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i've yet to hear from any universities yet. so am i supposed to feel worried? i mean i've heard of classmates signing up for the same course and being accepted alr. a moment ago, i did wonder what will happen if none of the universities accepts me. and my mind drew blank. oh heck... it'll be a few months before semester starts anw.

it has been a long long time since i've slacked at home. and i miss that feeling. hahas...

after working for four months or so, i've come to the sad realisation that some people are plain stupid. the lack of grey matter in their heads make me wonder how the heck they could still eat, talk, breathe and implement stupid policies. sometimes i wonder why certain people are not in sales or advertising because they can crap so eloquently to justify their actions but you know that it's a whole load of rubbish.

i hate it when they film at my outlet. such filming is supposed to create good publicity for the company. bull! every single time filming was done, the crew managed to mess up the whole place and piss off the customers. apparently it doesnt occur to them that we still have a business to run and renting the outlet does not equate to giving them the right to do as they please.

btw, due to many unforseen circumstances, i will be working 58hours this week. in fact, it's 59.5hours after the filming last night.

Under the Employment Act:
38. —(1) Except as hereinafter provided, an employee shall not be required under his contract of service to work —

(a) more than 6 consecutive hours without a period of leisure;

(b) more than 8 hours in one day or more than 44 hours in one week:

Provided that —
(iv)where, by agreement under the contract of service between the employee and the employer, the number of hours of work in every alternate week is less than 44, the limit of 44 hours in one week may be exceeded in the other week, but so that no employee shall be required to work for more than 48 hours in one week or for more than 88 hours in any continuous period of 2 weeks.

so technically, i am only required to work 30hours next week (which is so not going to happen) or i can sue my company. i will not put up with such rubbish if not for the fantastic colleagues i work with everyday. to think of it, i should go read the whole employment act to arm myself against future exploitation.

there are good days and bad days. yesterday happens to be just one of those days in between. so much so that it was just blah. i practically remained stoned the whole day. sometimes i wonder how i am going to survive having a permanent job in future. i'm in my present job for around four months and i'm starting to get restless already. and that's one step away from boredom.

on rare occassions that i actually find the time to meet up with friends, we should do more than aimless wandering. not that it's a bad thing since it'll always be the company that matters most. but wandering around aimlessly somehow doesnt justify the limited 'free' time i have?

some rather frivolous details of my life:
i managed to cause the house to trip twice (is that the way i should phrase it?); thanks to the fabulous electrical appliance called the iron.
i kissed my colleague on the lips. it started out as a joke some weeks ago. due to our utter boredom, my manager decided that he shld witness two girls kiss. and we actually did it. i think she's the only female other than my mum that i kissed voluntarily. even though it was only a peck. hahas...

i have never been star-struck before. in fact, i dont think i even went through the teenage phase of going after any idols whatsoever. anyway, this is just one of those random thoughts that occurred to me while i'm working. since i do meet the occasional celebrity.

today's just a rather stoned day. lunch was less screwed than expected despite the new menu. although customers kept demanding for their food. some people just have no patience and courtesy. my crapping skills which are honed after all the years of essay-writing have come to good use again. sometimes i do wonder if they realise that i'm smoking through them.

the sake of updating is rather pathetic. but since it has been stagnant for such a long time and shihui actually called me to mention about it (ok... this is stretching the truth a little but hey! it sounds better right? hahas), i shall just update for the sake of updating. even if it means being pathetic.

i kinda envy those who sound intellectual on their blogs. if i attempt to do so, it will just appear to be that i try too hard.

sometimes i wonder why people refuse to use their brains and cause trouble for others around them. if their lack of usage of grey and white matter does not affect anyone, fine and good. but it is usually not the case. working made me realise that bureaucracy is almost impossible to side-step. no matter how ridiculous. which makes me wonder what's the point of employing real people to do work when they need are robots.

been notified that i failed my final theory. how lame and now i have to retake.

can bitching be a good thing? afterall, it's fairer to say everything straight in the person's face. and more constructive. however, it's so much more fun to bitch.

my fingers and hands are now like crap. because it's part and parcel of my job to wash. i guess this is what they term as job hazard.

the new menu launch is going to bring so much 'fun, joy and laughter' to all of us. i hope for minimal temper flaring and complaints.

oh... and i need to go for an smu interview on the 19th. heard that it'll be a group interview. erm.. so how are they going to go about conducting an interview determining our eligibilty to enter the university as a group? strange. it'll be sad if the interview is merely a formality. we shall see.

in a year's time i will hit 20. and that's old. i dont mind remaining 18 forever. hahas...

anw, a million thanks to everyone who made my birthday a memorable one. the presents (sabo and non-sabo) are very much appreciated. your friends really outdid themselves when you receive a handmade 'beanstalk'. anw, everything is still occupying a large space on my table. was touched by all the surprise visits as well :D talking abt which, how i wish it's my birthday everyday. then i'll be given concessions to slack at work :p

after all the excitment from my bday, back to mundane day-to-day life. maybe not exactly mundane but nothing too interesting. i'm finally 80% done with all the uni applications. i had a hair cut (again).

much that i dont want to sound like a whiner, i really need more time to do stuff like some serious packing and meeting up with people. time management! but am generally quite satisfied with where i am now. just one thing, i wonder how am i going to work on mon if i develop a sorethroat which seems to be the case. and to tell the truth, i asked for it.