A couple of weeks ago, my boss sent out this email to my division relating to leave-free with effect from October, whereby we can only take one day maximum at any time, and approval is on a case by case basis.  This leave freeze is estimated to be up till March next year...

As such, I was having this dilemma last week (or was it the week before) on whether to apply leave for 1st Oct or 2nd Oct.. Of course, the best scenario is to get approval to take both days lar.. But between the two dates, I preferred 1st Oct, because I don't want to work on my birthday... So, (after my supervisor said I can't take both days), I decided to take 1st Oct..

Today, an email was sent out and something compulsory was scheduled for 1st Oct... My world shattered to pieces, and I am not exaggerating at all...

I really (at that moment, and several moments subsequent to reading that email) lost all will to work on the assignments that I had been allocated.. Immediately, I instant-message a few colleagues and told them the bad news (and bad is an understatement - both at that moment, and even at this very minute when I'm blogging about it..)  They tried to comfort me and say that I can take 2nd Oct instead and enjoy a long weekend....

Uh-huh, but that's not the point... Because my main concern is being able to not work on my birthday!

They then asked whether this will be the first time I have to work on my birthday..

YES!  It's the first time!!!

Then they commented, what about during school days?  Surely there'll be classes / tests..?

Well, those are beyond my control right?  In the working society, technically being able to not work on my birthday is within my control because leave is an entitlement right?

Groanz and double groanz... (Hou lao, double the lao, triple the lao....!!)

Ok, my supervisor has said it should be ok to go on leave on 2nd Oct, but it's subject to another boss' approval....... Am now just crossing my fingers very tightly and hoping that I can go on 2nd Oct leave...

So, without the will to work or put in effort to work (ok, not true because I still cleared quite some documents and sent some official emails..) I knocked off at 6.30pm and went for body combat..

Woahz, I really punched and kicked with all the possible strength I could muster up... And there was this IDIOT who wasn't familiar with combat, and thus was slower by one or two beats (DANGEROUS) and moved further than the norm (EVEN MORE DANGEROUS) and he stood next to me!!  I felt quite a bit of the "wind" from his punches and kicks ok!  I did bump into him once, and I didn't even care to apologise or anything.... Baka.........  Too bad you caught me on a super wrong day............

Haiz...

And when I got on the bus and opened my bag, I realised that my library book wasn't inside!! I must have left it in office...

This was so totally not my day..........

And I was commenting to my colleagues, I'm a stubborn princess and I don't care... So be it... I don't want to work on my day and I shouldn't have to!

But of course, after all the frustration, there's still a rational, adorable darling beneath all these (who almost accidentally deleted her blog entry!!)  Things aren't always so bad lar...

As my colleagues say - taking leave on the 2nd is still a good thing (if it's approved) since I can get a long weekend...

Not being able to find my library book in my bag meant that I could plug in and concentrate on my Rainie Yang songs all the way home... And I can avoid a situation of travel sickness due to reading on the bus as well..

Haiz... What to do?  Must self-console right...? 

And now, as a result of over-punching / kicking (I think), I'm suffering from quite a bit of giddiness... Haiz... Ok... at least this means I should go sleep liao, and increase the number of sleeping hours - good for the body and complexion....

Haiz............  If only I could take leave on my birthday.........

~yun aka stubborn princess~