Quote of the Century

‘The air-conditioner is so cold until I am freezing to death’.

Hello!

That means all the people esp. those in countries with cold weather are dead by now.

There is such thing as a jacket or sweater or cardigan. So wear one. Just because you are freezing, why do all of us have to suffer by having no air-conditioner on? Can you please try not to be selfish for once?

Loan Repayment

For the past few months I have been praying that God would bless those people who owe me money so that when their cup is overflowing, they can return the money they owe me back to me.

Yesterday I plucked up the courage and talked to TI. I suddenly had become more 'thick face'. I asked him if he has a plan on how to repay the money back to me. He went away for a while and came back with a piece of paper detailing the target with corresponding period he wants to return the money by.

When I looked at the piece of paper, I was skeptical of the amount he wrote to be returned today.

Today TI returned about 20% of what he owes me. But I am not nasty to the extent that I do not care whether he could provide food for his family. He mentioned his wife started working in the Housekeeping Department in one of the newly hotel converted from a house near their home. As a result, his wife has been able to contribute to the family’s financial position and therefore help to ease the financial burden.

TI kept on thanking me for all the favours I had given to him and kept on apologising for taking such a long time to repay his loan.

Of course I am happy to finally see some money being returned to me. Some people would say I have become richer now. Well, the money is mine in the first place, so I am not richer by any measure.

Assistant at Work

One of my colleagues KYF who is based at the project site started work again middle of last month after one month break in between projects.

But eventhough Letter of Award had been issued to the contractor for the project he is looking after, there is still no physical work on site as to date. As a result, KYF has been spending most of his time in the office.

I am thankful to have him helping me with a bit of my work. Each time when I thank him after helping me, he would say I do not need to do that since he’s getting paid for it. Well, manners is manners.

There are people in the office that I have never heard the word thank you being utter out from their mouth at all. Maybe it is not in their vocabulary.

Finally …

About three months back, the bludger of the company (JE) told the lady boss verbally in the absence of the boss that he wanted to resign at the end of June 2008 or should I say take unpaid leave indefinitely. He wants to look after his newborn baby, due that same month since he and his wife could not find a babysitter. His wife does not want to resign from her government job at the hospital. Otherwise she will lose her gratuity at the end of the day.

(My colleague NE bumped into JE’s elder brother recently and JE’s brother told NE that JE has found another job as a car salesman)

At the end of June 2008, the boss held a farewell lunch for JE and my temporary assistant (UMS student) plus welcoming a new draftslady into the company. On the way to the restaurant, the boss asked JE (we were inside the boss’s car) about his resignation. He told the boss that since he had a relative to help him to look after the baby in the month of July, he would still be working.

NE and I were extremely annoyed on hearing that. If he wants to resign, just resign. Do not allow the matter to drag on. Plus isn’t it his courtesy to inform the boss no matter what his decision is and not wait for the boss to ask him. But that is the kind of thing that is expected from a bludger, someone who is extremely slow in his work and never pro-active but when it is the time to eat, act as if he just came out from prison ie. work the least but eat the most.

Last month when the boss said he would review our salary, JE was adamant that he was not going to leave anymore. He also told other colleagues that since the boss was so nice in giving us vouchers to spend, he would definitely be staying put.

Last Wednesday when our colleague was treating all the office staff to lunch at Restaurant Kim Fah, the boss once again asked JE whether July would be his last month and how long would he be taking unpaid leave, he avoided answering the questions. The bosses also requested him to leave on last Friday instead of last Thursday and he obliged.

Last Friday when the Resident Engineer (KL) asked JE whether that day was his last day, JE told KL he would still be coming to work today. I quickly told the lady boss after KL told me what JE told him. At that time the boss was attending a meeting outside. Once again my colleague NE and I were extremely annoyed in hearing that.

That Friday afternoon when the boss came back to the office, he summoned JE inside his room. I do not know what he told the boss but the lady boss told me to prepare JE’s salary for him.

When JE left on last Friday afternoon, no one bothered to say goodbye to him. I guess everyone was hoping that he would not turn up for work today.

