My Cousin's Advice

Excerpts from a following conversation during dinner:

Cousin: So have you given her the signals?
Kev: Yeah, I have, you know, calling her, inviting her out to places.
Cousin: Mate, that's really nothing! You need to be consistent and concerted in your approach. You have to do things for her that are above and beyond what a normal friend would do.
Kev: But the signs aren't there.
Cousin: She's a friend! Why would she give signs to you if (as I see it) you're not giving that clear a sign to her?
Kev: hmmm......

And so on it went. So with this random egging on from my relatives, it's time to step up the fun and festivities.

Kev: So you wanna come round for dinner? I'll cook for you.
Girl: Sounds good!

Now I just have to find that Jamie Oliver cookbook :)

Damn! fifteen cheap calls already:

May I suggest a quality desert wine to help lighten the mood after dinner as well as providing a smooth transition to whatever post-dinner activities that you may have...

Plan, plan, plan.

Oh, and have fun. :)
bOGi - 29 November '03 - 12:18

I was thinking of some daiquiris...it's got taht summer thing to it.
JookBoy - 29 November '03 - 15:45

I suggest you try position 44. It worked for you last time. :)
Dre - 29 November '03 - 17:38

I'm a fan of strong opening gambits. But you might want to defer your endgame and sacrifice your bishop or it just might be a stalemate.
-Stephen- - 30 November '03 - 09:10

So it be awwwwn!!! (hopefully!)

I agree with your cousin. You've got to make sure that she knows how you feel. And some girls still like the guy to make the first move.

I'd suggest to fully know beforehand what you want to tell her. And don't plan plan plan plan plan plan (sorry bogi, gotta disagree with you a little there). just plan the basics (what you want to say, what you need to cook, what you need to drink - kev, u stick with water ok!) and leave the rest to fate. that way you won't have to stress about follow a plan for the whole night. you can just relax and be yourself.

and yes have fun!!! damn it, ok plan to have fun!!!
Anton - 30 November '03 - 20:59

You know what dude, just cook something nice. Other than that, just be yourself, don't hold back (in being yourself. You should probably try to hold back your sexual urges until after your main, but not necessarily before your dessert.) Things will flow their natural course from there. I mean it's not like you two are strangers right? You will somehow find a common field to play (ie flirt) on.

And if you get nervous (which I doubt) just keep saying to yourself 'WHO GOT GAME?!!! I got GAME!!' and you'll be right.
Dre - 01 December '03 - 14:44

I'm getting tips all round!
Thanks for the advice, all, let's hope it all goes well :)
I probly agree with you, Anton, as long as the food is all worked out, everything else will take its own haphazard course.

I've got a recipe for Impossible Pie from my aunty hehe
JookBoy - 01 December '03 - 15:29

wow ... I'm feelin all nervous just reading this page ... and I aint even going to be there!!! :)

What are you doing to yourself Kev!!! :p

btw ... don't forget to plan what you're going to do with Waz for the night :) hehehe
scraps (email) - 02 December '03 - 06:19

It's all about thriving under pressure...but I'm beginning to doubt that :P

Don't worry, Waz will take care of himself!
JookBoy (email) - 02 December '03 - 15:48

Will he be working the video camera?
Dre - 02 December '03 - 19:26

Oh, that's so cheap.....quality :)
JookBoy - 02 December '03 - 20:06

Damn, Wazz is workin the vid cam? Shit. Now I have nothing to do!

Go with the flow bro. If in doubt, there is always Le Ranch 'O Love
PeeDz - 02 December '03 - 22:20

Girl: Why are we going to Macquarie?
Kev: Oh, I'm going for a massage
:)
JookBoy - 03 December '03 - 21:15

What u cooking kev? something spicy?? (ooh it's getting hot in here...)
I'm sure she'll luv whatever u make. Always difficult for a gal to resist a guy that cooks for her.
pskis - 03 December '03 - 22:23

Umm, cocktails, some sort of grilled fish, with salad, and a dessert.
Dessert has already gone slightly askew in trial runs :P

