One thing I noticed recently is that the increase in traffic flow into my blog has one thing in common. They are all related to the title listed above:- How to handle subordinates???
Have you guys ever take note on how subordinates behave? Is that the norm really? Or have we failed to notice it until our recent promotion to a Managerial post? Let's face it. We don't really care until we are in the position of a Manager or Leader. That's when we notice things like that. Because we are in the position to lead, we need to manage people. That's when we realized how difficult human beings can be. And I assure you, the most difficult thing to manage in a Project (regardless of what form of business you do) is humans. Time is a factor, yes. We cannot turn back time. BUT we can manage time because time doesn't have a behavior. It just goes on and on and waits for no man. Time doesn't stop. Time doesn't swing right or cuts to the left when you least expects it. Time just keeps moving forward even if the sky falls apart. So, we can divide time up into small chunks. We can race against time. Think up methods how to beat time. But humans are not time. Unlike time, humans can pose to be the most challenging and demanding creatures. If you know how to deal with them, or even pat them into submission, then you are a winner.
But if you are in the position where you need to submit to their demands, complaints, whining... all those miserable squabbles, then you are ... erm... you still have a long way to go. But you will get there, eventually.
Being the boss/Manager/Leader is no easy task. Do you have the natural talents to be a leader? Does people acknowledge you? Are they willing to follow your lead? Are they willing to die for you? Whoa! That's dramatic! Walk on broken glasses and through fire with you? Just where do you stand? What qualities do you have? You need to do a lot of self assessments before you can even talk about handling subordinates. There are lots of soul searching to do here. Do you have what it takes to manage people and lead them?
Once you know yourself well, then, only then you can start assessing other people. In this case, your subordinates. Rule number 1 here is : Judge yourself first. Determine your strengths and weaknesses. Where do you stand? Are you pragmatic? Fair? Do you pick and choose? Stern? Do you plan things out?
Why are these important? Subordinates bicker when they feel that you are not qualified to lead or manage them. They will show disrespect, throw tantrums like kids, trying to be difficult and unreasonable. Of course. Nobody is perfect, not you, not them. All you can do is improvise. How you improvise and when and where is another different issue. The question is : Are you willing to do what it takes to improve? Are you willing to trudge along, to observe and learn? Handling subordinates is a long winding journey. It takes a lot of patience, observation, trial and error before you can get it right, or at least, get the hang of it.
I'll stop here for today. For those of you who has questions, do feel free to pose them here. Assist you I shall. ;P Hope this helps.
Posted Thursday May 12, 2011
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Another battle...
Feels kinda contented today. And relieved. Yeah, relief and contentment. Contented cause I still have it. Could still pull it off. I haven't lost my touch. Not at all. I'm still good at doing what I do best.
*paused to think*
Is that even possible? Feeling relieved and contented at the same time?
I attended a Coordination Meeting with the Main-Con today. The room was jam-packed with Sub-Cons and PMT [Project Management Team] staffs consisting of Engineers, Site Supervisors, Project Manager, bla bla bla yadda yadda yadda - you get the drill.
Anyway, the Meeting wasn't pleasing. It was far from that. It was ugly and downright nasty. Confrontations, accusations, disputes, squabbles... How much worse can it get? And I took major part in it. Tried every "nice" moves in my 'dictionary'. Tried to be diplomatic, respectful, sincere, heck, even pragmatic but none of them worked cause one asshole of a Sub-Con kept pestering me with accusations and insults.
Well... I tried to be civilized, but oh well, he wanted it the bad, hardcore way. Guys can be such an asshole, chauvinist pig.
I resorted to intimidation. Disrespect. Even ridiculed his command of English. He asked for it. And he deserved it. Deserves it still. Will give him TONNES of it if he doesn't back off. He got so pissed... or was it humiliated? I can't really tell and honestly I don't give a damn. He walked out in the middle of the meeting. And the rest of the people in the Meeting room smiled and shook their heads. Whoa!
The Meeting proceeded without much problems from then onwards. It really proves who the real troublemakers are. I got what I went there for. And for that, I am glad, relieved, and contented. Tonight, I'm sure I can sleep better. That's one huge weight off my shoulder!
*paused to think*
Is that even possible? Feeling relieved and contented at the same time?
I attended a Coordination Meeting with the Main-Con today. The room was jam-packed with Sub-Cons and PMT [Project Management Team] staffs consisting of Engineers, Site Supervisors, Project Manager, bla bla bla yadda yadda yadda - you get the drill.
Anyway, the Meeting wasn't pleasing. It was far from that. It was ugly and downright nasty. Confrontations, accusations, disputes, squabbles... How much worse can it get? And I took major part in it. Tried every "nice" moves in my 'dictionary'. Tried to be diplomatic, respectful, sincere, heck, even pragmatic but none of them worked cause one asshole of a Sub-Con kept pestering me with accusations and insults.
Well... I tried to be civilized, but oh well, he wanted it the bad, hardcore way. Guys can be such an asshole, chauvinist pig.
I resorted to intimidation. Disrespect. Even ridiculed his command of English. He asked for it. And he deserved it. Deserves it still. Will give him TONNES of it if he doesn't back off. He got so pissed... or was it humiliated? I can't really tell and honestly I don't give a damn. He walked out in the middle of the meeting. And the rest of the people in the Meeting room smiled and shook their heads. Whoa!
The Meeting proceeded without much problems from then onwards. It really proves who the real troublemakers are. I got what I went there for. And for that, I am glad, relieved, and contented. Tonight, I'm sure I can sleep better. That's one huge weight off my shoulder!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Hello World II
Hi everyone. It's been a while. I mean, it's been ages. I almost forgot the existence of this blog all together. That's mean of me eh? *sigh*
Well, life has been tough. Very tough. I've been so busy working, I hardly get enough sleep anymore (do you call 3 hours sleep a day enough?) and I'm starting to feel like a zombie.
*looks back and slaps head*
I need my life back!!!
Haven't gone to cinema in a while. What's currently showing?
I think the latest movie I've watched is Wall-E. Nope. I didn't watch it in the cinema. It's not shown here yet, right? Or have I missed it? Anyway, Wall-E is cute, adorable and a romantic at heart. He sounds kinda ancient, looks ancient and feels ancient to me. But I like him for the way he is. Awww...
So, let me update you on the latest happenings in my life, kay?
This post doesn't sound like me at all, eh? I'm all serious and work now. Had always been like this but didn't show much when I socialize cause I'd still show my crazy personality. Now? It's time for change. Change is good, no?
Well, life has been tough. Very tough. I've been so busy working, I hardly get enough sleep anymore (do you call 3 hours sleep a day enough?) and I'm starting to feel like a zombie.
*looks back and slaps head*
I need my life back!!!
Haven't gone to cinema in a while. What's currently showing?
I think the latest movie I've watched is Wall-E. Nope. I didn't watch it in the cinema. It's not shown here yet, right? Or have I missed it? Anyway, Wall-E is cute, adorable and a romantic at heart. He sounds kinda ancient, looks ancient and feels ancient to me. But I like him for the way he is. Awww...
So, let me update you on the latest happenings in my life, kay?
- I moved to a new house. Me and my whole family. It's a huge semi-d with a huge compound. Each of us got a room of our own, except for my parents, haha. They have to share. Kekeke... Has always been a dream of ours to have a house with large compound mainly to park all those cars that we have. I ended up buying a Viva cuz my old house compound can only house 2 cars at best. Really can't imagine buying a Honda Civic just to have it parked outside. My heart will be torn into two and I'll be constantly worrying about its wellbeing. Awww...
- I quit my job. It's affecting my life cause I was so stressed and my instincts warned me that the unnecessary built-up pressure is really not worth working my ass off day in and day out. The job demand is crazy and totally impossible (only superman can do it). If I can make it possible then I may as well go open my own company. Aiseh...
- Hahaha. Talk about opening my own company! Does that mean that I can actually do what's expected of me but I didn't do it because I just don't feel like doing it? Meanie! Hahaha.. Actually I did plan to setup some sort of business. My calculations told me that the amount of time I spent slaving myself to some big boss is not worth anything because when you compare the profit margin earned by the company/big boss to the salary that they pay you, it is so meager and does not play any significance at all. If that is the case, I wanna be the boss too! I finally setup my company with a business partner. Finding a business partner is SO HARD! And I am especially happy with the Company Number cause it has all the *p.r.o.s.p.e.r.i.t.y* number inside. I hope the company really prospers. Hahaha..
- Since I setup my company I have been working on numerous deals but alas, none of them has materialized, yet. Some looks very promising but there are various other factors that control and determine the nasib of the ending. All I can do is just work hard, do my best and leave the rest to God. Hahaha.. God! Please help!!!
This post doesn't sound like me at all, eh? I'm all serious and work now. Had always been like this but didn't show much when I socialize cause I'd still show my crazy personality. Now? It's time for change. Change is good, no?
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
losing respect in guys, especially engineers
I just got back an hour ago from a site visit. The very much promised site visit with my company's constractor. The moment I reached the site though, I felt nothing but a pang of disappointment. I totally lost respect for the Engineer (let's call him EJ) who's supposed to man the site there.
What? I've gone to take care of other sites (fully relieved that the EJ is going to take care of the site here) for two weeks and I came back to a total ruins.
The things (some called it Scope of Work) that EJ's supposed to cover on the site has been totally neglected.
