*And Caragata says.....*

Some petrol please...

The next time anyone wants to get me a gift...get me some petrol vouchers
:(((((((((

posted by cath @ 1:46 PM 4 comments

Reliable

That’s what lady boss commented while we were in a meeting to discuss my goals here.
She likes me! The whole trio (lady boss, cute man boss and head of trio) likes me!!!
It was pretty clear that if it was up to her…she would definitely vote for me to stay here.
And suddenly I got hit with one question that has been lingering at the back of mind since I started here: do you WANT to stay here?
My immediate response was “Yes of course”. But I was thinking to myself: “I don’t really care if I stay here or not. There’s always something else I could find”

Another question was “what do you LIKE about this place?”Well…

1. Its tension free…at least for now..
2. I get free subscription
3. I don’t have to get my hands dirty with programming
4. I look forward to lunch to check out the celebs at the café
5. Mr.Shades ( lets just say he’s a super cute dude that walks up n down my office space )
6. My bosses like me…and I have no issues with anyone else YET
7. I’ve made a couple of friends and I don’t eat alone anymore

Ok..i cant think of anymore…but all I told lady boss was “I like my job..i like what I do”
Luckily she didn’t pressure me for a more specific answer.

So that was my so called “1st quarter appraisal” with my boss. She meets up with HR tomorrow. Hope that goes well…

posted by cath @ 2:38 PM 3 comments

Alcoholics Anonymous

Hi. My name is Caragata and I am NOT an alcoholic.

Definition of a drunk:
a) Intoxicated with alcoholic liquor to the point of impairment of physical and mental faculties.
b) Caused or influenced by intoxication.

Definition of an alcoholic:
A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.

I am none of the above because:
~I am not intoxicated with liquor
~My physical and mental “faculties” are just fine!
~I drink occasionally
~I can hold my liquor
~I have never gotten drunk or even close to getting drunk
~I don’t drink with the intention of getting drunk
~I’m the designated driver (I don’t trust anyone else to drive me home)
~I like the taste of liquor and not the feeling I get from it

posted by cath @ 10:21 AM 5 comments

Happy Valentines Day

posted by cath @ 8:21 PM 0 comments

Jam packed

The morning traffic seems to be getting worse day-by-day!
Where were all these cars when I first started driving to work? It only took me 45 mins to get to the office but now…its 1-whole-there-goes-my-life-wasted-sitting-in-traffic-hour!
I don’t blame the school holidays…coz school started in Jan…and even then it wasn’t as bad as it has been for the past 2 weeks.

Cars are selling like hot cakes right now. Just yesterday I saw a number plate WNS 99XX…which indicates that WNT is gonna start selling(fast!)…its probably reached WNT 4XXX as I write this! Are car prices going down? How come nobody told me? Fuel prices are going up, toll seems to increase as well…doesn’t add up to the increase of cars on the road!

*pet-peeve of the day*
Everyone is stuck in traffic on the NKVE. Everyone is irritated. The sun is glaring down us. We’re all gonna be late for work. Not for champion driver.

Champion driver has a lightbulb moment:

“ooo…theres traffic…I cant get stuck in traffic…I’m not gonna waste my time to think twice….they all so stupid…I’m so clever….i’ll take the emergency lane!”

But what champion driver doesn’t realize is that an ambulance is racing up from behind….which is whyyyyy we have emergency lanes in the first place. But champion driver doesn’t know this…he’s too busy cruising pass the other cars thinking he’s brilliant! Only when the ambulance is right behind champion driver…does he realize he has to quickly move out of the way. It takes him about 1 minute before he actually manages to squeeze aside and let the ambulance through.

Now imagine the person in the ambulance…that 1 minute could be the minute that saved his life…I hope he’s alright.

I hope champion driver is in an ambulance right now….

posted by cath @ 9:31 AM 2 comments

*Dong Dong Cheng*

The one thing I always look forward to during CNY is the lion dance.
When I was a kid, the minute I heard the beating of those massive drums, I would get on my bike and ride all around my taman searching for the lion dance troupe.
I find the lion’s pretty cute la…the way the shake their heads and blink-blink…
And the guys underneath the suits…damn skilled!!can jump up n down…as well as peel & decorate mountains of oranges and melons.

Today, is my company’s Get Together 2006…celebrating CNY for all employees…
the lion dance troupe was damn chun! World Champion Lion Dance troupe from Muar ...dont “pray-pray” ok! And since the big boss lady of my dept is a big fan of feng-shui and all that is lucky….2 lions came in all the way to our dept! they peeled lucky oranges in the head’s rooms and plucked ang pows off the ceiling…cute fella’s! There were 8 of em’ outside doing some massive acrobatic jumps on steel poles.

photo source: http://www.cs.ust.hk/

The food was lousy…what do u expect…we got to toss some yee sang and the rest was the usual stuffla. Performances was not bad..Ning belted out 3 Whitney songs and a Chinese one too!..some AF2 contestants performed as well(i have no clue who they were)…and also Nikki(Msian Idol1) managed to "pull a Mariah" which was quite good!

posted by cath @ 2:59 PM 0 comments

End of the Hols!

GONG XI FA CAI!
Totally forgot to put up any greetings…so soweeee….CNY was ok..ate lotsa food…some friends came to visit which was also good..
Last week of holidays was just damn chunla…we should have a week of holidays every once in 2-3 months….wishful thinking…I know…
Its gonna be a dry season….no holidays!!!!….for the entire months of Feb & March…sighhhhh

Back to work…and back to uni for the final sem dude and dudettes….haha…good luck with your fyp’s and exams in advance! I will try to visit cyber as often as I can since I have my own set of wheels now :D

Let’s have a great doggie year!

photo source: www.puppy.com.my

posted by cath @ 9:33 AM 1 comments