Ever imagined how scary it would be if someone around you happened to have mind reading ability? To me, mind reading is somehow like invasion of privacy. I had been watching The Listener lately and then I was thinking it would be real scary if someone around me is able to read my mind. I have a friend who was able to read my mind in the past. Well, not exactly all the things which goes in and out of my mind. But then, sometimes I do believe that he was just making a lucky guesses and he happened to get them right.

Wondered why I came up with such topic out of the blue? Partly, it was because I had been watching The Listener lately. Hahaha … Few days ago, I was thinking about something and eventually relates to someone. Speaking of the devil, the devil just walked past me. *sweat* Then I was thinking, if this person have mind reading ability, I would be so dead. Hahaha …

Anyways, back to the topic of this entry. For those who have yet watched this drama series, I think you should try it. It's real nice. It doesn't have much gross scenes like some other investigation drama series might have. I have tried Criminal Minds before. OMG! So much of gross scenes for my liking!

Try it out yourself and see if you like it. *winks*

Don't get all freakish about the title of this entry. It's the title of the Cantonese movie which I had just finished watching. I wouldn't recommend the movie as I find the storyline all boring. I thought it was supposed to be a nice romantic movie but then somehow I realised that most of the movies produced by this director happened to be lame and boring.

I have watched most of his productions and found out that most of his productions are all about polygamy or twisted relationships. Marriage With A Fool, Love Is Not All Around, L For Love, L For Lies and Love Connected.

The reason for being watching all his movies eventhough I knew that I am gonna be disappointed by the end of the day was because most of his productions were starred by Alex Foong. Hahahaha … But then if you are looking for a decent Cantonese movie, you might as well try this. Believe me, it's not that bad compared to the links which I had just shown above. xD

However, there's one single thing which I liked about Love Connected. That is their one of their Original OST by Justin Lo. The MP3 is currently playing in the MixPod showing on the right side of my blog.

Happy Birthday, my dear! May your 22^nd birthday be one of the happiest days in your life.

Have a great birthday and good luck in your future undertakings!

*muackz* xD

What had happened to me? I can't seem to be able to control my temper lately. Frankly speaking, things had started to get hectic especially when the Ramadan Season is just around the corner. Both Management and Supporting Staff have to be involved in the upcoming activities going around the company.

I hope the duty roster wouldn't be crashing with any of my task's deadline or else things could only be completed on the very last minutes hence resulting in higher rate of mistakes. *sigh* I am not gonna ramble about work anymore or else I am gonna go insane for the next few months.

By the way, I had downloaded quite a few new episodes of my current favourite drama series – Royal Pains and Drop Dead Diva. Royal Pains is about house call medical consultation while Drop Dead Diva is all about legal. Hahaha … My all time favourite!

Anyways, I went to try out some new watches at EGO this evening. Hahaha … So, I was thinking. Since I am not able to afford pricey watches for the time being, I might just as well go for some cheapskate watches whilst saving up for a real nice and branded watch. But the thing is - they looked weird on my wrist. So, I ended up not buying anything until I have found the one.

Things haven't been going very smoothly today. Frankly speaking, I am not at all energized to work today. And somehow, I felt that all my energies were drained away from me. I am usually a happy go lucky person at work. But today, I was on the verge of exploding for several times. God! What had happened to me?

I am not stressed at work but then I felt that my feelings and emotions had been all messed up and I couldn't think straight. It's been a while since I had such a messed up mind. I think I might know the reason to it but I am not that willing to admit that it is the root cause to all these chaos.

You know what? I really understood why some people turned towards retail therapy whenever they are feeling down, stressed or whatever emotional problem you have got. It does lift one's spirit up. Hahaha … I was doing a bit of grocery shopping and it actually felt good when I was paying for the items at the checkout counter. Self-pampering is necessary at times.

Anyways, I had a déjà vu feeling this afternoon when the driver and I were picking up one of our managers at Batu Besurat. I felt like I dreamt about the place before and the exact scenario happening. The déjà vu feeling just appeared on my mind out of no reason when the driver was slowing down the van to look for our manager.

And I think I saw one of my ex-friends in the area when the déjà vu feeling took place. I saw his car and the exact car's plate number. The two of us sort of had a big misunderstanding before resulting to a harsh end of our friendship. Frankly speaking, I hadn't been good in controlling my own feelings and emotions when I was a kid. All I can say is that, teenagers tend to do stupid things when they are going through those rebellious periods. Hahaha … I am just one of them.

