A fruitful weekend it has been.
I managed to settle my 'contactless' phone. Managed to do a whole lot of stuff to help lift up my mood towards my new life.
As a colleague told me, life working permanently is very much different from working in a holiday job. More responsibilities, more give and take. Need to take care not to flare up easily at others. Guess I would have to learn much more about office life.
Now waiting for Daryl. Hope he doesn't fly kite again.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Stroking the bad luck.
This is my second week of work, and I'm already ankle-deep in bad luck.
I woke up this morning, not wanting to go to work. I guess the monday blues arrives early in the morning. I dragged myself up from bed. Got ready for the next busy day in my life.
By the way, all this luck is cumulative. Not all shots landed today.
Bad luck stuff.
1. New place. Nice, but damn far. Just trying to cope with the initial shock.
2. Shirts shortage. Just go buy, still okay on my pocket.
3. Shoe evolved a mouth. Shit. Really burn a hole in my pocket now.
4. Pants need to get some more. Not enough.
5. Need to start saving up for the future. Another headache to look into.
6. Need to start learning how to drive. Seems essential for a guy. Waa lau.
I woke up this morning, not wanting to go to work. I guess the monday blues arrives early in the morning. I dragged myself up from bed. Got ready for the next busy day in my life.
By the way, all this luck is cumulative. Not all shots landed today.
Bad luck stuff.
1. New place. Nice, but damn far. Just trying to cope with the initial shock.
2. Shirts shortage. Just go buy, still okay on my pocket.
3. Shoe evolved a mouth. Shit. Really burn a hole in my pocket now.
4. Pants need to get some more. Not enough.
5. Need to start saving up for the future. Another headache to look into.
6. Need to start learning how to drive. Seems essential for a guy. Waa lau.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Incoming monday blues.
My current lifestyle is coming to an end.
On Monday, while other RMIT students and friends will be getting their results, I'm starting work at the IT R & D company that I've been having regular interviews at. Its a kinda dream come true case for me, but I really wonder am I up to it for doing work there.
Man, its my first job in a IT company. I previously worked in Customer Service before, kinda like it. But as for IT, never really tried.
The saddest thing is that I fell ill on Friday. What a stroke of bad luck. Thought I could be in a tip-top shape at my first day.
On Monday, while other RMIT students and friends will be getting their results, I'm starting work at the IT R & D company that I've been having regular interviews at. Its a kinda dream come true case for me, but I really wonder am I up to it for doing work there.
Man, its my first job in a IT company. I previously worked in Customer Service before, kinda like it. But as for IT, never really tried.
The saddest thing is that I fell ill on Friday. What a stroke of bad luck. Thought I could be in a tip-top shape at my first day.
Monday, July 07, 2008
The book says....COMMUNICATE
This term is so sensitive.
Today i went to meet up with a friend. Though I knew that the behavior projected was due to the person's upbringing. Still, I was really pissed off by the way the person went about doing things.
I seriously thought that the person wanted to catch up with me. But instead, it was to fulfill what the person's boss had asked to do. This is in the same theory as another joker i know.
This other joker asked me before in the past. Hey, can you tell me more about Aikido? So I went on and explained stuff to him, giving him a clearer picture for the next 10 minutes outside my home in the freezing winter. In the end, what did the guy answered? He said, actually I'm not so interested in this. So I asked him, then why ask?
His answer was, "Well, I read it in a book. It says to make friends, we gotta talk about a topic that the target knows to improve communication with one another."
- Never cite from a book what you just did to make friends. It is just so duh.
As for today's issue, the person told me that the boss instructed her to make more friends, not to be so shy and widen your social circle, so that's the reason that I was asked out. The person felt that I could relate well to others, so wanted to pick up some tips from me. But how was I to teach something that requires the individual to act normally, and make your own friends without a motive? When the person obviously has a motive..
So I gave the above as a reasoning and cited some common workplace examples. Then I left to go window shopping and stuff, so the person followed suit, step by step...left foot, right foot. Turn left, stop, turn right, stop. I tried to be friendly, control my frustration, and asked whether the person would like to look around. In the end, I had to ask the person to stop following me. It was just too close for my comfort, and fark, I was really pissed off.
In the end, once the person had finished the 'research', the person left, with the reason that time for home cooked food was a better option.
Alright! Next time, I am not going to be so accommodating. You need a request, ask it via SMS or the phone. I'm not going to waste my time to meet up with someone so unappreciative, once your objective has been cleared, you left.
Today i went to meet up with a friend. Though I knew that the behavior projected was due to the person's upbringing. Still, I was really pissed off by the way the person went about doing things.
I seriously thought that the person wanted to catch up with me. But instead, it was to fulfill what the person's boss had asked to do. This is in the same theory as another joker i know.
This other joker asked me before in the past. Hey, can you tell me more about Aikido? So I went on and explained stuff to him, giving him a clearer picture for the next 10 minutes outside my home in the freezing winter. In the end, what did the guy answered? He said, actually I'm not so interested in this. So I asked him, then why ask?
His answer was, "Well, I read it in a book. It says to make friends, we gotta talk about a topic that the target knows to improve communication with one another."
- Never cite from a book what you just did to make friends. It is just so duh.
As for today's issue, the person told me that the boss instructed her to make more friends, not to be so shy and widen your social circle, so that's the reason that I was asked out. The person felt that I could relate well to others, so wanted to pick up some tips from me. But how was I to teach something that requires the individual to act normally, and make your own friends without a motive? When the person obviously has a motive..
So I gave the above as a reasoning and cited some common workplace examples. Then I left to go window shopping and stuff, so the person followed suit, step by step...left foot, right foot. Turn left, stop, turn right, stop. I tried to be friendly, control my frustration, and asked whether the person would like to look around. In the end, I had to ask the person to stop following me. It was just too close for my comfort, and fark, I was really pissed off.
In the end, once the person had finished the 'research', the person left, with the reason that time for home cooked food was a better option.
Alright! Next time, I am not going to be so accommodating. You need a request, ask it via SMS or the phone. I'm not going to waste my time to meet up with someone so unappreciative, once your objective has been cleared, you left.
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