Having used public transport regularly since I can't remember when.... I believe I had the most harrowing experience -ever- I think the bus driver was trained by the big red guy, Satan, himself. Determined to scare the living daylights out of all that had boarded so that we may sell our souls to him cheaply, just so could arrive in one piece.
I don't think I've ever gotten off a bus and thanked the Lord, Allah, Buddha, Ganesha, the little green Alien men with big bug eyes and whatever other higher beings there are out there (up there? in there? wherever) that I came out of that ride unscathed.
I'm not 100% sure, but I reckon I even made the sign of the cross just as I stepped off because I was so grateful to be leaving the devil's wheels - and I'm not even remotely religious.
Just a little scare to add to the bigger more intimidating idea that I will be unemployed as of end of tomorrow... no idea what's gonna happen, no idea where I'm going to go, no freaking idea what I want to do and worse of all - no money to keep me going. That is somewhat worrying.
Time to look for a wealthy husband is probably the easiest option :)
Because multi-billionares are just roaming the streets like bees around honey waiting for me to pick and choose..... (if only eh?)
Yup, I am so far up shit creek, I'm not sure how to get out of it.
Ah well, should better start looking for work instead of time-wasting.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Stars
"You needn't look for love outside yourself, only for the barriers you put up against it. Because love isn't something you need to be given - it's something inside you that you give to others. At any given moment, all the love you need is right there, available and accessible."
What a load of crap for losers.
Screw that! Give me your love, all day any day, I need it, I crave it, I thrive on it, lay all your love on me - or however way that song goes... hmm, actually, that sort of came out a little bit wrong ;) but you all know what I mean. I need to be loved or I wilt without it.
What a load of crap for losers.
Screw that! Give me your love, all day any day, I need it, I crave it, I thrive on it, lay all your love on me - or however way that song goes... hmm, actually, that sort of came out a little bit wrong ;) but you all know what I mean. I need to be loved or I wilt without it.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Superhero - Part 2
LOOK!
Look at this gorgeous little face!
Who is this little cutie?
Well, I called her Moo Moo until we found out her name was actually Jessie.
So from then on, she became known as little Miss Jessie Moo Moo.
How did I come to meet Miss Jessie Moo Moo?
No, she's not my new dog, I already have 2, and that is more than enough (especially Sooty, she's definitely more than a handful).
Funny story, we were on our way back from the gym when this skinny little dog bolted onto the road, right in front of our car, I almost had a heart attack thinking I would see this little dog get run over by a car, not exactly a great start to my Sunday morning...
So of course, I had to bring out my (somewhat) dusty superhero persona and save this little dog from being flattened by oncoming traffic. What is it with dogs bolting onto traffic right in front of me anyway? Luckily this time I had Lulu with me, because an hour's worth of cycling had drained me of any real energy to run after a frightened dog on a Sunday morning... we both kind of cornered it into someone's driveway and Lulu befriended it with her kind doggy talk.
She was a friendly little thing (Jessie, not Lulu... but Lulu is a friendly little thing too :)
Look at this gorgeous little face!
Who is this little cutie?
Well, I called her Moo Moo until we found out her name was actually Jessie.
So from then on, she became known as little Miss Jessie Moo Moo.
How did I come to meet Miss Jessie Moo Moo?
No, she's not my new dog, I already have 2, and that is more than enough (especially Sooty, she's definitely more than a handful).
Funny story, we were on our way back from the gym when this skinny little dog bolted onto the road, right in front of our car, I almost had a heart attack thinking I would see this little dog get run over by a car, not exactly a great start to my Sunday morning...
So of course, I had to bring out my (somewhat) dusty superhero persona and save this little dog from being flattened by oncoming traffic. What is it with dogs bolting onto traffic right in front of me anyway? Luckily this time I had Lulu with me, because an hour's worth of cycling had drained me of any real energy to run after a frightened dog on a Sunday morning... we both kind of cornered it into someone's driveway and Lulu befriended it with her kind doggy talk.
She was a friendly little thing (Jessie, not Lulu... but Lulu is a friendly little thing too :)
She kind of stunk, but then again, I probably did too :)
Here she is playing with Taxi and Sooty in the back yard. I know I know I know, it's not a great shot, but you try taking a good shot of all 3 very excited dogs who just want to run around and play. It's not easy to get them all in the same frame, and less than easy trying to get a focussed shot.
Sleeping anywhere and everywhere
So buggered after a hard day's play
Look at those very bovine-like markings... Can you see why I called her Moo Moo?
She even kind of responded to being called Moo.
In the end, what happened to Miss Jessie Moo Moo?
Well, lucky for her she was wearing a council registration tag, so we called them up and found out the phone number of the owner and gave them a call. They came to pick her up later in the afternoon. So Miss Moo had an entire day playing around with Taxi and Sooty.