It wasn't a fancy dinner but a normal dinner at Ideal Café & Grill. The name might sound like a fancy restaurant. Believe me, if you are currently residing in town, you would know that it ain't any fancy or high class restaurant. Just like any other fast food restaurants.

We celebrated her birthday in the early of August even though her actual birthday falls on next Wednesday. I am not sure whether I am gonna have the time to celebrate it with her hence I did it on an advance basis. Hahaha … But then I think I might be able to join her at her birthday party next week at the Capers. I've heard quite a few positive feedbacks from friends who had been there before. xD

Birthday Girl being all sulky coz all she got for her birthday is a piece of Grilled Chicken...

Happy Birthday, my dear!

Yay! It's my day off today. Well, not exactly. I applied leave for this particular day coz I don't feel like working. I desperately some good sleeping patterns. Had been working full shifts for some time. I will be going on a full force full shifts marathon starting from next weekend for a complete one month before I get to go back to my normal working shifts.

Sometimes, I do wonder why I am always ending up with jobs that have odd hours. Hahaha … Most of my friends work from 8 to 5. That's what I called normal working hours. Most of my friends think that my working hours are crazy. Frankly speaking, when I first started the job, it was quite hard for me to adjust with the odd working hours. But once, I was being transferred to the Human Resource Department, it wasn't hard to endure with the long hours.

When you are working in my department, you will find yourself complaining that time is always never enough for you to finish all your tasks. And then getting all jumpy and snappy when people are always bothering you when you are trying desperately hard enough to finish things on time when the deadline is just round the corner. Believe it or not, that's my work life.

Ever since I started this job, there was never once that I complained from being stress at work. I wouldn't say that the job which I am having now is a complete stress-free job. Well, there were times when I was about to flung things or perhaps hit the telephone with a hammer. Seriously, I did have such kind of thoughts before. I hate it when staff intercoms into my office when I am dealing with cash.

There was once when I thought of pulling the cord out of the telephone. But then think twice, better not do it. I would have been a dead meat if there happened to be some important calls. Hahaha … But some of my managers are smart enough and they tried my hand phone instead. There was once when one of the staffs are injured while chopping the chicken parts hence needed to be sent to the A&E immediately. But the driver was nowhere to be found. I wasn't in the office too. My department manager tried calling my hand phone but to no avail. I don't have a habit of bringing my hand phone wherever I go.

I tried once before and I left my phone in the departmental store by accident. Lucky that the phone was found by one of the staff and returned it to me. I was unaware that my phone was gone missing before she returned it to me. Ever since that incident, I always stash my hand phone inside my handbag and don't even bother to bring it with me even though I am going for lunch.

Okay … I am gonna go on a sidetracked topic in a bit.

Here it goes … xD … I am desperately in need of a new watch. I broke two of the branded watches which I used to own. My Swatch broke down like a month ago due to severe dropping at the office and at home. And the history repeats on my Oasis watch. Hahaha … The Swatch is beyond repair. It was a gift from my Sister when I had graduated from high school and the Oasis watch was a gift for myself before I left UK for Brunei.

I had been doing some hunting on getting a new watch for myself. Initially, I was interested with a Guess watch. But then gave up on the idea as the bracelet wasn't made of stainless steel. I have allergies towards things which ain't made of stainless steel. When it comes to wearing all those accessories, I would always go for pure gold or silver if I wouldn't want my skin to be red all those rashes and scratches. And furthermore, the Guess watch which I was interested ain't cheap at all. It was about BND$250 but it is pretty.

Lately, I had been having interest on watches which have got flower bracelet instead of the normal bracelet. I had seen one from Swatch which has got almost the same design as the Guess watch displayed above. But still, the Swatch is cheap either. But I bet it's not stainless steel judging by the price they are offering. I think I might just settle for some cheapskate watch for the time being before I made my mind on which watch to purchase. =D

PS: I am supposed to go for a hike with JiaJia this evening. But I doubt it's gonna be a success anyways coz the clouds are all greyish.

It’s been a while last I last updated my blog. I guess the novelty has started to wear off on its own. Hahaha … Had been working full shifts for the past few days. Work has been piling up and I am required to work full shifts everyday for about two months. Yeah … I know this is crazy. I myself thought so too. But what can I do? xD

JiaJia, Diddy and I went out for early supper yesterday night at Mamih as someone told me that she wants to de-stress. Well, guess that work has started to get on everyone’s nerves lately.

