The Grumpy Kat

there’s this person who i’m supposed to work with and get along with but i really don’t. i’ve been trying to be nice but somehow it’s just starting to become really annoying. for the purposes of this blog, let’s just refer to that entity as “IT”.

okay, it just so happens that IT and i have to work together for several projects. plus the fact that we also have to co-exist. it would be bearable if there were other people around, but that’s gonna end in two weeks’ time. i don’t even know what’s gonna happen by then. IT considers me as a friend. i hope that didn’t happen coz now i have to be nice since IT thinks that i’m on IT’s side. ouch. i don’t know if i’m supposed to be happy about that or not. wait, let me take that back. NO — i’m NOT happy about it.

IT even admitted to some of ITs errors, like purposely having typos in business communication and the way that IT does not stand up for ITself when faced with an argument. IT cites that it is a strategy which IT decided to do when IT joined the company. i told IT that it’s no surprise that most people look down on IT because that was the path that IT decided to take.

when i heard it i’m like, HELLO. don’t even be surprised that people don’t like you, or if they look down on you. YOU MADE THEM THINK THAT. please. if it’s a strategy that you think would work, wake up fool — it didn’t and it won’t.

how tiring. plus the fact that IT is always defensive and cites that so and so people has got ITs back. now that i think about it, IT could probably just throw ITs supposed weight around the company. then we can just see who’s got who’s back and all that.

and to think that i get cornered almost every night with this inanity. it’s not funny anymore. IT brags that IT got an offer from another company for double ITs current pay. deep down inside, i hope IT would just take the offer and leave. good for IT, good for the rest of the people in the company.

i wish IT would just grow up. period.

i’ve been in india for two weeks now, and it’s been uneventful for the past few days. aside from the heat, the spicy food, and the long work hours, life here’s pretty tolerable. i have my own room in apartment two, so at least i have some privacy, though it gets to be lonely at times since i do miss the things i’ve been used to back in manila. as simple as being able to log off then leave the office at 6pm manila time, passing by the mall on the way home, and camping in front of the tv to catch csi or some other show. but most of all, i really miss my tubby coz instead of not seeing him on weekdays, i now can’t see him 24×7 until i get back to manila.

i’m not too big on tagging people so i’ll just post this for the sake of posting I was tagged by Miriam

Each player of this games starts with 6 weird things about you. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog.

what’s weird about me:

1. i like fixing things in my own way. i even fix the things around me in a certain manner from time to time
2. i like to see my money grow — not literally of course
3. i’m anti-social
4. i’m grumpy if i’m hungry, sleepy or tired
5. i like dressing up like my favorite comic book character
6. i always have a cold

it’s a thursday afternoon in the office, and i’m just so out of it. i should be working on a flowchart and research which is due tomorrow, but i can’t seem to jumpstart myself to start working on them. i think i had enough sleep last night, but i just feel so sluggish today. and i get super annoyed right away about the most petty things — like noisy officemates who act idiotic and talk about the most innane things at the expense of other people’s personal space.

i’m a chinese citizen.

nope, i’m not proud of it but it’s a fact. it’s not something that bothered me before, but it started making my life a living hell when i finally accepted an offer to travel abroad for work.

i was born here in the country, i pay may taxes to the government, and i will get sanctioned by country rules should i even attempt to violate any. so what makes me any different?

the thing is, despite the fact that i was born and raised in this country, i still have to endure all the bureacratic red tape that this country is so known for. most people just tend to accept it as it is, but it really is frustrating when you want to get things done.

i had to get a medical clearance from a government hospital, secure clearances from the police, NBI, fiscal court, metropolitan trial court and regional trial court. afterwhich, i had to fill out all these papers to affirm that i REALLY wanted to denounce my chinese citzenship and submitted these to immigration.

it would be great if after all the hard work (running around in various buildings, and all the fees that i had to pay) that i would actually get my application approved in a month or two months’ time.

WRONG

it’s been four months already, and right now, i’m just waiting for a pathetic initial (read: signature that would probably just be a squiggle) on my petition so it go back to immigration and finally end this farce. but with the nearly week long holiday and the elections coming up, my chances of leaving in a week or two is really becoming slim. bordering on non-existent really.

so, what to do?

1) wait. for how long? well it really escapes me right now.

2) pay someone. yes, bribe someone to actually get my petition and dump it on the signatory’s desk and tell him, “sign here please”

it’s really frustrating. i don’t know what else to do, and how else to go about it. if someone knows someone in the justice system, preferably someone really HIGH UP THERE, i’d really appreciate it if i could be endorsed to that person.

in the meantime, i guess i’ll just wait. *sigh*

miriam tagged me, so i’m posting the lyrics of this song as well. i find it very apt to describe a specific moment in my life. 

