Sunday, February 09, 2003
It was an OK weekend. I was furious mad on Saturday morning but the rest of the weekend turned out well.
Boon Nam. For 3 years plus I respected him. He was a cool boss, always calm, always in control, always knows what happening and what needs to be done. But the last few months really made me just.. I cant even stand looking at him now. Lily and Wee Wah should know what I mean, we know the way he talks. He will start out first by making you proud of yourself, then he will sugar-coat his criticisms so that you wont be able to argue back. He is weak. He doesnt fight for his unit members. He is scared of Jasmine and whoever talks back to him. I should talk back to him. I will. Tomorrow.
I will do the same thing he did to me on Saturday, I will go to his workstation, say "Can you meet me at Courage Room please?", lead him there, close the door behind us and say "I need to set things straight". I am not going to write about what was said on Saturday now. Not yet, until I have a word with him tomorrow.
The open house at Wee Wah's on Saturday evening was a treat though, the whole RRS gang was there, KK, HF, Vincent, Sean and of course, that guy. Its funny, whenever I was inside the house, he'll disappear outside. And vice versa. Well most of the time I was outside anyway, chatting away with the other RR boys. And with other new friends that I made that day, but I only remember one of their names now, Aaron. (Its difficult to remember everybody's name when you're introduced to everybody in one single breadth). A nice chatty guy who gave me the impression of him being a no-nonsense, down-to-earth kind. The hot topic of the night was of course our impending doom at work. The survey will be out on Monday, and for me, I wont even have to think for a minute to know which button I'll click on. They are still undecided, KK being the most keen on taking the SRS but needed a little push factor. Dilip came too, and we left together at 9pm. I drove him to AMK cos he had a drinking session with his buddies at one of the coffeeshops there. This puzzled me - on the ride there, he asked why I always outside of the house. I kept quiet, and he probed further.. "is it because of that guy?" Fuck.. I didnt know how to answer him then. My first thought was that it must have been Wee Wah who told him, but I just asked him why he asked that. He said that he had always noticed me and Lily back at Bukit Merah, how every morning when I come up to work I'll pop over at Lily's cube first with TC and breakfast and how the laughter can always be heard when we're together in her or my w/s. And how lately in Toa Payoh, it has stopped and it is THAT guy turn's now bringing breakfast every morning to Lily. In Dilip's own words (and Indian accent) "I mean look at him, I dont think Lily is interested anyway, she just wants somebody around and it happens to be him. He looks weak, doesnt he? And Lily is aggressive". Well. Its amazing how a foreign programmer notices stuff thats happening in the office.
I was still feeling down after dropping him off so I called the only one person who can perk me up in an instant. Drove to Chai Chee, picked Mervin up and we went for coffee at Frankel. Boy that guy can eat. Lately he is a glutton! After swallowing one plate of Nasi Lemak, he showed me his belly that would make Peter proud. I poured out my grieveances and heartaches (PLUS the fact that Liverpool drew 1-1 with Middlesborough that same night) and he taught me a new concept - ESCALATION. Wont go into details now. The machinery will be set in motion tomorrow.
Sunday turned out to be a surprise. I was expecting a slow day, woke up at 11 and thought of going to the gym at 3ish, but mom suddenly told me that she wanted to go to JB to buy some hari raya stuff for Wednesday. So I rushed to the gym, joined the 1pm BodyPump class, ran for 5km, and was back at Pasir Ris at 3pm to pick her, dad, allan and mak hitam up. Smooth journey all the way there and back home, no jams. They shopped at Extra and then we had dinner at Lido Beach. Same seafood stuff, we wanted to go to Singgah Selalu at first but it has closed down cos the city is developing the area and turning it into a resort or something.
Tomorrow is a new day. I am looking forward to it.
Boon Nam. For 3 years plus I respected him. He was a cool boss, always calm, always in control, always knows what happening and what needs to be done. But the last few months really made me just.. I cant even stand looking at him now. Lily and Wee Wah should know what I mean, we know the way he talks. He will start out first by making you proud of yourself, then he will sugar-coat his criticisms so that you wont be able to argue back. He is weak. He doesnt fight for his unit members. He is scared of Jasmine and whoever talks back to him. I should talk back to him. I will. Tomorrow.
I will do the same thing he did to me on Saturday, I will go to his workstation, say "Can you meet me at Courage Room please?", lead him there, close the door behind us and say "I need to set things straight". I am not going to write about what was said on Saturday now. Not yet, until I have a word with him tomorrow.
The open house at Wee Wah's on Saturday evening was a treat though, the whole RRS gang was there, KK, HF, Vincent, Sean and of course, that guy. Its funny, whenever I was inside the house, he'll disappear outside. And vice versa. Well most of the time I was outside anyway, chatting away with the other RR boys. And with other new friends that I made that day, but I only remember one of their names now, Aaron. (Its difficult to remember everybody's name when you're introduced to everybody in one single breadth). A nice chatty guy who gave me the impression of him being a no-nonsense, down-to-earth kind. The hot topic of the night was of course our impending doom at work. The survey will be out on Monday, and for me, I wont even have to think for a minute to know which button I'll click on. They are still undecided, KK being the most keen on taking the SRS but needed a little push factor. Dilip came too, and we left together at 9pm. I drove him to AMK cos he had a drinking session with his buddies at one of the coffeeshops there. This puzzled me - on the ride there, he asked why I always outside of the house. I kept quiet, and he probed further.. "is it because of that guy?" Fuck.. I didnt know how to answer him then. My first thought was that it must have been Wee Wah who told him, but I just asked him why he asked that. He said that he had always noticed me and Lily back at Bukit Merah, how every morning when I come up to work I'll pop over at Lily's cube first with TC and breakfast and how the laughter can always be heard when we're together in her or my w/s. And how lately in Toa Payoh, it has stopped and it is THAT guy turn's now bringing breakfast every morning to Lily. In Dilip's own words (and Indian accent) "I mean look at him, I dont think Lily is interested anyway, she just wants somebody around and it happens to be him. He looks weak, doesnt he? And Lily is aggressive". Well. Its amazing how a foreign programmer notices stuff thats happening in the office.
I was still feeling down after dropping him off so I called the only one person who can perk me up in an instant. Drove to Chai Chee, picked Mervin up and we went for coffee at Frankel. Boy that guy can eat. Lately he is a glutton! After swallowing one plate of Nasi Lemak, he showed me his belly that would make Peter proud. I poured out my grieveances and heartaches (PLUS the fact that Liverpool drew 1-1 with Middlesborough that same night) and he taught me a new concept - ESCALATION. Wont go into details now. The machinery will be set in motion tomorrow.
Sunday turned out to be a surprise. I was expecting a slow day, woke up at 11 and thought of going to the gym at 3ish, but mom suddenly told me that she wanted to go to JB to buy some hari raya stuff for Wednesday. So I rushed to the gym, joined the 1pm BodyPump class, ran for 5km, and was back at Pasir Ris at 3pm to pick her, dad, allan and mak hitam up. Smooth journey all the way there and back home, no jams. They shopped at Extra and then we had dinner at Lido Beach. Same seafood stuff, we wanted to go to Singgah Selalu at first but it has closed down cos the city is developing the area and turning it into a resort or something.
Tomorrow is a new day. I am looking forward to it.
