Off to the theaters....

Finally, after searching high and low for tickets, we managed to catch the much-talked-about theater production - Puteri Gunung Ledang, The Musical tonight (Monday). And it was superb!

Despite the fact that our seats were 3-tiers up from the stage, we still managed to feel the stage presence of the fantastic casts. And the board with English subtitles actually helped us understand the song that was sang by the large group of extras. Mind you, the translation was done extremely well that it didn't lose the symbolic meaning of what was being said in Bahasa Melayu.

Playing for a full house tonight, the casts had received a standing ovation from the crowd, mostly cheering for the main cast, namely Tiara, Adlin Aman Ramli & A.C Mizal (yes Ejan... I know he's great :p ).. My hands were numb after clapping so hard through out the show...

Ok lah.. enough raving about the play for the night. Tuan Puteri shall beradu now.. being lulled into sleep listening to the soundtrack of the play...

"Mata temu mata,
Berguguran bicara
Kata demi kata,
Merubah tutur jadi rasa
Hanya kesunyian
Pada kewujudannya
Nafas dan nadi bak terhenti
Pertemuan ini
Kian terasa bagai bererti"

binx: nak lari pegi Gunung Ledang jugak lah...

Let's do some math...

I'm not being calculative here.. However, after working for 26 days non-stop (except for the 1 day of MC) for the month, I just can't help but to wonder: How much will I get if they (the Company) were to pay me Overtime allowance?

So people, bear with me, while I do the calculation here ok..


Let's see...


For simplicity purposes, let's just assume that the OT rate is 1.5 X hourly salary rate
(because there's no OT rate for my company)

Working days in February: 17 days
Public holidays: 2 days
Saturdays: 4 days
Sundays: 4 days

Assuming that I work every working day up until 12 am (though there are days when I only reach home at 2.30 am)..

Normal working days
Official working hrs: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm
Extra hrs: 5.00 pm - 12.00 am (7 hrs)
OT payable: 7 hrs X 1.5 X RM12 = RM126 per day X 17 days = RM2,142

Saturdays
Working hrs: 10 am - 10 pm (12 hrs)
OT payable: 12 hrs X 1.5 X RM12 = RM216 X 4 days = RM864

Sundays
Working hrs: 10 am - 10 pm (12 hrs)
OT payable: 12 hrs X 3 X RM12 = RM432 X 4 days = RM1,728

Public Holiday
Working hrs: 11 am - 5 pm (6 hrs)
OT payable: 6 hrs X 3 X RM12 = RM216 X 2 = RM432


Total OT payable for February = RM5,166






Hmmphhh.....
Berangan laa Binx!
RM5,166....
Satu habuk pun tak dapat...









binx: mogok!

Can someone please clone ME?!!!

Received a call from Mom at 4.50 pm...

Mom: Binx! What time are you coming back today?
Binx: I'm not sure.. I might be late.. Why?
Mom: Your cat had poo poo'ed in front of the door!
Binx: Oh my! Who closed the toilet door?
Mom: I dunno.. Please come home immediately and clean it up!
Binx: But I have lots to finish up here..
Mom: I don't care.. Come home and clean it up!


Instruction from Zorro at 5.00 pm..

Zorro: Binx, we are going to do the 'call over' tonight!
Binx: But I have to rush back now.. (explain)
Zorro: I don't care.. We have lots to do tonight..
Binx: But.. but..
Zorro: Dah laa semalam balik awal coz sakit..
Zorro: No.. you are not going anywhere!
Binx: Tell you what.. Let me rush back now and clean it up
Binx: Then rush back here and we do the 'call over'.. ok?
Zorro: isk.... OK laaa... hurry up!


Suddenly the Auditor came over...

Auditor: Binx, can I go through with you some of the queries on the consol accounts?
Binx: Now?
Auditor: Yeah... it will only take a minute..
Binx: Ok sure..
yada.. yada.. yada.. yada.. ding.. dong..
(Time: 6.45 pm)
Binx: Tell you what.. can we continue this tomorrow.. I really have to rush
Auditor: Oh.. ok sure..


Half way through my journey, while stuck in the traffic jam, I decided to call Mom..
(Time: 7.10 pm)

Binx: Ma.. ada food tak tak rumah?
Mom: Takde.. why?
Binx: I'm on my way back.. but after cleaning to thing..I have to rush back to the office..
Mom: What?
Binx: Yeah laa.. You yang suruh I rush balik..
Mom: Well, the mess was already cleaned...
Binx: WHAT?!!!!
Binx: After all that I've gone through, the least you can do is call me, Ma...!


