It’s Hantam Bola time!
Time has become a very precious commodity with me this last week. There are just too many things that I need to do both at work and for myself.

Hence, I’ve been neglecting a lot of other important non-work things – like writing witty and thought-provoking blog entries, superpoking and throwing stuff at people on Facebook, pretending to be a slug watching TV, catching up on my winter hibernation quota…you know – generally having a life.

Quite honestly, life’s been very daunting – I don’t like the fact that I’ve been effectively reduced to a machine that eats, sleeps, shits and bangs away at the PC. I hardly have the time to even plan my own holiday!

Of course, people’s usual response to such situations is “to prioritize and time manage”.

Yeah, I know that too. Who doesn’t? Unfortunately that piece of advice can’t do jack when you realize there’s no way you can prioritize and time manage when all the tasks are tagged as top priority, complex and have looming deadlines. (so I decided to do something a little simpler – like blog. Hahaha..)

Anyway as if my life isn’t exciting enough, life decides to hantam me a bit more, just to make things a little more spicy.

Hantam number 1: Skin rash
Pityriasis rosea is a skin disease marked by patches of pink, oval rash. These rashes are often found on the back, chest/stomach, inner thighs, inner upper arms and inner forearms. Wikipedia

The rash doesn’t really bother me that much since it’s pretty much confined to the trunk of my body. But blardy hell, it itches like crazy sometimes, especially when it’s hot and I’m sweating like a leaky sponge. Fortunately, this rash is quite harmless and generally non-contagious.

But still si-bei suay, right?

Hantam number 2: The powers-that-be-decide-to-impress-Zeus
For some weird reasoning that’s beyond me, my project has been (seemingly) arbitrarily committed to a January 2008 delivery deadline – without any due consideration to the amount of work that is remaining. And this occurs 5 days before I’m due for my holiday. Hence, my last weekend before my travel is pretty much burnt to finish as much of the planning as possible.

Damn kana sai right?

Hantam number 3: Crocodile shoes
Ok, this doesn’t exactly qualify as a hantam but it’s still very inconvenient. Of all times for my shoes to go crocodile, they chose to do so a week before my travel. So down to Queensway Shopping Centre I went to pick up a new pair. Spent about 1 hour walking around, trying to find a pair of nike shoes that I would like. Sigh…it’s either I’m old fashion or shoes are simply getting too fancy / colorful. Is it too much to ask for relatively plain looking running shoes without all the outlandish splashes of color/design? In the end, after 2 hours and $140, I managed to convince myself to buy a pair.

Sheesh..

Hantam number 4: Sorry, no size
Because of my ever-increasing prosperity, I only have one pair of jeans that would fit me comfortably. So for my travel, I figured I’ll get another pair from Giodano. And I thought it was great when they started their 20% off sale. But you say suay or not – my size got no more stock – islandwide.

Really damn suay right?

Let’s hope that I will get my life back from 18th October – or at least some semblance of it.