Argument Reduction*

Living a life is sometimes, if not most of the time, complicated. Each person thinks, does, and lives her/his life in a different way. No complaint. No doubt. Nobody would be the same, even twins, who have been together for almost 9 months before born.

What we say, think, and do will impact others in a way, more or less, and perhaps the reflect of that impact will revert to us as fast as a thunder at the end.

However, nobody would be able to say, think or do something to please everybody in all aspects. One has her/his own perspectives, and the others have theirs.

This makes the argument comes into play. Very few people live their lives without arguing with others. And it is strange that, to me, most arguments are with those in my family, with those that I am close to. The closer, the more.. somehow. We even argue with ourselves!

What causes those arguments? Varied.

Misunderstanding, discussing (some people call it this way instead of arguing though it looks like the latter), (just) talking out loud, (just) speaking our minds, being frank, having a ‘minus’ attitude towards somebody, stereotyping in a negative way, pretending to be able to read others’ minds, assuming, mis-interpreting, etc.

Countless!

Solutions?

Think thoroughly about anything we are going to do and say before we really make it happen.

Act discretely until we are certain of what we are doing. Do not even let our eyes readable by others.

Shut our mouths if we have not carefully considered what we are to say. Silence can heal sometimes.

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I am telling myself..

Receptionist*

Again, a receptionist is resigning. She has not completed a year with this company yet.

Not only at my company, my friend’s company also has the same problem, that is, receptionists cannot work for a long time.

I do not expect them to work for five years, but two years would be enough before they continue their jobs with better positions somewhere else. I fully understand the career paths that everybody is looking forward to. However, one single year is unacceptable. 

I am exhausted in getting and training new people every single year.

“Do we really need a receptionist?”

“Yes, we do.”

The answer from my boss made me even sicker and almost bang my head on my desk at that time. (I am not joking!)

Are there any statistics or researches about why receptionists cannot work for long?

Understand that..

• The tasks of a receptionist are boring.
• Documentation is something a receptionist should be able to handle as well, and it is totally boring (for me).
• A receptionist in a company possibly has no career path. Nobody wants to be a receptionist forever!
• I also assign more administrative tasks to a receptionist, so that she learns more and is able to use the experiences for the next career path. (I actually expected the resigning one to be promoted to a staff in our Support Team if her English skills had been improved a bit more.)
• Maybe, I should look for someone who is studying or plans to study another degree, so that s/he (preferrably she) will stay with us longer, at least until she finishes her study.
• So and so..

Don’t understand that..

• Why does a 40-people company need a receptionist?
• Why can’t everyone pick up their own phone calls?
• Why can’t everone let others know their extension numbers?
• Why does somebody not pick up a phone call at their desks while the phone is ringing?
• So and so..

This fast changing starts to be like a (weather) season of a year that happens at one time in a year.

And.. it makes me sick!~~

..

P.S. Perhaps, I should go back home and review my handouts about Employee Selection. I might be able to come up with better criteria for choosing a new receptionist. I got S* (highly satisfactory) for this class when I studied the Innovation Management programme ;p

The Ivory Tower*

At the beginning of the year, I was in a Knowledge Managment class, and The Ivory Tower – A Knowledge Management Fable article was chosen to be a part of the lecture for us to study at the time.

The assignment was to come up with a slide showing our understanding of the story, and present it to the whole class.

The story provides a clear understanding to me about knowledge creation and management.

Just this morning, I received a comment on my primary Thai blog from the author. Actually, I also got the exact, same comment at my slide page, but I did not know that the comment was there.

Hey – nice slide pack. Did you pick this material up as a CPA member? Just thought you may like to add a link to the original story – it’s on my blog at http://delarue.net/blog/docs/

Keith De La Rue
Author, “The Ivory Tower”

Once I saw that, I went to my SlideShare page and added his link to the slide description.

Besides, he also has his own SlideShare page here. Surely, I have subscribed to his blog feed and added him as a contact in SlideShare.

Knowledge Base*

My boss mentioned that the IT department in the office would start a knowledge base. I am wondering what kind of knowledge base that will be. A folder containing some files to share among their staffs? And that is it?

How will they gather the knowledge? Only explicit knowledge is concerned here? How about tacit one?