The site looked worse than before. Before that it looked okay. Acceptable. Now? *shakes head*
And a reliable source reported to me that EJ has not gone to the site for close to a week.
I confirmed this too because whenever I called him for the past few days and asked him where was he, the answer is always "At home...".
Either that, or he never answers my phone calls. Never replied my sms.
*rolls eyes*
I asked him why didn't he go to site or office and I get the silent treatment. No explanation. No excuses. No reasons. Just silence.
THAT's one of the reason why I can't accept Engineers as my boyfriend (not that I want him to be my bf, he's old, he's dark, he's ugly, and he's married . As friend (to a certain extend) yes, but boyfried - no. Potential husband? BIG NO NO!
MOST of them are NOT gentlement in ANY way. They excelled in being totally irresponsible and can score 101% in cheating, lying and boasting competition.
Number 1 male chauvinist pigs. Yeah they are always right. Yeah nobody can prove them wrong. And yeah, they have the ultimate say.
*S-P-A-T!!*
If they are none of the above, then they are plain plain stupid.
Only a precious 3% of them are the kind, nice, gentlements that they are. Fully responsible, friendly, easily adapting to surroundings and very cooperative...
Back to reality though,...
AND he dares to tell everybody that it's my job to be full time on site. He stated ever so loudly that HIS job is to sit in the office.
O.o
OMG! OMG! OMFG!!!!!
Guys. Tidak tahu malu punye binatang (translate : animals who know no shame). So bloody thick faced.
Should I send him back to Philippine?? Because other than lazing around, boasting and pushing reponsibilities to every possible directions, I don't see him doing anything worth mentioning. At all.
*breathes in deeply... deeply... deeper still...*
Oooo... a challenge eh?
*evil grins*
It's about time. I've been bored half dead without any interesting "happenings".
Hn. I'm contemplating two things :
1) write formal letter to his boss and cc to mine, or
2) write a full length report and submit them to my boss and his boss and then cc to anybody else with enough perks / interests to read...
... spicy... should be. Right?
It's HIS job to take care of the site. Transfer of technology so as to speak. He knows all the specification. Supposedly. I've been told he's the expert. He's supposed to help us setup the site. So, how can you setup the site by being absent from it?
My job? My job is to check on him. To make sure he's not slacking off. That he's really giving us the very much needed input. My job is to tell him the norms of how we get things done here. The procedures. The proper channels to go for in order to get things done. The various government departments and agencies involved. My job is to prepare the countless paper works and frigging documentations needed to get the goddamn things done.
His job? Providing input. And he has the audacity to tell people that I should be on site? Do I need to be on site if I can't give input? It's his job! HIS job! To teach my underlings how to get things done. To train them. My job is to monitor them!
Fuck him. All of them got their priorities wrong - including his moron of a boss and his colleagues. They got their pictures, their BIG PICTURES painted upside down!
I'm sooo tempted to start a full fledge war. It'll be interesting to see their reactions. I can't wait. And even as I'm typing now, I can't help but thinking and considering the things that I should put in the report. *giddy*
Yeah. I'm bad. That much I admit. So don't fucking mess with me!
p/s : An advice from me to all guys out there. If you don't know how to do your things, don't act as if you know. And even if you know your stuffs, don't EVER end up bullying girls. Because only low life losers and filthy sscums do that. Where's your honor as a man huh? Where the fuck is it?! Fucking losers. Yeah. You're one mother fucking loser if you've ever done any of those stuffs mentioned above. Pushing responsibilities away. Lying. Cheating. Double standards. Biased. Acting that you're always right. Never admiting your mistakes. (Gosh!The damn list is endless! Grrr..)
What? I've gone to take care of other sites (fully relieved that the EJ is going to take care of the site here) for two weeks and I came back to a total ruins.
The things (some called it Scope of Work) that EJ's supposed to cover on the site has been totally neglected.
The site looked worse than before. Before that it looked okay. Acceptable. Now? *shakes head*
And a reliable source reported to me that EJ has not gone to the site for close to a week.
I confirmed this too because whenever I called him for the past few days and asked him where was he, the answer is always "At home...".
Either that, or he never answers my phone calls. Never replied my sms.
*rolls eyes*
I asked him why didn't he go to site or office and I get the silent treatment. No explanation. No excuses. No reasons. Just silence.
THAT's one of the reason why I can't accept Engineers as my boyfriend (not that I want him to be my bf, he's old, he's dark, he's ugly, and he's married . As friend (to a certain extend) yes, but boyfried - no. Potential husband? BIG NO NO!
MOST of them are NOT gentlement in ANY way. They excelled in being totally irresponsible and can score 101% in cheating, lying and boasting competition.
Number 1 male chauvinist pigs. Yeah they are always right. Yeah nobody can prove them wrong. And yeah, they have the ultimate say.
*S-P-A-T!!*
If they are none of the above, then they are plain plain stupid.
Only a precious 3% of them are the kind, nice, gentlements that they are. Fully responsible, friendly, easily adapting to surroundings and very cooperative...
Back to reality though,...
AND he dares to tell everybody that it's my job to be full time on site. He stated ever so loudly that HIS job is to sit in the office.
O.o
OMG! OMG! OMFG!!!!!
Guys. Tidak tahu malu punye binatang (translate : animals who know no shame). So bloody thick faced.
Should I send him back to Philippine?? Because other than lazing around, boasting and pushing reponsibilities to every possible directions, I don't see him doing anything worth mentioning. At all.
*breathes in deeply... deeply... deeper still...*
Oooo... a challenge eh?
*evil grins*
It's about time. I've been bored half dead without any interesting "happenings".
Hn. I'm contemplating two things :
1) write formal letter to his boss and cc to mine, or
2) write a full length report and submit them to my boss and his boss and then cc to anybody else with enough perks / interests to read...
... spicy... should be. Right?
It's HIS job to take care of the site. Transfer of technology so as to speak. He knows all the specification. Supposedly. I've been told he's the expert. He's supposed to help us setup the site. So, how can you setup the site by being absent from it?
My job? My job is to check on him. To make sure he's not slacking off. That he's really giving us the very much needed input. My job is to tell him the norms of how we get things done here. The procedures. The proper channels to go for in order to get things done. The various government departments and agencies involved. My job is to prepare the countless paper works and frigging documentations needed to get the goddamn things done.
His job? Providing input. And he has the audacity to tell people that I should be on site? Do I need to be on site if I can't give input? It's his job! HIS job! To teach my underlings how to get things done. To train them. My job is to monitor them!
Fuck him. All of them got their priorities wrong - including his moron of a boss and his colleagues. They got their pictures, their BIG PICTURES painted upside down!
I'm sooo tempted to start a full fledge war. It'll be interesting to see their reactions. I can't wait. And even as I'm typing now, I can't help but thinking and considering the things that I should put in the report. *giddy*
Yeah. I'm bad. That much I admit. So don't fucking mess with me!
p/s : An advice from me to all guys out there. If you don't know how to do your things, don't act as if you know. And even if you know your stuffs, don't EVER end up bullying girls. Because only low life losers and filthy sscums do that. Where's your honor as a man huh? Where the fuck is it?! Fucking losers. Yeah. You're one mother fucking loser if you've ever done any of those stuffs mentioned above. Pushing responsibilities away. Lying. Cheating. Double standards. Biased. Acting that you're always right. Never admiting your mistakes. (Gosh!The damn list is endless! Grrr..)
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Boring day : Cancelled meeting, rescheduled site visit...
Today sucks. The meeting's been cancelled. Even the site visit (my only survival hope from total boredom) was cancelled at the last minute too because the contractor went missing. I'm freaking pissed of calling anybody today. Most of my calls today either went unanswered or went straight into voice mails. Fuck voice mails. And fuck them for not answering. And fuck them for their busy tones.
And fuck blogger too. It took me two fucking days just to log on. Goddamn it. What the fuck is going on? Practically everything went wrong. Geezzz. Fuck!
There aren't any movies worth watching showing in the cinema too.
My friends are all busy busy busy. Working. Jaga anak. Traveling. Attending courses.
For those who aren't busy, I'm damn paiseh in calling them out. Later on ppl salah faham. Then all hell break lose. Tiu.
So, with my blood boiling all over my body, I went to bed. Slept myself dizzy. Until my aunt woke me up, with a stupid phone call. Asking loads of stupid questions that irritate me further.
What's the matter with people nowadays? And what's the matter with me? Have I gone nuts?
I'm bored out of my life and I simply can't stand conversing with total idiots. They ruin my day. They fucking ruin my day. AND... talking about idiots, I had the miserable misfortune of talking with a downright jerk last week. The conversation goes like this:
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Me : Help me to buy two cartons of milk. Got special offer now. RM2.99 per carton. Normal price RM3.20.
Idiot : What flavour?
Me : Milk. Fernleaf. Yellow box. Neh, the ones I bought together with you that day one aaa...
Idiot : What flavour?
Me : ... Milk lar!
Idiot : I know. What flavour you want? Got two flavour you know.
Me : Of coz I know! The other is chocolate. I want milk. MILK!
Idiot : What flavour??
Me : KNN CCB you fucking moron!!! I told you I want milk. MILK! Which part of that you didn't fucking understand?!!!! Are you of the Ma decendants or what? MCB why the fuck are you so stupid!!!!!
