Intoxi'Kath'ing Whispers

I'm tired. I'm tired of my job, of doing recruitment, of dealing with clueless and stubborn hiring managers. Of hiring managers who demand perfection yet are only willing to pay peanuts for the person. I'm tired of candidates who reject my offers over and over again. Is it me? Or is it the manager? The interview? The first impression of the company's culture? How do recruiters do this over and over again? How do they survive working in a recruitment firm when I can barely do recruitment any longer? And bear in mind, I am only recruiting for my own company. I want to stop searching for people, searching for talents. I am struggling to take care of myself, of my current work situation. I have no energy left to take care of others. Get your own candidates since you are so picky. Candidates with 1 month notice period is definitely better than those who have 2 months, in terms of waiting. And if the candidate is good, why not? Why hassle on their s...

Respect my time please. Honestly! If your interview is scheduled for 10am, then be there by 945am. Why would you want to come in as early as 9am for your interview? Where am I going to let you sit? If I let you sit in one of our rooms, you're taking up our space that was not accounted for for that period of time. Then I get 'harassed' as to why I let my candidates wait so long when it is by no fault of mine or the interviewers. I did tell you to come at 10am, did I not? Geez....I understand that you want to show that you are a punctual person but this is a bit too much. You could have gone off to get a drink then come back later. I don't even know what to do with you myself! "Should I let the person sit here? Should I ask the person to go out some where and return later?" Maybe I should leave myself and hide away and leave you people to sort out yourselves....

Seriously... don't you read? I don't understand certain applicants. If a job advertisement says, "Urdu language skills required" and you DO NOT communicate in Urdu, through either spoken or written, then why are you responding and applying to the job ad? What, do you think that you will miraculously have the language at your fingertips once you apply for the job? It makes me think that you're lazy (not reading through the job ad properly) or just plain dumb/stupid. Let me reiterate that this is not discrimination. We just need someone who can communicate in Urdu to reach out to our target markets. Can you even do that if we hire you? (IF we hire you, of course. Geez...) Urgh!! *pulls hair* Do not waste people's time. I'm sure there are plenty of jobs out there that are more suited to your capabilities. This, is just not it.

Upper body is currently aching from the pulling and balancing on top of water. Who knew that water games could be that strenuous? Got heat stroked... feeling hot with a runny nose to boot. This is getting to me. Stop being sick please...   I want to whine today. My group mates are too laidback... they never seem to have any input into our group work. The ones who are discussing are just the two or three of us. There is no teamwork and no group leader. I for one, am not going to be the group leader. Why should I stress myself up? Yes, I want to be selfish and think of myself now. I don't want to think of everyone all the time! I am tired of being a mediator. Thank goodness I will only be with them for this trimester. Then, bye bye! Hasta la vista!   I don't feel like going to camp. I want my weekend to catch up on studies. Silly annoying camp... I don't want to crawl in mud, cross leech-infested rivers and eat fly-infested food. I don't want I don't want I...

Ok I am going to rant. Because I am tired, sleepy and I am a bit annoyed at what is going on... Did you just indirectly backstab me? I very well knew that I included everyone in the email loop for our assignment. But when you compiled, you only sent it to me and one other person. Why? Next thing I know, I open my email and read about another member's effort at compiling questions and that he was not informed about the compilation. And, that he is upset commenting about the hush-hush going on. Who wouldn't be? But then, you replied him through email saying that I am following up with the other team regarding this. It seems to say that I decided on the hush-hush that's going on. Like what? -.- Huh... welcome to the real world.

OK, grammar Nazi time... Honestly speaking, I am not an English expert. Subjects like phonetics or the origin of the English language are not known to me as I do not have a degree in English. However, my English is good enough for me to spot mistakes that either make you want to cringe or sit the offending party down to an intensive English language lesson! The pictures below are mistakes that I see nearly everyday. These belong to a property developer company. Browse through the pictures below. The mistakes are so glaring that I really do not understand how such error can occur from a company like them! What does having a fully equipped fitness centre got to do with being "energetically"? First of all, the usage of the word energetically is wrong. Even the word energetic is already wrong in this context. You do get the message that they are trying to convey, but it makes you (or me rather) go "Energetically what?" This is an easy exa...

Oh my gosh... I just saw the photo I got tagged in where our tour guide was carrying me down the Timpohon trail!! So embarrassing...!!! *hides face in palms* Anyway, let's forget about that. Hahaha. Folks, be prepared for a rant from me. If you don't want to spoil the perception you have of a "supposedly" sweet Kathleen, I advise you to scram. Now. Today, as I was coming back from work, a police car was cruising behind me. It went at a normal speed with lights flashing but no sirens, just like any ordinary car. We then reached a traffic light junction and coincidentally our side of the lights was red. So we stopped. And guess what people? The police sirens suddenly came on. What for? So that other cars will make way for the police car so that they did not have to wait for the lights to turn red! In other words, jumping queue! Why am I confident of what I say? The minute they passed the traffic light junction and turn right to where they wanted to go (po...

