Thank You Thanksgiving!
yay!! tmrw's thanksgiving and it's the start of a 4 day holiday!
have been looking forward to this break...
in a good mood now because it's the start of the hols and i ended work today on a fruitful note
managed to come up with some sort of program to solve a problem
Working on it reinforced the idea i have that it pays to adopt a learning attitude to everything and everyone
You pick up something new from this guy, and another thing from another guy, then suddenly one day you realise that if you put both pieces of knowledge together you can create something new and useful.
you never know when something you learnt will come in useful...so learn everything. :)
the hope that got crushed in my last post has resurrected slightly.
sought more advice and i think there's still a glimmer of hope.
i can only do what i can and hope that things turn out fine.
Like they say
"if you want to do something, you'll find a reason.
if you want to do nothing, you'll find an excuse."
Tony Robbins wrote that goal setting is important because once you have a goal, your mind starts opening its eye to opportunities. Once you decide something is impossible, your radar is switched off.
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Conversations with W:
"Hey do you know what's the norm here for a rented apartment? when the light bulb blows, is the management supposed to change it or am i the one to change it?"
"You of course."
"WHAT? Really? i've been asking the office to change my light bulbs all this while! and i thought that was normal until the other day i told the restaurant bosses that and they said they never thought the office would do that."
"You've been calling the office to change your light bulbs? Girl, i'd be embarassed to call the office to change my light bulbs."
"NOW I'M EMBARASSED! i didn't know that's not the norm! the office pple probably think i'm a nutcase and they're doing it just because it's the first time they heard of this kind of request"
"yeah, they're probably thinking you're this little spoilt brat who can't change her own light bulbs. Call the maids!"
"it's a good thing i didn't reprimand them for taking their time to change my bulbs. see i called last thursday and when i got home they haven't fixed my bulbs yet. i was planning to call them on Mon to scold them for being so slow to respond."
"did you?"
"well no..the guy came in on sat to change my light bulbs."
"he came in on SATURDAY to change your light bulbs?!"
"he said he was passing by so he came around to change the bulbs. it's a good thing i've already woken up. if i was asleep i wouldn't hear him knock and he'll think no one's in and he'll use his keys to get in. and catch me sleeping."
"the girl who can't change her light bulbs. did you ask him to pick your dead cockroaches up too?"
"shut urp....i probably can't reach the light bulbs even if i wanted to...."
"haha...yeah you'd be there jumping and touching the bulbs with your fingertips."
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Sam came in yesterday sounding really ill. She caught the flu bug too and totally lost her voice. Just the previous day she was telling us of her planned trip to the casino this weekend.
"oh no, Sam, i hope you get well soon. How're you gonna scream when you win a million dollars?"
"yeah Sam. i think you need to make a sign that says 'I WIN!' then hold it up and wave it around when you hit the jackpot."
W's eyes suddenly lit up.
"you know Sam, i can go in your place! they would actually believe that I AM sam you know"
"Sam's going with her new boyfriend. Are you gonna go with Sam's boyfriend?"
"hell no..Sam's boyfriend is staying home to look after her. i am going ALONE."
"Sam if you win a million dollars, will you remember us?"
"will she even come back here?"
"i think she'll come back for one more day. Come in in a limousine, park it in front of the guard house, tell the bosses to kiss her ass and then walk away."
(Sam just went abt working and gave us the 'I'll kick your butts when i feel better' look.)
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"you see that lady over there?"
"yeah?"
"don't you think she's the only one in the office who looks uglier than me?"
"hahaha....you're so mean!"
"well look me in the eye and tell me she looks better than me."
"she looks better than you, W"
"you're kidding! You're not looking at her! wait till she turns round!"
"i'm not getting into this..."
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"the circus is coming next month! do you know if there're jugglers in there?"
"Do i look like i will go even if there are jugglers? do i look like i care?"
"i don't think there is. i don't want to pay to watch elephants jump through hoops."
"the circus comes every year. last year there was a woman who protested outside the venue. against cruelty to animals. she wore a bikini and drew stripes on herself like a tiger and locked herself in a cage. And people started taking pictures of her...haha"
"that sounds more fun than the circus itself. stand outside and hold banners. maybe i'll go just to protest."
"you're going to protest against cruelty to animals? what are you talking abt? pple get hanged in your country!"
"Well, this is a free country. and i'll probably get to appear on the local TV news and the papers!"
"Or you might get hauled to jail and you can call your embassy in Washington and they will go 'marshall county? where the hell is that?' and they'll take a week just to find where you are."
"i'll ask the lab to build me a cage. let's get RB and CC and a few more guys and we'll all paint ourselves as tigers. we can even get a whip and swing it around"
"ok, where did you get the 'we' from? you go right ahead, i'll pass."
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(last summer)
"where's master archer?"
"he's in florida for a week. enjoying the sun sand and the sea. and the bikinis."
"well, he's so big, if he falls asleep on the beach, everyone will think he's a whale."
"...and they'll start rolling him back into the sea...."
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"you mean you forgot this? you used to be sharp man.."
"it's the hair. i cut my hair. my memory is stored in my hair. i shouldn't have cut my hair, now i look so young. don't you think so?"
"isn't it good to look young"
"yeah, but now i look like i'm..10."
"what makes you think you looked older before you cut your hair?"