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I have many many many experiences with idiots. Dunce. I'll write and post them up if blogger behaves later on. Go and find them up at Dialogue. If you want to read them that is.
For now, I'll just stay in the hotel and eat cheese cakes, drink lotsa heavily caffeined coffee, watch the stupid box, listen to jerks screaming their lungs out and try to sleep.
Conclusion of today : Sucks. Horrible. I've had better days. I've seen better days. Geezzz...
And fuck blogger too. It took me two fucking days just to log on. Goddamn it. What the fuck is going on? Practically everything went wrong. Geezzz. Fuck!
There aren't any movies worth watching showing in the cinema too.
My friends are all busy busy busy. Working. Jaga anak. Traveling. Attending courses.
For those who aren't busy, I'm damn paiseh in calling them out. Later on ppl salah faham. Then all hell break lose. Tiu.
So, with my blood boiling all over my body, I went to bed. Slept myself dizzy. Until my aunt woke me up, with a stupid phone call. Asking loads of stupid questions that irritate me further.
What's the matter with people nowadays? And what's the matter with me? Have I gone nuts?
I'm bored out of my life and I simply can't stand conversing with total idiots. They ruin my day. They fucking ruin my day. AND... talking about idiots, I had the miserable misfortune of talking with a downright jerk last week. The conversation goes like this:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me : Help me to buy two cartons of milk. Got special offer now. RM2.99 per carton. Normal price RM3.20.
Idiot : What flavour?
Me : Milk. Fernleaf. Yellow box. Neh, the ones I bought together with you that day one aaa...
Idiot : What flavour?
Me : ... Milk lar!
Idiot : I know. What flavour you want? Got two flavour you know.
Me : Of coz I know! The other is chocolate. I want milk. MILK!
Idiot : What flavour??
Me : KNN CCB you fucking moron!!! I told you I want milk. MILK! Which part of that you didn't fucking understand?!!!! Are you of the Ma decendants or what? MCB why the fuck are you so stupid!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have many many many experiences with idiots. Dunce. I'll write and post them up if blogger behaves later on. Go and find them up at Dialogue. If you want to read them that is.
For now, I'll just stay in the hotel and eat cheese cakes, drink lotsa heavily caffeined coffee, watch the stupid box, listen to jerks screaming their lungs out and try to sleep.
Conclusion of today : Sucks. Horrible. I've had better days. I've seen better days. Geezzz...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
boring longgg meetings!
I'm so tired! Those meetings! Bloody meetings! My job for the past two days has been limited to just one activity - attending meetings that last whole day through. Yes. Through lunch hours (noon time) and past my normal dinner time (5.30 PM). Damn meetings started from 9 AM till 6.45 PM. Non-stop!
I nearly cabut just now. I don't care anymore. Really be tahan! I yawned countless of times inside the conference room because I can more or less by-heart every details and information conveyed during the meeting. Those info has been repeated again and again and again. It actually feels like I've gone back to the blardy school days whereby the teachers voice keeps droning (no matter how interesting the subject is and no matter how excited a voice they use, everything just sounds like the same boring stupid things being repeated over and over again like a broken casette player) till I kept yawning and had troubles keeping my mind and eyes awake.
-_______-''
I'm praying that tomorrow there won't be any meetings to attend because I can't stand it. I hate dressing up smartly and nicely and neatly for the meetings. I hate the awkwardness of having to sit through the long hours in total discomfort of my clothing attire. I felt weird donning those formal office wear (executive suits). I felt like a different person. Maybe, just maybe I should wear them more oftenly so that I get used to it? I don't like the idea but perhaps I'll give it a try.
I did say many a times over that I wanted to change right? Yupe.
And the boots. You know, those ankle high boots worn with slacks and suits or whatever particle of clothing that suits them. Remember my fractured right foot? I'm having difficulties wearing boots because of the slightly highly extended heels which forced me to exert more pressure on the fractured part of my right foot. My foot felt numb each time I took off the boots after I reached home at 7 PM. Huhuhu... my poor foot!
Anyway, I'm totally exhausted. I fell asleep early last night eventhough I had planned to blog about the meeting. Thinking about it now, I guess it's safe to say that I've totally forgotten about the stuffs that I planned to write last night. Oh well. If it comes back to me, I'll blog about it. If not, then let it be. It's not really important.
Oh yeah. Back to topic. The meetings. After those miserable long hours spent inside the conference rooms, the conclusion is : I need to travel to West Malaysia with a group of Engineers from another company. I'll probably leave next week and duration of travel is currently still unknown to us. The only thing I'm sure of is that we have to go to several places all over West Malaysia to collect samples and survey the sites.
*sigh*
Sounds tiring huh? Well, tiring is better than boring. At least I can fall asleep without much tossing at night. And time somehow flies each time you have something to do or rush. Without actually realising it, one week may have gone by just by the blink of an eye. Time really waits for no man. Err... woman. Errr... anybody, in fact.
*yawns*
I'm tired tired tired. I'll just spend some time watching anime and then I'll call it a night. How's your days folks? Man. I feel like I've been blogging to walls. Haven't got much feedback in a while. You guys still alive? Arlow??
I nearly cabut just now. I don't care anymore. Really be tahan! I yawned countless of times inside the conference room because I can more or less by-heart every details and information conveyed during the meeting. Those info has been repeated again and again and again. It actually feels like I've gone back to the blardy school days whereby the teachers voice keeps droning (no matter how interesting the subject is and no matter how excited a voice they use, everything just sounds like the same boring stupid things being repeated over and over again like a broken casette player) till I kept yawning and had troubles keeping my mind and eyes awake.
-_______-''
I'm praying that tomorrow there won't be any meetings to attend because I can't stand it. I hate dressing up smartly and nicely and neatly for the meetings. I hate the awkwardness of having to sit through the long hours in total discomfort of my clothing attire. I felt weird donning those formal office wear (executive suits). I felt like a different person. Maybe, just maybe I should wear them more oftenly so that I get used to it? I don't like the idea but perhaps I'll give it a try.
I did say many a times over that I wanted to change right? Yupe.
And the boots. You know, those ankle high boots worn with slacks and suits or whatever particle of clothing that suits them. Remember my fractured right foot? I'm having difficulties wearing boots because of the slightly highly extended heels which forced me to exert more pressure on the fractured part of my right foot. My foot felt numb each time I took off the boots after I reached home at 7 PM.
Anyway, I'm totally exhausted. I fell asleep early last night eventhough I had planned to blog about the meeting. Thinking about it now, I guess it's safe to say that I've totally forgotten about the stuffs that I planned to write last night. Oh well. If it comes back to me, I'll blog about it. If not, then let it be. It's not really important.
Oh yeah. Back to topic. The meetings. After those miserable long hours spent inside the conference rooms, the conclusion is : I need to travel to West Malaysia with a group of Engineers from another company. I'll probably leave next week and duration of travel is currently still unknown to us. The only thing I'm sure of is that we have to go to several places all over West Malaysia to collect samples and survey the sites.
*sigh*
Sounds tiring huh? Well, tiring is better than boring. At least I can fall asleep without much tossing at night. And time somehow flies each time you have something to do or rush. Without actually realising it, one week may have gone by just by the blink of an eye. Time really waits for no man. Err... woman. Errr... anybody, in fact.
*yawns*
I'm tired tired tired. I'll just spend some time watching anime and then I'll call it a night. How's your days folks? Man. I feel like I've been blogging to walls. Haven't got much feedback in a while. You guys still alive? Arlow??
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
meeting tomorrow!
I'm going to attend a very important meeting tomorrow. I hope I'll just be an observer though. There's no way I could have given them any useful input that they can use. Heck, I'm not even qualified to do that (pssttt I'm being humble here so start praising me already! Ahaks!). So, I'll just be guai guai and observe what's happening and commit the information to my memories for further detailed processing at home.
What's scaring me though, is that the meeting will probably lasts 5 days. 5 days! Having to attend a meeting on weekly basis is tedious enough for me and this..this...this!!! Meeting for 5 days continuously! I better bring my pain-killers, anti-depressent pills and lots of drugs to pull me through.
Haha. Just kidding lar. I don't do drugs okay! It's just an expression. Chill ler. Dun call the cops ler. I'm no druggy okay. So no need to report me to the authority. I dun like being famous one. I don't like to masuk suratkhabar or TV3. Kuat bahaya ler wei. I cannot take it. Really heart attack lar!
Aiyo! What to wear for tomorrow's meeting? All my slack cannot fit in my current waistline! I'll just have to stuff myself into one (my biggest sized slack) tomorrow and pray that it won't koyak in the middle of the damn meeting. At least I have a button-up collared shirt that I can wear. It's XL in size if memory serves me right and I bought it from G2000. Really love the shirt but haven't wear it yet. I guess tomorrow is the right time to wear it then. *sigh*
Wish me luck folks. I mean it. *points daggers at readers* You BETTER wish me luck and pray for me with all of your heart! If anything happens to me, you won't have anything to read! That's a threat! Start praying now!
Muahahaha. I need the wishes okay. It won't kill u to wish me luck lar. Don't be so kiam siap (translate : stingy) ler. Quick quick wish me good luck liao!
What's scaring me though, is that the meeting will probably lasts 5 days. 5 days! Having to attend a meeting on weekly basis is tedious enough for me and this..this...this!!! Meeting for 5 days continuously! I better bring my pain-killers, anti-depressent pills and lots of drugs to pull me through.
