I went to visit my friendly doctor yesterday. He told me that I'm too stressed out, and that I might get thyroid because of that. And I thought the Viagra that got stuck in my throat gave me a stiff neck. HEY! (tat tat dish!) Anyway, jokes aside, I better get me some extra rest, huh?
The doctor told me that I need to get married, and soon. WHAT? I was somewhat shocked to hear that from a doctor, but he said I need someone to talk to, someone to share all my problems with. I kinda agree with him, but how am I to find someone to marry and care for, when I can't even care for myself? Maybe I should visit a psychiatrist, and hopefully it's someone as beautiful as Nasha Aziz was in Buli & Buli Balik. Honestly, which woman in their right mind would want to marry a geeky environmentalist who loves to play computer games?
Anyways, I spent some lovely time at a local LRT station waiting for my media transaction. Yes, I purchase blank DVDs NOT retail, since they usually mark-up the price exponentially. However that's not the point. The point is, it was so fricking hot/humid, I was totally drenched and felt feverish. Not to self: Spend less time outdoors.
I promised everyone that I'd continue my story today, but I don't want to make this a lengthy entry. Let's save it for tomorrow, okay?
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monday, February 27, 2006
Cheque, mate
Well what dumb luck. First, my cheque didn't clear, and I have to pay an extra RM 10 for someone's mistake for not writing the DATE properly. And to think, my handwriting is bad, but here's someone who's been doing administrative work and writing cheques longer than I have been receiving them and can STILL make a blunder.
I spoke to her earlier, and she said she's going to issue another cheque and counter-sign it so I can withdraw it immediately tomorrow. Well, hopefully it works, because I'm already a couple of days behind schedule to distribute the money. I was beginning to think that Wyn was right, that cheques do not clear over the weekend.
Good thing I sold some of my pc parts on Saturday. At least I have some money to use in the mean time. Plus it looks like part two of my previous story will be for tomorrow. Is anybody actually reading this?
I spoke to her earlier, and she said she's going to issue another cheque and counter-sign it so I can withdraw it immediately tomorrow. Well, hopefully it works, because I'm already a couple of days behind schedule to distribute the money. I was beginning to think that Wyn was right, that cheques do not clear over the weekend.
Good thing I sold some of my pc parts on Saturday. At least I have some money to use in the mean time. Plus it looks like part two of my previous story will be for tomorrow. Is anybody actually reading this?
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Why quit? Part 1
My answer to that would be, "why stay"? Honestly, the air has been sour for the past couple of months, ever since The Wedding Incident...
Last year, it was the wedding day of one of our friends, and we conjured up some video footage to give to her as a present. Actually, the idea was mine, but I prefer to say it was ours, because I don't believe in taking the credit to myself. Anyway, the initial video + audio edit was completed, with a last minute addition by another friend the night before. It took me until 6am to complete the editing plus encoding, and handed it over to him for surround mixing.
I got to the office by 1pm, and he just woke up. Nothing out of the ordinary. After much dilly-dally he finally began the work at around 2pm, so I left him alone. 4pm, and he's still at it. He was trying to encode it into surround and failed due to software problems. Sure, there are other software installed, but did he try them? No. I told him we're gonna be late, and we're gonna get stuck in a massive jam. He ignored me and I ignored him, or so it seems.
4:30pm, and he's STILL at it. So I told him, "it's late, jam started, so you drive". And at that point, he stood up, walked out of the room. He turned back, shouted at me, "You have no respect for other people! You treat people like they're dirt"! And yes, I left the vulgarities out.
After he snapped at me, I thought to myself, "I have no respect for others? More like he doesn't respect others!", knowing very well that I hate traffic jams; and I normally drive to avoid jam as much as possible. What does he know? He doesn't face traffic everyday. Maybe he should, then he would understand the world better.
Being the gentleman that I am (or rather, trying to be), I apologized to him (albeit with HUGE reservation) and I ended up finishing up his part to my dismay. Doing this just proves another thing, that he gets what he wants, regardless of the consequences. He told me that. Oh how true.
Then I had to do more encoding to multiplex the audio and video together before finally ending up with the final product. Then there's the DVD burning, the tests, all in all which took another hour or so. Voila, 5:30pm. Ish. The very HEART of the jam.
So with tense emotions and evil thoughts for world domination running through my mind, I drove us (there were 3 of us) to where the wedding was, which took a good 1.5 hours to reach (30mins on a normal day). If it weren't for my Vulcan mind training (self-control/emotional suppression), I would've gone MAD.
