in.  Let's just see for how long...

Why must i share this yucky experience was because, this is probably the first and the worst puking marathon I ever had in my entire life this far...

Alive But Brain Dead

Yes, I am still alive (in case you are wondering).  But at the verge of brain dead though.  Not out of working but out of handling 'people'.  The husband finds it comical or even entertaining though when I tell him bits and pieces of my day.  Take today for example, these are just some of the happenings.

Case 1

I have a 'Sales Manager' of 'Targus' (supplier of laptop cable lock) telling me they never face the problem before and that it is human error when we filed a complain on their malfunctioned lock which is still stuck in our laptops.  He even told us to get 'the professional' for assistance.  I almost died.  If a technician replied me that, I can understand.  A "Sales Manager"?  What was he thinking???  I emailed him this with a caption, "I wouldn't be so sure. Try googling it and see what pops up on your screen!".  Of course it was not just that.  Let's just say the email was longer and acid-er.  

  

Case 2

I am arranging for a chauffered car for an event this Saturday and am in the midst of finalizing the cost.  There is this annoying Administrator that kept asking me for the 'driver's details' every half hour.  From 9am - 12noon she had asked at least 5 times.  The last straw was when she asked again 15 minutes later. I almost screamed at her but of course I didn't.  I just tell her "If I have the details, I would definitely give you right?  Why would I keep them in my pocket for? So please stop harassing me.  I will give it to you when I get them.  I am not as patient as you are.  So just, please, stop.  I can't take this shit." :p And she knows very well driver's info will only come a day prior to the event.

Case 3

Decided to grab some groceries from Mercato after dance class.  Was stopped by a guard as I was pushing the cart out after paying.  He said I am not allowed to push the cart to the carpark (which was just about 25m away and it was not even in the carpark yet.  You know those escalator area?).  So I told him if that's the case, then he would have to help me carry my stuff for me.  I had a cart full of stuff.  He just kept repeating.. no no.  At this point, after a long day, my patient is wearing extreme thin.  I just pushed the cart away from me and tell him I don't want these stuff anymore.  Refund my money. :p  Reluctantly, he allowed me to push the cart right to my car and stood there watching me loading everything into the boot.  Not even helping.  Wtf?  If you have unusable cart, put a big note there that says "IT IS ONLY FOR USE UP TO THE CHECKOUT POINT".  Stupid.

Case 4

This one happened last week I think.  I noted some irrelevant bills being charged to our department and so I requested for more info re it.  This smart alec replied that the payment is correctly charged and that she had made this payment before.  Having payment made before doesn't necessary means it is correct right?  Upon some verifications and I was right.  It was wrongly charged all these while and God knows how much it has cost us.  I think brain cells are very precious these days.  So they decidedly to use it wisely.  They don't think anymore!  Just do blindly cause "I have done it before!".  

Now I seriously 'feel' Big Cow whenever she blogged about work or Alina whenever she complained about working with morons. I have a whole new perception of the words 'morons' now.  They actually do exists and they got a job! OMG! What a shock!

Chillax Weekend

It's a super long weekend over here in Malaysia; Hari Raya + National Day holidays.  Everyone were already in holiday mood last Friday.  One just need to apply leave for 29/8 & 2/9/11 and will get a 9 days long stretch of holiday!  But, believe it or not, your's truly is back in office today and it is eerily quiet here with just skeleton staff clicking away on their keyboards in their respective cubicles.  If not for the carpet flooring, definitely can hear a pin drop! 

The husband and I still did managed some sun, sea, sand plus good food over the weekend.  Just one of those chillax getaway with a good book and suntan oil.  I think I can still catch a whiff of seabreeze/suntan oil in my hair.  Or probably it's just my imagination!

Happy holiday people! And Selamat Hari Raya to all my muslim friends.

Imagining our LIFETIME

Imagine this…

1900

When we thought about 1900, the first thing that came to our mind would be.. “Wow.. that’s like a long long time ago!”. Classic. Ancient. History. Women in puffy long skirt carrying tiny lace umbrellas, curvy moustache men in hats.

In the same era, the Wright Brothers also successfully flew their flimsy craft for 59 seconds, covering 852 feet, Thomas Edison invented light bulb and Mark Twain wrote “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.”

2000

One hundred years later in 2000, this is OUR time.  We are advance, modern and high fashion. Life revolves around work, family and friends and all things deemed important which include mankind greatest invention, computers, and after that, Facebook of course.

The Wright Brothers may have invented a flying craft; who we studied in school but couldn’t give two cents about, it is Tony Fernandez that we kowtow to. If not for him, everybody still can’t fly now! Flying on a plane became as routine as milking a cow in 1900s!

Light bulb? Who uses light bulb anymore? It is the LEDs era now. And same goes for Mark Twain. Classic? Err… I mean no offense, but let’s swap for a JK Rowlings or Stephanie Meyer anytime. :p

2070

We are either in our 70s, 80s or 90s. We are no longer the hot young thing we used to be. No amount of collagen/placenta/botox would un-sag our sagged/wrinkled skin.

