Office Renovation

Office renovation to be done by newly appointed contractor.

1. To change toilet wall and floor tiles in the office.

Toilet floor tiles in the office

2. To change toilet wall and floor tiles in the office next door belonging to the founder director of the company.


Toilet wall tiles in the office next door

3. To install a Weida water tank in the toilet for the office next door.


Current water tank in the toilet for the office next door.

4. To hack the wall next to the toilet to make room for a door in order that we can access to next door internally.



Wall to be hacked


Sink to be taken out to make room for the door at office next door

Today the contractor started hacking the old toilet wall and floor tiles next door. The noise was so unbearable. I am wondering how long it would take the contractor to finish doing everything.

After renovation, there would be a male and female toilet separately.

Intentions

Yesterday when I arrived work at 7.15a.m. I intended to write out some cheques for payment to Inland Revenue Department so that the office boy could go and pay before this Friday deadline. But other urgent matters dominate the day and I did not get to do that until 4.50p.m. (overtime)! By the time I finished writing out the cheques, the bosses had already left the office.

Today I had intention to leave work around 4.45p.m. to go home to rest before going out for dinner with Sharon Lai and Monica Leong. But my intention was shortlived. I was so busy until I did not go to the loo until lunchtime and at 6p.m., only twice for the entire day. That itself would be a record for me. And I did not leave work until 6.15p.m. so that I could finish an urgent matter that is due at 9a.m. tomorrow at Kota Kinabalu City Hall.

Conclusion: Intentions are good to have but usually not feasible for me.

No bonus?

Yesterday one of my colleagues KK already warned me that some people had been complaining why they did not receive bonus when they received their pay cheque two days ago as promised by the boss. And I should hear the complaints soon. He was correct.

NE asked me the question yesterday afternoon. I asked her what exactly did the boss say? She said boss said bonus would be given out in May. I had to remind her that the pay cheque given out on Monday was for salary in April. And asked her ‘why would bonus in May be given out together with salary for April?’ Suddenly she understood what I was implying.

Humans are really unsatisfied lot. What I meant is, in the middle of April we already received bonus. So it would be up to the boss to choose when to give out another lot of bonus.

Are you kidding?

Have you asked the Lord this question before? I am sure all of us have.

I asked the Lord this question twice this week. It is a realisation of something I did not see before and now has come to light.

I have not received the answer from Him yet. Only when I do, I will elaborate on this. Otherwise, my query would only be between the Lord and I.

Company Lunch at New Gaya Seafood Restaurant

Besides receiving our salary for April today, the bosses also treated my colleagues and I to company lunch at New Gaya Seafood Restaurant.

The menu is as follows.

1. Fish Lips Soup – Tasted ok, not too salty.
2. Roasted Crispy Chicken – Overcooked. The last dish to come out and therefore lots of leftovers.
3. Steamed Talapia Fish – Very fresh but too small. It was gone in no time.
4. Wet Buttered Prawns – Though we ordered by fax and stated wet, the dry one with fried beaten egg came out. Anyhow, the prawns tasted very fresh. I still prefer the prawns with wet wet gravy.
5. Yam Basket with Seafood – This was the first time I tried this dish in this restaurant. Wow, this yam basket was absolutely yummy. There was a zing to the taste. Still thinking about it now.
6. ‘Choy Sum’ with Garlic – The most boring dish of all.
7. Gaya Special Vegetarian – I liked the clams in this dish with lots of veges.
8. Local Beancurd Hotpot – Did not take much of this.
9. Elephant trunk clams – This was also the first time I tried this dish in this restaurant. I think I ate this dish the most as compared to my colleagues. Another yummy dish worth ordering.
10. Local Fruits – Watermelon and papaya. I only ate the watermelon.

Better Looking

Last night I was chatting with Dr. Cabokia in MSN.

A snippet of our conversation is as follows.

Cabokia: looks like the older we get, the better looking we are.. haha
Spinxie: I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT
Cabokia: Cheers!

I am not trying to boast about myself here but a lot of people commented on the same thing. I do not think myself as beautiful. I think I am just an average looking person but I do agree that as I get older I look better than when I was younger.

PTL!

Effort is Not in Vain

I started scanning old photographs in my entire life collection on 3 March 2008 using my newly acquired printer/scanner. I have been doing them slowly and uploading some into my Facebook page. I do not know whether people would look at them because not many people make comments.

