All Work and No Life

Ever since the departure of my colleague, work has become more hectic than ever. On top of that, the wet weather has deprived me from countless outdoor activities: swimming, blading, cycling etc...

Before the work really piled on, I frequent the newly opened gym at my workplace. It was well-equipped, spacious and most importantly, not crowded...I'd squeeze out some time during lunch or after work for a 30min jog on the threadmill.

But as days goes by, my working hours lengthen...instead of knocking off at 6pm, I've to knock off about 8pm most of the days...Just because one colleague didn't get his work organised, most of us has to do extra work for him. It was really tiring.

Lately, there are projects going on, and it's going to go on for a few months or even years.... I just completed 2 jobs and I'm already worn out....With these on going projects, I've to come earlier, about 7-ish and end work at the same time, which is about 7-8pm.

2 weeks ago, waited for a shipment to arrive till 1130pm on a Friday night....my brain was totally dead as i reached home at about 1am cos it was raining and I had a hard time calling a cab.
Last Friday, Reached work at 7am, knock off at 630pm for a tennis game at a colleague's place....If not for the game, I dun think I'd be able to force myself to rush everything before the day ends...

Was scheduled to come back over the weekends...Sat, work from 11am-4pm..and Sunday....fantastic, morning 950am-7pm in the evening.........Was supposed to catch a movie, but have to give it a miss in the end...there goes my weekend....
And today reach work at 7-ish and knock of at 8pm again.....
My fingers were already trembling....
At night I couldn't sleep well too....
There was once I tried half a can of beer, relaxant pills and tv before hitting the sack....I was supposed to wake up at 545am the next day....

I'm really looking forward to Christmas when I can relax and get out of work for a few days.....
It like whenever i go, i can't get my mind off work....My brain couldn't stop working as long as there's something that needs to been done.

But of course, I still do try to squeeze out some time for leisure. Visited the zoo and took some nice shots too.... Check them out.



On one weekend, I even got to see my 11-yr old cousin play soccer..He was estatic when he found that I'm going down to support him...Needless to say, his team won! :P ..I'm very proud of him because I think he's the potential of becoming our future young lion. Fandi is his coach and I managed to catch a glimpse of him and his family at the match....
Klinsmann (named after a former German football player) has been going on trips to Malaysia for friendly matches with his school. And now, he's actually at Perth for a week for some games too.....

Yesterday, went to trade-in my lousy phone for a new phone...It was a great deal because I got my previous phone for $160 and it has a trade-in value of $170! I ended topping up only $15 for my current phone...And I like it very much....;)

I promise myself that I'll not stay back so late for work anymore....tho J said that I've been repeating this phrase for a few days liao..:(...but I'm really grateful that she helped me out just now, or I might still be at work at this time....

Looking forward to Christmas!