We might not even remember what we did yesterday let alone remembering the colourful life we once live. Most of us would have already gone on senile if not dead.

2100

It's just a little difference in the numbers.  2000 & 2100.  But we will no longer be in existence except for that few bits and pieces of bones left in some coffin (which I am not even sure will last that long) buried somewhere. Dust to dust.

Imagine all these... then process it.  Ya I know... what's the point right to all we have now? 

Working is making me busier...

... and the busy-ness is not from work but the other distractions/entertainments that come with the work.  I am not sure if this is just my luck or working in Standard Chartered is memang (really) like this one.  I officially join the company on 9th May and to date, I've worked 3 months 10 days and within this short span of time, I've participate in 4 company's events.  

(1) The Standard Chartered KL Marathon - 5km fun run - 26/6/11

(2) Family Day at Sunway Lagoon - 24/7/11

I had so much fun here though I don't know many colleagues then.  What the heck, as long as I get to play, everyone is a friend. :p

Participated in 3 telematches and our team (which was form adhocly) won twice.  First & second place.  A total of RM150 cash voucher per person. :)  

We came out first in 'form the longest line'.  It was hilarious seeing the other team trying their best to stretch for that additional inch which was totally useless cause our line were already longer by 1 person's length.

Here we are, happily posing for a group photo after receiving our prize money. :)  Hehehehe...

(3) Our SME Offsite Meeting at Swiss Garden Spa & Resort, Kuantan - 29/7/11

Which I just covered on my last entry.  You & I know, though it was a short offsite work related event, it was still a happening one.

(4) A Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Event which was held just this past Friday (19/8) at Pantai Cahaya, Port Dickson, to clean up the beach. - 19/8/11

It was mandatory for each employee to complete at least 2 days of CSR per year and I decided to start my first for this particular event organised by our HR department.  

Seriously, the beach was so freaking clean that there weren't much stuff to clean up.  We just tried our best to dig up as much rubbish as possible - ciggy butt, bottle caps, tiny bits of papers... grass... twigs... anything...

Light meals were also provided for us at the event.  After all the cleaning works, we took a breather by the beach for some kodak moment. :)

So for those of you who visited PD this weekend, in case you are wondering why are the beach & park so clean, it was our hardwork ok :)  And so, please please do remember, "DO NOT LITTER" and help us keep the place clean so anyone who visited Pantai Cahaya will have a great time there! :)

My First Offsite Meeting @ Work!

Since I started working 3 months plus ago, things has finally begin to slow down a little. It was really mad crazy busy that past few months having to organize few events concurrently, at the same time, juggling daily usual businesses, on top of that, daily dance practise towards the end of July was not helping at all. But all in all, thank God all had simmered down and things began to slow a little and I get to catch a breather after clearing all rubbish that had piled up high on my desk during that few maddening week close to that offsite thingy that I had organized. In fact, now that I am finally able to smell the roses, I am sort of bored. Hahahahahaha.....

3 weekends ago, was at Kuantan for our company’s offsite meeting which was held in the Swiss Garden Spa & Resort. I was there not to participate in the meetings, but to coordinate and ensure that the 2d/1n event goes on smoothly without any hiccups. Though tiring, it was a great experience coordinating everything right down to its details - which resort to go to, detailed itineraries, team building & tele-match games, meals, transportations, who to go on which bus, who to bunk in with who, vegan and non-vegan, various awards and prizes and etc.

Though I have a choice of not required to attend the back-to-back meetings which will most probably bored the hell out of me, I was too busy running around arm wrestling the hotelier to submit to my whims than to enjoy the sun, sea, sand & beach while sipping on colourful mocktails. Really, prior to the trip, I had that vision. I was so looking forward to that. It was really, just a vision afterall. Lols... It will be a real luxury if I get to do all that. Hahaha... Other than coordinating with the hoteliers, I still need to coordinate my brain for events of the night – Retro Nite!

With helps of some colleagues, and the sporting-ness of all the other colleagues, the entire 2d/1n event including our themed Retro Nite dinner turned out rather well and we had so much fun laughing out heads off checking out each other’s costume. Seriously, never in my wildest dream they would dress up to the theme. And I thought my wig a little extreme.

I almost didn’t wear it. Alina was so adamant that I should and I threatened her that if she doesn’t go down with her crazy hair too, she gonna so get it from me... lols... (we went down separately cause I was rushing). Until a colleague came up to the room in crazy hair as well, I was convinced that I would. He said... “Don’t worry, you are not the only one with white wig!” hahaha.... 

Believe it or not, the moment I stepped into the ballroom, I felt right at home.  :) I was so thankful I wore it. Without the wig, I would be SOOO....under-dressed. Hahaha.....

It was such a fun night filled with silly games, free flow of beers, retro music blaring, fashion shows of our funky retro fashion sense, prizes & awards presentation,

Working life is turning out not too bad afterall. :)


p/s: I told Alina this that night..."Babe, working together not too bad after all eh?  We get to go on girlie holidays under the company expense!"  hehehehehehe...!