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Shut Down
By bigpumpkin | March 12, 2007
“Shut Down Now!! Mummy!!” That was T yelling over the last two months for the lack of attention from her mother as her mother glued herself to her faithful Dell. I worked through two whole months without an ounce of quality time for my dearest and I so much regret it now. It’s payback time yet she will be starting playschool soon full time so then we will both get what we want. I hope 
The book is finally over. I totally underestimated how much it would take from me. I am exhausted. Yet, the moment I finished and swore I would take two whole months off just to be with my daughter and play with her non-stop, the volunteer organisation that I volunteer at hounds me to pick up all the back logged work that I’ve missed in the last two months.
I haven’t seen anyone nor spoken to anyone in the last two months. I haven’t gone out of the house, I haven’t written any emails or blogged. I became a total hermit and just worked till 3-4am every morning. It was a frigging nightmare and despite a good fee, it still wasn’t worth it.
The one thing I gained from it though was a measure of how much time really I could work without breaking. I also learned about how terribly slack Malaysian companies are. It’s no wonder most of them don’t make it into the International World of Business. No chance. The best part? By staying home and working, I saved RM800 a month! Gosh, is that how much I spend when I go out with T for her little playgroups?
So I’ve been real busy. It actually feels good to be busy. I had less than a week’s break before I was asked to be the PA to XXX. It is the perfect job as I don’t need to go into the office. As long as all my tasks are done to perfection, that is all that matters. Then today, I was asked to do another writing job that came from a spin off of the book job. I had to decline of course. Because there just isn’t enough time for everything.
As of next week, T starts playschool full time and I start my PA job. I wondered if I should shut down this unhappening blog……since T always tells me to shut down.
Let’s give it another month and we’ll see where we are.
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March 12th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
halo! dont shut down lah. u can always keep it and blog when u feel u want to vent and we will be here to support u leh. wah, can be PA and no need to go to office, nice!! Take care and see u around in messenger.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:23 am
full time playschool sounds like a fun time! i cannot wait until those days arrive on this side of the world for DJ
March 14th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Hey, nice to finally hear from you. Missed ulah!