He does not get ‘it’

The ‘Queen’ is back today at noon from overseas. I did not want to risk it in case she did not have jet lag and came to the office. I parked the car at my normal parking spot. When lady boss came in she said she did not think that her mum (the ‘Queen’) would turn up for work. I kept quiet. (The ‘Queen’ did not turn up but she did call)

The client who received his Occupation Certificates via fax called and thanked me twice this morning after the boss faxed the certificates to him. He is definitely too polite.

Boss called for a staff meeting again today, exactly a week after the previous one. After he finished talking about business, he told us the following.

1. We would get our increment letter this week. I wonder this time how much I would get. The last increment I had was November last year, which means after 8 months. I expect I would not get as much as last November this time round.

2. Now that we have a microwave in the office, someone should start using it. But since most people do not know how to use it, I proposed the lady boss to do a demo. She said maybe we should order some pizzas from Pizza Hut soon and she can give a demo in heating them up.

3. Those that put their food inside the fridge should put their name on it so that other people cannot touch it.

That was when my golden opportunity came to talk about the ‘snooping around’ business. Yes I spoke my mind and the boss totally agreed with me. He said we should respect other people’s privacy.

After that some of my colleagues applauded me. But I only found out this evening before we went home that JE (the ‘snooping around’ person) on hearing what I said asked himself who I was talking about. I did not hear him say that. Otherwise I would tell him directly. Why am I being so nasty?

The reason is because this person is so used being like that. He does not know it is wrong to do that probably because his family members do not mind him doing that. But we are not his family members, he should learn to respect our privacy.

When I saw KK and asked him what he thought about me speaking up, he just said ‘like no difference’. I did not press on further because I had to attend to an urgent matter straight after that. But this evening my colleague NE told me that when JE saw some food on KK’s table, once again he went to touch the food to see what they are. KK did not say anything but JL who sat him behind had to tell JE off. Good on JL.

Upon hearing that, I am back to square one. I have to re-emphasize this ‘snooping around’ business again. Obviously there is something wrong with this guy. He does not get ‘it’.

I had this for lunch today. RM3.

Curry ‘sotong’ (cuttlefish), sweet & sour chicken and stir fried green beans.

I found this in the fridge and cannot refrain myself from not taking a shot. A couple of my colleagues laughed at me.

'Homemade ‘Siew’ bun and curry puffs

Homemade ‘Siew Yuk’ and Spare Ribs

I had one curry puff before dinner. It tasted better than the previous time mum made them.

The ‘Siew Yuk’ was very crunchy. Do not know whether the crunchiness would still be there after a while. The spare ribs were slightly overcooked. Mum forgot to put a dash of honey on them.

The rain was pouring just before I had my shower tonight. Thank God that I am home and for the hot water. Simply lovely …