Thanks for the optimism :)
JookBoy (email) - 04 December '03 - 15:33

Good Neighbour 2003

The more I play the sport, the more I realise that I really like volleyball. It's one of the few games that I like even just watching as a spectator sport. I've been playing now since Year 10, but with a few years gap from 1st year uni to 3rd year uni. Now that I regularly play, with a decent team, it's all good fun! Our team recently went to the Good Neighbour tournament down in Canberra, which is a national tournament held once a year. It's the biggest volleyball tournament in Australia, with massive numbers of teams. We entered the Division 3, which was a good choice for us. The competition was quality, I'd rate a little bit better than our team, so it was quite a challenge.
The top ten events:

1. Me realising I had forgotten my wallet as we stop at Goulburn.
2. $2 entry fees for the nightclub we checked out on Friday.
3. Above mentioned nightclub not checking IDs for entry!
4. The 2 min noodles and eggs for breakfast (great way to start a sporting day!)
5. Getting a forfeit on the very first match we had to play, because the stoopid draw was changed after I had printed out a copy :(
6. Losing ALL our games on the first day, and then winning ALL our games on the second day!
7. In one match, spiking good enough as for the other team to put all three front row blockers on me....RESPECT :)
8. There were big white guys (ie 6 foot 2 and above) in every Div 3 team! Sadly, in our team, we just had a guy that was white hehe
9. Watching the AIS team play. Damn, some great players out there. All good inspiration
10. The comraderie in the team. We'll win our Monday Night league one day boyz!

Week In Review

Back to the good old days!
Important Tasks Completed - 1, maybe 2
Things I've noticed:

1. Not really setting out the weekly tasks as well as I would like. Need to get that done on Sunday night before the week begins, to at least get some idea on what's happening during the week.
2. Everyone else seems really busy at work, whilst I have all this free time on my hands. I must be efficient (or some other much more valid explanation!)
3. Getting back into a lot more sports and sporting activities. It's been too long! Surfing is fantastic, anyone who's willing to get to Manly at 9am on Saturday mornings, feel free to join me.
4. I know what it's like to be a manager, having to assess people's performance in the project that I've been involved. The key is to always upgrade the marks in one of the assessed areas when you are talking to them, make them feel that you're being generous!
5. I still like programmming, however sad that sounds. there's something quite tranquil in putting on the headphones, pump the MP3s and code way. However, it's only good if you're making progress. Fixing bugs sucks ass.
6. If someone says in an email that "I'd like to have dinner with you, but only in a group", you know that's a smackdown :)
7. If you like someone, attempt a hug-from-behind-walk-in-lock-step move. Works on me!

Ah, random posts....I love it :)

Damn! seven cheap calls already:

Smackdown number 2) You've been emailing someone and they basically reply everyday or second day, and you then ask them out for coffee and they don't reply for over a week... (and she still hasn't) that my friend is a hardcore WWI Smackdown (I know, you're thinking 'it's WWE fool!' But WWI stands for 'Weakass way to Ignore' someone)
Dre - 18 November '03 - 21:22

Still no call? Damn man, I feel for ya.
I got another one....saying they will call you next week, and then, nothing :)

Oh how bitter we are :P
JookBoy (email) - 19 November '03 - 11:53

law of averages. move to singapore
bjee - 19 November '03 - 15:23

Ah yes BJee, Singapore, the land of plenty :)
JookBoy - 19 November '03 - 16:03

I'd rather be moving to Korea or Japan, but thats juss me
Dre - 19 November '03 - 16:05

I bet Shamu never gets smackdowns from the killer whale chicks.
xtn - 21 November '03 - 11:25

Everyone Has A Story

I think I've read waay too many of those articles at that iiStix site.

Are there other people, like me, who read and read those stories in some strange hope that you will find something that exactly matches your predicaments? Someone who has gone through the same situation, and found the light at the end of the tunnel?
Is this why we read about other people's lives, in the hope that we will stumble upon a "soul-writer" that can show us the way?
Maybe it's just my inability to work out an answer to how I'm feeling that I'm looking for it in other people's thoughts.

