Toothache

There are just times when you have a run of bad luck for weeks (plural!) on end.

I guess the Universe couldn’t find anything more to throw at me, so it sent me a major toothache on my way.  Haays…  I started to suffer from it since yesterday afternoon.  So I surrendered to the pain and decided to go home.  Taking an Advil in the office and then a Ponstan when I got home, I felt a bit weak.  It must have been an overdose.  I slept from 5pm to 3am the next day.  Drank a glass of milk (I know, very 80’s) and dozed off again.

I’m here at the office now, hoping that a barrage of pain relievers will help me through the day, at least until my dentist appointment.

Please send your energies to your friendly-neighborhood ranter.  I need all the good energy I can get.

IM Spy

Guys, when you try to use a measely stealth setting to hide from a person in IM, just make sure he’s not a Computer Science degree holder.

It takes me approximately two seconds to see if someone is hiding from me on Instant message…  When you’re THAT foolish, and when I know too much about you, do yourself a favor…  Be afraid…

Don’t worry everyone, it’s all hypothetical! (Maybe not he he he) :-D 

I’m just saying, you know, if and when it happens, you can’t hide from me lol. 

But it’s a fun tool to have.  You’ll get addicted.

Staying Put

The Consulting Firm I work for just sent out a circular for their Overseas Assignment Guidelines this Monday morning.  Without giving any details (for confidentiality reasons), may I just say that:  it’s all crap. 

Coming from a management team that disallowed the bringing of Ipods for security reasons, I’m really not surprised. I know, that policy would only come from a security group that’s made up of sloths, to say the least.  Ever heard of disabling USB storage, huh?!  Rant, rant…  It just frustrates me to no end when the people with the responsibility and power don’t actually know how to do their jobs.

Going back to the guideline, I’m seriously considering backing out of my imminent deployment, if this foolishness goes on.

Officemates, say it with me… We hayrett!

Streamlining

A word of advice to my friends: 

Keep Gelo away from anything that contains his contacts when he’s depressed.  His rolodex, cellphones, organizer… keep it far from his reach.

Oh well, it doesn’t matter… I’m not the center of the universe, anyway.

Move on, nothing to see here.  I’m just ranting.

For the sake of world peace, I need a facial. Haaayz

The Prince and the Pea

No matter how great a friend may seem to me, it always turns me off when they have a sense of bigotry in them.  I don’t think this is just a peeve since it’s not superficial.  I’m talking about panghahamak here – putting down a race or a group of people.  I’m allergic to that, even if I am not the one oppressed.

Every person who is born into this world should have a rightful place in it, free of oppression and discrimination.  Got that from my Mum and Dad, I guess…  It just makes me uncomfortable… So I guess that’s my pea.

I’m not trying to be self-righteous here, people.  So don’t make welga if there are any inconsistencies in what I say and do.  I am enough of a realist to understand that the World is not Utopia.  But that does not mean that we should stop striving for it.

Update 01/11/2007  11AM:  I had a conversation with Carl last night.  That’s when I remembered that I did fall victim to racial discrimination.  Twice, during my travels – very bad experiences.

The Trash that ‘The Firm’ Hired

Aren’t Directors of the company supposed to have courtesy as one of their basic skills?  I thought that was how things were before.  But I just met the trashiest Executive ever.  Putting me on the spot like that for a hardware request (a laptop) that I did not initiate nevertheless.  Have these people ever heard of the concept called Morale Management?  I guess not…

STUPID PRICK!

To be continued… I’m going to Red Kimono to relieve the stress that this panget caused me…

CONTINUED Dec. 15:

Acquiring a (relatively) cooler head this morning, I decided that in the interest of preserving my professionalism, I am not going to give anymore details about the person.  It’s just that individually, I look into the leadership of the company as my role models.  Now that I’ve seen how second rate a director can be, ‘The Firm’ has definitely lost its luster in my eyes.

If all I had is my Id though, I’d punch him on the face.  Or better yet, I’ll hire people to make bugbog, while I’ll watch and laugh from a distance – preferably a hilltop somewhere.  Very villanous kasi… lol