Half my day....argh....

Tiring out even so soon after my yesterday's break from work. I'm not here to complain. I thank God for my job and the fact we're busy means that my organisation is surviving and they have a reason to keep me employed! hahaha...

However, it's just mentally taxing and quite draining at times. Ok ok, i see many hands up that we're rowing the same boat. But...haiz...this is tiring man...

it's 3.30pm and i throw my hands up and come down to the cafe to have my lunch. (flexi hours). Can't take the endless things that go by. It can make you scream. Here's a synopsis of my day today. i will try to put it in sequential order and hope it doesn't confuse you.

1) fax film ink ran out. Need to change. -- realised the box in the drawer was an old one (means i was fooled the last round of taking stationery orders) Thus, had to call the supplier to arrange an urgent delivery.

2) because of fax problem - only got half a quotation for the corporate gifts. Thus need to call company for full quotation and prepare cheque.

3) Cheque needs 2 signatories and needs to be signed today. Thus, called person A at 10am to check when he could come by and person B if he would be in his office in the afternoon today. Person A not too sure what time he can come...and requested a 11am phone reminder to him. Person B ok in the office full day.

4) Check with boss if he can transport me to person B office during lunch to sign the cheque. OK.

5) E-mail from RSAF requesting information following the last job fair on the 12th ( which was not highlighted b4..and now abit late to ask right...) and the new information by the end of the week.

6) E-blast to members on the new job fair in May, and the new RSAF requirements, as usual with a please reply by _____ request, that i pray so so hard that people stick to.

7) Internet search and call up DHL to find out how much it would cost to ship stuff to the UK. Beacuse i'm working on the fact that i have no CLUE how heavy it is, exactly what address i'm sending to, it makes it quite a grope in the dark and lots of ballpark figures.

8) Call Person A at 11am to remind him to tell me what time he's coming. He said he will come. No time stated....haiz...

9) Prepare the cheque for the corporate gifts. Have to call back the supplier coz they never state the exact company to make the cheque payable to.

10) They inform me that they are pushing delivery time to be from 2 -3pm TODAY instead of tomorrow. -- great, means must rush the cheque signing.

11) Cleaning auntie wants to clean my room. -- evicted for 5-8 mins.

12) It's 11.40am-- calling person A again to remind. Had to ask he come before 2pm. So that i can pay for the corporate gifts when it is delivered between 2-3pm.

13) Check rates for courier on Singapore post. same as point 7.

14) It is 1230pm. Person A is coming. So i need to go downstairs and wait. Then immediately, my boss wants to leave to fetch me to the other company to get the 2nd signature. Drops me off near office when finished and i head back to office.

15) Boss calls and needs me to send out e-mail to the HR members for IA students. -- need to search and refer to several e-mails over different days to compile the info for the e-mail blast. Also, need to run through the list of HR people to make sure i include only the relevant parties.

16) Someone enquires about membership. Call back, sound nice, chat... and note follow up. --prepare follow up materials for post.

17) Find out details for FedEx, same as point 7.

18) Get a call from some jobst***t and they want us to join their fair. Abit hard, but am patient to explain my organisations unique situation. Not many believe we hardly hire. Sigh.

19) Receive the corporate gifts. Delivery man in chatty mood. Cham...ok ok...was nice again. He's just doing his job.

20) Start receiving queries regarding my point 15 action although i CLEARLY stated in the e-mail to contact someone else if they are interested or need further details!!! =( So once again, try to facilitate, be nice, redirect if i can't do any further.

21) Boss calls and needs the address and contacts of someone urgently for print. I need to go find the namecard and sms the details.

22) So here i am having lunch. Get a phone call and need to think up of a name for my article by tomorrow...=S

And.....i have so many other things pending on my list. Organising a farewell dinner( which NO ONE wants to decide who's going to pay..so how huh ..huh??!??!) , an entire Bowling tournament, go to the bank and change signatories, arrange a photo shoot (note: i need to get 12 guys together and they travel almost all the time), get documents and apply for funding for our next trade shows/ trips, minutes of the last MC, SSC and industry partnership meeting....

