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So… today is the much hyped 11-11-11 and many people said its an auspicious. Indeed its an auspicious day.

This morning I was hoping something good and extraordinary to happen. Sure enough it DID happened. Received the good news in the afternoon and it made my day. I think Bubu G had brought us luck this year. Many good things happened.

Dear Lord, thank you for all the blessings.

I just don’t know what to say… the bitches…no, just one bitch…is making me go mad.

They forgot my salary adjustment this month (despite having issued me an official letter for the revised salary) and I raised the issue to them through an email.

Then the bitch called/intercom’ed me and asked to confirm the channel for which I want to receive the shortfall in the salary payment. After that I just put the conversation in writing just for record purposes and immediately the phone rang again.

I got scolded by that bitch for putting a conversation/discussion into writing for a blunder which they started in the first place. They dare not even reply my email and opted to just talk it over the phone. They just don’t realise that the keyboard is mightier than the pen, sword, truncheon, machete etc.

No matter how friendly you are to someone, when it comes to money, you better put it in writing. Fuck you bitch.

Being a first time parent, I’m damn excited. Of course I know of the commitments I need to address but the shopping part was fun. You would want to provide the best for your kid if you could afford it and I will look into ways to afford it.

Spent the whole day at shopping malls – Ikano and 1Utama buying stuff for little Bubu G. There are just so much thing to buy and selecting clothes alone can take up half a day.

Am looking for a good baby cot which is of industrial strength and can withstand the five elements – fire, water, wind, earth and wood. Where can I get such a cot? Graco’s Travel Contour cot seems to be value for money but can it’s matress provide a good sleeping posture for the baby?? The plastic frame looks kinda flimsy. But the good thing is that it comes with a playpen and a diaper-changing panel. 3 in 1. And it’s foldable and can be carried for out station travel.

Milk. What brand is the best ? Scandinavian brands or Down Under? According to Ng’s mom, she’d recommend or prefer Scandinavian due to their scrupulous business practice. Hmm..is that true? China brands are obviously NO.

Toys, for early years, if possible, please get the baby toys of better quality as they may be putting the stuff in their mouth and you don’t want colours to fade and dirty the mouth and stain their tongue.

Whoa, too much to read up about buying essential stuff chapter alone in the parenting bible.

The gynae gave us a very good souvenir yesterday, the ultrasound image printout of my son’s dick. I jubilated and jumped and I almost knocked my head on the ceiling.

Now, I need a name for him.

Joginder G
Wolverine G
Caleb G
Ashok G
Jacob G
Metallica G
Harrison G

Fooh. That’s only the western name. Chinese name already so many people fighting to name my son.

I AM THE DADDY !! They can only suggest the names and I will have the final say. Not even the priest, monk, fortune teller, palm reader, face reader etc. Period.

I have a few selections here:

G Chung Pou
G Thin Loong
G Khin Loong
G Mun Pou
G Chun Loong
G Cheng Loong
G Tow Foo

The change I’ve been telling myself to make, came to me today. I’m finally reaping what I sow. The time, effort and money I put in for professional development are finally paying off.. handsomely.

I know I’m someone who would procrastinate and had been telling myself to make change in my work environment. Change department or change company. I’d admit that it had been ongoing for sometime but I have not really take the one step out of my comfort zone. It is time The Lord came and give me a tight slap on my face, waking me up.

To cut the long story short, my boss asked for me to be transferred to the non-motor department immediately he was made aware of my study achievement. Maybe my salary was too high to remain in the motor department. Anyway, I’ve decided to move over maybe around next year but never thought it would be so soon. He wanted it to be tomorrow. WTF. But after justifying to him that I still have outstanding work to finish, he settled and next Monday is the day I start over there.

My wife reminded me the story that i told her of the person, a colleague who once told me that there is no point to study insurance courses as you never know you’ll stay long enough in this company let alone industry. Gosh, I didn’t even remember that and now she reminded me, I’m having the last laugh. I can proudly say.. in another word, boast, that quite a number of eyebrows were raised when I submitted my transcript to the HR.

Three out of the four “heavenly kings” were surprised but delighted of the news and the rest is history. All this years in motor loss adjusting would never go to waste. The boss, in his psycho’ing session with me this afternoon, told me that to build a better career, the next is to go non-motor. The usual shit that I already know… from what I can sum up, the gist of the whole session is that it’s uneconomical for me to remain in motor department. Well, I can say the intrinsic satisfaction in the form of recognition will go a long way even after the balance sheet hit negative.

This all may sound like a big fat boast but this is my fooking blog, so what’s your problem now?! Bagi chance lah.

Went to Big Bad Wolf Book Sale yesterday. It was crazy and there’s tons of books. Very cheap.

I want to talk about roadsigns today especially those in Puchong-Cyberjaya-Putrajaya. They have the worst roadsigns in Malaysia despite being the federal government stronghold. Going to Cyberjaya always end up having to make a big detour. If you missed one junction or turning, you’re fucked. You gotta travel at least 5-10 kilometres to make a U-turn. It is that shitty. Very misleading.

The other day when I went Cyberjaya for a seminar, although I was not late, but I could have reached 30 minutes earlier if not for the stupid signboards. I have to go all the way to Putrajaya to U-turn. Yesterday I missed a turning and went all the way to Bandar Saujana Putra to make a U-turn and paid RM3.80 in unnecessary toll fees. The map published by Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS), where the book fair was held, doesn’t help either at all. Fuck.

I boast being a “drover”… where I know most of the places in Klang Valley… but Cyberjaya and Putrajaya is no joke. Don’t play-play. Signboards are place right at the junction/fork where you need to make a decision is split-seconds and manoeuvring from the outermost lane to the innermost lane and there are 7-8 lanes altogether.

Luckily, thanks to Wong JH, I got the direction right. Human intervention is always the best.

The CEO and a director congratulated me today for my attainment of the Associateship which comes with AMII alphabets to be used in namecards. AMII is the professional “passport” to a better career in Malaysian insurance industry. I don’t know, they seemed a bit shocked but delighted.. that someone from my department achieved the qualification. I don’t care… I’m waiting for them to sign the papers for my pecuniary rewards.