Have a FANTABULOUS New Year all!

Just a short little post going out to everybody, wishing all a great Happy New Year! Hope that you all will have a fantabulous time tonight. As for me, I have some plans with Zona and friends in KL. Anyway, see you all next year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The Return of the King is awesome but NOT long enough

Gee it is so hard to satisfy us. My family and I went to see the third and last installment of the LOTR trilogy, The Return of the King. It was GREAT, but it could have been greater. I think somebody was too liberal with the scissors. It was not long enough... it was the shortest three hours of my life. *sigh*

There should have been more Arwen scenes - the part where she was reading a spell from the book to become mortal or some sort - at least give more indication the enormity of her actions instead of just a 5 minute scene with Lord Elron. They could have made the Theodon/Eowyn scenes shorter. Gave me the impression that those two superseded Arogorn/Arwen. I can't wait for the extended version to come out. I'm sure that will explain away some of the questions that emerged.

I love the part when Legolas brought down the Oliphant. Haha. That last shot was such a hero shot. The Tadah of it all, with him looking yonder and unscathed. You could almost here the drumroll when he gave that almost imperceptible lift of his jaw. *grin*. Definately a Hero shot. Then after that, Gimli's reaction: "But that only counts as one!" was a translation of the modern "You big show off!" *GRIN* That was so cute.

Orlando Bloom is too pretty for his own good in LOTR. All that Elven beauty and grace... sigh.

Oh and the CGI... ooh lala! The scenes with Minas Tirith was awesome!!! Then with Gandalf galloping madly winding up to the top - WOW! Whoever these animators were, they are darn good! Seriously, these people are truly Gifted. In the LOTR world, they would have been mages with amazing powers. Can you imagine if such a city truly existed? It boggles the mind is what it does! The Battle scene was awesome too. It is like throwing olive oil into the bonfire. Great kinetics and not to mention the myriads of models moving onto the stage, holy cow. Imagine how powerful a computer(s) and the time you would need to render all THAT. *Swoon*

Also, I think Gandalf should have used more magic. Being such a great wizard (and great fighter - I didn't know Ian McKellan can move like that), there should have been more fireballs and lightning and spells of every hue and power lighting up our screen. As such, we have to be content with the Lighthouse Effect from his wizened staff. Sheesh.

As dry and meandering Tolkien might be, he was very ahead of his time and that is the mark of a true genius and dreamer. As such, the movie, great as it is, it does not adequately showcase Tolkien's genius. But then, at least someone made a great movie from his stories and we got to see them. I think that counts as us being lucky in a certain sense and unlucky is another as after seeing the LOTR Trilogy, we thirst for more, more, more, more,more, more,more, more,more, more, MORE! *Orc-like mad laughter*

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope that all of you had a great christmas and hope that you all are still having a GREAT X'mas day! Hee hee... See ya!

Becoming a Gorgon

Standing on the beach I am all alone
My toes sink into softest sand wind blown
Looking out yonder I should have known
In this world I am always on my own

Despite that thought and monotone
There is doubt that I am all alone
A seed of awareness, a seed sown
Growing in the dark, in the unknown

I wait patiently but to be shown
The vast emptiness before me intoned
"You are here because you were thrown,
You are here because your heart's turning to stone."

On this land I am bound to be prone
Feeling like I am in a different zone
Looking out yonder I should have known
In this world I am always on my own

I exercised... my purse that is.

Och, my purse is aching bad... I've just spent a lot on clothes today. @_# The purpose of my going shopping was because I needed work clothes. *Yes, that's right, Sharon, give yourself a reason to shop till you drop...* I had practically nothing to wear in terms of office clothes. Serious! Casual I have plenty but those restrictive kinds so that you look like you have something permanently shoved up your ass... that I lack. So I went shopping. =P Hmm... that was a weird analogy but quite suited to some office people. *smirk*

It was weird. Usually there is nothing nice for me to buy but this time round, everything I tried was fantabulous! In the end I ended up with two pants and a blouse for Dorothy Perkins and three gorgeous tops from REAL (Sister company of Ms Read, except real is for the younger generation.) Then they had a sale on underwears - RM39 for three! Of course I bought 2 sets and even dragged Lee Ling there again for her to buy a set too. My dp account is set to reach its 800 mark very, very soon. I was already restrained, I could have bought more but I told myself no. I'm so proud of myself... *roll eyes* Also there were shoes that I almost bought but said no too coz there were "impractical". I know if I keep telling myself "No, that is not practical", I know that I can leash my shopping habit. But then, I haven't shop for a long time - no money what. Maybe today everything burst free... haha. At least I have nice office wear now. Well, nice as in me not looking frumpy and like a -sack-wearer. =) Later.

What do you do when:

1. People you love, shuns you
2. People you think you like, lays a guilt trip on you
3. People you like, aren't what they seem
4. People you don't really like, wants favors from you
5. People you thought you like but now you don't, calls you
6. People you yourself shun, forgives you
7. People you like, likes you back


"Behold the turtle. [She] only makes progress when [she] sticks [her] neck out."
~ James Bryant Conant, former president of Harvard ~

Should I or shouldn't I?

