Yes! Finally! The New Apartment!

Not exactly how I envisioned spending my weekend. I would have rather slept in late and laze around the whole day but we had to move everything to our new apartment in one day. Now we're at the 11th floor with a marvelous view of the city and the hillside forest (there's a huge graveyard there too).

We were previously staying on the 1st floor and we had to pack and lug everything up to the 11th floor. Thank God for lifts. Speaking of lifts, when we were staying on the first floor (we never had to use the lifts) everyone were practically strangers and we would rarely bump into any of the other residents. Needless to say, chatting with neighbours was non-existent. But interestingly enough, while we were moving, we came into contact with a whole lot of the other residents and talked as if we were old buddies. One even had a dog named 'Rufus', a huge 11-month old puppy that was very friendly and tried to hump my leg. Needless to say, the owner was embarrassed but we had a good laugh about it. All that contact from using the lift. It was as if there was an unsaid 'the fellowship of the lifts' thingee going on.

It has been awhile since my last update. I have been busy with organizing and going for surveys. Met this interesting agent, Stephen. Accompanied me for one of the surveys, a biomedicine graduate. Used to work in the hospital, ran his own business and now he's a full-time general and life insurance agent.

Time was also spent with my dad as well. He's now back in Nigeria though. He said he would be returning for good in December.

Had an amazing week at church too. David Oh preached. Pastor Kevin was away. I was really ministered by his sermon. It really brought me back to the basics. If it's one thing I will remember it would be 'you cannot continue giving unless you're being filled, unable to love without receiving the love of Christ'. That opened my eyes to the reason behind all my frustrations up to this point. I have not been receiving. I was a lump of a cynical mass that refused to accept that God, and his people can love because they simply want to and not because they're hungering for your offering or want to indoctrinate you with their teachings so as to manipulate you. Is this the beginning of the uprooting of that bitter root? I sure hope so.

My limbs feel like they're going to fall apart anytime soon. It's back to work.

p/s: Should I get a brand new desktop or that flashy new acoustic guitar? hmmm

The Date Test

The Slow Dancer
Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLD)

Steady, reliable, and cradling her tenderly. Take a deep breath, and let it out real easy...you are The Slow Dancer

Your focus is love, not sex, and for your age, you have average experience. But you're a great, thoughtful guy, and your love life improves every year. There's also a powerful elimination process working in your favor: most Playboy types get stuck raising unwanted kids before you even begin settling down. The women left over will be hot and yours. Your ideal woman is someone intimate, intelligent, and very supportive.

While you're not exactly the life of the party, you do thrive in small groups of smart people. Your circle of friends is extra tight and it's HIGHLY likely they're just like you. You appreciate symmetry in relationships.

Always avoid: The Battleaxe (DBLM)
Consider: The Maid of Honor (DGLM), The Sonnet (DGLD)

Your exact male opposite: The Hornivore (Random Brutal Sex Master)

Without motivation and in great desire of slumber

That summarizes my Monday so far. 5.30 seems ages away.

Tardiness Begone!

The company that I work for is pretty anal about being on time. Last month I had to send out an email to explain why I was late on those days. Goes without saying that I was pretty tardy. I did not come in that late, just about a few minutes or so but its still late nonetheless. We run a tag system at entrances so everything is pretty much recorded. After giving my reasons I had to send out another email to tell about my remedial actions.

I could go on ranting about them being anal about the 'small stuff' and all but late is still late regardless of whether it be minutes or hours. The solution was simple, just come in earlier. The marginal utility of coming in early far outweighed risking being late by coming in 'on the dot'. So here I am, sitting in the 15 minutes earlier than usual (pats self on the back).

Work has started to roll in and I have 5 reports now. From what I can see, pretty soon I'd be having the usual trend of 15 backlogged reports. I hope I'd be able to ease the burden on the department. That's why they took me in anyway, more surveyors to distribute surveys to.

*transforms to a hardworking ant*