30 June 2018

The many forms of colleague


Believe it or not, the initial draft of this entry is dated 12th of October 2011.

Needing to post an entry today but undecided on what to write so I went through my drafts and this one caught my attention, so it's time for it to see the light, hehehe! =P


The way I see it, there are generally three categories:

1. brain: those who are smart and knowledgeable

2. mouth: those who can talk and convince people, regardless of if it's the factual or the spin a yarn type

3. hands:  or muscles, those who actually do the work, hands on execution


More often than not, we see a combination of these categories, below are what I could think of:

brain + mouth: good manager and integrator

no brain, just mouth: yarn spinner, meeting with this type is just a waste of time

no brain, just hands: make sure you give detail instructions and expect to explain and guide the simplest of things, expect many instant messages, emails and calls. Useful for mundane repetitive labour

brain + hands: this is the powerhouse in the workforce, people who solve problems and get things done

brain + hands + mouth: this is the level up version of the powerhouse. Those who can solve problem, execute it themselves, and sell it to others. This is star employee material

no brain, no hands: dead weight, those without contribution and who just drag everyone else down

no brain, no hands, a lot of mouth: annoying dead weight, the worst possible combination



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28 June 2018

生活点滴:今天又很累


晚餐时问家人,今天应该写什么文章?

大瓜说:“今天超级累,所以不想写很多,结束。”

我说:“星期二已经这样写了喔…”

情人老婆仔就说:“今天又超级累,所以又不想写很多,结束。” 

大家笑翻。

不过是真的今天又很累,所以…



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26 June 2018

有感而发


这是一篇标为随兴随想类项的有感而发…

因为有感而发类项的文章通常都比较长,和沉重。

这篇虽然也不是轻快的文章,但我太累了,所以只想短短几句。

对工作超级厌倦烦累,今天有特别强的感觉。

为了养家、为了钱,做着不知所谓的杂七杂八、林林总总。

不再是用专业知识和长项特长来效力,而是任人遣使处理别人不要的苦差剩业。

垃圾工清洁工人。

呸!



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23 June 2018

Better luck next time


I bought this board game called Mage Knight a while back but had always been daunted by the complexity of it.

The rule books are not that user friendly, I must have gone through them (yes there are two books) three or four times already, and still I need frequent references during game play.

I have finally completed the first game earlier this week with my elder son, took us the whole afternoon just to play through the introductory scenario...

This weekend I started my solo scenario, which is the main reason I bought this game, since reviews said Mage Knight is fantastic as a solo game.

And I agree. =)

I played two solo conquests so far, took me around four hours each game. It's definitely not a casual game, need to set aside a large chunk of time to play this.

First solo game was a clear lost, I couldn't even reached the second city, let alone conquer it. Did felt good to conquer the first city though.

Played the second solo game this afternoon, thought I won, and was really excited about it, until I questioned myself on the huge amount of wound I took in the second city battle and I went searching for verification.

Turned out I should have been knocked out, so it's just a happy mistake, I didn't win, oh well...

Now I know and I will keep that in mind for my next game.

I will beat this solo conquest, eventually, I hope.



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20 June 2018

Talkative few


It's probably a norm for people using instant messaging applications on their smartphone to have several groups in their preferred application.

I think so because even antisocial person like me have a few groups in my WhatsApp. =P

What I noticed, for my groups at least, is that the majority of the people in the group are usually quiet, some are so inactive to the extent that makes me wonder if they ever check the messages at all, or whether they have changed their phone number and forgotten to inform us?

And then there are those few who can really talk, the spammy type who can go on and on without really needing any response from others.

Anyway, that's not the point for this post.


I have this habit of capturing a screenshot when I have a large number of unread messages, usually after I switched on my phone again in the morning, or sometimes simply when WhatsApp synchs as I have WiFi again after being out and about.

I don't know what's the highest number of unread messages for your group. For mine, over a hundred and even two hundred messages are not uncommon.

The current record though, was on that day when we made history, when Malaysia 2.0 was born, the WhatsApp group simply went crazy.

Well, I noticed it the day after since I turned off my phone at night.


640 messages in a night! If you noticed the time, that's 08:19 hours when I first checked WhatsApp after I turned on my phone. Within the 5 minutes it took me to read the messages in the other group, there was another new message!


