Man, this cannot talk about.

This also cannot talk about.

But then this fella can talk about this.

This fella even warned the other fella to shut up.

Errrr… so are we a democracy or not???

What next? 

Some fella up there is gonna say, “No, we’re not a democracy!” ???

That’s 50 years of independence for you.

AAAAAAAA!!! I’ve gotta make an irrational, illogical rant coz I cannot tahan already!!!

I’ve mentioned before that sometimes, I meet certain people and right off the bat, I find that I don’t like the person, even though I don’t know them well. There’s just something about them that puts me off.

And at each organization I’ve worked at, I’ve managed to (unfortunately) come across a few individuals like this. Some I don’t need to work directly with so that’s fine. But others, with whom I need to work closely, man, it’s take a lot of effort. Of course, I wouldn’t openly show my dislike of the person (or try really really hard not to show it). That wouldn’t be professional.

So anyway, at my current workplace, there’s this colleague whom I just didn’t like from the moment I met him/her (have to be ambiguous, just in case someone from work reads this).

Before I go on, I need to issue my disclaimer again. This is NOT a rational post so the things I’m gonna say may not make sense to many people. Heck, it may not make sense to me either but it’s just another excuse I can use to add to my list of Why I Don’t Like This Person.

Firstly, The-Person-I-Dislike is significantly older than me (I think about 10 years) and thus, acts very auntie-like. Now, don’t think that only women can act auntie-like. Some men can play the part very well. But in this case, I’m not divulging whether it’s a he or a she. Well, I cannot stand people who act auntie-like in the workplace. It’s very irritating!

Secondly, The-Person-I-Dislike visibly nods off during meetings! Our dept has already gotten a bad rep from the way the previous consultant had handled the project, so now, the project team has no respect for us whatsoever. Some more you show that you’re sleeping off during meetings! Geez, no wonder people don’t listen to us!

Thirdly, The-Person-I-Dislike gives the lamest excuse for being late to work (late = outside the stipulated time and grace period). Once in a while, it’s ok but regularly? Please get some help. I mean, if you’re not malu to give that sort of excuse to The Boss, I’m malu on your behalf la.

Fourthly, The-Person-I-Dislike thinks that s/he is an expert at everything. Like, for example, the other day we were talking about some movies and another colleague made a remark and this person went “Oh, you’re better than me, even I didn’t know that!” like this other colleague shouldn’t know something that The-Person-I-Dislike doesn’t know. It wasn’t WHAT s/he said, it was HOW it was said.

Fifthly, The-Person-I-Dislike is quite perasan. The other day, I remarked to The Boss that one of the external consultants is probably around my age but is probably earning twice my salary based on her designation. Then The-Person-I-Dislike had to butt in and say “Waaaaa, like that you’re talking about me also!” Like, hallo! Who was talking about you la?! So bloody perasan! Again, it was HOW it was said. Really annoyed me to bits!

I could go on and on but I think that’s enough. To be fair, I’m sure it’s only me who’s reacting this way and others would probably have more things to say about me but that’s ok, can’t please everybody.

Aaahhhhh… so good to get that off my chest.

After sleeping 90% of my weekend off, am feeling much better today.

On Saturday, I felt like I had been steam-rollered

Today, body feels more or less normal… but the lymph nodes around my neck are painful. I remember the doc would sometimes put pressure on the lymph nodes around my neck (below the jawline) and asks if they hurt. If yes, that means I’ve got an infection.

I guess that means mine still hasn’t cleared up yet.

Sigh…

Lucky
Mongrel. Estimated 2 years old.
Was found by a good samaritan by the roadside and is believed to have been hit by a car. Nursed back to health and is currently residing at Dr Yeoh’s clinic. Lucky is friendly and loving.

Pomeranian (breed)
Owner is emigrating to USA and the dog needs to go to a good home asap. Approximately 9 yrs old and is a cutie.

For further details on both cases, please call Dr. Yeoh @ 03-7804 8684.

Am currently reading “Cat Women : Female Writers on Their Feline Friends“.

I like one of the stories by Barrie Gillies on her cat, Fat Annie (Waiting for Fat Annie to die. Not really. Well, sorta)

Why this particular story?

Let me try to summarize it since I can’t reproduce it without permission.

