Juggling

Being juggling with life, work, friends, sleep and literally, juggling.
I attended a short juggling workshop, can't say I can really juggle now, but I can manage a few passes.

Work is bending me double, work load is rocketing thought the roof. Somehow I have to help walk-in customers and phone enquiries.
The call centers for dengue is new, so they pull useless staffs from other dept to man the hotline. The call center staffs are not train to answer calls, guess who they transfer the calls to? Which makes me wonder about the need for call center since i can do all their job.
So, in putting on a front, we have under-staffed our depts, using untrained and unwilling staff to man hotlines, and basically, confuses everyone. When are we going to get our act together? We sucks. Everyone is blaming everyone elses for everything, and no one wants to help anyone else. I, myself has lost my temper and shouted at colleagues and customers alike for the last 2 days.

Update

Went to my first workshop in nonviolent communication. Went for the Yellow-Ribbon walk. Went for the corporate massage workshop. Pain in right feet, so stopped training for my run. Must try harder. Got a cool looking running outfit. I'll be beating the girls off with a stick any day now.

Let's do it!

What a month! The resigning rate broke a new record, no prize for guessing where all the work got dumped. It's not just our section but a departmental thing. Everyone is encouraging everyone alse to tender. Heck. This sucks. Morale is so low, it's in the mud. Tears every few days. Happily, I still going strong. After all thats that bonus I'm looking forward to in December. And, I love my job. No seriously.

Lots of things happening in my life too. I've been skipping waaay too many aikido class for my own good, that's because I training for a half-marathon. Yah, that's right. In fact, I'm ruuning in 3 events this year. 10km, 12km and finally in December, 21km. Hope the goodie bags are worth the affect.
Beside all the running, I have signed up for English speaking class, Non-violent communication(NVC, what-ever tat is), and corporate massage workshop. All this coming up in the month of september. Hopefully I'll find time to attend them (bearing in mind the resign-rate and the amount of work that's been pushed around).

I'll be taking part in a "Tie-a-yellow-ribbon walk" on 3rd Sep. It's part of the Yellow Ribbon Project. Why? Because some of the best people I know, are ex-offenders. Don't be too fast to judge a movie by its book, or a person by his past. Some of the worst people that we know, are not legally criminals(and i right, people?).

On a happier note, mid-autumn festival is coming up. It is my FAVature festival of the year. To me it's the most romantic. I'm buying lanterns and moon cakes for my friends, urging them to join in this celebration.

Who borrowed my Harry Potter 5 Order of the Phoenix?

Ok, I have finished reading Half Blood Prince (HBP) once and is rereading it a second time. If i have time i might even post an editorial.
I'm looking for HP and the Order of the Phoenix, which i think i lent to someone, just can't remember who.
Is it you? Tell the truth!

Fund raised down by 30%

I have noticed many student volunteers raising funds for voluntary
welfare organisations(VWOs) do not know enough of the organisation to
answer simple questions posed to them during flag days.
I have encountered many that knows only the name of the organisation,
and practically nothing else.

The public are now more wary of charities and will naturally want to
find out where their money are being channelled and to what causes.
Most will be asking what percentage of the donation goes to the
people.

If the volunteers cannot answer these questions satisfactory, the
public will be reluctant to contribute and may even lose confident in
the organisation.

So I think it is important for VWOs to educate their fund raising
volunteers to answer the questions that the public may pose. It is
also the responsibility of the volunteers to familiars themselves with
the working of the organisation, in order to present the proper image
of the organisation to the public.

The Best Birthday ever!

Started the day going to work and waiting for my harry potter book to arrive. I was pacing up and down and very nearly freak out the whole office. But, it was just not mean to be and I guess I had to wait till monday. Hey, the wait is half the fun. I actually wanted to stay in the office to wait for it, but was talked out of it.

I cannot believe the amount of people who remember my birthday this year. I have like sms, phone calls, cards, e-messages, people wanting to have meals with me and stuff, my mum even suggested a family dinner. What a change from my last 2 birthdays in camp. sob...sob...You people are too much.

Adam is like calling me what, everyday, to have dinner together. I finally have to agree when he said he'll be bringing girls along. I had a great time.

Thanks guys, you are the best.

...now, to wait patiently for my belated potter book...the best present ever.

Of Dinner and Dance, resigning, and swimming

Went to NEA annual dinner and dance, and I had a great time! So what if my dancing sucks? Is not like people can see me in the dark....or can they? And i get a free ride home! A lot of people are giving me rides home lately, another motivation for me to go aikido training more often. Remind myself to get a girlfriend who can drive me around.
Work is OK for me, but it seems like the "2 resigning per month" rate is still prevailing. A few tears here and there, the usual mumbleing, all's in a day work. It feels really sad to have all my friends leave. (Why is eveyone whom i like going somewhere else? Does nea sucks that much? The general point of view is that the people are nice, but the job sucks BIG time.)
On a brighter note, i have started learning swimming again. Every since i stopped after learning the breaststroke at like 9, this is my first formal training. The first lesson was fun, and I really want to learn the freestyle by the end of the lessons. Another motivation factor is that in the whole class, there are only 2 guys.

And so life goes on...

We live, work and dream,
each his own little scheme.
Sometimes we laugh,
sometimes we cry;
And thus the days goes by.

Siemens sucks

I washed my 3 months old Siemens phone with running tap water today. It die. Boy, was I surprised. Life is full of something new. So I guess its time to get a new phone. Sadly I lose a few phone numbers too. Oh well.