Knowledge Management is something I thought that this company should have had since I was studying Innovation in Management. I found that although we have what we call ’shared folders’, not everybody uses them. And though they use them, there is no guideline of how ones should store what to where. All folders are there, and wherever ones want to upload whatever, they can just do that.

To me, Knowledge Management has nothing to do with IT apart from using the technology as an enabler to allow the process to go faster in better organised manner. Nevertheless, I strongly believe that most people still think that Knowledge Management is all about technology. That is why IT is the department who starts this project.

Technology will have no role in Knowledge Management if we do not have any knowledge to manage and to store. Where can we find and how can we get the knowledge from people in an organisation are the main questions.

Ask*

[Boss] asked me what he should tell [another boss] if he would be asked about my availability for the trip?

Well, honestly, I am not really in that so-excited and so-keen-to-go mood now. That feeling has been faded away for a while.

Instead, I started to be unsure about what I am expected to do and whether I will really like what I will be asked to handle. I might get struggled if I have to do something I do not like and am not in to it.

Despite saying anything, I just keep quiet and see what to do next or what will happen next. That’s better for now.

During this time, I keep doing what I have been doing, play around my ways, get out of my path a little bit, and then I will come back to my should-be life. Also, I will look around and see if there is anything out there that may suit me more.

:)

What-ever!

Too Much*

Two customers came in together today to test a SIM card. They cannot be called a potential or profitable one because they are interested in airtime and will be using it for a few days as a demo for their customers.

I always feel comfortable and am willing to serve any customers who talk nice and don’t act like shit, and one of them seemed nice when we talked on the phone.

When they came, we went on with the demo before we talked more about the pricing and proper packages for his usage requirement.

Finally, since the prepaid packages do not allow any ’streaming’ service, while the postpaid package would cost a lot and 12-month contract is required; I could offer him a loan on our own demo and we charge them back with the minutes and MB used later.

I think this would be the best thing I have ever done for a customer because they have never bought anything from us. I just thought that it was good that they had a chance to try it and we had no costs, so why not?

After they knew they could borrow the demo card, they said they wanted one more. OK, my colleague was also nice and said that we had one in Singapore. We sorted it out and we could borrown that, and it should be able to be shipped next week.

However, they did not know the word ENOUGH. They told my colleague that they wanted to borrown our terminal as well. Once I heard, I at once said TOO MUCH. THAT WAS TOO MUCH, PEOPLE!

I walked to talk to them right away that borrowing our terminal was not possible. That they could borrow our demo card and would not have to pay for the activation and monly fee was really too much. And what.. one of them still said..

‘So, I will have only one terminal for testing.’

‘OK then. You will need only one SIM card.’ I turned away right after the full stop. But I recalled that I should have said goodbye to him and asked when they wanted to come and get the card.

‘OK, so that’s it.’ My face was like the other way around from the first time I met them last hour, surely. ‘Good bye.’

(I will be happy if this will not be successful…. I do not want this kind of customers.)

SK*

He turns to be an employee of the parent company and that makes me feel like we are not colleagues, although, actually, we are.

The major change is that he would not fully and be involved in any correspondence with my company’s customer. Saw his e-mail address domain has change today. Kinda weird, but probably it is just the time to move on.

He is still there to support when I need help or suggestion.

However, I’ve gotta wait until he is accustomed to his new life in Dubai first; while, I will do my best from here and also try to work in the Japan office as usual (just not feel familiar with the new salesrep as yet).

Well.. yea..

Sales & Marketing*

Just being asked by my boss whether I had thought of the offer to have a training in UK, I said I was considering that.

My boss added that since Shoji (Japanese salesrep) saw a potential in Thailand, he recommended we had a sales. Sandy (bigger boss) said that I might be able to handle both Sales & Marketing, and I go to UK for a product training.

That is very interesting. I have more idea what I am expected to do there. This is more than just web developing, but also product training.

Interesting, innit? :)

Complete Block*

Finally, Account Dept has been moved to my side and that means that they are separated from Billing Dept.

Both departments are not going well in some aspects and they, esp Accounting, wished a lot to be moved to the other side (same side as me).

That happened this week, and I would believe they are extremely happy.

To me, the real iceberg just bagan.

..