I'm dead man...ok...i need to go back to work. Lunch hour is over.

See ya!

A break

Today, Monday, I took a break from work (or MC more like it, but a break).

The weekend was fantastic, with Benny Hinn for 3 nites since friday. Amazing healings and testimonies abounded. You could be in the stadium for 3 -5 hours but the sense of it all was wonderful. Felt that Pst benny was closer to city harvest this year. It's as though he had been our friend for years. =)

Got a car for this weekend. A mitsubishi Lancer, dark grey one which was pretty cool to drive. It was fun! Spent saturday morning going to the Sungei buloh wetland reserve. I was quite tired actually. becaue the night before i was out for supper with my cg till 2.30am and stayed up to research on how to drive to the reserve till 4am. I had to be up to pick Bowl from her place at 8.30am! Needless to say, thank god she called me at that time and I knew for sure we'd miss the free tour. Still, itwas a great trip. We were there from 10 to about 12 plus.

Saw mudskippers, a crocodile and loads of monitor lizards in our path. She was the shutter- bug for the nature stuff. For me, i mainly prefer to jsut enjoy the sights and sounds, and do the map bit. Thus, a good combination for a nice morning out.

We got a bit lost driving out. Hahaha...all i told her was to read the map in reverse. She declared she wasn't a map person after after that. But not so bad lah... I've seen worse...I think..=P

Then it was a shower and a lift down to the indoor stadium...OH!!! I forgot to say..I got a parking fine on friday night! Sigh...forgot to put coupon and realised it only in the stadium. =( $30 bucks!

Then went home to sleep before bringing my Junior for her bday dinner treat at this nice quiet place ( quite ulu actually) but nice and tranquil at night and the food was great! At the RIO Brazilian restaurant. Near queenstown remand prison! I know the irony. It's jsut next door!
the best place for carnivores.. you have 12 types of meat served off the grill for you to savour for dinner. I brought her there partly also because it was a 1-for -1 just for this month and worth the exploration. She enjoyed herself. =) cool!

Ok, it's almost 1am. I should go sleep. My break should not be in vain. =) I'll try to continue again if inspired the next round.

A laugh today =)

Was reading 'Jesus, Lifecoach' (Laurie Beth Jones) today by the beach. Read this joke that seems to be very popular online too. (after i did some research. But it's a good one!)

Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson went camping in the desert. Having set up their tent, they turned in. As the night wore on, Sherlock woke up , leaned over, wakes his faithful friend and asks: "Watson, what do you see?"

Watson responded. " Well, I see the North Star, which has helped guide us to this spot. Beyond that i see the Big Dipper and the tail of Orion. I also can make out the edges of the Milky Way and know that there are universes expanding beyond that..."

Watson was about to continue his raptuous explanation, when suddenly Sherlock elbows him and hissed, "Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent!

So Ccccuuuuuuuttteeee!!!!!!

Gromit steps into HMV logo role (Taken from BBC news at bbc.co.uk)

The world famous HMV logo is to get a new dog - in the shape of the heroic and long suffering Gromit.

The new image is based on the original 1898 His Master's Voice oil painting which features Nipper the dog listening to an early gramophone recording.

HMV will be using the image for three months to support the promotion of children's DVDs at its stores.

Bosses assured customers Nipper was not in danger and would still represent HMV in other uses of its logo.

'Much loved'

Aardman's Nick Park said: "It's a great honour to be stepping in the same paw prints as an icon as big as Nipper. Gromit will look after 'the seat' for as long as Nipper allows."

HMV marketing director Graham Sim said: "I can't imagine that we would have entrusted our brand to anyone other than Aardman, who, in Wallace and Gromit, have created a much-loved British institution.

"We're delighted that Gromit has agreed to stand in for Nipper on this one occasion."
The original picture, together with its copyright, were sold to the Gramophone Company, now EMI, for £100 in 1898, with Nipper first appearing on an HMV record label in 1907.