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i don’t like it when people keep things from me. not their own secrets or personal affairs, not everyone might feel comfortable sharing some details about themselves. what i mean are things that involve me and thus, i have the right to know.

i seriously hate it.

i’m slightly pissed with / affected by quite some stuff going on and yet there’s nothing i can do. i kind of wish everything was simpler, like they were a few years back. those were the days i only had to be bothered by school, if i ever felt like it.
i’ve been thinking through a few things these days and man, was i glad to have an afternoon all to myself today. it was a pity i had to be distracted by the shopping mission i was on.

guess it’s time for another day off with a cup of coffee. i have doubts about getting a day off though.

there are just about ten million things i need to do and i’m too lazy to do them. blogging is one of them but then again, there isn’t much i can blog about. work’s been boring and sufficient to keep me occupied during overtime hours.

i’m glad it’s the weekend cos i went out with the colleagues on thursday and because we are a bunch of busybodies i reached home after midnight. thus explaining our zombified appearances and movements on friday. friday turned out to be a roller coaster day cos i thought i could leave office early after cleaning up my data entry. due to some miraculous events i left the office at 10pm. no complains though, i welcome extra income any time.

despite the strong urge to just stay at home the entire day, i forced myself to hit town in search of the elusive chinese new year clothes. i ended up not buying a lot of clothes i liked, don’t ask me why. all i bought after five hours of shopping was a black blouse for work and a pink namecard holder for my friend.

i am a doomed shopper.

i still have to reply emails, figure out which courses to take next semester, call up the hairdresser, chase after payment for my previous work stints, wrap a present, write a card and send both items to taiwan, buy clothes and shoes, meet up with people i haven’t met for ages, etc. etc.

i worked for an entire day on saturday and does overtime work every other day. i do not have the luxury of being paid 1.5 times the regular pay for overtime hours.

but i am still paid for my overtime work.

while on sick leave, i was viciously accused of bringing in a virus and infecting the finance department colleagues with it. ridiculous thing was, the finance department is on another level and i only interacted with one of them, who is perfectly healthy to date.

but i have learnt to ignore silly people and their mindless accusations.

the department i’m in is divided into two camps and the office is painfully quiet. the other camp is full of vicious people trying to push the blame on everyone else and darn, they’re really good at acting. i am automatically treated as one of my admin head’s people (i admit i am) because i’m on very good terms with the admin head and neighbour in black. there are many people who distance themselves from us if they do not want to incur the wrath of the evil people. it’s lonely trying to live according to our principles but fortunately we’re not exactly alone.

over these five years i have learnt quite a lot about organisational behaviour and office politics.

best of all, i get to wear jeans to work everyday, cos there are these siao geena temps who wear jeans and t-shirts to work everyday. i swear i look like a glamorous temp next to them.

i suppose i have more things to be happy about than to whine about. therefore, i conclude that i am still happy working in this office.

and because i think i’ve been working very hard without much complaints and because i haven’t had late nights for quite a while and because late nights out keep me socially active and because they distract me from other problems and because i need to celebrate the uncle’s return to china i think i deserve some beer and a late night out. but damn it, i don’t have the time and i don’t wanna spend the money. gotta focus the funds and energy on shopping for cny clothes (and shoes), bloody hell.

wah lau eh, the prices of everything went up in 2007. sugar, coffee, fuel, property, minister salaries, cab fares.

and i’m starting a brand new year with a pay cut. *curses and swears.

oh well, i guess no sane person would really pay $8/hr for a photocopying girl, eh? hopefully, i’ll make up the difference by doing more overtime. i’m promised enough OT hours to keep me happy, but my admin head told me the same thing the last time i went back and darn, she waaaaaay underestimated my efficiency. guess i gotta do the photocopying aussie style - slow and easy.

back to office politics and backstabbing and crazy gossiping working buddies! right, i guess the crazy gossiping working buddies more than compensate the pay cut.

if nothing goes wrong with the office-tussle over there, i’ll be working with the neighbour-in-black and admin head again. for the fourth time, in the same office. wow.

i’m trying to work out how i’m gonna cope with a regular routine again. it’s been a year since i lived that kind of life - waking up at 6.30am, having lunch at 12.30pm, going home at 6pm. doing the same old things every single day, five days a week.

woah.

but for the money, i’d put up with anything.

it’s 2008 and i refuse to do a recap on 2007 cos that’s what everybody does and besides, i’m lazy.

but there’s plenty of things i need to do in 2008:

1) pay off some debts before i fly off for my last semester

2) figure out why i’m such a procrastinator, how i can stop being such an idiotic procrastinator

3) work my ass off for the final semester which might be the very last semester in my entire life

4) find a fantastic job when i return

5) pay off more debts

yeah that’s about all i can think of for the time being.

and to start off the year, i’m proud to declare that i’ve figured things out. i am happy again.

right, let’s hope 2008 will be a good year!

the bro’s wedding ceremony and banquet are finally over. still catching up on sleep, especially after the new year eve hangout session which ended early this morning. my first taste of moet champagne in ritz carlton. for free, folks, i haven’t struck the lottery. we were just trying to get a good view of the fireworks display and my boss had good contacts, i would say. the fireworks were waaaaay disappointing though.

second round of ktv last night and we ended late. fortunately my mum was too tired to notice my empty bed in the middle of the night. gotta slow down on the extreme late night sessions a little cos my survival policy is to do everything in moderation.

wouldn’t be watching any horror movies in the near future cos bloody hell, i got damn frightened by the movie i am legend. freaking scary scenes of the infected human beings. i swear it’s the first time i’m so frightened by a movie. i was covering my eyes and cowering in the seat, like what any chao gu niang would do. there goes my image and reputation.

damn it, i need more sleep.