Quarter Century

Quarter Century old, and I'm the poster girl for "frazzled". Talk about visible signs of aging=p

Been wanting to jot down some thoughts in this blog for the past couple of weeks but I always end up not doing so, partly because I'm too tired to look at the computer screen at the end of the day, and partly because some things are felt too much to really be able to give it any justice with words alone.

October saw me turning a quarter century old... There was not much fanfare, but I was lucky to get the day off since the company gave us 2 replacement off days for the Raya holis which fell during the weekend...any day away from the office is a good day in my books ;) Wishes came in from the Bears and a few close hometown friends, and also my induction mates. I received a birthday cheese cake from my insurance agent (talk about customer service!=p), but the best pressie of all was Sayang's company! :) He came to visit me for a week and we spent the Raya weekend in KK, where, bless his heart, he totally indulged me by accompanying me to shop for the whole weekend =D I know, I know KK has lots of other more worthwhile sights and scenes to savour aside from the shopping, but I figured that can wait until I have the luxury of having a 1 week holiday, which will give me ample time to explore its hidden jewels. For the weekend I was just content with pampering myself to some good ol' retail therapy ;) The saddest thing about the whole things is just the saying goodbye part when he had to go back....leaving me in a melancholic state which I'm not really sure I have fully recovered from :( Sigh.....it's funny how being in this long distance relationship is both the easiest and hardest thing to do at the same time...

On another sombre note, granduncle passed away yesterday. Mom and Dad and Grandma are in Skrang already for the funeral and all that, while Sis and I are left behind at home. The news did not come unexpectedly, but just a bit lost in terms of what to feel. Skrang is a good 8-hours drive away so I haven't seen much of Granduncle in the last few years (except for Christmas last year where our family had what I would call the great Sarawakian Road Trip, all the way from Miri to Kuching;)), so most of my memories of him are the distant, childhood ones...

So yeah, October's been kind of cloudy, save for the few precious rays of sunshine that shone through once in a while. Here's hoping the new month will see more sunny days, or even better, , rainbows after the rain ;)

Temper

Today I had an engineer call me up, shout at me in a string of expletives ranging from F*** to Ci*** to Pu****, then slam the phone down.



Tsk tsk tsk...such extreme behaviour, in the Holy month of Ramadhan no less.



Granted, I understand his frustration at the system, and I am probably nothing more than an easy target of a bashing board (after all, what are your HRians for if not for getting scolded eh? *said with a wry smile*), but the whole thing still shocked me.



Sigh...and I thought I've left this kind of shenanigans far behind me when I quit my Customer Service Officer job 2 years ago.



Ah well, I suppose everyone has their bad days. And if scolding me will make you feel better...........

Candid Camera

Just recently found several "incriminating" shots in my digicam=p Unbeknownst to me, Woonie took them while I was indulging myself in our dessert- the heavenly scrumptious Stawberry Parfait ~Yum!!!~ =) That was a nice girls' only night out....maybe it was the ambience of the place (The Loft at the Curve - really cool hang out place), maybe it was the good food, but most probably it was just because of the GREAT company ;) Miss you Woonie!!!!

All Things 5

Tagged by Imran:

5 Things In My Bag
Handphone, purse, lip balm, Staff ID, foundation.

5 Things in My Head
i) Mid Year Performance Review
ii) How pissed off I am with him whom I call my BF
iii) How I'm gonna miss my Broadband access when I moved to our new house (the area is new and does not have any telephone lines up yet).
iv) Raya holis.....I need a break ;(
v) Which gold bracelet should I get?


5 Words That I Frequently Use
Shit, kek sei, 丢鞋他/她 (diu xie ta meaning throw shoe at him/ her in Mandarin), Oi... (in reply whenever someone calls my name), oh ok.

5 Recent SMSes Received
益荣, June, Khoon, Fabien, Zeid.

5 Recent Things I Just Did
i) Had my dinner
ii) Bathed
iii) Finished a Julia Quinn novel (LOVED it!!)
iv) Talked to Khoon
v) Cut my toenails

5 Things In My Wardrobe
Baju kurung, a cap, pantiliners, shorts, t-shirts

5 Things I Just Ate
Rice, bean curd, mushroom, ice cream, roti kaya.

5 people to tag
Nah...not into tagging others =p