I got a new job title today.
Manager.
It certainly sounds nice, but it has nothing to do with my pay at the moment.
Therefore, I can put it this way. It sounds good outside, but useless inside.
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Category: Work
Yes, I haven’t been updating in a while because I have been too busy stuck in Sydney. The good thing is, I can finally fly back tomorrow.
Quite frankly, the whole trip hasn’t been exactly great. It has gotten better, but never like what I first expected. The whole trip could have been a lot better if my boss hasn’t been too much of a prick.
They wanted me to say for a week I said OK.
After I got here they wanted me to say for three months. No way.
I said my rent in Taipei finishes on the 15th therefore I need to move out before then, they said OK, come back on the 14th.
What? Are you out of your fucking mind? I also need time to pack, clean and arrange mover you dumb fuck, tell me I can arrange that in one day????
Now they are telling me after I come back I might have to fly back to Sydney again, and this time really for three months.
Fuck you no deal. I am coming back early no matter what.
I mean, I don’t mind to stay here for three months if I am to stay in a more urbane area. Unfortunately where the company is located is like in a remote area off the east side of Sydney. It is a little like Clayton in Melbourne, where you do not get much except, houses, trees and nothing more.
Please do not get me wrong, I love Sydney. It is a great place, except the location of the company is just a little too remote for my liking. Perhaps I am more used to Melbourne city life, and the convenience of going to shopping malls and restaurants in 5 minutes, by foot.
Maybe I should rent a car.
Anyway, slowly but painfully, I did get to know this neighborhood a bit better. Hopefully it will get better next time I come back, but still, I hope not for three months.
Oh yah, last day tomorrow, I cannot wait to go back!
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Three Months???
My boss asked me to stay here in Sydney for three month??? He must be out of his mind. There is no way for me to stay for three months, perhaps three weeks is the most I can stay since I still need to go back and move house sometime around the middle of July. Still, what am I suppose to do here for three weeks???
I think I will try to get back early. I seriously don’t see any reason for me to stay here for that long.
Company is complaining the cost in Australis is too high, and now I can understand why.
I arrived at the customs and got busted with two cartons of ciggies valued at NTD470 each. They confiscated the ciggies, and to get them back, no problem, AUD105.00.
I took taxi from airport to hotel, AUD115.00.
The hotel is OK but it is certainly not the best, but it is certainly the most expensive so far. By the way, they do not even offer tooth brush, and it is costing me each night, probably excluding GST, AUD198.00.
This place has no free internet (even Vietnam and Philippines do), and per hour is AUD9.90. One day unlimited is AUD19.90.
This place offers no complementary breakfast, and breakfast costs a mere, well, per person is, AUD14.00.
Australia is a land of money fiends.
Then again, like always, here is a picture of my hotel room.
Man, I love business class. Actually, no, I didn’t take business class, I just have priority baggage. It does look pretty good hanging there though.
Me. Good night.
Next week is going to be strange. I will fly back to Australia, well, not for holidays, but for work related trip. I will stay in Sydney, but I need to make my own way to Melbourne.
Company is stingy. They won’t let me have a direct flight back to Taipei from Melbourne, because I purposely delayed the trip for personal benefit. Gay.
Anyway, like always, I am under tremendous pressure again. I don’t like business trips. They send you and make sure you cannot come back unless you get the tasks done.
If this statement stands, then dammit!! Maybe I cannot come back.
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Funny Ear Picks
Some funny looking ear picks at work.
This one is in the form of a lady.
This one is a bear but the ear pick is poking through the head, and the bear looks to be very annoyed.
Group shot, even though I do not see the purpose of doing this.
My God, I must be real bored.
Well, not mine really, but it is a production unit for testing. Hopefully it can become mine for good, because after using it, I can never, ever, go back to the old crappy 15″ Dell I had been using for the last two and a half year.
Anyway, it is a new LCD monitor I get to use at work. It is one of recently released monitors, the BenQ FP93GW Senseye+photo. It is a 16:10 wide screen, slim bezel design, ultra-fast 5ms response time, contrast ratio of 700:1 and our exclusive Senseye+photo technology for consistent color reproduction.
What I like about best is the slim bezel design, only a mere 12mm, and it looks absolutely gorgeous when you have a full screen wallpaper filling up the 1440 x 900 display. Too bad I cannot try any DVDs or at work.
I like the logo too. Sweet.
God Bless, my work colleague, but also a good friend, Kelly.
She is diagnosed with a stomach tumor with the size of around 15 centimeters long. Not much is known at the time, but we all certainly pray that it is nothing serious.
Now without her around the office does feel a bit different. I hope she gets a full recovery, and be back with us soon. I do miss her very much.
It is not too bad after all, only if you are next to me.
The entire floor, just you and me, it was kind of special.
Suddenly, I like overtime work.
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Hard Work = 10%?
Increase in salary that is.
Although the company says average is 2% to 3%, but I do believe they purposely lowered the number so we were all made to believe if we all got “above average” increase. This way, less people would complain, and more would be fooled to feel satisfied.
Then again, hey, I am satisfied! I got 10%, which is 300% more than the company average!
I hope I didn’t make a fool out of myself just then…mmmmmmmm.