Logistics or Publicity

After being in the gaming fiesta committee for a week, I still have no idea where I belong. Initially, I was told publicity, but soon, to find that my name was not in the committee. After some confirmation, I found myself to be in Logistics, but well, I still haven't heard anything from anyone. This can only show that I am unwanted by everyone. Though I am positive that I'm in Logistics (at least on paper), I'm now also in Publicity (thanks to Kai's broad connections in Publicity). Now I have to hope that Logistics remain dormant, so I don't have to become a two-timer in the event.

The Last Day

Today is the 29th and final working day for me at my current workplace, but nothing seems to work out fine for me in the morning.

Bright and early in the morning, the photocopier was the first to throw a tantrum. After having a mis-feed, I was quick to remedy the situation removing 2 pieces of paper that was stuck in the machine. However, it still shows that there was at least another paper inside. So I performed the paper mis-feed drill again, and again and again, and it still didn’t work. Then manager O came. She basically did the same drill as I did, and poof, the mis-feed is resolved.

My stapler has never failed me in the 2000 shots, but today, a double feeding occurred and required the IA drill. Even the company stamp had something against me. While stamping my timesheet, the stamp somehow got stucked.

I am also quite pai-seh to some of the people in the company. Somehow, they know my name, but I don’t really recall seeing them at all, but well, just smile and say thank you won’t hurt. Anyway, I bade farewell to some of those that I know – the receptionist, Grace, pantry lady (authentic one, not kopi soh from last year’s work place), Lilian, and Herry from IT.

Lunch was packed back to the office. Over lunch, my bosses told some very interesting experiences in some of their overseas trips. They were all so funny, and I’m so envious of all these trips they make with the air fares paid for. Wonder how my future job will be like, though I won’t really like a job that makes me fly all over the places.

My adventure in a department with all people of the opposite gender is over. In the 1.5 month, I sort of felt like I had become the male lead to a Japanese anime with a theme like “Love Hina”. But now, I will have to switch back into the undergrad mode and game like there’s no tomorrow.

Module Headache

It's a great feeling to know that school is starting again in 3 weeks. Apart from meaning the end (in 4 days) of working life for this year, it also symbolise the module bidding is going to start. Round 0 starts from Wednesday (25-Jul).

As usual, I'll be taking 5 modules, still so noob.. Need to find someway to improve my grades, I'm too exam-stupid, cannot get good grades in examination time.

I have chosen 3 of the 5 modules that I'll be taking, Database Systems, Discrete Structures, Probability. This is already sick shit combination of 2 mathematical module, plus a programming module, isn't it??? : ) The other 2 modules will be dependable on timetable availability, interest and who is taking with me.

Harry Potter - Order of the Pheonix

Plans to watch this show began 2 weeks ago, right after watching transformers. Initially, the date was set to be yesterday at PS. However, many seems to be unable to make it, so it was changed to today instead.

The show was at 5.05pm, so I reached at 4.45pm. To my surprise, no one was around, and this was quite impossible so to prove my suspicion that I had went to the wrong place, I sms-ed Kai, and this is the conversation:

Me: "where you?"
Him: "where u"
Me: " I asked you first"
Him: "cinema"
Me: "which one"
Him: "north point"
Me: "oh, where is it?"
Him: "Singapore"
(getting quite annoyed..)
Me: "Not going le. Facebook write watching at ps. Now change to somewhere i nvr heard before. You all enjoy yourself"

Anyway, the show was changed to marina square, and the message somehow didn't reach me, apart from the change of time. No matter, I still manage to reach marina square before the show starts, only miss a bit of the advertisement, thanks to kai.

The show wasn't that bad, at least not one that I'd fall asleep watching. Won't tell you much since you can read the review(Warning! May contain spoiler). My cousin claimed she wrote it, but there's no name to it. Whatever, just give her the benefit of the doubt.

Another week..

The number of working days officially drop to single digit today. This past week was really a fast week, as my bosses were away for most of the time, but even without them, I was really busy most of the time. I was busy with printing thousands of email on Monday and Tuesday, and thereafter, with filing full days.. After indenting 25 reams of paper last week, I have only around 10 reams left, sobz.. How many trees have I killed??

Of the days, Thursday was the slowest to pass. With the only other staff in the department taking leave, I was the only one left hanging around. It wasn't that bad actually, can skive abit, but the bad thing is cannot sleep as the place was very open and other people will see. Not like the offices I use to go and sleep in.

Actually, the job wasn't as bad as I thought. Perhaps why I thought it was bad was because I haven't got in the mood of working. Anyway, the pay is good, there's free lunch and transportation all over the island, it's a really good job for a mercenary like me.

R.O.D. 27th July

Finally, I have set the time I'll be quitting my job. This is a good date since the module bidding round 0 will start on 25th, and 1a starts 30th. This date will be just nice to meet this bidding period, and make preparations for the new study year.

I was quite unfortunate to get my current job at the wrong time, going into a dept in its active period. Having meetings and training with its area managers (Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan), meaning I have alot of things to do. Lucky I didn't screw their meetings and trainings.

Now, we are going into low period, so I'm back doing what most administrator do --- filing. And my boss has been pressing me to finish up the filing before I leave. Currently, I have 2000+ emails to print and and add on to the table of emails already printed. How am I going to finish all of these up.

Lucky for me, only another administrator will be in the office with me next week, meaning I'll be able to concentrate on the job at hand.