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Saturday, September 06, 2008

10:01 PM

Weekly update no. 2

I'm really sorry for not updating last week. But I've seriously been busy the whole week. I was out the whole day everyday, even on Saturday and Sunday, so I was really tired and didn't have any mood to update by the time evening came.

Anyway, from Monday till Friday, I was still helping the Licensing Branch out. They were and still are very overloaded with backlots. I didn't really enjoy doing something that is not part of my job description, but the people there are very talkative and friendly.

A new inspector by the name of Jai Prakash came on board on Monday, but he introduced himself as "Jay". I guess he wanted to sound "cool". He's had construction experience (a few months) so that's one of the main reasons he was hired. He's very quiet and a bit anti-social. I mean he doesn't talk to me unless I talk to him. But he knows how to talk to those "above" him. It pisses me off because it makes me feel as though I'm not good enough for him to talk to. Well, I'll just have to prove to him that I'm a better inspector than him. Experience be damned!

I think it was around Wednesday that the head of the Licensing Branch asked me if I was willing to work there for another 3 months. When I heard that, I was like "Are you kidding me?" It's already good enough that I'm helping you out for a few days, but 3 whole months? I have another job if you must know. Anyway, I turned him down, obviously, and said that I applied for the post of an Inspector, and not that. But then, he asked me again whether I would be willing, if he cleared it with the HOD. At that point, I was thinking, Are you that desperate? And again, I turned him down, saying that I have to start with my actual job sometime. He gave up after that.

Then, on Friday, while I was still stuck at the Licensing Branch, Jai was asked to come along for a shipyard inspection. I was there when he was told that, and at that time, I was actually very pissed off. I came earlier, and yet, he gets to go for an inspection while I was stuck at the LB? Totally unacceptable! One main thing that gave him the chance to go for an inspection first was that he was assigned to a different team. So that team just happened to have a team inspection. MAN!!!

Whenever I complained to the other inspectors that I haven't been out for an inspection yet, they all that "That's good!" Apparently, the workload is killing them. But they don't know that I have a personal quest to prove to Jai and the snobbish Specialist (the one I mentioned in the prev post) that I'm not someone to be looked down upon.

On Saturday, I had Mendaki in the morning, and after that, I had to rush to my organ class at Yamaha and then after that, I had to rush again because my parents were picking me to go to my cousin's 21st birthday party. It was held at her condo's clubhouse, which was dismal because it was so small but when the time came for the cake, the atmosphere got pretty emotional. I mean nobody bawled or anything, but I could sense the significance of the moment. She was turning 21 and that is the pivotal time of your life. I've been through it, so I know how important it must be for her. And secretly, I wish my parents had done something for me on my 21st birthday. But enough of that, what's done is done. It was just too bad that we were going through a depressing time when my birthday came along.

On Sunday, I had Pergas (my religious class) in the morning and after that, I rushed off to meet my friends at Takashimaya. We haven't seen each other in a month and Jojo since our convocation. And yeah, it really surprised me, and I think all of us, that Jojo could spare some of her time with us. And since it was the last day before puasa, I wanted to have a "final" hangout with my girlfriends. Anyway, I actually wanted to eat at the KFC at Taka, but it was so damned packed that we had to change the venue. So, we ended up eating at KFC at Cineleisure. I just had a craving for chicken =D. We didn't wander around after that because there was a dance competition there. It was organized by 98.7 and the prize of competition was to get the opportunity to be the opening act of Avril's concert.

We saw some good ones, and plenty of crappy ones. There were even 11-year-old girls who "danced"! Note the word "danced". You get the idea? But in the end, the group which we thought was the best, did win, so we were quite happy with it. By the way, Jojo sprained her ankle, but she still came to meet us. Thanks girl! I know you had to walk a lot, but I really appreciated you coming :)

Okay, I'll put up the next update tomorrow. I PROMISE!

P.S.: Kel! I want those pics!!!