.......it's bad to fall for friends. Everything gets that little bit more complicated :)

Damn! seven cheap calls already:

Yes it is. But you usually cant choose who you fall for.
I - 07 November '03 - 08:28

I know. It must mean that they're worth it!
JookBoy - 07 November '03 - 09:27

yes things get complicated, but if they weren't, we wouldn't have anything to talk about late night in hotels at 5 in the morning (let alone have anything to blog about.)
Dre - 09 November '03 - 15:23

Falling for a friend makes things awkward...

Sex complicates things.

That being said, complicated sex can make awkward situations less so...especially when falling.

Okaaaay...I need more sleep.
ricegrains (email) - 09 November '03 - 19:25

I don't mind a bit of complicated sex... you know, the stuff you need manuals for...
Dre - 09 November '03 - 21:23

JB, you spoke about balls on the line. You know where the line is. Now put them there!
xtn - 11 November '03 - 08:47

Ah, the line looks so close, and then suddenly, in a week, it's 50 million miles away :(
JookBoy (email) - 12 November '03 - 08:25

Chung Family Reunion

I got to take a well deserved break from working at Lend Lease and visit my relatives over in the States and Canada. Two stops, LA and Toronto.

Top Ten:

1. 1. When US stores go on sale, they really go all out. There was some "take an additional 50% off the already discounted (it was already 50% off) price." I think I got some $45 pants for $/03! :)
2. Riding in a limousine back from the LA airport. It was bling bling to the max!
   
3. Having Mum, Dad, Yvonne and Claire sat on the couch to watch some TV show. It's the first trip in 7 years that my whole family has gone overseas together, and probably 10 years since we've all been chilling out like that! Just chatting, joking round, learning about my family's past...Brianna (my 11 month old niece) is super-cool! I'm glad to have the opportunity to stay close to them.
4. Spending time with relatives. I haven't seen these guys for ages, so everyone has grown so much! One of my cousins just got married in May, and I met his wife for the first time. My cousin apparently won an award for some of his artwork, which he showed to us....I never knew! I'm just glad that there some creative talent in the family *sigh* It's a shame we all live so far apart...
5. The food! It was banquets every night whilst we were in Toronto. I weighed myself yesterday...I've gained 4kg of tubs :)
6. The insane amounts of highways that criss-cross LA. Every freeway is about 8-10 lanes wide, and exit ramps all over the place. I don't know how people don't get lost!
7. I have to say it, there were tons of hot babes in LA and Toronto! Pity I didn't get to go to da cluubs hehe
8. Seaworld rocks! That Shamu the killer whale is a beast...they have this funky thing called a splash zone where everyone gets wet by the whale splashing its fins. I bought a cool polar bear toy :)
9. The amazing co-incidence that the nurse, who is in charge of admitting new applications to this really good nursing home for my grandparents, knew my Dad when he worked in Hong Kong teaching the nursing school, about 30 years ago! Red tape never got cut so fast :)
10. Seeing my Grandma. She's been quite sick, and to see her in good spirits (and remembering us...sometimes) was worth the whole trip.

On a sadder note, I got to witness a bit more first hand the divisions and bitterness that exists within my dad's side of the family. So many grudges that some have held for so long...it taints all decisions that everyone tries to make. People now nit-pick on other people's mistakes, and don't listen, even if what they say makes sense. I remember something I was told long ago..."Listen to the truth, especially from people you do not like". I hope that some of my relatives can realise that.

The good thing is that what needed to be sorted out, for my grandma, got sorted out. Let us hope that it has a cascading effect.

