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Just Sum Rants

it's been awhile, huh? just too lazy to actually type, considering i'm in front of the pc every other day and typing most of the time. there were many long-forgotten-post which came me to me in a-spur-of-the-moment but because i didn't type it out, it got all lost somewhere in me.

neways, it's friday now and come monday, workflow is going to go back to normal once again and it's going to be awhile before the next holiday. before i go on, i better wish y'all HAPPY CHINESE PIGGY YEAR! it's the year of the pigs and supposingly a good year.

didn't do much this CNY. mostly spent at bf's house in the night to sleep and day at home watching HOUSE (i recommend everyone to watch it. his character is so crude-yet-humorous). my friends were all back in their hometowns and only came back on wednesday. went for yumcha that day and have been ever since.

pinky and me planned to celebrate our 2007 birthday with a getaway to a jungle-place. we planned to ask a few close friends but ended up with much more over our quota. to be honest, i only wanted a few of the close friends but i guess pinky kinda opened her mouth at the wrong times, when there were other people at the same table listening and assuming that they're invited too. but situation has been arised so i guess we have to see what we can do about it. i just hope that when the time comes, i won't need to put on my 'layan' face. it's my birthday too so i would like to enjoy it in peace and serenity instead of it being loud, noisy, chaotic and dramafied. *fingers crossed*

When It's Good, It's Damn Good...When It's Bad, It's Fucking Bad

woke up in a pretty relax mode today. was thinking of how i wished i could just stay in bed and cuddle-up.but thinking that i have my monday morning meetings, i HAD to drag myself to the bathroom and get ready. nevertheless, i still felt like it was gonna be a good day as i woke with a smile (now... don't go thinking something else... nothing happened!). i did panic a bit though as i knew i was a bit late for work and my boss is pretty particular with tardiness. while i was at the LRT station, i met 1 colleague and we chatted all the way to work. at our stop, he wanted to get some breakfast so i went to office 1st. low and behold, my boss was not in. i asked the maid and she said that my boss is in Jakarta and will only be back tonite. i then decided to ask my IT colleague to go downstairs and buy breakfast together. on the way there, Pinky sms me to ask for lunch. yeay! can have lunch with my friend instead of colleagues, for a change. hopefully the rest of the week would breeze by like today with no hiccups. *fingers crossed*

last week was the FUCKING bad week. it was so horrible as i was constantly called in to my boss's rom for 'soundings'. work was also piling up on my desk and it seemed like i was cramped in my cubicle with no where to escape and the work never seem to lessen. but... last week is finally over and now begans a whole new week. in which i wish would be commotion-less.

Keeping "mum"

if it's one thing i learnt from working... is:

1. keep your opinions to yourself; and
2. your complains, sealed and locked up in a box, hidden somewhere in the great wide ocean. lose the map in the process.

never ever tell anyone anything, unless you trust that person with your whole life. more so, when that something has got many things to do with your work / company / boss(es). consequences of the stupidity to tell your problems to an untrustworthy party or even to the management, would mean termination of your position.

recently, a very similar incident happen in my life, not to me as per say but around me.

she told another person about her dislikes and complains about others around her, even sort of brainwashed that 2nd person to be able to go up to management level to confront them and stating the facts. management could not tolerate this behaviour and decided to eliminate "the cause" of these politics. this case is pending conclusion as the last i heard, she requested for reinstatement and management is reconsidering.

the thing is, we all have problems at work, whether we admit it or not. and we somehow would dislike a certain someone at some point of time. and i can so guarantee that we complain about bad management ALL the time. people find it easier to blame others than to blame themselves. i, for one, would be the 1st to admit this fact. we find comfort in consulting people whom we trust (even if it's not with our life), and just release the stress and tension. and it does give some relief to be able to find someone who shares the same point of view with you. the problem is, you would not know how fake (or real) this person is, until it's too late. we consult and complain to others, in hopes that it would just stay with that person we went to.

sometimes we do this burst of frustration, in the heat of the moment and it'll just blow away. sometimes we DO mean the things we say. sometimes we may accidentally leaked some p&c information. sometimes we may have spoken too loud. all in all, we hope that in these instances, it would not cause us our job. but unfortunately for this person i know, she spoke a little too much and was conscious of her surroundings.

no matter how true the complain we have or how the facts are laid out, we cannot just assume (making an ASS out of U and Me) that everyone knows. and even though it seems like everyone knows, there is a reason why nothing is being done. sometimes, somethings are better left untouched / unopened / unaddressed. taking into consideration that we only bitch about these things outside office's walls and even though it's repeated bitchings, nothing is being done to rectify it, one should have already known that those bitchings are sensitive issues, not to be addressed out in the open and more so, in front of management. BUT some people are just SO bad at reading hints. *sigh*

solution: KEEP "MUM"

Another day at the office

it's officially a public holiday for my state, as today's my Sultan's birthday. so what the hell am i still in the office for? because it's a workday for me and some of my colleagues. 11 of us, to be exact. luckily, we get an additional day off. if not, "Protest", here i come.

yesterday, i was at a Go Red event. the ambassador of Go Red Malaysia is YABhg Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor, Malaysia' Deputy Prime Minister's wife. she's so "cute" looking and she has a knick for jokes as well. yesterday, also being her birthday, she was about 45 minutes late for the event. but she was gracious enough to apologize and say that if we were to blame, it should be to the Batik Club as they insisted to spend her to a scrumptious birthday lunch (laughs).

this event was basically to launch Go Red in Malaysia. Go Red Malaysia is an association owned by the NGOs. Go Red for Women in Malaysia is a nationwide campaign to create awareness of heart disease, the No. 1 killer of Malaysia women. Red color symbolises passion and energy of women to fight against heart disease which is preventive. every 10th December is National Go Red Day. everyone is encouraged to wear Red on this one single day to support this movement. there is Go Red all around the world. Go Red America's ambassador is none other than President Bush's wife, Laura Bush.

all in all, the launch was pretty much a success. they are making a name in Malaysia, like how Go Red in America is doing. in hopes that Malaysian women would take more care of their hearts. it was astonishing to find out the figures that women die of heart diseases more than of ALL the cancers combined(!)

ok, the fact is, women should have balanced diet, exercise and don't smoke. all of which, i have not been abiding to. perhaps i should review my life(?) perhaps...