With more people at my side (changed from 4 to 8), I seem to lose my quietness ever. Sigh..

.

But I can put my eatset on.. Not a big deal though.

What Am I Waiting For?*

Return

Love

Passion

Hope

Never after

Friendship

Care

Forever

Couple

Single

 

 

..

Meditation for Better EQ*

‘Mum, I think I should go somewhere for meditation.’

‘Why? Who told you to do that?’

‘No one. It is myself. I feel that I need more control over my emotion.’

‘…’

‘Ah, I’d better talk to my auntie-in-law.’

‘Yea, she said she would ask you to join her when she had a plan for any meditation.’

‘Hmm.. good then.’

..

Experiencing myself getting very emotional each day, and hardly being able to bring back my positive feelings and thinking about people around; I feel annoyed about myself.

Besides, a situation yesterday afternoon made me realise that though I tried to be positive and optimistic, my inner thought is very negative and pessimistic. What I really do is just hiding my real feelings and trying to be nice to everyone. And once I cannot stand being like that, the negative feelings just explode!

The situation was that, while I was studying for the exam, Pek and Meen came into the study room. They are very kind and always helpful to everyone. More importantly, they have never made me feel that they are taking advantages of anyone. On the contrary, they are taken advantages of by others.

Before they arrived, they had asked me to explain this and that in the chapter my friends and I presented in class. I am not good at explaining something, but I tried. However, mostly, it was them who explaining and digesting everything in other lectures to me. They did that on their own will, and I was a good learner.

They are a very lovely couple and I am looking forward to their wedding. Hope they would invite me to join and I would definitely go!

Well, the real point I want to mention here is that, although they may not like a few friends’ behaviours who act as freeriders, or may feel awkward with a few friends who pretend not being knowledgeable in anything; they are able to getting along with those friends, while they do not look unhappy.

I think they just do not think about those friends too much and ignore some bad behaviours they do not like. When talking to those friends, I reckon, they may not try to recall negative feelings up to the point that may cause them to stop talking to those people.

I am in contrast, somehow. One thing impacts the rest in a roll. That’s me! I am making things even worse.

Normally, I do not complain much. Most who only see me in the first few times or who have never worked in group with me would rarely see how I am.

• I can be very kind when I feel people are fair with me.
• I can be very understanding when people have good reasons to support their behaviours.
• I can be very reasonable when people show me that they are reasonable as well.
• I can be convinced and taught by those who can show me that they are also following the same things they are suggesting me. Show me you can also do that; otherwise, do not dare teaching me!
• I can be very considerate when people show me they contribute a lot to the group work.
• I can be very sympathised and helpful when people show me that they have tried very hard to get a thing done, but they fail and need my assistance.

On the other hand,..

• I can be very mean when people ignore my offer of helping and they cannot complete the task which impact the whole group.
• I can ignore whatever-whoever without trying to understand when people always use the same reason that they are not born to do this. Is this a supporting reason? I am not sure if it is.
• I can be upset and negative once I find that those who try to teach me something in this real world cannot even follow their own words in their own lives, especially when they break their words by doing such things (they said it was not proper) with me. They tell me not to do, while they do it themselves!
• I can be a devil when people keep playing around without showing their attention and intention to work by hoping that at the end of the day their work would be covered and edited by others, or hoping that others would step in and help them finish the work. I ignore these people.

And when these negative feelings happen, I would spend over a week to have them faded away. This is not good for myself.

I have a problem with my EQ!

Non-Sense*

When asking for any security deposit back from a company or service provider, would I accept that my credit card has been credited when there is no proof?

No.

.

And would Nikki accept that her credit card has been credited when there is no proof?

I do not think so.

.

It is not $100, but $1,000! If I were a customer, I would shout at the rep from the provider, and would not leave this office till I had an evidence to prove that my money had been returned to my account.

How come Nikki left me and did not even try to forward me the receipt (which showed that the amount had been refunded)? I even asked her to take a photo of the receipt. She laughed and said the customer would have to wait till tomorrow.

Ha! If you were a customer, would you Nikki? Kid!

Thinking that the money would be automatically transferred to the customer’s credit card right away (and Nikki said so), I just went to talk to the customer and asked him to check with his card provider; while Nikki was leaving for home.

