Archive for November, 2006
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
A Little Break
So, after a hard few weeks’ here I am in the Big Apple with the hubby, visiting the SPG (evidently nobody can mess about with my blog cos hubby thought he’d write a post, and after about five minutes Firefox just wiped out everything he’d written … hahaha!).
So far we’ve been eating and walking around. […]
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Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Time
I’ve not been very good at blogging at the moment … where are the blogs of quality, you may ask (actually you may not, ‘cos you probably think my blogs are crap anyway!). There are loads of things I want to blog about, but I just don’t seem to find the time to write about […]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
It’s shocking …
… but I’ve suddenly realised today that I actually enjoy my (newish) job.
This is a fairly major revelation to me, given that I’d spent the last four years or so actively hating my job, and becoming more and more cynical (and bitter) as time went by.
Today though, as I was walking to the canteen to […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Same ol’, same ol’
Another year, another restructure.
Apparently my division is now swallowing so many others that we require (yet) another restructure. Or something like that.
It also means a name change, which means all the stationery will need to have the new branding. Ah well. When you have money to burn …
Oh, and also, I’ve noticed that the management […]
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Friday, November 17th, 2006
More stuff
First I find out that a lovely man dear to me has cancer.
Today I just found out a dear friend’s partner has also got cancer - and he’s my age.
Isn’t it funny, the things life throw you?
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
My life as a meeting monkey
Week of 13 November
Monday
No meetings.
Tuesday
12-1 Big team meeting
2-3 One to one with the boss
3-4 Project A meeting
Wednesday
10-11 Project B meeting
11-12 Main discipline weekly meeting
Thursday
10-11 Project A review meeting
11-12 General projects catch-up
12.30-1 Weekly conference call with external service provider
Friday
10-1 Project A planning meeting
Thank god it’s almost the weekend!
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Are we losing our way?
Here’s something that should be required reading for our politicians back home: While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry.
It’s basically The Age’s take on our constant feud regarding race and the NEP. What they’re saying is, whilst we keep on bashing each other over how much of the country’s wealth we own, the […]
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
Out, damned spot!
I’m 32. Yet I still get spots. This past week or so, I’ve had this spot just under my left nostril.
Initially, it wasn’t that big a deal (spot). It was, quite literally, a spot just under my nostril. It did nothing but sat there quietly on its own. In the interests of getting rid of […]
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Monday, November 13th, 2006
Well, finally!
At last, a group of Muslim leaders have joined forces with Christians to tell off councils that try to play down or secularise Christmas.
For the past few years or so, come Christmastime we’ve been told of councils that want to play down the Christian aspects of Christmas becuase it may “offend” certain communities. One council […]
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Just one of those days
… when you feel so bone-tired that you don’t want to do any work.
After all, I’d already spent the morning in Woking, attending a two and a half hour meeting about metadata and all sorts of things (fortunately it wasn’t as bad as attending such meetings as a techie, cos then I’d really have to […]
