And the shit hits the fan!

Today was a really bad day. Emails kept coming in, and problems started to pile up. I could almost imagine the shit hitting the fan. LOL. I originally planned to leave work at 6pm on the dot so I could go to school and study, but ended up staying until close to 8pm. Sigh :(

I hope things will be better at my new office. The users there are mostly professionals, so working with them should be a pleasantly different experience. Speaking of which, I'm supposed to go meet their Chief later this week for a work discussion. Wah liew, need to meet with their bigshot one ah. So nerve wracking.

The saving grace of the day was the S.O. He was at his understanding best today :) He waited patiently for me until I got off work, managed to stop my brooding, and cheered me up by bringing me to my favourite place for dinner.

To the S.O. - Thank you for being there for me today. Love you for 5 minutes! :P

Nothing to see here, move along

Have been really busy this month, which explains the lack of posts. I haven't been meeting up with my friends very much, because everyone is busy (and broke!).

For those that have blogs, I've been reading them regularly - it feels good to keep up with what's happening on their end. Here's quick update on what's up with my life :)

I will be transferred to another department within my organisation from 1st April onwards. Still doing IT stuff, but it's slightly related to my field of study - a small step towards my goal of working in the Finance industry :)

The best part about this transfer is that I FINALLY GET TO WORK NEAR CIVILIZATION!! Wooohooo!! My new office is near City Hall - short walk from MRT, lots of shopping and F&B outlets nearby, and a 5 minute walk from school. And one bus stop away from the uber Lor Mee eating place near Riverwalk.

A clue on the exact location - it's where Justin (Kerr) used to work :P Kerr, transfer back to your old location leh :P Then I have lunch kakis already. Hahaha.

A word (and a phrase) a day

I was leafing through a vendor's proposal today and came across this word: successfulness

My first thoughts were that this couldn't be an actual word, but dictionary.com soon proved me wrong:

Successfulness - n : the condition of prospering; having good fortune [syn: prosperity]

It seems like quite an auspicious word!

Hmm, learn new word already, must use! So I wish all my friends & relatives "Successfulness in the Year of the Dog" :) Let's share a Successfulness pizza and enjoy our new year! :P

I learnt a new phrase from the S.O. today as well (smart arse that he is): Cogito ergo sum

It translates literally (in Latin) to "I think, therefore I am". The full phrase is actually (warning: LONG!):

"But I have convinced myself that there is absolutely nothing in the world, no sky, no earth, no minds, no bodies. Does it now follow that I too do not exist? No: if I convinced myself of something [or thought anything at all] then I certainly existed. But there is a deceiver of supreme power and cunning who is deliberately and constantly deceiving me. In that case I too undoubtedly exist, if he is deceiving me; and let him deceive me as much as he can, he will never bring it about that I am nothing so long as I think that I am something. So, after considering everything very thoroughly, I must finally conclude that the proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind."

So, if Descartes is to be believed, if I think, if I am aware of my surroundings - I exist. Ah, the power of thought.

Conversely, once I act like a brainless bozo and do things without a second thought and with nary a care about my surroundings - I don't exist? (Actually, this does make sense. e.g. One day, Mr. Someone wanders around aimlessly, walks up a building and saunters off the edge *splat*)

Ah well. I'm getting lost in a haze of confusion so I shall leave you with this Descartes joke (swiped off Wikipedia):

Descartes is sitting in a bar, having a drink. The bartender asks him if he would like another. "I think not," he says, and vanishes in a puff of logic.

Long live smart-arse boyfriends who quote Latin at random and create headaches for their girlfriends :P