When It Rains, It Pours!!!

This, suppose to be holiday season. Time to relax, get drunk, shop till you drop among the xmas sale and pile the tummy with all the unnecassary carbs.

And yet this has been the worse holiday season ever.

It all started on xmas eve. My mobile rang, and when it rang at night time, I knew it couldn't be good. Sure enough... we had equipment failure on the field and from that point on, my phone just kept on ringing... my boss, the clients, the guys on the field... I couldn't enjoy xmas lunch with hubby and his best mates with the constant phone disturbance (as if I could organize any spare part from supplier when all offices were close). To make things worst, the cyclone was coming, so had to organize everyone whereabout and the cyclone evacuation plan. Than on boxing day, we had dinner with his friend that coming home from UK and I had to excuse myself because I had to do a phone conference, at 10 freakin night time.

Up to know the problem still not fix and I can see how this might go on and on all the way to new year. The cost of the failure keep mounting up as the time ticking. The current tally probably has passed the 3M mark now and I hate to see how much it'll cost at the end.

*&^$*#&%()$(**&)@#(*^ And to think that I get stuck smack bang in the middle of all this just because I'm replacing someone that going on a 1 month vacation. He sure owe me big on this one.

This whole thing just making me even sure of the decision that I've made. The only thing that keep me going strong through this whole ordeal is the knowledge that I don't have to deal with these craps anymore by end of January. It's a bold underlining statement that my work IS crap and no money in the world could ever put me in this kind of stress anymore.

The Joy of Friday Evening

Aaah... the joy of a having a weekend ahead of you. Sitting down browsing the net with my icy cold Vodka Cruiser. Sun is still giving its light at 8pm here... my window is open and the breeze is cooling against the summer heat.

Work activity has start to slow down. People heading off for this christmas, boxing day and new year holiday. Unfortunately I'm here holding the fort, doing two person job since my workmate is off for one month (lucky bastard). I'm just wishing that there won't be any drama in the field so I won't spend this holiday season doing firefighting.

But hey, I won't complain much further. In fact, I'm in such a good mood that even the extra work doesn't bother me much. I only have to deal with this crap for 1.5 more month.

One.Point.Five.Months... 41 more days to be more precise. Fourty.One.Days... hmmm... sounds like music to my ear.

I have make the decision on which path I'll take in this crossroad of life. And I feel free, relase and at peace with what I have decide. I have choose education over monetary. I have decided I'm going to get serious in getting to know the industry I'm in now, in the technical sense. I've made decision that operational and management position won't make me happy in future. Adrenaline rush has lost its magic. Managing incompetence people p-ssed me off. I'm looking forward to a more relax enjoyable working environment, settling down and being a technical leader in the industry. While if I stay doing what I'm doing, the fire fighting will always take priority, I always have to clean up other people mess and I will be left with very little personal time.

So... starting mid February next year, I'm picking up my notebook and go back to school.

:) Feels funny. But I'm very excited and can't wait for it to happen.

My poor boss not happy... but couldn't stop me either. It's not like I'm asking for her permission to take off for 1.5 years. I'm 'telling' her that I'll be off, with or without her consent. It's only a matter of whether they still want me in the company or not, either way I don't really mind. But I know they couldn't afford to release me. I'm trying to make them pay some of the tuition cost, but it won't bother me much if I get it or not. I have the tuition cost cover by my own saving and my lovely husband won't mind picking up the tab while I'm studying.

So I'm now in the process of getting the student visa, and the spouse visa. Very short time I have for the visa process, but I'm optimist it'll work out well.

Hmmm... I wonder if I should buy a red Elmo's lunch box. I always want to have one of those :)