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Location: PJ, Malaysia

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Saturday, June 24, 2006

cursed!!!

ok, i think i must have done something bad a while ago because i've been getting some bad karma lately...heheheh. Last week someone scratched my car. The scratch is two doors long and really deep so i can't get rid of it unless i respray the two doors. Then my car battery died on me...I brought it for charging but today when i was trying to start my car to leave work it died again! I called for my friend to help me jumpstart the car and as I was driving home, i felt a funny bumping sensation in my car. When i got home i found out that one of my tyres was totally punctured, and I don't have a spare tyre on my car! Arrgghhh...what a bad day..

Add these to my back problems, the really bad mouthful of ulcers I had awhile ago...geez

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

yay!

alright guys! thanks to your prayers i got it!

ok heres the story, i went in and talked to the ceo. He had already known of my situation from my animation director so now it was basically clarifying certain issues. He first started out by saying that he actually gave me a biig increase by giving me 50% more than my current pay. I countered that by saying that it was actually less than what I was getting with my incentive. He seemed a bit surprised at this and mentioned that this was the first time he heard about it. He did point out though, that the new salary i have is consistent regardless of whether there is work in the company or not. I then said that I had a degree in computer science, which would give me an edge and that I have helped the company many times fixing technical problems. He then said that he didn't have a problem with paying me more, but that I would have to justify the increase. So he gave me a 2 month probation at the end of which I would get my increase. I then talked to him about the amount of increment, he said "i understand that you were looking for somethign around 3.5" i then went, "actually, i would like to get 3.8". At this, he laughed and said "you ah!". He then decided that at the end of the 2 months, i would get a minimum increase of 500, if I performed particulary well, it would increase some more.

So there you have it, thanks for all the prayers guys! I guess i owe you guys a meal now...

Monday, June 12, 2006

funny/gross story

ok, i was at damansara specialist hospital to get my back checked up. so me and paola(my girlfriend) decided to have lunch at the cafeteria there. She got some rice and veggies and went to the table. I waited for my nasi goreng and then joined her. I asked her why she wasn't eating yet and she said "...I can't eat" and she gingerly looked down on her plate. I was quite confused till i examined her plate closely...there on top of her rice majestically placed was a dead COCKROACH! Talk about grossssssss...... And in a hospital somemore! At this point i was thinking if i should have made a big fuss and yelled out "Cockroach in the rice!!!". Instead i took the plate, brought it to the counter, waited till there were no customers and showed the cashier our little present. The guy looked at me quizically at first, as if to say "whats up buddy?" until he glanced down and saw mr.cockroach with his feet up in the air on the rice. He went "ohh...shhhhhiiii..." and immediately grabbed the plate out of my hands. He asked me if i wanted to get the food replaced but paola was having none of it. Instead we got our refund and she ate some buns instead.

Now...in this situation, should i have made more of a fuss i wonder. I could have literally made the cafe run out of business or have their license revoked. I could have shoved the plate in front of the cashier while he was serving the customer and freaked out a whole bunch of people and cause chaos. I could have kept the plate, take a record of the cockroach and sued the cafe/hospital. But this being malaysia, i thought that it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Even if the cafe gets replaced, the replacement wouldn't be any better i think. Its the mentality over here. I dunno, but its too late now even if i complain about it to the hospital.

well, i guess this might spread to become an urban legend...except its based on fact!

Friday, June 09, 2006

promotion!

well, other things have happened to me besides this bad karma of hurt back and ulcered mouth.
I've been promoted in my company to be a team leader for the special effects team. I actually would have preferred animation team lead, but the other guy who is more experienced than me got that gig. Anyway, i will still be leading animation teams, just that i'll have to lead a team to create special effects when needed.

anyway, i didn't announce this earlier because i wanted to renegotiate my salary. They are offering me 3k but i believe and worth quite a bit more. I wanted to talk to the ceo for quite a while but he has been here and there and too busy. But I talked to my animation director and he has concurred that i do deserve a higher salary, he managed to talk to the ceo on my behalf and the ceo will talk to me first thing next week. I hope i can manage to get around 3.8 to 4k, but realistically i think i will only get 3.5k. Oh well, pray for me so i can get more money!! heheheh...

*p.s - when i got more money then can "chia" you guys ma...heheheh.

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

ouccchhh!

my ulcers are really painful now, i took leave from work cos i cannot even talk! one of them looks like some crater of flesh eating bacteria, munching away at my gums.

owieeee...

from back pain to a mouth full of ulcers

as i type this, i am finding it difficult to move my mouth in the slightest...the reason being that there are 4 huge ulcers in my mouth. I could barely eat my lunch, every bite was torture; even drinking water is a chore. Compounded with my back pain, i'm not feeling too good right now.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

no slipped disc

Saturday, June 03, 2006

slipped disc

so i went to the hospital to get my back checked...lo and behold(and $200 poorer) i have a slipped disc! Basically, the disc of my lower spine is compressed and bulging out and pressing the nerves around my spine. I was wondering why all the muscle relief creams weren't working, well now i know. I wonder if I can sue my company for making me carry the water bottles from 2 floors down to our office, i'm pretty sure that thats the reason that caused my slipped disc, and if not, at least aggravated it.

too bad this isn't the U.S...heheh.

well, on monday i will be seeing the orthopedic doctor who will charge 80-100 just for consultation, yay to more money flying away!!!! *sob*

Friday, June 02, 2006

long time no blog

well, i haven't blogged in ages and i wonder if people even read my blog now.

anyways, recently i have been getting back pains on my lower back. i used to get them intermittently since a couple months back, but it slowly got worse and worse. now, when i bend down to pick something up, i feel a sharp stabbing pain on my lower back area near the spine.

i've been to the trainers at the gym, and they tell me that its my weak abdominals and back that is causing it. i've also been to the docs and was told that i need to strengthen my back too.

i think it must have been caused by the bad posture i have while at work, hunched over in my chair all day in front of the computer. today i even had to take a half day off work to go home and rest cos i just couldn't take sitting down anymore. i guess, it'll take a while before the exercises stop the pain, but in the meantime i feel like an old man...at the tender age of 25.