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The magic of Dewa 19

A POST BY BETTA

M.'s sister was affected by the earthquake in Jawa. She telephoned her husband in Indonesia for news. He went over to check and her house is no longer where it was. M. goes back to Indonesia on 16 June. She's been with us for 7 years.

can it be? that the world still moves on for others, as it has stopped for thousands.

how can we? imagine the loss.

should we? just reach into our damned pockets for a dollar or two. help them rebuild the house. treat their sick.

what about the dead? there are so many of them.

God, You are an angry One.

PROCRASTINATION

Procrastination, thy name is shite.
Thy smell is shite.
Thou art shite.

And yet... I embrace you.

Why?

EVIL THOUGHT OF THE DAY

That all the CFA exams were stored exclusively in a computer, in a vault in Yogyajakarta.


WhoOOooOOOooo...

Yup. Definitely going to hell.

OMBAK KESUNYIAN

Oh. Waktu tengahari berdatang lagi
Seperti biasa aku bersendiri
Merayau-rayau koridor Sungai Wang
Meleleh air liur menengok mahal mahal punya jam

Oh. Geng kawan ku yang sial itu
Sejak zaman dinosaur mengata pada ku
"Ya ya ya. We will come see you"
Padahal sampai sekarang, pun takda bau

Akan tetapi sunyi itu baik juga
Seluar ketat telah menjadi longgar
Skala saya tidak lagi menyejutkan ku
Tetapi punggung tetap membesar macam dulu

Oik. Pukul satu aircon sudah dibuka
Masa saya bermula kerja

Sekian.

Terima kasih.

>>> dedicated to mr. faux pas. pai seh anot? huh? huh?

SHAREHOLDER PREFERENCE FOR CURRENT INCOME VS. CAPITAL GAINS

Lower tax rates for dividends does not necessarily mean shareholders immediately prefer receiving dividends. For example:

1. If you die, you may not have to pay any taxes on capital gains at all
2. If you are a pension fund, you don't give a shit because you don't pay taxes

Burning question: Do I give a shit?

Answer: Not really.

... AFTERMATH

Perhaps I have overreacted.

I hope that my boss has a severe ear infection and did not hear my not so subtle "Oh My Gods".

You see,

Old job:
Hours per year = 52 weeks * 5 days * 12 hrs per day
(-) Holidays = 14 days * 12 hrs per day

TOTAL WORKING HRS PER YEAR = 2952

New (current) job:
Hours per year = 52 weeks * 5.5 days * 9 hrs per day
(-) Holidays = 12 days * 9 hrs per day + 2 days * 4.5 hrs per day

TOTAL WORKING HRS PER YEAR = 2457

Therefore I am 16.8% better off.

P.S. I have an exam coming up in three weeks. Thus, dear reader, you have your explanation for my frequency in postings

OH MY GOD

Oh my god.

I didn't know that taking leave on Saturdays is counted as a FULL DAY LEAVE.

And only after TWENTY ONE YEARS OF SERVICE

do you get additional 4 days of leave.


OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

DILEMMA

I have a dilemma... should I, or should I not

Approach my boss and ask if he has work for me.

The Pros:
1. Will probably say "no". And therefore I will be allowed to surf the net guilt-free, reasearching latest TomKat developments and sneer at increasing barminess of Tom.

2. Will be able to stroll out of here perhaps a little sooner than my employment contract says I can (12:58pm? 12:52pm? instead of 1 pm)

3. Will be able to stop nervously flicking away from blog screen to empty excel spreadsheet whenever a director comes within visual distance of my screen (God bless Alt-Tab)

The Cons:
1. Might say yes.

2. Vibe from his corner of the office not too chirpy. Have heard the word "shit" approximately three times within the last hour

3. He already thinks I'm an idiot, and seems to want to minimize all contact with me.

My new career is not starting out well.

>>> Not too long later <<<

Ok. Asked him, and he said yes.

Now I have work.

Ciao ciao

T-SHIRT

If I could make a t-shirt to commemorate today, it would say:

" I HAVE VIRUS ON MY CORNEA"

because I do.

And it hurts.

POST THIS DAMN IT!

Damn you firewalls!

Damn you to hell!!

In the immortal words of Al Pacino*

* Or was it Robert DeNiro?**
** Or Jack Nicholson...