Light at the end of a week of misery

Today was such an eventful day. Alhamdulillah. Something to lift up my spirits after such a misery-filled week.

Last week, got home late from work 4 out of 5 days. If i was getting paid like you people in the private sector, maybe i won't complaint much. But, seriously, i don't think i'm paid enough to take this crap. I had to take my daughter to the office, get out of office at around 8, feed her takeouts (READ: junk! and i bloody hate it!), put her to bed later than her bed time (nearly 10pm when her bedtime's supposed to be before 9.30) and wake her up as usual (6.45am) the next morning. If i'm not married yet, i probably won't mind staying late at the office, but now, i've other commitments, i can't afford to go back late. What more with my husband being away, and i'm without a maid, i really can't handle it and it stresses me out so much!

My boss is good at her job. She's resourceful and guides. But, she also shouts a lot, impatient and will shout at you in meetings! She also expects everybody to be a workaholic like her (yes, that's what i think she is, a workaholic). We get off for lunch at around 1.20 pm (at least for me), and finish by 2. She tells me that i go back early when i get back at 5.30 pm. Like duh!~ It stresses me out because it doesn't just affect me, it affects my little girl as well. And i truly farking hate it! What makes it worse, i can't muster up the courage to actually confront her and talk about it. Last time she yelled at one of the office boys for not waiting up until she finishes a meeting (the meeting ended way after office hours). That office boy had to pick up the kids from school etc. The way she said it was like, she don't wanna know about his problems, he's gotta find a way around it. That incident heightens my hesitation to confront her. But last week, i really broke down. Hubby's away, i had no one to talk to (no, i don't feel comfortable discussing my woes with colleagues, and i hardly have any friends here, in my hometown. pathetic, i know). So yeah, it was one hell of a week, literally.

So today, i woke up early, sarah was up early and we went to putrajaya yet again, to go and see the hot air balloons. There's this hot air balloon carnival going on since thursday. The fancy hot air balloons shaped in darth vader, a pair of jeans and other interesting stuffs are only up really early in the morning, when the air is cool. After 9, only the smaller, basic hot air balloons operates, and yes, you can have a ride in it for 10 bucks a ride. But, when i got there at 8.45, the parking was scarce, and the the tickets for the morning session had sold out.

Anyways, we strolled along the lake banks and enjoyed the view of floating hot air balloons. We did get close to the field where the hot air balloons were. Yang kelakarnya, i asked this guy with a fancy camera to take a photo of me and sarah with the balloons in the background. Mamat tu boleh tak reti amek gambar pakai phone camera?? ye lah, dia dah biasa pakai camera canggih. Huhu. Dok dia fumbling with my camera phone, his other photographer buddies came by and shot our photos with their cameras. Rasa macam selebriti pulak sekajap. tiba-tiba ramaipulak photographer amek gambar i kan. Hehe. Anak i lagi la celeb. Ada aje orang nak amek gambar dia, walaupun comot. Huhu..

We left around 11, lepak pulak at the boat club. Terserempak pulak with my sec gen and his wife. He went in to have his brunch kot, and i just spent some time alone with my kiddo, making up for lost time over the week, and after a while she said that she was hungry and wanted to eat. Mula2, aku nak tunggu in laws yang tengah attend club's AGM kat situ. Dah anak aku bising duduk makan, aku masuk la cafe club tu, ordered drinks je dulu. My sec gen, when he was paying for his meal, paid for our drinks as well. Isk.. malu sikit2, tapi macam best jugak. Hahaha...

After mak n bapak habis AGM, we joined then upstairs where they served lunch for the AGM's attendees. Tan Sri Sam pun ada, club president kan. Apparently dia super junior bapak kat rmc dulu. Before dia balik dia dukung sarah. Sarah punya la jerit, padahal masa duduk lunch tu, dia la paling bising kat situ. Penat suruh dia speak softly.

Itu la dia, post panjang tentang hari ini. Not that i have much time to post anymore la kan. Ok.. must get back to work. Have an emcee text to finish. Ada event selasa ni. Aku la planner, aku la floor manager, aku la emcee, aku la penceramah... ye.. aku sorang je makhluk kat bahagian tu (padahal, bukan unit aku punya kerja pun patutnya).... sigh!