So where does that story lead to? It leads to me knowing how much anger he has, and how little I know of his true self. I'll leave today's post here, and I will get to the psychological technobabble tomorrow, which truely explains my reasons for quitting. Oh, and did I mention the video was only 7 minutes long?
Last year, it was the wedding day of one of our friends, and we conjured up some video footage to give to her as a present. Actually, the idea was mine, but I prefer to say it was ours, because I don't believe in taking the credit to myself. Anyway, the initial video + audio edit was completed, with a last minute addition by another friend the night before. It took me until 6am to complete the editing plus encoding, and handed it over to him for surround mixing.
I got to the office by 1pm, and he just woke up. Nothing out of the ordinary. After much dilly-dally he finally began the work at around 2pm, so I left him alone. 4pm, and he's still at it. He was trying to encode it into surround and failed due to software problems. Sure, there are other software installed, but did he try them? No. I told him we're gonna be late, and we're gonna get stuck in a massive jam. He ignored me and I ignored him, or so it seems.
4:30pm, and he's STILL at it. So I told him, "it's late, jam started, so you drive". And at that point, he stood up, walked out of the room. He turned back, shouted at me, "You have no respect for other people! You treat people like they're dirt"! And yes, I left the vulgarities out.
After he snapped at me, I thought to myself, "I have no respect for others? More like he doesn't respect others!", knowing very well that I hate traffic jams; and I normally drive to avoid jam as much as possible. What does he know? He doesn't face traffic everyday. Maybe he should, then he would understand the world better.
Being the gentleman that I am (or rather, trying to be), I apologized to him (albeit with HUGE reservation) and I ended up finishing up his part to my dismay. Doing this just proves another thing, that he gets what he wants, regardless of the consequences. He told me that. Oh how true.
Then I had to do more encoding to multiplex the audio and video together before finally ending up with the final product. Then there's the DVD burning, the tests, all in all which took another hour or so. Voila, 5:30pm. Ish. The very HEART of the jam.
So with tense emotions and evil thoughts for world domination running through my mind, I drove us (there were 3 of us) to where the wedding was, which took a good 1.5 hours to reach (30mins on a normal day). If it weren't for my Vulcan mind training (self-control/emotional suppression), I would've gone MAD.
So where does that story lead to? It leads to me knowing how much anger he has, and how little I know of his true self. I'll leave today's post here, and I will get to the psychological technobabble tomorrow, which truely explains my reasons for quitting. Oh, and did I mention the video was only 7 minutes long?
Saturday, February 25, 2006
The dawn of a new era...
Hi everyone, this is my THIRD blog which I hope I will continue writing. I just got lazy with the first two. :P Anyway, let's begin with something biblical. Food for thought, if I may.
“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left” (Exodus 14:21-22).
"We then inspired Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff," whereupon it parted. Each part was like a great hill. We then delivered them all." (Al-Shu'ara', 26:63-64)
Now, what came to me with the holy texts above as analogy was; everyone knows how bad the traffic is in KL, especially during rush hour, say 7pm-8pm. However, on Thursday, it was as smooth-sailing as driving on a Sunday, and on Thursday, was the day I quit my job. Coincidence, or is it God telling me that I've done the right thing? Has reading all 3 testaments made me closer to God, and God is showing me that He is the almighty? I believe.
Some close to me may wonder, why did I quit. I will tell you tomorrow. I've got things to do today, things to sell, money to earn. "The Promised Land" isn't gonna come soon, so I best keep myself prepared and stocked-up.
“And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left” (Exodus 14:21-22).
"We then inspired Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff," whereupon it parted. Each part was like a great hill. We then delivered them all." (Al-Shu'ara', 26:63-64)
Now, what came to me with the holy texts above as analogy was; everyone knows how bad the traffic is in KL, especially during rush hour, say 7pm-8pm. However, on Thursday, it was as smooth-sailing as driving on a Sunday, and on Thursday, was the day I quit my job. Coincidence, or is it God telling me that I've done the right thing? Has reading all 3 testaments made me closer to God, and God is showing me that He is the almighty? I believe.
Some close to me may wonder, why did I quit. I will tell you tomorrow. I've got things to do today, things to sell, money to earn. "The Promised Land" isn't gonna come soon, so I best keep myself prepared and stocked-up.
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