Haha. Just kidding lar. I don't do drugs okay! It's just an expression. Chill ler. Dun call the cops ler. I'm no druggy okay. So no need to report me to the authority. I dun like being famous one. I don't like to masuk suratkhabar or TV3. Kuat bahaya ler wei. I cannot take it. Really heart attack lar!
Aiyo! What to wear for tomorrow's meeting? All my slack cannot fit in my current waistline! I'll just have to stuff myself into one (my biggest sized slack) tomorrow and pray that it won't koyak in the middle of the damn meeting. At least I have a button-up collared shirt that I can wear. It's XL in size if memory serves me right and I bought it from G2000. Really love the shirt but haven't wear it yet. I guess tomorrow is the right time to wear it then. *sigh*
Wish me luck folks. I mean it. *points daggers at readers* You BETTER wish me luck and pray for me with all of your heart! If anything happens to me, you won't have anything to read! That's a threat! Start praying now!
Muahahaha. I need the wishes okay. It won't kill u to wish me luck lar. Don't be so kiam siap (translate : stingy) ler. Quick quick wish me good luck liao!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
off to kapit
Yo. I'm going to Kapit today. 10.30 AM flight. Then gonna catch an express to Kapit at 12.30 PM gua. I'm not sure cause my BigBoss's wife arranged the express tickets.
Anyway, there won't be any updates till I came back on Saturday. Unless I managed to online there in Kapit. Chances are quite slim and I'm not really looking forward to it.
I'll just spend my time there writing reports, reading E-Books and watching Anime and movies.
Cya all on Saturday!
Anyway, there won't be any updates till I came back on Saturday. Unless I managed to online there in Kapit. Chances are quite slim and I'm not really looking forward to it.
I'll just spend my time there writing reports, reading E-Books and watching Anime and movies.
Cya all on Saturday!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
how terrible is your job?
I came across this "Employee beware" article this morning when I browsed for something juicy to read. Actually, it's the only morning (in 2 weeks time since I last goyang kaki) when I get (haha lucky me!) to surf and read something before starting my job full swing.
To all those employees, click on the link and go read the article up and determine whether you're one of the unlucky employee or not. If you are, then too bad. If you're not, then dang it you're one lucky damn person. Stay faraway from me. I'll be so tulan if you're nearby!
Anyway, here's the summary of the sub-titles and my verdict (of myself lar okay, not you!) :-
1. You dread going to work.
Hmmm... To some extend, yes. I dread going to work. But not to the point where I refused to go to work. It's like a love hate situation. You love it, and yet you hate it at the same time. You don't wanna do it, and yet you can't live without doing it. In my case, it's 50/50 lar. My work sucks but sometimes, I love doing it. That's part and parcel of life. Nothing is perfect. Even if you can't accept that, life still goes on. Time waits for no one babe, especially you! Haha!
2. You get no enjoyment from your day-to-day responsibilities.
Enjoyment from my day to day responsibilities? Hmmm. I like the idea of being able to do impossible things for my superbly impossible boss who always asks for impossible targets. Heck, anybody would feel good if they managed to accomplish the impossibles, no?
I have to admit though, that sometimes, when the going gets tough, and everything, practically just everything went wrong, you'd feel like you're dreaming and that everything would just go away once you open your eyes and wake up. Those are the days when you feel like eating panadols (loads of them) the size of hamburgers. *faints*
3. You are uncomfortable with the company culture and environment.
Company culture and environment? Let's see. No dressing code. Anything goes as long as I don't turn up wearing a bikini or swimsuit. Flexible working hours. You can come in super late, or leave super early, or come in super early, and leave super late or whatever as long as you get the jobs done. Damn flexible eh? Hahaha. And they have great working environment. Decent office equipments, leather chairs, fully equipped with air-conds, stationeries, endless beverage supplies, pantry with microwave oven, rice cooker, gas stove, gas tank, refrigerator, complete cooking utensils, slow cooker, kettle, everything! Hahaha. I simply love that. Now, how many companies can have that???
And I can't sit still in a chair without moving, or going outside. Since all the jobs I've done requires traveling, I'm pretty much a happy bunny. I can do management and traveling and site visiting at the same time but pullleeezzzzeee : No office work for 1 week straight. I'll die of boredom. And no site work for 1 week straight. I'd get so bloody restless I'll kill anybody within the radius of 10m from me! And pulezzzeee no traveling for 1 week straight too. I'd be so tired I'd just spend most of my night time sleeping instead of working!
Conclusion : I like my job now. It's a rojak. With a little bit of everything. Spices of life. Niceee...
Point of the day. Just bloody perform. Accomplish your tasks. You can bitch about it later on. I always bitch halfway through though. Sometimes even before I started the works to reach the targets. Bad habits are hard to kill ya know. ;P
4. Your relationship with your boss is turbulent.
Eh, I don't have problems with my boss. The only thing I can't stand is that he nags too much, always talk dirty and keeps repeating the same thing over and over and over again. He only does that when he's losing money. And he cuss a lot too. And he's a bloody liar. I still can't comprehend why I believed what he said in the first place. To think that he might have changed after all those years? Silly me. Aaarrrggghhhhh!!!!!!!
5. You see no opportunities for career advancement or enhancement.
Job training? Professional development? Pah. Nonsense. I'm trained every single goddamn minute I'm working for him. Need further training meh tiu! Professional development? Let's just say that I don't intend to become an Engineer for the rest of my miserable life. As long as I get good pay, and as long as THAT's done through job performance, the rest I just don't care lar, aiyo!
Hmmm... I think I'm doing fine there doncha think? In that case, does that mean that those who aren't doing well should steer clear and faraway from me? Least they feel tulan with me. Muahahaha!
So, how terrible is your job? ;P
To all those employees, click on the link and go read the article up and determine whether you're one of the unlucky employee or not. If you are, then too bad. If you're not, then dang it you're one lucky damn person. Stay faraway from me. I'll be so tulan if you're nearby!
Anyway, here's the summary of the sub-titles and my verdict (of myself lar okay, not you!) :-
1. You dread going to work.
Hmmm... To some extend, yes. I dread going to work. But not to the point where I refused to go to work. It's like a love hate situation. You love it, and yet you hate it at the same time. You don't wanna do it, and yet you can't live without doing it. In my case, it's 50/50 lar. My work sucks but sometimes, I love doing it. That's part and parcel of life. Nothing is perfect. Even if you can't accept that, life still goes on. Time waits for no one babe, especially you! Haha!
2. You get no enjoyment from your day-to-day responsibilities.
Enjoyment from my day to day responsibilities? Hmmm. I like the idea of being able to do impossible things for my superbly impossible boss who always asks for impossible targets. Heck, anybody would feel good if they managed to accomplish the impossibles, no?
I have to admit though, that sometimes, when the going gets tough, and everything, practically just everything went wrong, you'd feel like you're dreaming and that everything would just go away once you open your eyes and wake up. Those are the days when you feel like eating panadols (loads of them) the size of hamburgers. *faints*
3. You are uncomfortable with the company culture and environment.
Company culture and environment? Let's see. No dressing code. Anything goes as long as I don't turn up wearing a bikini or swimsuit. Flexible working hours. You can come in super late, or leave super early, or come in super early, and leave super late or whatever as long as you get the jobs done. Damn flexible eh? Hahaha. And they have great working environment. Decent office equipments, leather chairs, fully equipped with air-conds, stationeries, endless beverage supplies, pantry with microwave oven, rice cooker, gas stove, gas tank, refrigerator, complete cooking utensils, slow cooker, kettle, everything! Hahaha. I simply love that. Now, how many companies can have that???
And I can't sit still in a chair without moving, or going outside. Since all the jobs I've done requires traveling, I'm pretty much a happy bunny. I can do management and traveling and site visiting at the same time but pullleeezzzzeee : No office work for 1 week straight. I'll die of boredom. And no site work for 1 week straight. I'd get so bloody restless I'll kill anybody within the radius of 10m from me! And pulezzzeee no traveling for 1 week straight too. I'd be so tired I'd just spend most of my night time sleeping instead of working!
Conclusion : I like my job now. It's a rojak. With a little bit of everything. Spices of life. Niceee...
Point of the day. Just bloody perform. Accomplish your tasks. You can bitch about it later on. I always bitch halfway through though. Sometimes even before I started the works to reach the targets. Bad habits are hard to kill ya know. ;P
4. Your relationship with your boss is turbulent.
Eh, I don't have problems with my boss. The only thing I can't stand is that he nags too much, always talk dirty and keeps repeating the same thing over and over and over again. He only does that when he's losing money. And he cuss a lot too. And he's a bloody liar. I still can't comprehend why I believed what he said in the first place. To think that he might have changed after all those years? Silly me. Aaarrrggghhhhh!!!!!!!
5. You see no opportunities for career advancement or enhancement.
Job training? Professional development? Pah. Nonsense. I'm trained every single goddamn minute I'm working for him. Need further training meh tiu! Professional development? Let's just say that I don't intend to become an Engineer for the rest of my miserable life. As long as I get good pay, and as long as THAT's done through job performance, the rest I just don't care lar, aiyo!
Hmmm... I think I'm doing fine there doncha think? In that case, does that mean that those who aren't doing well should steer clear and faraway from me? Least they feel tulan with me. Muahahaha!
So, how terrible is your job? ;P
oh no!
