She’s the IT lady. Not ‘tea lady’ mind you. People may hear it wrongly but you shouldn’t if it is written down. If we have IT guys, we can have IT ladies right. We called her to install some program into some of the PCs. Unlike in my previous company, we can install anything on our own, this is a more controlled environment. It can get very frustrating sometimes but I do not complaint that much. I can do whatever I want on my own laptop so let’s just follow the rules at work.
Since I’m the only one who can explain things that an IT person can understand immediately without having to decipher a layman’s language, she asked me all the questions she needed to know and asked for my extension. The only thing that bothers me is she called me ‘Kak’! For one, I don’t think it is very professional to called people Kak and Abang at work. I also think she looks older than I am. Perasannya dia muda daripada kita. Anyway, I tried to rationalize things. People from my batch were not so much into IT last time. So she probably is younger than me despite not looking very young.
Not long after that episode, I went for lunch with a colleague. She has an 18-year-old daughter but I called her by her name and we have no problem with that. Then, we met someone from another department, another floor, known to my colleague in the lift. It is only natural for my colleague to invite her along. I don’t have any problem with that except when she started referring to me as ‘Kak’ despite having been properly introduced.
This really can’t be. I thought she looked older than me so I asked how old she is. Point blank after she called me ‘Kak’ for like 10 times. She said, "Oh! I’m 34. I’m not embarrassed to announce my age." To which my colleague replied, "Than you can’t called her ‘Kak’. She’s younger than you." I only smiled. Hehehehe... Revenge is sweet. OK! OK! I’m over reacting but I wonder do I appear older than my age or my maturity shines through and make me look older hehehe... I didn’t sound very mature now do I but I can act any way I want in my blog :D
On a serious note, at work, I believe we should call our peers by their name unless they refer themselves as ‘Kak A (bukan nama sebenar)’ to you. If you’re not sure, ask how you should address them. If they are in a higher position, you can use Puan or Cik. I have no problem if people wrongly called me Puan. But if you called me Kak and you’re not supposed to, I might forget I’m a mature 31 years old.
-young-at-heart-
Sunflower gives the connotation of cheerfulness, bright, jolly, merry... you get the idea! However, if any content in this blog didn't fit the cheerfulness implied by its name, look at it this way... I'm putting down all the wretchedness, gloom, melancholy feeling in here so I can continue living up to the expectation of making the association to the sunflower.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Cobwebbed Blog
I tiptoed inside and look around. Yikes!!! I see cobwebs everywhere. The place is dusty too. Sign of neglect is everywhere. I put on the mask (I have some leftovers from the bad haze time not long ago) and started to clean the area up. I hope the mask will reduce the possibility of me getting an allergy reaction to all the dust in the air while cleaning the space. The space I’m mentioning here is my BLOG!!! My poor, poor blog. I’ve been extremely busy the past few weeks and have not been able to do any update despite having so many things to share. Sigh!
Not only my virtual space has been ignored. Even my apartment has been neglected. I’ve been sleeping at 2.00 to 4.00 in the morning lately. Wake up early, go to work, come back and take a nap, wake up and continue working again. I’ve clean up my apartment today. I still haven’t tackled the bathroom but I’m beat. I’ll leave that for later. Maybe like, next week. I’m not a superwoman and will not pretend to be one. I wanted to do something about my virtual space for now :)
I’ll try to catch up with my writing as much as I can before the hectic cycle begins again. I’ve started giving out training (for my new job) and until I’m satisfied with the content and the material, I’ll be very busy. I’m not complaining. Despite the frantic pace I’m going right now, I’m loving it.
Not only my virtual space has been ignored. Even my apartment has been neglected. I’ve been sleeping at 2.00 to 4.00 in the morning lately. Wake up early, go to work, come back and take a nap, wake up and continue working again. I’ve clean up my apartment today. I still haven’t tackled the bathroom but I’m beat. I’ll leave that for later. Maybe like, next week. I’m not a superwoman and will not pretend to be one. I wanted to do something about my virtual space for now :)
I’ll try to catch up with my writing as much as I can before the hectic cycle begins again. I’ve started giving out training (for my new job) and until I’m satisfied with the content and the material, I’ll be very busy. I’m not complaining. Despite the frantic pace I’m going right now, I’m loving it.
