HEYA GUYS AND GAL LONG TIME NO SEE
Been a little busy recently, what with work, exams, marriage preparations and so on.
Couple life is always a little difficult to deal with cos along with the person you love, you have to deal with his/her baggages and family. On my side, the missus has this problem with her paternal unit and paternal unit's extended family, and her mother also gives her some problems cos of Menopause. Menopause is a
bitch. So's the person who has it. When my mom had menopause, she gave me no end of hell about ridiculous and unreasonable stuff you couldn't even
dream up.
eg. conversation :
Me : Mom, I think I broke my leg while representing the school in basketball.
Mom during menopause : Why you break your leg? Why so stupid? Tell you don't play basketball liao you don't understand is it? Can earn money or not? Now who paying for your medical fees? The school is it? The gahman?! Go pay yourself! I not paying for yew!
No where in that conversation would you find the sentence "So How Are You Feeling?". It made my life a living hell especially when she was out to quarrel with you and non-response would earn you a kind of sulky, sullen, pouty, disgusting cold war.
So kids, if your mother is aged 40 to 55, remember that she'd have to go through menopause, and
it will suck for you.
Anyhooooo.
Things haven't been going fantastic at work, cos with one "bright idea" after another in the civil service (mostly by Degree holders trying to use the Non-Graduates as
Resources to fuel their promotions) to "redesign" the job they're currently holding, it's been hell on the floor trying to find out exactly what the hell is it they want to do. What's more, the pay seems to have remained quite stable for the lower/middle income group, so much so that the lower income group seems to have been marginalised and the only group that is large enough to pay attention to is the middle income group, which consists of diploma and degree holders. Apparently, those "Bright Chaps" Up there aren't looking at the disadvantages of Job Redesign, namely that THE PERSON WHO HAS HIS JOB REDESIGNED WILL GET THE SAME BLOODY PAY TO DO MORE SHIT
THAN HE CAN HANDLE. Don't those "bright chaps" know that job redesign is supposed to only work if the workers are motivated by work itself? Most of us aren't motivated by work or the lack thereof; we're motivated by
money. Doing this redesign thing would be suicide for staff morale. But of course, those fat chaps up there couldn't care less, as long they can squeeze the lower ranks to do more for less, they get bonuses worth more than what some of us earn in an entire year.
I realise I say this with all the conviction of someone who doesn't
yet have a degree (I'll only graduate next year July), but with the somewhat lacking enthusiasm of someone who might just join those ranks in all eventuality and therefore is careful not to openly lambast who I might become in the future. But I'll be frank to say this : if I were up there making these policies, I'd
sure as hell be sorry for those dumbasses on the receiving end. I at least wouldn't sit back in my chair with a bloody retarded grin on my face thinking I've made a positive impact on people's lives when hundreds, nay,
THOUSANDS of people are cursing the person who thought of implementing the idea.
But with no regards to this, I proudly say Hello to me in the future if I happen to be reading this post 3-4 years from now.
HELLO FUTURE ME!! IT SUCKS TO BE ME RIGHT NOW! AND IT SUCKS REALLY REALLY BAD!! HOPE THINGS ARE BETTER FOR YOU THERE (AND THEN)!And so it is that besides work, exams and marriage preparations, I now also have to worry about finding a new job and financing myself throughout.
Next term (starting 9th April) would be the first term in my 3rd Year, which holds a crazy 70% of the entire score. I think, without a doubt, that it's time to really buck up and take it seriously.
Sibei stress ah.
Pooh Bear was not pleased to find out he was the illegitimate child of Christopher and Goldilocks 