I'm going to Kapit tomorrow for 2 days. I managed to book a hotel room for 16 Aug but not for 17 Aug. All the hotels there are fully booked on the 17 Aug. By the ministers.
I can't believe it. I really can't believe it.
Hello!!! We're talking about Kapit here okay. How the heck can the hotels there be fully booked? By ministers some more. Damn. They must be having some kinda function there.
My flight back to Kuching is on the 18 Aug. I bet the flights on 17 Aug are all fully booked as well.
Crap.
This leaves me with nothing but one choice.
To stay at my BigBoss's house.
I don't like that.
*bangs head to the wall*
Cause that means zero freedom.
*bangs head to the floor*
And also more stress. Unnecessary pressure.
-_____-'' Uwahhhhhh!!!!!!
;_; I don't wanna go traveling tomorrow!!!!!!!! Waaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Latest update...
I was scolded by my BigBoss's wife for booking a hotel. She expects me to stay at her house. =.= I hope it's good. I'm praying that it'll be good. Cause I've heard stories... *gulps*
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Bad day...
Today is one of those days most people dread the most. At least, I do. Dread them days like this.
It started off beautifully. So beautiful that you'd think to yourself... I love being alive...
Then, bad things started pouring in one after another. Nah, it's a beautiful day. I don't mind one or two bad things.
Then more and more shits started pouring in and it's actually aimed at your face. Fuck *starts to lose patience*
Next came the biggest, worst, slimiest shits you'd ever imagined in that slimy small tight head of yours. Then you'd go OMG... fuck fuck fuck
Fuck (multiply that by 1000 to the power of eternity)
I felt like I've just fell down from the top of Mount Everest and landed on a huge pile of cow dung. Ugh!!!
Ok ok. The story is this. I accomplished something major tasks today and I felt good about it. I was on cloud 9. I felt useful. I felt great. Awesome.
Before I had enough time to soak in my accomplishments though, I get one after another weird calls. All meant trouble. Suddenly, problems just popped out of nowhere and they kept coming in fast.
I didn't have enough ears to listen to the laments of these poor souls and of course, I don't have enough mouth to calm or soothe them or provide solutions for them and DAMN RIGHT I only have one brain and I can't think or listen to 3 phone calls at the same time, process all the frigging problems and come up with a solution for each of those goddamn problems as if I'm some awesome professor working at one of the most prestigious Universities in the world.
I'm beat. I feel totally useless. I wish I'm Superman or Wonder Woman. Just so I can fix things on my own without needing any other assholes help or support or cooperation. Fuck team work!
I hate works that need team members. I hate depending on people. I hate those goddamn mother-fuckers who dunno their roles and can't differentiate a dick from a boob.
I hate morons.
AND...
I hate today.
It started off beautifully. So beautiful that you'd think to yourself... I love being alive...
Then, bad things started pouring in one after another. Nah, it's a beautiful day. I don't mind one or two bad things.
Then more and more shits started pouring in and it's actually aimed at your face. Fuck *starts to lose patience*
Next came the biggest, worst, slimiest shits you'd ever imagined in that slimy small tight head of yours. Then you'd go OMG... fuck fuck fuck
Fuck (multiply that by 1000 to the power of eternity)
I felt like I've just fell down from the top of Mount Everest and landed on a huge pile of cow dung. Ugh!!!
Ok ok. The story is this. I accomplished something major tasks today and I felt good about it. I was on cloud 9. I felt useful. I felt great. Awesome.
Before I had enough time to soak in my accomplishments though, I get one after another weird calls. All meant trouble. Suddenly, problems just popped out of nowhere and they kept coming in fast.
I didn't have enough ears to listen to the laments of these poor souls and of course, I don't have enough mouth to calm or soothe them or provide solutions for them and DAMN RIGHT I only have one brain and I can't think or listen to 3 phone calls at the same time, process all the frigging problems and come up with a solution for each of those goddamn problems as if I'm some awesome professor working at one of the most prestigious Universities in the world.
WHAT . A . FUCKING. DAY.
I'm beat. I feel totally useless. I wish I'm Superman or Wonder Woman. Just so I can fix things on my own without needing any other assholes help or support or cooperation. Fuck team work!
I hate works that need team members. I hate depending on people. I hate those goddamn mother-fuckers who dunno their roles and can't differentiate a dick from a boob.
I hate morons.
AND...
I hate today.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
First helicopter ride...
I had my first helicopter ride today. We (me, my colleagues and my big Boss) had to go some unreachable places and heli is the only solution.
It was so much fun!!!
Now I totally envied those pilots. They have so much fun. It really feels like a bird flying in the heli.
You can practically see everything!
I wanna be a pilot! It should be as fun as driving a car, no?
Actually, I took pictures but am not able to load it up.
*sigh*
And I don't feel like writing much. Maybe I'll write but not much.
Hey. You get to read some updates. Be happy about it.
Stop complaining bitches!
Just for once, I wanna stop being nice.
Maybe I should drop the goody two shoes act. Going bad all the way out makes me feel good.
*yawn*
Gtg. Later!
It was so much fun!!!
Now I totally envied those pilots. They have so much fun. It really feels like a bird flying in the heli.
You can practically see everything!
I wanna be a pilot! It should be as fun as driving a car, no?
Actually, I took pictures but am not able to load it up.
*sigh*
And I don't feel like writing much. Maybe I'll write but not much.
Hey. You get to read some updates. Be happy about it.
Stop complaining bitches!
Just for once, I wanna stop being nice.
Maybe I should drop the goody two shoes act. Going bad all the way out makes me feel good.
*yawn*
Gtg. Later!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
I'm back!!! Updates!
Yo everybody! I'm back! I'm back!
Anybody miss me??
Haha. Maybe yes. Maybe no.
Anyway, here's an update after ages. Sit still!!! And read. And stop complaining. At least I made the effort to write you know!!! So just come back and read and BE GRATEFUL that I write!!!
Ok ok. I've been busy. Travelling all over the places. Basic places are Kapit and Sibu. Went to the sites and offices. Attended site meetings, briefings and all sorts of activities. Progress assessments, planning, trying to meet the targets and all those stuffs.
In the middle of all the hustle and bustle, I stopped and realization hit me with a huge bang.
I realized that I've been trying to do everything - all at once!
And damn. All those shits sound like the scope of work for a bloody Manager. AND I'm not a Manager.
-_____-''
I feel sooo cheated.
And I'm under a lot of pressure to perform due to the nature of the jobs eg. BigBigBig boss(es) come from overseas and their expectations easily surpass Mount Everest.
Simultaneously, I have to meet the expectations from my Boss, my Boss's big boss, my Boss's big boss's big boss, and all their other bosses.
Trust me. My name was quoted and referred to in every goddamn meeting.
[my name] can do this.
[my name] can do that.
[my name] will see into it.
[my name] is preparing the plan.
[my name] is handling them [those frigging problems] now.
[my name] is assessing the progress...
[my name] will see to it...
bla bla bla
Somebody hand me the damn oxygen tank. I have difficulties in breathing.
I'd be suffocating soon.
Why?
They believe I can do the impossible. That I can turn the impossible into possible.
The picture they want me to paint is totally dark though. Ruined. Read : cannot be saved.
Slim chance.
How to turn a totally ruined-charcoal-black picture into a nice piece of paper with rainbows and stars painted all over it??? You tell me lar. How? HOW??!!
I'm so dead.
2 weeks from now, I'll have arrows and gun holes all over my body. Right now, instead of preparing the plan on how to save every shit, I'm preparing the plan for myself. They are:-
Plan A : I'm praying that God will help me. Give me miracle. I so need one right now. Anything is fine with me. As long as I don't lose the job!!!
Plan B : Start finding a new job. And God please deliver a job straight to my doorstep!
I knew I've been recruited to take care of shits. I knew I'd be dealing with lots of shitty stuffs. I knew that situations were bound to be terrible, unbelievable and downright dumb.
But this one, totally swept me off the ground. I'm not given ample time to SOLVE the problems. Too many unknowns. Too many vague shits. And no answer at all.
If I managed to pull through, I'd be one frigging wonder woman. And damn, if I manage to clear all those shits, I may as well set up my own damn company.
Life's tough. Miserable. Full of ups and downs. It's a love hate relationship. I love life. And yet I hate it too. Ironic huh?
Anybody miss me??
Haha. Maybe yes. Maybe no.
Anyway, here's an update after ages. Sit still!!! And read. And stop complaining. At least I made the effort to write you know!!! So just come back and read and BE GRATEFUL that I write!!!
Ok ok. I've been busy. Travelling all over the places. Basic places are Kapit and Sibu. Went to the sites and offices. Attended site meetings, briefings and all sorts of activities. Progress assessments, planning, trying to meet the targets and all those stuffs.
In the middle of all the hustle and bustle, I stopped and realization hit me with a huge bang.
I realized that I've been trying to do everything - all at once!
And damn. All those shits sound like the scope of work for a bloody Manager. AND I'm not a Manager.
-_____-''
I feel sooo cheated.
And I'm under a lot of pressure to perform due to the nature of the jobs eg. BigBigBig boss(es) come from overseas and their expectations easily surpass Mount Everest.
Simultaneously, I have to meet the expectations from my Boss, my Boss's big boss, my Boss's big boss's big boss, and all their other bosses.
Trust me. My name was quoted and referred to in every goddamn meeting.
