Down & Out after the BBQ

I hate this feeling. The frail, sickly, weak and feverish feeling. It also feels like I constantly have a 24 hour headache. And here I was....thinking that it would be a fantastic day since that the first thing I saw when I left the house for work yesterday was a rainbow.

Sigh.......seems like this year I have been falling sick alot.

In retrospect, whenever I fall sick, it always present an opportunity for me to take an MC. But this time around, its been more of a irritation.

Anyway, I only have myself to blame. Cant say I've been exactly living a healthy lifestyle. Living alone, sacrifices have to be made when it comes to daily meals. One cant be fussy and just eat whatever's avaliable. And not to mention the weekly routine of cleaning up the house. Week after week, I'm getting lazier and have been neglecting the house chores.

Still, already feeling feverish at work yesterday, I decided to stay back to help out with the cluster's BBQ. And of course, contributed to my feel-like-shit fever today.

Though, no doubt I suffered thru the night with my leaky nose, guess it was kinda fun. Half the time my head was spinning like mad, but I guess its well worth the time spent with my colleagues.

Me and mah sista!

The Brat Pack

Another passing....

*blink* *blink*

Man, this job is screwing up my system. Was working the 8am shift this morning. No doubt that I get to finish early at 5.30pm, but the first thing I do when I got home was crashed onto my bed and pass out for hours....

So, here I am. At 11.50pm. Wide awake and suppose to wake up at 6.15am. Sigh......my biological clock's shot to hell.

Anyway, its been a fairly interesting weekend. Its been THE weekend anyway. The weekend where I supposed to be off on Saturday and Sunday. And how does it feel after experiencing a work free weekend?

Ummmmm, must admit. The feeling's kinda great. Feels as if you're part of society again. Of course, where-ever you go, the weekend crowd could suffocate your balls. And of course, where-ever you go those capitalist jackasses rise up prices on everything....though, I could get used to this.

So, what did I do during that all important Saturday night? Did I go clubbing? Did I have a hot date? Or was I.....doing my laundry again????

Well, as much as fate has decide..........I was with the company of good friends. And what's so different this time as you may ask?

Simple, Donald's grandpa passed away last Friday, and all of us turned up in force to attend the wake. Another death. Another condolence. It was only a week ago that I have attended Samantha's grandmother's wake.....and now, here I am at another one.

Still, friends will be friends and no matter how dire the circumstances are....we go thru thick and thin together.

In retrospect, it is a practice for some culture not to weep for the dearly departed; but it is an occasion where you celebrate person's life. Celebrate the reasons that this person passed on without any regrets and lived his life to the fullest. And that; the person's life meant something to each and everyone of us.

Thats how the night faired. Initially, all of us were in a sombre mood as do all funerals are. But in the end, we manage to cheer Donald up and spent the entire night chatting and joking around. Finally, we went home about 2am.

On my way home, in my mind I thought that maybe its true that our deaths are pre-destined. And maybe its true that anyone can pass away at anytime and anywhere.....

But I sincerely hope I don't have to attend another funeral for the foresee-able future...

Normality

Boy, its been a week. Where do I even begin?

First off, I had a visitor from Penang roughly about a week ago. My old pal from college Rosalind was in town for a short holiday. Must really say, its nice to see her again. Old friends always warms the heart.

As usual, took her around to the sights and sounds of Singapore while her boyfriend Benjamin had to attend training.

Though I felt kinda bad as I unintentionally brought her to a place that I was literally hooked on! The IT Fair at Suntec!!!!!!

Heaven. Thats all I can say. I was in Heaven and I didnt wanted to leave!!!!! Every part of my body was itchin to reach for the spanking new credit card I received in the mail just the night before!

At first, I resisted temptation......but sadly....sigh. I went back to the PC fair that following weekend and got me a 200GB portable harddisk!!! Wahahahahaha!!! Guess, I'm technologically cursed. I'm damned to be weak against.....toys.

It was really insane on the last day of the fair. There were literally thousands of people. It was reported in the news that one of the days alone, it hit about 10,000 visitors. And the odd thing is, when I was there........the elderly made a large portion of the visitors!!! I could see these old men and old ladies coming in and out buying printers, LCD monitors, digital cameras...etc. I guess....you CAN make old dogs learn new tricks (no offence to the old folks...just a manner of speech).

Anyway, the other day I was introduced to a great dining place in town called My Secret Garden. Alan brought me and Don there for a few drinks and of course, the ambience of the place was simply fantastic. To think there was such a place located right in the heart of town. Will definately pay a second visit to that place again. Thats.....errr....if I can ever get a date. Hehe.