All of us were very happy when we did not see his car when we arrived at work today. Even the male colleagues are happy. We hope he would take longer than one week off.

My colleagues were guessing why JE was trying to act as if he’s so indecisive. We can only come into one conclusion. He did not give a black and white re. his resignation so that he can prolong the matter as long as he wants so that the boss would not give him much work thinking that he would not be around for long. But too bad the whole thing backfired on him and he only had himself to blame.

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 …

Snooping Around

Today my lunch was delivered to me by one of the workers from the nearby coffee shop at a time when I was busy as a client was in the office waiting for me to give back some documents to him. So I had no time to put away my lunch from glaring eyes and I just left it with the soup on the table top in the kitchen.

Lo and behold to my horror if I was two seconds late in getting into the kitchen again, my colleague JE would have opened my lunch box. This person really does not know what etiquette or manner is. He really likes to snoop around other people’s things and he does not really care that he is disturbing other people’s privacy.

When I mentioned my annoyance re. JE to another colleague KK, KK told me JE did the same thing to his food a while back when KK put them on his own work table. I told KK that if I have the opportunity during any of our future staff meeting, I am going to complain about this snooping around business. I mean how would I know whether this guy had just come out from the toilet without washing his hands and he’s contaminating my food, which by the way was none of his business in the first place.

I am also having second thoughts about bringing lunch from home to the office. If I do that, I think I cannot leave it lying around. I have to make sure it is properly sealed and put in a place where JE cannot lay his hands on. Or maybe I need to write on the top of the lunchbox ‘do not disturb’ or ‘please keep your hands off this!’ haha

Same goes with putting things inside the refrigerator.

Learn the PC

Yesterday my colleague who is based at the project site and the one whom I helped with the report last Saturday came to office and told me to improve something for him.

I told him I got major deadline to meet but he would not hear anything about it and insisted that I helped him eventhough I told him I would improve on the next report. He even instructed me to call CL at his own office to check how many sets of report he needed to prepare because he had no idea when I asked him. By then I was quite mad because he and CL are in the same office and yet he did not take the initiative to ask her himself. He even had the guts to say that CL does not know much. I even up scolding him because CL has been working in the construction company longer than I have been working in the company.

He also told me he wanted to learn to use the pc so that he can do the report himself. So I told him to learn quickly to make my life and maybe CL’s life easier as well.

Further Update

Today colleague NE had this statement on her MSN ‘hidung tinggi. Orang kaya jahat dan kedekut’. (Literally translated from Malay: High nose (ie. stuck up). Rich people bad and stingy)). Ok so if the bosses do not fulfill your request, do you have to say that about them? Afterall they have been very generous to lend you $ in the past and it is their prerogative to or not to lend you now and not your RIGHT to demand.

This evening before lady boss went home, she signed some cheques and told me to write out a cheque for NE. Eventhough she also agreed with me that NE should not buy the house, nevertheless she still agreed to lend her the $. I thought that will probably shut NE’s mouth up a bit but instead she put this statement on her MSN ‘bosan tengok orang sombong’ (Literally translated from Malay: Fed up looking at arrogant person/people) I wonder who is she referring to? Bosses? Or me? Or someone else?

Lady boss also passed me NE’s file while telling me to write out the cheque. The RM1K for now is only for the booking fee. She obtained 90% loan from the bank. In two years’ time she will have to start to repay slightly over RM1K per month for the bank loan and the total amount of loan plus interest is a bit short of RM208K!

Would you like to be in her shoes?

Go figure yourself and I rest my case.

Flu and cough

Today my bout of flu is getting worst. I also started coughing as well.

Since the office renovation is not done yet, the dusts in the atmosphere only make it worst for me especially for someone with asthma background.

Tomorrow is the King of Malaysia’s birthday and therefore it is a public holiday for those of us who work on Saturday. One of my colleagues will be getting married in Kota Belud. Some of my colleagues will be attending the reception at 4p.m. I am too lazy to go up there.