Damn! two cheap calls already:

Good to see you spending time with family. And I know how you feel about divisions and the like within families. There are massive fault lines in mine, and sometimes, just from the smallest problems the earth will move and our city of harmony crumbles into chaos. But then maybe using fault lines as an analogy probably doesn't capture how deep seeded these issues are, more than just cracks in the surface. But its good to see that at least some things can get sorted out, admist all the grudges and animosity, solutions can be reached.
Dre - 27 October '03 - 09:54

Ahhh Shamu. brings back so many memories.

i went to visit my family recently as well. on the surface all seems well. but theres so much crap going on underneath it all.
xtn - 03 November '03 - 14:45

I've Been Labelled

I've been enjoying the sunshine and relaxation of Port Stephens, during the long weekend just past. Just chillin out at the house, walking to the beach, watching more Virtua Tennis action (I brought the PS2 up), it's what these coast holidays are all about. It's a great opportunity to catch up with friends, and "chew that fat", as it were.

The topic of conversation always swings into relationships, and since it's always the single people that have the more interesting stories, I always get picked out :). It's not like I have that much to hide, and in some cases, I am sure some of my friends are living vicariously through me hehe.

So I told some of my more entertaining woes of the past year, and was subsequently labelled a "serial liker". I thought that phrase was pretty funny! Upon subsequent thought, it's probably quite true.

• I do not believe that there are times when people are not looking for potential.
• I think, everytime you meet someone, there exists a decision making process where you make a call (maybe or no) for that person's potential. Why maybe? Because you can never tell how good it is upon an initial meeting, yeah?
• Hence there are always people of interest, and hence stories of interest, and people that I "like".

The reason for the quotation marks is maybe it's not an established like. It's something that's could be there, but you're holding back a bit because you don't really know how much of a potential that person really is.
So I really could just be a "serial mayber" :)
Lack of committment? Perhaps. Not that many that really stir the emotions? More likely.

I think it takes a lot for me to really like someone. It just always seems that they do not recipricate the same feelings...don't you hate it when they describe their ideal partner, and you fit every criteria bar the most important one ie that the partner cannot be you?

Damn! eleven cheap calls already:

I think the "like" doesn't necessarily mean "leads to love" but more "enjoy spending time with this person, get along with this person". In this case, yes, there's always the question, will i enjoy spending time with them? should i put in the effort to start a friendship with them?
Ding! (email) - 13 October '03 - 16:54

I think I am a serial-'get-treated-like-a-manho'-er. I am beginning to doubt if there are any real nice women left.
Dre - 13 October '03 - 22:45

point 2 has truth...best thing about not having too high expectations about these things is that you've got a free option to reverse the call if its not all good. gotta try, cos u never know 'til u give it a go...right?
its definitely vicarious...but not thru u mate! working up a new collection of stories to share at xmas
bjee - 20 October '03 - 18:18

Hmm..true true, true true. I think you've hit the nail on the head there JookBoy.

BTW, where ARE you? Livin' it up over thurrrrr in Canada? :P
bOGi - 21 October '03 - 21:57

Ding: If you put the effort in to start the friendship, when do you make the call that you want it to be on?

Dre: Ho'ing it up is your specialty mate :P

bjee: Haha, can't wait! I've heard Honkers isn't the hotbed that it once was? :)

bOGi: I was, but back in the west syyyyyiiide in LA now. I saw Ingelwood on the map!
JookBoy - 24 October '03 - 04:50

The call can be made whenever... it all depends on whether you feel something can work
Ding! - 24 October '03 - 16:35

ingleWOOOOOD!!!!
Dre - 25 October '03 - 13:54

damn right mate took the free option to reverse the call, as they say. Same old answer "why you got to go and pull out all this serious shiat?" :) later....

but singas continuing to treat me well, of sorts
bjee - 28 October '03 - 13:07

Dude, maybe you just promote this type of "let's get serious" attitude from the ladies.
More "I'm only down for sum of that" calls :)
JookBoy - 06 November '03 - 19:11

There are stages of like and often the development of a relationship (or divolution dare I say) is just a process of elimination - until you reach critical mass and things breaks up.

Inversely, I hold out the ideal that things can evolve to the point where you decide, hey I want to spend the rest of my life with this person.

I'll tell you if that ever happens.
-Stephen- (email)
-Stephen- - 07 November '03 - 23:15

As A Mexican Soccer Commentator Would Say...

GGGGGGOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!!!
I'm back on track...at least, for the next three months! Now it's just a matter of breaking them down into bite-sized 1-week chunks and go from there. Wish me luck :)
I even have "write in the blog" as one of the goals, so that my overseas friends can semi-keep in touch with what is happening in my life. If you're reading this, put in a comment!

On a totally different note, nothing brings people together as much as team sports....the Playstation 2 kind, that is! With the purchase of my new multi-tap for the PS2, it's no-holds barred Virtua Tennis action. I haven't heard that much shouting and high-fives since we played that Puzzle Bobble game all those years ago at Des'. "Hold it, Gobbo"...."I can't!!!" (yes, I know, you had to be there :))
So an inaugural tennis tournament is planned, complete with the SportsTAB action. Should be awesome!

Damn! 18 cheap calls already:

I think i missed something... did u score?
pskis - 30 September '03 - 21:21

Hehe, I wish mate!
Don't you hate it when people don't call you back?

Nah, I've just set my goals a bit more properly.
JookBoy - 01 October '03 - 09:14

Depends on WHO didn't call u back now doesn't it?
pskis - 01 October '03 - 12:29

Anyone who doesn't call back gets no love :)
JookBoy - 01 October '03 - 16:47

Puzzle Bobble, Puzzle Bobble - can we play that at your virtual tennis match - Puzzle Bobble Match!
jen - 01 October '03 - 22:10

'Anyone who doesn't call back gets no love' - Kev
...unless of course they come to see you instead, dressed in only suspenders and a fake fur coat (because like, real fur is just so passe.)

But I digress
Dre - 02 October '03 - 00:10

Get Des to bring it...don't know if it will work on an unhacked PS2.

w00t w00t for suspenders :)
JookBoy - 02 October '03 - 09:14

Don't suspenders need to be suspended from something.
pskis - 02 October '03 - 16:58

Err.... from crotchless panties?
Dre - 03 October '03 - 00:34

seems i hooked into this conversation at just the right time...
bjee - 03 October '03 - 18:30

I second that call BJee...I didn't know you prowled these waters :)
bOGi (email) - 06 October '03 - 21:44

BJee is a cheap calls man through and through!
JookBoy - 07 October '03 - 09:01

I took one set off you! muahahahaha!
:P
xtn - 07 October '03 - 11:52

Don't get cocky hehe
So much emotion invested in that game...I'm exhausted by the end of it :)
JookBoy - 07 October '03 - 12:04

I bags playing as Patty Rafter. :)
Dre - 08 October '03 - 01:59

I shouldnt have played that third set. Shoulda known my thumbs can only take so much :P
xtn - 10 October '03 - 11:53

gday mate, no cheap calls from me, only wanted to say hello as you requested... also since you sound so elated, please elaborate: what GOAL did you score? who did you score it on? and who was the goalie at the time?
al (email) - 18 October '03 - 05:08

Mate, read the previous comments!

I've just been a bit more specific in my goal setting, a bit clearer on where I want to be and where I want to go...there has been no "scoring" in any sense of the word :)

Hope Shanghai's treating ya well!
JookBoy - 24 October '03 - 04:44

Focus Focus!

I think it's time to get on with life and get back on the goal-setting path. Without the weight of Gap on my shoulders, weekends feel so long. I slept in for BOTH Saturday and Sunday, and felt so bad! Still reckon that I've got 18 months of lack of sleep to make up for :)

A friend of mine invited me to an Anthony Robbins seminar. Whilst I have not gone to any of his self-improvement seminars, I did shell out some money to attend one a year or so back. Man, was that an experience! I saw an exorcism with my own eyes :) But I digress...
I very much believe that goal-setting does help you in life. Having read the Stephen Covey books about putting important things first, I have a fear that I'm lacking direction without these goals. I need to start putting time in to dedicate to look a bit more to the future instead of what is happening in the next few days.
Where do I want to be? Where do I want to go? What do I want to have achieved?

An analogy (that I read): A lot of people hack away at the trees to clear a path for themselves, but never realise that they're in the wrong forest in the first place.

