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Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.
2009年10月31日（星期六）
Retail therapy used to help… but now… it doesn’t seem to alleviate my melancholic mood…
Wanted to buy a dress for my pri sch bestie’s wedding dinner, as the black dress I bought last year… could no longer fit in…
Had wanted to go to Bugis coz I should be able to find what I want there. However, it started pouring cats and dogs before I reached, so I remained on the bus, for it to turn to Suntec instead, as the chances of getting drenched is lower. No idea of what I wana get, juz wana get something that I can wear on normal days. So as I walked and browse, browse and walked, I finally came across this shop called MISO. Had never noticed this shop as this is one part of Suntec that I really very seldom walked to, unless I had a “mission” like today. Can’t remember when was the last time I bought clothes at Suntec, possibly a few years back? Come to think of it, my wardrobe is now mainly filled with clothes I bought from HK and frankly, they are really not that much. Just as I was thinking of giving my wardrobe a face-lift, I saw Miso. Thinking that it might have clothes that’s suitable for a wedding , I walked in and started to see if I can find anything.
Oh yes, a normal me might not have found the clothes attractive as they are really not my style of clothes. However, guess I was just thinking bout my wardrobe… The shop was empty except for the sales ladies and me. I saw a few dresses that’s pretty nice… I picked n picked, the sales gal take n take, n she gave me some recommendations… In the end, I walked to the changing room with about 10 sets of clothes? My goodness… too bad the changing room has no mirror internally, have to view outside. Else I could have taken some pics again…
Somehow the clothes here are quite right, or maybe my mood is wrong, so the clothes appear to be right. It was a long time since I had wanted to buy more than 1 piece from a shop in Singapore, MU was the last I guessed.
But right now, there were SIX pieces waiting for me to buy, oh dear… my pocket is going to get burned… Thinking of my HK trip next week, I told myself to only get what I need. But then again, I really do wana get some new outfits, so I started eliminating. After much struggle, I was finally down to 4… Then I went to re-try 3 of them, the sales girls were telling me how it’s a waste not to buy when the clothes fit me. I was feeling the same too… However, I told myself I could get more in HK… so 2 will be enough for me. One to wear to the wedding dinner and another for normal casual wear. That is when the girl offered to give me member discount if I get 4… arrrhh... this is definitely my 死穴…. N she’s offering me the membership… wahhh… so after much consideration… here comes my 4 new dresses!
Maybe retail therapy isn’t working too well for me… so I walked over to Marina Square to see if I can get any other thing… shoes? Bags? Nope… don’t wana get shoes from the usual stores that only showcase those size 5 & 6 shoes… n bags? I think I wana get them in HK… I checked out the camera I wana buy… sooo epensive… so after wandering for some time, as I made my way home. I came across Chomel… yess! I think buying earrings is what is lacking!
Taaa~~daaa~~~
I shall now go to sleep or wake up like a panda who didn’t sleep….
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I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.
I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.
Cheers,
2009年10月30日（星期五）
It’s 1:03am now. Next week this day this time, my feet should be in the land of Macau…
I am sooooo looking forward to it.
Was catching up on some news when I saw the following article on Yahoo! News…
There seems to be more n more of such “karoshi” cases. It leads me to think and re-think, I think I really made the right choice in resigning from my job. Of course mine is not such an extreme case that is comparable to the below, however, there’s always a reason to why people want to quit from a job. I have no wish to work until I’m being “recalled” in such a manner.