[my name] can do this.
[my name] can do that.
[my name] will see into it.
[my name] is preparing the plan.
[my name] is handling them [those frigging problems] now.
[my name] is assessing the progress...
[my name] will see to it...
bla bla bla
Somebody hand me the damn oxygen tank. I have difficulties in breathing.
I'd be suffocating soon.
Why?
They believe I can do the impossible. That I can turn the impossible into possible.
The picture they want me to paint is totally dark though. Ruined. Read : cannot be saved.
Slim chance.
How to turn a totally ruined-charcoal-black picture into a nice piece of paper with rainbows and stars painted all over it??? You tell me lar. How? HOW??!!
I'm so dead.
2 weeks from now, I'll have arrows and gun holes all over my body. Right now, instead of preparing the plan on how to save every shit, I'm preparing the plan for myself. They are:-
Plan A : I'm praying that God will help me. Give me miracle. I so need one right now. Anything is fine with me. As long as I don't lose the job!!!
Plan B : Start finding a new job. And God please deliver a job straight to my doorstep!
I knew I've been recruited to take care of shits. I knew I'd be dealing with lots of shitty stuffs. I knew that situations were bound to be terrible, unbelievable and downright dumb.
But this one, totally swept me off the ground. I'm not given ample time to SOLVE the problems. Too many unknowns. Too many vague shits. And no answer at all.
If I managed to pull through, I'd be one frigging wonder woman. And damn, if I manage to clear all those shits, I may as well set up my own damn company.
Life's tough. Miserable. Full of ups and downs. It's a love hate relationship. I love life. And yet I hate it too. Ironic huh?
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
off to kapit!
Hn. I'm going to Sibu today. By plane. Then gonna catch an express to Kapit around noon time.
I'm coming back to Kuching tomorrow. Phew!
I hope the journey is all right. My first time there.
Also my first site meeting. First site visit.
Not to mention the fact that I have to travel with 3 total strangers. One of them 50++, one 40++ and the other just 1 year older than me.
I'm not in the mood to talk at all.
I hope they are niceeee.
Sigh.
Today is going to be a looonnnngggg day.
I'm coming back to Kuching tomorrow. Phew!
I hope the journey is all right. My first time there.
Also my first site meeting. First site visit.
Not to mention the fact that I have to travel with 3 total strangers. One of them 50++, one 40++ and the other just 1 year older than me.
I'm not in the mood to talk at all.
I hope they are niceeee.
Sigh.
Today is going to be a looonnnngggg day.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
missing a meeting
This happened several days back, when I was still having problems logging into www.blogger.com - hence, the lack of posts in my blog. I think they dun like me or was it really such a coincidence???
My lunch time is from 12.30 - 2.00 PM (Mon-Fri). I left the office at 12.30 PM, heading back to my home for lunch and then went straight to the office at 1.00 PM cause I was so pissed with my mum for talking and arguing nonsense with my Uncle over the telephone while her rice was getting cold on the dining table.
That Uncle of mine LOVES to call when you're about to eat : breakfast, lunch, dinner. Timing sucks all the frigging time. I HATE it the most when ppl disturb us during a meal, be it at the restaurant, house or hawker stalls. Especially phone calls. Also those annoying China pakku or damn youngsters come pestering you to buy their stuffs when you're eating. So annoying! Pesky flies! One death stare from me normally sent them scurrying off. But my mum. She's so nice and polite and all that. I got sooo bloody irritated at her!
Anyway, back to story. I reached office at 1.00 PM and stayed inside till after office hour is over. That's 5.30 PM.
The next day, my BigBigBoss came into my room.
Boss : You okay?
Me : Yeah.
Boss : You fine?
Me : ??? Yes. I'm fine. Why?
Boss : ...
Me : Hey, any work for me to do or not? I'm so bored! What do you want me to do exactly? Sit here shaking legs??
Boss : ! I've got work for you to do! We were discussing it yesterday in a meeting. I asked for your presense but you weren't in.
Me : !!! What?! I was in the office the whole afternoon yesterday! When was the meeting held?
Boss : 2.00 PM. I sent (col's name) to look for you but she said you're not in...
Me : Huh?! I was here. In this room. WHOLE afternoon!
The Boss looked at me for a while and then took off looking for my Manager. I was like wtf??!
I've worked for this Boss before and he knows how I work. Him checking on me indicates that he finds something fishy there. I'm so glad and thankful that he checked on me first before jumping into conclusions!!!
I think somebody's trying to get me into trouble. Either they don't like me or they are testing me. Frankly speaking, I don't like them too. Bitches!! Low life scums. Pttfff!
My lunch time is from 12.30 - 2.00 PM (Mon-Fri). I left the office at 12.30 PM, heading back to my home for lunch and then went straight to the office at 1.00 PM cause I was so pissed with my mum for talking and arguing nonsense with my Uncle over the telephone while her rice was getting cold on the dining table.
That Uncle of mine LOVES to call when you're about to eat : breakfast, lunch, dinner. Timing sucks all the frigging time. I HATE it the most when ppl disturb us during a meal, be it at the restaurant, house or hawker stalls. Especially phone calls. Also those annoying China pakku or damn youngsters come pestering you to buy their stuffs when you're eating. So annoying! Pesky flies! One death stare from me normally sent them scurrying off. But my mum. She's so nice and polite and all that. I got sooo bloody irritated at her!
Anyway, back to story. I reached office at 1.00 PM and stayed inside till after office hour is over. That's 5.30 PM.
The next day, my BigBigBoss came into my room.
Boss : You okay?
Me : Yeah.
Boss : You fine?
Me : ??? Yes. I'm fine. Why?
Boss : ...
Me : Hey, any work for me to do or not? I'm so bored! What do you want me to do exactly? Sit here shaking legs??
Boss : ! I've got work for you to do! We were discussing it yesterday in a meeting. I asked for your presense but you weren't in.
Me : !!! What?! I was in the office the whole afternoon yesterday! When was the meeting held?
Boss : 2.00 PM. I sent (col's name) to look for you but she said you're not in...
Me : Huh?! I was here. In this room. WHOLE afternoon!
The Boss looked at me for a while and then took off looking for my Manager. I was like wtf??!
I've worked for this Boss before and he knows how I work. Him checking on me indicates that he finds something fishy there. I'm so glad and thankful that he checked on me first before jumping into conclusions!!!
I think somebody's trying to get me into trouble. Either they don't like me or they are testing me. Frankly speaking, I don't like them too. Bitches!! Low life scums. Pttfff!
Monday, July 9, 2007
finally!
My Manager gave me a briefing this morning about my scope of work, bla bla bla. I was actually quite relieved. I'm beginning to rust and am starting to think that I'm actually there for the sake of being there.
Decorative vase. How does that sound like to you?
Thank God. I'm not.
There are projects on 4 different categories. I'm SUPPOSED to cover ALL of them. *sigh* Talks about getting paid for shaking legs. And the damn sites are all over Sarawak. And when I mean ALL OVER, it really ISSS all over.
I'm scheduled to go to Kapit next Tuesday. Site meeting. Awesome. My first site meeting in this company AND also my first time going to Kapit. Heard it's a very sleepy rural town and kinda boring there. Internet connection through dial up lines are slower than snails and they eat monkey brains for breakfast. Ooooppsss. Just kidding there. About the monkey brain part. Kapit people, don't be offended, kay? ;P
I talked to my Manager about the laptop and he agrees. It seems that the only person who doesn't agree is blardy Edo. He's the culprit who has been halting the purchase of my laptop. This sucks. An enemy so early in the game. Crap.
I hope he gets tiao-ed real bad for trying to mess with me. Moron. Other than that, everything else is fine and dandy! =P
Decorative vase. How does that sound like to you?
Thank God. I'm not.
There are projects on 4 different categories. I'm SUPPOSED to cover ALL of them. *sigh* Talks about getting paid for shaking legs. And the damn sites are all over Sarawak. And when I mean ALL OVER, it really ISSS all over.
I'm scheduled to go to Kapit next Tuesday. Site meeting. Awesome. My first site meeting in this company AND also my first time going to Kapit. Heard it's a very sleepy rural town and kinda boring there. Internet connection through dial up lines are slower than snails and they eat monkey brains for breakfast. Ooooppsss. Just kidding there. About the monkey brain part. Kapit people, don't be offended, kay? ;P
I talked to my Manager about the laptop and he agrees. It seems that the only person who doesn't agree is blardy Edo. He's the culprit who has been halting the purchase of my laptop. This sucks. An enemy so early in the game. Crap.
I hope he gets tiao-ed real bad for trying to mess with me. Moron. Other than that, everything else is fine and dandy! =P
Friday, July 6, 2007
free food...
Today I had ice cream (from Sunny Hill) + butter cheese cake (Mita Cake House) + bread as part of a birthday celebration for one of the staff in the office. They were celebrating his belated birthday. His name was Leo or Lei something something. I'm really not good in remembering names. Bad me.
Anyway, I learned some interesting company rules from some colleagues while eating with them.
Windy : Eh, which month is your birthday ar?
Me : Huh? My birthday month? Why?
Windy : The company has this rule lor. RM30 is sponsored as a way of celebrating the birthday of the staffs here. We use the money to buy some food and then we have a small party like this just to celebrate lor. Currently, we are missing August and October. None of us here were born in August nor October! So tell us your month of birth!
