Because I am (Not) Happy Today

Part 1 : Monday

Yesterday was my biggest day so far. I finally took the job though I am kinda not so happy about the salary. Well, they said that after 6 months of probation I will be having an adjustment in terms of salary based on my performance. We will see! Another reason why I am feeling sad at the moment is because I am not going to work in a newly built building but here - in a very old 3 storey building. It looks horrible and smells like a rotten egg. The worst part is all the bosses are here.

The problem is not them, their behavior is. How can I cope with it? They are smoking in a corridor and the smoke goes along with the wind into my room. I had to open up the window and let all the dust comes inside and I could even hear the noise from the street. That is not cool but that is the best thing I could do for myself in such cirscumtance. I do not want to get killed due to lung cancer and I will surely talk to the HRD about this matter soon but until then I just have to cover up my nose with tissue when I smell the smoke. I am hoping that I will be transferred to another building a.s.a.p - which is now still being built.

Part 2 :  Tuesday, 2nd day and still counting

Last night, instead of having a good rest I was dwelling with myself about things happened around me. I was not feeling excited for today and it is not a good way to start something new.. Yeah indeed but I gotta stay put and hope I can pull it off. The only good thing happened to me is I finally met my immediate superior in person and she greeted me "Welcome Aboard" and just left - excuse me ma'am, are not you supposed to tell me what to do?  Or at least give a short brief for the newbies?  In addition, she looks much like Indy Barends - Indonesian Chinese female tv host and MC. The look, facial features, the way she dresses, and all. It leads to a conclusion that Doppelganger does truly exist. I just have not met mine.

Tuesday I Am in Love

Toast/Toes + Day = Tuesday

 "X" Factor

Today is another great day! I slept early last night and luckily, I had the sweetest breakfast of the week: freshly baked delightful bread - the surface is delightfully spread with generous amount of butter and sprinkled with sugar. It tastes so sweet but you could still taste the salty sensation from the butter.  It's actually an ordinary round bun that you could always find in any regular bakery or even in a convenience store but this bread can only be found at Baker's House.  It's definitely a bread shop that has the "X" factor. It's located at my apartment compound and the owner lives in the housing for the rich at the back of my apartment building. Though I am not a "bread" kinda guy, (I'm more like a "rice" person - so Asian) I am so deeply in love with Baker's House.

Spell the Word of SPELL = S-P-E-L-L

Magical Sleepy Dust

After munching on two kinds of bread, I felt sleepy and yawned many times. Why do we yawn when we are sleepy? Do sleep fairies cast a spell on us and sprinkle the pixie dust while we yawn to make us feel sleepier? That remains a mystery! Carrie Bradshaw also felt the same thing as I do now - after spending the night at Manhattan hot-spot, she had to explain everything to her dad in the early morning regarding what had  happened the night before. She is 16, taking an after school - one day/week internship in wonderful Manhattan island. She accidentally met her dad inside the club during one of her unlucky nights -  totally busted!

Manolo Busted

Carrie Bradshaw's First Manolo Blahnik

Prior to the busting scene, Bradshaw has just obtained her very first branded item, which she got as a gift from Interview Magazine after she modeled her long skinny legs for a shoe catalog. She later discovered the gift as a new pair of Manolo Blahnik - she didn't even know how to pronounce it at first. She was thrilled not because of its brand but that's just a common reaction of girls getting a cute glittering stuff. Something big also awaits her. Later on, after the photo shoot was done, she was asked to come to a party in... of course.. Manhattan.. D'uh.

Good Girl Gone Cosmo

She was just staying in the corner with her two friends and suddenly a guy caught her attention. After juggling her mind about talking to a cute stranger, she confronted him eventually. The modern prince doesn't do guitar serenade anymore, instead they buy you something. In this not-fairy tale story, the prince charming insisted to buy her a drink and this young lady with bushy curly hair couldn't say no to it. After the first sip, she asked the name of the drink (she seemed to like it - she finished it real fast, as if it was mineral water) and I giggled in happiness... the truth was revealed... it was Cosmopolitan.

Monday? I Feel Nothing About It

Moan/Mourn-Day (read: Monday)

The Beginning

Monday is the first day of the week, yet so many people do not feel happy about it. Twitter, Facebook, Path, and other social media have been showing us how society hates Monday and how they suffer from it. I don't know why everyone is acting up like that. Is it because we are still keen on having the fun from Sunday and we merely don't want to end it? Or is it just an Urban Pandemic and everyone is being infected? To me, everyday is just the same. The only difference is the label  - nothing more. Misery does not always happen at the beginning of the week. It could happen on the happiest day of the week a.k.a Hump Day or maybe its within you. No one can really tell.