He asked me out again. I have not decided if I want to go out with him. Sure, I enjoy being with him, but only during the night. It is weird. I know I should be getting to know him in day light, but then he's not so 'attractive' during the day.

I can't decide. Plus I've just started working again and I feel overwhelmed as it is. I don't need another thing to worry and loose sleep about.

*sigh* Maybe he can just be my 'After Dark partner'...

Bordhran heaven

Went to see Riverdance and I came out inuandated with deja-vus. I've seen Lord of the Dance two years ago, and Riverdance is similar. Hmm... Nontheless, it was good. I enjoyed myself - I was especially impressed with the guy playing the bordhran - the irish drum. Thump, thump, tippity thump... thump, thump, tippity thump... I don't know what it is about me and drums, they just get my blood pumping everytime. I think it is the rhythmic beats that is so elemental. It makes me kinda go all gypsyish. Imagine a huge bond fire at the beach and drums.... then comes in one of the gorgeous Riverdance male dancers.... oh yeah baby. *grin* One of my best experience with drums is one time at band camp... hee hee.... kidding... ^__^. Anyway, the best is the huge chinese drums... THAT one makes me into a fire dancer... in my mind only lah. But the vibrations in the air was amazing. The resonance of the last beat was like an echo of my heart.

I would blog more about this, but I find that I don't feel the urge anymore. I'd rather be out there dancing to the rhythm. Hmm.. nites then.

A new coffee place (at least to me)!

Went to Long Black last night with Estella. I never knew this place was here, let alone existed. It is a new franchise I think. Not a bad place, nice ambiance but very slow service - our cakes and drinks was only served at our table after 10 whole minutes after paying. Sheesh.But we love the chair - it has sides! Gives us a false sense of security! :P Great for hiding those shameful bulges. Yes, THAT too! Haha.

Anyway, it was nice catching up with Estella again. I miss this. We've laughed and cried together, got blindingly drunk on Anzac day together, wheeled each other in shopping carts around Kurrajong Village, shopped like mad together, ate tubs of Connoisseur ice-cream during movie marathons and the Football Finals, did the road trip thing down south and so much more. We've establish a camaraderie that I hope will last a life time. Bah. I'm getting all soapy here, so Estella, if you are reading this, here's a ((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))) for being such a great friend to me

Now, I'm gonna call her and see if she's up to going to Bangsar with me tonight - Siva called me to go out for a drink at the Salsabar@Gspot. Where the heck is that? Anyway, later.

*ring ring*
"Whei...?"

Not new bosses, merely new occupants

Chee, some of my new bosses aren't new but merely new occupants moving up from downstairs. The place is too small for so many people. Even all my bosses except Helen got bumped out of their offices to make room for these bigshots. Tsk, tsk... what an unfair world. *grin* Not that I'm happy about it, coz those bosses are now sitting beside me, and in front of me and basically all around me. Arrgh! *Flash back, flash back*

Someone smsed me how I'm settling into my new job. Well, I'll have to say that it's okay. There's lots of pressure from all sides this being a production house and all, but I feel okay about handling those pressure. All I ask of myself is not to make too many mistakes. Nobody wants to be a failure in any form, of course.

I'm also getting used to the pace. I used to sleep like 10pm almost every night. Last night slept at 12am. What an accomplishment... *roll eyes* Haha.

There's something wrong with Blogspot. I haven't been able to see your comments if there were any. Plus my office computer is using Win XP and it sucks. It wants to debug every webpage I open. Idiot programme. I sooo much prefer my Win 98. At least win 98's own bugs have been debugged long time ago, unlike this newer and posher version.

More bosses coming in

Aiyoh. There will be three more bigshots coming in this week. Dunno what to think anymore. I have no idea how "things" are going to be defined after this. Wll, no matter, nothing to do with me. I'll just have to make sure that I report only to my 4 original bosses.

My second week is slower though, and it makes me wonder what the heck that this company is trying to do - they are expanding but only in the manager's and director's dept. How about the peons? Don't they need more peons to help them carry their files and type out the reports???

One of my colleague will be leaving at the end of the month. So that is one less peon. Looks like my back is due to break anytime soon by January coz there'll only be two of us left in the Executive position. Die, die, die!

Also there is some confusion as to which department I really am. I'll need to look at my contract to establish this - contract's back home, I'm in the office now - I can't remember what it was though. I'll need to clarify that coz I'll need that information for my name card. It wouldn't be a'tall the thing to misrepresent one's self or one's company. But then all of those company are little pieces of a mother company, sort of like the religious trinity concept - three sides, but one coin. Haha!