So where would I be in five years?
- Steady relationship (hey, it could happen! :P)
- Own a profitable company (go the Indo contacts)
- A high position within Lend Lease
- Still have a six-pack (it's an on-going bet with my sis that I'll lose it by the time I'm 30)
- Financially stable (there's a number in my mind that I had agreed with Jo....bloody looks pretty diffiuclt at the moment!)

Some goals within five years
- Worked in Asia (more Shanghai action)
- Did one Summer Camp in USA
- Skied overseas
- Fluent in Mandarin (and brushed up on Cantonese)
- If all goes well with the company, have a non-profit business that gives people opportunities to get ahead themselves.

But most of all, you have to enjoy the journey along the way. It's all about the number of stories that you can tell your kids when you're old!

Damn! nine cheap calls already:

What a subtle way to tell the world u have a 6 pack.

Enjoy the journey mate.
"The true traveller is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."
pskis - 17 September '03 - 16:06

It's my blog :P

Although at last check, it's not looking quite as good as in the heydays of 3rd year uni!
JookBoy - 17 September '03 - 16:52

Man, that's a lot of goals...but I have to admit, it's good to have goals; solid ones, as opposed to the "yeah, I wanna be rich and famous" ones.

Not that that wouldn't be nice, but...

However, you're right, focus is needed.

Being all action with no theory is just as bad as being all theory and no action.
bOGi - 17 September '03 - 18:06

Let me state here that (as BJee would say) any action is good action :P
JookBoy - 17 September '03 - 18:36

You got a 6pack? Maybe to get your number one on your 'where I want to be in five years' list you should start flashing that 6pac of yours more. In fact, to incorporate all of your goals together, you should design a fitness machine that you can sell (there's your profitable company), use it to get/keep your 6pack, get on tv to do those late nite ads and then get recognised as a buff fitness dude, which is sure to get you the ladies (and hopefully a stable relationship) and then start tae boesque training classes for the rich and famous (which will be your stable income.) Then start selling your product in asia, incorporating into your design the ergonomics of your typical asian male and female. This will eventually lead you to Shanghai (obviously the fitness epicentre of asia) where you will have to learn mandarin to make television ads to sell your KEVPRO3000 (it works your upper abs, lower abs, obliques and even connects to the internet so you can surf the information highway at the same time.) And now that you're a famous fitness celebrity, you can start doing fitness camps in the USA, and you'll even have your own television show, with a special episode shot entirely in the swiss alps (entitled 'my alps are bigger than yours' or something equally cheesy. And you can even have snowmen littered through the set with like, rock hard abs carved out of their bellies.) Using your celebrity status, you could then start up a 'fitness for the youth' campaign that promotes fitness in young people by highlighting and rewarding up and coming young athletes... And finally, (you thought i forgot this one) you could be Lend Leases fitness consultant, working on company health and moral (though i don't know if that would mean you woud be in a higher position that you are now.)

take matters into your own hands and change your life, like me, Andre Robbins!!!!
(to buy Andre Robbins tapes please send a cheque or money order to thisisnottonyrobbins inc. or call 1800 6pack)
Andre Robbins - 18 September '03 - 00:34

"My alps are bigger than yours"....
Quality comment dude :)
JookBoy - 18 September '03 - 08:55

Hmm I dunno about these Robbins things, it seems like his seminars are just about convincing everyone to shell out $$$ for more seminars!
al (email) - 22 September '03 - 22:22

i remember a conversation from a couple of years back where you said your long term goal was to become a dirty old man.

btw kev, youve been linked!
xtn - 23 September '03 - 10:14

What the..?
I swearz officer I have said no such thing! Maybe something about "ho-asis" hehe

