Time

I have a 4-day weekend coming up.

Initially, I didn't even consider clearing my leave because (i) I'm in an entry-level job and despite my bitchings in earlier posts, the stress levels are as nothing compared to before I left corporate and (ii) I was hoarding it up for when the MasterChief got here.

I remember a time, 2 jobs back, in the marketing consultancy..... the MD actually called me in, sat me down, and had me promise that I wouldn't travel out of SouthEast Asia. Why? So I could be recalled and present in the office if need be. I had to bloody promise him that, before he would approve my leave. I cleared a mere 5 days. And you know what? I went back in anyways for the first 2, leaving only on Wed to go to bloody Bintan. Ok, so it was Club Med but Bintan nevertheless.

Then in the last job, I remember postponing my ferry (back to Bintan Club Med) 3 times - on the day I was scheduled to sit by the pool in the sun - and being held up in the office by boss. Just managed to catch the last ferry. I had called so many times to postpone, reconfirm, cancel and then reconfirm again that when I collected my ferry ticket, the girl behind the counter said "Ah! YOU are the one!" Famous for all the wrong reasons, eh?

Damn, now when I have the time, I cannot share it with the MasterChief and that sucks Big Time. Forced to clear a few days now, some more in Oct, and a whole stretch in Nov.


Man. This really sucks. What am I going to do with myself for 4 days?