And it turned out that the card provider could not see any credited amount in the customer’s account yet!

D a r n . . . .  

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Wish I could go home now.. Moody!

Lesson-learnts

• Transfers to and from a credit card/ bank might not be done right way. Normally, it takes a daily process. For this case, the transaction would be done through the system around midnight.
• Don’t let Nikki go until the job is successfully done. Otherwise, she will not be contactable at all. No matter how often I call or text, she will just keep quiet without any returning calls.
• I should not allow or favour any customer with the credit card application anymore. Actually, the credit card application is not for Thailand, but Australia. And when it happens in Australia, it is out of my control (I cannot control the machine, as well as people’s minds and behaviours). Unlucky for the coming customers. No more credit card application from me ever!

..

P.S. Anyway, this customer is also quite picky and always wants this and that in his way. When he came for renting the phone, it was like he did not read what I had emailed to him.

He came and started asking everything again. I spent over 2 hours with him. And when he came, he said he did not have $1,500 to pay in cash, and if it was possible to use his credit card. I favoured him and tried to get everything in the ways he wanted.. and now.. problem.. ! Duh! 

Next time, I would let all customers now that credit card use is not possible here. Customers have to ensure they have enough cash or can transfer the amount to our bank account.

A Memory*

Nice evening I had today :)

[17:39] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: waddee krap
[17:39] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: so tired
[17:39] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: 2 exams tomorrow but havnt hv time to study
[17:40] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: bought a restaurant near home last monday
[17:40] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: been caught in the middle between work and study since then
[17:40] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: how are you anyway? i may have gone to bed when you get this but that’s ok
[17:41] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ma bon hai fung laew ja pai non la
[17:41] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: c ya
[17:41] Mook�: arai waaaaaaaaa
[17:41] Mook�: talk to me first..
[17:41] Mook�: T_T”
[17:41] Mook�: thought you were on holiday.. why having exam la?
[17:42] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: arai la ther
[17:42] Mook�: aow.. just want to talk some time si.. we haven’t talked a lot so far
[17:42] Mook�: just miss our conversations
[17:43] Mook�: anyway.. you bought a thai restaurant? so your mum would cook?
[17:43] Mook�: oh.. sorry, you are having exam ni na..
[17:43] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[17:43] Mook�: aow.. offline pai loei..
[17:44] Mook�: hahaaa.. ok, ok..
[17:45] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[17:45] Mook�: so you’re online or offline nia’
[17:45] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: err..
[17:45] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: happy birthday na ther
[17:45] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: sorry na, a bit late
[17:45] Mook�: 4 days late T_T”
[17:46] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: mai koi dai online a’…
[17:46] Mook�: you’re the one that i expected to get a msg on the day cos i didn’t think you would forget.. its easy to remember..
[17:46] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: back home kor straight to bed most days
[17:46] Mook�: mobile is broken or what?
[17:46] Mook�: duh..
[17:46] Mook�: anyway.. thanks
[17:46] Mook�: at least you say something
[17:47] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: yeah… haven’t have it for a week
[17:47] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: batt searm..
[17:47] Mook�: huh?
[17:47] Mook�: oh.. broken jing jing
[17:47] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: wanna buy a new one but still looking
[17:47] Mook�: hahaa….
[17:47] Mook�: what model you’re using now?
[17:47] Mook�: bough iPhone si
[17:47] Mook�: hahaa
[17:47] Mook�: bought*
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: looked at it but dont like
[17:48] Mook�: its sold in NZ?
[17:48] Mook�: legally?
[17:48] Mook�: thais mainly use the illegal ones
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: too big for my pocket
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: plus iphone dont have pen 555
[17:48] Mook�: your current phone has a pen?
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: yeah
[17:49] Mook�: really? hi-soo
[17:49] Mook�: what model is it?
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: htc touch
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: batt isn’t very good
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: but functions and features plus look is good
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: laew tum rai yoo a’ near
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: i’ll be going to bed soon na ther
[17:50] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[17:51] Mook�: oh.. my friend has that htc.. looks nice, but i like iphone more
[17:51] Mook�: type type type and offline eek la
[17:51] Mook�: at work..
[17:51] Mook�: leaving office at 6pm to uni
[17:51] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[17:51] Mook�: what time is it there? 5 hours ahead?
[17:51] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: hi soo yoo laew jmuirg
[17:51] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: how’s mum?
[17:51] Mook�: jmuirg <<< what? an emoticon?
[17:52] Mook�: she’s fine…
[17:55] Mook�: just looked at your mum’s and jim’s pic in the last two nights eng.. hahaa
[17:57] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[17:58] Mook�: real offline this time??
[18:00] Mook�: ok jaaa… take care and good night.. good luck in your exam
[18:03] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[18:04] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: they still old and grumpy lol
[18:04] Mook�: aow..
[18:04] Mook�: back laew rer..
[18:04] Mook�: your internet connection sucks??? ))
[18:05] Mook�: so, who will cook for the restaurant you bought la?
[18:05] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ja
[18:05] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: pai shave ma
[18:05] Mook�: shave before going to bed nia na ther
[18:06] Mook�: what’s the exam about tomorrow?
[18:07] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[18:07] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[18:07] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ther
[18:07] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: pai non la na
[18:07] Mook�: a’na..
[18:07] Mook�: ok ok
[18:07] Mook�: good luck in your exam
[18:08] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: all the best for this year na.. sorry, no present again.. will be around when it comes next year ok
[18:08] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: g’nite krap
[18:08] Mook�: nite jaa
[18:08] Mook�: you say it na..
[18:08] Mook�: for next year
[18:09] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ps: i love uni life coz it makes me feel young but i hate assessments
[18:09] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: nite nite
[18:09] Mook�: hahaa..
[18:09] Mook�: sleep tight
[18:09] Mook�: nice talking to you tonight
[18:11] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline

