"Mr. Dumpling's Friendship Evaluation"
Inspired by that article, here's my comments on
Networking:
>> pretend to be a long time friend of someone you only meet for the first time
>> suddenly (without prior notice) pop by at someone's door to request for help (in an aggressvie way) and persistently harassing that person until the requested help is given (eg. 10 e-mail a day, phone calls, etc)
>> put extra effort into knowing people who seem/likely to have some kind of power, status, wealth or wider network
>> never forget to make "friends" at any time and any place
>> pretend to be nice to people and always offer help (but do not deliever to any un-valuable persons)
>> organise big party / gathering to let people know that he/she has got lots of "friends"
>> let other people know that he/she is a good friend of XYZ when he/she hardly know the person
>> make appearance at every / any events / gatherings / parties, even he/she is not invited
>> no time should be spent on maintaining relationship with people who he/she does not consider to be of some kind of use (present or future).
>> Action is taken immediately to resume relationship with anyone if certain importance is discovered, eg. suddenly pop by at someone's door with presents / gifts without prior notice (for more important persons), send greeting e-mail (less important persons)
Conclusion
I don't mind people who want to know me on a pure networking basis or a business relationship. Afterall, networking is a very important tool in the business world. However, please
DO NOT invade into my social and private life. I am pissed someone who pretends to be a friend of mine (in front of other people) when she is not.
Time Management
It seems easier to say than doing. I always plan what/when I need to do my things, but there's always something that screws up my plan.
Now running short of time to complete my work for tomorrow's meeting.... What to do? Stay up late again... but I just can't keep my eyes open.......
*Zzzzz*
In the Lab
What kind of life is this when it's school holiday now and I'm still stuck in the computer lab late at night ???!!! Looking for the research articles related to my report, but no luck in finding the particular articles...
*sigh* keep searching......
Hail
It's my first time to encount hail in my life. I was on my way home from a friend's place, it started raining, I managed to run home before it got heavy. The hail started when I just step into my home. I saw small cubes of ice hitting the window and suddenly I remember that my clothes are still hanging in the backyard ..... !!!!!
The night turns cold as the hail shorts and the ice melts..... I better go and dig out my heater again.....
Laundry Problem
Doing laundry has become a big issue of my daily life. I need to plan carefully when I have to wash the clothes to ensure that I won't run out of clothes to wear.
Issue 1: Always check the weather forecast for the next few days when it time to wash clothes. I usually hang the clothes in the backyard in the afternoon and remind myself to collect them back before sunset on the next day.
Issue 2: Fighting for washing machine with one of my flatemates, who likes to leave his wased clothes inside the machine for days....
Issue 3: Flighting for cloth-hanging stand at the backyard. There's only one pathetic stand to be shared by the whole building, average only 3-4 individuals can hang their clothes there at any time. (there's 6 units in the apartment, and about 4 pple per unit = 24 pple fighting for one cloth-hanging stand !)
Issue 4: No clothes drying machine available.
Issue 5: Make sure that I clip the clothes properly, cos' the wind can be strong.
Junk Mail Mystery Solved !
I always wonder why I received junk mail in my yahoo account when I've never use it to register anything online. And all the mail are addressed specificially to me (not mess mailing), usually from companies back from home. I think and think, can't understand why....
Until last night, I went to comp lab with my friend to surf net. He was bored and try to search my name using one of the search engine and found my name appears on the Uni Alumni Online Mailing List ! I try to look thro' the list and find none of my friends' name appear there, only me !
Strange ! I don't remember puting my e-mail address there.... !!
Now I know why I keep getting the junk mails......
Quarter Life Crisis
Career: Jobless...
Finance: Broke ! Rely on parent's sponsorship....
Romance: Haven't had a date for more and a year !!!!!
Health: Deterioriating.... always falling sick....*cough* *cough*.
Network: Always surrounded by weird and irritating people....
Holiday Planner
Saturday: morning- sleeping; afternoon - go LM's place to make dumplings, eat dumplings; night - study, read project article, get ready for project discussion
Sunday: morning - go for Dim Sum buffet with friends, eat until afternoon and rush back home; afternoon - project meeting, evening - do project
Monday: Do project for the whole day
Tuesday: Do project from afternoon onwards
Wednesday onwards: No plan yet.....
I thought I can have a relax break, but ended up going down to City to do shopping.
Mum wants fury sheep rug, so got to go Paddy's Market to find one. I remember there's one store (the cheapest I can find) located somewhere in the middle, went round and round, can't find it. So I went to another store, and found the type I wanted. It was $10 more expensive than I tot, I asked for a discount and the shopkeeper pulled a long black face at me :-<
Why should I buy from someone who doesn't deliver good service ??? She thinks her rug so good meh ? Or issit moi look too poor to afford one ? I walked off and continue looking for that particular store. It's near the closing time, I was quite worry that I can't find that particular store. Running around like a mad woman,�.. Oh ! found it ! $55 ($10 cheaper) ! I put up my best smile and asked for a further discount, I only buy one, so the store owner only give me $5 discount. Ok lah, take it, and happily walk off to do grocery shopping�..
Happy Thoughts
Just read
Jabbie's post. I hope I won't get such complains. The purpose of tis webpage is for me to post all my grumbles. Very hard to think of pleasant thoughts when living such a hectic life.....
Yupppieeee !
My lecturer is sick ! No class tonight ! I can have a good rest tonight......
*hop hop hop*
Another Shock
My group mate just inform me that he has done the last part of the project wronly (using the wrong set of data!). This part worth 1/4 of the total mark. He better correct everything in time...... May the force be with him.......*sigh*
In the Lab
Manage to find a terminal in the crowded computer lab. Sitting beside a group that is also doing the same project using the same set of data ! My group mates try to compare the results with them, and turns out to be totally different ! I rather not listen to their conversation, as I don't want to get heart attack ......
Anyway, I don't think I'll want to correct anything in my report anyway, will let my group mate handle them....
Disaster
*ARGH*Project due today, and we still discover mistakes in the data ! Report still on the way, hopefully we can finish in time......
Horrible Wednesday
1. It started off by a morning phone call from an irritating classmate who wants me to teach him how to do project (actually, he wants to copy our work), and ended up keep calling me in the afternoon. How to deal with him ? Not answering the calls lor ! I even had to change my handphone setting in order to screen off his call. Also to avoid seeing him, my group mates and I have to stay away from my faculty area for the whole of today, which is very inconvenient when we need computers to rush our project.
2. A very kind hearted classmate told us what went wrong with our test results just one day before the deadline of our project. This means that my group only have one night to re-run the test and produce the final report ! *sigh* another sleepless night.....
Thanks to my dear friend,
Jabbie, who introduces to me this website. It's great as I have always been thinking of writing daily (all my grumbles), but not really putting thoughts into action. Just see how it goes....
