Monday, June 23, 2008

Leaving soon...

I am leaving for England tomorrow at 6pm. I still cannot get everything 'done' before I leave althought It has been for a month or so now that I didn't really take up any new cases except some which I have no choice of. Anyway... I guess not until the day I die, everything will remain unfinish. Looking at the cases on my table... and looking at the 4 cases that I have to attend tomorrow morning, it's amaze how much works I have ... and it worries me. I have no choice but to keep my phone's international roaming system on. No way to have a 'peaceful' holiday.. and I guess I need to learn how to enjoy 'holiday' with all sorts of phone calls.. I had a few experiences on that, but this round, it's going to be different because it will certainly means, I will most probably be waking up by phone calls in the middle of nights (due to time difference). Errr... I think I should warn my 'roommate' about this though.. hahah...!!! I did tried to inform my clients of my absent but that can only avoid the 'close' one not to call me... and I am sure still, that some will call me, either intentionally or accidentally. Hai...
Well, well, well... lets not focus on that. I shall now get my mind to focus on ... the trip. Otherwise, I am not focusing on what I should be doing in the next 3 weeks. Meanwhile, I really wanna thank my cell group. You are great and yes, I feel being 'sent' out by you now... thanks for all the supports... be it your prayer, your finances, your accompany these few days, etc... thanks... but please... continue to pray for us. I still have 2 sundays that I need to share with our linked church, St. Matthew about Christ Church Likas and what we learned during our stay. So, yes, pray for us.... Annie will be of course, she is asked to lead worship may be... anyway, we shall update you later... but we are preparing ourselves already.
Some of you do know I have short term memory loss lately... and yes... some of you do know also that I suffer this even more after a long hours of travel by air. So yes... I am putting everything down in paper... but still, I hope I don't forget things when I come back. hahaha... so, yes... pray for me!
Well, missing you all....
- leaving soon -

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Finally...

Finally, internet connection in the office has resumed. Still, I cannot believe what I did and/or experienced yesterday. I was kind of frustrated with the 3rd day of internet disconnection and so, I decided to give them another call. The first lady who picked up the call asked me to wait for a 'short' while after questioned me a few very common questions like, whether I changed computer lately, whether we moved the devices, whether we changed telephone, etc. Yes, after a 'short' while of waiting, the line was cut off. Thanks to Telekom of course. To be nice to them, I called another time, the second person call Nazri answered my call, I guess it's their policy that they have to asked the same questions even thought I still think, they should put that report in the computer after the first lady spoke to me. Anyway, a 'wasting of time' method was used and again, I was asked the same questions, etc. etc.. until the stage where I have AGAIN being asked to wait for a 'short' while. Thank God line was not cut off before he came back to me telling me things that I have already know before hand. Oh well... he told me it is a TECHNICAL problem and they are fixing it at the moment and it will take 1 to 2 days to fix it. I make sure that he understand what I was trying to tell him again by telling that, it's the 3rd day since I first reported my TECHNICAL PROBLEM. He didn't give me any answer and the line again was cut off. Bravo! Amazingly, the Godly Lawyer called the 3rd time, isn't this amazing? ... well, I called the 3rd time, talked to another person... of course of course... the 'wasting of time' policy again... and I couldn't help it but scolded the guy 'kau kau'. Asked him if he can give me any solution to my PROBLEM if I manage to answer him all the questions he is going to ask. He was shock of course and I did explained to him that he is wasting my time and I have just used 40 minutes to call them ... and 30 minutes out of 40 minutes, I was waiting and yet none of them manage to solve my problem. Of course I did told him I know he shouldn't be getting all these from me but I said, I want problem to be solved now. He asked me to wait for a 'short' while again and also scolded him on that point. He pleaded for me to give him just 1 minute and low and behold, he just used 1 minute and told me the problem and that he said, he will make sure that they will get it fixed soonest possible. ... I am glad that someone called this morning to follow up the matter and we got the internet back.
Oh well, ... I am glad internet is back. There's too many things in the office that need internet access to make sure things are alright. We even do our company search, banrkrupcy search and other searches through the internet and ... phew... glad that everything is back to normal.
- Finally -

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Frustration!!!

It started yesterday when I was in the Clinic to get my ear or rather... I dunno what happen, checked and .. while I was in the clinic, my partner asked if I can get my cousin to go to our office and check one of the computer. I called and after clinic, I went to office straight and my cousin arrive 30 minutes later and certified that, the computer's hard disk most likely damanged. As the computer belongs to our important account clerk, I therefore suggested that she uses my Acer laptop which needed an external keyboard to function. I did suspect that it might not be stable, but there's no other choice and so, ... we install the accounting software into the computer and hand it to my account clerk. Just when I sat down to start my computer, I then realise the internet wasn't working too. I made a call to the Telekom and a report was lodged. As I was about to leave my office around 4:30pm, my clerk told me that my Acer acted weirdly and I took it to my cousin and... yes.. it's certified MOTHERBOARD dead... and so, yes.. if anyone of you need a sparepark from Acer 4152 series, call me. hahaha....
This morning, as I reached my office, I realise our newly installed alarm system door was not functioning. Not only that, the internet is still down. At about 10:30 am, my cousin brought the computer back and we thank God that all data were recovered. I finally saw my account clerk putting a smile on her face. When we thought everything is 'fixed', our phone went off... with no ring tone... and later by the time I finish drafting an agreement, goodness... I failed to print it out. Out of frustration, I left my office...
These 2 days.. just like a WAR... goodness....!!!!
And yes... I am still suffering from this 'pain' on the lump that occured since Saturday. Will see if the medicine is working for anothe 2 days. If not, guess I need to go for a second check since I am leaving next week. hai...
Speaking for leaving for England... so many things which has not been done yet. Pray for us...
- frustration -