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Rational Justification
I think I'm too serious for my own good. People or friends would say something in jest or as a joke and I'd give a serious, rational justification to them. Then the people or friends would tell me not to be too emotional, it's just a jest or a joke and I'd be pissed off because they say I'm emotional. Duh! I'm not emotional lah. I'm just too serious. OK! So maybe I'm emotional now just because people say I'm emotional. I'm always rational or tried to be rational so being called emotional didn't sit very well with me.
Mr. Y is tall, dark, handsome and very much a married man with two kids. We join the new company on the same day so naturally we became close. He's the only person I feel I can talk too when there are things that I better not share with the people at work if I want to get my employment confirmation. For those who knew me, Mr. Y is very safe with me. His wife doesn't have anything to worry about. But that doesn't stop other people from gossiping especially the group from our team.
Scene 1
A is new too but she joins a month after both of us. Even before A joins us, our team has match make A with H. They're both single, over the age of 40 and on the plump side. To steer the attention away from him, H decided to turn the attention to Mr. Y and me because he saw us having lunch together the day he had lunch with A :) Have you ever noticed that married man will just laugh if people taught or assume they're single and available instead of putting the record straight? I may talk about this in another entry. While Mr. Y goes hehehe... I steered the attention back to H and A. I went out to lunch with whomever in our team who is around the office. Everyone else is away that day, either on a different floor, meeting here and there, which left only Mr. Y around. So I went out to lunch with Mr. Y. See! I'm doing that 'rational justification' thing again.
Scene 2
We're having lunch in a group. The only place left is between me and B, and another one in between another colleague. Mr. Y chooses to sit beside me. Probably it's nearer than to go around and sit at the other end. A colleague, Mr. S, who came late, then remarked that I always sit beside Mr. Y. I sat at the end so he assumed Mr. Y sit first and then I choose the seat. To which I responded, "I didn't sit beside him. He sits beside me. I choose the spot because I want to sit in front of M (another female colleague)". They laughed and can't usik2 anymore coz there's nothing else they can say.
But then I thought, why on earth do I take it so seriously. I should probably cheekily answer because Mr. S is late so I have to sit beside the next good-looking guy around. I know it's not a big deal but I just realized how serious I was. Every joke, every jest, I'd give my rational justification as if my life depended on it. I answer it in a joking tone actually but the answer is a very serious answer. That is why if I answer like that in SMS or email where people can't hear my tone, they'd say I'm serious. They'd say I'm emotional. Sigh!
Scene 3
Mr. Y SMSed. He said he feels like he's coming down with fever. If he didn't come to office tomorrow, it's probably because he got an MC. We're each other's messenger. When I thought I'd be late because I got stuck in a traffic jam, I called him too. We don't SMS each other after work. There's no reason for me to exchange SMS with a married man lah right. But when Mr. Y said he's coming down with fever tonight, I replied OK (meaning I understand the MC part and will relay the message to the relevant person), I also wish him to get well soon and take care.
Then I receive a reply which said, "TQ. Concern jugak u pada i". Yikes! Mana boleh camtu!!! I must give my 'rational justification' lah kan. So I said, "That is just courtesy wishes. I'm sure your wife would fuss and be concerned for you that whether I said anything or not is immaterial". I got another reply which said, "take it easy sue. jgn emotional sgt. i saje je kacau u". Emotional??! Emotional??! I wasn't emotional. Now, I am! I was torn between leaving thing as it is or making sure he knows I'm not emotional. I choose the latter. Sigh! Now that makes me look like a very emotional person.
Hmmm... I must change my ways. I don't have to justify my every action to people right! In a way, I am a bit concern with Mr. Y. He's not just a colleague. We've become friends too. It's not as if my colleague thought I'd marry Mr. Y in Perlis or Siam. If I wanted to get hitched with a married man, I'd have done so a long time ago. OK! No more 'rational justification'.
Mr. Y is tall, dark, handsome and very much a married man with two kids. We join the new company on the same day so naturally we became close. He's the only person I feel I can talk too when there are things that I better not share with the people at work if I want to get my employment confirmation. For those who knew me, Mr. Y is very safe with me. His wife doesn't have anything to worry about. But that doesn't stop other people from gossiping especially the group from our team.