Turns out, some nasty person had broken into her home the night before and, perhaps accidentally, let her out. She had been out on the streets all night, and with the storms coming through last night, she must've been so frightened on her own. Poor thing.
I'm just glad that we found her safe and sound, and was able to return her back to her very worried owners. That was good deed done for this week.
What a feel good day.
In fact, I felt so good, I went shopping and bought myself a very pwetty little dress (with somebody else's money of course, cos I haz to save money for when I become unemployed :)
Now I have doubled my feel good factor for the week.
Look at those very bovine-like markings... Can you see why I called her Moo Moo?
She even kind of responded to being called Moo.
In the end, what happened to Miss Jessie Moo Moo?
Well, lucky for her she was wearing a council registration tag, so we called them up and found out the phone number of the owner and gave them a call. They came to pick her up later in the afternoon. So Miss Moo had an entire day playing around with Taxi and Sooty.
Turns out, some nasty person had broken into her home the night before and, perhaps accidentally, let her out. She had been out on the streets all night, and with the storms coming through last night, she must've been so frightened on her own. Poor thing.
I'm just glad that we found her safe and sound, and was able to return her back to her very worried owners. That was good deed done for this week.
What a feel good day.
In fact, I felt so good, I went shopping and bought myself a very pwetty little dress (with somebody else's money of course, cos I haz to save money for when I become unemployed :)
Now I have doubled my feel good factor for the week.
Friday, February 06, 2009
I should think positive
I've been pretty good so far this year, positive thinking, positive thinking, positive thinking, but all of a sudden today, something switched.
NL - gone today
FL - gone last week
BF - gone
IG - gone
TD - gone
HL - gone
LT - gone
LP - gone
CS - gone
KS - gone
QX - gone
Da - gone
MM - gone gone gone
It was a beautiful day, I didn't have to go home, I didn't want to go home, but that was the only thing I could make myself do, so I went home.
NL - gone today
FL - gone last week
BF - gone
IG - gone
TD - gone
HL - gone
LT - gone
LP - gone
CS - gone
KS - gone
QX - gone
Da - gone
MM - gone gone gone
It was a beautiful day, I didn't have to go home, I didn't want to go home, but that was the only thing I could make myself do, so I went home.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Screwed
The fruit has changed. What I mean is, there's been some serious cost-cutting. Using a cheaper company to provide fruit to the office. And the fruit is not only of lesser quality, but also of lesser quantity... it began with 50 pieces per box, and now it's only 35 pieces. And they don't even taste good. Poor us. I know, we're probably lucky to even be getting any fruit, but poor us anyway.
Despite this, I still take 2-3 pieces each morning, a banana, an apple, a kiwi fruit. I eat the banana, I eat the kiwi and I take the apple home... I now have a healthy collection of about 8 apples at home. I should probably stop taking apples and give other people a chance :p
Newspapers?
Before: we received 3 copies of each paper in each kitchen
Now: we receive 1 copy of each paper in the big kitchen only.
Poop. I haven't read a paper in weeks!
Biscuits?
Replenished only once a day. ONCE A DAY!! That is not enough to feed my hunger pangs let alone an entire floor of around 150 people. How cruddy is that?!
I find myself wandering to the kitchen to look for a snack only to find crumbs, so instead I make a cup of tea rather than go back to my desk empty handed. Then I pee like crazy. I don't even like tea. Tea makes me pee. Wee wee as in pee pee (sorry, inside joke - boy do I miss Farida :(
File delivery and retrieval service?
Gone.
Files will no longer be delivered or retrieved from each floor. Which to me means that they are practically giving me a license to not work because I have a feeling I'm gonna be spending half my day down at Records for the next few weeks until I leave :p
Them: "where have you been?"
Me: "errm, I was down at Records looking for a file for you..."
Them: "You were there for over an hour"
Me: " yeah, took me awhile to find it cos someone didn't put it back in the right place, you're lucky I even found it!"
This situation can be repeated over and over and over again in a single day.
What was that thing about not enough chargeable hours in a day??? Well, the jokes on them now, half my day's gonna be admin hours... dumb-arses.
But what an awful week of cost-cutting.
Aside from reducing all these little perks that we're so used to getting when working for a big global conglomerate, my employer has also announced mass redundancies. Too many people lose their jobs without any notice or indication.
Everybody knows that things aren't all roses and butterflies at the moment so redundancies are expected, however, the way in which you handle the situation is the difference between a good company and a great company.
The people who were retrenched in my department were given the news at 11am in the morning. They were to choose either to pack their things then and leave or leave immediately and someone else will pack up their things to send back to them but they were strictly not allowed to touch their computers, not allowed to touch any files on their desks, not allowed to touch anything work related and were escorted out of the building. They did not even have time to go around the office to say goodbye to their colleagues and friends. Escorted out. What did they do wrong?
