[YUNA!]

john tesh!!!!

I did not take up violin just because I saw someone else take it.
I am not a follower.
I do my own things.
But you are too close-minded to even know that.

There are reasons behind my violin lessons, but why should I tell you?
You'll just laugh it off and tell me I'll never be able to do it.
You'll just tell me that I am NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO PERFORM THAT SONG.
Your idea of ENCOURAGEMENT is to DISCOURAGE.

You know what?

After surviving high school and college from you (and you not even bothering to come to my university convocation), that has proved that I am strong enough and that I can do anything that YOU SAY I CANNOT DO. I am not crap, like you say I am. I am not someone with no originality. I am not someone who is "TOO SCARED" to do things.

You may think I am, but I am not.
You know what? Let me prove it to you.

Let me prove how WRONG YOU ARE.

[Paper Wings]

Nearly 2 months ago, my mom slipped in the bathroom and sprained her ankle. I told her to go see the doctor and take a few days off. She said she had too much to do at work to take a few days off. Since then her ankle has healed somewhat but she still limps up and down the stairs. But now every time I think about it, I get really pissed off because I feel like she totally disregarded me and put work before everything. To add insult to injury, I'm a nurse so in this particular situation, my opinion should of mattered even more. Now I'm so much more less inclined to listen to her when she nags me about things.

mmm I think I'm hitting my rebellious phase a little late.

[scottie]

Oh man. I promised not to purchase anything until the day you said I could. But then when I opened your gift, it was something a friend had already given me to read weeks ago. Ah well, what you don't know won't hurt you.

[azurewrath]

I hate how I can't bring myself to commit without regret in many things I do

[bellaangel012]

I've got this situation at work where I don't know if my decision is the best one, so I'd appreciate some advice. This might be a bit long, so I'm sorry for burning your eyes. Thanks a bunch in advance guys

*mod, I have already introduced myself a while back in the intro thread.*
Before I explain my situation, I guess I should tell you guys about my work place. I came to my current company roughly about a year ago, almost everyone in the company is 35+, more than 65% are 40+ (It's a world wide private company, conservative too). So at first I thought I was going to have trouble fit in because of the age gap, not to mention 90% of the employees in our U.S offices are Caucasian, so as a Young, Asian gal, I had to tread carefully at all times, but to my comfort, everyone was/is wonderful, well, almost everyone.

We have a senior writer by the name of R, she has been with the company for many many years, she's excellent at what she does, but being 55 and still single, we all know she's difficult to work with in the aspect that she can't ever be wrong (even if she is, she will not admit it but rather push the fault off at someone else), and she doesn't comprise, it's her way or the highway. However, seems like she has a "special " relationship with my Senior Operations Manager, or at least that's the way she presented to all of us. My Senior OP is a fantastic guy, but it seems like every time she makes a fuss or starts complaining, he'll let her have her way. Quite frankly, I think the poor man is just irritated of having a crazy woman constantly screaming in his ear. Therefore, even none of us really like her much as a person, but because of job security, we don't say anything and just cater to her ways as much as I can, even though she's no one's manager or supervisor.

R claims she loves me, but I know for a fact that she has ran to my OP many times behind my back to yap about whatevers. I am very confident to say that professionally, no one should have any negative feedbacks about me. On a more personal level, I have always catered to her preferences, for the sake that we work very closely together, and the amount of hour we work together in a day.

She asked me to fold her newspaper and tighten up her work space once, I politely told her I can not b/c I have a few things I need to finish, she said : "You know, if you don't follow my orders, your job here could be a problem." I was upset about the way she threatened my job, but I understand we all get sh*t from our co-workers so I buried that incident. Since then, she had been giving me a hard time about every things I do for her. I have been very careful with myself around her so she had nothing to pick about, but she's so moody, she had repeately used the F word to me on several occasions, co-workers have told me that I should go talk to my HR director, I chose not to because I don't care for drama at work.

Last Friday in my OP's absence, she made a decision that wasn't hers to make, it effected me greatly and made me look completely incompetent in front one of my big bosses. I expressed to her that was not cool in my book and I didn't appreciate that. She cusses me out and slams down the phone, then came into my work space to have a "discussion". I just ignored her and tried to focus on the tasks on hand. She later sends out an email stating that the project wasn't ready b/c I didn't have my stuff together, when in reality, she was the one that instructed me to hold it off 'til Monday.

Now, I feel like I have given her enough of courtesy and I really should let someone know her behavior towards me. However. I am 100% sure that she will not be terminated as much as she used profanity on me and threatened my job (I'm not trying to get her fired by any means), and I'm 100% sure she will not receive any pay cuts neither. so basically, she'll probably just get a " small talk " from my HR director and walks away. But that means she'll make things 100 times harder for me from now on. and with my annual review so close, she would try to sabotage it by saying things to my OP (she did this to two other female co workers last year around review time).

I feel like the best thing to do is just ignore it and not say anything, because telling others about her actions won't do me any good, b/c I am certain that she will not receive any punishment.

Help?

I would file a complaint albeit a private one with your HR. It's their job to make sure none of this happens and if it does, for them to correct it. Also, if it comes to a point where she is like that, I would consider looking elsewhere as well. They say that your professional and personal life shouldn't mix but sometimes, you just cant help it, afterall the amount of time that we spend working with these people. No amount of money is worth all that crap, believe me, I left my other job because of the same thing as well.