Luckily there was a U-turn nearby... Hence, I drove myself back to the office, after making a pit-stop at Insaf Nasi Beriyani (kempunan la pulak tetiba), and did the 'call over' with Zorro...


Instruction from Beast at around 12.30 am

Beast: Binx have you finished the new petrol station's property lists?
Binx: Erm.. I've finished doing the cut-off on the hardcopy..
Binx: I just need to amend the softcopy after this 'call-over'..
Beast: Why didn't you do it first? Then while the production people work on it, you can do the 'call over'!
Binx: But Zorro wanted to do the call over first...
Beast: I don't know how you people work laa... Wasting time..!
Beast: Go do it now.. and make sure you e-mail it to them tonight!
Beast: The Board meeting is at 11 am tomorrow you know.. We don't have much time..
Binx: Ok... sure...


*sigh*


It is now 2 am, and I just arrived home.. I still have a few more things to settle before I can hit the pillow...


*sigh*


If only I could clone myself... Then only the real BINX can sleep peacefully...





binx: I'm tired!

I'm down again!

After another non-weekend weekend, I found myself down again today!

This time is due to a chronic gastric. The doc even had to give me a steroid injection (now my butt is sore) as a pain killer...

I am tired now, after how many thousand times of vomiting (ok I'm exaggerating there - 15 times only). And since the attack only occurred at around 3'ish, I didn't get an MC.. Furthermore, the garang doc didn't even give me an MC for tomorrow! Arrgghh...

One thing that happened today made me realised that all the work that I am currently doing is all not worth getting sick over... Uncle Dan asked me again, for the 5th time, to reconsider my resignation. He said, "Don't you find your work here EXCITING?!".. Exciting? Working on a weekend till 1 a.m after putting in more than 12 hours every single day during the week is exciting? I don't think so.. Hence, I've deduced that he doesn't want to let me go because it is hard for him to find someone to replace me.. I never complaint about the long hours that I've put in. I never demanded for overtime allowance.. I never made any noise on the load of work that they have piled on me.. I bet any other person would have quit after just a month in my current position.

Oh well, now I need to get some rest. For the 1st time in how many weeks, I am NOT going to stay up late to finish up my work, though I've brought back 3 pending work that I have to resolve before tomorrow morning.. All I can say now is... my HEALTH is much more important than all those reports!



binx: sakit......!



Note: Congrats to Jigga, who is now a full fledge ACCA holder.. Way to go dude! And also to Syam for passing all her papers... Soon my time will come!

The downside of being a workaholic...

binx: it was another non-weekend weekend *sigh*

You know you've got it bad when...

1)

... You walked into a petrol station and sensed that someone was watching your every move. Even when you walked towards the fridge to get a soda, the eye was still on you. You got agitated and turned to stare back at the person... only to realise that it was...



...the life-size cardboard of Giancarlo Fisichella!




2)

... You woke up 5 minutes late and rushed to the shower. And when you were washing your face, you suddenly realised that you have lathered your face with this...





instead of this...










binx: few more days to go....!

Confession of an over-worked Binx

I am so exhausted... (what else is new?)


I am so stressed-out...


I even had to work yesterday, on my Mom's birthday! I had to missed out on the trip to an orphanage in Klang, where Mom and her entourage had planned out a day with the orphan kids. I was even watching the clock furiously in the morning, as I waited for my two sisters and Mom to come down to hand Mom her birthday gift! I felt so terrible for having to rush off right after she opened her gift. Why do I ever have to put my work ahead of my family?


So I tried to make up for my absence by treating them dinner at the Victoria Station (Mom's favorite steak joint). And surprisingly, I managed to forget all the work problems and datelines for that brief moment. We dined, laughed and crack stupid jokes... We even sang the birthday song along with the rest of the restaurant crew as Mom and Lil Sis' boyfriend (also Mom's birthday mate) blew their candles.


Everything went well for the evening. The problem only starts after dinner...


While I was having my luxurious shower (it has been a while since I've taken a long shower), my tummy started to ache. It was as if there were 2 sharp needles poking through my lower abdomen. Sakit giler! I couldn't even stand/sit straight. The pain came every 5 minutes or so and will subside for a 5-10 minutes interval.


Since I have promised the Beast that I will try to finish up the deferred tax consol over the weekend, I gathered my strength to sit up at the dining table and finish up the pending work. However, the pain kept coming back every 5-10 minutes.


Hence, with the help of my Sis, I went to the nearest hospital to get it checked. At first the doctor thought that it could be a urine infection. But the urine test came out negative (normal). Then he ruled out 101 possibilities for my upset tummy. He said it is difficult especially for women to determine what is exactly wrong. So, he just gave me a pain killer and 1 day MC in order for me to rest. Should the pain come again in the next 24 hrs, I must go in for a thorough scan (ultrasound).


