To vent Is To Release

I am pretty pissed and cheesed-off at her, but I will not let it affect me. Sometimes, the fault lies with the other person, and I should stop letting her mood take over my sense of guilt - ie that I was responsible for behavior.

I don't exactly know how to handle it though. The traditional roles of nurturer and support have been reversed, and I find myself having to be HER support instead. Much as I want to ignore the implications, I find myself diagnosing her character. Hypochondriac personality coupled with extremely stong tendencies to wallow in self-pity, instinctive reaction to deny knowledge of any and everything and play dumb. And I am exploding.

Am I supposed to let her bang and slam, throw tantrums as and when she wants, sprout self-pitying remarks and worse of all, cry and blow her nose whenever a 'crisis' arises? Fuck no.

I admit that I may sprout certain vulgarities when angry, but it is always under my breath, or I just think it silently. Rarely will I put it down on paper, and thus for that previous F-word to emerge, is an indication of how bothered I am. The F-word summarizes succintly the feeling of anger, frustration and impatience I have about her.

"Stab her in the back"?

I may have eluded to mention that over-dramatization is one of her traits as well.

Isn't it stupid to deceive and be deceived?

I was reading the headlines of The Sunday Times' - an article about people faking educational and professional credentials, mocking up their CVs and posting inaccurate information about themselves while applying for jobs.

A question that flashed through my mind immediately was this: How can someone even think that he/she will be able to lie their way to a job and not expect to be exposed?

A subsequent question was: If a company takes on someone without doing basic background checks on that person, then the company is at fault. Either HR personnel is lazing on job, or the company cannot be bothered to do thorough research, in which case it fully deserves to be deceived.

I recently signed a 3month contract with a company and when I went down to their HR department, I was asked to bring along my educational certs. Once there, I had to fill up forms requesting for previous employment references etc. With such information required and the ease of connectivity that we all enjoy these days, to dial a number as part of employee verification is easy-peasy. Yet, we hear of companies being cheated and workers lying about their qualifications.

This is a strange world that we live in if one is to be held responsible for the deception of others, but this unfortunately is true. The employer is as much responsible for verifying potential employees' information as the employee himself is entrusted to provide credible details.

As the saying goes, "Buyer Beware". It applies till this day, and will increasingly continue to hold significance as the field levels up and information becomes readily available to one and all.

My new Creative ZEN V PLUS

I did the most surprising thing ever and purchased a Creative ZEN V PLUS at the spur of a moment. I even shocked myself. I had followed my elder brother down to the Marina Square outlet as he was looking to purchase a pair of speakers. It ended up with me spending $174 and lugging home my new treasure!

As it is, I'm feeling pretty satisfied with my impulse buy, and it looks like I won't be spending extravagantly for a while.

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