Interesting Conversation

Yesterday being Friday, I took Sarah and the carpenter to take some measurements of the kitchen at our place, on the way back, Sarah received a very interesting phone call from her brother, here goes the details of the conversation:

Sarah: Alo

Brother: ....

Sarah: Aywa

Brother: ....

Sarah: Ah

Brother: ....

Sarah: Ah

Brother: ....

Sarah: mmm

Brother: ....

Sarah: la2

Brother: ....

Sarah: Aywa

Brother: ....

Sarah: ana 5 da2aye2 w'ab2a fi l beit.

As everyone can see, it's a very informative conversation, why was I laughing so much after, beats me

Back

Well, since a fellow blogger called me telling me that it's been long since last I blogged, I decided to write something, anything, just to keep this page alive.

So here goes a very boring update.

Basically I've been engulfed in a world of carpenters, electricians and tinkers.

Also, there's been a lot of Sarah going on, I really enjoy the times we spend together, they're the highlight of the day for me, the thing that I look forward to, I miss her when she's not around even if I've just left her side 1 hour ago.

Parents are also a big part of life now, both families, most of the time with good input and positive attitudes, but then again, the occasional nagging.

I guess that's it, as boring as promised.

Pants Down

Yep, that's right, I was caught with my pants down at work.

My beautiful sub-ordinate screwed up in one of our reports and I've failed to spot the error, the report was sent, decisions were taken based upon it.

Luckily the error wasn't big, the impact won't be impairing, but I hate to send wrong figures.

Nobody's spotted it and it's highly unlikely that anyone ever will.

But the fact remains that it could've been a grave error that would've lost us some real money.

I'm obliged to review his work in a more detailed manner going forward, which is practically like re-doing his work.

Meanwhile, I'll probably give him one last ultimatum to pull his act together.

Into the fray

I guess we were all given a barrel full of shit and honey at the beginning of our lives and were told to eat it all, once it's done, our life ends.

Some went with the obvious, peeled through the shit, ate all the honey and are now left with the shit to finish for the rest of their lives, for example people who took the easy way back in their teens, flunking college, living on women (or guys), drugs and liquor.

Some went with the more conservative approach of taking all the shit when they were younger to get all the honey when they grow older, for example people who had long nights working on their projects or jobs, postponing their own leisure time for later on.

Then there were those who went hand in hand on both ways, or took different stages, eating through the shit for long times then re-surfacing for some honey every once in a while, to help them carry on.

I know I've adopted the third approach, atleast for the last 6 years, it's worked for me, I look around me and I see people of all approaches.

To them I say, your choices, your lives, some may think they deserve better, some may look back and regret, some may be content with their current lives as they are.

But are you really happy with what you've done so far, do you have something to look forward to?

If you've wasted so much time immersed in shit, but you have something to look forward to, some light at the end of the tunnel, you're on the right track.

If you've enjoyed your life earlier but are suffering now, well, you took a downpayment, perhaps it's time to settle your bills.

If you've always been about taking shit, and still haven't found a purpose for life, then perhaps it's time you went looking for one.

When everything goes wrong

Ok, Sunday is the highlight of the week work-wise, I have 8 deadlines to meet on that day, so I like to arrive early at work on Sundays.

Today is one of those days where everything goes wrong:

1. The junior of the department showed up 90 minutes late (Why am I not surprised?), well, I anticipated that, so I started on his work for him so as not to create a bottle-neck, but when will he learn to be responsible?

The nice thing is when I told him to make sure to arrive on time on Sundays, he was furious, he went like "Should I wake up at 6 A.M.?".

well, I'm not asking him for something that I don't do, I wake up at 6 A.M., it's business (2akl 3eish), why the hell can't he understand that?!!!!

2. Logistics had a back-log, so they finished late, which means I start working on their reports at 11 A.M., WTF?!!!!

3. The god-damned system is down when it comes to those reports I was waiting for, how am I supposed to work, I've been sitting waiting for the generation of those reports for nearly 2 hours now, these are what I build my work on, I can't start without them.

This is just great!!!!!

Some music for a change

I noticed yesterday night that my mom was a bit depressed, so I had a little sitting with her today, ofcourse, the only ground we have in common these days is music, so we sat with Youtube, listening to some oldies.

I suddenly remembered a song that was for a very long time - about 13 years ago - my all time favourite.

I know it's an oldie, out of fashion and some people will find it lame, but till today, this song really means something to me, I leave you with Girl - The Beatles.

Is there anybody going to listen to my story

All about the girl who came to stay

She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry

Still you don't regret a single day

Ah, Girl (*2)

When I think of all the times I tried so hard to leave her

She will turn to me and start to cry

And she promises the earth to me and I'd believe her

After all this time I don't know why

Ah, Girl (*2)

She's the kind of girl who'll put you down

When friends are there you feel a fool

When they say she's looking good, she acts as if it's understood

She's cool

Girl (*2)

Was she told when she was young that fame would lead to pleasure?

Did she understand it when they said?

That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure

Does she still believe it when he's dead

Ah, Girl (*2)

April's fool

Today is the first of April, the best day for practical jokes, let the fun begin *Evil Grin*

Human Mind

Strange this mind of our's is, here's what I found out recently.

I've had some hearing problems for the last 4 years, my right ear seems to be slowly fading away, people who know me notice that I hear better when you're on my left side.

Anyway, about 10 days ago I discovered that I'd been reading sub-consciously reading people's lips for quite some time, this happenned when I was sitting with Sarah, she was speaking, I could understand every words, then she decided to have a puff of her cigarette, so her hand obscured her lips from my sight, the one word she said in that moment was the only one I didn't get in that sentence.

I've been experimenting ever since, this was confirmed last friday at the concert me and Sarah attended, I couldn't hear the voclist quite well, I knew Sarah was singing along beside me, so I just turned around and started reading the lyric from her lips.

How long I've had this, I have no clue, but obviously I learned it unknowingly and probably it's been there for a long time, strange, right?

Another strange thing is that I've confirmed another thing that I'd doubted about me, I tend to overly lose focus and absent-minded when I'm feeling down or something is pre-occupying me.

The last time this happenned, I kept on holding a door while it was being closed till it actually closed on my hand, hmmmm.

Looks like my head is where everything else is, both good and bad.

Maybe I'm telepathic as well, or I can do some telekinesis, who knows, the possibilities are quite staggering.

That was it dudes and dudettes for today, nothing special, just plain weird.