~*be careful what cha ask for... ya just might get it lor....

Horror of horrors. Transition period starts next week. I am SO not mentally prepared. I am the type that needs time to pace myself into something. Even my new team mate is asking when am I going to go over… arghhhh…

Me scared. Me heart skipped extra beat lor. Ok la, will stop dramafying it from now on. Time to suck it up and step it up. Wish me luck… yea yea, I am always asking you guys to wish me this and that… cannot is it? Very hard to wish is it? :p

Non related stuff, went for breakfast this morning at my usual joint, the waiter stared at me and told me “ you banyak hensem hari ini”. I told him hensem is for guys la…
Did he actually meant to say me preeety or me manly ar? Dang.

Anyways, on a brighter note Pandamonium at 0610 hours today… yay!

~*kidney beans...

A little regret + a little pressure + a little room that’s just a little too warm = A WHOLE FREAKING SLEEPLESS NIGHT, that’s what! Seriously.

I am already pretty woozy throughout the day due to fever, and some kidney infection, but not being able to sleep, Really takes the cake. It is pure cruelty. Seriously.

On a positive note, the leukocyte count in ma pee has gone down 2 boxes (in reference to the tiny color tabs on the urinalysis… heee…), so yay. The doctor had already prepared his referral letters for admission, just in case it got worse, but thankfully it obviously didn’t. I am here whining aren’t I? :p

Still kinda woozy, not sure from over consumption of water or what. Can’t wait to go home and hit my one and Only sleeping pill I got from the clinic this morning. Doctors can be so paranoid when you ask them for sleeping pills, as if one pill will make you an addict or something. Anyways… wish me better health y’all. Heee…

~*upgrading you...

I had decided to join another team. My application was pending the hr’s feedback, according to the boss of the other team. That was a week ago. There has been no updates/news since. And this week, we were all offered different “promotions” in our current bacon dept. and were required (read: pressured) to give our decision if we wanted to stay on or continue pursuing our applications to join other teams. Like what Princess Dande said, we Were happy yesterday morning. I Was happy yesterday morning. I was told that if I took the position offered, there will be monetary as well job band upgrade.

I was quite pleased, but I thought I had to speak to the boss to get some confirmation on that before jumping right into it, since, despite everyone’s opinion that I would be happier in non techie roles, I was excited and really looking forward to get into the other team. And yes, one of the reasons may be to get out of the current dept. but that’s not the entire reason. I Really do prefer talking to machines than human. To cut the story short, my happiness was short lived after chatting with the boss. Not only will the band not upgraded since I got an upgrade last year, the likelihood of a higher adjustment is pending on how pushy the boss is with the hr. It seems everything will depend on hr's approval. Yes, the hr that we all deem the worst we’ve seen. Our future happiness is in their hands. Sigh...

Still, I took the job. After all, someone once said a bird in hand is worth 2… flying around(?? I dunno...), right? I would gladly wait and pursue the other option if we had more time, but we had none apparently, or at least made to believe that we had none. The boss was submitting her new structure charts to the hr and we HAD to decide. So yeah, we had to decide. And I have decided. Was I thrilled? Pleased? Excited? Sadly, no. I’ve signed up for a job that I know nuts about. And the boss has high expectation for me in being along side the people who’ll be working to right the wrongs here, though most of whom are my gud buddies here. Sigh… on a brighter note, I’ll get a team of people whom I get to boss around soon. Haha. I am stressed.

Anyways, all that aside, it’s good to know that after declining to stay, again and again, eventhough I know that the boy next cube will always try to look out for me if I am in the same place as him (for whatever reason unbeknownst to me, but I am grateful for), he was still adamant in putting me in their new organizational chart, and the boss took a fair bit of time in explaining and clarifying the new job scopes and her visions etc., in hope that we will stay on. That for me is commendable. I appreciated it. Sigh… maybe a weekend away will takes some pressure off… I dunno… let’s hope so.

Note to self: I have to do the best with the new position. Failing, so not an option, else die lor...

~*ciao bella...

I am dead tired. Been working at the philly 3days in a row since Tuesday and 2 of these were events, and events, fun as they may be, are killers. On normal concert days, you get to chill out and sit once it’s started, but events, you usually end up being on your feet for more than 3 hours, start to the end. Arrghh… I am just exhausted. It could be pms, but the work definitely played a part.

Last evening’s event was for the launching of the Italian treasure week in philly. Stradivarius violins over a couple hundred years old were on display. For the untrained eyes like mine, they just looked like… used violins lor. Anyways, there were lots of vvips ie. Sultan of some state and his brother was here, Italian ambassador, and lots more rich, dignified looking people. After the launch there was a nice, not huge but a nice spread of Italian refreshment – from risotto, gnocchi, tortellini, gelato, baby octopus (YUMS!), cheese tartlets, tiramisu (YUMMMS!), gelato etc. etc. and not forgetting the free flow of Italian wines. I wasn’t in the mood for wine, but roomie Really helped herself to those. Good for her. All in all, it was an enjoyable evening. And we got paid for it.
Mad props to ma part time philly bacon.