AC out..scanner in?

it finally happened....anal collg has left the bldg...under less than favorable circumstances... what can I say...thatz the unpredictability of life.
Tho' I can't say that I will miss him, I think the treatment was pretty unjust...
On top of that we had a entire division dinner at the ritz scheduled on the very same night...coincidence? I think not.

So now I dun anyone to bitch abt at work anymore right?....wrong.....
the REPLACEMENT is here and she's alot more annoying...Aptly nick-named 'the scanner' by yours truly...she has a built-in motion detector....twitch a muscle and u'll feel her instant "rays" locked in for a direct hit...

I feel like stacking up loads of stuff on my desk so I won't have to see her face...but i think only a lead wall will do the trick....or then again...those who have offered to get me my sledgehammer...pls continue with ur purchases...i might still need it...=P

granted we have no complaints with her work so far..she's a fast learner and does her work quite ok...i really don't know which is worse...anal collg who was darn slow but kept outta ur hair...or jumpy spider here who finishes her tasks real fast and sticks her face into ur space?...

again i lament....whatz wrong with these people???????????????

borrowed time...

Just coupla days ago, some 29yr old dude collapsed at his desk and died of heart failure...got me thinking...is it something in our food/water? why are pple dropping like flies? There has been several cases just in the past few months alone...
Is it our diet? our lifestyle? somethg lying dormant but inherent in our genes?

Life is short definitely and we'll never know when the rug will be yanked out from under us...Live life to the fullest? Easier said then done, the day-to-day grind gets to the best of us....The best we can do is to strike a balance, betw what we want to do and what we need to do...

Looking back, sometimes i think i might have done some things differently...or maybe not....but by and large i think i pretty much have no regrets...life is definitely too short for that. I can't say I've achieved success or greatness...but I can say i've spent quality time/effort in building things that mean more at the end of the day....r'ships...friendships...with family and friends

Read the autobiography of any fella who has 'made it' in life...they won't regret the additonal million dollar deal they missed...but if they could turn back time, most would want to devote more attention to the pple who matter...

I feel that this year is flying by real fast...itz already the end of April before you know it...I don't know...maybe itz just age...rmbr how when we were kids...time seemed to crawl by...and hey whaddaya know...itz past midnite and already the start of another day.....which i will begin by crashing into bed....ha....

Why do I love thee...let me count the ways

Adex weekend...looks like it's getting to be a really popular sport judging by the hordes of people that thronged the exhibition on sat. Like woahhh.....since when did s'pore have so many divers? If you didn't know better you'd might have mistaken it to be yet another travel show.
I ended up just doing a quick walk arnd and headed out for some food and shopping..ha..

My lil' writings made it to print...reproduced here for my fans' benefit..heh...
I'm contemplating a career change...think anyone will hire me as a full fledged writer? =P

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Escape
"I'm dreaming...
jumping into the inviting waters of the deep blue sea.

Where I feel intensely alive
Where I hear nothing but the sound of my breath and steadily beating heart
Where I feel the cool of the water against my skin
Where I am in awe of the abundance of the creator
Where there is only beauty in the wild, weird and wonderful creatures
Where the worldly woes fade away
Where the pace is comfortable
Where I drift along lovely landscapes
Where the company is great
Where strangers become friends
Where mantas dance and dolphins play.

Today, tomorrow, some time soon
It is time to dream again."
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Everyone needs an escape...an outlet...diving is mine...and sometimes blogging helps ..esp since I can't exactly head out to sea every wkend and get my fix of compressed air....

Didn't get much reading done this wkend...haiz....lookg fwd to kaleebso...need a break need a break need a break...i'm getting very restless...

mindless rantings...

Aahhh…the nice long wkend has come n gone….too soon…too fast….
Now that the season to be thankful is over…time to bitch again…heh heh...
Eh…what is these two bumps I feel on my head…budding horns maybe? Hmmm…=P

Ystd was doing some packg of files in office when collg asked me if I was okay....say I quite ‘men men bu le’……..but I was feelg ok really…..just not v motivated thatz all….and as I thot abt it I think I was in need of another break la…I usually need a break after 2-3mths of work….think itz more healthy for my mind/soul that way.

Anyways…I felt i kinda mellowed for a coupla days but that "A"-collg of mine is grating on my nerves again….whole day so kanchiong spider type…storm here n there….
8 outta 10 times walk behind me will either kick my wastepaper basket…or whack my chair …..just today he nearly tripped over 2ce….wah lau eh…….like walk properly la….where the hell u rushing to? Not say he can get a lot of stuff done in 1hr la…so?
Best words to describe it? "chi chok lok kio"....sorry...only the hokkien folk will understand...

