today's friday. right now it's about 6 p.m. in kuala lumpur, malaysia. it's raining outside, so i'm trapped here in the office, with a gazillion other people not looking out the window to see if it's raining. i'm the only one doing that, longing to go home. if only i had a steaming mug of black coffee in my hand, looking out the window while it rained outside..

there was a christmas party in the office a couple of hours earlier. lots of food which i couldn't eat because i had a rather heavy lunch. nasi briyani (google it up) with beef and lots of veges. not that i didn't know there was going to be a party, i just didn't expect the quantity they were serving was that generous! in the end i nibbled a couple of carrots and celery sticks.

there was a present-giving event, hosted by an expat staff clad like a santa! that was exciting, and really fun too coz i've not known any santa personally before. last night i went to jusco to find a present for somebody whose name i picked out from a basket. a sweet young chinese girl, a geologist, i presume still single. the hardest part was to find something that was worth about 20 bucks.in my anxiety i went to the toy department of jusco and bought her a cute toy-pet. or is it pet-toy? whichever. from afar i saw her tear the wrappings and her eyes lit up and with her palm covering her lips coz she was giggling too hard she showed around what she found. well, i hope she liked it.

as for myself, i opened my package to find a picture frame, made of glass i think. it's still sitting in front of me, i'm just too lazy to lift my hands to check. so uninspiring! it's not bad at all, i'm not complaining. in fact it's rather nice. but it's just a picture frame...

and today too, i've received my first salary! a little short from the numbers i saw on my job offer letter, coz i only joined the company on the 3rd of december. but still the digits were a lot more than i learned in school! ha ha

looks like the rain has stopped. gotta go see my banker now and finalize the takeover of zorpia.

chow!