a week in news

i've completed my root canal therapy sessions. the last & final one was
done last sunday. so that 1 particular tooth o' mine is now officially
dead, endorsed by the dentist. the swollen gum is still there. the
dentist told me that the swell will go away after 2-3 weeks, failing
which i would have to make another trip to the clinic. no mc this time
for the rct. i went to work as usual in the morning and took some time
off for about 2 hours for the treatment. got a timeslip & tried to pass
it to hr but they said it's not necessary. so the timeslip went down the
trashbin.

now, i'm in the country's capital. yesterday's morning, i attended the so-
called court convened meeting with the house developer in order to
achieve amicable settlement between them and the purchasers (me included)
via a newly proposed scheme under section 176 of an act which name i
forgot. the gist of the meeting was that the buyers have no choice but
to accept the proposed scheme, or else there's a risk that the project
might be totally abandoned. well, what to do? oh, the letter from the
developer was actually sent to my previous rented house. luckily, the
current tenant still kept my letter even after almost 1 month. there are
still good people left in this world.

my ex-secondary schoolmate came down to kerteh from kl. so, my other ex
-schoolmates & i took the opportunity to hold a mini gathering. 5 of us
having dinner. on him. thanks a lot friend. you're welcome to come
down to kerteh as often as u like. snapped a few photos to cherish the
occasion & the memory. i was planning to go back home 1st, take a bath &
change my dress but my office colleague's car would not start. being a
good friend and gentleman, i and several others stayed & became a
mechanic wannabe until her husband arrived with a new battery. well,
that wouldn't help neither. in the end, they went back with the
husband's friend's car with which the husband came together initially. i
don't know what happened and forgot to ask but the car was not there
early in the morning on the next day. maybe it had been arranged to be towed away for repair
to a workshop. due to that unexpected incident, i had to go for dinner
in my work uniform.

another ex-secondary schoolmate who's been in ireland all this while,
being a doctor/medical specialist there, flew down to malaysia. a few of
my friends & i planned to meet him during dinner (or lunch) at a hotel in
kl. he'd be treating all of us. it's all been agreed upon via email.
while i'm in kl, i tried to contact him on his roaming irish mobile.
there was a dialing tone but he didn't pick up the call. i left a
voicemail and sent a sms but got no response as well. well, maybe we were not
meant to meet yet this time.

i've ordered 2 new "replacement" radiohead t-shirts. this time bigger in
size. based on waste's (as well as postal companies & customs & excise
departments's) previous performance, i should receive those shirts by the
end of this month. patience is a virtue.

press has at last been released officially in e format. in portable
document format. i mentioned in that email that comments & feedback are
welcome & should be directed to the editor. however, 1 of the 2nd
highest order of the execs in the company wanted us to correct 1 of the
fact errors in it immediately. so, i replied his email and cc'd to
relevant people that it's not appropriate to do so, providing him with
concrete reasons. corrections will be mentioned in the next release. if
not, the designer would have to sacrifice another weekend for press and
press release date would have to be postponed again. a never ending
story.

the by-election of the decade will be held this tuesday. it's a very
interesting development. for the better or worse? i believe everybody's hoping that it's for the better... well, maybe some are hoping for the worse but for them it's the better. i'd better stop now.