Random behaviour for March 2017

I sang at least a song every day but for two days last month, so I consider myself successful in February's impromptu resolution. feel good +1

The two days that I didn't sing were because I was not in the condition. I had a splitting headache that rendered me pretty much useless, and then I had a severe bout of depression that I wasn't able to bring my mood up to sing. Bad days.

To me, singing requires the right feeling, and when my depression takes a nosedive, it can leave me with just fatigue and numb greyness.

Anyway, I realised that I was singing the same few songs throughout the month, six to eight-ish, definitely less than ten. So when I couldn't think of what to set as resolution this month and asked the colleague friends for suggestions, I decided to do this suggested resolution...

For March 2017, starting after I post this, my impromptu resolution is: to learn at least two new songs of my choice.

Because I can.

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生活点滴：（臭）男人味

今天打球可能有点过头，不然就是自己的身体又更差了，驾车回家途上有一阵小腿要抽筋的感觉。

幸好没有真的抽筋，有那感觉时我尽量换姿势纾解小腿的肌肉。

今天好像特别热，流了很多汗，换下的不吸汗衣挤得出汗水那种。

我是很大汗的人，而且汗很“毒”，白色衣会染成黄那种。

回到家后臭到自己都顶不顺。

两个瓜还没有睡所以我快快去跟他们道晚安，没有拥抱和吻脸颊，因为自己太脏太臭。

只是在大瓜的门口跟他说晚安，小瓜的我则是进房去。

因为老婆仔在小瓜的房里，而我突然有个邪恶的念头，嘿嘿。

小瓜很敷衍的（他很专心在看书）跟我说过晚安后，我跟老婆仔说：

“情人，我有一件事要跟你说。”

“什么事？”

我特地靠近她才说：“我很臭。”

“早就嗅到了啦！”

小瓜也做应声虫：“我也是早就嗅到了。”

“哈哈哈哈！” 我笑着离开房间。

老婆仔加一句：“没有讲只是不要伤你的感受罢了。” 

爱你哦！

号外：

「猫山王」被那说自己不是 dry 只是很友善的「本小姐」 拒绝同队玩桌上足球后，应该是受到刺激。羽球时特地跑来观看，只是观看，没有玩，然后就一直要我脱衣来打球…

我不是那样的人来的，你可以不可以不要这么 dry？

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Flyday

Friday. Flyday.

Two back to back morning meetings, then restarted the laptop since there's a push for BIOS update.

BIOS, hmm... but it's pushed through the usual company update and upgrade tool so I just accepted.

The laptop went black screen during the update, and forever stayed that way.

Great. Corrupted BIOS would be a major pain.

Good thing the IT support was able to get it sorted before lunch, apparently it's the second case they received this week so they know exactly what to do.

Fast forward to the journey home, as Friday's long lunch hours are happy hours, and time flies when we are having fun. =)

Surprisingly smooth drive home.

Granted I left early to avoid the Friday traffic, but it was a lot smoother than usual.

It's as if the idiots were all not on the road during that time. Only encountered one who ran the red light. Didn't encounter any selfish bastard who cuts queue, probably because there was no queue. No brainless snail who hogs the fast lane driving at turtle speed. No witless driver who drives on two lanes. I am sure there were the usual jerks who changes lane without giving signal but none made it suddenly in front of me during my drive home.

All in all, a relatively nice drive home. =)

Turned on the laptop to get some more work done after I got home. Called it a work day about half an hour ago and decided to write this as the start of my weekend.

Flyday, fly!

