Friday, August 20, 2010

Some Updates of the Third Week of August 2010

I'm not sure what is the thing that makes me happy the most on this Friday (it's not the combo Friday + pay day!): the fact that it's Friday after previous tiring days? Irritating bug in my program eventually fixed all of sudden? Room viewing is over and I don't need to bother to tidy up my room everyday or get busy replying message from prospective tenants? Finally finish the essay and complete my application? Lots of movies wait for me on weekends? Whatever. I'm feeling very light now :D and that's the only thing that counts and reasons are not essential, right?! I'm too lazy to even edit the way I type all of these in more proper manner. Three weeks dealing with essay is more than enough.

I met at least six people viewing my current room, got called by at least seventeen people either asking about the room, trying to make an appointment. It's ten days ago I started to make an advertisement and after a lot of texts and calls and meet-ups back and forth, the one who takes up the room is the first person who comes to view. Sometimes I'd rather call it 'fate'. Two of them confirmed want to take if I can move out earlier. Another case, this first person and another person confirmed on the same day but the landlord picked the first. After this, it's not called 'luck'?

Anyway, there is a person that came to view and she quite impressed me. She's a scientist. But it's not really because of her job I'm impressed, but she showed totally the opposite from what I expect from a scientist. She took few seconds and seemed so hard to answer my simple questions : 'If your current place is near to the workplace, why do you intend to stay here?', 'Do research on what?', 'How do you come here? Bus or MRT?' Only two reasons from this behavior I can conclude, 90% of her mind is still busy occupied by her so-called-research or she really can think of few further steps before me to anticipate my future question from her answer. Ah, cannot find other logical reasons.

News from workplace. Within 3 months, there are 5 people leaving, which is almost 12% of population. It's awful. Three of them are from same department. This fact can actually show the leadership of the manager. Another one is receptionist and I'm hearing some gossip flying over that the company is not hiring for new one. Can you imagine a company without a receptionist? Three people are appointed to cover receptionist's duties (of course not me lah). Back to the lacking resource department. I cannot understand the basis of why company do not move to find the substitutes for them. I know it's not yet peak season till February to March, but time. They all need to be trained up and it doesn't take short time, rather than losing 40% number of customer calls unanswered. It'll be a great loss later. Tell me, isn't it a basic thing to do?

I just finished up watching Kamikaze Girls. It's quite similar with the story in the book. But I still think the movie is better, funnier and more lively. Pardon me for being random tonight. I'm watching The Apprentice currently and I don't really like Donald Trump's attitude. Especially his hair. Yet, I enjoy the show. And with this eyes going to close very soon, I bid you a good night!

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