Ma Virtual Diary

fat boy fat boy..whatcha gonna do?? whatcha gonna do when its time to show…fat boy fat boy…whatcha gonna do?? whatcha gonna when its time to show..fat boy fat boy…

well, one of the request from best man team lead was to wear a suit during the wedding ceremony…only suit i ever had was a free suit from SRC during uni days..and it was like 5 years ago !!…i can still fit into the blazer but cant fit into the pants anymore !!, jeezzz…

so now my best bet is to mix and match so that the difference wouldnt be so obvious…not sure if i m able to do just that with my limited selections of trousers…ooo mannn…on one of the rarest occassion in my life where i get to be a best man but i cant dress to kill…y?? cause i m FAT !!!….

fat boy fat boy..whatcha gonna do?? whatcha gonna do when its time to show, fat boy fat boy….

received an email early in the afternoon asking me to collect my new employee handbook…revised version 2007…ignored it until after lunch…lunch buddies made me panicked cause first thing he said…"i dun see the bonus clause in there…:("….

whoaa..that got us frantically searchin for the old handbook, especially for me since i’ve just joined 3 weeks ago with an outdated handbook??? seems like i would have been cheated if they suddenly change the bonus policy…unfortunately no one wanted to email the HR and asked about this…

so i finally decided probably for my own sake, i should be the one doing it…else it would be very unfortunate as it could have been the shortest period i’ve work in a company….

phewww…the reply from HR came as a relieve…"hi chuan, thanks for your concern. we will update this clause in the future version. as of now, the bonus policy remains the same as before. please refer to previous version attachment on this policy"…..

ahhh..dun panic, dun panic..keep back that resignation letter template…;)

i’ve been asked on several occassions to "keep mountain" on ma social life & activities and concentrate on more healthy stuff….ferlicious was saying shes retired…tan june keng long long time ago says shes retired…itawpp was saying her health is deteriorating, can only take wine…goonie was saying keep focus…tth can only say one thing,"i suddenly miss her" whenever we r out chilling…wanee is broke now…sou heng would say "hou sam la…complaint that RM4 ice kacang is expensive.."…..

and soooooo…this month of june is kinda packed with healthy activities, wonder if it would be a good start…but with every new thing coming, old thing must hav a grand farewell for old time sake !!…so it calls for a final celebration !!…and i m goin out with a bang !!…free flow cause i m gonna be one of the best man during this weekend’s wedding…

"leng, u just need to come on friday nite and saturday nite…dun worry bout anything else"….ahhh…comforting words…but tth just had to be the wet blanket !!…"ahhh..must control ar..control, take care of image !!"….another sou heng-san in the making !!

this story will continue…….

coffee has always been my "stay-awake" tonic…though i try to keep off it whenever i dun need to stay awake cause its a really strong potent for myself…one point of time, i got so addicted to it that if i dun take it, i will get migranes and nothing can cure it except for the taste and smell of coffee…experimented that before in a very excruciating manner !!

ever since starting with this new job, its been rather painful especially after lunch where my head would virtually be "fishing" the chinese saying…yesterday i finally decided to give in to coffee…funny this is that i made a cup but i took onli 1 or 2 sip and i was instantly awake…then i left the whole cup on my desk and continued working…after several hours, i decided to pour the coffee away cause it was already cold…and immediately after that i felt sleepy again !!..

same thing happened today…was totally sleepy after lunch, i m pretty sure i could hav fallen asleep if i was driving…i made a cup of coffee and just smelt the aroma, without even sipping and i was instantly awake !!…similarly i just left the cup there without even drinkin it but i didnt wanna pour it away until i had to to avoid falling asleep again..

goshhh..seems like i m not just able to get addicted physically but physiologically as well !!…oooo mannnn..reminds me of the Human Development course i took in uni..Pavolsky theory or something like that ..where a dog was given a stimuli in the form of food on the first day..the subsequent days, dog was given the food with a bell ringing in the background…after several days, the dog was onli given the ringing of bell and the dog started salivating indicating that its MEAL time !!

come on ah leng…pull together..pull together…u still hav some months to go !!

goonie was in town over the weekend..apparently he was supposed to be a present for a birthday gurl…muahahahaha…i thought that was cool…all the way here to be a present..

simple dinner with the bruder, goonie and goonie’s birthday gift recipient….then head off to zouk…uuuuuuuuuuu..interesting crowd it was…goonie didnt hav a colar tshirt with him so i had to borrow him mine..i was at the toilet naked where everyone saw me and looked at me…finally the toilet caretaker asked me to enter one of the cubicle while waiting for goonie..

goonie walked in and went in the cubicle with me inside, once again, we became center of attention…goonie was saying that hes bloody shy cause ppl probably thought we were having a quickie or something….

high school buddy was in da club too celebrating rachel’s birthday…with a bottle of vodka in hand for a triple celebration !!..birthday..my change of job and tk’s new job not to mention the fact that its been like 2++ years since i last went out with goonie…

it was a memorable nite, as i was driving home to a couple of nice soothing music…at the back of head i was thinkin…life was definitely much simpler and nicer back then…..

the date was 24/05/2007, approximately 8.15am…it was a good morning…great sunrise above the horizon..i was early, as usual, left the house took my own sweet time driving to office…

aiyarr…good day…but same o traffic…jam as usual…traffic infront was heavy..my car to a stationary halt…my foot on the brake pedal ready to engage the clutch the minute i see the traffic infront move…i looked to the sides..i looked behind, i looked in front, just to see whos around me and whos trapped in the jam with me…

"BANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG !!!", my car jerked infront..i manage to step on the brakes hard enuff…."oooo man…..u gotta be kidding me !!…in a stalled traffic, i got kissed in the butt !!"…i alighted from the car, checked the front car’s damage…it was just a small scratch to the front VIOS…"phewwww…minimal damage"….i inspected the back…."arrrghhhh….dented bumper, dented hood door"

…"ehhh..sorry ler..issit bad?? did i hit you badly???"….voice of a female lady….ahhhhh….i was thinking…damage done, no point arguing in the middle of stalled traffic, gonna make it worst…each one of us took out our details and wrote it down..then i told the lady.."do u wanna look at the front car???"…then the lady looked at me…"y should i look at the front car? i bang ur car, i settle with u…u bang the front car, u settle with him"….then front car owner got abit angry and said "hey..kak, u first time driving ke?? in this situation you kena bayar both car sebab kereta kita dah berhenti tapi you langgar dari belakang"….then the lady said.." harrr???…i think we better make police report la kalu macam tu.."….

okkkk..fine by me…3 of us, went to the uptown police station, turns out it was a narcotic center, we had to go newtown to make the police report…me and the front guy went on without the lady cos apparently she had a 9am appointment…

we were sitting down in the police station then this nice old police uncle came and ask what was our problem…we told him the whole story and he said…"sooo..the lady who bang u is not around??"…we shook our heads..and he laughed while saying, "biasa la tuu…yang salah tu selalu datang lambat punya…dia orang biasanya settle hal sendiri dulu..hal orang dia tak kisah sangat…takpe takpe..u isi borang dulu..nanti buat report kat kaunter situ"

in the midst of all this frustration, while keying in the report i was pretty impressed with how well equipped the IT department is in the police station…they had this website of report template..where u just click on the drop down button to select and in the end comes out as 1 complete template of report…whoaaa…impressive !!..went into a sarjan’s room made my police report, etc…wow..feels like in the movies, where my statement is being recorded down…

went back to the office, related my morning incident to the boss and my boss highlighted an important point i forgot to mention.."it is due to the back car who banged into my stationary car causing it to move thus banging the front car !!"…goshhh..without this statement, the back car will not be paying the car i bang !!…i quickly rushed back to the police station, met the same old policeman and told him i wanted to make an ammendment…he laughed at me and said, " ini penambahan, bukan pembetulan…"…then i looked at him…he was right..i wasnt making an ammendment, i was making additional statement which i have forgotten to make earlier on….

later in the evening, the very same lady gave me a call again saying that now she wanna settle by cash..i said ok but i couldnt determine the cost of repair thus i can only send her the quotation later…brought my car to my normal foreman…he estimated about RM 500 for the cost of repair and repainting…faxed her the quotation this morning and she changed her mind and wanted me to claim from her insurance..

BAKA !!…damm kuai lan…its gonna be a whole new different story when it comes to insurance claim..first things first, i gotta get a complete report from the police station stating that shes in the wrong and thus she needs to be responsible for my repair cost as well as the car i banged…

this story continues….

uuuuuu…ahhhhh….shessshhhh…hot hot…i knoe i knoe…its not gonna happen the 2nd time, let me get through this..i gotta heal quickly !!

jeeezzzz…this is something that i will never be able to understand and accept…its a project managed by top 5 company..yet we have mentality of asians workin in that company totally spoiling the image of it altogether !!

i do admit, its fine to be a perfectionist in delivering ur deliverables but not at the expense of other person’s time !! it would always be against my principle to do that…jeezzz…

ppppphewwwww….it is indeed an uphill task to relearn and get in touch with the system once u have left it like for about 1++ years…yeahh..its true that some ppl do argue that system is still a system..how hard can it get to recall what you have learnt in the past??…but still…..probably i m getting lazy and age is catchin up so the desire to learn has died down abit??…i dunnnooo….but one thing is for sure…i m motivated to get up early and be one of the few first to be in…and thats pretty nice to knoe…

i feel young again..its like back in the good o days of schooling time, where u sole purpose to get that fat ass up and dressed up for school and reaching school on time trying to avoid being blacklisted by the "pengawas"….its just unfortunate that air around my housing area isnt that fresh like last time anymore…

overall, its pretty nice environment, though i hav experience, ppl dont really come disturb u or give u the looks whenever i say i dunno…though i feel rather stupid saying i dunno at times but thats the fact, i can never know everything though i wish i could at times…hehehehe…and the best part is everyone is new at using this..including myself..so theres so much to learn and endless hours looking at SDN and OSS looking for solutions and patches..which is exciting actually…dig dig dig dig…

for the first few days, it did hit me whether i should still continue doing this now that the market isnt exactly that niche anymore…just image this, when this project has gone live, there will be another additional 5 ppl in the market whos gonna be my future competitor in the workforce…however, after chatting with sze lee, he mentioned that this workforce ship is probably big enuff for atleast the next few years to come cause according to him, there will be endless opportunites for softwares like that…thought i might disagree to his point of view, but he did get some of right…

it does get abit disheartening when ppl can get the solution to ur problem when u cant urself…i guess thats all part of learning and i should be more receptive of such situation..its a blessing in disguise !! dun need me to dig and spend more time researching what ppl already knoe..hehehe…

ahhhh well…life goes on…..

usual day @ work, booted up my machine..started internet explorer…www.friendster.com……not too long…please enter ur username and password…."ehhh…i thought i save password??…ahhh…nvm, lets go look @ my notepad and see whats this internet password that i’ve gotta use"…….keyed in..enter…same dialog box popped up again…after 3 tries…PAGE NOT AUTHORIZED….

haihhhhhh……….needless to say….goodbye world…………………………………….on working days………….