Suddenly I See

It's a rainy Sunday afternoon, the sort that is good for staying in. Unfortunately, it is perhaps wasted on my relatively drama-less life. My main angst or issue these days is how they stock the office pantry with evil-tasting transfat laden cream biscuits. I haven't been around long enough to influence purchase decisions in this regard. Actually, the office should get a large refrigerator, so people will spring for fresh food and bring more home-cooked food. Presently, it's a parade of peanuts, chips, sweets and the occasional pasalubong of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts. Most people in the office are just a bit younger than I am and don't have office bodies yet. What a waste I keep thinking.

We wonder at the supply-chain mechanism behind the company/manong who delivers the daily orders of lunch. It's a meal with 1.5 cups of rice, two pieces of chicken/beef/fish, a portion of soup or vegetables, a small banana, a piece of hard candy, and a set of plastic utensils. This all costs 40 bucks. They'd have a responsive market for even 50 bucks. I don't even see any competitors (or maybe they were all priced-out).

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I've been playing semi-workaholic. A couple of late nights this past week (which led to my cancelling my endurance training session for UWHockey, punyeta); but I've continued to maintain that weekends are sacred. It's a fine balance sometimes but you have to understand what is due to you -- speaking to a lot of French white collars (haha, who else) in the past has made me more confident about this attitude.

Was talking to a colleague late Friday night, "hey, if you need help on the weekend, don't call me. Fine, if you really really need help then call me." No calls. He he. Fair enough, I think. I bust my butt there 5 days a week.

If you want a lot of work and want to work weekends, you will enjoy my place of work.

I've also been there long enough to get a general feel of what people's weaknesses are. Does this sound a little too cut-throat? Wait, I know your answers already. Ha ha ha.

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new content-wise changes in this blog in the upcoming week. stay tuned.