Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Enigma
Since I've decided unofficially to 休工 for the day, I will write a second post. This is the first time I've done it since, erm, July 2004 if I'm not wrong. It's not that I don't want to work...actually yeah, it IS also because I don't want to work and because Rogue still haven't gotten back to me yet regarding a piece of (shitty) work I handed to her yesterday. I'm just waiting for a response, don't blame me...
From the sign of things, I think Rogue is due for an MC sometime soon...possibly this week? She was coughing pretty badly when I went into her room. The Office™ is full of viruses, it seems. Gambit (AKA Aquaman) came to me in the morning telling me he was suffering from the flu...and my recommendation? Go home lah, what else?!
Now, onto the enigma I will be writing about. She is a colleague who was referred to as Magma in my past entries. I, right now, have the misfortune of being paired with her to do a series of projects.
From the sign of things, I think Rogue is due for an MC sometime soon...possibly this week? She was coughing pretty badly when I went into her room. The Office™ is full of viruses, it seems. Gambit (AKA Aquaman) came to me in the morning telling me he was suffering from the flu...and my recommendation? Go home lah, what else?!
Now, onto the enigma I will be writing about. She is a colleague who was referred to as Magma in my past entries. I, right now, have the misfortune of being paired with her to do a series of projects.
Now, this woman, she's one of a kind. I have absolutely no idea what goes through her mind or if she even has one...let me relate what are some of her antics that the Office X-Men™ has had to put up with.
- Magma seems to have an absolute problem, waking up in the morning. I have no idea what she does at night but every so often, this mad woman would SMS and call some of the Office X-Men™ to cover her work (we have to do some kind of summary every day early in the morning). It has gotten to such a stage where we are absolutely terrified of receiving SMSes from her in the morning...
- She has an even more unique way of understanding people and what they say...she pre-empts/interprets you in her own unique logic and then, guess what...usually understands everything wrong. A typical conversation goes like this:
Archangel: Hey, good morning, Magma. Remember the work we were supposed to do. Have you added part X to the report yet?
Magma: Oh, no no, not yet. I'd look into it later.
Archangel: Sure, when you are done, can you email it to me for a look? Thanks.
Magma: Sure!!!
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Later in the afternoon,
Archangel: Hey, Magma, have you added part X yet?
Magma: Huh, I thought YOU are doing it for me?
Archangel: ... ... ...
- She has a very weird sense of humour/logic that nobody can understand but she'd just happily laugh aloud at...I could never get her, I don't know about the other Office X-Men™ lah but me, I am just completely boggled by the things she says.
- She has this very queer habit of trying to pacify me (ME ESPECIALLY) with candies. Basically when I get pissed with her work/attitude, I do not give face and just show her a 黑脸...and I wind up with chocolates with an accompanying note （twice!) that says, "Hey, so sorry to make you do this. Here's some chocolates to cheer you up!" What kind of an infantile way of apologising is this? Come, come, offer you sweets so you don't stay angry?Seriously, CAN YOU JUST BLOODY HELL GET AWAY FROM ME?!
Magma: Come, come, play with me lah...I am but a little doll...
Batman spun on 4:51 PM.