(She awaits eagerly. Apparently for her, eating free food is very important and her whole life sorta depends on it)
Me : Erm. Mine's August.
Windy : Really? YES! Now we can eat in August!! *giddy laughs*
Me : -___-''
Windy : Oh. What's the exact date then? Your birthday.
Me : 31
Windy : o.O
Me : What?
Windy : WHAT?!!
Me : 31st lar.
(FYI, I was born on the 31st of August, the National Day of Malaysia. *grins*)
Windy : O.O *jaw drops*
Me : Look. Are you disappointed cause you won't be able to eat due to the public holiday???
Windy : Haha. We can always eat earlier!!!
Me : ...
(Believe me. She has fast recovery rate. And of course. We can't eat later than that cause that would means September. Wasted. *sigh*)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Minutes later...
Me : Hey. If you have 3 people having DOBs in August, does that mean you get like, RM90? RM30 per person right?
Windy : Nonono. My boss won't allow it. Just RM30 nia. If more than 2 persons, then maximum is RM50 lor. He's stingy. Doesn't count per head oneeee.
(Her boss is Edo)
Me : Oh. Why not. It's just RM30 mar.
Windy : He says the number of people eating is the same mar. So RM30 is enough per month. Plus, he never cincai eat food one. Cheap stuffs like these, he won't touch oneee. Very high class lar him.
Me : How high class?
Windy : Last time hor, we bought some type of beverage, white in colour lar. I can't remember the name. I think it's called White Lady or something. When we gave one glass to him, he won't even try it! And he sniffed on it some more. Haiya! Scared we poison him meh haiya!
Me : *incredulous look mode on* Sniffed??? He sniffed it?
Windy : He always say we spend too much buying food. When it's his turn next, we're going to buy the cheapest food available out there for him to eat!
Suddenly...
Everybody else : Yayaya!!! Let's buy bla bla bla....
They then proceeded to blurt out a long list of cheap, terrible food to buy for him to eat during his birthday month. The list got so long, I totally lost track. Employees can sometimes be so mean. *shakes head*
Personally, I think it's very good that the employer made the effort to sponsor a little bit of money as a form of appreciation for their staffs. RM30 is better than nothing, right? We never had this practice in my ex-company. The only thing they have was the staffs themselves forking out money to celebrate the birthday with you. Either way, you'd feel as if you belong some where right?
I guess I'm right about Edo thought. Seems like I'm not the only one who doesn't like him. *sigh*
ps : I swear the ones I wrote and LOST in the goddamn Gmail draft was much much better than this. Still very pissed at farking Gmail. Tulan! Ptui!
Anyway, I learned some interesting company rules from some colleagues while eating with them.
Windy : Eh, which month is your birthday ar?
Me : Huh? My birthday month? Why?
Windy : The company has this rule lor. RM30 is sponsored as a way of celebrating the birthday of the staffs here. We use the money to buy some food and then we have a small party like this just to celebrate lor. Currently, we are missing August and October. None of us here were born in August nor October! So tell us your month of birth!
(She awaits eagerly. Apparently for her, eating free food is very important and her whole life sorta depends on it)
Me : Erm. Mine's August.
Windy : Really? YES! Now we can eat in August!! *giddy laughs*
Me : -___-''
Windy : Oh. What's the exact date then? Your birthday.
Me : 31
Windy : o.O
Me : What?
Windy : WHAT?!!
Me : 31st lar.
(FYI, I was born on the 31st of August, the National Day of Malaysia. *grins*)
Windy : O.O *jaw drops*
Me : Look. Are you disappointed cause you won't be able to eat due to the public holiday???
Windy : Haha. We can always eat earlier!!!
Me : ...
(Believe me. She has fast recovery rate. And of course. We can't eat later than that cause that would means September. Wasted. *sigh*)
~~~~~~~~~~~
Minutes later...
Me : Hey. If you have 3 people having DOBs in August, does that mean you get like, RM90? RM30 per person right?
Windy : Nonono. My boss won't allow it. Just RM30 nia. If more than 2 persons, then maximum is RM50 lor. He's stingy. Doesn't count per head oneeee.
(Her boss is Edo)
Me : Oh. Why not. It's just RM30 mar.
Windy : He says the number of people eating is the same mar. So RM30 is enough per month. Plus, he never cincai eat food one. Cheap stuffs like these, he won't touch oneee. Very high class lar him.
Me : How high class?
Windy : Last time hor, we bought some type of beverage, white in colour lar. I can't remember the name. I think it's called White Lady or something. When we gave one glass to him, he won't even try it! And he sniffed on it some more. Haiya! Scared we poison him meh haiya!
Me : *incredulous look mode on* Sniffed??? He sniffed it?
Windy : He always say we spend too much buying food. When it's his turn next, we're going to buy the cheapest food available out there for him to eat!
Suddenly...
Everybody else : Yayaya!!! Let's buy bla bla bla....
They then proceeded to blurt out a long list of cheap, terrible food to buy for him to eat during his birthday month. The list got so long, I totally lost track. Employees can sometimes be so mean. *shakes head*
Personally, I think it's very good that the employer made the effort to sponsor a little bit of money as a form of appreciation for their staffs. RM30 is better than nothing, right? We never had this practice in my ex-company. The only thing they have was the staffs themselves forking out money to celebrate the birthday with you. Either way, you'd feel as if you belong some where right?
I guess I'm right about Edo thought. Seems like I'm not the only one who doesn't like him. *sigh*
ps : I swear the ones I wrote and LOST in the goddamn Gmail draft was much much better than this. Still very pissed at farking Gmail. Tulan! Ptui!
new colleagues...
After having worked in this new company for a week, I'm still a bit blur as to the names of the colleagues. Up till now, I only know a selected few of them - those I see only on daily basis and that's about that. I never make it a habit to approach their working desk if I don't know them too well. I'm worried that I may distract them from their works. If the new boss found out about this, my reputation would be stripped. Gone. Burnt.
I don't want that to happen. But I'll tell you what I know lar.
First is the guard who works here. Everybody calls him Bai. I'd known him way back in year 2000 but I never know his name - cuz I never stopped to ask. I just call him pakcik . At first, I thought they were calling him Boy. He's so old already so it couldn't possibly be Boy. That is sooo out of place, ya know? So he's Bai.
Bai's nice. Informative and helpful. He remembers me as that little girl who used to drive super fast, walks super fast and do things super fast. He has aged considerably since I last saw him. Nevertheless, he's happy to see me. And I'm glad to see him too. =)
Next is Merry. Previously we (me and my ex-cols lor) used to call her the 'toilet lady' or in Hokkien "jaga jamban eh lao zhar bor" (translate : the old lady who guards the toilet). Hey, I used to work in this company before, ok. Before the company moved into the new place where we call office right now, she sat just right in front of the toilet room at the old office - with her desk and partition and all that. She had this sad, forlorn look which was always accompanied by tightly sealed lips. Maybe she thought it gave her some sort of professional look but I beg to differ. It only makes her look older and all boxed up.
The summary is, she's one of those old hag that everyone hates. Period. I once had such a huge fight with her, the entire office cheered when they learnt that I did the impossible - I destroyed her prized paper works. Of coz, I only do that after obtaining permission from the BigBigBoss. Who asked her to step on my tails. You think I'm simply anybody whom you can step step step on ar? Duhhh...
The summary is, she's one of those old hag that everyone hates. Period. I once had such a huge fight with her, the entire office cheered when they learnt that I did the impossible - I destroyed her prized paper works. Of coz, I only do that after obtaining permission from the BigBigBoss. Who asked her to step on my tails. You think I'm simply anybody whom you can step step step on ar? Duhhh...
Now? She sits right outside my room. That makes her looks like my personal Secretary. -___-'' But she's been treating me nice niccceeee ever since I returned to this company. I later found out why. Her only au piak sua (translate : strong supporter behind her back, someone with great influence in the company) is no longer here. Gone. Out. Not part of the company anymore. But mine are still here. Muahahaha. I have 2!!! Muahahaha! I'm sooo bad. If she remains at peace with me, I mah have mercy on her and spare her lor. If not,... nyek nyek nyek. Oh dear. I'm evil. *paiseh*
Next is Windy. Don't get me wrong. She ain't windy or anything. She ain't pretty as well. She's 30 yrs old (I thought she's in mid 30s), has shoulder length long hair and is quite talkative. Currently, I'm still neutral with her. She's a Finance clerk or something like that.
Next is Edo. He's Windy's boss. Finance Manager. The first time I saw him, I intantly didn't like him. Don't like him still. I have this sixth sense - which is always right. I trust my sixth sense 101%, wokay?! There's something about him that I don't like but I can't pinpoint what, yet. Guess I'll find out soon. He's skinny, tall, a bit hunchback, has old fashion hair style and his nose holes are huge! I bet it can fit 2 adult flies in each hole. Yuck!
That's all for now lar. I'll write more about them once I have collected all the necessary information. Tee hee!
That's all for now lar. I'll write more about them once I have collected all the necessary information. Tee hee!
Thursday, July 5, 2007
fourth day at work
Today's the fourth day I started working in the new company.
I'm still shaking legs.
Surfing.
Reading newspaper. Borneo Post. The Star.
Then followed by CNN, Channel News Asia, BBC, New Straits Time (nst) etc etc.
I nearly read Utusan Malaysia and Beritan Harian. I said nearly! If I did, I'll kill myself.
