Haircut

Had my hair cut last weekend. It was really short. Like a military guy. But I liked it.

Came in to work this morning and one response was,

“That’s serious.”

“What is?”

“Your haircut.”

On another occasion, another guy commented, “Ah, you had your hair cut.”

“Do you like it?” I asked.

“Yeah. You look like you’re saying, don’t mess with me. I’m ready for you.”

…

I never had that intention. I just thought it looked cleaner.

Well, at least they didn’t say it sucks. =D

Could we do this...

I always get this kind of work-related emails:

Dear W,
A couple of questions:
1. Can we look at the backtest to ...
2. Can we also look at ...
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thx,
M

Or

Dear W,
Could we do the following
1...
2...
Rgds,
M

Or

W,
Can we please cross check ...
Rgds,
P

Or

W,
We need to optimise ... and let us see what comes out.
Rgds,
P

Notice a pattern?
These are all emails requesting me to do some work, but instead of:
"Please work on this" or "Will you do this for me"
its always:
"Can we", "Could we", "Let us" etc.
and its not even "Can YOU", its always "we" or "us". When in fact its just ME.

Sometimes I just wish I could just reply
"Yes, WE can." or "Yup, I agree, WE should do it." and leave it at that. Based on syntax, that isn't a real work request, is it? Besides, if its a "we", its inclusive of the person who sent the email right? That means the responsibility also lies with the sender, right?

They make it sound like they're contributing something, but they're not.

How can I make it sound like they are not doing anything, I'm doing everything, and they're making it sound like "WE" are sharing the work?

Sigh...

Sorry for the extended absence..

To get right to the point, the reason why I didn't update the blog was not because I was swamped with work or errands or other important stuff.. and not because something terrible happened...

its because i kinda got addicted playing World of Warcraft. If you heard of it, you probably also heard that one 8 year old kid played for 4 days non-stop until he died. i'm not like that, in case you were wondering...

BUT, truth is I am addicted. every little bit of free time I have after work, I spend it playing the game. on weekends, if I don't have plans, I'll be at home playing it. While its fun, it kinda sucks the life out of you.

Yeah, i know, i should cut down on it. I will, I promise.

And I'll try to update this blog at least once a week.

And finally, before I end this post, I'll like to thank all you sweet things who emailed/msn-ed/sms-ed me birthday messages. To tell the truth, I would have forgotten its my birthday. haha.