Hi all - well yes, been busyish the last couple of days - must have been, because I haven't had any home internet time at all LOL. Work has been interesting because we are ramping up for a major upgrade to our systems on Monday, and basically the old systems went down midday yesterday (Friday), but we still had to work, just doing it paper and pen and some back systems available LOL, and actually having to think a different way - lol was on early shift so only had to do that for three hours, gods being on lates and doing it for seven LOL LOL. Lisa didn't see the suggestion to pick work off the old system and print it off before the thing went down and thought that it was good enough to sit around reading magazines and getting the occasional phone call LOL, hmm she hadn't had a couple of happy days.
Got a really nice email from a sales rep that I did some work for yesterday morning, really easy work (at my current level), setting up one new phone line, and the rep came back with 'OMG Paul you are so bloody great, thank you soooooooooo much' LOL, obviously someone had been on too much coffee, but no it is really nice to get a really appreciative response, because it is just so unexpected. Like when customers say oh my *insert corporate name here* account is really really good, and you guys do a fab job - have come across that a couple of times, and it has basically left me speechless - when customers say it, that is. When internal people say nice stuff, it is just a nice big smile, and when it's a girl hmm asl and photo please lol NOOOOOOO not at all :) not like that in the workplace hehe.
But OMG the amount of banter and more that goes on in that place, I'm not REALLY fussed by it going around me, but I do roll my eyes sometimes - lol, that's something about the average Kiwi bloke, of the post feminism generation, with at one point the top five jobs in the country filled by women (Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Governor General, Attorney General and Chief Judge), we can be very whipped by the whole equal opportunity, sexual harrassment, all men are rapists kind of argument. Well either that or Once Were Warriors LOL. So yeah, normal reaction at all the sexual banter is to roll my eyes, if it gets too much LOL.
So yeah, socialising the last couple of days, on Thursday had drinks with Mel and Jo and Janet. Mel was just killing time before taking her girlfriend out for an eight month anniversary surprise meal, but hmm is being flirted with by attractive Billing eye candy (female, has a boyfriend but is apparently bi) - Mel is holding the line on that front, which is nice to see. Lisa was due to turn up as well since she was working late Friday, but had to go home cos of personal reasons, something stressing her about her relationship. Jo and Janet and I went for beer and pizza in the Valley, which was very nice - good name for a pizza Chick Magnet LOL, and just had a nice evening, and went home at a respectable hour, just after eight LOL.
OMG Duran Duran have got a new song in the charts - lol, let's get the Wham reunion rumours started again. Hmm, but the tune is from a TV show I think... off to Google it LOL. Ah, off Queer Eye I think...
Last night had another reasonable evening, after killing time in Dymocks (bookstore, the one where the assistant called me darl in front of V LOL), wandered back to the pub, waited around for Mel who turned up late, thought she had actually ditched the idea of pubbing lol, but she brought Lisa with her in her afternoon tea break, and had a quick beer - Mel and I had a longer beer, and her evening with Lennie went well, nice dinner, made up of cheese platters mainly by the sounds, and then off to some gardens and down on the knees and a white rose given - sounds a classy evening :) Mel wandered off to get picked up by Lennie, and said that Sharon would be turning up shortly, so again I watched the cricket for about five minutes. Sharon turned up with Jonathan, who seems a nice guy, but that I hadn't really had a good chat to yet - had a better one over a quick beer on his part, and a longer one with Shazza. Talking movies mainly, as well as work blah blah...
Yesterday was the first real HOT day of the season, only in October so mid to late spring, but walking out from mid morning to the time the sun went down it was nice in the air conditioned office, but as soon as you walked outside, it was like breathing humidity, and as if the wind was hotter than the still air, and it was windy yesterday. The shade didn't even give any relief today, which is the first time this season (I don't say this year, because February March is just as bad if not worse, the previous summer winding down) that has happened. Shade has been good up until yesterday, and looks like we are in for a bad bushfire season. Wednesday there were a couple of big fires that broke out around town, and then yesterday when I was in the pub, it just got smokier and smokier outside, and I thought of Canberra being hit badly by the fires a couple of years ago. Of course, the CBD should be safer than the suburbs, but it was very smokey, and not just cigarettes I'm talking. Think it got up to 36 degrees, Celcius, yesterday.
Hmm, what else is going on personally, as opposed to news and international and internet wise (next entry LOL) - think that is it for now, mmm pizza on Thursday LOL.
Onwards and upwards
Pauly
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