Random stuff
It's been ages since I've even logged onto this site. After spending an average of 12 hours a day at work staring at a computer screen, the last thing I want to do when I come home is to power up my computer and stare at the screen some more.
It's peak period at work now and all around me, I see very stressed, sleep-deprived faces. Yet, it is only now that I seem to be able to go out and meet friends (no exams), at the expense of sleep, of course. Still, I'm pretty happy that I managed to pass my first 2 papers - for a moment, I thought I'd have to change careers before it even started.
One of my colleagues is absolutely hilarious. As I said, I work in a rather Chinese environment; and some ppl's English isn't too good. At times, I find myself in the position of "dictionary". This week, my collegue suddenly asked me, "What's a 'snub nose'?" (as in, he wanted me to describe it) and then proceeded to say, "Only females have it, right?" While I was spluttering away, he proceeded with his other question, "What are 'full lips'? How full is full?" This question cracked us all up (my other teammates were in the room too. We started poking fun at him.
SIC: Full? 90% is full. Yours are about 60%..
TK: No, seriously.. what is full?
HC: Like Angelina Jolie-lah.
Me: It's quite subjective, you know.
SIC: Ya! It's subjective. Must use your "professional judgement". [the word 'professional judgement' is used in almost every aspect of my daily work, so that word evokes a small groan from him]
TK: Is it like very thick lips?
Me: Isn't that kinda harsh? Thick lips is taking it one step too far.
SIC: Ya! Ya! Just imagine one sausage on top of the other, instead of lips. That's full-lips. And two sunny-side eggs as eyes....
There should be an acceptable timeframe to give condolences. Not 7 years later. Bumped into some idiotic woman on the street who recognised my dad and started giving us condolences (wtf?) and saying that she and her church prayed for us during that time, yadda yadda yadda. Felt like telling her to f*ck off. Keep her useless prayers to herself.
New Year's resolution: Continue in my oh-so-heathen ways.
It's funny how many people are guilty of preaching. Their immediate reaction to that is, "Is it because of me?" Well. Truthfully, YES. I just don't have the heart to tell you that. But YES.
It's peak period at work now and all around me, I see very stressed, sleep-deprived faces. Yet, it is only now that I seem to be able to go out and meet friends (no exams), at the expense of sleep, of course. Still, I'm pretty happy that I managed to pass my first 2 papers - for a moment, I thought I'd have to change careers before it even started.
One of my colleagues is absolutely hilarious. As I said, I work in a rather Chinese environment; and some ppl's English isn't too good. At times, I find myself in the position of "dictionary". This week, my collegue suddenly asked me, "What's a 'snub nose'?" (as in, he wanted me to describe it) and then proceeded to say, "Only females have it, right?" While I was spluttering away, he proceeded with his other question, "What are 'full lips'? How full is full?" This question cracked us all up (my other teammates were in the room too. We started poking fun at him.
SIC: Full? 90% is full. Yours are about 60%..
TK: No, seriously.. what is full?
HC: Like Angelina Jolie-lah.
Me: It's quite subjective, you know.
SIC: Ya! It's subjective. Must use your "professional judgement". [the word 'professional judgement' is used in almost every aspect of my daily work, so that word evokes a small groan from him]
TK: Is it like very thick lips?
Me: Isn't that kinda harsh? Thick lips is taking it one step too far.
SIC: Ya! Ya! Just imagine one sausage on top of the other, instead of lips. That's full-lips. And two sunny-side eggs as eyes....
There should be an acceptable timeframe to give condolences. Not 7 years later. Bumped into some idiotic woman on the street who recognised my dad and started giving us condolences (wtf?) and saying that she and her church prayed for us during that time, yadda yadda yadda. Felt like telling her to f*ck off. Keep her useless prayers to herself.
New Year's resolution: Continue in my oh-so-heathen ways.
It's funny how many people are guilty of preaching. Their immediate reaction to that is, "Is it because of me?" Well. Truthfully, YES. I just don't have the heart to tell you that. But YES.