I hate audits!

Sometimes things just won’t let you go. In this case, the test plan for the risk audit I did a few weeks ago keeps coming back to hound me. Today I was asked again on why I did things the way I did.  Re-evaluating the test results that I documented earlier I could see that there were certain things that could have been done better. I felt a little disappointed in myself for delivering a piece of work that wasn’t so good in quality. That I had to burden my boss because now he has to talk to the auditors and convince them that everything is ok.

I’m dreading the next quarter when it’s time for risk audit again. But one must be reactive about this. I will make sure the next tester for this module does not suffer the confusion that I had to go through when performing the test for this module.

I shiver when I hear the word “comply” now.

Feeling lonely

…again I feel it.

Pictures or airline food are cool

Airline food anyone?

I found this interesting website (from a trail from an email I received) that contains lots of pictures of – you guessed it, airline food.

Malaysia Airlines has 296 entries!

The food served in first and business class really looks like food.

*Browse browse*

Wait…is that a plate of steak and salad?! Eeks! Is that a cup of cappuccino in the?!

Ish, this is probably something that I may never get to experience in my life…

Yes, I’m quite sad, that these things interest me so. =p

The weekend is near!

I wanna sleep! I wanna sleep! I don’t want to go to work!

But here I am at work.

I had a decent breakfast today. A big bao (“ta bao” – no kidding, it’s really huge) some pieces of pineapple that were really sweet and a cup of coffee.

I also bought some bao’s and fruits for Baby and the girls.

It was an impulsive thought to buy breakfast on my way to work but it was well worth it, lah!

I’m looking forward to lunch now.

Sean Ghazi & Janice Wei Lan

I just treated myself to two CDs yesterday.

1. Sean Ghazi – Semalam
2. Janice Wei Lan – Do You Know?

I heard some of the songs by Sean Ghazi when I was at WS’s place. I decided to indulge myself to the album and I’m glad I got it. So jazzy and big band-ish. So delightful to listen to. There’s one particular track called “Dengar Ini Cerita” (Listen to this story) where he sings about an office affair with his secretary, but with a humorous note. The track “Semalam” is beautiful. It’s my favourite now. I am still listening to his songs as I type. They remind me of songs created in the 50s when P. Ramlee was popular then. This album was recorded in Sydney with a live band. Check out Sean Ghazi’s website here.

I decided to pick up Janice’s album after listening to a song that I liked on the radio. I’m quite happy with this purchase too. I like her voice. I find it a little unique when she hits certain notes. Too bad I can’t understand most of the lyrics as it is in Cantonese but the songs are pleasant enough. Pop pleasant. There are a few tracks where she sings in English and these are not too bad as well. Oh did I mention that the album comes with a DVD that contains several of Janice’s music videos.

Semalam, hanya semalam. Kenangan memanggil-manggil. Pulanglah sayang pada ku, ku ingin mengubah hati yang rindu…

Am I in trouble?

At work yesterday, I was being interrogated by the Compliance person. He spotted some findings with my audit test. I was very obliging at first to patiently answer whatever questions he had. When he had finished, I thought it was over. In the evening, he approached me again and asked me more questions. This time I got tired and was really feeling irritated already. I hope it wasn’t visible on my face. One very serious finding within the audit test was discovered by him. I hope I don’t lose my job because of this.

In my defense, most of the audit test plans were done this way since 2004 and only now you guys pick it up. Sucks to be me who’s testing it this quarter. Sucks more to the Compliance officer that did not pick this up earlier.

If I’m going down. I’m planning on taking some down with me.

Dreading later today.

Let the slaughter begin…

Things are OK

I’m glad to say that things are back to normal for me. One more push. Let’s make the best out of it, ok?

It’s pouring outside. I love the rain. It’s really calming.

Hibernating

So many posts outstanding, but I’m not really in the mood to type anything. I’m actually going to hibernate for a bit. See you soon!