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10 year old says it's time for bed.
hope these hols turn out fruitful.
yay!! tmrw's thanksgiving and it's the start of a 4 day holiday!
have been looking forward to this break...
in a good mood now because it's the start of the hols and i ended work today on a fruitful note
managed to come up with some sort of program to solve a problem
Working on it reinforced the idea i have that it pays to adopt a learning attitude to everything and everyone
You pick up something new from this guy, and another thing from another guy, then suddenly one day you realise that if you put both pieces of knowledge together you can create something new and useful.
you never know when something you learnt will come in useful...so learn everything. :)
the hope that got crushed in my last post has resurrected slightly.
sought more advice and i think there's still a glimmer of hope.
i can only do what i can and hope that things turn out fine.
Like they say
"if you want to do something, you'll find a reason.
if you want to do nothing, you'll find an excuse."
Tony Robbins wrote that goal setting is important because once you have a goal, your mind starts opening its eye to opportunities. Once you decide something is impossible, your radar is switched off.
---------------------
Conversations with W:
"Hey do you know what's the norm here for a rented apartment? when the light bulb blows, is the management supposed to change it or am i the one to change it?"
"You of course."
"WHAT? Really? i've been asking the office to change my light bulbs all this while! and i thought that was normal until the other day i told the restaurant bosses that and they said they never thought the office would do that."
"You've been calling the office to change your light bulbs? Girl, i'd be embarassed to call the office to change my light bulbs."
"NOW I'M EMBARASSED! i didn't know that's not the norm! the office pple probably think i'm a nutcase and they're doing it just because it's the first time they heard of this kind of request"
"yeah, they're probably thinking you're this little spoilt brat who can't change her own light bulbs. Call the maids!"
"it's a good thing i didn't reprimand them for taking their time to change my bulbs. see i called last thursday and when i got home they haven't fixed my bulbs yet. i was planning to call them on Mon to scold them for being so slow to respond."
"did you?"
"well no..the guy came in on sat to change my light bulbs."
"he came in on SATURDAY to change your light bulbs?!"
"he said he was passing by so he came around to change the bulbs. it's a good thing i've already woken up. if i was asleep i wouldn't hear him knock and he'll think no one's in and he'll use his keys to get in. and catch me sleeping."
"the girl who can't change her light bulbs. did you ask him to pick your dead cockroaches up too?"
"shut urp....i probably can't reach the light bulbs even if i wanted to...."
"haha...yeah you'd be there jumping and touching the bulbs with your fingertips."
-------------------------
Sam came in yesterday sounding really ill. She caught the flu bug too and totally lost her voice. Just the previous day she was telling us of her planned trip to the casino this weekend.
"oh no, Sam, i hope you get well soon. How're you gonna scream when you win a million dollars?"
"yeah Sam. i think you need to make a sign that says 'I WIN!' then hold it up and wave it around when you hit the jackpot."
W's eyes suddenly lit up.
"you know Sam, i can go in your place! they would actually believe that I AM sam you know"
"Sam's going with her new boyfriend. Are you gonna go with Sam's boyfriend?"
"hell no..Sam's boyfriend is staying home to look after her. i am going ALONE."
"Sam if you win a million dollars, will you remember us?"
"will she even come back here?"
"i think she'll come back for one more day. Come in in a limousine, park it in front of the guard house, tell the bosses to kiss her ass and then walk away."
(Sam just went abt working and gave us the 'I'll kick your butts when i feel better' look.)
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"you see that lady over there?"
"yeah?"
"don't you think she's the only one in the office who looks uglier than me?"
"hahaha....you're so mean!"
"well look me in the eye and tell me she looks better than me."
"she looks better than you, W"
"you're kidding! You're not looking at her! wait till she turns round!"
"i'm not getting into this..."
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"the circus is coming next month! do you know if there're jugglers in there?"
"Do i look like i will go even if there are jugglers? do i look like i care?"
"i don't think there is. i don't want to pay to watch elephants jump through hoops."
"the circus comes every year. last year there was a woman who protested outside the venue. against cruelty to animals. she wore a bikini and drew stripes on herself like a tiger and locked herself in a cage. And people started taking pictures of her...haha"
"that sounds more fun than the circus itself. stand outside and hold banners. maybe i'll go just to protest."
"you're going to protest against cruelty to animals? what are you talking abt? pple get hanged in your country!"
"Well, this is a free country. and i'll probably get to appear on the local TV news and the papers!"
"Or you might get hauled to jail and you can call your embassy in Washington and they will go 'marshall county? where the hell is that?' and they'll take a week just to find where you are."
"i'll ask the lab to build me a cage. let's get RB and CC and a few more guys and we'll all paint ourselves as tigers. we can even get a whip and swing it around"
"ok, where did you get the 'we' from? you go right ahead, i'll pass."
-----------------------------------------
(last summer)
"where's master archer?"
"he's in florida for a week. enjoying the sun sand and the sea. and the bikinis."
"well, he's so big, if he falls asleep on the beach, everyone will think he's a whale."
"...and they'll start rolling him back into the sea...."
---------------------------------------------
"you mean you forgot this? you used to be sharp man.."
"it's the hair. i cut my hair. my memory is stored in my hair. i shouldn't have cut my hair, now i look so young. don't you think so?"
"isn't it good to look young"
"yeah, but now i look like i'm..10."
"what makes you think you looked older before you cut your hair?"
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10 year old says it's time for bed.
hope these hols turn out fruitful.
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