Before I continue, let me vent my frustration first. I HATE OLDER GUYS!! Especially those who cannot read Chinese characters, have a lousy command of Chinese and are excellent at speaking Cantonese. But having said that, I'm so awfully glad I've only one more week here before I move again. I shall keep my fingers crossed that I'll be left alone!

Ah.. now that I'm done whining (Qi commented that I'm whiny today) work overall wasn't that bad today. IF you minus ALL the IP-related parts of the work, or interacting with IP related people, particularly one guy which prompted the above. But that's over for now, given that I'm sitting at home and typing this, so no point repeating the entire story again. Yes, but work was relatively nice since there was RE work today. Somehow, at the end of these 2 months, RE work surprisingly appeals more to me than IP. Or maybe it's because of the people. I guess ultimately, the people still matter a lot to me and I'll rather be in a comfy working environment, than be doing work that I superbly love but with colleagues that I don't get along well with. I am a spoilt brat, I must admit. After 2 days of purely, or mainly IP work, I'd almost forgotten how scary it could be sitting there (in case you are wondering, I would much prefer to link it to the timebombs, such words appearing rather often in the papers/media lately) And then today. Seems like there will always be external "alarms" to remind me of matters that I ought to keep in mind all the time.

Speaking of alarms, lunch conversation with Gek Joo centred quite a bit on settling down. Seems like working is taking a toll on my female friends, so much so that people are more interested in settling down. These few months have made me think at times, that this is not that bad an idea. But of course, I'll always be reminded of the possibility of having to control my temper. And if you start thinking along my lines, it becomes relatively diffult to tell whether work or marriage is a greater evil.