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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
He describes how many (most?) of us feel about our jobs everyday, in 3 frames...- DSM
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Labels: Champions League Final, Liverpool football club
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Some people can be such a joke at times that I don't know if I should laugh or be piss off with them...classic one example my boss. I have been temping for the past 4 months (initially suppose to be a 2 months assignment and it got extended..best part I don't know till when!) and just today she called me in and told me if I would like to do a 6 months contract with them...its a good opportunity right? Let me continue, when the 2 months were up, she told me she hasn't decide what to do with my position and just told me she would extend my period assignment..fair enough so I am still working there till today....however past events make me realise that I have to look out for myself and since I'm a temp staff so why not? So I started to look out for permanent opportunities and I had a few meet ups and because of these meet ups, the consultants wanted to do reference checking (here is very onz about reference checking) and apparently one of them emailed her asking about me. She got a "shock", claimed I should tell her that I had put her down as one of my referees and then told me about the 6 months offer. What the %%^^&&?? Because I acted to secure a better career future then suddenly turned around and offered me a contract? I told her that I'm currently happy with the arrangement and yes, I'm looking out for permanent opportunites...its too bad then because she's not even sincere about the offer at all...looks like I'll just have to wait and see how the situation goes - DSA
Labels: Career
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The winter season made its arrival yesterday with gloomy skies and cold wind blowing and temperature dipping to 15-16 degrees, its gonna get lower during the next few weeks...apparently its going to be a wet winter this year but for us, its no difference coz our offices are bloody cold! Especially for me where I have to wear 2-3 layers as the department area where I'm sitting in is like the "freezer"...every morning now without fail, we will put our towels in the dryer to warm them up (we air them in the balcony every night) since the towels are cold to the touch and for me, I'll turn on the heater in the bathroom...you can't imagine how cold the mornings can be...the heaters now are our best friends *hee hee* - DSA
Saturday, May 19, 2007
The email I sent to Angie about the HP employee who died really got me thinking about working, or more accurately, working back in SG. I remember one 5 month period while at my old job that was pretty much like what she described in her blog: 12-hour days (and those were the good days), hounded for tasks repeatedly on a daily basis, huge workload (that should be done by 3 people in 3 totally different positions), lack of support, burnt weekends, worrying about work while on leave, bargaining down 2-day MCs to 1 day due to the fear of what my in-tray will look like after I return from a 2 day absence, and due to my privileged position as an "executive" (sarcasm intended), not getting a single cent of OT in return.
Friday, May 18, 2007
You know a new season is starting when you talk a walk in the park and you see the leaves scattered on the ground, the mix of yellow and green and the tranquility of the scenery envelopes you...the weather is turning cold and windy and yes, the much needed rainfall that Melbourne craves since there is a water restriction order. But hopefully the water catchment areas are "capturing" the rain water coz if not, then whats the point of raining then, not that the weather is hot to begin with.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sick of the Rat Race? Tired of seeing your boss's long face? Feel like burning the pile of work sitting on your in tray? Want to get out of this endless drudgery of work? We've all been there before (I know I have...and very often too). One of the most common solutions is to start earning your own money with your own business. Its a big leap, I know, but its not like no one has done it before. I just happened onto this Blog entry titled "If you Start me Up..." on The Age's (Melbourne newspaper) website, from one who has done it.