Thus, here I am, in bed, on a Monday - typing away on my blog - while my boss is anxiously waiting for my deferred tax schedule (which I don't think I can finish up by the end of the day). So far I have only received 2 calls from the office, just wanting to know where I have put my finalised consol accounts. I have sent out an email to the Beast last night (12.30 am) to inform her that I will be on MC today. And another email was forwarded to all the Group accountants to ask them to check and amend their work so that by the time I get in the office on Tuesday, everything will be ready for me to continue my hard struggle (I doubt it!).


During my long hours in the office, I kept asking myself whether all my efforts are worth getting sick over? All the long hours; the hard labour; the tormented feeling after being screamed at for something that is not at all your fault; the difficulty to maintain your ever-weakening composure so as not to show any signs of defeat; and the struggle to overcome the fatigue from working around the clock for 14 days in a row are slowly killing my spirit. I really don't know how long I can put up the pretense before I crack under pressure and starts to scream in protest.


Knowing me, I will forever hold my peace and just carry on being pushed and stepped on.


*sigh*


April seems like an eternity....





binx: thanks for all the hugs guys... (((((HUGS))))) you back!

Hiatus

You guys can actually stop visiting this blog for the next 2 weeks. You don't need to check whether there'll any updates b'coz there won't be any.

My life is practically non-existence now... I don't even have time to switch on my YM at the office! (Note: Sorry Teek!)

Imagine this. If you think my previous working hours were bad... Now it's worse!

Monday 8.30 am - 11.00 pm
Tuesday 8.30 am - 12.30 am
Wednesday 8.30 am - 1.30 am

By the rate that we are going right now, I am not surprised if I ended up sleeping in my sleeping bag under the table.

So guys... do pray that I will still be in one piece when all of this is over.


Till then, do eat, sleep and enjoy yourself on my behalf...




binx: no nagging pls....! i just need a big hug.....

Lawak di kedai mamak...

Lawak 1

Mamak 1: Ane, nasi beriyani ayam 5!
Mamak 2: Siap!
Mamak 1: Tak mau nasi, tak mau ayam..
Mamak 2: errkk?


Lawak 2

Guy 1: Macha, teh tarik 1!
Mamak: Siap!
Guy 1: Tapi tak mau teh ah...
Mamak: huh?


Lawak 3:

Guy 2: Macha, teh O ais, tak mau ais 1!
Mamak: *garu kepala*


Lawak 4:

*This scene did not transpire at a mamak stall. Instead, it occurred in a small restaurant in Kelantan...

Waiter: Minum apa kak?
Girl: Sky juice satu dik...
Waiter: Sky juice? Errr... errr...
Girl: Ada tak dik?
Waiter: Err... err... ada...
(10 minutes later - after a commotion in the kitchen)
Waiter: Maaf ya kak.. sky juice kita org tak boleh buat hari nieh
Girl: Kenapa?
Waiter: Blender rosak..
Girl: errrkkk...



Well, I needed some cheering up... I hope it managed to make you smile too.

Have a GREAT week, people!




binx: Ha Ha Ha

Confession of a tired soul....

You would think that after handing in your resignation letter the workload will start to lessen...

Think again....

While everyone else in Malaysia got to take off from work since Monday - go back to their hometown; go makan angin; learn new card tricks; sleep sleep and more sleep - I was busy trying to figure out the wonders of numbers in the office!


Company X's Log Book

Date----------Name----------Floor----------Time in----------Time out
30/1----------Binx--------------5th------------9.30 am-----------6.00 pm*
31/1----------Binx--------------5th-------------9.45 am-----------6.45 pm*
01/2----------Binx--------------5th------------10.30 am----------5.30 pm*
02/2----------Binx--------------5th------------10.30 am----------5.45 pm*
03/2----------Binx--------------5th------------8.30 am-----------10.45 pm

*No lunch breaks


Someone told me that even Bangla yang keje petrol station pun ada cuti..... yeaah... yeaah...

It was really a tiring week and I am really really drained out now. I even passed out early last night, after taking my normal late lunch + early dinner at 6.30 pm, slept like a baby from 7 pm til 7 am this morning. And, still, I feel tired after the 12 hours slumber. How lar like this?

Tomorrow is another non-weekend weekend for me. *sigh*

I don't know how I will endure another few more weeks of non-stop work. Nevertheless, a responsibility should be carried out diligently until it is completed and meet its set target. That is my mission, and that is why I am still working intensively.




binx: triple pay? what triple pay? OT pun takde....