For all they knew, they got up and went to work as they normally would, and then by 11am that morning, they were without a job and treated like criminals yet they did nothing wrong.
Surely the company could have shown a little bit of compassion to these people so that at the very least allow them a chance to say goodbye to all the friends they have made there.
No.
You can have none of that.
We don't need you anymore.
Please do not touch our stuff, do not talk to our staff, do not pass GO, you must go straight to jail.... (sorry, got carried away)
People who have worked there for a few months were gone, people who have worked there for 20 years were gone. Some departments lost half their team. Ours were luckier, only 3 people were done away with, but 3 people who were our friends, who we would have liked to say a proper goodbye to.
Bastards.
After that massacre, it was pretty clear that my contract was definitely not going to be renewed... partly because of budget cuts and partly because the maternity-leave lady wanted her job back (thank goodness! Cos I definitely don't want it). Better that they feel bad not being able to keep me than me feeling bad not wanting to stay.
Bad luck to them. They're gonna be pretty screwed without me (not trumpeting up myself at all :p)
I am feeling pretty good and very relieved about leaving the robotic, soul-sucking world of this firm, however, the looming prospect of unemployment is beginning to worry me - I should probably start looking for work or I'm screwed too.
Anyone out there with a good paying job where I don't have to do too much?
Here's to wishful thinking
Despite this, I still take 2-3 pieces each morning, a banana, an apple, a kiwi fruit. I eat the banana, I eat the kiwi and I take the apple home... I now have a healthy collection of about 8 apples at home. I should probably stop taking apples and give other people a chance :p
Newspapers?
Before: we received 3 copies of each paper in each kitchen
Now: we receive 1 copy of each paper in the big kitchen only.
Poop. I haven't read a paper in weeks!
Biscuits?
Replenished only once a day. ONCE A DAY!! That is not enough to feed my hunger pangs let alone an entire floor of around 150 people. How cruddy is that?!
I find myself wandering to the kitchen to look for a snack only to find crumbs, so instead I make a cup of tea rather than go back to my desk empty handed. Then I pee like crazy. I don't even like tea. Tea makes me pee. Wee wee as in pee pee (sorry, inside joke - boy do I miss Farida :(
File delivery and retrieval service?
Gone.
Files will no longer be delivered or retrieved from each floor. Which to me means that they are practically giving me a license to not work because I have a feeling I'm gonna be spending half my day down at Records for the next few weeks until I leave :p
Them: "where have you been?"
Me: "errm, I was down at Records looking for a file for you..."
Them: "You were there for over an hour"
Me: " yeah, took me awhile to find it cos someone didn't put it back in the right place, you're lucky I even found it!"
This situation can be repeated over and over and over again in a single day.
What was that thing about not enough chargeable hours in a day??? Well, the jokes on them now, half my day's gonna be admin hours... dumb-arses.
But what an awful week of cost-cutting.
Aside from reducing all these little perks that we're so used to getting when working for a big global conglomerate, my employer has also announced mass redundancies. Too many people lose their jobs without any notice or indication.
Everybody knows that things aren't all roses and butterflies at the moment so redundancies are expected, however, the way in which you handle the situation is the difference between a good company and a great company.
The people who were retrenched in my department were given the news at 11am in the morning. They were to choose either to pack their things then and leave or leave immediately and someone else will pack up their things to send back to them but they were strictly not allowed to touch their computers, not allowed to touch any files on their desks, not allowed to touch anything work related and were escorted out of the building. They did not even have time to go around the office to say goodbye to their colleagues and friends. Escorted out. What did they do wrong?
For all they knew, they got up and went to work as they normally would, and then by 11am that morning, they were without a job and treated like criminals yet they did nothing wrong.
Surely the company could have shown a little bit of compassion to these people so that at the very least allow them a chance to say goodbye to all the friends they have made there.
No.
You can have none of that.
We don't need you anymore.
Please do not touch our stuff, do not talk to our staff, do not pass GO, you must go straight to jail.... (sorry, got carried away)
People who have worked there for a few months were gone, people who have worked there for 20 years were gone. Some departments lost half their team. Ours were luckier, only 3 people were done away with, but 3 people who were our friends, who we would have liked to say a proper goodbye to.
Bastards.
After that massacre, it was pretty clear that my contract was definitely not going to be renewed... partly because of budget cuts and partly because the maternity-leave lady wanted her job back (thank goodness! Cos I definitely don't want it). Better that they feel bad not being able to keep me than me feeling bad not wanting to stay.
Bad luck to them. They're gonna be pretty screwed without me (not trumpeting up myself at all :p)
I am feeling pretty good and very relieved about leaving the robotic, soul-sucking world of this firm, however, the looming prospect of unemployment is beginning to worry me - I should probably start looking for work or I'm screwed too.
Anyone out there with a good paying job where I don't have to do too much?
Here's to wishful thinking
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