Linked back to ya :)
JookBoy - 23 September '03 - 11:44

Heroes

Checking out Boges' quality links from his site, and I find myself in Time Asia. Particularly interesting was the article on Asian Heros. I spent a good hour going through some of those people, and... have you ever had that tingly feeling when you read about people or things that really make you want to achieve more?....it was that over and over again. What was also interesting was the number of times I read in the article that Asian people say that are proud that these "heros" achieve so much, and "are yet so polite". Courtesy and respect takes such a high priority within our culture, which probably explains a lot about how we interact with others around us, and why we have been seen as an ethnicity that is quite often overlooked.
Maybe, finally, being a gentleman is coming back into flavour :)

Whilst on the subject (kinda) of ethnicities (and being gentlemen), that "Fat Pizza" show is damn funny! Pauly's line "I'm a snag, but in a macho kinda way" sums up the fine line us males have to tread these days! The scene at the end, where he's trying to get his keys back from the drunk dude, was all class hehe

Damn! two cheap calls already:

Very cool link mate -just read about Yao Ming ... it's awesome that us Chinese can play some sports and compete - go those Matt Sing's and Richard Chee Quee's.

It'd be interesting to look at how much support these heroes got in terms of parental support to play sport - rather than "go to UNi get a degree" sort of Asian mentality.

Asian parent: "Basketball (or tennis, footy etc.) - where will that get you? How's that going to help your TER mark?" I guess they want the best for us thou.

Would you want a sportsman / son or a educated/professional career son? Hopefully they can balance them both out, but if you want a career in it - you've gotta go full ball.
Dessy - 12 September '03 - 09:05

Yeah, that's a hard question to answer. I think security is something that my parents have drilled into me year after year, so education and a career is always high on the list.

Strangely enough, I'm all for taking a punt and following your passions, and I suppose that would extend to my kids. But as a 4 year old kid, how do you know what passions you have???

Basically, I just don't want my kid to be some lazy-ass :)
JookBoy - 12 September '03 - 17:47

Feels Good To Be Called Special

Finally got my pay review yesterday, and it was all good. Got a 10% increase, and comparing that to the company average of 1-2%, makes me feel like a special boy :) There were some "we see the potential that you have in this place" as well as "this increase is quite out of line with everyone else's", but also came with the more ominous "you'ed better deliver!"! But all in all, I know that the management are looking after me.

People are taking notice of the work I do (even the CFO of our region was chiming in with some calls saying that my project was a "key deliverable"...ooooh!) and so if it all works out, it should be fantastic. If it all doesn't....well, let's just hope it all works out :)

Also got a cash bonus, which sadly will be directed into funding the new tyres I had to get for the pink slip. Registraion sux ass! Now I'm just waiting for the share price to kick up, so that my Lend Lease shares (got as part of the bonus) will increase as well. Go you good thing!

Strangely now, with the imminent sale of the Gap Games business, I have taken a more serious look at where the career is going. It seems a lot of friends are taking opportunities with different companies and really getting out there and seeing what's available. For me, I feel that Lend Lease is a great place to work. The culture here is awesome, and that's half the battle of finding a good job. Throw into that a management team that knows you and a CIO that is taking a personal interest in you (most likely because I'm half decent at the sports our department organises), and what else is there to look for?

And the answer to that, kids, is.......a much higher salary!!

For the foreseeable future, I think I'll stick with this construction company. If I can get a secondment over to Asia somewhere *fingers crossed*, that would be awesome. Let's see how it goes, eh?

Damn! seven cheap calls already:

woot WOOT!
Dre - 08 September '03 - 21:38

Not until the 19th mate :) Show me the money!
JookBoy - 09 September '03 - 09:23

Just an update on meeting famous ppl (or semi not so famous people) I THINK I saw that asian chick from neighbours on the train the other day. So I went up to her and was about ot say 'wassup' when she hopped off at central. She got on at town hall so I thought I had enough time to get my groove on so to speak. Oh well.... if it WAS her, she is much finer in person.
Dre - 09 September '03 - 22:54

who watches neighbours?
pskis - 10 September '03 - 11:53

Dre isn't "Neighbours" filmed in Melbourne?
-Stephen- - 14 September '03 - 22:08

Yeah, but she's already left the show I think. And as I said, I THINK I saw her :P
Dre - 18 September '03 - 00:37