My friend Dor, is a closet fengshui junkie. After understudying a Feng Shui master for $20K, she goes around dispensing nuggets of wisdom to select few.
Moi am one of the few who'd get fengshui advice all year round, totally FOC.
Though I normally take all these with a pinch of salt, well, sometimes it's hard not to burst out laughing or smacking Dor silly.
The Year of the Rat is a good one for the Dragons.
(1) Career-wise, it'll be of leaps and bounds of progress and recognition.
Moi: Har? Means more work?! I'm already doing a whole year's worth of my colleagues programs in just 4 months!
Dor: The bosses will give you recognition lor.
Moi: Sheeeeet... Means more work la... Got 100% increment or not?
Dor: %^&*(
(2) Romance will bloom and you'll likely get married this year.
Moi: Married? Marrying who?
Dor: Aiyah, your future hubby has appeared la... You've known him for sometime...
Moi: Are you sure? [wracking my head, trying to think of possible hubby candidates..]
Dor: Wait a minute.. [grabbing my palm and turning it one way or another]
Dor: You're two-timing him!
Moi: Who the bloody hell am I two-timing?!
Dor: Yi jiao ta liang chuan (in pin yin)!
Moi: Who are the bloody boats?
Dor: And you'll get pregnant before tying the knot.
* faint
I just want to say on record, I am a traditional Chinese girl properly raised by her conservative parents.
So getting preggers before tying the knot is strictly not my POR.
POR = company lingo for Plan of Record
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Less Than 6 Months.... But It Feels Like 5 Years
My colleague and I were at the office pantry at 6.30pm. She just nuked a bento set someone passed to her and I was snacking on Chipsmore cookies.
The night shift cleaners came in to clear the rubbish and do general cleaning.
"Why are we the only ones here?" I asked around a mouthful of cookies.
She shrugged. "Cos we're dumb lor, taking on so many things. We're the unappreciated s***cleaner in the operations. "
We got to talk about members of a supporting team whom had not exactly performed in their jobs. We were constantly chasing and checking on them that it was causing some unhappiness amongst many people.
"But there are expectations, you see, when you're in the job for more than a year. Those guys joined a year ago, at least. But the girl who came in just 9 months ago is more settled and steady in the job."
That certainly cut to the chase.
She asked me, "How long have you joined the company?"
"Less than 6 months, recently."
"It certainly feels like 5 years."
I laughed. "Cos when you joined 4.5 years ago, I was one of those people who were pounding stuff into your head. That's how you arrive at 5 years."
Gosh, I gotta look for something else before all the headcounts go to China.
The night shift cleaners came in to clear the rubbish and do general cleaning.
"Why are we the only ones here?" I asked around a mouthful of cookies.
She shrugged. "Cos we're dumb lor, taking on so many things. We're the unappreciated s***cleaner in the operations. "
We got to talk about members of a supporting team whom had not exactly performed in their jobs. We were constantly chasing and checking on them that it was causing some unhappiness amongst many people.
"But there are expectations, you see, when you're in the job for more than a year. Those guys joined a year ago, at least. But the girl who came in just 9 months ago is more settled and steady in the job."
That certainly cut to the chase.
She asked me, "How long have you joined the company?"
"Less than 6 months, recently."
"It certainly feels like 5 years."
I laughed. "Cos when you joined 4.5 years ago, I was one of those people who were pounding stuff into your head. That's how you arrive at 5 years."
Gosh, I gotta look for something else before all the headcounts go to China.
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