notice

The boss increased my period of notice from 1 week to 2 weeks. Damn, my plans might have been screwed. I was thinking of flying out of the country on 28-5-06 and now I can't coz the boss and the 2nd in-charge would be away on a conference and won't be back until 15-5-06. If I hand in my resignation on Monday, does it mean that I would finish at the close of business on Friday in 2 weeks time or would it be the following Monday. That's law for you, corporations spend billions in court (and lawyers) every year arguing over how a few words in a contract should be interpreted, isn't it laughable. I mean, the whole point of having a contract in the 1st place is to clarify everything!

sticky keyboard

The keys on my computer keyboard are really sticky and it takes me forever to type. I actually purchased a new keyboard last year but had to get a refund because the new keyboards are incompatible with my rather old computer. My computer still runs on Microsoft Windows 95 and is also incompatible with USB. I thought about writing e-mails during lunch at work but lunch is only 30 minutes and the thought of my boss reading my e-mails didn’t thrill me. So, until I can afford a new computer, I'll have to continue laboriously punching out each key upto 10 times in order for a letter to show up on screen. In the mean time, please bear with me.

experience is overrated

Experience is arguably THE most important consideration for prospective employers. However, if employers only hire people with experience, then, where are people with no experience suppose to get the necessary experience. Also, is that to say that people with no experience can't do the work as good as someone who is experienced? Anyone who thinks that is obviously only concerned with the short term. I believe that THE most important consideration for prospective employers is potential. The potential of employees determines the future success of any business. That is the big picture. If you don't appreciate this point, I guarantee that your business will fold before you know it. In any case, you should NEVER underestimate anyone because nothing is certain and anything can happen. Do it at your own peril and don't say you have not been warned!

Caloundra

I went to Caloundra yesterday with some friends, specifically Golden Beach. We watched while a friend learnt how to windsurf from another friend who lives in Caloundra. I would have also had a surf if only I could swim! Caloundra is a great little city. We had a BBQ lunch and as usual I didn't eat much except for some salad and a few bites of beef steak. For your information, I'm not a big fan of sausages or steak or salad. Anyway, after lunch we played a game of backyard cricket. We lost but I was the highest scorer for my team, unbelievable! Then we attempted to fly a kite but the kite never really got off the ground! Afterwards we had ice cream before joining the queue on the Bruce Highway. I can't believe how heavy traffic was yesterday given it was only Easter Sunday. However, it's now only 1440 hours on Easter Monday and the radio just reported that it is already congested on the Bruce Highway. Lucky we made the decision to go to Caloundra yesterday and not today!

happy holidays (to be politically correct)

Something funny happened on my way home from work on Thursday. I had just jumped on the bus heading for home.

The female bus driver asked, "How are you?"

I thought she had asked, "Who are you?" I really should have knew better but anyway. I asked, "What?"

She said, "How are you?"

I said, "Oh I'm sorry, I've had a bad day at the office."

I proceeded to find a seat. She then called me to the front and asked, "Where do you get off?"

I said, "2nd last stop."

It turned out that this was her 1st time driving this route and since I was the only person on the bus at that time, she asked me to be her navigator and I agreed. For a short while we did not have any new passengers and she asked me about my bad day at work. I gave her an extremely short version of what goes on in our office and how the boss is unloyal and fires at least one person every month.

She asked, "Is your boss Australian?"

I said, "Yes, absolutely."

She asked, "Why won't anyone report him to the authorities?"

I said, "They have but because he's an ex-cop, he's well respected and no one would do anything."

She said, "You need to get out of that place girl, you deserve better than that!"

I said, "I know and I will quit very soon."

This lady made my day! Isn't it good to know that someone out there understands and cares?

I went to poker night at my friend's place yesterday. I played my 1st ever game of poker and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite the fact that I ended the night $10 in the red. What I like most about poker is that it is more about human psychology than the quality of one's hand. Now I know why Bill Gates likes this game so much!

Happy holidays (to be politically correct) everybody!

tired

I'm falling asleep as we speak in front of the computer so I'll make it short, how do I become a travel journalist? Anyone? Got to get my beauty sleep now.

migraine

Didn't have a good day yesterday, had a massive migraine for most of the day. Luckily, I feel much better today. Not doing much today, ordinary Sunday. I did start manually mowing the edges of the lawn however, will finish next week. The job is just that much harder when it's a corner block you know! It's going to be a short week this week with Good Friday on Friday. A lot of irony in my previous sentence huh?

thoughts

Yippy, it's Thursday! One more day 2 go b4 the weekend!

Today they began conducting interviews 4 a paralegal. So, who is gonna b fired this time? Me perhaps? Frankly, I don't give a damn coz it is such a dreadful place 2 work in the 1st place and in any case, I'll b resigning next month anyway so bring it on! The only person who will never b fired is the receptionist coz the boss (arsehole) has got the hots 4 her.....so gross! And the boss, well, he's an ex-cop who knows how 2 play his cards and is extremely well connected.....if only they knew! Alright, enough of me forcing u 2 listen to me express my dissatisfaction with my job.

Onto something close 2 my heart, I spoke 2 my sister on the phone 4 over an hour today. We haven't done that in ages and I'm so happy. My sister is currently working as a teacher in London. I love her to death, she is my best friend. Remember sis, u r THE best and don't let anyone convince u otherwise. (I wonder sis if u would know it's me just by reading this blog? I seriously doubt it!)

Children's day

Happy Children's day! It is my understanding that the 4th of April each year is Children's day.

It's Tuesday 2day. Tuesday gives me the feeling that I've made it through Monday but it is still a long way to the weekend.

So what did I do on the weekend? Well, nothing too exciting. I went to the library on Saturday morning and then spent the rest of the day with a friend who used to work with me at that dreadful place. It was a good day, I taught her (well, at least I tried) to play golf at the driving range.

On Sunday, I surfed the internet which is what I usually do on Sundays so nothing special.

I'm currently watching a television show on the Bermuda triangle, rather interesting! That's all for 2day folks!

Oh yeah, I nearly forgot, on Sunday, I also watched the Australian Grand Prix, the only grand prix that is actually broadcasted live during day hours. Geez, remind me again the advantages (if any) of living on a continent so many hours ahead of all the others? Anyway, getting back to the grand prix, my hero Michael Schumacher crashed!!! Come on Michael, you're the best and you know it, in fact, everyone knows it, so reclaim ur throne okay.