Scene 1
A is new too but she joins a month after both of us. Even before A joins us, our team has match make A with H. They're both single, over the age of 40 and on the plump side. To steer the attention away from him, H decided to turn the attention to Mr. Y and me because he saw us having lunch together the day he had lunch with A :) Have you ever noticed that married man will just laugh if people taught or assume they're single and available instead of putting the record straight? I may talk about this in another entry. While Mr. Y goes hehehe... I steered the attention back to H and A. I went out to lunch with whomever in our team who is around the office. Everyone else is away that day, either on a different floor, meeting here and there, which left only Mr. Y around. So I went out to lunch with Mr. Y. See! I'm doing that 'rational justification' thing again.
Scene 2
We're having lunch in a group. The only place left is between me and B, and another one in between another colleague. Mr. Y chooses to sit beside me. Probably it's nearer than to go around and sit at the other end. A colleague, Mr. S, who came late, then remarked that I always sit beside Mr. Y. I sat at the end so he assumed Mr. Y sit first and then I choose the seat. To which I responded, "I didn't sit beside him. He sits beside me. I choose the spot because I want to sit in front of M (another female colleague)". They laughed and can't usik2 anymore coz there's nothing else they can say.
But then I thought, why on earth do I take it so seriously. I should probably cheekily answer because Mr. S is late so I have to sit beside the next good-looking guy around. I know it's not a big deal but I just realized how serious I was. Every joke, every jest, I'd give my rational justification as if my life depended on it. I answer it in a joking tone actually but the answer is a very serious answer. That is why if I answer like that in SMS or email where people can't hear my tone, they'd say I'm serious. They'd say I'm emotional. Sigh!
Scene 3
Mr. Y SMSed. He said he feels like he's coming down with fever. If he didn't come to office tomorrow, it's probably because he got an MC. We're each other's messenger. When I thought I'd be late because I got stuck in a traffic jam, I called him too. We don't SMS each other after work. There's no reason for me to exchange SMS with a married man lah right. But when Mr. Y said he's coming down with fever tonight, I replied OK (meaning I understand the MC part and will relay the message to the relevant person), I also wish him to get well soon and take care.
Then I receive a reply which said, "TQ. Concern jugak u pada i". Yikes! Mana boleh camtu!!! I must give my 'rational justification' lah kan. So I said, "That is just courtesy wishes. I'm sure your wife would fuss and be concerned for you that whether I said anything or not is immaterial". I got another reply which said, "take it easy sue. jgn emotional sgt. i saje je kacau u". Emotional??! Emotional??! I wasn't emotional. Now, I am! I was torn between leaving thing as it is or making sure he knows I'm not emotional. I choose the latter. Sigh! Now that makes me look like a very emotional person.
Hmmm... I must change my ways. I don't have to justify my every action to people right! In a way, I am a bit concern with Mr. Y. He's not just a colleague. We've become friends too. It's not as if my colleague thought I'd marry Mr. Y in Perlis or Siam. If I wanted to get hitched with a married man, I'd have done so a long time ago. OK! No more 'rational justification'.
Monday, September 5, 2005
Seven Summonses
Oh oh... I'm in trouble. Upon checking my summons today, found out I have 7 summonses dated back to 2002. 6 of them are for speeding. I'm sooo... in trouble. Sigh! Have to 'korek' some money to pay the summonses while the police are offering 50% discount. Arrgghhh.... There goes my raya shopping.
Note: If you want to check your summons via SMS, type POLIS SAMAN <CarNo> SEMUA or POLIS SAMAN <IC No> SEMUA and send to DAPAT (32728).
The SEMUA command is to get all your summonses. I have to make that clear because if we just read the capitalized letters in the SMS, it reads POLIS SAMAN SEMUA hehehe... By the way, I don't have any summons when I use my IC No. but the SMS keep on coming with my car no. So you might want to check for both. You'll be charge RM0.15 for every SMS sent and RM0.50 for every SMS received.
Note: If you want to check your summons via SMS, type POLIS SAMAN <CarNo> SEMUA or POLIS SAMAN <IC No> SEMUA and send to DAPAT (32728).
The SEMUA command is to get all your summonses. I have to make that clear because if we just read the capitalized letters in the SMS, it reads POLIS SAMAN SEMUA hehehe... By the way, I don't have any summons when I use my IC No. but the SMS keep on coming with my car no. So you might want to check for both. You'll be charge RM0.15 for every SMS sent and RM0.50 for every SMS received.
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