Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Feeling The Heat of The Battle

Work is taxing me, even more than usual. Ever since my colleague went off on maternity leave, I had been desperately trying to hold everything together. At the same time, Trump has piled more works on top of my shopping cart. I've had it up to my eyeballs, at the back of my teeth, beneath my skin with everything. I'm losing it.

When Trump ticked me off for submitting something less satisfactory, he said, 'You got to buck up. You're not doing fine nowadays.' I felt like throwing up my hands and told him, 'How? How do you suggest I do that??'

'In my department, I'm doing EVERYTHING. It's fine a year ago, I don't have that much responsibilities. We haven't started the website project, the customer feedback is handled by another department, the newsletter hasn't started, the corporate video was still screwed up.

Today, I'm up to my neck with all these. The website needs to be updated every week, the customers need their enquiries answered, the press releases must be written and sent out, and somebody has to write the contents of our newsletter. And you just asked us to do TWO corporate videos, for cry-out-sake!

Fine, it's ok a month ago. I can cope and throw in a few design works when I'm not even the graphic designer for this company. The next day I can submit that report you want, sure as eggs are eggs sir. But when my colleague's baby popped out, I've to take over HER job as well! Somebody has to process that publication payment, and source for new souvenir items, and submit monthly progress report. That someone is ME! And on top of that, we need to launch a campaign to protect our company's interests, well, guess again it's MY department consisting of ME and my boss. If that is not enuff, you have ME sit in meetings and stuffs...'

'I can do everything (semangat 'can do' @ Malaysia Boleh) but don't expect great momentum when the landscape keeps changing. Plus, I need an extra pair of helping hands. Why is my department only having one staff when others have two or three? Yet I'm doing work for three persons at one time.'

Wah, basuh Trump bersungguh2! But, macam biasa, it never got out of my mouth. I just keep silent but I guess the expression I wore reminded Trump of that very rebellious, devil-may-care me who started to update Jobstreet account the moment I submitted that report he yelled for a few months ago. Sorry Trump, one more toe out of the line I will let go of everything. For real this time.

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Friday, June 23, 2006

Girls Nite Out!

My best friend in school was in town recently for a training and we had a blast of a time. For two nites, I bunked in with her at her hotel in Bukit Bintang, and although we did not manage to explore KL to our hearts' contents because we only meet up after work, we made up by staying up for hours just catching up on each other's news and also other friends'. That was of course the best of times. We also like to stand with our noses pressed against the hotel window to admire the scene in KL city at nite besides trying to see people from the opposite hotel.

Abby was one of my best friends and we grew up together. Whenever we had semester breaks, we hang out together with another good friend, Callie. We used to go for afternoon walks to the library and the beach, baked cookies, and went for jungle-trekking near our houses. Abby is one of the nicest person I've known because she's friendly, we happen to share a lot of interests and she's one of those cool chick who doesn't mind trying new stuffs.

The nite before she went back to Kuching, we decided to go for girls' nite out session. After work, despite the rainy weather, we went to SOGO for a bit of 'cuci mata' and also because I need to buy an office shirt to wear the next day. We ended up buying the same shirt coz we both fell in love with the black colored striped Soda shirt plus it was selling for 50% less (35 bucks only). After we were done with shopping, we walked to Medan Mara for a taste of Sate Hj Samuri so she can boast to people in Kuching that yup, the sauce was superbly delicious and the large portions of chicken chucks simply melt in her mouth, would you believe it? A tall glass of teh tarik and 10 sticks of satay later, we then made our way back to Bukit Bintang via monorail.

Once we stepped off the monorail, Abby said she wanted to have a look around in LOT 10. Lot 10 is definitely not within our shopping means, but it was just fun strolling in that area because the walkways are filled with inviting cafe and welcoming lights. Our nostrils were tempted by the heavenly smell of coffee from San Francisco, so we ended up in the cafe, chitchatting while sipping at our tall cups of frothy, chilled beverage. The slightly chilly weather made us a little bit intoxicated and we found ourselves in the mood to roam around much longer. Then we thought about the next day of having to wake up early because her flight was at 10am.

Before going back to the hotel, we made a short stop at Sushi King. My God. First, we had satay. Then we had delicious iced coffee from San Francisco. And then sushi?? Oh well, what the heck. 'It's not like I go here often,' Abby said. So, well. But we were rather full so we just shared a plate of salmon sushi and she 'tapow' a few more for her boyfriend. I love sushi so much because I'm addicted to wasabi. It's certainly a different kind of addiction :p

The next morning, we woke up at 6am. We went down for breakfast at 7am (breakfast was scrambled egg, beans in tomato sauce, turkey slice, an array of sweet cakes, and fresh fruits). Then we went up again to get our stuffs, checked out and went to KL Sentral. By the time we hugged goodbye, it was 8.15am and I had 15 minutes to reach office. Hehe. But it was seriously fun to meet Abby. I hope that someday, the three of us will get to hang out together again.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Graphic Design Part 1

Kerja paling aku minat:

Grafik design! :D

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Friday, June 16, 2006

Mimpi Apakah Ini?

Sejak kebelakangan ni aku teramat tension. Bukan apa, Trump suruh aku buat satu kertas kerja dalam masa 2 hari je! Maka akupun kena la bertungkus-lumus menyiapkannya.

