Random Things About Today...Today Is Pretty Random, I Must Say

Today I:

1. Find out the name of the lady sitting behind me – Anastasia. A pretty name. Wish I could say the same about the person herself. My workmate makes a comment about the fact that I don’t talk to her, to which I told him that while I feel the warmth in her voice and believe that she’s a great person, I do not understand a single word she says and she creeps me out (well I didn’t actually say that she’s creepy or anything like that). Both of my workmates reckon it’ll be great if I started a conversation with Anastasia and I personally concur. The problem is none of us knows for sure if she speaks English. O well, we’ll see tomorrow (I have to start thinking about what I’m going to say to her -- “ermm, I heard you’re trying to kill me and feed me to the dogs? Nice to finally know that you actually care. So, it sure is cold today, huh?”). I’ll let you know if she really is trying to kidnap me.

2. Walk in the cold (-1 degree) praying that I won’t lose my nose to frostbite. The stagnant water in the drain turns to ice.

3. Find out that there are still 2 pineapple tarts remaining in the box. See, nobody wants them. I think nobody even knows that they are there, which again proves my eating the other pineapple tart was done out of kindness and compassion.

4. Wake up feeling like a zombie because I slept at 2 o’clock last night. I hate it when I think about my problems (and subsequently more potential problems through excessive thinking) too much that I’m unable to sleep.

5. Get through work without Internet. I am close to dying, if not throwing up in the bathroom. Dying I can understand, even sleeping. But throwing up? Have you ever heard of anyone wanting to throw up because there’s no Internet? That’s one expression that you don’t hear everyday (I’m sooo coining that expression – just like I coined the expression “This is so great, let’s get naked!” every time I was feeling good. Unfortunately, it didn’t last long. Using the same expression in front of old customers who dined in the café while you were taking their orders was not a very pleasant way to start up a conversation). Bloody Internet! I can’t even read my emails today.

6. Contemplate of taking a nap in the toilet. My love towards sleeping in the toilet dates back when I was the head prefect in my high school. Being a very powerful figure who was loved by both the teachers (the art of sucking up) and fellow students (well, some of the juniors hated me guts but hatred is only one of the many forms of love, you know), I had a reputation to uphold. I couldn’t possibly fall asleep in the class during lessons, could I? So what I did was to go to the toilet, sat on it and dozed off. I am still quite surprised why I wasn’t bothered by the foul smell of the toilet. I was also quite good in the art of ‘sleeping while you’re walking” in high school. It’s different from sleep walking because you are completely aware of what’s happening around you, only that your eyes are closed. And there’s a trustworthy friend holding your hand, guiding you to the destination that you want to go. As you can see, having a trustworthy friend is essential. You don’t want to wake up drenched in oil waste in a large drain, do you? Huh, do you, Paolo? Do you?

7. Contemplate eating the last two remaining pineapple tarts, now that everyone has left the office (See, I’m actually doing work instead of just writing/reading blogs). I think they have magically transformed into strawberry tarts. O well, tarts are tarts, I suppose. Later I found that the whole box is gone. Magic? I don’t think so!