First day at work, 2007
Déjà vu
The same old job
Nothing really new
The drive to work
Traffic’s heavy but smooth
Even the emails - its sea of red
Fail to dampen my mood
I’m at my desk
A cuppa in hand
I enjoy the job I do
Believe me you
As the day wears on
I’d feel the stress
Endless meetings and briefings
I’m on the verge of collapse!
But I love my job
It’s the only thing I’d do
It pays my rent
Any my indulgences too
It feeds my kids
Their education, too
And allows me
My mistress to upkeep
This last verse; it’s not really true
I wrote it just to amuse you
The mistress is really my other “wife”
The one you’d call a 4-wheel drive!
It’s just another day’s job
I’d live it through
Cos honestly
This job is the only job I’d do
Category: Humoresque
15 comments:
The other job you could do well enough to feed your family and your indulgences is to be a full-time poet lor. :)
Cannot lah... the arts here "tang bo jia" one ..... Juz some fun verses to destress lor..... Where got like u so lucky, stress free in the office... probably all the way to retirement. Hee.
The return from holidays make Frannxis philosophical and Chris poetic. How about Victor? It make me lazy. Sigh.
Reminds me of a verse from Tennyson's The Lotus Eaters .. "Death is the end of life, Ah why then should life all labour be".
New year, new beginning, everybody jia you!!!
Woa Chun See.. power man.. that verse you quoted. Perhaps Zen the philosopher can shed some light? LOL.
Why so "down"? Suffering from hangover izzit? Heard your interview on 93.8. You had sounded so upbeat and positive leh.
It's a new year, so dun talk about death hor. So morbid. LOL.
Jayne! Ya.... let's hope for a happy and prosperous 2007 for everyone! 加油!
English Poetry, all lost at sea, Chinese Poetry, know a bit here and there, in short, I am a Jack of trades and master of none, only with life experience as my forte. Therefore, I am very contented just to pass comments, hopefully not to offend anyone in the process. I told Chun See, that from my observation, in the Singapore context, any occupations, undertaking, businesses, big or small, the level of personal expertize must be in the level of very good or excellent just to make the grade. Not like our time (especially in the sixties & seventies), when a person of average ability could easily get by (particularly with U-education), in the iron-rice bowl era. Now average performance, can only keep the performer's nose just above water. It is a tough world where rich become richer, and the poor become poorer. Worse, even the clever fellows can be caught if they cannot move with time. Like what the Japanese says : "If you remain on the spot, and you will lose out because others would move ahead of you".
Hmmm... agreed with you Zen. Nowadays, it's not about what you know. It's about making yourself relevant in the office. You see some old timer civil serpents who are juz so complacant with themselves in the office... They are juz happy with what they got, many of them resisting even a slight change that takes place in the office. But the younger ones are the ones full of drive and creativity. The older workers juz have to find ways to keep up with them. If not, if ever there's a restructuring, which is often a polite word for down-sizing, they would be the first to ask to go. Sad, but true.
You're a philosopher, Zen. But I like what you said....
Chris - Exactly, your observation makes sense. You know cantonese opera was once the mainstay of HK entertainment. Years ago, the chairman of 'Pak Wo Wui Koon' - the opera association, predicted that if the opera stays as it is, year in year out, without revitalisation, it will go the way of the dinosaur. Even though the HK population comprising of more than ninety percent cantonese, the chairman's prediction is proving to be true. The opera is presently heading for doomsday because it is irrelevant to the younger set, though to be fair, some improvements have been made, but not enough. It is a sad fact that older fellas' mindsets are very difficult to change, as hard as leopards are trying to change their spots.
>You see some old timer civil serpents who are juz so complacant with themselves in the office...
So Chris, do you consider yourself an old timer CS, a younger one or someone caught in between?
Victor, you know the answer to that one lah.. How could I ever be considered "old"? If you have pple like VT, FL, and the like of you in the office? Wahahaha....
As usual. Another trait of a dragon - never admitting that he's old.
Well, if not now, then in a few more years, you will be. You just have to be patient.
I watch the cable channel with great interest, particularly the partisan yet colourful politics of an East Asian island country. There was this young student, wanting to make his point, went for a hunger strike, protesting against the Govt misguided and corrupted policy. A vice president (lady) from the ruling party went to see this youngster, and told him: "You shouldn't do this sort of thing. We ourselves did that before without any good results, and I must say this is no good for the country" If what she said is true, how come she can reach the very top of the Govt? really double standards?
Chris, your car is NOT a 4-wheel drive, it is only a front-wheel drive.
Another point to ponder, isn't it true that we point at our father's generation: as stubborn minded and old fashioned, our children to us: old mindsets & muddle headed, our grandchildren to their fathers: old block-head and unchangeable. The finger-pointing doesn't seem to stop when describing old people. Are we fair ? This is only a generalisation, and not necessary applies to all people
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