 

Although it hurts some time when thinking of the past, it is still refreshing when talking to those in the past again.

.

Because of Some Friends*

Thanks to some friends who made me realise that there is nobody in this world would beat my mum in the way she gives loves, cares, and everything to me.

Some people, in their teens, would give cares, loves, and trusts to their friends more than their families.

Whatever friends say, that is the right thing to follow.

Whatever their families tell them, that is a rule and frame that they (think) are forced to do.

No matter how picky and querulous my mum is sometimes, she is the person who cares and loves me the most EVER!

My mum would never ever let me stand at the footpath at 2230hrs–surrounded by some cabs and drivers–for over 10 minutes just because I unintentionally hung up the phone too quickly when she tried to tell me where I should wait for her. Instead, she would call again and complain a bit that I hung up too fast without listening to her. She would never let me standing among those male drivers at that time.

In the other way around, a friend called me and I hung up too fast unintentionally when she tried to tell me where she wanted me to wait. I then waited for her at the footpath in front of the place thinking that she was on the way here (did not think that she was here). Over 10 cabs were around with some drivers and that was over 2200hrs.

Around 10 minutes after, she called and said that she had arrived since she called me the first time, but she meant to tease me by having me waiting like that because I did hang up the phone too fast without listening to her.

She did not even imagine how dangerous it was being outside with all those cabs around. She was not even close to me, but far farward where I was not in her sight. She could not see if there was anything happening to me! She could not and she let me over there.

My another friend’s and my ice-cream was melting while waiting for her since I had to carry both cups and had no chance to try it!

Almost out of control that night. Luckily, what I did was just stop talking and keep quiet. Otherwise, I might have thrown the ice-cream away and taken a cab back to my car at the university myself.

Who cares..

..

Love you, Mum.

.

I have to appreciate that the friend even made me know more the level of my mum’s loves and cares.

Thanks.

E-mail with Tweetr*

 

On 13/10/2007, John Ballinger <john@bluespark.co.nz> wrote:

Hi,

The font size issue was broken by AIR beta2, so I have to find that.  I have just finished system tray support but I want to add in notification support before I release it so it coming. I don’t see any real practical reason for the public timeline and don’t really want to develop that.

Re-the sent, currently I only show what Twitter returns from their API, really they should show your messages inline with the messages you have sent.  Sent wouldn’t make that much sense in a separate view and then it comes down to a  lot more work.

