Neck Strain

6th July 2006, Thursday

So the French is destined to meet the Italians in the final of the World Cup when they overcame the luckless Portuguese this morning...
I'm sure HC would be sniggering in glee after being dead certain about the French victory through MSN last evening while I was of course think Scolari would continue his streak in World Cup...
A 33rd minute penalty from a dubious decision by the referee was enough to see off the Portuguese scored by Zidane who is finding an Indian summer in this latter stage of the competition...

I am still hopeful the Italians would win their 3rd title as I certainly do not fancy the French if I was asked to give a choice of my favoured team...

I did set my alarm clock to wake up in the wee hours to watch the match but knowing fatigue accumulated from the previous day would eat in on me and thus I only caught the last half an hour when you virtually see all Portuguese possession but a clear chance from Figo after Barthez fumbled a Ronaldo's freekick was their best hope but it was not meant to be...

Back at work, Phillis' persistent fever kept him off work for one more day as fellow colleagues come in late due to the soggy weather which everyone had been hoping for after such a sweltering spell without a trace of rain for a week now...
I am basically doing the pre-PCR on my own, gaining my independance after 2 days of practise while Beauty gave minimal supervision..
After the end of it, all I garnered is a strain in my neck after bending downwards to check on my pipetting which is an extremely tedious process for the latter stages....
As I had mentioned how I wish for a masseur to give me a soothing massage at the end of it...

I was supposed to attend an orientation talk to last throughout the morning but with work taking precedance I had to give that a miss (not that I was too enthusiatic about it as well)....
However Beauty did took the chance to sneak in for some food from the tea brask after overheard from the maintenance guy, Mr Wong.
Somehow my mentor has a close bond with the ladies from the HR who he readily gossip with and from BY, retrieving data from the annual appraisal from the superiors.

I knew that everyone around is keeping a tab on my working behaviour and attitude since I am in such close promixity with Beauty..
Many shun him or deem him too relax with work for their likings...
Nonetheless he has his plus points but you had got to work closely with him to realize...
I hope I don't step on the toes of the others though it would be hard in this politics-shrouded workplace...

However the camaraderie of this place is still rosy which I had been in sought of after a blatant absence from my previous workplace...

Japanese word of the day: 慎重 (Wary) Have to be and be sure not to compromise my position in the workplace