[JF21©]

-for someone who loves loves loves plastic surgery no talented celebs who look like they could have been men in their lives at one point or another, you sure do love putting that girl down every time you see a pic of her..''photoshopped'' or not. also your love of said plastic women is a bit disturbing.

--you swear you know everything about everything. when in reality you don't know jack mini cooper.

---damn you're fine. but you're probably stuck on yourself so..yeah.

----i coño !

[LucasBunny]

I am so sick of all the bandwagon passengers
they make me sick to my stomach.

Before no one cared about a certain JE boi
and now since he's in a popular Jdrama people are sweating him
"Oh I love him!" u don't know jack about him except
he's in a drama so shut up!

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

QUESTION!!

this is part rant, part question.

so i live very close to a school.
and i guess some people like to come and play basketball in the morning whatever.
great i dont mind.


but it started at 7:30am, & they're blasting loud music (i can hear each and every single word in the lyrics perfectly clearly). and its SATURDAY.
and now im awake
n annoyed.


for future reference, who the hell do i call to get rid of the NOISE?
city? or cops?

i was going to call the city police but i felt stupid for complaining about noise when its so close to 8am.
or is it still ok to call?


i guess i could sleep over the noise if i closed my window
but its summertime so it gets hot and stuffy
i really dont feel like compromising comfort so those jerks can blast loud music at the crack of dawn.

[mwtk]

My co-worker is a total waste of space and thank god she wasn't heavily medicated today!

[losborrachos]

this is not really a rant, i just need to talk about it.

this girl i know just died yesterday, it happened suddenly and she's only a year younger than me. i know her through some mutual friends and we met and hung out once cos she lived overseas. i remember i talked trash about her once or twice with my friends, and the thing is i didn't even know her that well and i basically judged her based on first impressions and hearsay. to be honest, i hate admitting my own shortcomings, but right now i have to say that i'm ashamed of myself for doing what i did.

she was transferring to my college and school is starting in a couple of weeks but she fainted at the airport as she was about to fly here and later died in the hospital (she'd been sick for a few days but everyone thought it was just some common illness). i realize i was kinda excited that she was coming and right now i'm feeling a whole lot of sadness and sympathy for her and her family. it's crazy cos i just saw her friends two days ago and i would've met her in a few days but now they're flying her body back home and i'll never see her again.

here in this subforum we're often complaining about how old we feel and how we wish we were still in high school, but we still have our whole lives ahead of us. i guess what bothers me is that girl had college and basically her whole life ahead of her but i guess when it's time, it's time. there's nothing like death to put things into perspective. suddenly it doesn't matter so much that i'm still single, or that i'm not taking the advanced directing class, i just wanna live my life to the fullest, you know?

[chula]

what is it with filipinos and nursing?!?!
why do i feel like i have to explain myself - or defend my choice - of not choosing (and not wanting) nursing as my career?

[HERMIT]

^
I know what you mean.
I'm a Filipino male and people ask me where I'm stationed and which ship I am on.
I just tell them the closest I've ever been to being in the military was when I'd walk into an Old Navy.

[chula]

^ LOL

you just made me laugh. thanks hermit haha.

[little_omlette]

lately i've been feeling very irritated and every little thing seems to bug the crap outta me
especially my mother.. living at home with her is making me go crazy
then there's stupid people who can't freakin drive!! (at least go the speed limit peoples, NOT 10 OR MORE UNDER!!)
and then there's work.. i was on call this weekend and got called in to do some work
not a biggie since i was on call.. but if you're gonna call me to come work because there's actually work to do, then there better be ACTUAL work to do when i get in
it's so frustrating when you have to work with stupid idiotic people ;;
it makes me irritated with people even more! my goodness..
on top of that, there's the stresses of school and trying get all these classes knocked out and over and done with
all this built up frustration and stress.. i need to get away

that's all of my bitchin and gripin for the day
feels somewhat better to vent..

[YUNA!]

so my little sister forgot to turn off the stove after making her lunch.
i went downstairs to grab a nectarine.. thats when i noticed the stove was still on & was really hot..

what was my lil sis doing when i was freaking out in the kitchen?@@
watching tv.

she even had the audacity to tell me to shut up when i was lecturing her to be more alert.

kids.

[JF21©]

why do some people feel it's necessary to announce with much enthusiasm that they've started a page...nobody cares.

[Nightmare]

Your own foolishness and pride got you into this mess.

So don't rely on me.

[YUNA!]

so there I was happily munching on my piece of lamb (which I havent eaten in a LONG TIME.)

then I offer some to my dad.
he says, "No thanks. it makes me feel like I'm eating human."


way to lose my appetite.

[HERMIT]

so there I was happily munching on my piece of lamb (which I havent eaten in a LONG TIME.)

then I offer some to my dad.
he says, "No thanks. it makes me feel like I'm eating human."


way to lose my appetite.

Maybe he meant it in an erotic sense?


Oh n/m. That's not too appetizing a thought either.

[TygrrLilly]

I HATE paying for textbooks. I swear if I took all the money I have to spend on books this semester and added it up- I'd have enough to enroll in another freaking class.