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生活点滴：劣质品

昨天午餐没注意坐在一张肮脏的椅上，裤子被弄脏了。

昨晚准备今天的衣服时找到两件穿不下的裤子，跑去跟老婆仔说：

“情人，我有两条裤子严重缩水，怎么深呼吸都穿不进，怎么办好啊？”

老婆仔笑说： “绝对不是你的错，是品质差会缩水。”

“两三年前还可以穿，现在有一条拉到大腿就很紧了，真的蛮恐怖下。”

“以后要买品质好不会两三年就缩水的咯。”

自己都觉得讲不下去了所以我也笑说：“哈哈！裤子要留还是拿去再循环？”

“留下来咯，看孩子可不可以穿。”

“大瓜穿不是到他的胸？” 我用手比了比，想想画面很好笑。

“拿去剪短啦！不过大瓜的腰应该还没有这么大，他还很苗条。”

真的有点难接受我几年前还可以穿得下二十七寸的裤子，现在却… 唉。

换了裤子结果今天午餐时同事竟然把果汁倒洒在我裤上，这星期是什么回事啦？

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Bye Royce

Today is Royce last day. Royce is, or I should now say, was, MyFM's DJ.

I listen to MyFM whenever I am driving, a Chinese radio station that is my main source of information on new songs, and the occasional news.

Since my commute is over an hour each way, I have grown used to the MyFM DJs whose hours coincide with my to and fro work hours.

Royce is one of them.

He is witty, funny, and talented. I enjoy listening to him on the radio, so it's rather saddening that he has left.

I do sincerely wish him well in whatever his future endeavour is.

Ever since closer colleague friends started leaving the company due to company's headcount reduction or personal choice last year (or was it the year before last?), my circle of friends gets smaller and smaller.

Royce's departure feels like another friend gone from my daily life. =(

I should get to know more new friends, yet somehow there's an unnamed reluctance. Perhaps because sometimes I feel that friendship nowadays seem so... hollow, shallow, superficial, and fleeting.

So instead I tried, perhaps I am still trying, to get to know my existing friends better, hoping to develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship.

Not sure if that effort got anywhere, I do know I am tired.

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生活点滴：（再）结婚戒指

打完羽球回到家，我一副「根本就是那样，很理所当然」的样子问老婆仔：

“情人，我的结婚戒指缩水了，总是在无名指上留一圈的印，怎么办好啊？”

老婆仔忍着笑问： “还可以脱下来吗？”

“还可以的，只是紧咯，不会切断我的血液循环的吧？”

应该是很废的问题所以老婆仔只是说： “拿去加大咯。”

“可以加大的咩？” 我疑惑。

“不然就是时候买新的结婚戒指了。”

老婆仔的眼睛好像有发光。

“好啊！我们再结婚一次！”

结婚十周年时我有想过要这样做的咯，但老婆仔不要。

“不要。” 她果然还是很坚决。

过了一阵，我独自吃着晚餐时老婆仔进厨房跟我说：

“情人，等下我会网上买飞机票，收到银行的短讯不要紧张。”

“哦，要去哪里？”

“离家出走！” 她坏坏的笑说。

“要这样咩？我只是叫你再和我结婚罢了喔…”

“很恐怖的！”

我们一起笑开。

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Acceptance?

After the reorganisation many months ago, I have finally got a clear expectation from my new group manager.

There are still ambiguity in my job scope and responsibility but at least now I know what my manager's manager expectation is.

Basically on top of the majority of the work that I am doing now, I have to be the local content expert on things that I have no part in design or development, and the designer and developer are miles away in another time zone where all this time I have never been involved or tied in to any of their work.

I just have to somehow know everything they have done and be the expert in resolving issues that are related to all that areas. Three major and different areas that took different teams of people to design and develop.

So I guess I just have to go bug at least three different people and hope they can somehow pass their kung fu to me through some suitable communication channel that link two sides of the globe.

If only all that knowledge and skill can be directly downloaded into my brain...

My manager's manager also said I have to learn to say no to some of the job requests related to the work that I have been doing all my career thus far, when there is bandwidth constraint, in order to focus on the new role and responsibilty he gave me.

Funny because before he said that he said he heard many who said good things about what I was doing, and wants me to continue utilising my strength, and yet he wants me to say no to those requests if my bandwidth is taken up by the new expectation he has for me. My bandwidth will definitely be taken up, since I have to learn from scratch on things that don't really interest me!

I guess I already failed when I didn't say no to this forced role change.

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