Viva la Espana

Last night was a great night for Spain which made it a slightly long day for me at work. My heart was with Spain for the Euro 2008 Finals but my fantasy football team was filled with Germans. The good news, I beat my closest opponent in my league group by 1 solitary point. I hope this win-win situation signals for a good week ahead.

Today was quite smooth except for a 3 hour long meeting. Some order is restored in the household. I survived last week, I'll survive a lot more. Looking back at it, I didn't enjoy the fact that I felt like a tenant in my own house. That compounded by the fact that there were other people who weren't suppose to be here playing happy family in my house.

Quote of the day : Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. -- Oscar Wilde

The day I look forward to most

I start looking forward to every Friday on Monday. I still think that there is an evil gnome or pixie that steals time from my weekends and puts it into my weekdays. Despite the RTs and dragging my feet to work each of the 5 mornings, the evil gnome wasn't doing his evil job. One of the reasons for this would be because my boss wasn't around. She probably took the gnome on holiday with her. Meetings were kept to a minimum. That goes for the length of the meetings as well. The normal situation with 3 clients(2 male, 1 female) and 2 service providers(both female) = meeting for 1 hour. This is what makes the week longer most of the time. Since the service providers only listen to your needs and make suggestions in line with your needs. They can effectively be removed from the equation.This week, 2 clients(both male) and 2 service providers(both female) = meeting for 30 minutes. This week was a little faster then usual.

Today I met up with a different buch of fellas to have a night out. We had a relaxed dinner, chit chat and the usual updating of our weekly happenings. One of the fellas was kind enough to drop by and snap a few photos of my fishes with his new camera. I'll post them in due time. Boys with toys as they say.

Quote of the day : Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time

The Real Effect

Today I had to make my way to RT the less convenient way; public transport. The MoHA has often used the term 'Real Effect'. What is the 'Real Effect'? It's bullshit. Try searching for it on a search engine. In order to be sure, this is one of the many dictionary definitions for 'real'. I reckon this definition comes closest.

Philosophy.
a. existent or pertaining to the existent as opposed to the nonexistent.
b. actual as opposed to possible or potential.
c. independent of experience as opposed to phenomenal or apparent.

So what is the 'Real Effect' of the car situation I'm facing? While it is true that I don't lose anything by not driving to work, I am inconvenienced when I need to go for RT albeit only twice a week and temporarily. I've gained the use on weekends only to see that I have to make exceptions when The Inconveniencer has to go to work. There is no such word btw. If you did the simple maths I actually gained 1.5-2 days. So does that make you feel any better if you were me? 2 days out of 7? Almost had me there with that 'Real Effect' crap eh?

Quote of the day : FAT32. That's what file system my body uses.

The week starts once again

Saturday was great. It was good to see the fellas. Eug didn't make it. He was out cold that night. Kai brought his missus, Des is marrying his missus and the Pan is full of misses. I always say, Winning Eleven is not for everyone but for the record, I got beat on penalties. It was one of those games where The Pan had the colours going for him.

Bowling was great too. Bowling is always great if you win. We had new faces join us this week. Not new to me but new to our weekly bowling session. It was great to have more players and a slower pace. It's more relaxed and theres more time between each shot. Kinda tires you out at a slower rate.

Quote of the day : People make misstakes. I've made plenty misstakes but I try not to make the same misstake three times

Enter the weekend

In this world, there are always people more worse off then you. That is a real bitch when it comes to making comparisons. The MoHA likes to say that we are a privileged bunch. Other people don't have this or that or the other or all of them put together. There is a slight change in the organization chart now. The warring factions within the home are now referred to as me and the opposition.

As most people know, when there are privileges, there might be opposition who try to gain an advantage over these privileges. It is very much like the game of Risk. Conquer the world and you're a winner. So when the MoHA called a meeting, many reasons were given by the opposition as to how the car could be better utilised. Well, that was the beginning of the end of a fair deal. It turns out that if the MoHA is not around, the MoHa decided that I get the privilege of using the car when the opposition is not travelling to work. Short end of the stick eh?

