It is me... what? what? what?
Clearly I'm in no state of sane mind with a subject header like that.
Anyway, I have kind of been gone for a while, life kind of does that to you sometimes doesn't it.
My mum & brother have been on holidays for nearly 2 months already so my dad and I have had to take up the slack so to speak. My dad actually does more then I do... probably because I'm slack. Everytime I try and clean my room, I get distracted and nothing much really changes with it... They'll be back in around 2 weeks so I'll have to clean the cars and my room before then... hopefully.
Other things... I've been practicing the piano like a mad woman because I will be sitting my Grade 7 leisure exam on the 30th. This leads me to a few other changes... I've been catching the 6.22am train in order to start work at 7am... this means I'm up at 5am everymorning.
I actually don't mind be awake that early, I'm probably a bit more productive at work because there is no one there to bug me for at least an hour. So anyway, I have reduced my lunch break to around 1/2hr and leave at 3.30pm. It's great leaving that early though I get stuck with the high school crowd and the bogan families on the train, which is a bit annoying.
Speaking of my piano exam earlier, I've uploaded a few recordings of my exam pieces for you to listen to. I remember a while back I promised I'd upload my playing Proud Mary ... anyway, here they are. Please note, they are still a bit stuffed that I hope 2 weeks will fix...
Proud Mary
In Your Eyes
Claire de Lune
Hmm... next...
Work, work is annoying me... my boss is the biggest arse ever! He gave me a really crappy performance review which I stupidly signed because I'm just stupid. He wrote really good comments on it saying I'm really good etc, but then he gave me crappy results!!
We're supposed to have these monthly reviews where we shouldn't be getting any suprises in our six-monthly review... well let's say I got a suprise on mine. The whole thing is a crock. He's comparing me to someone who has been in the job for over 2 years. He effectively told me that I've really only been in the job for around 3 months. (mind you this is a 6 monthly review) Therefore, how can he compare me with someone in the job for over 2 years! It doesn't make any sense. Maybe my productivity would have been better if I wasn't fixing up his stupid assignements for Uni when I'm supposed to be doing work... !!!!
And also the annoying person that got hired after me (we call her Zorro or Boris & Natasha because of her accent) steals files that I have worked on and claim them as her own, effectively taking my stat!! It's really starting to annoy me to the point I want to punch her out! She also sucks up to the boss as well which grates on my nerves also. You can probably tell that I'm rather annoyed.
Oh another thing, the stupid bank is looking at moving the whole department to Bangalore India to save a few dollars! We'll find out if they are going to do it in 2 months I think. Because I've been there for just under 3 years I'll most likely get a package that I don't want (it's cheaper to pay me out then to employ me and pay out someone who's been at the bank for longer) I can't be arsed looking for a different job because I have no idea what I want to do... This uncertainty is annoying me too! I want to know if I should go ahead and buy the car that I've wanted to buy for years or to not buy it because I don't have a job. I wish they would hurry up and let us know, at least then I can start looking for a job instead of waiting.
One other thing with work is that I've been seconded to work in a different department for a month releiving someone who is going on leave. Apparently I was asked specifically by the team leader/manager of that depertment to do the job... I guess it's kind of like being headhunted you could say. At least it gets me away from my arse of a boss for a month... hee!!
I'm going to be participated in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) this year. Should be good. It's an incentive to get people moving and healthy while walking around the world. I hope my feet can hold up because they are already worn with lots of blisters etc from the walking I was doing.
For people that I've promised to do stuff for/and or reply to emails, I'll try and get everything done soon... I hope.
I think that's it.
Anyway, I have kind of been gone for a while, life kind of does that to you sometimes doesn't it.
My mum & brother have been on holidays for nearly 2 months already so my dad and I have had to take up the slack so to speak. My dad actually does more then I do... probably because I'm slack. Everytime I try and clean my room, I get distracted and nothing much really changes with it... They'll be back in around 2 weeks so I'll have to clean the cars and my room before then... hopefully.
Other things... I've been practicing the piano like a mad woman because I will be sitting my Grade 7 leisure exam on the 30th. This leads me to a few other changes... I've been catching the 6.22am train in order to start work at 7am... this means I'm up at 5am everymorning.
I actually don't mind be awake that early, I'm probably a bit more productive at work because there is no one there to bug me for at least an hour. So anyway, I have reduced my lunch break to around 1/2hr and leave at 3.30pm. It's great leaving that early though I get stuck with the high school crowd and the bogan families on the train, which is a bit annoying.
Speaking of my piano exam earlier, I've uploaded a few recordings of my exam pieces for you to listen to. I remember a while back I promised I'd upload my playing Proud Mary ... anyway, here they are. Please note, they are still a bit stuffed that I hope 2 weeks will fix...
Proud Mary
In Your Eyes
Claire de Lune
Hmm... next...
Work, work is annoying me... my boss is the biggest arse ever! He gave me a really crappy performance review which I stupidly signed because I'm just stupid. He wrote really good comments on it saying I'm really good etc, but then he gave me crappy results!!
We're supposed to have these monthly reviews where we shouldn't be getting any suprises in our six-monthly review... well let's say I got a suprise on mine. The whole thing is a crock. He's comparing me to someone who has been in the job for over 2 years. He effectively told me that I've really only been in the job for around 3 months. (mind you this is a 6 monthly review) Therefore, how can he compare me with someone in the job for over 2 years! It doesn't make any sense. Maybe my productivity would have been better if I wasn't fixing up his stupid assignements for Uni when I'm supposed to be doing work... !!!!
And also the annoying person that got hired after me (we call her Zorro or Boris & Natasha because of her accent) steals files that I have worked on and claim them as her own, effectively taking my stat!! It's really starting to annoy me to the point I want to punch her out! She also sucks up to the boss as well which grates on my nerves also. You can probably tell that I'm rather annoyed.
Oh another thing, the stupid bank is looking at moving the whole department to Bangalore India to save a few dollars! We'll find out if they are going to do it in 2 months I think. Because I've been there for just under 3 years I'll most likely get a package that I don't want (it's cheaper to pay me out then to employ me and pay out someone who's been at the bank for longer) I can't be arsed looking for a different job because I have no idea what I want to do... This uncertainty is annoying me too! I want to know if I should go ahead and buy the car that I've wanted to buy for years or to not buy it because I don't have a job. I wish they would hurry up and let us know, at least then I can start looking for a job instead of waiting.
One other thing with work is that I've been seconded to work in a different department for a month releiving someone who is going on leave. Apparently I was asked specifically by the team leader/manager of that depertment to do the job... I guess it's kind of like being headhunted you could say. At least it gets me away from my arse of a boss for a month... hee!!
I'm going to be participated in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) this year. Should be good. It's an incentive to get people moving and healthy while walking around the world. I hope my feet can hold up because they are already worn with lots of blisters etc from the walking I was doing.
For people that I've promised to do stuff for/and or reply to emails, I'll try and get everything done soon... I hope.
I think that's it.