But after getting feedbacks verbally from some people, I know that they do take the time to view them.

I am so happy to find out that my effort is not in vain. Out of so many photos I have uploaded thus far, there was only a photo of this person taken with her family members.


From left to right: Spinxie, Aunty Kam, Mei Ng, Francis Ng & Irene Ng

This is the Ng family I stayed with during the second year of my high school in Sydney. Eventhough both our families have the surname Ng and are originated from Sandakan, we are not related but only close to each other.

Today Mimi Quek, one of my church members from Canaanland Celebration told me she saw the photo of Irene Ng. They went to school together and are still in touch with each other.

Irene who lives in Sydney while her whole family are spread out in different states in Down Under, would be making a trip back to Sabah in a couple of months’ time and I hope to be able to see her again as I have lost touch with her entire family for more than twenty years.

Yeah! I am so happy!

Pizza Hut Pizzas

Last night I was very tired but I did not feel sleepy at all. I did not sleep until after midnight. This morning I did not want to get up.

Today early morning at work was a total bliss for me. There were no telephone calls or people to disturb me. I only took slightly over an hour to finish doing the payroll.

One thing good about my office location situated in an industrial centre is that there are a lot car workshops I can choose from. Since there are two workshops directly below my office, I do not need to go far to have the car serviced. These workshops are also renting the shoplot from my bosses. Thus I can trust them to provide me with good service, unlike so many mechanics elsewhere who want to earn a quick buck and give shoddy service.

I had the wheel alignment and service on the whole car done. On Monday I have to return the car to the workshop to service the air-conditioner. The mechanic did not have enough time to check it out since I only worked half day today.

My boss is once again the Chairman of Technological Association of Malaysia (Sabah Branch). He served as a Chairman previously as well. Around noon time, the first committee meeting for 2008 was held in our office.

The lady boss ordered four pizzas online from Pizza Hut and had them delivered. I had two and half slices of Pepperoni Delight Crunchy Crust Pizza and one slice of Hawaiian Chicken Pan Crust Pizza. I liked the Pepperoni Delight because the crust is thin and crunchy. So yummy!

Me, Food Critic?

Yesterday was another busy day after one day off for Labour/Worker’s Day.

I did not even manage to do the payroll until 4.50p.m. Anyhow a couple of days before the end of April, lady boss already told me we would only receive the salary on 5th May. I could only spend ten minutes doing the payroll before I had to attend to some other urgent matter.

While doing my work, a Window Live Messenger window popped up on my monitor. One of my associate colleague asked whether I have become a food critic. I was a bit blur so I asked him why he asked such a question. He said I had uploaded a lot food photos into my Facebook page. Haha I told him I love food and sometimes take the opportunities to take photos of them but I am not a food critic at all. (I did not mention anything about my blog) He was curious on how I can be so slim and yet could love food so much. He even introduced a website www.sabah.com and told me there are some good restaurant reviews inside there. I told him I often go to www.ravejoint.com for food reviews.

All throughout my life I have been having problems in maintaining a constant weight. Since one and a half years ago up until now, I am considered to be on the slim side. I have been trying quite hard to slightly put back a bit of weight on but to no avail.

For too long I have been procrastinating in going for a medical check up. I should go for one very soon to give myself a peace of mind.

I did not realise that the tyre at the front left wheel of the car does not have sufficient air until the office boy told me so. I felt that something was wrong with the car when I was driving it to work but I did not know what. When I arrived at work, I totally forgotten about this.

Labour/Workers’ Day 2008

Last night or rather this morning, I did not go to sleep until 1.38a.m.

Today is Workers’ Day and a public holiday in Malaysia. I woke up at 10a.m.

I had 3 pieces of white bread with turkey bacon and a glass of juice for breakfast.

I did not go out at all and once again the weather has been extremely hot eventhough it rained for a while last night.

I spent my time scanning photos from my past and uploaded some of them into Facebook. I have not finished doing this yet. I need more time.

I had fried rice for lunch at 2.50p.m.

It is now after 10p.m. and my room is still 29 degrees Celsius! It is a miracle that I can bear with this kind of temperature. I did not switch on the air-conditioner the whole day. And I did not have migraine.