My colleague KK bought a Pensonic microwave oven for the newlyweds from Top Kinabalu at Kompleks Karamunsing last night. At first there were only seven people sharing the gift of RM260 including the wedding card. But when NE heard that she had to fork out RM37 per person, she said she wanted to ask three more people to join including EJ, the miser. I have not received any $ from EJ yet eventhough I had shouted out loudly how much each person has to pay and he had already signed the card. If he still insists on playing the pretending game next Monday, I will not give him face and tell him to pay up.

One of the phone lines went dead this morning and a Telekom technician came to check the fault this afternoon. It was kinda embarassing because the phone was simply off the hook and there was nothing wrong with the phone as what the technician claimed. But the thing is no one would have gone to that place to touch that phone.

The officeboy took away lunch from the Jawa shop for NE and I. Instead of RM3.50 for two meats and one vege dishes, the price has gone up to RM4.00.

Tonight after dinner, I had a glass of orange juice. Hopefully the orange juice would help my flu and cough.

‘Vomitted More Blood’ Today

This morning when I arrived at work, my colleague EJ had already put his annual leave application on my table. He will be on leave for the rest of the week.

Somebody else had to take over his work, which is nothing new.

When the boss came in after his meeting at 11a.m., I told him the bad news. All he could react was a surprise look and shook his head. *sigh*

Senior still Need to be Spoon Fed

The boss was in the office for almost two hours this morning. My colleague ‘dog’ (let me called him EJ from now onwards. I feel rather bad calling him ‘dog’) did not show the boss the work he had finished.

After the boss left the office, he called me on my office mobile phone and told me to check on EJ’s work. After hanging up, I asked EJ whether he had finished the work. He said yes. I asked him why he did not show the boss earlier on. That moron had the courtesy to tell me boss did not ask him. Upon hearing that, I cannot control myself any longer. I reprimanded him for not taking the initiative to show the boss first. Afterall for as long as I have been working in the company, the boss has been reminding everyone to show him whatever work he/she has done and not to just sit on it. I also asked him how is the boss supposed to remember everything everyone is doing when he has been extremely busy lately. EJ kept quiet.

This is the kind of attitude the boss and I have to face each single weekday. People cannot just be proactive but still need to be spoon fed. And this guy is supposed to be a senior. What sort of baloney is that!

Last week after the junior left on 24 hours’ notice, the Senior Design Engineer reprimanded EY for pushing the bulk of his work to the junior. Yesterday another colleague also revealed something shameful he had done. For too long everyone has been keeping their thoughts about him to ourselves but when we could not stand it anymore, everything came out consecutively. Serves him right.

Also when KY came to office this morning, EY also had the guts to tell KY that the pizzas he bought the other day were not sufficient. I did not hear KY’s respond but if it was me, I would have given him a piece of my mind and told him to get his own if he so wants to eat more.

Recently the boss has also been chasing another colleague NE for her work. She managed to finish it and we had extended the amendments to the client yesterday. When NE told another colleague AC that she had completed her part and therefore AC has to continue on doing her part, AC scolded NE for doing her work so fast. AC said that NE should take her sweet time. Can you believe this is the kind of attitude people have? They rather sit down there doing nothing and get paid for it. Truly unbelieavable.

No bonus :(

Today the office boy TI asked me whether I forgot to pass his bonus to the boss to give it to TI. I did not want to be the villain in this situation but I told TI that not everyone received the bonus this time round, which was the truth.

The problem with some of my colleagues is that they like to blab this kinda things out ie. bonus or increment. They cannot keep it to themselves.

In fact the first person to receive the bonus was the Senior Design Engineer PT. So I asked another colleague KK who sits in the same room as PT whether he mentioned anything after receiving his bonus. KK said PT did not utter a single word. This is the type of person I think my boss appreciates.

One colleague even told the rest of her gang she received two months bonus. If that is how she counts then on her next pay I can just write in her cheque the figure of only a third of what her real pay is. This person likes to tell white lies all the time. She does not know that people can countercheck with each other to see whether what she was saying is truth or lie. Not that she cares. She can tell lies without blinking her eyes. I suspect she was the one who blurted out to TI re. the bonus.

