Josephine Chow

I was like a ‘won ton’ factory over the past few days, haha! Still feeling rough but I’m back at work now, always make me feel guilty taking time off work, am I abit of a workaholic?!

Both Julie and Biff are down aswell, that says.. the flu season is back! hooray..

I have to see a specialist to sort out my ear problem, have couple of appointments made now but you’ve to love the NHS - I have received a letter through the post the day AFTER my actual appointment?! Er??

P.S. A big thank you to my team of nurses for looking after me while I’m sick and for being so patient with me!

It’s been bit of a mad day here in the office, I had to popped out to calm myself down, it’s actually quite nice sitting at the park nearby to read a book for a while and enjoy the last bit of sunshine before winter arrives…

What I don’t understand… how some people can be so irresponsible, they don’t do any work, don’t care about anything, and it’s never their fault when it comes to issues and problems, they claim they don’t know anything so someone else should sort it out… commission is the only thing on their mind!

You know, we are such a small company, everyone else working really hard to make the business work and trying the best to get through this difficult time, but with those attitude we would have no hope!!

I really don’t know how long I can cope with this sort of un-motivated working atmosphere…

I have just turned down another job interview yesterday through an agency. The role sounded very exciting and the company is offering quite a attractive package, unfortunately the travelling just isn’t feasible, I can’t possibly handle that sort of journey to work on a daily basis, which is a real shame!

Not entirely sure how I feel today, I’m not at the stage where I need to stay in bed but then, I’m not well enough to be sitting here in the office (to er..surf the internet!) Sipping lemon and honey now to load up the vitamin C and drinking gallons and gallons of water, but what else can I do except feeling sorry for myself??

Feeling under the weather today… Think I might be coming down with a cold… Haven’t had a cold or flu for a long time… I thought I am tough but obviously not, oh well, taken a lbuprofen now and see how it goes.

I guess constant lack of sleep doesn’t help, I wish I can take two days off and just sleep, sleep and sleep.

Unfortunately, will have to wait till X’mas for the next break now which is still 3 months away. Funny though.. I was in a supermarket this morning and they have already started selling mince pie. X’mas just seems to start earlier and earlier each year, it becomes SOOOO commericalised these days, but still, I love X’mas and I can’t wait!!

The only two photos I have saved from Jo & Bruce reception: Jo & Bruce and Biff’s best man speech

Another one done only two more to go till end of the year (hopefully!!) God, was so nervous yesterday had another ‘wedding invitation looking’ card through the door but luckily it’s only a thank you card.. phew!!

It was Jo & Bruce’s wedding party on Sunday - good to see everyone made an effort to look nice and that 4 piece band was great! Shame I couldn’t enjoy the meal though as my dress was so tight and those stupid corset boning was digging into my rib cage…ouch and it still hurts!

I’m so gutted that I have lost all the photos from the night, all the files stored on my memory stick were corrupted even Mike couldn’t rescue them. I only managed to save one on my laptop which is a photo of Biff in an attempt to make his best man speech (it sounded more like him trying to make himself known to all those single girls present there). Just hope the others have taken some decent pictures

Sorry everyone if you don’t care less about chinchilla but it’s all I can think of at the moment…

Have been doing some research on them and apparently, these little thing can live up to 15 years (wow)…. They are nocturnal and will sleep most of the day, they only need to be out couple of hours in the evening everyday, it would be ideal for us really!

They are not happy alone so expert suggests getting two at the same time if possible but would I be able to handle two at the same time?! hee hee..if I’m calling one Chilli the other will have to be called Pepper, or Chocolate and Donut, or Mike junior and Jo junior?

Also you should be careful when playing with them, because frightened chinchilla will stand on their back legs and spray urine in the face of any potential threat! (haha, Biff should stay away from my Chilli & Pepper, hahaha)

The only factor we need to consider is the size of the cage, the minimum cage size for a pair should be 1m x 1.5m and 1.3m tall as they are very active animal and they need loads of free space… unless we sort out accommodation we are not getting one…. or perhaps Mike would allow one of our bathrooms to be transformed into a chinchilla room??

aawwww..just look at this little cutie, isn’t he sweet??

Oh my god.. my lovely Mike has bought me a bungee jump & champagne package as a gift. dear me!

I didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry when I opened this envelope with a letter says ‘tandem bungee jump’! I seriously didn’t know how to react as I was so shocked.

I can vaguely remembered I have once mentioned it would be a good idea to try sky diving one day (probably after a bottle of wine), and I like the game Worms where the worms fight each other and they have this squeaky voice saying ‘buunggeee…’ But bungee jumping??? It’s not the jumping I scare of but dangling head down and swinging back and forth afterwards. There are plenty of other experiences you can do, what’s wrong with a romantic hot air balloon trip? or drive a Ferrari…

I guess you really have to be careful what you wish for huh?? even sky diving doesn’t seem like a good idea anymore.

Anyway, am in two minds whether to jump or not to jump. Mike is happy to get a refund and I can have a cutie chinchilla instead.. but thinking about it, it would be an unforgettable experience and something that we have done together, and most importantly, I don’t want Mike to be disappointed. I’m sure it wasn’t an easy task getting presents for me being such a fussy girl!

decisions..decisions…

Oh by the way, my chinchilla will be called Chili if I am getting one, cute isn’t it, hee hee