Hari Rabu tu, aku bawak balik la kertas kerja tu untuk siapkan di rumah memandangkan ofis aku sejuk macam dalam freezer. Aku nih, kalau sejuk memang tak boleh berfikir dan menaip sebab jari dah kebas!

Tapi memandangkan hari tu aku banyak kerja jugak jadi aku pun keletihan teramat sangat. Bawak motor pun separuh sedar. Hehe. Bila sampai di rumah, aku terus tido. Nasib baik aku tak boleh solat lagi :p Sedar-sedar je, dah pukul 11.30 malam (padahal aku nak tengok South Korea vs. Togo, tapi dah terlajak tido plak). Aku bangun dan mandi, lepas tu aku pun on laptop dan mulalah bermain Spider Solitaire :p Hehe. Warm up otak dulu...

Selama 4 jam 1/2 aku berhempas pulas menyiapkan bendalah tu. Sebenarnya aku nih lebih cergas berfikir waktu malam. Tak tau naper. Siang aku cepat hilang fokus. Waktu study pun most of the time aku study malam, tapi siang aku buat la notes ke, gi kuliah ke. Kalau study siang kompem aku tak boleh masuk.

Akhirnya pukul 4 pagi, aku pun menghabiskan rumusan. Aku save dalam MP3, pastu aku shut down dan terus tido.

Aku mimpi Trump tengah mengamuk. Huhu, takutnya! Tapi dia mengamuk kat tengah padang bola! Aku kompius jap. Aku tengok team Holland tengah buat warm up sambil menyanyi. Tetiba dari satu sudut aku tengok Shebby meluru dari sebelah kiri dan terus menyumbat satu gol ke dalam gol Holland! Huh? Aku kompius lagi. Kenapa Shebby sumbat gol sedangkan game belum mula?? Aku tengok jurulatih Holland memarahi goalkeeper dieorang sebab biarkan Shebby sumbat gol. Erk.

Trump dah hilang ke mana entah. Pastu aku pun tak ingat apa dah jadi. Bila aku bangun, masih terngiang2 lagi team Holland menyanyi. Hahaha!

Itulah, kempunan tak boleh tengok bola. Kan dah termimpi2 pulak! :p

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Friday, June 16, 2006

Tagged by Meera (Nagacute)

Ehem. Sebenarnya dah lama kene tagged oleh Mira (Nagacute) tapi aku tak berkesempatan nak publish . Sorry ye Meera! Anyway, this is it:

Three Things

Name 3 schools you went to:
1. SRK Kidurong, Bintulu 2. SMK Bandar Bintulu, Bintulu 3. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai ;)
Name 3 things in your purse/backpack:
1. Important ID cards 2. Cash / ATM cards 3. Sanitary pad (backpack)

Name 3 things you do when you're really stressed:
1. Lepak at tasik 2. 3. Eat chocolate

Name 3 places you go on a daily basis:
1. Office 2. Office 3. Office

Name 3 favorite fruits: *not in order
1. Mango 2. Banana 3. Mata kucing

Three names you go by:
1. My real name 2. My pet name 3. My cyber name

Three of your favorite foods:
1. Nasi putih 2. Siakap stim 3. Sayur kailan ikan masin

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. Spectacles 2. Lipstick 3. A smile
T h e W h o s

Who is in the house with you?
My housemates

Who are you thinking about right now?
Skip

Who did you last talk to on the phone?
Supplier
Who do you sit next to in your 5th period class?
My best friend, Reza
Who was the last person you told you loved?
My mom

Who do you wish you were with right now?
My friends in JB

Who gets on your nerves the most at school?
Can't remember.
T h e W h e r e s

Where do you live?
Gombak

Where is your phone?
Somewhere under the huge piles of documents

Where do you sleep?
Wherever whenever I feel sleepy

Where is the last place you took a ride to?
Office

Where in your house are you?
At office now. Sorry.

T h e W h a t s

What was the last thing you ate?
Jacob's Weetameal

What color shirt are you wearing?
Black

What is the closest item near you that is blue?
Pen holder with Sarawak motifs, which is a gift from my ex-roommate and best buddy, Eva..
What do you like best about school?
Chitchatting with my best friends, Semi, Callie, Hester, Abby, Ding Kai.
What is your favorite color?
Can't decide between blue and purple.

What do you wear more: jeans or shorts?
Jeans

What is the last movie that you watched?
The X-Men (The Last Stand)- quite ok la

T h e W h e n s

When did you start school?
6 years old
When is your birthday?
Last 5 June

When did you last go to the mall?
Yesterday

When was the last time you bought a pair of pants?
Forgot already

When did you last burn something?
When I was in 3rd year, I burnt this thing they called 'polong' because I was curious to see how hot air will make this thing float. It didn't float up, but went down and nearly went into someone's house two storey's below. The whole house and building across screamed! I never burnt any more polong after that point until I learn the theory of air (Quoting Chairman: Aerospace engineering means the study of air and space)

Sapa kena tag:
1. My sister - Liza
2. Kak Meera
3. Kak Kasih!
Haha! Jawab, jangan tak jawab!

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