After hearing what I said, TI went to get his EA Form and showed me his bonus amount. Ya, as if I do not know, whereas I was the one who prepared it. The boss must have told him that there is still a balance in the bonus amount to be given. But I had to explain to him that the balance would only be given out at the end of May. Then he left me with a dejected look on his face. Poor guy.

Because someone cannot keep her mouth shut, another person is not happy. *sigh*

Happy Half Century

Yesterday my colleague KY who advised me to exercise asked me another question recently. He asked me whether I like to eat pizza. So I told him yes.

The reason he asked me the question was because when another collegue treated us ‘goreng pisang’ (fried bananas) last week, I did not take any. The reason was also because I was coughing. (Btw, I am still coughing right now). In fact I like savoury food more than sweet food. If I go for buffet spread, I can miss out on dessert totally.

Yesterday when my colleague Nanie Enggam and I were on the way back from our lunch, I told her that KY asked me whether I like to eat pizza. Nanie told me I should have told him “Yes I like to eat pizza. Where is the pizza? I wanna eat now!” Haha

So today I wrote her a note when KY was passing by our desks. “Spinxie speaking to KY: ‘I am hungry right now. Can I have the pizza?” Nanie laughed and told me I should tell KY directly. Of course I would never do that.

At midday, true enough KY came back to the office with three Pizza Hut pizzas and two bottles of Pepsi. Nanie and I just stared at each other. We did not speak a word about the note I passed to her so there was no way KY knew what I was thinking. It was just pure coincidence. And one of my wishes that came true right before my very eyes! Hehe

When the boss saw KY holding the pizzas, he announced to everyone that there were pizzas to eat. On hearing this, the ‘dog’ (the one who recently said that he had been working like a dog) who is a very thick face person quickly went to the kitchen. On the way there when he saw only three pizzas, he had the audacity to utter ‘Where got enough?’. Luckily my boss heard what he said and told him that he was a bit too much.

My boss and some colleagues asked KY whether today is his birthday. He did not answer them and said ‘Oh, just want to make a happy occasion, that’s all’.

My boss suggested that we should each take turns to treat each other once a week. If he ever says that again, I will definitely nominate the ‘dog’ first. You see, this ‘dog’ has been in the company for more than ten years but he has never treated anyone to anything. He can even ask a colleague to buy lunch for him but when the food was placed in front of him, he had the guts to tell the person he did not have money and told the person to take home the take away chicken rice for dinner!

In fact in our books, this ‘dog’ has always been too much ie. too much eating (esp. when there are free food available) and wasting time plus passing the bulk of his work to the colleague who just resigned last month on 24 hours’ notice. He is supposed to be a senior but he is so slow in his work.

So today we gave him a new nickname ‘Works like a tortoise but eats like a tiger’. (In this case the phrase ‘slow but steady will definitely not win the race’)

There are two dozens pieces altogether in three pizzas shared among 12 people. We calculated as follows.

1. 3 people only ate 2 pieces each ie. 3 x 2 = 6
2. 2 people only ate 1.5 pieces each ie. 2 x 1.5 = 3
3. 1 person only ate 1 piece ie. 1 x 1 = 1.

The total of that was 10 pieces eaten by 6 people. The balance of 14 pieces were shared among another 6 people of which half were females.

We think that the ‘dog’ must have eaten at least 4 pieces. That is the kind of person he is. He is so damn selfish and never think of others. When it comes to food, he can gobble up anything you put in front of him at the speed of light but when it comes to work, he can just shirk his responsibility to someone else! Everyone else still had to have lunch after eating the pizza/s but he was the only one who skipped lunch.

He is so damn lazy until I suspect he must be the one who put the spoon he used to stir his hot drink into my cup filled with hot water (to get rid of the Milo stain) yesterday since I did not have time to wash it until 5.30p.m. If I can catch the culprit doing it, I will definitely shove the spoon down his throat!

When I had time to check on everyone’s birthday this afternoon, only then I found out that today is indeed KY’s birthday. He turns 50. Happy half century KY.

