This week has been less than great, with people falling ill all over the office, and a huge mess on our hands that's getting rapidly messier.
Work is starting to seem like a endless road, and I don't seem to be moving forward no matter how fast I run. In fact, I'll be lucky to not fall behind. The project seems to be a patch of quicksand, a bottomless pit.
The pay I got for last month is less than satisfactory too. I'm supposed to survive this month with 2 weeks' pay, and the calculation for the money wasn't as simple as I thought it should have been.
I know things can be worse. I'm thinking that once this contract has ended with me toughing things out, it wouldn't look as difficult as it feels now.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
And The Mice Came Out To Play
With the higher-ups away since Thursday, our work pace slowed. =)
Thursday saw us at Coca Restaurant in Takashimaya for lunch. They have student rates for their steamboat buffet, at about $17 per person, exclusive of tax. So our nearly 2 and 1/2 hours lunch amounted to roughly $20 per person. The food wasn't fantastic because the meats were treated - with some tenderizer I think - that altered the texture to something so silky and smooth that it tasted unnatural. The prawns were fresh and the meatballs better than alot I've tried. I liked the soup stock, vegetables and dumplings, but that was pretty much all to it. I prefer my meat slices to be the thinly sliced and non-treated kind. But it was a fun excursion for us, a break to the mundane-ness of office life.
Friday saw us taking a prompt 2 hour lunch, as well as shirking most of our usual responsibilities. It took a total of 3 people to photocopy 2 stacks of name cards, and 3 people to make a half-hearted attempt to tidy 1 desk. We spent time chatting at each other's desks and left fairly on the dot compared to the previous 9 days since I've started work. Life was rather cushy.
Now it's raining and what's left of Halloween is fast ticking away. I'm sitting at home feeling rather lucky that I'm not one of those party-goers who are probably 'watching' their elaborate plans wash down the drains. No rain on my parade (nor fancy costume).
Thursday saw us at Coca Restaurant in Takashimaya for lunch. They have student rates for their steamboat buffet, at about $17 per person, exclusive of tax. So our nearly 2 and 1/2 hours lunch amounted to roughly $20 per person. The food wasn't fantastic because the meats were treated - with some tenderizer I think - that altered the texture to something so silky and smooth that it tasted unnatural. The prawns were fresh and the meatballs better than alot I've tried. I liked the soup stock, vegetables and dumplings, but that was pretty much all to it. I prefer my meat slices to be the thinly sliced and non-treated kind. But it was a fun excursion for us, a break to the mundane-ness of office life.
Friday saw us taking a prompt 2 hour lunch, as well as shirking most of our usual responsibilities. It took a total of 3 people to photocopy 2 stacks of name cards, and 3 people to make a half-hearted attempt to tidy 1 desk. We spent time chatting at each other's desks and left fairly on the dot compared to the previous 9 days since I've started work. Life was rather cushy.
Now it's raining and what's left of Halloween is fast ticking away. I'm sitting at home feeling rather lucky that I'm not one of those party-goers who are probably 'watching' their elaborate plans wash down the drains. No rain on my parade (nor fancy costume).
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Update
It's been slightly more than a week since I started on this temporary job last Monday. Starting to get the hang of things, which also means the pressure is on since I'm no longer considered a newbie who have leeway for making mistakes. Got Amanda to join me at work and now we'll be colleagues until the end of this year. Working with her is fun, but it also means I have to keep up my pace since she's a fast and efficient worker. It's weird how I always get overtaken at the end of the day when we count our envelopes.
The job has me feeling a bit repellent towards looking at monitor screens, whether it's the TV or my computer. So I try to avoid having to do switch them on if I can. Staring at the monitor screen all day long leaves me in a daze that lasts even when I get off work and sleep. I've gotten used to working on the excel sheets, and suffers from overdose.
Skin is getting increasingly dry from the air-conditioning. Being stuck in an air-conditioned place the whole day, 5 days a week, is hell on the skin. Even with moisturizers religiously applied every morning and night, my face managed to peel a bit and my hands feel like the skin has gone dead and papery.
I've also gotten used to drinking soft drinks from morning to night, but I'm trying to switch back to good old plain water. It's fun getting tiny paper cups of drinks out the vending machine just by punching in a code and making my selection. Free Coke all day! And as the day drags, a sweet fizzy drink provides the required sugar high to get me through the rest of the hours until I get home.