Several people have commented about the 140 char limit.  I don’t enforce it as that would make it harder to edit your message should you go over the limit, eg pasting a URL at the end.  You can see in the title bar the message limit, it would be better if it was closer to the actual text input but I have been working really hard to remove clutter from the UI, so put the current char count in the title bar worked quite well.  What I think I will do is ad a little tiny balloon that appears just above the text field when you type and shows you the char limit. That could work nicely.  OR allow you to type for as long as you like and send 2xmsgs just like SMS does when you go over you 160 char limit. Why not send 2x messages? Or 3x. That could be quite handy sometimes.  Any for Tweetr users re-combine them?  Will see.

Thanks for the comments. John.

—–Original Message—–
From: me
Sent: Friday, 12 October 2007 5:10 p.m.
To: tweetr@bluespark.co.nz
Subject: RE: Comments

Hi There,

Somehow, I don’t think I can really change the font size. It looks the same from 7-11. I want it to be smaller, so that I can see more twits in one small window.

And here are some more comments on the tweetr.

• Apart from ‘inbox’ in Direct Messages, perhaps there should be ’sent?’
• Can the counter of 140 letters move to the bottom of the page near the text entering box? It’s easier to notice. Or, do not allow us to add more letters after we reach the max. The letters after 0, i.e. -1, -2, -n, do not show up anyway.
• How about ‘Public Timeline?’

All for now. Thanks

PS. I’m using Windows OS, btw.

And.. perhaps, an option for minimise the window to the system tray.. ?

:)

Thanks a lot

Tweets with Snitter*

 

 snitter @escribitionist Snitter doesn’t do TinyURL. Twitter does it automatically…most of the time. Thinking of using Snurl b/c it starts with SN. about 17 hours ago from Snitter in reply to escribitionist

me: @snitter what you mean when you say Twitter does TinyURL? However, I know your app does without clicking ‘insert tinyurl.’ its automatic. about 17 hours ago from Snitter in reply to snitter

me: @snitter just tried thru twitter site if you could see.. and i still see the full version. http://labs.adobe.com/downl… about 18 hours ago from Snitter in reply to snitter

me: @snitter and agree with ’snurl’ :D suits the snitter. about 18 hours ago from Snitter in reply to snitter

Tweets with Spaz*

 

 spaz I am releasing an update today that should fix the error messages you’re seeing in Spaz. Snitter is a great app too, though! about 18 hours ago

me: just realised that i’m in your ‘following’ list. so i can send my comments on spaz here? and thanks for the dm re the new released version. about 18 hours ago

 spaz yes, you can certainly contact me either via reply or dm about Spaz here. about 16 hours ago

me: just recalled one thing. i think spaz doesn’t support ‘thai font’ :) i’m from thailand, btw. fyi. about 7 hours ago

 spaz It’s a known issue with AIR HTML apps that non-US English keyboards aren’t supported properly, unfortunately. about 5 hours ago

me: hmmm.. tweetr support both reading and typing in thai though (snitter supports reading but not typing). about 4 hours ago

 spaz That’s because Tweetr is written in Flex/Flash, and Snitter is an HTML app (like Spaz). As I said, it’s an issue with AIR *HTML* apps. about 4 hours ago

me: i see.. thanks :) sorry, i dont have much knowledge abt software for developers though. :p about 4 hours ago

 spaz 8) it’s okay. You can’t tell if you’re just using the apps. I’d rather people ask than just assume it’s a bug with Spaz. about 4 hours ago

Just to Remember*

It has been almost 2 years from the break-up day (that was the new year day in 2006), but I still have him in my heart.

I do not think I leave any space for somebody else, even though I realise that he left me and would never come back. I know.

After that hurt day and he went back to NZ, we had a chance to talk twice this year (just this year, not in 2006). And, always, after the talks, I would miss him a lot and look forward to talking to him again.

Why do I forget that he left me and he may have someone else? He must have someone else for sure, esp the lady in Chiang Mai, I am sure. The lady, Suttiluck, is very cute, I must admit. I cannot beat her.

Anyway, why do I need to beat her? Though I can beat her, he may still not like me because of many reasons.

He raised the point that we were too far apart and the distance caused the break-up. However, with the lady, he did not worry about the distance.

That proves something, right?

‘Stop your feeling,’ I always try to tell myself to stop thinking about him.

I can keep him in my heart, but do not expect to have a nice chat all the time. It is impossible! It is non-sense. He will not come back.. He won’t!!