And as for work, I guess I had a taste of normal working life for this week. I'm scheduled to be on the 9am shift this week and....muraculously its from Mondays to Fridays! So, I have my Saturdays and Sunday off!!!!!! I cant believe it!!!! It might not be a big deal to alot of you....but I seriously cant remember when was the last time I was off on Saturdays and Sundays! Back to back!!!! The thought of it.....*shudders*. Hehe....guess this is the preview of my future....errr....employment.

Still, whenever I work on morning shifts, I feel that I never have enuff sleep. Everynight I'm reluctant to go to bed early and I'll end up stone-ing at work. Sigh. But seriously...its also been along time since I left the office while there is still daylight! Haha!

Though, on a more serious note. I would like to mention my deepest condolences to Samantha for the passing of her grandmother.

Attended the wake on Monday night to pay my respects. Kinda reminded of my own grandmother's funeral a few years back. She was the only grandparent I knew. And I remembered I was sobbing like a small boy on one of the prayer nights. I remembered they told me that, that particular night is when my grandmother's spirit came to see us for the last time.

For some reason.......I could really feel that my grandma was there. Over-looking us. And inside of me; I knew that was goodbye.

Guess when faced with death, life seems really short huh? Really makes us appreciate life more....and also makes us realise that we really have to make the best of the time given to us.

God speed...

Call Of The Day

*toot*

Me: Welcome, how may I help you?

Lady: I tell you!!! I am seriouslly annoyed and angry with your bills!!!!

Me: Erm....how may I help you ma'am?

Lady: WHAT IS THIS STUPID ROAMING CHARGE IN MY BILL?!?!?

Me: Let me take a look at your bill ma'am. Have you been out of the country recently?

Lady: Yes, I was in KL last month! But I NEVER sent any sms while I was there! How can you charge me for something I didnt use?!?!!?

Me: Hmmm, may I ask ma'am, were you the user of the phone?

Lady: No! My son was the one using it. But he told me he never send any sms at all!!

Me: You have clarified with him?

Lady: Of course!!! My son never lies to me!!! You can talk to him if you want....Desmond!!! Come to the phone and tell this operator!!!

Son: Err....hi.

Me: Hi, Desmond is it?

Desmond: Yeah?

Me: This is Sonny. Would like to check with you. Your mom mentioned that you all went to KL last month right?

Son: Yeah....

Me: Did you send any sms while you were there?

Son: Errrrr.......yeah I did. I sent alot!

I rest my case.

Phone Drama

Uncivilised *grumble* Untrustworthy *grumble* Dishonest *grumble*

Friggin security guards.

Talk about feeling safe at work. Let me tell you about my day.

Was suppose to be one long friggin day. I had scheduled OT till 2.30am and in many ways I was dreading every minute of it. And there I was, sitting in office with a Service Level that only God can save.

Taking one call at a time, suddenly I realised my handphone...............was missing! Immediately I started to recall when was the last time I saw my phone; and the only time I remembered using it was at the office lobby while I was taking my break.

After a while, I was certain that I left it there. Hence, immediately I rushed down to look for my phone. Of course, at that hour, not many people were still in office, and the only people loitering around in the office lobby was the security guard.

Feeling that this is something that I cannot handle, I informed my manager and later Engineering confirmed that the phone is still in the building.

Based on gut instincts, I went to confront the security guard and asked him whether anyone has taken my phone. I threatened him that we know that the phone is still in the building and its just a matter of time that we will locate the phone. In an instant, the bugger denied anything and said nobody came around and nobody took my phone. Subsequently, I told him, then in that case, I will inform management on this and they will go thru the security video.

However, then he retorted and says he will help me look for the phone. Feeling pissed, I gave him an ultimatum. I told him that my shift is ending at 2.30am, and I will come down once again to see if he has found my phone. If the phone is found, I will let the case go.

So, later...guess what? I came down at 2.30am, and he miraculously found my phone! He mentioned he found it in the gent's toilet. And as I inspected my phone.....the SIM card is missing!

What the?!!?

So, let me get this straight......I left my phone on the sofa-chair in the lobby. Then somebody took it; took out my SIM card, and left the phone in the toilet.

Can somebody tell me the logic of this story????? I didnt know my SIM was "that" valueble.

Geez.....maybe someone just wanted to take a look at the NYP gal video clip and accidentally flushed my SIM card down the toilet.

Security my ass!!!!

What If All Movies Were Made Porn

Another Friday night at home. Sigh....

Same old, same old. Nothing much to life these days. Especially when I'm bored out out my mind. I know its a big waste of time, but I just watched anime the entire day, reading up on new handphones, and play around with different software programs.

Whoop-dee-doo. Thats exciting.

Anyway, when bored people have too much time on their hands, we tend to get a little bit......creative.

