Work from home

Week 3 of working from home. 

Since the split team arrangement one month ago, I've worked from home 2 weeks, relieved to be back in office for 2 weeks, and now I'm back to working from home again. 

Perks of working from home:

I can wake up at 9am

I can sleep at 1am

I can nap during lunchtime

I can re-arrange my room

I can read my books

I save on transport

I save on food

I can meet friends early in the evening

I can use my phone whenever I want

But I'm super unproductive and I get super restless. It is super difficult to work with one small laptop screen. I wonder how I did to manage the last time in office and in school. and I don't have the mood to work too I keep looking for snack. HALP.

Sushi Crave

Argh omg I've been craving for good sushi since I came back from Japan. I really love the tiny sushi stop at the basement corner of Shibuya. The old sushi chef makes one of the best sushi and the sweet clam miso soup. Urgh. I need to have them soon.

So I texted Kat this afternoon for any recommendations for this:

and then she texted me Tomi sushi and just nice it was lunchtime and she asked whether I wana lunch there and this happened within 20 mins.

I just love sushi.

my boss

I was consulting Adriel on some recruiting matter and I just realised, they are dishonest sales people, always saying things that are not true nor backed by facts because they are trying to sell jobs. But at least he's honest with me because I'm a friend.

I also asked him about job hunting, pay raises and stuff and then he asked me which is more important: your comfort or money. I'm really comfortable right now but I just want more money. Well, everyone wants more money. BUT it's hard to find a better boss.

I really like my current boss. He's so nice and friendly, he is patient, he solves problems, he's funny, he's super well connected - so much easier to do things. He knows people up there and people really like and respect him as well. And he communicates really well with other bosses, albeit there are some people who makes situation awkward. And he really listens to me and trusts me. The only bad thing about him is that he doesn't do promotions. BUT he does help his staff to rotate to a better role.

For me my date for the next rotation is in December, and I've been eyeing a few roles. One was filled already recently, and the other... I have to wait. It's another 6 more months or more from now.

singlehood rocks

I'm really afraid to change my lifestyle.

I'm so used to being single and saving lotsa money and doing whatever shit I want and not having a string. I don't wanna change my lifestyle and whatever choices I make I need to think about the other person. I can buy a flight and fly to Bangkok this weekend. Or book a flight to Japan next week. Or go KL tomorrow night. It's the freedom and flexibility and my own choice. I don't need to answer to whoever and I don't need to care about whoever and I don't make my decisions based on somebody.

How can people not enjoy being single anyway? I'm not the needy kinda person (and I hate those) and I like travelling alone, I like planning my own time, schedule and maximizing my life.

Singlehood rocks!

awkward socialising

This is why I want to avoid social gatherings and drinks: all these awkwardness and complicated stuff and things I regret doing when I drink. I should really drink alone at home but I will miss my friends. But I'm so awkward with them. Urgh. Dilemma. Maybe I should just hide in one corner and not going around to socialise. Alan is the worst. He texted me and wanted me to intro my friends to him but he just wants to get them in his pants urgh.

Back to red

Because there were 2 bottles of French red wines standing there in the cupboard after 14 years, I figured I needed to clear them because cheap wines doesn't last. They either gifts in the hamper from long time ago, or somebody bought it in the DFS because it came in a bundle and nobody knew how to choose wines.

So I opened one bottle last weekend with the old school cock and screw, and finished half a bottle while watching Parasite on Friday night. Saturday night I finished the entire bottle. It tasted normal, almost like normal wine, medium bodied, not as acidic as I thought it would be. It was French Semillon but watered down. Not as bad as I thought, but I slept so well after having wine.

This weekend I opened the other bottle, and I slept so well again after finishing half a bottle. This bottle wasn't as good as the French Semillon, I have no idea what was on the label.

I went window shopping at Cold Storage, didn't want to buy anything at first but the wine section was displaying top 8 NZ wines. I was so in love with NZ wines 5 years back. Cloudy Bay Late Harvest Riesling. Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc. I miss them. I haven't had good wines for a while, and now NZ's Pinot Noir is emergingly good, so I bought a bottle of Charmer Pinot Noir. $24. Not that shabby yea?

I mean, gin is not easy to drink, and it has to come with the right proportion of tonic. Wines I can just pour however much I want. I hope I'm not starting another collection of NZ wines just because I'm starting to return to wines.