Speechless but Happy!!!

Eventhough the bosses are really busy with their personal stuff this week, today they dropped by the office after 9.30a.m. As they went into their room (they shared the same room), they closed the door behind them. Usually they would just leave the door open unless they need to discuss something private and confidential without the hearing of the staff.

After thirty seconds the bosses summoned me into their room. Usually in this kind of circumstance, I being a pessimistic person would usually think of the worst scenario, like for instance what have I done wrong now or who has done something wrong and I will get the scolding for it?

But then the bosses told me they wanted to give out bonus today and this bonus is on top of the one we would be receiving at the end of next month. Today’s bonus is for A/Y 2008. I was speechless but happy at the same time.

My colleagues and I do not know what had transpired during the weekend to make the bosses decided to do something so wonderful for us. Either they overheard some of the complaints or they read this blog (hi boss if you are reading this :)). Anyway it does not matter if we never find out because it is not important.

But as human beings, we are usually not satisfied with what is given to us. One of my colleagues is confused and does not understand why the bosses gave out bonus for A/Y 2008 today and then at the end of May only they would give out the accrued bonus for A/Y 2007. I told her she does not need to understand anything but to receive the bonus with a grateful heart. Afterall, I am the one who has to prepare all the bonuses and I am certainly not confused at all. In fact I am extremely happy and thankful for the extra few thousand ringgit in my bank account right now. Yippee!

Thank you boss.

Red Eyes

Two nights ago my colleague Nanie Enggam sms me to say that she is having red eyes and ask whether she should go to work the following day (yesterday). She contracted the red eyes through her two children who recovered from that a few days ago. The virus must still be around her home.

I told her to put on lots of eyedrops and see whether she would be fit for work. She came to work yesterday wearing her spectacles which does not normally wear during work. She told us not to look at her. She wanted to go home during lunchtime because her eyes were painful but decided to postpone her leave of absence until today. In fact she applied leave for today and tomorrow but I am glad to receive a sms from her this afternoon to say that after ten hours sleep, she can go back to work tomorrow.

She sits next to me at work and so when I am not at my table, she helps me by:-
1. Making sure nobody is snooping around my table, since a lot of my work is private and confidential.

2. Telling people who is looking for me in person or through the telephone, to wait or to call back or to leave a message.

When she is on leave, I have a hard time because I cannot rely on other colleagues to help me. I have to even think twice of whether to go to the toilet or not.

Work Like a Dog on 19 February 2008

Not me but someone else. I would never refer to myself as a dog. I may be hardworking but I am certainly not a dog.

This week the drafting department has some deadlines to meet. One of my colleagues was chasing another for some work. The latter (without the hearing of the former) said he had been working like a dog all day and started to complain about it.

Anyway, to relief tremendous stress and without the knowledge of the latter colleague, my colleague Nanie Enggam and I started to make dog sounds. She suddenly asked me if I have any dog license. (Yes, the dogs in Kota Kinabalu need a license from Kota Kinabalu City Hall to exist and owners have to register their puppy/dog). I told her I need the office boy to get the form for me from City Hall before registration can take place.

After a while, I made the dog sounds again and I asked Nanie ‘Who let the dogs out?’ We laughed and she mentioned the name of another colleague.

I know it is not good to laugh at other people but when you are working in my company and under tremendous stress, you just want to have a bit of fun.

Lunch

Normally I do not like to go out for lunch on working days especially when the weather is hot during lunchtime. I want to avoid having migraine while at work. Since the weather has been kinda cool for the past week, for these two days I had been going out for lunch.

Yesterday I went with my colleague Nanie Enggam to a shop nearby our office called Fook Heng. Previously it was called Cheery but the person who operated this coffee shop had gone on to greener pasture. I heard he is now a chef working in a foreign country. If I remember correctly he is now in Russia.

The first time I had something from Fook Heng was the day before Chinese New Year. I took away my breakfast to have in the office on that day. I reckoned the food was ok. So I suggested to my colleague to go that shop and she willingly obliged.