Mariah Carey in Hero

M.I.N.E (Monday Is Never Exciting)

Speaking of Monday, mine is so-so. I jut got back here after spending my 3 months in another branch - and I'm so attached to them already - the place, the people, the food, and everything. I feel empty at the moment, I have nobody to talk to, the ambiance that used to be so homey is now dark, full of anger, and negativity is all around. The only thing I could do now is listen to Mariah Carey's songs - any song of her will work. However, Hero & Through the Rain are two songs that always work the most.  It's like when she hits rock bottom, instead of drowning herself in sorrow, she smokes them out - she's such an incredible inspiration! Love her - always.

Mariah Carey in Through the Rain

Lunchy at Work

It's almost lunch hour, I brought rice from home, and for the viand is Chicken Karage and Miso Soup form Yoshinoya - I could eat it every single day. In 8 minutes I'm going to start digging up my mouth- lingering-food. One slice of Chocolate Pudding after lunch or one small cup of Orange Jelly with Fresh Orange on top of it? I'm in a quandary for sure. Done with lunch and my tummy has no more room even for dessert - I'd buy it later around 3 pm for snack. I have nothing to do at work and it sucks big time. The thoughts of my friends are doing something that keep them occupied is stressing me out - training overseas, networking lunch, meeting up with socialite for afternoon snack-break, and etc.

White Mercedez Benz C-Class 

Rain, Cloud, Rainbow, and Fairy Dust

Every cloud has a silver lining and in my case, I have plenty of time to write a blog and search for better paying jobs online. I went to several interviews but unfortunately they didn't call me back after the second interview - sigh... Honestly, I got a call from a company which I don't want to work for and I haven't gotten any single call from the ones I'm dying to work with. I guess it's just a matter of time and I'll let the universe decide for me. I will just remain calm, wait, and hope that I would not only get the job but I'd  also get  a special person who rides a white Mercedez Benz C-Class to be my play mate in bed.

Desire Fragrance by D&G

Aggregation Pheromones

A Fancy car is not the only thing to that we should be concerned about in picking up a perfect partner in bed,  we also gotta trust "The Power of Smell". Sexual chemistry is not always based on similarity on personal traits, it's way more than just a heated attraction. I read an article online in www.psychologytoday.com - scents and sensibility is the subject matter.  "When you're turned on by your partner's scent, taking a deep whiff of his chest or the back of her neck feels like taking a powerful drug—it's an instant flume ride to bliss, however momentary" - that's what the article called as "The Scent of Desire".

First Time is Always Memorable

Dear Diary: Sunday, J. Depp, and I

Introductory

Hello! I finally made it here - somebody forced me to create a blogspot account so that I could express myself freely and I took his advice positively after  thinking about it for days. Anyways, today is Sunday and apparently it will turn to Monday in a few hours. I spent my Sunday in my apartment,  I woke up at 9:30 am, I did the laundry, and other household chores (to be honest, I only washed the dishes and threw the trash out, the rest was being done by somebody else - thank you so much!).                                                  

J. Deep as Willy Wonka

Chocolate Maniac

I had heavy breakfast and light lunch. Between breakfast and lunch time I was kinda in the mood of watching TV (and plus.. somebody told me that HBO plays good movies during the weekends) I somehow ended up watching "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". I have never had any intention of watching that movie and it's simply because that one is not really for me. I can name all J. Depp's movies but I have never really watched it, he's great, he could play any character even the weirdest one (well... all of his characters are all weird) and almost all women and some men in the world are dying & lusting over him.  I don't. He's never been my favorite and he will never be.

AnnaSophia Robb as Violet Beauregarde

Dark Manolo Movie

Enough talk about the actor - back to the movie. I like the movie, I like the story line, I like the way they teach kids how to be a good person in a very unique way. This movie is a little bit darker compared to the original one (no wonder... its Tim Burton's) - I bet the kids who are watching it  were having a hard time to follow what's in the movie. In the middle of the show I noticed one little girl whom I thought  was "just another child actress who didn't make it to the present day" and it turned out that girl is Anna Sophia Robb, the star of Carrie Diaries - soon to be Manolo Blahnik's biggest fan! I knew that "young Carrie" cast is a  former child actress but I didn't expect her to be one of the luckiest 5 who made it to Oompa Loompa's headquarter.

AnnaSophia Robb as "young" Carrie Bradshaw

Current Obsession

Young Bradshaw is fearless and she has the guts to say no about internship in a Law Firm and chose Interview Magazine instead. How I wish I could be like her - pursuing my dream and passion without even have to over thinking about it. I learned something important from each episode and I gotta admit that it made me stronger than ever. She taught me to believe in myself and love whoever I am and whoever I want to be. That's all peeps! My Sunday was terrific, I had pizza for dinner and followed by Chocolava & Apple Strudel as dessert.