Yesterday, my colleague "K", (fan of Aish) fwd-ed to me some Aishwarya Rai's baby/childhood photos & wif each email, she'd give comments like "cute", "look at what a prima donna she already was at that age" or "so cuuutteee". This was what I replied: "I was a cute baby myself, so I'm not jealoused." I've no problems wif Aish as a kid, I hate her for what she is today...but then agn, strip her off her make-up, don't let her shape her eyebrows (unless she used laser to permanently shape it?!), don't let her do anything wif her hair, let her put on a lil more weight, I bet I can match her looks. So I don't look too bad afterall.
Anyways, the topic went to me as a child & I was telling "K" how nerdy I was as a child, how depressed I was (it shows in each & every photos). So she asked me to bring my baby/childhood photos coz she wanna see how nerdy I was! And guess what?! She agreed!! Not wif my nerdiness (oh, she acknowledged I was a cute baby myself!) but more that I was such a deprived looking depressed child (as opposed to sis who was 4eva showing her teeth, even when the teeth were gone!)!! I just never knew how to smile, right since I was a child.
As I was finding my childhood photos, I flipped my old albums...found really nice old pictures which brought back fond memories. Seeing my childhood photos, I can't help but realise 1 thing: I was INDEED a depressed child, then a deprived teenager, and now, a depressed & deprived adult...I wonder what's next in store 4 me! Unfortunately, I can't see it in my crystal ball!
Anyways, enuf of my depressing childhood...move on to work. Wow, when have I ever talked abt work?! Muz've been the time wen I was pissed wif my pregnant mgr then!? Aug 05?! Well, she's back as a different person, so I was rite, it cld be her natal blues!! She's not bad now. But this post has nothing to do wif her...potentially depressing remember?!
If there's anything I hate, it's when ppl cause my work to halt. We're now bz wif the new Budget Terminal (BT). I had brought in this retailer, Nuts & Nibbles, to operate a shop at BT. Small shop abt 200sq ft. Everything was fine, until the Terminal is almost ready & we found a FIRE HOSEREEL placed at the front of the shop!!!! Which has reduced the length of the shop front. The retailer was not too happy. My Division Head felt that just bcoz the shop is small, they're not paying us a lot, paiseh also to put them in such situation (like kena conned!). So now becoz the project dept. (Engineering) refused to relocate the hosereel as it's not in their scope of works, my dept. has to do it. So since Fri, I've been helping my boss to get quotes from contractors so that we can get a rough estimate of how much budget to seek approval from the management to do this relocation works. The project engineer gave me the contact of their main contractor, Serene Teng from Sanchoon. I called Serene on Fri, she positively noted my request & told me she'll check wif her PM & give me the quote. Before I left, I cldn't get hold of her, so Mon morning I came, 1st thing I did was to call her. When asked, she said she 4got abt it & will do it that day. I waited whole Mon, no fax. Yest (Tues) I tried calling her the whole day she was out for mtg & expected 2b back @ 6pm so I left msgs (I begin to wonder if she was screening my calls..but she nvr opened my emails either, so I gave her benefit of doubt). This morning (Wed) I came, saw that she has opened my emails, but still no fax. I called her but she was out for mtg & expected 2b back @ 3pm. I have a mtg @ 3pm & won't be back till 5pm so I emailed my mgr (not that 1 who went on maternity, that's my snr mgr now) that if she wanna call Serene herself & talk directly, who knows she has btr luck than me. But she didn't want & indirectly indicated that I've to do it still. So, while on my way back from the mtg, I called Serene using my hp. Got her. And when I asked when I can expect the quote, she gave me a negative answer that confirms my suspicion that she was playing hide-n-seek wif me!! Oh gosh, if u didn't wanna do the works, just say so la!! Y make me chase u. If u state from start (Fri) that ur co. dun wanna do the job for us, I wldn't hav wasted my time and my mgr's time waiting 4 ur blardy quote which nvr came!! I make her give me a confirmation that if we call the quotation, her co. won't submit a quote!!! But of coz, I'm not waiting 4 her ...I called my internal Building dept. ask them for contact of their term contractor so now I've to start from scratch of asking contractors to quote. Won't be calling a limited quotation (thinking of just inviting Sanchoon to make use of existing resources since they're the main contractor doing the Budget Terminal now).
Since the time I joined CAAS in 1993, I have reported to this 1 lady boss for a solid 8 yrs till 2001!!! And only she knows me best. She wld always put in a gd word for me to other mgrs that "she's an excellent worker but she gets very worked up & agitated if ANYBODY create an obstacle to her work resulting in her cannot proceed wif wat she's doing!" How true...she knows me that well!! So guess what? I'm really pissed!! It's been a long time since I feel like this at work!! Right now, I feel so lousy that 4 days went to waste just like that being "conned" by Sanchoon. I swear if ever I've to work wif Sanchoon, I'll make sure I giv them hell!!!
I just hope tomorrow (Thurs) I'll be able to settle this matter & get a quote so my boss can put up her budget approval paper to the management b4 this coming long wkend! God, please help me!
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