the second exodus.

another employee in my workplace has resigned. haiz, this is the second round of exodus this year. first it was the technical department, and now it's the project managers who are quitting en masse.

yet again, i am having mixed sentiments. i feel glad for those who left, as i believe they can better realize their potential elsewhere, be paid their worth and possibly be happier, yet those who left are colleagues who are closer to me and add interesting temperaments to an already dull office landscape further exacerbated by rock-bottom morales.

it is surprising that a simple status update on facebook related to this resignation generated so much positive, encouraging comments whereby some commenter were actually at the point of applauding the manager for boldly stepping out into the light and away from the dark side.

as i was talking to a colleague on msn, i was saying that the temperaments of the current office environment is not beneficial to me. the office is heavily populated by signs that are not compatible with me, and i'm like the sole fire sign around (i'm sagittarius btw). new colleagues that came in are undoubtedly always capricorn, taurus, cancer, probably virgo or pisces. that sucks!!

fire signs don't seemed to last long here. the next compatible signs are air signs: aquarius (i simply cannot stand them!), gemini (none are around) and libra (some are around but i have generational gaps with all of them!).

haiz. when will it be my turn to join the exodus?

broken links, new bonds.

while returning home from an enjoyable night-out at max brenner last night, some thoughts crossed my mind.

i have just been included into a newly-formed clique that i never imagine i'd be a part of, and we actually did click in some peculiar ways haha. am glad to be included.

one of the members is an ex-colleague whom i never bother to maintain contact with for the longest time, and has rejoined the coy recently. despite initial sentiments when we first knew each other like 2 years back, we have now managed to get along pretty well.

as recently discovered, we do have a fair bit of things in common. most unbelievable of all, this ex-ex-colleague of mine almost fits my profile of an ideal friend. coincidentally, this person is a scorpio. looking back at my 20-odd years of life, i can't help but wonder if i really click very well with scorpios. from secondary school till now, all my close friends are almost always scorpios.

anyway at least this proves my ideals are not out of this world. such people do exist, okay?! probably i gotta thank someone who hijacked my msn some time back and laid down the foundations.

on the other hand, certain relationships turned sour or even nasty. had some tiffs and unpleasant experiences recently. although sometimes my reactions tended to further exacerbate the situations, i did my best to contain it.

existing links are broken, and new bonds are forming. well, that's life!

"which bank are you working in?"

during a recent meet-up with some friends, someone asked me, "so which bank are you working in right now?". i immediately smirked.

i have successfully dissociated myself from the typical guy in the i.t. industry=).