one of those days

Cool jelly dessert drink given to me by a Taiwanese resident. It got me through the heat. Both literally and non.

きょしごとは どですか?

... とてもいそがしです が　おもしろいです。


最近上班上得精神有点恍惚。 一回到家，什么都不想做，只想看一些不用脑的东西。 早上一醒来，从头到脚，全身发麻。

工作的六日制使我非常珍惜星期天。


。。。。



而这一切只是开始。

工作成这个样子，很不优雅。 看到街上天天血拼的美女们， 悠闲地在我面前晃过。

觉得自己很狼狈。

还是觉得她们会觉得我很狼狈。

说实在的，i don't really care.


。。。


still, it's not that bad. it's just one of those days.

do accountants go to work happy?

b: twin sausage bun. not the first thing i would reach for in a bread shop, but tsu mei adores it, so i decided to give it a try. 5/10?

l: red bean bun. had during work.

   d: oden (chikuwa, carrots, daikon, tofu, fishball and kelp knots), cos lettuce and kimchi

 

jiran. (JI-ran)

that means neighbour in malay.

looking at the depressingly low sign-up numbers for our 2nd semester bbq, i decided to give my residents a house call to promote the 'event'. but beyond that, i haven't been really building relationships with my neighbours much since the start of this year, hence i thought this would be a great opportunity.

however, i only made it to the floor above my unit because i was stuck chatting with zhi wei, a very nice singaporean boy who lives directly above me. we started talking about random stuff, music, jobs, travelling, etc; then his housemate, soon wen, a malaysian boy who reminds me a lot of Lot's-O-Huggin' Bear from Toy Story 3 came home and joined in the chat too.



it finally felt like living in a student dorm, and it felt good to be able to knock on your neighbour's door to say hi, how's it going, and end up chatting for 45 minutes. maybe it's the final year mentality, but i've really been sentimental about things like that lately. and i hesitate less. go out, do it, it's your last year, etc. i wished i had more chance to just rock up one floor above, chill out in someone else's living room and exchange how-dos.

after peeling off the layers and coming down to the core of it, i actually do love my job. i love ushering in a new batch of students, recognizing lost faces like mine when i first arrived, dealing with spoilt brats occasionally and shutting them up (that's the greatest satisfaction), i like the odd courtroom dramas (tenants vs landlord cases), the infidelity that takes place under our noses (married man with mistress), the dodgy tenant (suspected columbian hooker) etc.

the only sad thing about this job is, as one of residents/coursemate Yumi (artistic japanese girl) said, it can be depressing watching people come and go as you remain stagnant in the same place....you send off and old batch and welcome a new batch as they come and go...come and go...

flip a coin

it's saturday night and i havent done any of those things on my list. that's life, isn't it. but i will get to it after this. i have to.

i was not able to check out moh 2010 after all, hence i stayed back at work. leong (my big boss) ying (his daughter, my colleague until september)and i had lunch at Doncaster --- yoong taufoo... nothing like jalan ipoh's but not bad for melbourne's standard.

leong has upped sim's offer (sim is my 2nd boss, his youngest brother) with regards to my summer 2010-11 plans. bro has actually booked a ticket for me to go home in early january. however, that's when our new building (yes, rooms international is expanding, the plan stalled but it'll be in full operation in february 2011) will be up and running. hence, they want me (they do not have a choice perhaps) to stay behind and have all hands on the deck --- in other words, i will be almost fully in charge of the applications for our current residences whilst sim focuses on the new one. sim has offered to buy me another ticket back during easter break and will cover the cost of that 'burned' ticket my bro has already booked.

today leong brought up his initial offer (again) - that i do the annual marketing trip in malaysia, singapore, indonesia and shenzhen/hongkong. that means i have to visit our existing education consultants (think IDP!) and hand them the brochures of the new building, the basic pr marketing. all expenses paid.

i am excited actually and i think i can definitely do that. but at the same time, my plan was to look for an internship in a malaysian radio or tv station. dilemma dilemma. my parents advice was a no but it just struck me that i am 21, hence at the end of the day it is still my decision.

and honestly, missing one chinese new year won't hurt, or shouldn't hurt when you're young. besides, mum will be coming in october and my graduation will be in november. being young should mean being out there, throwing yourself at deep ends, facing up to challenges. i am just unsure if that means giving up a possible internship --- an internship that i have yet to secure?

can someone flip a coin on my behalf, please?


(Photography by The Bartender 007, 2009, flickr.com)