I have four bosses

Why? Coz I'm under Programming, Public Relations, and Marketing. So that means I have to report to Ben, Rajeesh, Elaine and Helen (Director of the dept). Aiks! I feel so overwhelmed. I thought I was free from marketing but apparently, I'm not. They have decided to use me like an ox to do everything. Helen of course put in like this, "Sharon, you are the 'center', you will help all tie together the departments. You'll be a very important part of our team." Inside I was thinking:"But you don't pay me enough to do the work of three people." However, I'm willing to learn so *shrug*.

*sigh* I don't know what the heck is going on actually. They seem to be shuffling me from this to that. I guess I'm basically in charge of "writing". Makes me wonder if "writing" means writing E VERYTHING that has alphabets in it.

Jeese, my marketing boss just walked passed me. That is what I hate about my desk. Every one who walks pass can see what I'm doing.

Early start

Got in at 8.10am this morning, and the clock in machine has ceased to work. I guess even office equipments go on leave or quit too. *haha* When I got here only the cleaning crew and the receptionist Erica was here as well as a production crew - there were getting ready to leave for a shoot. Anyway, I learned that we can actually write down our clock in time with the pen (if the machine is down). 10 minutes later, I went back down to pen it in and some other office member were in. They too pen their time in - I was the only clueless. At least I learned something new today. ^__^

Also I've back-read my blogs and I found a lot of typos. Sorry. I'm too lazy to go back and correct them so fill in the blanks where needed, okay? My thoughts are equally jumbled so it stands to say that my writing would be too... =P

Service centre by invitation only

We've been trying to get our tv fixed for the last one month. It's busted majorly. The only thing we can see is this thin line/image that is 2cm tall and the length runs the of the screen. Audio is working just fine - at least I still get to enjoy MTV and Chanel V - it's just the projection thingie. @_o

So Lee Hoon got the JVC number (she had to ask sooo many people who ask many other people as well) and someone finally picked up the phone yesterday. They suspect that it might be a shortcircuited chip, and wants us to bring in the TV to let them check, in Shah Alam! So darn far! Can't buy a new one until we've confirmed that this one is a lost case. *eeessh*

At the end of the phone conversation, the man asked my sis, "So how did you get our number?"

#_o

Drowned rat struggling to clock time

It has been pouring miserably since early morning and it has yet to show some signs of stopping. Oh, I also just got drenched by a van. I swear I tried to avoid all the rain-filled potholes but one caught me when my back was turned. ARRGH! I'm so wet and miserable coz I have to sit here in my wet clothes and even squishier high heels. I've blotted them as best as I can and I'll just have to let the aircon dry the rest. I looked like a drowned rat. Great impression for my second day on the job.

Secondly, my punch card is not where it is supposed to be. I supposed it is somewhere in paper limbo or something. It's no use coming in early when I can record it. I'm waiting for the HR person to come in so that I can ask her about it. Jeeze... Where the hell is my punch card??!

Notice about China

I still haven't finished my accounts on my trip to China. But I'll be saving a space for it here. Caution though... it's gonna be a loooong transcript.

First day on the job

I had my lunch in the stairwell. So kesian. I was suppose to have lunch with this girl named Jennifer but she must have forgotten about me, so I went and bungkus nasi - only to discover that we are not allowed to eat odiferous food in the building as the ventilation is bad. No one told me, and there wasn't anyone I could ask either (there wasn't anyone my level around me but the bosses...)

I'm actually blogging during my lunch hour coz I found eating in the stairwell hot and bothersome, and embarassing everytime somebody goes up and down the stairs. So I still have time.

I clocked in on the dot - 8.30am - this morning but only got briefed at 10.48am by Rajeese, my PR manager. During that 2 hours 'free time' I surfed for news and familiarised myself with the productions of Double Visions. Helen came in later and I just spoke a little with her. I'm still very unsure where I fit in. Apparently I'm not Marketing but Public Relations. It will take me time to get my bearings in this company where no one seems to know what's going on with the other depts.

I don't have my computer yet - I have to put in a Requisition Form for my computer and my standard-issued stationary. So many red tape everywhere. Signed the usual forms and a Letter of Consent about my health. I'm not too sure on that one, need to ask Lee Hoon; not that we can do anything about it. *sigh* I hate these legal tangles.

Everyone here speaks Cantonese and I'm like totally clueless about what is being said around me. I'll need to work more on understanding cantonese then. *shudder* There is an inate gene that totally rejects anything cantonese I kid you not. No wonder I've never been able to pick up that garrulous dialect.

AND working in Section 14 is exceptionally fatal for pedestrians. Crossing the road is very dangerous and motorists are speed demons on this stretch of the road. It took me 3 attempts to get to the other side to get my lunch just now. I was cursing the entire time after nearly having my toes amputated by a speeding motorbike. Must be a game to them - get 10 points for each pedestrian runned over! *sheesh* I wish somebody would build a crossover bridge of something. Mark my words, one day someone's gonna get railroaded and then then there'll be hell to pay.

Okay, lunch break's over. Gonna get back to trying to find things to do. Later.