I got conned....! :'(I got conned....RM 200!!! "Beaver's dam" it! Why was I so stupid??? I think I got targeted cause I was alone and I was not alert enough. I was tired and I couldn't really understand what they were saying. I really just needed them to leave me alone and shut up. *heartache* I got conned! RM 200!!! Kaaathleeeeeen!!!! I haven't told my parents YET cause I am sure to get a shelling from them. My gosh... RM 200. I can treat people to a nice dinner....! I feel like banging my head against the wall for my stupidity!! *ROAR!!!* I hate salespeople. I need to learn to be more streetsmart! Upset.

Warning : Ranting up ahead. If you answered yes to the above question, you are either self delusional or you have an extremely high opinion of yourself. Good. Now, let me bring you back down to earth. Nobody is perfect. If you are perfect, then you are a God. If you are perfect, then why are you at where you are now? No one is. Everyone lacks something in some areas of their life. Some of us are good in hiding it, behind a mask, a facade. Some of us are not so good, and it can be seen by careful observation. Some of us, don't give a "beaver's dam" about it and gladly shares with the world. Is everyone smart? I would say yes, for the average person. People with special needs are different. The average person would be me and you. Everyone is smart in their own ways. It's just that the world is made in such a way, that you are only smart if you are good in certain aspects. Sad... Myself? I finally realized I entered the wrong field. Studying bio...

AAhhhhh.......!!!!!!!! I cannot believe that I actually got two free invites to watch Peter Pan the Musical in Sunway Lagoon but I am here blogging about my not being there!!! Urgh... The irony of it!!! I am supposed to be there... now... at this moment, watching the musical and perhaps heading on to SL Nite Park after the show.........But I am not!!! Because I didn't know I was one of the few lucky ones to be chosen! Huh. I was checking my email for days, inbox, spam, there was nothing. And the day (today) was getting closer. So I thought I didn't get chosen. Then I was too busy with other stuff I sort of neglected my email checking for three days. Till I got a call today, at dinner time, bout 8pm. And the pass collection booth closes at 730pm because the show starts at 8pm! The guy was like, "Is this Kathleen XXX? I'm calling from All Malaysians Blogger Project." When I heard that, my heart dropped. It meant I was one of the few lucky ones to be ch...

        Is it just me or are parents nowadays (my generation *gasps*) really more lax with their children in terms of discipline? Either that or they do not know how to handle their children. I cannot help but get annoyed at them, both the parents and the kids. Children these days do not know how to behave, screaming shouting in church mind you. And what does the mom do? "Sshhh!!! Sshhh!!!" -.-'         As if the child will listen. That's all she did!!! No action taken, just shushing him. I was so busy observing this spectacle take place in front of me I did not really concentrate during Mass.... Sigh. My fault. So annoying! I felt like scolding the kid right there and then. Believe me, I was really taking a lot of deep breaths to treat them as invisible things. If I were to behave like that in church during my time (Gosh, I sound old), I won't live to see the next day man. Do you know how strict m...

Carrefour SS16 Subang Jaya!!! What is wrong with you? How can you switch off your parking lots lights at 10 pm??!! Cars are still parked there. Without the lights, your parking area becomes dark. And SCARY!!! I could not see my car even though I knew where I parked it. What is this? Trying to save electricity eh? This, however, is too much. Too much I tell you. As if in the daytime your parking lots are bright enough, you think it will be brighter at night? Without lights in the daytime, it's already eerie. What more at night? Nonsense! I thought it was only at the level which I parked at. L4. But as I went down, some parts of L3 was also in darkness. WTH? Don't be so stingy on saving electricity that some thing else happens in your parking lots which would bring BAD attention to you. Penny wise pound foolish. First time I actually got scared and felt like going back into the mall. (Dahla got "so many" people around...) Wake up Carrefour!!!

I get annoyed when people imply that I have no discipline. Excuse me.... But last I checked, we were not really close friends at all. Heck, we were just acquaintances who met each other by chance through a mutual friend. You don't really know me. So, how can you determine through three face to face conversations and MSN chats that I have no discipline?? Ok, I am not really scolding you (in case you happen to read this, hope not). But this is what I feel and I am just speaking out my mind. Good, since you say I have no discipline, I shall prove to you that I do HAVE discipline. I will prove to you that I can do what I am supposed to achieve in that target amount of time. I will prove to you that I also have determination. I will prove you wrong. I will prove that you do not really know the real Kathleen yet. And I will also prove to you, that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Do not underestimate me. We will see in two months time.... Till then...

Annoying how some people treat you as an invisible person. Annoying how some people do not spare a thought for you. Annoying how you have been there more often in front of them than the other person and yet they only find you when they know you have contact with that someone they are interested in. Annoying how after that, they stop contacting you again. One word -  Annoying. Why not ask her yourself? Why go through me? What do you think I am? A telecommunication device? Pay me the money I spend texting her, asking how she is, all the way in other countries. Then I will let you know how she is. Coward.

