Finally...

Ever since I returned from England and moved into the current home, I have wanted to update the address on my national identity card.

Today, almost twelve years later, I finally got it done. slacker point +1

The slacker point thing aside, it's actually not for the lack of trying.

Over the years I have been there many times, that building practically has no parking space for the public. The multi-storey car park is just for the employees, and they even barred three-quarter of the open parking spaces, leaving less than twenty spaces for the public.

And there is no public car park nearby, since illegal parking is not my thing, all those times I tried to get this address change done, every single time I gave up after making a few rounds trying to look for a parking space.

Today, wifey dropped me off, went home while I spent two hours mostly waiting and bored out of my mind, then came picked me up after I was done and gave her a call.

There were three different number series and two alphabet series on going in parallel, and people have to go to different counter depending on which step in the process they are on, meaning their number can be called a few times throughout the process.

So I have no idea the actual number of people before me, but for the queue I was on, based on that number series, there were 50 numbers before mine. Two hours for me to go through the whole process, so less than 3 minutes per person, actually not too bad, if only they have more counters to process more in parallel.

Still plenty of room for improvement, can definitely be done faster, more efficiently and more conveniently.

Oh well, should have brought a book.

Also, if I have done it twelve years ago, I would have a younger looking photo on my identity card... =P

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立春

今天立春，是己亥年了。

今天开始到明年立春前出世的宝宝属猪。

十个天干配十二个地支，凑出六十个干支，己亥是第三十六个。

天干： 甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、己、庚、辛、壬、癸。

地支： 子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酋、戌、亥。

地支也是华人的十二生肖啦， 所以： 子（鼠）、丑（牛）、寅（虎），如此类推。

「己」过后是「庚」，「亥」过后是「子」，所以明年就是庚子年咯。

有没有学到新知识？

其实天干和地支又分阴和阳，还有配土（湿、燥）、木、水、火、金，但我没有认真去研究过所以不要误导别人，呵呵！ =P

虽然还是除夕，先祝大家农历新年快乐啦！ ^_^

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Pure joy

Eldest brother and younger brother back for Chinese New Year. =)

My niece and nephew, other than irresistibly adorable, have very contagious laughter.

Younger brother and probably more importantly, his wife, have done a fantastic job bringing up such polite, friendly and proper kids.

Okay, maybe the youngest nephew is still quite a handful now, but I am sure eventually he will be as fine as his two elder siblings.

Lovely kids, them all. ^_^

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缺人脉

换了部门，断了人脉。

少了人脉，工作上的阻碍、难题变得比较烦心。

从来没有认为自己是万能的，所以从来不觉得向强于难题区域的同事请教求助有什么不妥。

反正我这命贱的廉价劳工也没有什么身份啦、地位啦，什么这些那些好纠结的。

只要不贬低或破坏我邪恶的名誉就可以了，呵呵。

只是齁，现在连该向谁请教求助都不知道，真是的。

总要麻烦好几位才能找到对的人，找到了也不一定肯帮、或及时的帮。

是这样的啦，还没有那交情，没有那人脉嘛…

决定换部门时已经知道会是这样的了，但事实不会因为我们知道了而改变。

接受了事实，困扰还是困扰、懊恼还是懊恼、烦心还是烦心。

唉… 又能怎么样？

这就是生活。

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还好

较好的同事朋友问我，换了部门怎么样？

唔… 还真的不知道该讲些什么。

好像没什么特别好或不好的，才一个月多，还没有什么结论。

应该算是上轨道了吧？

当然懵懵懂懂的我还有很多一知半解的，但开始实际的做热流模拟了，感觉开始会有实际的贡献。

这么多年没做模拟了，除了重学以前用过的软件，还要自学一个从没用过的软件。

暂时还可以应付啦。

新加入部门当然是被点去做团队建设活动咯。

比起只是给十个人，要给三十到四十个人的计划比较麻烦些。

要大点的场地选择就相对少些。

还有穆斯林的同事们所以午餐的选择也少了。

但还好啦，不是棘手难题。

仍旧常常一个人用早、午餐。

蛮喜欢那说走就走，不必等这等那、拖泥带水什么的。

但也开始会和同事，还有以前的同事朋友一起吃午餐啦，只是不常，因为时间通常配合不到。

当那就坐在我旁边办公位，新加入公司的同事说要一起吃午餐时，我还真不忍心拒绝。

公司分派给他的伙伴应该陪伴他嘛…

还好啦，必要时我还是可以交际的。

记得有一天会议拖晚了，在公司食堂和同事们一起吃午餐，同事们讲起那位拿了博士学位的经理级同事。

他们言语间仿佛不是对有博士学位的人有好感，觉得是麻烦的工作伴侣那样。

当他们说:“你知道啦，博士学位的人…”

我还真的不知道该讲什么？ 沉默是金，呵呵！

虽然我做完了博士学位的课程，但心安理得，我真的没有博士学位、也不是经理，希望他们不会觉得我是很难一起工作的同事啦…

每个部门都有办公室政治，唉…

我当然是尽量闪开，逃远远咯。

暂时还没有被卷入其中，希望不会被烧到啦。

第六感和直觉已经标记了些有心机的人，还真的要有所警觉。

真是的，我就只是要安安静静的做好我分内的工而已。

让我过我简简单单的生活啦…

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Um, hi Miss not Gary!

I was having lunch in a hawker centre today when I noticed a lady in a black t-shirt with this on the back:

"IM GARY"

So I was like, huh?

Gary can be a lady's name?

Or was she like, wearing her male partner's t-shirt or something?

Or was she just ignorant of what's written on the back of the t-shirt?

You know, just me being curious, the pondering of someone having a meal alone, that sort of stuff.

Then she finished her lunch and stood up to leave, and she adjusted the shoulder strap of her handbag to reveal another character...

"KIM GARY"

Ooooh, now I get it!

Haha, silly me. =P

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Simmering

No sane parents will wish ill of their children.

We love our children regardless of how they frustrate us, anger us, disappoint us, because they are our children. It's just that simple.

We want them to grow up healthy and happy, and wish no harm will come to them.

So it made my blood boils when my elder son was injured in his wushu practice and the instructors just left him sitting there in pain, until wifey found out when she went to pick him up at the end of the practice session.

I understand that accident and injury can happen in sports, I have no qualm with that. What angers me is the fact that the instructors didn't even thought of informing the parents.

In my current mood, I am hoping they get their bones broken and sit in pain for hours before someone even noticed and sent them for medical aid, see how they would feel.

For that's what happened to my son, his bone is fractured, and the freaking idiots thought nothing of it and let him suffer until wifey found out.

Granted they are no doctors, but informing the parents or next of kin when someone got injured while under your care is a no-brainer. So, no brain indeed.

Bollocks to all of you, I hope karma deals you justice.

My elder son, *sigh*...

Not even twelve yet, already fractured his toe and his shin bone in two different incidents.

Is it just carelessness, or fragile bones?

Really need to find out about the strength of his bone, whatever that medical term is.

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