Monday on Recount.....7th January 2008

No one would have guessed where I am right now.....maybe not, I've been here before.....at the exact same timing as well. Kovan Mac....in case you haven't figured. Come to think of, it has been some 6 months on (since I have last stepped in here to blog and do my work). How thing's have changed in such a short span, even the staffing here has changed.

Back then, I was slogging and still confused as to where my future lies.....Now I'm stilling slogging and my future hasn't cleared up much either. However my fortunes seem to have entered unchartered territory, thanks (or no thanks) to an unexpected turn of events today. Hmmm lets see....while I take another bite into my sinful indulgence of a night snack,....

Hmmm, all seemed typical of a monday at work in the morning and even up till lunch time. There was no signs or warnings that shows the slightest hints or prelude to what was about to happen later in the evening. Speculations were mounting from mid-day as RH left the office hastily.

By evening, it was announced that RH had left us. The true reason behind if was left wide open to all forms of speculation to fill in the blanks, not that the management bothered or gave the least hoot about it. The conspiracy theorists will have a field day or perhaps an extended holiday season till the hysteria and sceptism dies down.....eventually

As for me, being me.....it's all about taking it in my stride as the matter was completely out of my powers and beyond my intervention. But I'm not allowed to take up the role of the innocent bystander. I have been assigned to pick up where RB has left off and take over stewardship of my team. I have been barely keeping my head above water and now I'm suppose to mastermind the success for a collective group?

Come to think of it, having just made it past the half year mark and now this, this rapid rise to possible prominence seems all too familiar a story littered across my life. Only this time, I won't want to be that short burst sprinter but rather to go on and last the distance.

Now onto my primary agenda for the night....to ponder my next move, for this is my time....i'm referring to the night of course, i work best at night....not?

Sunday Morning Surprise

I'm awake this early! Isn't that big enough a surprise?

Now for the second part of the problem. Should I head down to Braddell for football with my colleagues or not? Hmmm, wonder if I'm still reeking with alcohol from the night before.....

Anyway, anyhow I will be heading to office later (on a sunday??!?!?!) for some unfinished business. Damn, I'm really no morning person, feeling real grouchy already.

Here's hoping the world will not get in my face today......CHEERS~~~~

Saturday Night January 05th 2008

My thoughts at 4.30am on a sunday morning....just recapping whats happened on my saturday gone by.....

Well, I slept a hell of alot (what's new?!??!). I actually woke up fully only at about 5 in the evening?!!?! As for activities, I joined up with my boss and colleagues at a Chinese Taoist function organised by one of our business associates. It was a rowdy affair on a typical southeast asian evening in the midst of a torrential downpour.

Can you imagine how life can be so different amongst contemporaries? While some of us are struggling to make ends meet, there are others who can flaunt 100k+ in less than 2 hours for some inanimate object. Given these items artefacts are believed to be blessed with good fortune for the their future owners, perhaps that "little wealth" to part could be such an "oh so little" sacrifice in exchange for the reward it promises to bring.

I then joined up with Chong and some of former colleagues at Double O for a long overdue drink. Age is definitely catching up as reality struck me....real hard. I no longer seem to fit into the atmosphere I used to enjoy. A part of me seem to be missing or perhaps I'm really getting old. It's funny isn't it, how night life is so often associated with only the young and trendy(not all are trendy though) in our society though it is widely accepted for all ages else where.

Time for me to grab some sleep. Perhaps I can get a whole new perspective when I get out of my bed in the morning later, if I do get up in the morning that is,......

02 January 2008

Highlight of the day..... Eugene's officially hitched (its his ROM-day) Guess another one bites the dust.....just kidding, you have all my well wishes and blessings for this heavenly made union.
There's a chalet organised by Euz for the occasion and some of the guys are spending the night over before the BBQ tomorrow.

Me? I'm home, not here nor there. Undecided and restless, unable to come to consensus with myself on what to do on this wednesday night. I'm still feeling the effects of a prolonged holiday season. Let's see, what are my options.....

1) Join the guys at Downtown East Chalet but gotta shuffle back for work tomorrow ( I forgot to apply for leave tomorrow ....... my bad)
2) Scurry my way to "chook" and be the uninvited wingman for Yuyi (aka Brian or Bryan, the way he prefers to be known) for what I believe will likely be an ill-fated mis-adventure for him.
3) Stay home and hope I can get to sleep....EARLY (Which life experiences tell me, its near impossible)

Choices, Choices, Choices.....2008 has started just as the way 2007 ended for me, everything at work and life remains at its most monotonous best. Pity the children who are still wishing they'll grow up sooner and realise its a vicious cycle, coz Adults hope to relive their childhood or at least some amongst never grew the least bit.....boys will be boys yah?