Sometimes I think being such a small country like Singapore can be good for the people, especially when it comes to transport issues. Seriously, the transport system here is crappy. On trains the seats are arranged with people facing one another so you can imagine knees are knocked against one another when you are seated in the inner seats and have to move out when you reached your stations. There's not much standing room and recently there are loads of problems with trains running late, not stopping at stations when packed etc. Driving is the only better option but unless you start off early in the morning then you can avoid the peak hour traffic. Miss the convenience of hopping from one place to another using the MRT/buses; and after experiencing the transport system here, travelling from Pasir Ris to Jurong is like a walk in the park. So being small is not such a bad thing after all isn't it? - DSA
Labels: Transport
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
This coming Thursday is the Powerball $30 million grand prize, we are thinking of numbers to buy...hope we can strike man and be the sole winners of Division 1...haha keep on dreaming bah...- DSA
Monday, May 14, 2007
Think I'm pretty slow in catching on the K-Dramas craze. When I went back to Singapore for a week's break in February, my friends recommended me to buy Princess Hours, Full House, My Name is Kim Sam Soon etc to watch so as to entertain myself here since there is virtually no asian shows to watch here unless the once in a blue moon Cantonese shows on SBS channel. I only bought Princess Hours and Full House as my luggage was pretty heavy when we came back and the minute I watched them I got hooked! ..Trust the Koreans to think of something funny and sad in a show, the acting is really hilarious and I really enjoyed watching the shows over and over again. Believe these shows must have been aired on Channel U some time back but being a busy bee at work, there is no time for me to watch any Korean shows...not even Jewel in the Palace..heard that its good but its a very long show..My ger fren Wendy also sent me My Name is Kim Sam Soon (MNIKSS) and Little Bride 18 and Mike and I have just finished watching MNIKSS and we both laughed like crazy! So darn funny...looks like the next trip back home we are bringing back more DVDs then to entertain our mundane lives here :P...-DSA
Mike sent me an email about this lady who died after working on a weekend 8 hours non stop on her laptop, my friend Lynn also mentioned about her recently as well. This lady was just blogging her last post about her stressful worklife in HP...Life is so fragile isn't it? Sometimes I really wonder why do we have to give ourselves so much stress just because of work? Most of the time do we really enjoy what we are doing or because of bread and butter then we succumb ourselves to endless emails, calls, lack of sleep etc and hence miss the important part of life? No matter what, health is more important than work and we all know that work is never ending so why work 12 hours everyday when you know the next day there will be more to come...I guess coming here have taught the both of us to appreciate life more and to slow down in our paces. Both Mike and myself have not done any overtime since we started working here because 1. our bosses don't give us black faces for leaving on time; 2. almost everyone in the office will leave on time; 3.work pace is slower but doesn't mean its less efficient
Feeling a bit sleepy at work now, so not used to working at 7am but have no choice since Mike's work place is just 15 minutes away from mine and he has to start work at 7.15am, thought I might as well update the blog on our daily happenings. Well since we came, we have caught a few comedy acts from the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Believe me, if there is ever a Singapore Comedy Festival, most of the acts will be ban from it. Why, because most the comedians who are good (australians plus international) tend to give satirical views on politicians often being crude but at the same time very funny. Another act to mention was the Jim Henson's Puppet Up! They don't used the puppets we usually see on Sesame Street etc but other puppets they have and the show used audience interaction as the main plot. Really funny and good use of audience to shout out themes and plots for the whole show. Probably the Singapore comedian version is Hossan Leong & Co as their Chestnuts acts are really good as well.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
I've said this to many of the people I know when it comes to NS: I'd happily put aside the 2 (used to be 2.5) full-time years, as I honestly do think (despite the warts of the system) that we're contributing something to our country's defence. However, it does feel shitty when you read/hear about this kind of incidents that can befall us during our stints serving the nation and the treatment dished out to NSmen.
Labels: national service, NS, SAF, Singapore
Friday, May 04, 2007
oh well, i did say i will write what happened when we moved into the new place...1st thing, our rental place, haiz...i still remember that fateful Saturday when we moved in, packed up our stuff in the old place and moved them to the new place, thank God Mike's friends came and helped us, if not I think our backs will surely break...anyway after moving everything over, we went back to our rental place and cleaned it up till midnight! So it must be cleaned right? But NOOOO...we gave the keys to the rental agent 4 days before the new tenant moved in and we got back our bond money (its a security deposit so that in case we damaged the apartment during our stay, the landlord or agent could claim a portion from the bond) in full so we can assume that everything was alright and in satisfactory order but who knows the bloody tenant claimed the apartment was not clean!! what the $$%%^^^!!! So the agent wanted to claim back the cleaning expense the new tenant had asked a cleaning company to do...we told her NO...hehe till now no news from her yet...so better don't come asking us for money coz we are not giving a single cent! hrrmmppphh