I was so bored I nearly went bonkers. FYI, I have very low tolerance towards office works. I only sit in the office when there are paper works to be done. The rest of the time? I'd rather spend them outside the office - site works, meeting people, dealing... those stuffs.
My mind raced to find an excuse to go out! You know. Go out. Do something. Instead of sitting there, shaking legs! I'd finally decided to go to the bank. Needed to check whether my existing bank account with Maybank is still active or not. Otherwise, I'd have to set up a new account for my boss to bank in my monthly salary. I went to the 7th Mile's MayBank.
They treated me like a child. Just because I look like one. Fark them!
The damn counter officer made unnecessary remarks about my totally outdated AND closed account. Tried to LECTURE me for not updating my bank book.
I gave him a warning stare, and told him that I've just came back from abroad. With a heavy English accent. Okay. I lied about the 'just came back from abroad' story. So what? My account was already closed after I graduated and came back from UK. It's partly true! That shuts him up. Bloody asshole who looks like a cross breed of a mouse and a nerd.
With my account totally closed, I was forced to open a new one. Initially I thought I could reactivate my old account just cuz I like the account number. It has lotsa 8's in it. But no. They won't allow me to reactivate my account. Cuz it's CLOSED already. They said that they closed my account cause it has less than RM100 in it. If it has more than RM100 in it, they would have retained my account. Which means, if I had RM99.99 in it, the bank would have taken the money and closed my account anyway! I checked. I had less than RM2 inside. Muahahaha. Nevermind lar. Pity them. Let them have the money lar. Pathetic.
The bank officer who processed my application was a weird man-who sat next to the damn nerd mousie. With weird accent. And strange attitude. I totally don't understand him. He made a fuss when I couldn't provide him my company address. Acting cocky and arrogant and all that. Damn. I haven't got my name card. What does he expect? For me to memorise them?
He gave me some forms to fill. I called the office while filling in the forms, asking for the damn address. Gave it to him when I submitted the forms to him and guess what? He talked differently now!!! He said he's already got the address already. He called my office. And then he's all nice and good with me. After he called my office.
o.O
Do you see what I mean when I say they treated me like a kid? Damn.
And his efficiency doubled after THE call to my office. What does that tell you???
I hate pigs like that.
Which reminds me of my encounter while updating my bankbook, at the same bank. That was sometime in year 2000. The lady at the counter actually looked at the figures in my bankbook, stared at me, looked at my bankbook again, and asked me incredulously "Are you really working in this company??! This is your salary??!"
I rolled my eyes exasperatedly and asked her "What's YOUR problem??"
She smiled sheepishly and said "I just found it so unbelievable. That's all. Don't be angry yah".
Tulan.
Anyway, that's the bank story for today. Will tell you guys more bank stories next time. My other hobby includes frying bank officers for snacks. I stir fry them. I grill them. Why? They pissed me off greatly with all the stupid remarks that they made. I'll blog about it some other time though. Stay tuned!
I'm still shaking legs.
Surfing.
Reading newspaper. Borneo Post. The Star.
Then followed by CNN, Channel News Asia, BBC, New Straits Time (nst) etc etc.
I nearly read Utusan Malaysia and Beritan Harian. I said nearly! If I did, I'll kill myself.
I was so bored I nearly went bonkers. FYI, I have very low tolerance towards office works. I only sit in the office when there are paper works to be done. The rest of the time? I'd rather spend them outside the office - site works, meeting people, dealing... those stuffs.
My mind raced to find an excuse to go out! You know. Go out. Do something. Instead of sitting there, shaking legs! I'd finally decided to go to the bank. Needed to check whether my existing bank account with Maybank is still active or not. Otherwise, I'd have to set up a new account for my boss to bank in my monthly salary. I went to the 7th Mile's MayBank.
They treated me like a child. Just because I look like one. Fark them!
The damn counter officer made unnecessary remarks about my totally outdated AND closed account. Tried to LECTURE me for not updating my bank book.
I gave him a warning stare, and told him that I've just came back from abroad. With a heavy English accent. Okay. I lied about the 'just came back from abroad' story. So what? My account was already closed after I graduated and came back from UK. It's partly true! That shuts him up. Bloody asshole who looks like a cross breed of a mouse and a nerd.
With my account totally closed, I was forced to open a new one. Initially I thought I could reactivate my old account just cuz I like the account number. It has lotsa 8's in it. But no. They won't allow me to reactivate my account. Cuz it's CLOSED already. They said that they closed my account cause it has less than RM100 in it. If it has more than RM100 in it, they would have retained my account. Which means, if I had RM99.99 in it, the bank would have taken the money and closed my account anyway! I checked. I had less than RM2 inside. Muahahaha. Nevermind lar. Pity them. Let them have the money lar. Pathetic.
The bank officer who processed my application was a weird man-who sat next to the damn nerd mousie. With weird accent. And strange attitude. I totally don't understand him. He made a fuss when I couldn't provide him my company address. Acting cocky and arrogant and all that. Damn. I haven't got my name card. What does he expect? For me to memorise them?
He gave me some forms to fill. I called the office while filling in the forms, asking for the damn address. Gave it to him when I submitted the forms to him and guess what? He talked differently now!!! He said he's already got the address already. He called my office. And then he's all nice and good with me. After he called my office.
o.O
Do you see what I mean when I say they treated me like a kid? Damn.
And his efficiency doubled after THE call to my office. What does that tell you???
I hate pigs like that.
Which reminds me of my encounter while updating my bankbook, at the same bank. That was sometime in year 2000. The lady at the counter actually looked at the figures in my bankbook, stared at me, looked at my bankbook again, and asked me incredulously "Are you really working in this company??! This is your salary??!"
I rolled my eyes exasperatedly and asked her "What's YOUR problem??"
She smiled sheepishly and said "I just found it so unbelievable. That's all. Don't be angry yah".
Tulan.
Anyway, that's the bank story for today. Will tell you guys more bank stories next time. My other hobby includes frying bank officers for snacks. I stir fry them. I grill them. Why? They pissed me off greatly with all the stupid remarks that they made. I'll blog about it some other time though. Stay tuned!
Monday, July 2, 2007
first day at work!
I reported for duty at the new company today.
I'm working in Kuching at the moment. The environment here is nice. They give me a huge room as my office (unlike my previous company, I didn't even have a room in Sarikei, all lies, empty promises, fcuk them). From my rough estimation, the room measures at least 12' x 12' in size. It was fully plastered (ceiling) and carpeted. I have my own telephone line, desktop, internet connection, air-cond, bookshelf, table and chairs. These may sound common but hey, after being deprived of even basic necessities such as these at my previous company, right now I feel like a dang thirsty human getting the taste of the first drop of water.
It was great!!!
I was then given a 1.5 inch thick document to read. It's the company rules book or something like that. I skimmed it through and somehow managed to remember the stuffs I may need during my stay in this company. No biggie. I can deal with that.
What I'm worried about is that I won't be getting my lappy! Cause they gimme a desktop and all that.
=(
I want a lappy I want a lappy I want a lappy!!!
Oh well. Screaming and wailing won't help. I submitted a requisition for it already. Hope they approve.
*pouts*
OMG! What if they don't??? I'd feel so CHEATED then!!!
*prays that THAT won't happen!!!*
The day went by uneventfully. I tried getting used to the room I've been given. Once in a while, I went out and chatted with the rest of the colleagues. I only tried surfing later in the evening, about 2 hours before office hour was over. I can do that everyday. Yeap. I can.
I don't like my Manager though. He reminds me of Mr. Mouse. Nothing similar physically speaking, but the way they behave... *slaps forehead* ... it's like they are twins. Haiyo.
Since my salary here is more than double of what I used to earn, my level of endurance should have doubled, right?
I hope so. Really. Honestly!
I'm working in Kuching at the moment. The environment here is nice. They give me a huge room as my office (unlike my previous company, I didn't even have a room in Sarikei, all lies, empty promises, fcuk them). From my rough estimation, the room measures at least 12' x 12' in size. It was fully plastered (ceiling) and carpeted. I have my own telephone line, desktop, internet connection, air-cond, bookshelf, table and chairs. These may sound common but hey, after being deprived of even basic necessities such as these at my previous company, right now I feel like a dang thirsty human getting the taste of the first drop of water.
It was great!!!
I was then given a 1.5 inch thick document to read. It's the company rules book or something like that. I skimmed it through and somehow managed to remember the stuffs I may need during my stay in this company. No biggie. I can deal with that.
What I'm worried about is that I won't be getting my lappy! Cause they gimme a desktop and all that.
=(
I want a lappy I want a lappy I want a lappy!!!
Oh well. Screaming and wailing won't help. I submitted a requisition for it already. Hope they approve.
*pouts*
OMG! What if they don't??? I'd feel so CHEATED then!!!
*prays that THAT won't happen!!!*
The day went by uneventfully. I tried getting used to the room I've been given. Once in a while, I went out and chatted with the rest of the colleagues. I only tried surfing later in the evening, about 2 hours before office hour was over. I can do that everyday. Yeap. I can.
I don't like my Manager though. He reminds me of Mr. Mouse. Nothing similar physically speaking, but the way they behave... *slaps forehead* ... it's like they are twins. Haiyo.
Since my salary here is more than double of what I used to earn, my level of endurance should have doubled, right?
I hope so. Really. Honestly!
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