Was talking cock online with the Black Byes (those of you who arent familiar with this term...more on this next time) the other day. It was the first time all four of us "gathered" online and we chatted nothing but but pure rubbish. But no doubt, I had alot of fun! Haha. Seriously, it was the highlight of my friggin day actually.

Still, wat transpired from our conversation was what if all movies were made pornographic. And I have to really give credit to my Slut Bro who came up with most of these ideas.

And once we're done.....this is the list of movies that we like to see. Hehe...

Underwear: Evolution............................adapted from Underworld: Evolution

The Pink Pussy..........................................adapted from The Pink Panther

Shameless: The Man Who Stood Up for Asian Porn........adapted from Fearless

V for Vagina...................................................adapted from V for Vendetta

Fantastic Foursome.................................sheesh! do I even need to clarify?

So, look out for these movies coming to a cinema near you!!!!

(Due to copyright laws or defamation, the author doesnt have the balls to publish the entire poster, so that he doenst get his ass sued in court)

Dr. Luv

Geez...its been 3 days I have been rotting at home.

And if you'd asked me, I've done nothing productive at all. Still, atleast my eye is getting much much better.

So, what have I been doing at home? Nothing but watching movies and stuffing my face with junk food.

Though, its kinda ironic that I have all this free time and yet, can't seem to find anything to do with it. Quite sometime ago, I have mentioned before that relationships is the furthest thing on my mind.

Well, maybe its the free time and maybe its the loneliness; but its getting to me.

Was talking to a friend earlier on. Seems like he has an interest with this gal and was askin me how to make his next move. So, there I was, trying to give him my "expert" advice.

But then it dawned on me. On a regular basis, I have alot of friends that always comes to me whenever they have BGR problems. And of course, time and again, I would tell them wat to do best...from a neutral party's perspective.

In the end, then only I realise, thats just me. All talk but no action. I can give fantastic advice, but when it comes down to my own love life, I'm such a screw up.

Always saying the wrong things and always fumbling around myself. And you know what? To make matters worse, I was just reflecting on the past the other day. And it seems that all the girls that I was once interested in.....are all now like my best friends!

I mean, its great to see that when people cant make it as lovers, they are able to make it as bestfriends. But seriously....its rubbing salt in the would when these girls come to me telling me their relationship problems when, once a upon a time, I had feelings for them. Ironic, huh?

Anyway, to me its alright. In many ways, I'm happy for that friend of mine. Atleast he has a target. And just the other day, a friend just got attached too. Really happy for them.

Sometimes thats one of the things I consider if ever I were to return to Penang. There, atleast I have a social life. My phone rings non-stop. Here, I don't even need to charge it for 4 to 5 days straight. And not to mention, I have no idea who to call.

Sometimes, when the inferior complex sets in; I do ask myself whats wrong with me. I mean, there has to be something wrong rite? Being single has its perks, but when you are a working-financially stable guy.....who doenst seem to be able to get hitched...then I guess its the personality then. Or maybe I have an attitude problem. Or maybe I don't have the looks. Who knows? Most probably the girls.

Work has been bad too. Was talking to the sluts earlier on. Seems like nothing's going right at work. Talks of retrenchment, pay cuts and procedural changes really worries us. Seems to us that even good and productive CSOs are being targeted these days. And like Ah Ho said it best, "Staff morale has hit rock bottom".

Ultimately, I'm starting to really hate shift work too. For instance, last Friday night a friend told me she was going clubbing and asked me what would I be doing. After thinking a while, I told her that I'm going bowling and will be going home early to sleep cos I will be working at 8am the next morning.

At that time, I didnt think much of it.

But at the bowling alley, my mind started to wander. I told myself; I'm a 25 year old swinging bachelor. And I'm bowling on a Friday night and most probably I'll be going to bed at 10pm cos I have to work the next day. Is this the kinda of life I should be living?

Unfortunately, the word "No" resonates in my mind. In many aspects, I feel I am earning good money for the work. But also, sometimes I feel I'm sacrifing the best parts of my youth. I dont want to look back next time and regret I've not allowed myself to enjoy my life.....and regret not doing the things I want to do. For almost 3 years now, I have been working mostly on weekends and public holidays. And the only free time I have are when I am off on weekdays. So, its really stressful on the social life. And of course, it sounds wierd when you say, "Gee, want to go clubbing on a Monday night?".

Guess nothing's going well. Failure in love and feels like I'm a failure in my career too. Though, atleast I am thankful that I have a roof over my head and food on my plate.

Just wish that atleast my life is moving somewhere. Cos now it seems like I'm stuck in this hole and place, and I don't know how to get out of it.