Late Night with Cornflakes

i am so tired
24 hours is just not enough to do mundane things

short summary of the week or so that passed
hopefully can finish before i doze off

The plant's still restructuring
some got demoted, some got laid off
new temps got hired

W's not officially supposed to be on our team
so when we heard about the new temp we all assumed W's going to his original team
their work bench is in this cage right in the middle of the plant
W calls it a pig pen

so this week i've been telling everyone who passed by me that W's gone to his pig pen

"i'm still on this team you know, i just need to cover somebody else's duty for these few days"
"oh oh...i told everyone you've gone to your pig pen"
"you better retract your sentences then lady. where's my chair?"
"er...it's at the pig pen. oops."

the new temp's our age...and very cute.
and then he shows me the photos of his two kids.

W says the temps won't last a month
it's too dry to just run the machines
one of our testers take 20 min per board
R is in charge of it and he'll sit in front of the PC and watch it for 20 min before moving
now we have R AND a new guy to sit motionless in front of the PC for 20 min
it's quite funny

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i'm back to juggling
CM started a discussion on our juggling dreams
and it reminded me of mine
i posted it, and lo and behold a few days later someone told me he can grant me my wish
alas i'm not home so the opp will have to pass

it got me excited though
to be reminded of what i want to do and when i should do it
and i realise it's good to post wishes, you never know who can help you out
so one day when i'm free i'll tingle with this blog and start a page to post mine and anyone who wants to put their wishes there
one day
when i'm free

i'm trying to start some sort of juggling training regime
it's looking good
i managed to customised the living room to suit my juggling
also went out to juggle again
my neighbour came by to see what i was up to
he said he could see me from his block but he couldn't see the balls. all he could see was me waving my hands frantically and he's wondering wat the hell i'm doing.
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i pretty much enjoy working
the weird thing is i'm not doing an engineer's job now
the irony is the engineer's job seems to be more administrative and the real engineering parts seem to be outside the engineer's scope

oh well.
i'm learning and getting challenged at my own pace
i like it.
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stayed up till 4 am yesterday (tired tired)
trying to get my visual basic script to work for Access
i didn't have to, i just wanted to
only 2 of the lines won't work so it's blardy irritating
i'm still trying to solve it
shit.

and then there's the tester's code that came up to 780 pages long. dunno how long that will take me to read.
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just went to buy a car.
on the way back the engine warning light came on.
i've only paid a small deposit so it's not the money that bothers me...yet.
it's the tiresome process of getting it fixed and stuff
i'm tired..

searching the net makes me feel better.
i get forums like "the light that nobody can turn off" and there were some who suggest just tightening the fuel cap. i guess i'll try that. i have to pay the full sum tmrw i'm not sure if that's wise though. sometimes the warning light cries wolf but sometimes it tears up the whole engine.

i'm tired.

AY asks if "i'm always this independent". that's gotta be the most off statement i've heard for weeks. me? independent? oh well, i guess i'm growing. i'm the master of my domain!

now time to sleep.