So yea, my current highest unread messages record, from turning off my phone at night to turning it back on the next morning, stands at 641. =P



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17 June 2018

Father's Day present


Got to Penang office quite early on Tuesday last week, plenty of time to spare before my face to face meeting with a colleague from The States.

So when some unknown colleague stopped me at the lobby just before I scanned in, I humoured her and was surprised to be handed a chocolate bar, then another colleague asked me to hold up the chocolate bar and took a photo.

It's for the coming Father's Day, he told me. I thanked them and proceeded to the cafe for my breakfast and to kill time until the meeting.

After several meetings in a row, I sent a WhatsApp message to wifey telling her what happened and seeking confirmation on Father's Day.

The younger son must have been with wifey, for this was the reply I got...


Heh!

I was woken up by their voices this morning anyway, but I guess it's the thought that counts.

Happy Father's Day to all fathers! Hope you had a good day.



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16 June 2018

Gamer on vacation?


I haven't been playing computer game for quite a few days, even weeks now.

Tried to play some, but the heart was never in it and I ended it rather quickly.

What's wrong with me?

I find this rather worrying.

Like losing an integral part of myself...



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13 June 2018

Bad maths


Saw an image posted in one of my WhatsApp groups today, saying that we are at the midpoint of the year, day 183 of the 365.

I didn't think much of it when I saw it, as it was during a brief break in between badminton games. I even told the other badminton players about it.

Don't know why I gave it another thought just now, but I wondered why the midpoint is not nearer to the end of June, so I did some quick maths in my mind...

...and realised it's yet another one of those unverified-just-repost messages, for today is not day 183 of the year!

31 days in January, 28 days in February, 31 days in March, 30 days in April, 31 days in May and 13 days in June so far made a total of 164 days.

We are still 19 (18.625) days from midpoint, okay? And that's 2nd of July, 15:00 hours.



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09 June 2018

心的频道:向梦想踏进一步


也不知道为什么,总是觉得自己的生命会在五十多岁时终结。

这跟现在的忧郁症无关,我十年前左右就开始这么觉得。

可能跟现在的忧郁症有关的,是我这几天总觉得自己随时会猝死。

嗯…


话说回来,因为觉得自己还有十多年的命而已,然而自己常常讲起的那三个梦想还是没一样达成,超级失败咯。

女儿梦已经被老婆仔摧毁又摧毁,我… 唉~


要有自己的家,或许该说要住在自己拥有、依据自己喜好装修的家的那梦想,就还只是梦想。

梦一梦,想一想,如此而已。


我觉得,要拥有一辆好的车这梦想,应该可以实现的嘛…

当然,好车的定义因人而异,我要一辆舒适可靠,载我外国老板时不会觉得不好意思的车。

工作了十多年,储蓄再加上公司的股票价钱不错,终于都有能力购买年少时憧憬的那些车。

对我的家的经济开销而言,这是很大很大的一笔钱。

但现在是一个很划算的时机,没有消费税,又有开斋节优惠。

而且可以完我一个梦想,让我有十多年享用下好车才去会我的小天使。

所以虽然老婆仔要的是比这少一半价钱的车,我还是坚持了。

今天,我试驾和订购了一辆我心目中的好车。

车没有拿到前,梦想不算实现,但至少我踏出了那一步。



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06 June 2018

十二年


嘿,小天使
一转眼就十二年了…
你在天国好吗?
几天前爸爸已经开始想你

最近时运低
很多不好的事发生
奶奶和妈妈的健康
工作的压力和家里的经济状况

爸爸本身也糟透了
身体、心理、精神,没有一样好
这次忧郁症比较严重
爸爸已经两个多月没有睡好

唉,真是的
就只讲这些负面的事
对不起啊小天使
爸爸整天都负能量满满的

如果你还在
你会帮忙妈妈吧?
减轻她的负担
管教和教训那两个整天气妈妈的弟弟

你会来逗我欢心吧?
和我聊聊天
或静静靠着我一起听歌看海什么的
总是把你想成我命中没有的女儿…

十二年了,小天使
还是想你…
乖乖了,我的小天使
我们在天国相遇吧



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03 June 2018

A bad one


I am no stranger to depression, but it's bad this time.

No energy, no motivation.

Just numb, dull and lifeless.

Constantly in low mood.

Annoyed, irritable, bitter.

Temper is short and full of negativity.

Nothing good.

It's a bad one this time.

Really bad one.



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