So much to do!!

I've actually got a lot of work to do today. And I found out a new route to take to get to the office, and this morning I left home about the same time I do each day but I got to work in just 15 mins. Wow. That means I arrived here like 7.15 am. I've got a lot to do before I go off on my two-week vacation so might as well get to work early. It's not that I'm a workaholic, I just like to get my work done and go home early.

I rather come to work early than go back home late. I hate doing overtime. My boss says I'm famous for it.

But we had to take this overtime survey, and I actually put down that I thought I did an "adequate" amount of overtime. Well mine is seasonal. I wonder what would happen if I said I did too much overtime. That would almost be a lie because I only stay back late like once or twice a month.

Anyway... I haven't packed for my vacation. I leave on Sunday. I felt so sleepy this morning though, I didn't want to get up... but like I said I have so much to do.... so tata!

Yesterday's conflict

I got into an argument with this guy at work, at our other branch office... me and him don't get along cos our personalities clash. Anyway, I was so mad that I called him "Fool". He asked me to take it back, but I wouldn't. Kakakaka. I thought that was funny. He was being totally unreasonable, and so was I, I suppose. Neither of us would give in. And everyone in my office could hear us fighting cos I was talking really loud into the phone. Hehehehe. I have such bad etiquette.

I don't hate him either. It's nothing personal, just business.

Planning my trip

I was a little disappointed this morning to find out that the weather in Canberra is so cold at this time of year. It's meant to be summer there but I saw that the temperature's 11 degrees centigrade. And it's raining. :( Too bad the capital's not Sydney. Sydney's nice and sunny.

I'll be flying off on the 30th this weekend. And I've had to buy all sorts of stuff for my parents. It's like one whole bag is devoted to them. And I can only pack so much. We've got to change planes too, so I'm trying my very best to travel light, but how the hell do I do that when they keep calling me asking me to bring stuff? They're nuts, that's what.

Plus I am bringing the maid over there. My parents' maid just got her Australian visa. There was meant to be two maids going, but the other one didn't get a visa, and so I had to send her back. I bought her an Air Asia ticket for MYR 453, which is really cheap, and then she landed excess baggage charges of MYR 112 at the airport for being only 7 kg over the limit. Poor thing, of course I paid. I saw other ppl going back to Indonesia who had 5 - 7 bags with them, and in the end could only bring one! My maid only had 2 bags. This girl that was lining up in front of us had 5 bags I think, and then in the end she gave her employer 3 bags to take back while she checked in 2. I pity them cos they bought a whole load of stuff in Malaysia cos it's cheaper than buying it at home, and then finding that they can't afford to pay the excess baggage charges so they can't bring those things home with them anyway. What was the point of buying all those things? It's not like they can afford to DHL it all the way back to Medan or Jakarta. And I bet you their employer won't do it for them.

So I paid the MYR 112. Even though I gave her a bonus before she left. She spent a lot buying cute clothes for her children. I asked her what will she do back in Surabaya? Because her husband isn't allowing her to stay in KL and work as a nanny for my cousin. She said that she won't be able to get a job and so she'll just stay home and do nothing. It's kinda sad to hear all that because I know life is difficult for them there. Whereas in KL lower-income workers are working hard to save enough to feed their family for a month, in Indonesia, the lower-income group work hard just for one rice bowl. That's if you live in the city I guess, cos I would imagine in the villages you'd have your own little plot of land to plant vegetables. That's what I imagine, but I don't know if that's true. There are a lot of vegetables that my maids had never seen before coming to Malaysia. And they don't get to eat a lot of fish either.

Well I hope she does okay over there with her family.