Remember him just in your heart.
Don’t feel hurt. It passed.
Happy to thinking about him.
That is more than enough.

Gratitude to Remembering*

..

Grateful that..

1. I still keep him in my heart.
2. He greets me sometimes.
3. I still keep in touch with his friends.
4. He still talks to me.
5. We still talk to each other.
6. I still remember him and what we have done together.
7. I still miss him no matter how he feels now.

P.S. The song is for my feeling of happiness from remembering him in my heart.

Gratitude to a Good Grade in CRM*

Thank you that..

1. Aj. Kriengsin gave me an A for the CRM class.
2. I did a good job in the CRM class and exam, so that I got A.
3. My mother who always supports me in whatever I do, including spending time preparing things for me during the exam preparation.
4. My friends who always called for a tutorial session and talks to recap the lessons.
5. My boss who always understands that I am studying. He allowed me some days leave during the exam.
6. My colleauges who helped me, esp whlie I was on leave during the exam.

:)

Gratitude to Chit-Chats*

Got a chance talking to Tri again tonight. I raised the topic, without even greeting, of Bakery songs that both Tri and Jack mentioned before.

12-Sep-07
07:00:22 PM
me: use hi-speed at home?

12-Sep-07
07:00:52 PM
him: broadband

That was the start of our conversation, and the rest was not many though. I just kept sending the links to some albums I uploaded into the Internet for him (them).

1. Thank you for having a conversation last night.
2. Thank you that he had not finished his assignments quicker than this; otherwise, I would not see him online.
3. Thanks to Jack, who I invited to the conversation later, of talking to Tri because that allowed me to have a little more clues about Tri. At least, he was using the Internet from a guy named Bank.
4. Thanks to myself that my heart was not shaking while talking to him.

Love.

12-Sep-07
08:21:41 PM
him: never heard of any of them 555

12-Sep-07
08:21:51 PM
me: a’ rer..

12-Sep-07
08:22:01 PM
him: chai

12-Sep-07
08:22:06 PM
me: try Jojo.. we’re listening to it

12-Sep-07
08:22:10 PM
him: how’s the report?

12-Sep-07
08:22:19 PM
me: on it now. due tonight.. by midnight

12-Sep-07
08:22:24 PM
him: we are who are we?

12-Sep-07
08:22:41 PM
me: the whole group (5 ppl) are at uni. my other 4 friends and i

12-Sep-07
08:22:47 PM
him: aow. u stay at uni?

12-Sep-07
08:22:59 PM
me: also last night and tonight. uni closes at 11pm

12-Sep-07
08:23:00 PM
him: mum la

12-Sep-07
08:23:03 PM
me: at home

12-Sep-07
08:23:19 PM
him: 11pm then go home ??

12-Sep-07
08:23:33 PM
me: right. arrive home around 11.30

12-Sep-07
08:23:47 PM
me: :D ซิ่ง ช้าๆ กลับบ้าน ๕๕๕

12-Sep-07
08:24:20 PM
him: how’s your driving now? feel more confident?

12-Sep-07
08:24:34 PM
me: sure.. 2 years already

Gratitude to Being Here Today*

Although spending all days at my university today, I still have something and somebody to thank to.

1. June, my friend at uni, who warned me not to crack my finger joints in order not to enlarge my knuckles.
2. Priw, my friend, for caring and asking me if I was angry with her regarding her diary of not saying something that may hurt someone (and yes, I was).
3. My friends (P’New, Priw, June and Pol) for being patient with me when I was very moody and kept quiet, which influenced the atmosphere of the meeting.
4. The restaurant, Rasabiang, for making my lunch a great one.
5. Tri, for saying ‘waddee krap’ to me. This makes me feel that I made the right decision of unblocking him in MSN. Once he saw me online, he greeted me. Thanks a lot.
6. Jack, for being around and always saying hello to me.
7. K. Rath, an online friend, who helped me find the word ‘crack joints’ or ‘หักนิ้ว’ in Thai.
8. Everyone on the road that did not do anything that caused me to hit them.
9. CMMU students who joined the petition. They encouraged me and urged me to realise that I should not keep quiet to accept whatever others indirectly forced me to accept. Fight for our rights and better lives!

