Drama Day

Today in Melb (Sunday), it was ultra windy and I have to say I was pretty close to having a really bad accident with my car. First, I had to go to Ch 9 to grab my mobile cause I accidentally left it there last night. I couldn't really go for the 11am service at church because I had to go to Ch 9 to grab my stuff early in the morn, but also had an early shift at the Albert Rd site to work on Ch 7 and BBC. Anyway, on my way to the Albert Rd site, I had to pass my place on St Kilda Road... and as I was doing so, I saw a tree starting to fall. I actually saw the tree coming on top of my car and my next reaction was to swerve into the next lane. Thank goodness there weren't any cars. I seriously thought my vision was slightly off or something, but the tree was actually falling. After I swerved, I heard this loud bang! I looked in my rear view mirror and I saw that the tree had fallen on one of the parked cars and was covering one lane of the road - the lane I could have been on if I didn't swerve. If I stopped when I saw the tree falling, I could have been severely hurt, because the trunk would have come crushing on my car. And if I stayed in the same lane but sped up, the tree would have still gotten the back of my car anyway. So it was a good thing that at the time, there were no cars in the other lane and no people crossing and that it was safe for me to swerve. It was scary though and I have to say I was shaking from the ordeal. I didn't think it was actually that windy...

While at work, one of the new girls was on shift and I was supposed to help her out because it's the first time she's been left alone. The only thing was I couldn't really keep an eye on her because I had to go off into another section of the office to do BBC. Well, while she was at her desk and while I was nearby inputting my dictionary for BBC, she started bawling her eyes out crying. I asked if she was OK and she said she just needed to get out, so she left. Apparently my colleagues told me she has been doing this quite a few times. It's the first time I've seen this, because the other times I haven't been working with her and have been at Ch 9.

When she left, everyone was pretty helpful and started working on the bulletins. And later when she returned she said she didn't think she was in the mood to stay. I told her anyway that if she was not feeling up to it and feel that she can't really work, then she should just go, that it should be alright cause we can most probably cover. I said that I'm sure everyone would understand if it were a personal problem. I also told her that it depends on her - she could stay and try to work, and hopefully the work keeps her mind off whatever is bothering her, or she could go rather than doing work she knows she won't put in 100% of what she's capable of. I told her that perhaps she could go get a coffee or a little breather as well. In the end, she chose to stay, so all ended well, but there were a few little conflicts along the way. Because she wasn't having a great day and wasn't really thinking straight, she kinda was saying things correctly but doing the opposite and a lot of people were complaining and getting frustrated. In fact, a few of my colleagues took me aside to discuss her skills and even wrote an email to my boss, because they were just a little peed off at the attitude the new girl was giving. It's understandable that she's upset but to be in a bad mood and take it out on work colleagues, it's probably not a very appropriate thing to do. Oh well... it didn't really affect me. She kept apologising and thanking me for being so patient with her.

Another dramatic incident was the leaking PMS... but it's probably too disgusting to mention. This is the first time though that I can bear the cramps. Usually it gets quite painful and I'd need to pop pills but today I didn't have it - just a slight leakage. Although embarrassing, it's better to have than the cramps feeling. And I think I did a good job of hiding it too because no-one seemed to notice, so no, didn't really get the embarrassment treatment.

And tonight, I was a little surprised. My sis organised dinner and she brought her new bf over to meet the parents and TY and myself. Yes, the parents are back in Melbourne. They returned only about two days ago... Anyway, this new guy - he's been Ness' friend for a while since the uni days and he's nice - Aussie of course, because I actually can't see Ness dating a pure Asian - you know - those who have Chinese accents. I can't even see her dating a pure Singaporean. But that's all for now.

I have to work on an early tomorrow. And then Ness and her guy are gonna come over to play a few games, and they are bringing dinner too. Should be fun!