beautiful disaster

It's been a pretty slow day in the office so far, which is why I'm taking the risk to blog. There's no one in here except me, Betty the real admin person and the sink worker. Mr. Sink Worker's in here to finish up the new sink so the floral stewards can do their flowers in here on Saturday mornings. His polishing machine is the only sound in the office apart from the humming of the air conditioner and it's whining away like a persistent drill--probably because it is a drill.

The Secret: Mr. Sink Worker's polishing the countertop because I accidentally scratched it with the penknife while cutting out some labels two weeks ago. But they're not supposed to know that.

Right now I'm doing some printing. I have to make a template for the baptism certificates and you would think that's an easy task but it's not. At least the way I do it, it isn't. The baptism certificates are the sort of certificates that are mass-produced with lots of blanks to fill in by hand. Unfortunately, people's handwriting don't always look good on certificates, which is why, I assume, the church prints the Name, Sex, Birth Certificate No., Date of Birth, etc of the baptised. This requires a template, which in turn requires a whole lot of measuring to ensure the correct information gets printed in the right blank.

Now, things wouldn't be as hard as they are if Microsoft Word didn't measure their documents in inches. Unfortunately, they do, and this results in a lot of squinting on my part to make sure everything's right. It takes me 4 tries to get the template right and I feel very proud of my achievement.

I am on my way to becoming the Master Photocopier. Need anything photocopied? I can do it for you. A4-sized, enlarged, reduced, double-sided, stapled, punched (you can even choose the position of the staple and the angle at which it is stapled). It's quite fun, photocopying.

Christmas is coming and today I found myself humming Christmas carols as I went about doing my work. I was supposed to decorate the office but all of us forgot about it until this afternoon when Betty remembered during lunch. It's not that big a deal, though.

The only bit of the office I decorated was the Christmas day box on the big whiteboard calendar. It has a green tree with red and purple balls and an orange (because yellow is too light) star. Whiteboards are fun with multicoloured markers.

Oh, yes. And it's confirmed that I'm going for Hwa Chong for the first three months. Whoa.

jac was here with you 12/17/2004 01:46:00 pm

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My Destiny
Psalm 46 (NASB)
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
Though its waters roar and foam,
Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride.

There is river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered;
He raised His voice, the earth melted.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has wrought desolations in the earth.
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariots with fire.
"Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our stronghold.