No one's at home rite now. This is exactly wad i'd terribly missed for the last 3 mths. Weird or not, I enjoy spending time by myself. Buskin in the serendity that silence has to offer. time to contemplate. time to re-evaluate n rejuvenate. Even during lunch, I prefer grabbin a subway sandwich n walking down raffles place to lunching with my colleagues/boss( an extremely uncomfy one hr where i have to put on a saccharine facade) Munching on my sandwich n walking ard makes a great combo for thinking. Thinking. Thats something i hardly have time for. Thinking abt life and people in general. This is a definite must-do, esp for someone like me, who takes in everything at face value. Senz was quite appalled that i believe in everyone. Guys in general, tend to have better analytical skills. They tend to segregate the lies from the truth, whereas i just believe everything wholesale. Yesterday, marked the last day in the office. Everyone was sweet enough to get me presents. That really touched a soft spot. I dint know they liked me that much. ALL I ever did was to cuss n swear n bitch abt them to prac EVERYONE else.
Working life had been an eye-opener. Sure the money was good, but i garnered social skills as well as office skills which is pertinent to our purpose in life-to be a social animal. You meet people who irritate, intrigue, fascinate, amaze and of course BORE you. Lets start with the bigger bosses. The Regional director, Flora, is definitely vibrant n enthusiastic. She brightens up the entire office with her signature laughter and is loud, funny and friendly. The kind of boss everyone should have. And then, there is ChILLI-N-LIME. I dun know her name but lyn made that up aft I saw her mixing some weird concoction of chicken rice chilli+lime. yucks. She is extremely skinny n short. She is terribly mean to the ppl in her dept n yells constantly at her terribly sweet secretary, loud enough that even I could hear it. Once she said, "XZXZXZ, you drive me up the wall" It was hilarious when edele turned back to whisper, " is xzxzxz cld drive her up da wall, she must be spiderwoman" I'm telling ya, thats the closest u can get to funny. Office humor is basically dry, sarcastic and slapstick. And then, there is GAY-Guy. Another fictitious name Lyn n I made up. Gay-Guy lacks any manly attributes. Physically that is. He is moody, whiny, and a stickler for details n another tormenter of secretaries. Chilli+Lime n Gay-Guy flirt, mainly in the pantry. Its quite a sight. Den there is SNeaky. my boss. why sneaky? cus she surreptiously is by my side everytime I'm doin smhtng unappropriate; like on my hp, smsing, eating, stoning, kicking the photocopier or talkin to the fax machine. She is ur typical workaholic. She comes in the earliest, n leaves the latest in the office. Lyn n I cracked many horrible jokes abt her, not becoz we hate her ( she is a wonderful person) but cus she stresses us out n tries to mould us into her. A true perfectionist. She is so sweet that aft Lyn left, she asked me out for lunch everyday. But I cant lunch with her- she is vegetarian n she eats Indian food daily. And I HATE INDIAN food. den there is Ken, the financial director. He's funny and cool. 2 days ago, in his rm, when he tot no one was watching, he sprayed smething onto his hair, water or gel or wadeva. it was extremely funny that i caught him, i had to hold my laughter till i reached the equip rm. And then, there is a Caucasion boss who brings his adorable daughter with curly blonde locks to the office. Office staff. As usual, there is a grp that talks, lives, breathes in chinese. It does get frustrating. Another character who is perpetually looking flustered,anxious n running to her boss's beck n call every sec. Characters who never fail to amuse u with the tales of sons/baby/daughter, be it how well they do in history or their first word. One whose jokes are always are bit too insensitive n taken harshly by the rest of dem. One who is witty n querky. den, the late twenties who always try to stay young by buggin the temp staff(ME) if zouk was still hype enuff. haha. One who looks coiffed n perfect at all mo. And not forgetting the BIG BULLY (sneaky's sis) who bullies temp (ME) to get aLL the miserable work(hovers ard physical or bore) done. Then, there is the ever friendly receptionist with a plastic file fixtated. Every office has a SOUR-FACE. they snap n pick n are eternally PMS-ing. Lastly, the IT guy, who is always helter-skeltering to save every damsel in distress. Esp me, wid my extremely stupid ways. "Loy, the monitor is reading Video input missing" He comes running over and realizes i hadnt switched on the CPU. i think : why cant the ground open n swallow me whole
Act, it isnt as terrible as I personify it. Its fun. I miss lynette. she is the same age as me, and we connect. like goin bikini shopping, or singing britney w the doors closed, or bitching, or shopping, or my love life, or running away frm the office MI style or agreeing that this job had made us fat n plans to lose weight if we ever GET A PERM job..(her idea is..we'll be married by then, and well..certain activites ensued with ur partner generate weight loss..hahhahahaha)
I think i'll miss raffles place. the umbrella guy ( this sweet guy who shares umbrella everytime it rains. we jus happen to meet at a junction n he offered me a coupla times. He's cute n young n i jus saved him a few details abt myself which i tot weren that impt. stuff like im onli 18, n am a temp staff) Lynette. Sneaky. and the money of course. Right now, Ive got to perk myself up for a party tonight. I get back to yall.
and so her story is told@ 10:56 PM