We arrived slightly after noon but half of the tables in the shop had already been filled up. There were quite a lot of varieties of dishes to choose from, more than ten. I chose to have chicken, four season rolls and cabbage. Soup is FOC and the meal costed RM3.50.

Today before lunchtime I asked Nanie where she wanted to go for lunch. She told me to decide and I decided to go to Fook Heng again since it is nearer to our office than Giant Kolombong Foodcourt and the food is quite good.

So we were back to the same shop as the one yesterday. This time there were less people but by the time we left before 12.30pm, the shop was filled with people.

Today I chose ‘yok choi’ (herbal) chicken, deep fried pork slices with a slight dash of mayonnaise and Japanese tofu.

While I was enjoying my food, I told Nanie that the food tasted like the shop I tried a few years back with an ex colleague Francis Wong. But at that time the shop is located at the same row as the shop Zai Zai, the row of shops behind where Kwong Tung Chai Roast Shop and 66 Bakery & Café are located in Kolombong.

Nanie then told me in fact it is the same shop. They had moved from that place to nearby our office. This place is cleaner and more conducive to eat in. I was so surprised with myself and that my tastebud is not bad at all. I can differentiate or distinguish people’s cooking even if I have not tried the food for a few years.

Pay Day

Today is supposed to be pay day. But as usual I am the one who ‘get stoned’ by those who do not know what is going on because the payroll is not ready for the bosses to sign. Company policy and stated in our letter of appointment is that timesheet and OT claim (if applicable) have to be submitted by end or beginning of the month in order for me to process the salary.

By lunchtime today, there were still two outstanding timesheets. After lunch, I reminded these two persons. Only then they panicked and started to fill in the timesheet. I cannot even remember what I did last week, how are they supposed to remember what they did for the whole month?

Sometimes I just cannot understand them. What I mean is one of them has been working in the company for more than ten years. She should know what the company policy is in this matter but yet each time she needs to be kicked in the rear in order for the timesheet to be filled. If she does not get fed up by my constant reminder, I myself get fed up in reminding her. Afterall we are all adults, but they make it as if they are playing with sand.

Moreover if I process the salary without any attached timesheet, I would be the one who would be queried by the boss and not the they who did not submit to me their timesheet. *sigh*

Oh Lord, I need more of your grace and patience in dealing with this kind of people.

As a result of not getting the payroll done today, two colleagues will only get their salary next Monday. One will be on leave the next two days while the other one only works Monday to Wednesday.

Work Attitudes

A few days ago, my boss and a colleague were having meeting with other Consultants in our office.

I told another colleague to attend a weekly site meeting on the project that he’s in-charge of. But he totally ignored me. This same colleague called in sick one time and took a half day off to go and wash his car another time just to avoid attending the meeting. After my boss finished his meeting, he commented to my colleague that he did not attend the meeting. My colleague just laughed it off! I was totally stunned.

A few weeks ago when my boss told me to tell an Assistant Engineer to attend the meeting, she told me to tell another colleague to attend simply because it was raining at the time. Two weeks ago, my boss also told this same person to attend the meeting and said that he will meet her at the site meeting once his meeting at another place ended. After my boss left for his meeting, this Assistant Engineer was making loud noises. I was busy and did not have time to find out what was going on. Five minutes later, she threw a leave form in front of my face and left. She applied for two days off. One of my other colleagues heard her saying the word ‘sh*t’ so many times and she wrote on a piece of paper ‘bulls**t’.

Well, this is the kind of things I have to contend with at work among all other stuff. Working relationship is so complicated when people do not think what they are employed for.

I mean when I was asked to go to Customs Department to give explanations or attending seminars organised by the Inland Revenue Department and Social Security Organization, I wished I could stay in the office to continue with my work but I had to go to these places because it is within my scope of work and therefore it is my responsibility to be there.

If we shirk our responsibility simply because we do not want to face something, aren’t we acting as if we are even in a higher position than the bosses? The mind boggles!

Lunch at Giant Kolombong Foodcourt 19 October 2007 (Photos)