Breakfast is also out of the question for me, because I found out the hard way that it numbs my brain and prevent me from feeling 'awake' and alert in the mornings. A bread from Breadtalk had the power of keeping me in a daze from 9 - 11+ am, despite mental struggles and tons of sugared drinks and caffeine.
Life is pretty mundane now. If this is how it's like being an adult, it's no wonder how some people wish to never grow up.
The job has me feeling a bit repellent towards looking at monitor screens, whether it's the TV or my computer. So I try to avoid having to do switch them on if I can. Staring at the monitor screen all day long leaves me in a daze that lasts even when I get off work and sleep. I've gotten used to working on the excel sheets, and suffers from overdose.
Skin is getting increasingly dry from the air-conditioning. Being stuck in an air-conditioned place the whole day, 5 days a week, is hell on the skin. Even with moisturizers religiously applied every morning and night, my face managed to peel a bit and my hands feel like the skin has gone dead and papery.
I've also gotten used to drinking soft drinks from morning to night, but I'm trying to switch back to good old plain water. It's fun getting tiny paper cups of drinks out the vending machine just by punching in a code and making my selection. Free Coke all day! And as the day drags, a sweet fizzy drink provides the required sugar high to get me through the rest of the hours until I get home.
Breakfast is also out of the question for me, because I found out the hard way that it numbs my brain and prevent me from feeling 'awake' and alert in the mornings. A bread from Breadtalk had the power of keeping me in a daze from 9 - 11+ am, despite mental struggles and tons of sugared drinks and caffeine.
Life is pretty mundane now. If this is how it's like being an adult, it's no wonder how some people wish to never grow up.
Monday, October 19, 2009
1st Day
It was my first day at my temporary job today. Still feeling quite confused over what I've learnt at work today, regarding the system.
It is tiring after slightly less than 2 months of total relaxation at home. But it is a good feeling to be productive, and I'm going to try to absorb information fast so that I wouldn't feel lost anymore. Overall, for a first day at work, it wasn't too bad.
It is tiring after slightly less than 2 months of total relaxation at home. But it is a good feeling to be productive, and I'm going to try to absorb information fast so that I wouldn't feel lost anymore. Overall, for a first day at work, it wasn't too bad.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Stumped
Saw the news article on Yahoo about PSLE Mathematics questions being criticized for its difficulty, and decided to try solving the example question that was posted with the article. I couldn't get the correct answer despite multiple tries. I'm officially stumped by a Primary 6 level Mathematics question. So much for getting an A* for Mathematics during MY PSLE.
If you are interested, here's the question:
Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
Answer: 68 (I'm debating the accuracy of the answer)
If you are interested, here's the question:
Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
Answer: 68 (I'm debating the accuracy of the answer)
Saturday, October 10, 2009
NIL
Sometimes I wish he will take the options out of my hands, to choose a side that favors me above all others - to insist that I be there.
But we are both people who can't do that, masking our indecisiveness behind the excuse of giving each other a choice.
And the indecisiveness is not due to a lack of opinions, but the need to keep the leeway where we can deny any responsibilities to any negative outcome that transpires.
So sometimes, I wish I can clearly see his stand in our relationship.
But we are both people who can't do that, masking our indecisiveness behind the excuse of giving each other a choice.
And the indecisiveness is not due to a lack of opinions, but the need to keep the leeway where we can deny any responsibilities to any negative outcome that transpires.
So sometimes, I wish I can clearly see his stand in our relationship.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Mid-Autumn Festival
The night was spent setting fire to anything we had that was vaguely flammable. We realized that stuffing a Pringles can full of assorted sparklers did not result in anything much besides a very very bright flash in the can, and said can turning to ashes and glowing red with heat afterward.
Those childhood memories of lighting rows upon rows of candles have been joined by that of mini heaps of fires, lit with a certain happy destructive urge. =)
On a separate note, I once thought that he applying for PR implied his consideration to settle down in Singapore. Then, I heard him explain it to his cousin as a way to shake off his tuition grant bond. Still trying to decide how I should feel about it.
Those childhood memories of lighting rows upon rows of candles have been joined by that of mini heaps of fires, lit with a certain happy destructive urge. =)
On a separate note, I once thought that he applying for PR implied his consideration to settle down in Singapore. Then, I heard him explain it to his cousin as a way to shake off his tuition grant bond. Still trying to decide how I should feel about it.
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