Two of my colleagues had asked me when I am moving to the company accommodation. Guess what? I am not moving afterall. Hahaha … The thought of sharing a bathroom, kitchen and a washing machine among ten occupants is a complete nightmare. *sweat* Serious! I wouldn’t even dream of moving to the company accommodation unless necessary.

By the way, I had dinner at Excapade Sushi few nights ago with Alan and Francis. I ordered some kind of chicken chop rice and the portion was too much for me alone. I was on the verge of feeling sick even though I was only halfway through my dinner. I had also ordered a glass of Avocado Milkshake. I couldn’t taste much of the Avocado but Vanilla Ice-Cream.

I hope not! Hahaha … I remembered the time when Andrea asked me whether I do think of her as a workaholic coz there were some of our friends whom believed that she is one of them. We never get to know how on earth they got such information. But sometimes, looks could be deceiving too. I would say that she is someone who is hardworking towards her studies but I could swear to God that she will never be a workaholic as long as she lives.

Do you know why I insisted that she will never be a workaholic? Hahaha … Let me tell you something. She has this over-exaggerating fantasy towards DBSK. Watching their videos over YouTube or whatever-I-don’t-know online streaming website has been a daily routine for the past couple of months. I wonder whether it had been a year. Hahaha … She’s crazy at times. Hahaha …

For someone who always gets an “overdose” of DBSK videos for every single working day don’t sounds like a workaholic to me. She could leave everything behind and glued herself in front of her laptop for hours drooling over their videos. At times, she might ignore me and proceeds with her own fantasies. Hahaha … Just kidding. Well, she does do that at times. But I was busy with my own work when she ignored me the previous few times. Hahaha …

Alright, back to me. I had been working frequent full shifts for the past two weeks ever since I got back to work after I took three days leave. Well, things aren’t piling up. But then, it seems like I have got never ending jobs. Whenever you finish a job, other jobs will start piling up again. And then, it’s like you think you will never get to finish them on time.

I was supposed to get off from work at five today. I carefully plan my working schedule for the week. I had finished finalizing the temporary staff salary yesterday evening and sorting out senior staff and clerks’ wages sheet, OT forms, changing shift forms and time card. I was supposed to get off from work at nine yesterday night but then when I punched my time card, it was already 10:20PM.

People think that I am stressed. Well, I don’t think so. I don’t like things to pile up when I know I have got bigger task coming soon. Sometimes, working life could be hectic. Who would say that working life is enjoying and interesting anyways? I do think that some will do. But not all, I would say. Sometimes, I do enjoy work. When things start to get out of control, you would wish that you have got an assistant helping you around.

There’s only my manager and me in my department. The previous clerk was being transferred to another branch so I am currently multi-tasking. I am a Department Executive whilst dealing with clerical job at the same time. *sigh* Life is always so unfair.

I just found this interesting piece of article on the website about the symptoms of being a workaholic. Okay … Here it goes. I am gonna evaluate them one by one and decide later whether I am really being a workaholic. Maybe I should check out whether Facebook has got this kind of quiz?

The workaholic not only works hard but also sets impossibly high standards and is beset by a sense of never being good enough. => I do work hard at times but I seldom thought about never being good enough. So, that’s an out!

The workaholic’s need to please others is a driving force that prevents him/her from noticing the impact of overworking on his/her own health and well-being. => Out!

He/She has a strong need to control other people and situations, and he/she finds it difficult to delegate responsibilities. "If I want it done well, I have to do it myself," is a characteristic workaholic belief. => Hmm … I’ll have a think about this in a greater depth.

The workaholic life is characterized by a striking lack of balance. The workaholic gives himself little time to develop and enjoy personal relationships. Caring for herself is low on her priority list, and health problems are often ignored until they become debilitating. => Out!

Moving from task to task, deadline to deadline, the workaholic feels most alive when totally immersed in a project or dashing between several projects. The workaholic may become addicted to the adrenaline rush generated by dealing with a crisis. => Okay … I hate crisis and I don’t have adrenaline rush when I am working. Out!

The workaholic uses work to escape from difficult feelings and in this process loses awareness of her desires and needs. The family members and friends of the workaholic experience themselves as a lower priority than his/her work, and this experience frequently erodes relationships. => Out!

In conclusion, I personally don’t think that I am a workaholic. Hooray! I’ve passed and escaped from the deadly symptoms. Hahaha! xD

I found this picture to be funny. But it doesn’t mean that I am a workaholic. Hahaha … Ciao!