Department of Urgent Leave
An entry for the 2nd consecutive day, and doing so in the comfort of my own room :) Thanks to Pete who put in some late nights to do his little magic on my archaic lappie, making it possible for me to have my own wireless internet connection. Being archaic, I do not see the sentence that I am typing till 3 seconds after I have typed it. Yes, it is soooooo lagging. Not to mention, it is operating on...ta da! WINDOWS 98 :O
On the bus on my way to work this morning, a lady passenger boarded the bus with her son, who looked to me about 4-5 years of age. The lady thought she could go by without paying the fare for him. However, the bus driver called her back to pay the fare. Instead of being embarrassed by it (which I'm sure I will turn beet red), the lady picked a fight with the driver for all on the bus to see and hear. The driver, although not really in the wrong, was not exactly polite as well. He too made his comments loud and clear. In my opinion, he was definitely not wrong to say he was just doing his job, and going by the height of the boy, he should have his due fare paid. However, the lady kept telling him to shut his gap, that he watch out, and kept emphasising that he "cannot see open" (看不开). Huh? I think it's more like she was the one right? If you want to avoid paying the few cents, you are the one who is 看不开-ing, lady... Anyway, I was hoping the driver would not do anything rash, like stop the bus mid-way to further confront the cheapo lady, as I was more concerned about not being able to get my teh-si in time. And if I can't get teh-si in time to start the day..... I may want to take urgent leave...
Arhhh....Urgent Leave. "...take urgent leave.." is a phrase that has been widely used within my department at work. Started off as something my colleague and I would just mutter to each other when sian-ness hits us. Then it became a louder proclamation, with our Subject Head joining us. This "trend" has spread to one of our colleagues from another department. In fact, I think my boss may jump on the Urgent Leave bandwagon too. There are many reasons why we will need to take urgent leave. Here are just 10 of them:
1. When there are many good movies being screened around the same time, sometimes we can consider taking UL to "kua hee" (watch movie). How else would we be able to watch every movie on our list without burning a hole in our pockets during the weekends, eh?
2. When the server at work is down, and you can't access your email, intranet and internet, time to shut everything down, apply for UL, pack bag and go home.
3. When the new intake of students coming in is huge, and there is a need to open extra classes. You find yourself with insufficient teachers and classrooms, and your time-tables look like a massive teacher juggling act, time to take UL.
4. When your fellow colleague repeatedly insults you and the rest in your office for being short. Grrrr.... please take UL.
5. When you are feeling stressed because your stomach decides to act up for no rhyme or reason, or when you are traumatised from the dream the night before of your wisdom tooth, and you start googling "Wisdom Teeth", UL may do you good.
6. When you have no inspiration whatsoever on what to consume for lunch, and lunch becomes more of a chore, UL may be the solution for the inspiration needed. And since lunchtime is a daily affair, what say UL is too?
7. When your jaw has dropped so much that it has touched the ground, cos students attempt to bribe you in order to improve their otherwise pathetic attendance, and asking if they can 商量 with you about it. Flabbergasted? Take UL lor.
8. When you are a travel enthusiast, and the plane ticket to Poland/Spain/Korea (and the list goes on) has dropped (but not to the ground like your jaw), take UL to get that ticket, and start packing for the trip.
9. When you cannot get into the Training Management System (TMS) despite your nimble fingers logging in first thing in the morning, you should follow #2 (when the server is down), and apply for UL, pack bag and just go home la.
10. So maybe you got into TMS alright in the morning, but it hung on you by lunchtime, and you find yourself denied entry into it for the rest of the day, well..........you can still consider half-day UL.
10 good reasons to be on UL everyday, but alas, despite the loud proclamations, no one has applied for it as yet. It shall, however, be our daily chant to get us through the day.
Maybe the driver could have considered taking UL after being accused of being 看不开-ing. Or maybe he did...
On the bus on my way to work this morning, a lady passenger boarded the bus with her son, who looked to me about 4-5 years of age. The lady thought she could go by without paying the fare for him. However, the bus driver called her back to pay the fare. Instead of being embarrassed by it (which I'm sure I will turn beet red), the lady picked a fight with the driver for all on the bus to see and hear. The driver, although not really in the wrong, was not exactly polite as well. He too made his comments loud and clear. In my opinion, he was definitely not wrong to say he was just doing his job, and going by the height of the boy, he should have his due fare paid. However, the lady kept telling him to shut his gap, that he watch out, and kept emphasising that he "cannot see open" (看不开). Huh? I think it's more like she was the one right? If you want to avoid paying the few cents, you are the one who is 看不开-ing, lady... Anyway, I was hoping the driver would not do anything rash, like stop the bus mid-way to further confront the cheapo lady, as I was more concerned about not being able to get my teh-si in time. And if I can't get teh-si in time to start the day..... I may want to take urgent leave...
Arhhh....Urgent Leave. "...take urgent leave.." is a phrase that has been widely used within my department at work. Started off as something my colleague and I would just mutter to each other when sian-ness hits us. Then it became a louder proclamation, with our Subject Head joining us. This "trend" has spread to one of our colleagues from another department. In fact, I think my boss may jump on the Urgent Leave bandwagon too. There are many reasons why we will need to take urgent leave. Here are just 10 of them:
1. When there are many good movies being screened around the same time, sometimes we can consider taking UL to "kua hee" (watch movie). How else would we be able to watch every movie on our list without burning a hole in our pockets during the weekends, eh?
2. When the server at work is down, and you can't access your email, intranet and internet, time to shut everything down, apply for UL, pack bag and go home.
3. When the new intake of students coming in is huge, and there is a need to open extra classes. You find yourself with insufficient teachers and classrooms, and your time-tables look like a massive teacher juggling act, time to take UL.
4. When your fellow colleague repeatedly insults you and the rest in your office for being short. Grrrr.... please take UL.
5. When you are feeling stressed because your stomach decides to act up for no rhyme or reason, or when you are traumatised from the dream the night before of your wisdom tooth, and you start googling "Wisdom Teeth", UL may do you good.
6. When you have no inspiration whatsoever on what to consume for lunch, and lunch becomes more of a chore, UL may be the solution for the inspiration needed. And since lunchtime is a daily affair, what say UL is too?
7. When your jaw has dropped so much that it has touched the ground, cos students attempt to bribe you in order to improve their otherwise pathetic attendance, and asking if they can 商量 with you about it. Flabbergasted? Take UL lor.
8. When you are a travel enthusiast, and the plane ticket to Poland/Spain/Korea (and the list goes on) has dropped (but not to the ground like your jaw), take UL to get that ticket, and start packing for the trip.
9. When you cannot get into the Training Management System (TMS) despite your nimble fingers logging in first thing in the morning, you should follow #2 (when the server is down), and apply for UL, pack bag and just go home la.
10. So maybe you got into TMS alright in the morning, but it hung on you by lunchtime, and you find yourself denied entry into it for the rest of the day, well..........you can still consider half-day UL.
10 good reasons to be on UL everyday, but alas, despite the loud proclamations, no one has applied for it as yet. It shall, however, be our daily chant to get us through the day.
Maybe the driver could have considered taking UL after being accused of being 看不开-ing. Or maybe he did...
posted by Mi at
10:30 PM
5 Comments:
A word of advice:
For point 7, take the bribe. Then go to point 8 and take urgent leave to go for holiday with the bribe. Muahahaha!!!
urgent leave is good!
you never include ..
'colleague tendered resignation. take urgent leave.'
HAHAHA. diaaao~
Brilliant idea!
Jingle Bell...dun leave la...I dun have enough leave to take so many ULs leh...
haha, interesting post.
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