I nearly got knocked down by a car today (21/7/2010). It was after work and we (YK, CY and I) decided to head over to Kota Damansara to have dinner at Arisu, a Korean BBQ restaurant. YK had parked her car so I went further up as there were more parking spaces available and I could park my car in peace (meaning, no other cars behind waiting for me, I hate that). I parked and walked back to where YK and CY were standing by YK's car. It was kinda dark. I had to cross over to the other side of the road at a so-called cross-junction. I am very careful (duh). Thus, I always look out before crossing (basic road lessons we learn, look left look right look left again). Cars (normally) signal when they want to turn right to enter the road I was crossing. You can also gauge whether the car is turning, even if he is not signaling, by observing the way they drive. This particular car did not signal and did not make any signs of turning into that road. In fact, it was driving as though it ...

Facebook is getting a bit too crowded for me. I am a personal kind of person. I value my privacy and treasure it like it's the last thing on earth. Being internet savvy, joining social networks, blogging, all these activities just kind of take away that security I hang on to. It's not big a deal. Hey, I love blogging and I am too insignificant in the web world to garner any stalkers or hardcore fans. Haha. Thank God. So I can happily blog in here, (almost) everything I want to say. Facebook, however, is becoming a different story. Ever since the mistake I did with my account in Friendster (I approved every Tom, Dick and Harry's request), I have become very selective in who I approve as my friend and of course, who I add. It is not that earth shaking, ignoring friend requests from unknown people, especially when their profile pictures are blank, pictures of animals, food stuff and inanimate objects. Like what the hell... If you want to add me, you jolly well show me ...

I should be doing a lot of other things. Like preparing for my class.. which I have no idea when it's my turn. I haven't prepared anything... Only read a few pieces of paper. That is bad. A 'teacher' should never never do that. Scout's motto: Always be prepared... Same goes for when you meet handsome, hunky guys.. hahaha. LOL. Buck up on my housework... My room is in a mess. My clothes are everywhere. And there are still some uni stuff which I have yet to clear!! OMG... Almost a year since I graduated. This is horrible! I just found my UTAR alumni shirt behind my room door under my sister guitar's cover. Yea... told you. Basically just doing some housekeeping for my house. Yea. *mutters to self* But I always end up in front of the computer, FB-ing, scamming (haha), doing everything and anything that is absolutely not necessary!!! Huh..! I gotta kick myself in the butt... Let's just hope mushrooms don't grow and there is no BO on my blog. Peace. :)

You know how when you get addicted to some things, you can never stop getting enough of it? You want more and more of it. You yearn for it and look forward to it? You would do anything just to get it? Well, this post is not about those kinda things. It's about other things. LOL. Recently, I am beginning to have a lot of thoughts running through my head. Positive and negative ones. I would say that this is more of my reflection. Or what's left of my reflection. My thoughts are numb, My feelings are too, I thought I was dumb, But so are you too. You daft you imbecile, A fool that you are, With that fake smile, We know who you are. Becareful what you wish, Death could be at your door, You better learn to fish, And mop the dirty floor. Don't forget your place, And think you can't be beat, For the one who's the real ace, Will bring about your defeat. Just random ramblings and mumbilngs I have. Peace out.

Not to sit next to in trains!!! 1. People who talk a lot, nonstop . (Felt like asking the person to shut up) 2.People who talk so loud , their every personal secrets can be heard!!! (Hello? We don't need to know that you didn't brush your teeth this morning! Gross...) 3. People who have body odour . (No offense, but I cannot take the smell, really felt faint and wanted to vomit) 4. People who do not know how to keep their elbows to themselves. (They keep jabbing your sides with them!! Ouch..) 5. People who are big-sized . (Again, no offense but I always seem to end up sandwiched between two BIG people, it’s uncomfortable!) 6. This is for the ladies. Men !! (Perves, there are a lot of them out there!!!) P/S : Not all men ya.. 7. People who obviously do not know anything about hygiene . (They dig their noses, pick at their teeth all the while sitting next to you!! *Shudders..*) 8. People, men again, who like to grab their *ahem* crotch .. for whatever reason I ...

Aahhh!! I have no idea why I am so busy! I have reports yet to finish, answers I've yet to search for online, assignments yet to be done, clothes not ironed... and the list goes on and on! I don't want to complain.. but then I do WANT to complain. So shoot me. Here I am nearly drowning in my pool of work and there I see my sister happily reading a novel by Zoe Rice, an activity which I'd much rather be doing! She has the time to even go shopping at One Utama!! Wah...She has even watched dvds borrowed from her friends.. movies I'd like to watch as well.. Pan's Labyrinth.. Can't remember what else.. Kath, shut up! You aren't supposed to compare!! I can't help it!! Haha. Not your fault sis.. just that she's in the same semester as me.. with a beautiful timetable (no classes on Wednesdays!) Same Uni but then she's taking PR and I'm taking Biotech. That's the difference I suppose.. Sci-ence.. *sigh* It had better be good after all the...