Making it Fit Your Pocket

We have a little 'bistro' at the workplace. Our little 'bistro' is actually a glorified canteen. I wouldn't mind this beestro so much if its prices were more reasonable. I mean, if you're paying RM8 for a nasi goreng, it had damn well be the best nasi goreng to grace the plates of this earth. But it's not.

This particular bistro makes a mean calamansi (lime and plum juice). It's blended, and has a real lime kick to its asam companion. Today however, I noticed that they dropped in the lime whole. Into the blender, skin and all. Which wouldn't be so bad, except for the fact that everything morning when I come into work there are lizard droppings on my desk. Which also means, that it is almost certain that there are lizard droppings in the fruit baskets too. Which also means that the possibility of a piece of lizard excrement stuck to the skin of the lime in the blender is also quite high....yummy.

There are many quirky people in the office that make working here a blast. As most of the people in this company fall within the age bracket of 20 - 35, we are all too lazy to communicate by mouth. Hence everyday I get e-mails such as:

" Is recce a REAL word?"

"I was walking in the foyer today, and I saw a male rat chasing a female rat...I just thought everyone should know..."

"you mean, the rats are procreating ah?" (different e-mail)

"yes. i think so." (different e-mail from different person)

"we should get pest control." (different e-mail from different person.)

I really don't have a problem getting to work early. :)



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Aieee-poh

I'm going back to Ipoh this weekend. My job is going okay, had my first very minor fuck up - but only because I was too efficient and everyone else hadn't caught up yet. Well, that's what I tell myself. I also think my mother is becoming extremely kooky. My phone ceonversion with her yesterday:

JW : Hi, mom
M: HI!!!! I"M MAKING DUMPLINGS FOR YOUUU!!
JW: That's nice...di-
M: I ONLY PUT LEAN MEAT IN IT AND LOTS OF NUTS, THE WAY YOU LIKE IT!!!!
JW: Cool...
M: OKAY!! BYEEE...*click*

Yeah. I miss my mummy.

Back in Malaysia.

I know this post is long overdue, and it also signals a change in the content and purpose of les petits poissons rouges. The last few weeks have seen very tearful goodbyes to friends very dear to my heart. I have to day that the tears were due to the uncertainty of when I would see them again, and the certainty that their absence will be deeply felt. To the fabulous 7, I think of all of you everyday and I don't think I will ever stop missing you.

I have returned to Malaysia and uprooted myself from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur to start my spanking new job as resident production designer. Leaving Ipoh for KL didn't really feel like a massive undertaking, because really, I left a long time ago. Things really aren't that different. The comfort of home is still a fair bit away, perhaps the only thing that is significantly difference is that I can drive home anytime I want. KL remains a city full of strangers. I draw comfort from the friends around me, but I'm still in the process of getting to know my colleagues, neighbours, the guards of my building...etc. I still struggle with accepting the fact that there will be no more 3 month long days of leisure for a long time to come.

There is a new addition to my life that has been a great source of joy and a lesson in patience. He lives on the balcony and answers only to food. The now 10 week old pup was inadvertedly christened 'Chip' and it has kind of stuck. Chippy is a jack russell, and lives up to the reputation of his breed a little too well.

I want a holiday.