Thank you for today.

Gratitude to My Alive Life*

Today I would like to express my appreciation to..

1. My careful driving to my university. Then, I did not be the one in the accident I saw this evening.
2. My friend, Priw, who reminded me of thinking of other people’s feelings. I should not hurt someone I love by saying something that hurts them.
3. My smiles to so many people and I did not express my moodiness to anyone.
4. My mother who is always kind and loves me. She takes care of everything for me. She is the best in my life!

This is my first grateful journal. Hopefully, my list will be longer and longer each day.

I know the usefulness of this journal and I promise that I will keep writing.

Employees*

I really hate dealing with people.

People are selfish.
People are self-centric.
People are narrow-minded.

..
Employees often position themselves as if they are the most wanted people in the companies.

Employees tend to request for more benefits, and are not willing to lose any benefits they have got.

Employees have never wanted to lose, but to gain at all bits.

Employees will take all chances that allow them to gain, although stupidly small, benefits, without concerning whether that would affect their companies’ performance or not.

Employees know only how to yell when they do not get their salary increase or their bonuses at the end of the fiscal year, but never trace back to their behaviours whether they have ever helped the companies saving anything, e.g. electricity cost, water supply costs, etc.

What employees have in their heads are that they would request for as many things as they can in order to take advantages from their companies.

Once employees lose just a cent of their benefits, they would express their unappreciation.

When their benefits do not meet their expectation, they seem to be upset and think that the companies do not want them. Then, they act stupidly.

So, what make employees happy is to give them everything they want?

..

Duh!

WOL*

Have you ever heard of LOL?

Right, that is a normal acronym. People, esp. around the cyberworld know LOL.

How about WOL? Anyone? :)

My WOL is not..

• Way Of Life
• Water of Life (Fontana, California Church)
• Wake-On-LAN (Intel networked remote control)
• Word of Life
• World Online
• Without Limit
• Work on Line
• Woman of Leisure
• Wow Out Loud (internet slang)

Source: Acronym Finder Search

Although the last one is almost similar to my created WOL, mine is a little different and idoit! LOL… :))

Whining
Out
Loud

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I did whine half-out loud last night when I reached home. That was after my mum began her complaints because I said, ‘No, I don’t want that.’ when she asked about buying a kind of fruits.

She said I was kinda ignorant while walking with her in the market.

Huh? Did I?

That was the fruit she likes, so why she had to ask me if I would want it? My point is that if she likes, she can just stop and buy it. I will not walk away, but wait till the purchase is done anyway.

What to do with me saying not wanting it. I do not understand, really.

I tried to explain that I was not a factor that she would buy it or not. Why she blamed me. Why she said there would be no food/ fruit stock in our refrigerator because I did say no?

Huh? Really?

And because of this, she started speaking out of her lung, and so did I. We sounded like making an argument because of the fruit!

Huh?

Thus, once I arrived my bedroom, I just could not stand still. Actually, I wanted to scream out loud, but I could not.. Instead, while I was trying to scream, I turned to be crying and then whining louder and louder.

Sigh.. it took over 10 minutes to stop.

 

 

 

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Upset Mum*

Rarely see my mum cry because of work or colleagues (She cries sometimes when we both argue). She is so strong. But yesterday evening, it happened.

She called and her voice sounded strange. When asked, she said she was angry with someone at her office. When we met, she told the story.

She was asked to do an extra job of other company (owned by her boss’ son) that is not under her responsibility. She was asked to do because she was skillful in accounting stuff. Unfortunately, when she works extra, she never gets paid for it.

Some outsiders, who just see her work extra, always think that she gets paid extra. Thus, when my mum spends some time on the extra work, which there is nobody wanting to take responsibility, she is monitored.

And last night, her colleague talked to her sarcastically, ‘What are you doing? What are you guys doing with the extra work?’

She does not have to do that, for god’s sake! She did help because the job was from her boss’ son, who is nice to and respects her, while she does not get paid at all!

Why can’t those people handle the job themselves them? Why asked my mother? Why made her upset and shed her tears! Damn it!

I told my mum that if she was not happy with the work she did, just quit. At my current salary, I believe I can take care of her although without her salary, we may not be able to over-spend as usual.

We will survive anyway.

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