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^ McDonald's worker dies of 'overwork': officials AFP - Wednesday, October 28
McDonald's worker dies of 'overwork': officials TOKYO (AFP) - – A store manager with hamburger chain McDonald's in Japan who died of a brain haemorrhage was a victim of "karoshi" or death by overwork, a regional labour office said Wednesday. The woman, employed at an outlet in Yokohama near Tokyo and reportedly aged 41, had done more than 80 hours of overtime per month before she collapsed in October 2007 during a training programme at a different store. She died in hospital three days later, said an official at the Kanagawa Labour Bureau, which oversees the Yokohama region. "We determined her work caused the illness," said the official in charge of work-related compensation, a decision that makes her dependent family members eligible to receive a public pension. "She had early symptoms such as headaches some three weeks before she collapsed, and we presume she already had the illness at that point." McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. declined to comment on the case, with a spokesman saying only that the company had not been contacted by authorities and had not confirmed the decision by itself. The woman had performed more than 80 hours of overtime a month on average for the six months before she suffered early symptoms, although she had a vacation shortly before she collapsed in October, the official said. Japan's welfare and labour ministry investigates whether deaths are caused by excessive work if the victim had performed monthly overtime of 80 hours or more for the preceding six months, or 100 hours for the previous one month. The number of deaths, usually through strokes or heart attacks, in Japan that are classified as "karoshi" has been hovering at around 150 annually in recent years, according to ministry data. McDonald's suffered a blow to its image when a Tokyo court last year ordered it to pay compensation of more than 70,000 dollars to an employee who had performed unpaid overtime for several years. The plaintiff, who had carried the job title of store manager, had earlier said he sometimes worked more than 100 hours of unpaid overtime in a month. Japan's labour laws do not oblige companies to pay overtime to workers in managerial posts. McDonald's argued their store chiefs have a say in management decisions, but the court rejected that argument. ^ |
我辞职之事在还没落实已经有“有心”人在散播了。定下不到一天，该知道的人都知道，不该知道的也知道，更有趣的是没有必要知道的人也晓得！庆幸部门里有个扩音器，省得我大费唇舌。但奇怪的是，多数人好像都自以为知道我要离开的理由。
“哎呀，不能应付这里的工作吗？”
“哦，是不是这里的工作太难做了？”
“为什么要走？不可以cope啊？”
我本来觉得没有必要向人解释那么多，认识我的人，对我有一定了解的人都应该知道我并非容易放弃的人。对我而言，没有应付不来的工作，只要肯用心，以正确的学习态度，铁棒也能磨成针的。所以，只要老板知道我真正要离开的原因，我没有必要在他人面前说那么多。人言可畏，万一传一传变成是我在搬弄是非，那可不是有损我的人格？可惜的是，我就连辞职也碰上一钉子麻烦。
原本想说，为了一个人辞掉我还没正式接收的工作，会不会有点傻？家人和好友几经分析，趁早解脱好比夜长梦多啊。既然明知道前面的路是怎样的路，为什么还要硬着头皮去接受？我也可以有自己的选择，可以有自己的目标，更加可以对工作有期望。我不再是新生，为了工作经验必须忍气吞声。但我也不是什么大咔，不能动不动就有那么多选择。我总是抱着“既来之，则安之”的人生态度，也对工作秉着钻研的精神。说不定就因为这样，人家觉得我什么都ok，我既然没有选择的余地，只有接受的命运咯。那也没错，只要不是暗箭伤我，我基本上也不会有太大的反对。
我试图探讨为什么我要离开这份工作。好多理由。。。可是偏偏。。。怎么偏偏“不能应付”没有名列前茅啊？
惠子“十项离职排行榜”出炉！
一，我不能和自私、心理不平衡、总是认为别人比她空闲，在背后说人是非的人合作。
二，我不能带着面具假装一切都好，明知道某人在打如意算盘，对象是我，我却还要若无其事。
三，突如其来的职责与事先跟我沟通的完全不一样。我还是最后一个才知道，就在开会宣布当下才知道自己中弹了。然后要在一个月内进行三人平行工作移交。所以。。。
四，不够时间让我证明自己的实力，剩下不到半年的时间，要接手她人工作、掌握工作流程没那么简单。因为。。。
五，担心学到错误的东西，却还不知道那是不对的。问的问题找不到答案，构不成完整的思维导图。东一个洞、西一个洞，没有顺序的学习模式不适合我。
六，几乎卖身给公司，成为廉价劳工，得不偿失（＄／时间）。由于人事上的变动，我知道接下来的日子就是加班和睡觉。曾体验失去下班后的自由与魄力，所以更加不要重蹈覆辙。
七，一个月内让我失去光彩、半年让我激增5公斤外加上洗不掉的黑色“下眼影”的工作。
八，这环境让我快要瞎掉、秃头、皮肤开始敏感。左上眼皮至今跳了三个星期。。。还在跳。。。
九，虽然这并不很成立，但我心有余悸――让我再次失去亲人的公司。
十，不能应付的来了。。。不能应付思想怪异的人。。。
我不能控制别人的想法，但我能在这自己的小天地，还给自己一个清白。
现在只剩下三个小时的睡眠。。。牺牲两个半钟还自己一个清白不算过分吧。。。
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Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.
We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.
I will keep you posted.
Thank you for being so patient.
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~ daisy
2009年10月07日（星期三）
In the office at this time!!!! Going home.....wat a day....~~~~
２００９ 年 ９ 月 24 日
友人總能在我困擾時讓我悟出一些所以然:
“ 堅持是一種美德，但是死守空城很可能讓那死守的優秀將軍失去東山再起的機會。
暫時退出不是一種放棄也不是一種懦弱
暫時退出可能是為下次的戰役好好做準備
暫時退出，不是永遠的放下。”
後記:
自己的堅持會否成為絆腳石?
暫時退出.等同於放棄嗎?
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２００９ 年 ９ 月 １６ 日
無加工的留言
無加工的照片
今日的早餐
兩粒愛心紅雞蛋
加上在公司餐廳買的
一點都不經濟的經濟米粉
為自己慶祝了一個無趣的生日
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The Amazon Conduit will be working again on October 15, 2009. Thank you to everyone for your patience.
Have a great weekend,
daisy, Team Vox
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