Do You Love Me 

Shadows dancing in a darkened room
Lying here beside me, where are you?
I wonder, ’cause I’m not always sure
Are you someone I’d still recognize?
Do you look at me through different eyes?
I wonder if your feelings have changed

Do you love me?
I can feel the beating of your heart
Do you love me?

Sometimes honesty is not enough
For all the second thoughts, for all the love
I wonder, have we both given up?
Shadows haunt me through the empty nights
Can we still go on…should we say goodbye?
I wonder if we’re both strong enough to know completely

Do you love me?
I can feel the beating of your heart
Do you love me?

Do you love me?
I can feel the beating of your heart
Do you love me? 

yup, i had to contend with cable thieves last weekend. the thing is, our cable connection at home was perfect when we signed up for the service sometime Q1 2006. i don’t recall the very first call we made to ask the provider to check the connection, but i distinctly remember trying to schedule a repair during the christmas season.

but it was only last weekend that the cable guy came over to check the connection and reception. i told him that i suspect some people have illegally leeched onto our connection, so the guy had to check the cable path to verify.

guess what? there were unlicensed cables latched onto our connection! not one, not two, but THREE neighbors were connected!!! all of them within the compound itself!!

i was FUMING when i found out. the cable guy started cutting off the other cables and we checked the reception inside the house.

it was PERFECTLY CLEAR.

i traced the 1st cable to Unit A which is right at the gate. the nerve. those people just moved in a couple of months ago and they had the gall to do that?!?!

the 2nd cable was hidden behind the chicken wire on top of the wall, and it was fixed in a way that the cable was secured by twisties every 1 or 2 feet. and i traced it to the unit right in front of our pad, where it was divided again by a splitter!! i swear, i wanted to cut it off and chop up the cable into tiny pieces and dump them in front of the leeches’ units. but i couldn’t reach the darn splitter.

i confronted the guy in one of the units, and i asked him why there was a cable going to their pad which was latched on my line. he goes, “but that was there before we even moved in”.

yeah right.

i knew the people who lived in that unit before, and they would NEVER do that.

*sigh*

i called up the cable provider and asked if people like my neighbors could be jailed or fined given the situation. i was told by the customer service representative that there is no existing law yet in the san juan area governing such situations. only manila and makati are covered.

damn, damn, damn!

seth told me not to pick a fight, but i honestly wanted to confront them and call them THIEVES!!!! can’t they just pay for their measly cable connection???? if they want foreign shows, then they better be ready to pay for it! i’m not working my ass off everyday just to go home to an unclear tv reception because of their stinginess. 

so every night when i head home, the first thing i do after switching on the lights is to open the tv to check if the reception is still clear.

yep, babies. but not human. seth and i were walking around in megamall last night and we saw this pet stall on our way out. they had hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs, and birds. i was seriously thinking about getting a pair of rabbits coz they looked so furry and cuddly. shucks.

the guinea pigs would’ve been okay but they were just too skittish. and they look like they might bite me if ever i’d want to take them out of the cage and play with them. so, rabbits are the way to go.

i also promised seth that i won’t drown the cuddly things since i kinda have this track record of mangling my pets. but that was years ago. i think i’ll be a better mommy this time around. after having a roster of pets from white mice to chicks, rabbits and quails, i think it’s about time to give it a try again.  

I’ve finally tendered my resignation letter to ePLDT, my corporate home for the past 5 years. In the IT industry, 5 years is a long time indeed.

More to come later

Uhh, on second thought - there ain’t much more to come “later”, other than I’m now in Accenture

Yes, I’ve decided to stop playing World of Warcraft yet again. This time around though, it feels refreshing to no longer have to get home by 8-8:30PM just so I can make it on time for the 9PM (GMT+8) raids. It wasn’t my guild’s fault thet schedule was like that - it just so happened that the raid times were the best available to us, considering the playerbase was spread over several countries and time zones.

I’ve started to get in touch with old friends once more, and I hope to indulge in other activities that I’ve set aside during the time I was serious with my online raiding.

No, I’m not selling my account like before. I still am attached to my toon Avrael, but I guess I just lost the drive to raid. It was getting frustrating and tiresome at times. The only drawback is that I’ll miss all the online friends I’ve made. And a shiteload of friends I’ve made: Vereesa, Stealers, Alicaa, Elarome, Rehephiam, Zorkman, Manotikitia, Morttix, Shorion, Cinderela, Kenjin, Stigus, and of course, our guild leader and pimp extraordinaire - Adelwine. Bah, there’s so many of them to list down here

Oh well - there’s always email and instant messaging