The author (BG) went to a psychic who told her that her cat was going to die to make room for her happiness i.e. a man. Fat Annie was 12 but as far as BG could tell, she wasn’t anywhere near Rainbow Bridge.

One day, BG was set up a blind date. She met the perfect guy (Mr. Worth-Losing-My-Cat-Over-MWLMCO). Except that he’s allergic to cats. Majorly allergic. Anyway, fast forward a year later, they got married. BG arranged to have Fat Annie live with friends in the country but MWLMCO breaks down at the last minute and says Fat Annie can stay, he’ll adjust.

“She’ll die”, she says.

“She looks fine”, says he.

Five years down the road plus one baby and Fat Annie is still alive and striving.

So anyway, the reason why this story appealed to me was because MWLMCO so selflessly sacrificed his comfort to let Fat Annie stay.  I’m guessing that he has to take daily allergy meds to control his allergies… or maybe he got used to Fat Annie over time.

How many of us would do something like that for our partners?

How many of us would willingly sacrifice a certain part of ourselves for the sake of our partners?

Someone close to me once told me, if the guy doesn’t accept your cats/[insert your own passion], then just ditch him.

Others have told me that I shouldn’t choose my cats/[insert your own passion] over someone I love. That would be stupid.

Another school of thought is, if he really loves you, he wouldn’t make you choose.

I don’t know what I would do if I were in that position. But of course, this is a question that I would pose to myself as well, to be fair to my partner. What would I sacrifice? (Yes, I do know what it would be)

But one thing’s for sure is that you can’t find many men in this part of the world who like cats. I think you can find more who like dogs. But cats, very very rare.

So we’ll see.

THIS is what we humans are capable of doing; and we try to reverse our actions albeit too late,  as always. Our children won’t be able to see them in real life very soon.

Pic taken from the WWF website

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I am still cranky… blister’s still there but to add more salt to the injury, I feel like I’m coming down with something AGAIN.

Gosh, is this vicious cycle ever gonna end??? We’d better be moved out of the stuffy small room we call an office. No windows, one door, 6 people (next week’s gonna see an additional 5 more people crammed into the tiny room). One sneeze or cough and that’s enough to spread the germs around.

I’m so sick of getting sick!!!

Bleh…

Because I have a stupid blister underneath my tongue.

How in the world does one get a blister u-n-d-e-r-n-e-a-t-h one’s tongue??!!!!!

It hurts like mad whenever I do anything that requires me to move my tongue.

Talking, eating, licking my teeth and lips, brushing teeth, swirling water/tea/coffee in my mouth… any slightest movement of the tongue makes it hurt like there’s no tomorrow.

GAAAAHH!!!!!!!

Cranky, miserable b*tch on the loose. Don’t talk to me. I will bite your head off!!!

Hhhhmmmpphhhhh!!!

Today’s topic on “He Says, She Says”…

Funny men are sexy; funny women are not

For me, men who are funny in a witty way and who are not afraid of poking fun at themselves are attractive. However, men who are crudely funny at the expense of others are not.

Based on personal experience, I find that a lot of men are adverse to laughing at themselves and poking fun at themselves. I think it has to do with that ego thing. Oh, they can make fun of others and make people laugh at other people; some are very good at this. I’ve seen this A LOT. But don’t you ever dare to laugh at THEM, even if it’s just sharing a joke or some funny thing that happened to them. Not sure if it’s an Asian/Malaysian thing but I’ve noticed this mostly in Asian/Malaysian men.

There are a handful of Asian/Malaysian men I know who are those few who can make others laugh at their jokes AND are brave enough to let others laugh at them as well. Now THIS I find such a rare quality.

What do you gals think?

And what do you guys think about funny women? Sexy or not?

Everyone, please welcome… *drumroll*

I love that Polaroid shot of Sophia… she’s smiling!!!
The 2.95kg bundle of squawking joy (so says my sis) and newest member of the Ng and Repin families.
Oh, and she’s my niece

Misha, MotherKat, PatchyKat, and Blacks were not around for dinner tonight.

MotherKat wasn’t around last night. She’s always around for dinner.

I hope they’re ok.

One of the residents mentioned that the management used to poison the strays to get rid of them.

I hope they’re safe and sound and just decided that they didn’t want dinner tonight.

Sigh…