Since when does working in a car compay make you an expert on car usage? I work in a property company, does that mean if I can give a few random reasons why I should be living in this house, the opposition has to live elsewhere?

The weekend is here. I have decided to try not to let these decisions affect me. They ain't gonna be changed anytime soon anyway. I'm meeting up with the fellas today. We are meeting the legendary Pan.

Quote of the day : My roommate had a fierce seizure in the bathtub, I threw in my dirty clothes... they are clean now

The grind continues

Work was a bitch but it was cut short by RT which is a bigger bitch. Then I come home expecting to meet the biggest bitches but there's no one home. I expect the peace to be short lived though. When talking to such people, do expect nonsensical conversation. I've heard things like, "I don't see my mum a lot". No shit, you don't even live in your own house.

On the same situation, what kind of MoHA gets rid of the house help, takes off on holiday and leaves me in this shit situation? Is there a SPCD somewhere? You know like an SPCA but for me? Come on, be kind to Doug.

Quote of the day : Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

When a house is not a home

I come home to 4 walls and a roof today. I better get used to this feeling. Empty, sealed shut, lack of ventilation and above all not the home I want to return to. It doesn't get better as time passes. I get down to the chores that ensure my self preservation and have no choice but to watch wild creatures return to share my dwelling. These wild creatures have nither the ability to communicate properly nor the ability to use their lower limbs at times. They mostly accomodate each other and no one else.

The other key person in this picture would be the Minister of Home Affairs(MoHA). The MoHA runs the household mostly at arms length and like most people in power are more talk then action. If any action was taken, you'd be sure to hear about it. The MoHA has to leave the country from time to time leaving valuable resources and amenities in the claws of wild creatures. This is like leaving the cage door open and a trail of food leading up to the door. It's practically screaming for wild animals to come and nest in my residence. If there was some justice in this world, I would be pest control.

Quote of the day : The strongest painkillers you can buy are guns

Life has to go on

A couple more fellas bit the dust this week. Unfortunately, my semi flexi but compulsory workout still took place albeit at lower intensity. It was really dumb to tell us unfit buggers to take it easy. We KNOW how to take it easy. We've been doing it all our lives! That's why we're doing this shit.

On a sadder note, my housekeeping specialist of 8 years has left the building for good. The choice was pretty much shoved down my throat after I came back from my weekend dive trip. A decision was made, I had 7 days to come to terms with it and now, its reality. The people I live with or claim to run this household obviously have gone off their rockers. I doubt I will ever understand why she had to go. Of all the people here, I felt I got on with her best. We had quite a good understanding despite the deafness. I can't say I was best pleased with the way she did some stuff but I was surely much more tolerant. I definitely did not try to give her smart ass advice. I wonder if that was the cause for her deafness.

For Sonia(Not her real name btw. Bet you guys who knew her didn't know), I feel glad for her. She returns home to her family with many more years ahead of her. I wish her all the best. I would have kept her here till 70 if it was left to me. She achieved great things which I admit I took for granted. Meals which varied in style and taste would be missed most followed by help with my zoo at home. Most importantly, she made history. If not for her, all the other Sonias out there wouldn't be known as Sonias.

Quote of the day : Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished.

Almost threw it all away

Tried messing around with the new templates. Realised I didn't know shit about XML and almost junked the blog trying to alter the design. Yea, its more convenient, but I can't do exactly what I want. I guess it will be the same look and feel for now. I should try easier shit like sign up for a chat box or something.

Kai and Eug, where are you guys? Please give me a sign that you both are alive.

Quote of the day : Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.

Returned safely from God's fishtank

Well peeps, it has certainly been some time since my last post. This would officially be my 3rd stint at blogging. Lets see how long this lasts. I reckon I have a few loyal fans. Maybe 3. You can blame all the sensitive people who have kept me away from sharing my thoughts. Buggers!

Since my last post, there have been a few changes in my world. Gas is $4/gallon. I've learnt to SCUBA dive. I actually know what S.C.U.B.A means. I've got new fish in my tank. I've seen a shark up close and a little too personal for comfort.

Things to possibly look out for. A new blog design, a chat box, Kai's new squeeze....and maybe a quote of the day.

Laterz