Everytime he hits some obstacle in work...he'll get super mang zhang and start jabbing at the keyboard...the more he try to speed up the more mang zhang he gets.....and the poor pea here feel like taking out the huge sledgehammer i shld keep under my desk and whack him unconscious...and save us all from the misery...

doesn't help that he always chooses the evening time to run into some obstacle...such that we gotta kinda hang arnd and wait for him to finish so that we can all do our day-end stuff and go home....think this week already happen on 2days (and itz only wed) when i could easily have gone home earlier if not for him...

best part is...the feedback from him was that he's quite happy working here (of course la..so lil' work...soooo much time to do right?...) and he has no inkling of our collective 'bu man' with him...well sometimes ignorance is really bliss i suppose...

Bliss...i need more of it...the cool, calm n collected one is beginning not to feel cool, calm n collected....hmmmm...think maybe i shld take up yoga ?
Nah...think i shld invest in sledgehammer...the effects are faster n more long lasting...=P

I thank thee...

hmmm...gd friday...long wkend...goodie goodie...we all can do with more time for ourselves.

In the spirit of the season, I was caught in a rather reflective mood. I realise I am very grateful for my great, wonderful and generous friends...

fatdix...not just generous in girth(applies to only 1/2 of that partnership =P ) but also in feeding /leading us to wholesome, hearty meals...for the countless batalong express rides....for letting me rip their amazing collection of cds...

my trusty gal-frenz who are always just a phonecall away when i need company to hang out with or just a listening ear to bitch into...

my colleagues who have become my friends...it's an amazing synergy we've got going...this kind of camaradarie is rarely seen in any workplace. From mama S who cares for each of our well being as if she really was our mother. To my other colleagues who are always generous in dishing out the jokes, some of which are at my expense...(tis ok...as long as you guyz happy...i happy.) it makes the mundane more tahan-able and the days more pleasant.

well... for my other friends...m also very generous...here's your chance to offer to send me home so as to chope a place in pea's rolodex of 'modern and wildly wondeful' friends...haha....still can't get over my silly neighbour's comment laa...

lastly i'm also very grateful for the toto $2mil prize money that i'm going to strike..;P
***amen***

Impressions...

this morning quite funny...

mama pea tried talkg to neighbour to warn her of a recent robbery case that happened a few doors away.
But this neighbour ah...is one of those that has not acquired the art of listening...she was busy going off tangent on another more pertinent issue.

in short...she was busy telling my mum about my mum's "very modern and wild daughter". =O
mama pea was quite bemused and later related the story to me and said "wah lau, my modern and wild daughter's reputation so good ah"...heh heh...

specifically this kay-p-oh neighbour mentioned my wild motorbike fren (jo jo..haha..) and got sportscar (this one i blur, dun rmbr any frenz with sportscar...she might have seen treng's sporty? suzuki swift parked out front) so by association ...trengi is also modern and wild! hahaha....dat'll be joke of the year...heh...=P

so anyway...it made for a rather entertaining breakfast joke...even papa pea was quite tickled...he said "this type of pple ah..surely cannot tak chek one...imagine teacher teach somethg her mind dunno go which direction...always off tangent)

Assholic addictions

Most pple are familar with the term "Alcoholic"

Here's my take on "Assholism"...

Definition:
Assholism is the compulsive addiction to being and/or acting like an ass. Some believe it to be a biological disease.

Effects:
The assholic conditions may have impact upon physical, occupational, marital, educational, and other areas of function. The condition can be lifelong but can be sometimes treated through ongoing therapy accompanied by attendance at self-help meetings.

In general, we see them everywhere, everyday in our lives. The severity of the disease varies from person to person.

Lest some start to think that I'm refering to someone in particular, I'm not.
The fella mentioned in my prior posts is plain clueless...he suffers from "Duh"-holism...not to be confused with assholism...
Assholics do stuff with intent to annoy/irritate. Duh-holics on the other hand, just can't help themselves, they are just being.

=P

Part Deux...

fri nite...we v evil...msn each other to meet up for dinner after work...and all of us the acting dam steady...

Collg 1: i gotta go, see ya guyz monday!...the rest of us:"ok, bye!"
10mins later...
Collg 2 = me :" ok! i chao liao...bubbye!"
Collg 3 = ok ok..bye! u go off first, i still need to go toilet...

Anal Collg = oblivious, still frowning at his computer screen, dunno doing what.

Act 2:
All went downstairs thru the bldg back door by the river...3 of us grinning like guilty jokers...
dinner and drinks and superbly entertaining "unfiltered" conversations at boat quay...

wah seh...m thinkg how the hell are we gonna pull it off week after week? hmmm...even planning short 1day trip to bintan maybe...aiyah...he sure to come along type...sian ji puah...ah well...we'll figure it out when we get there i suppose...maybe i'm really just too biased...duh....NOT!...ha

sat...
promised myself will spend the next few wkends studying so that can treat myself n join my dear kakis on the Kaleebso. Hey hey....we only live once right? figured i'd regret it if i didn't go...besides haven't dived with my dear princess for years liao ah! It'll be a nice reunion trip. =)

managed to study some...but the mind wanders...the notes too wordy...eyes start to glaze over...***bleh*** why did i sign up for this again? hmmmmm....>=(