On being a professional juggler

It has been quite a challenging 3 months of my life.

After only a month into the job, my boss had to abandon me to look after her sick mother. I had to struggle alone battling an unfinished war with a so-called 'Director' of a government agency that had proposed to buy a highly specialised equipment for a highly specialised industry before finding a willing company that would undertake the particular project (guess which co. HAD to accept to undertake the project?). *sigh*

Apart from that, I had to take on another project, on top of the current one, and had to liaise with a very slick-talker china-man businessman. He will provide me with different versions of the same story every time we meet. I know that I'm in for a very rough road ahead if the proposed project goes through in the near future.

Ms Boss had finally to come back to work after 2 months of absence. And after going through the project status, she decided to have a run-through with our CEO, to brief him on the updates. At first I thought it was only for the 1st project. However, she happily told me that since we have managed to secure a slot with the CEO, we might else well brief him on both projects plus another new project that she had been mulling over.

All this in the span of 4 days!

The briefing is Friday and I have 4 days to complete the presentation materials and slides. Not to mention to prepare financial forecast for both projects!!!

It's now 11.30 p.m. and guess what I am doing on my bed?






binx: i hate spreadsheets!

Sibuk... Sibuk'er'... Sibuk'est'

I had a great weekend.


Things done so far:

• bought the hantaran watches
• bought a house (this time it's for real!)
  
• bought the beddings for bilik pengantin
• had a manicure & pedicure (courtesy of Mr Judge - i like...!)
• had a free facial by Clinique

Now back to another looooong busy week.





Have a great Monday, guys....




binx: i hate meetings!

The day I was stuck in the horrendous traffic

I usually love the journey back home from work. It must be weird to some, but I actually do love to drive back during the rush hour just to have some alone time in the car - listening to the radio and just wind down.

However, I was not happy to be stuck in the massive jam for more than one and a half hour this evening. It was really REALLY bad!!! It even took me more than 10 minutes to get out of the car park, thanks to all the drivers that thought they could by-pass the back-to-crawl along Jalan Raja Chulan... shish...!

The worst thing about being stuck in a massive traffic jam like today is that I was really hungry and was looking forward for a home-cooked dinner. I was already imagining hot steaming rice with deep fried chicken marinated to perfection. yummmmsss.... Unfortunately, I was stuck in the car eating telur pindang from yesterday's kenduri and a whole packet of dried peach.

The thing that triggered me about how bad today's traffic was when the infamous traffic announcer ended the day of traffic report with "Good luck getting back home tonight!". Then the most apt song came on air (takde laa the MOST apt.. but somehow the chorus kinda summed up what I was feeling at that time)

You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me.....



Duffy - Mercy

binx: pls pls pls no more traffic jams tomorrow....

Time for an update!

Yups.. It has been awhile since the last update. How have you been?

Things have been pretty hectic at the work front, with the boss still out of the office for over a month already. She has been busy nursing her mom at the hospital since early of February. Hence, I have been frequenting the hospital every week to update her on our current project status. Imagine us having a corporate discussion at the hospital's cafeteria, where most of the people there are either sick or visiting sick people.

I have also been busy sorting out the wedding stuffs after working hours and during the weekends. We have been going out every weekend now trying to grab all the good deals on the hantaran stuffs while the Mega Sale is still on. Penat tak hengat punya duk pusing-pusing the malls, i.e. Mid Valley, Sogo, Pavillion... Most of the hantaran for Mr Judge dah settle, just tinggal his shoes and wallet je. Mine, however, will have to wait for my friend to come back from The States. This weekend, we are going ring hunting pulak... (yeah.. no F1 @ Sepang this year).

We have also been busy scouting out for a house. A visit to the MAPEX 2008 had sent us on a surprising trip to Rawang. YES, RAWANG! We actually LOVE the house. Love the huge windows... Love the huge tub... Love the outdoor shower... Love love love the layout of the entire house. And yes, we didn't wait too long to grab a unit of our own. However, after we left the place, reality suddenly sets in. The picture of the lovely house suddenly got erased from our minds as we shared our joy of buying the house with family and friends. Everyone gave us nothing but negative comments about buying a property in Rawang. pok pek pok pek... And being the typical indecisive guy that he is, Mr Judge had called to cancel the purchase today. Sedey.... Coz now we are back to square one!

There are still lots to do. My credit card has been heavily damaged after all the shopping madness. How am I going to sustain until July?

How did all of you, married people, handled the pre-wedding stress?

Can you spot me?

What is wrong with this picture?




Have you spotted it yet?



No?
How about now?

Caaaaaaaakkk.....!


That is my traumatised cat, Ash.

Ever since the move, she had been behaving quite oddly. She'll jump whenever she hears any weird sound. Her eyes and ears are constantly alert to pick-up any sudden movements and weird sounds.

We even bought her a new collar with a bell so that we can track her whereabouts easily. The cat can really make herself disappear. Refer to the picture above, see how well she blends into her surrounding. I was seriously surprised to find her, all curled up, in between all those books yesterday. She was actually hiding from all the commotion downstairs, where everyone was trying to clear up all the mess from the move.

However, soon after, she was actively checking out the result of the cleaning up. Minah kepoh jugak kucing nieh... Habis segala ceruk dia jenguk... Nak melawat kawasan laa konon... Bukan wakil rakyat aje tau yang sibuk melawat kawasan... ;)

bimx: meeeoooowww.....

Shopping Madness....

We finally went for our much anticipated Jakarta trip last friday. When I said 'we', I meant myself, mom, Mr Judge, his mom, his sis (who is getting married on the same day as Mr Judge's bertandang session), mom's friend and her husband. Yeah.. it's a rombongan cik kiah alright....

LCCT - Jakarta - Bandung - Jakarta - LCCT

That was our travel route.

Luckily we went there prepared with one HUGE bag for each family (plus anak2 bags inside the huge one. Hence, we didn't even stop to think whether all our purchases could fit into the luggages.

3 days was not enough for us to actually complete our mission (it was due to inefficient time management). I didn't get the chance to pamper myself at the Mathatilaar spa as planned. Keciwa giler ok.

Items to checked off my to do list:
- wedding invitation (checked)
- wedding favours (checked)
- baju for nikah- kain + tailoring (checked)
(can you believe that the tailoring cost is just RM80!!! damn cheap ok for a wedding costume)
- baju for family - mom + sis + aunties + uncles (checked)
(the material for baju melayu was only RM5/meter.. and it was of a high quality material...)
- extra materials for me for baju kurung/kebaya to visit relatives after the wedding

So now I'm back to my busy work schedule. Thank god I've managed to cover most of the wedding preparation at this early stage. I can't imagine what will happen if I haven't started planning since last December. I don't think I'd have time to think about the wedding anymore until the wedding month itself.

So ok people. Have a great week ahead! I know I will sure wish that I could.




binx: i'm tired!!

Why celebrate today when you can celebrate it everyday?