Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

Yesterday was really like the calm b4 a storm. It seemed like the day when I could slow things down abit at work and get ready to move on to something new at work. Well, one would expect to 'slide' into the next task smoothly and pick up the pace from there. But noooo.... it wasn't like this today.

Basically, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. My colleague spilled her coffee on herself, staining her skirt and white top. Thankfully she had a extra pair of jeans around so she had something to change into. As for the top, she managed to wash off much of the stains and it was less obvious.

Then we went off to our Virtual Theatre (btw, the place is real, not virtual) to have a look at our painstakenly created driving simulator. It suppose to be simulating a certain long stretch of road in Singapore, but we did it so nicely that it looked like erm.. some long stretch of road across some nice grassland (think aussie or NZ) and if u drive slow enuff, u can actually spot a cow grazing by the fields. Unfortunately, at some parts of the road, the car will bump quite badly. So badly that after a while, u feel that u r riding on a horse than driving in a car. And now here's the problem. Because we aren't bouncing physically as like wat we see in the simulator, our brains get kinda confused as to wat state we suppose to be in. Hence we will develop something we call cyber-sickness. It's similar to car-sickness, motion-sickness, etc. And this afected another colleague pretty badly that she had to leave the place to get some fresh air. She looked quite pale when we joined her outside a few minutes later. Lunch followed after that. But the sickness affected my colleague's appetite as well. I think i gotta be thankful that we had lunch AFTER visiting the simulator.

Okay, and now it's my turn. The soles of my shoes (yeah both) decided to go their separate ways from the main part of the shoes, and they came flapping apart. Thankfully, they were glued on to begin wif... so the bottom of my shoes are still sealed. I had to flap my way to get a tube of glue to piece them back.

And then there was these flyers to prepare. I guess it's just one of those days where things are needed the next day and u are told like 24hrs ahead in time. Okay, things aren't that bad if everythings goes smoothly according to plan. But in reality, when does that ever happens? According to Murphy's law, something HAS to go wrong somewhere.

Yeah... it's an interesting incident anyway. I was suppose to print some 50 flyers for wednesday... the design is up, so all i need to do it to get them printed. But i need to buy the materials myself. So i had to hunt for something that will turn out well using inkjet printers. So i head to the computer shop (which was near Canteen B, where we had lunch) to look for suitable printing papers. Glossy photo papers are out, so there's 1 last choice left (and also the last pack of 'premium inkjet papers). But it was sealed up and there was no sample of the paper quality from that pack. So i took that pack and headed over to one of the shop assistant.

Ad: Hi, can i find out the paper quality for this pack?
ASSistant: (took pack) Oh sorry, it's sealed up. We can open it up to show you.
Ad: So, there's no sample on display.
ASSistant: Yah, no(period)

Ok, end of story. Decision made. i headed out to the next possible location. Popular Bookstore down the hill slopes of NTU campus. Guess what? When i reached there, i saw a sign saying "Close for stock taking today. We will be opened tmr 12/10/05..." D'Oh! So it's all the way back up the hill to the minimart where i bought the glue for my shoes. Again, they have a pack of 10 pieces of Glossy Photo paper. But one thing. It's the cheapest i am able to find so far (Too cheap to be good). But they come in 10s only, and i can't check out the quality (coz of a silver holographic seal) so again, left the place emptyhanded. Last place to check out. The bookstore over at NIE, which is a good 10mins walk from where i was. So that's my last try for the afternoon. (A good 30mins+ was spent at those 3 places already) At NIE bookstore... no glossy papers... but managed to get those nice 150gsm papers instead. Well, at least it's something presentable.. so i got 2 packs of 50s... and they cost only as much as a pack of 20 photo papers.

It's finally back to office, where i can get things done. So it's off to print those urgently-needed-by-tmr flyers. 20 pieces later, the printer ran out of coloured ink.. pfft... That really made my day. Well, i could go on printing, but my greens will appear as blues, and the whole design will get screwed up.

Hehe.. so i ended up leaving work and grab a new cartridge on my way home. Well, it IS part of office supplies, so i can claim that amount spent. But then again, I will have to be at work earlier to get things all done up.

I just love my job.