hehehs. chris is very mean. i lined up behind her to use the highly sought after typewriter.. and unfortunately i developed the urge to use the washroom, so i decided to make a run for it and i told her to 'chop' place for me :D and guess what? when i came back, dear chris was gone and daphne was using the dear typewriter!!! AAAAH hahaha :D i nearly skinned her alive.

Being at the office is fun (not "working is fun"; I realised that the two seldom go together)!

Typewriters are a rare commodity these days. I always thought it was because nobody used them anymore so nobody made typewriters (Demand = Supply = 0, equilibrium?), but demand far outstrips supply to an extent that dear Hwei was in an absolute tizzy when 1. she thought her assistant manager was trying to cut her queue (he was) and 2. the above incident happened.

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I love frozen lime margaritas! (:

And, I'm going to miss emailing Est/Pet/Sheryl at work. Why is everyone suddenly gloriously unemployed? I remember when 2005 just started and everyone had a job and Jo and I were depressed because we were parasites bumming around and not contributing to the Singapore economy (shopping didn't count).

Me, to Zhuang: "Eh what've you been up to? I heard so much about you lately."
Zhuang, nodding sagely: "I know. I've heard a lot about me too."

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I have found a ZK-twin (no he doesn't teach history in HC)! They both rhapsodize about history, they both speak French, and they have the same name!

Me, to Xuan, trying to imagine my boss' hypothetical reaction to (an entirely hypothetical) situation where he discovers I have only appeared in the office for 2.5 days this week: "I think he'd have a heart attack."
(Haha no Hwei he wouldn't, he's your family doctor! :P)

I didn't know if you fail IPPT during reservist you have to stay on another day!
Xuan, on conspicuously-absent UncleRonald: "We'll ask him about his reservist when he comes back... next week?"

This is funniest!
Dal and Hwei were trying to figure out their shipping charges for EUACB**, and Hwei grabs a calculator (yes reflex action for tax agents). Dal says, "The computer can calculate it for you!" And Hwei, punching numbers into calculator with lightning speed, says scornfully, "No. I'm going to use my brain!"

edit// **I am prohibited (under Dal's orders) to mention the actual brand's name (because then everyone would buy the same clothes and that would not be a good thing) hence- ExpensiveUnnamedAmericanClothingBrand (:

In the past week, one local university has threatened to withdraw my scholarship application, twice I have tasted freedom in the office for all of five seconds only to be reminded by sudden appearances of Piles of Files that I Will Never Be Free, and have raged more than once abotu missing stationery only to realise that blob of Blutack (previously MIA) was actually stuck to shoe (haha yes loserr).

To top it all off, Blogger ate up my previous post complaining about all this.
Not muy bien.

Things that piss me off during work:
- Typewriters
- Missing files
- Slow computer
- Slow computer that classifies all Pet's/Sheryl's emails as MAYBE SPAM so I have trouble replying to them
- Slow computer that blocks all outgoing emails that I send to Tinky
- Printers that break down (Question in point: How come a machine can choose when not to work, when we are obviously slaving our guts out?)

A comforting thing to note: I am not (yet) one of the 1456156458476 people in Hong Leong Building who officially Have No Life in March/April (it must be written in their contract or something).

christina
between the road and new york city


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