Hiring and Firing...

Who's to say you're fired or hired when all these while your employer hasn't really made the decision? The third party who is not involved in this matter should not prick one's temper by making presumptions about who's going to fill in your place.

It's now been 10months since his license had expired and no letter had arrived informing him that his services had been terminated and would not be renewed. The point is, why is there nothing done to clarify the situation? Why has it taken 10months for him to wait and work without pay? Why come up with the subject in the first place if not to rub it in your face? For all we know, it was the third party who has been putting in "a good word" about him to the employer out of spite just because of personal reasons. It's sick in politics...

Dilemma Solved...

The ugly duckling headed home to wait for the robin to fetch her to go out. All through the afternoon her mind is swimming with plans - backup plans lest things go wrong. In the evening,the ugly duckling arrived home with the cygnet feeling tired after having a full day out in the scorching afternoon heat. Still the ugly duckling felt restless - she hasn't done her chores and she also wanted to clean the car which was badly in need of washing.

Suddenly, her mobile rang. She couldn't answer the phone on the first ring. On the second time her mobile rang, she picked it up. The golden child was on the line. Regarding the matriarch's ticket and arrangement.Apparently,there would be a slight change of plans. The golden child says she will pick up the ticket since she will be out foraging for nectar and dewdrops for supper.

The ugly duckling feels lucky that things ended happy. Grandma won't have to stay at the ugly duckling's place because Papa Bear will send her to the airport. All's well with everything, and the ugly duckling and the cygnet had a restful evening...

THE END...

Homesick Part 2...

Homesick...Cont.-

As she stepped out of the car,the ugly duckling hoped that the ticketing counter would be open today. The security guard greeted her as she walked up the steps, assuring her that the counters are already open. With confident strides she entered the building. A pretty good feeling washed over her as she stepped into the empty foyer. The ugly duckling was called to the counter straightaway. To her luck, she managed to get the plane ticket for grandma to fly back to the land of Home-Sweet-Home!

It's going to be a great day ahead, the ugly duckling said to herself as she drove home. She texted the golden child informing the success in obtaining a ticket for the matriarch and received a reply. The golden child is busy today taking care of the naughty little pixies in her nursery and would need the ticket to be sent to the Far-Off Palace. The ugly duckling is now stuck in a dilemma. She is now at Grandma Badger Hen's place where she needs to drive Grandpa Badger to get a spare part for his grasscutter. The ugly duckling has plans with her friend the robin to go out for lunch and to fetch the cygnet before going to the vet's for medication and food for the kittens at home. Slightly close to the evening, the robin and the ugly duckling wanted to go grocery shopping for food supplies at the nearby market.

And so the ugly duckling sighed and sighed...

What happens next?To be continued in "Dilemma Solved"

Homesick

Homesick... Grandma's feeling homesick now. She wants to go home tomorrow if possible. Her "golden child" couldn't get her plane ticket for her to go home because she hasn't got the time. It is up to "the ugly duckling" to make arrangements for the ticket. Since grandma is faraway in the Far-Off palace, the ugly duckling doesn't know how grandma feels about going home a day later than planned. And so, the ugly duckling set off with her sister the cygnet and her friend the robin to settle the matriarch's transportation home on the morrow's journey.

When the three of them arrived in town,the ugly duckling went to the counter only to be disappointed. The counters had to shut down because their computer system is down and it had affected every other purchasing booths as well. With another plan in mind,the ugly duckling and her group went home. Another disappointment greeted the ugly duckling when she tried to book a ticket online for grandma - it is not possible for her to book tickets which is not within 48 hours!

She sighed. The ugly duckling had finished all her resources on trying to book a ticket for grandma. She thinks hard. Finally, she only has one option left,and that is to make another trip into town and try to book a ticket for grandma to fly on Thursday since it is less than 24 hours till Wednesday. If the computer system is still down the next morning, the only option she could use is to get grandma a flight ticket on Friday morning...

What will happen next? Will the ugly duckling be able to purchase a ticket to fly on Thursday? Or will grandma be forced to take the morning flight on Friday?...

To be continued........

Of Fruitcakes and Fruit Loops...

Of fruitcakes and fruit loops... No-not those eatable kind. It's a fairly old expression to denote someone who's not quite sound in mind. What is the point of talking about another person's bad quality within earshot of the poor person. Isn't it the main goal to keep out of earshot when criticizing or gossiping about the other person?

I just don't understand why do they need to point out the person's flaws since they're the ones who's making the most obvious of all flaws. In fact,they're telling the whole world about their flaw for not being able to hold their tongue. The sad fact about this is they almost never talk about the goodness of other people. Even if among the circle of siblings, they talk incessantly - gossiping about others-and always within earshot of their children or those whom they're talking about. Talk about a bad environment for growing children. Isn't that a bad example to show to her own kids? Their kids might grow up thinking "Oh, its all right to talk about others within earshot of that person". And you know what? Ten years down the line the psychological damage has been done-her daughters resemble her characters frightfully. It would be slightly better if they're not so bad as their mother but it seems to me they're a lot worse.

Gossiping alone that's fine, but changing the real facts of the story just to pique the interest of others is SICK. I never want to say something which is personal in front of them lest they change the real version of the story into something scandalous. They can even forget about me inviting them to hang out with other cousins the next time around.

The last time we went out just to have a few round of drinks at a bistro and listening to a live band became a story of how one of us was shouting at the seaside and of me guzzling down beer. First of all, the first drink was vodka and orange. Then I had a glass of coke which she also had. The only person drinking a few rounds of beer was my male cousin that night. FYI, I don't drink beer. It ain't my taste. They can't even get their story right. For once in their miserable little insecure life I would like them to relate the real things that happen instead of manipulating things to degrade others. I know quite a number of things about them but I'd rather not say because the truth is only the real truth when it is confessed by its owner and not others.

I am Me...

I Am Who I Am...Just another face in the crowd, another driver on the road. Just like you, I have my own opinion on certain matters. Just like everybody else, I'm somebody who has hopes and dreams. Life ain't a fairytale nor is it a bed of roses...If it were a bed of roses, we'd all get pricked by thorns every now and then. That's just the way it is. That's life.