Day 2 of Year 2004

Had a talk with Khim, my annual Work Review, and it made me come to the conclusion that there is no point in me hanging around anymore. She and I do not share the same philosophy's, priorities and goals. Furthermore she has many grudges against me for things that are not really my fault actually (which I will not go into detail here...yet). The ultimatum I have is to either adapt to her 'management' style or do something else. I told her in no uncertain terms that I would rather resign or be transfered out than have to work under these conditions. The last few months have been a rather depressing time for me at work. I have not been eating or sleeping well. Of all the downs of 2003 I think that the problems at work really took the cake. It was as though someone came along and killed your dog...repeatedly!

I sms'ed Noel today regarding the air pump for the sofa (do not ask me to clarify :P)and he replied that he was having a terrible day. It happened that He and Paula had a disagreement. Today being their 1 year anniversary, Paula was expecting Noel to come pick her up from the airport this morning.Noel overslept (again?) and Paula said that she was very disappointed in him. Just before Paula went on her long-haul flight she had told Noel that she feels that she and Noel were not compatible. It seems that now Paula wants to break off the relationship and move out. Noel being the emotional person he is will have a hard time coping. I really like Paula and treat her almost like my sister. It will be a real pity to see her go (especially so soon after Joyce left ). There are many parallels between their situation and what had happened between me and Joyce. I can only hope they resolve this as soon as possible. Otherwise there will be more than one frowning dude in the house tonight.