Statement to Myself
I don’t like waiting. What I am waiting for does not really matter actually. I just don’t enjoy the act of waiting. Although there is a Chinese saying “好事值得等待” (roughly translated as good stuff are worth waiting for), but to me, its just bullshit cooked up from some self declared saintly asshole. Haha.
Yet strangely, however much I don’t like waiting, I occasionally still either intentionally or unintentionally unleash the terrible feeling of waiting onto others. Yet another Chinese saying, “己所不欲勿施于人” (Do not do onto others what you do not fancy).
Pardon me for all who have waited for me and whom will wait for me in one way or another. I apologise in advance.
This is yet another one of those senseless entries, whose sole purpose is probably to remind me that I shall learn to be a better person everyday. Perhaps this could be considered as one of my resolutions for 2008.
Minimise time that others spend waiting for me, which could otherwise have been avoided.
Moo (Funky mood)
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Mule
I was a mule today. Metaphorically, of course. For those who are uninformed, the term mule is commonly given to a person who is carrying something (contraband or illegal and most commonly drugs) across some distance (commonly customs) for someone or some organization.
For me, the items carried were not drugs, not usually illegal unless you bring it across customs undeclared and of course, the distance was across the customs. What made it even scarier was the large quantity of this item that I had to carry across in my haversack. It did not help that I was sweating like a pig from the gross weight of the items when I was walking across the customs with all the custom officers staring at me. Thankfully, they did not feel that I was “suspicious” enough and did not stop me at all.
I’m sure you are wondering by now why the heck did I do this? Well, it all began with an innocent question of “Hey! Can your passport allow you to enter and exit China freely?” Naturally, my reply was an equally ignorant “Yes.” With this tiny little word, both me and my other Singaporean colleague were “arrowed” and had to follow two other colleagues to do this extremely dreaded task.
This brings me to another question. How far would you go to not offend any of your superiors or colleagues? How many rules would you break for your work? How do you even say no to something like that?
Perhaps, this is my introductory module to Office Politics 101. Perhaps I have already failed it terribly. Hopefully, by the time the next request for “help” of this sort comes along, I would have figured out how to say no politely and firmly, without jeopardizing, my career.
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Mild Troubled.
Tee Hawwww.
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2008
6 Months into my job
No achievements to date
Shall not list any new year resolutions as i don't usually adhere to any
No resolutions = no failures = no disappointments
Just how amazingly fucked up can i be manx? haha!
Shall start my 1st entry for this year with something more light hearted by displaying my wonderous stockpile of snacks from Muji Hongkong
Starting from left
1) Soymilk & Okra Pound Cake 110g (374kcal)
2) Strawberry Marshmallows 105g (348kcal)
3) Pea Snack 60g (344kcal)
4) Yoghurt Cranberry Chocolate 72g (338kcal)
5) Sugarless Super Mint 28g (78kcal)
Total expenditure : Around 15 sgd
Oh! 1 other silly thing i did. I actually bought a airtight plastic container to store my snacks so i don't and won't finish them at 1 go. Haha!
Aging = lower metabolism = fatty me!
Silly thoughts on a silly day.
Moo.
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PS: Strangely, just last night i dreamt that i cooked a feast for my friends here and i was actually temted to buy a pot today. My very first pot! But my wallet stopped me. Thankfully. hahahaha!
Tu me manques beaucoup. (Is it gramatically correct? Hmmm.)
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Snack Stash
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