Need to cool down from Shuing
On Thursday at work I was walking past Moira's room, where Stephen, Mary and Michael were in there talking. Mary said something to join me in the conversation. I told them I'd been here less than a year and already had three changes of bosses, but was pretty quiet otherwise. I saw Michael look at me a few times. I don't think he trusts me purely because I'm quiet. It was like the other day during the announcement - everyone was bitching about it but I just sat there quietly, which probably made them think I was silently recording what they were all saying.
Yesterday Lewis called me as he had bought some Thai fried sweets and invited me to have some, so I went down to level 10. I think he must be really bored there if he's calling me for this. It even seemed a bit gay-ish, but I like the fact that he's so into Asian food.
After a chat, I went to see Alanna. When I mentioned the change in bosses, her eyes lit up and she said she had forgotten that I was someone close to the action and someone she could gossip with. I told her about the meeting and Mary's suspicions about the change. She thought it was a combination of the image of level 11 having fun combined with David's hard to deal with personality being the subject of complaints from the spies and police.
We talked about Eliza possibly following suit, and she expressed some dissastisfaction that someone so young could be acting boss. She may have noticed some reservation in me because then she said she didn't mind working with Eliza, now that she (Alanna) was more experienced. She also said she would be going to Thailand for a couple of weeks as her boyfriend had changed jobs and had a month off.
During the day Shuing messaged me asking if I was up for drinks "buddy". I wondered if it was an attempt to smooth things over from Wednesday. I invited G along because I didn't want to get into deep philosophical discussions with him. I've come to realise that I need a break from him. He's too intense, too serious, and I find I'm getting into too many arguments with him. I know that if this keeps up, it may end up the same way with Bobby, and I don't want to lose Shuing as a friend. Another upcoming factor is Bobby's sudden loneliness after being dumped - always wanting to hang out. Shuing as of late has been trying to convince me that Bobby's changed and is a nice guy, and wants me to hang out together with him again. I swear there are emails where Shuing expressed disdain for Bobby, but cbf finding it.
Anyway, after work I met up with Shuing. He wanted to go into a bar to wait for G, but I didn't want to, because I was just going to have a lemonade and didn't want to pay $4 for it, so I suggested we go to Hungry Jack's and he reluctantly went.
While we were sitting down drinking, a fat guy walked past Shuing, making contact from his fat hips to Shuing's back. Shuing made a disgusted face and kept looking at the guy. I thought it was a bit too much for what was some incidental contact. But as we talked, the fat guy kept coughing without covering his mouth, and even another guy who was sitting nearby had to move away. Shuing kept looking at the fat guy in disgust, and eventually I had to suggest we leave.
We sat on a bench in the shopping centre waiting for G, and had that discussion/argument again about Brain asking Jenny out. He said "this is tiring" but I think I cut him off. I think he was about to say arguing was tiring. So why were we arguing all the time?
G arrived which provided some relief. We decided to go play pool at the place for which G won the auction for the gift card. We saw the host of the charity there, and I wondered if it was a place Lily or Naby went to, but there was only one girl there and everyone else was a guy.
We played three games, with each alternating so each person got to be by himself against two. Shuing seemed extra competitive, wanting to prove our jibes wrong, and I thought he took the game a bit too seriously. He said he even wanted to google how to hit a particular shot. I've come to think of him now as one of those high school students who are especially adept at problem solving.
After pool we went to dinner. Sometimes G and I would talk about William's group, which I think made Shuing feel left out. Maybe this was another push for him to go towards Bobby. It's a cycle. Probably what angered him a bit more was when he asked if I wanted a drink and I said no, and then G asked me if I wanted a specific drink and I said yes, and explained to Shuing that I didn't see that drink there before.
After dinner we went to check the movie session times. Shuing wanted to watch that Paul Rudd movie How Do You Know. I was too tired for a movie, and wanted to wake up early. In the end we went to the arcades, where G and I both won a pair of slippers, lol.
On our way to G's car we saw a Chinese new year festival, so we took a browse through that. I played that game where you drop the balls into the clown's mouth, I felt like a kid again and was talking to the girl running the shop while I played. She probably thought I was trying to chat her up but I was just soooo happy, because it reminded me of the eastershow when I was younger.
In the car ride I tried to keep things cool, talking about some neutral topic like the songs by Eminem, which was playing in G's car. I could tell Shuing was probably against the music, but maybe resisted from saying anything.
I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend, away from Shuing. I need some time apart.
Yesterday Lewis called me as he had bought some Thai fried sweets and invited me to have some, so I went down to level 10. I think he must be really bored there if he's calling me for this. It even seemed a bit gay-ish, but I like the fact that he's so into Asian food.
After a chat, I went to see Alanna. When I mentioned the change in bosses, her eyes lit up and she said she had forgotten that I was someone close to the action and someone she could gossip with. I told her about the meeting and Mary's suspicions about the change. She thought it was a combination of the image of level 11 having fun combined with David's hard to deal with personality being the subject of complaints from the spies and police.
We talked about Eliza possibly following suit, and she expressed some dissastisfaction that someone so young could be acting boss. She may have noticed some reservation in me because then she said she didn't mind working with Eliza, now that she (Alanna) was more experienced. She also said she would be going to Thailand for a couple of weeks as her boyfriend had changed jobs and had a month off.
During the day Shuing messaged me asking if I was up for drinks "buddy". I wondered if it was an attempt to smooth things over from Wednesday. I invited G along because I didn't want to get into deep philosophical discussions with him. I've come to realise that I need a break from him. He's too intense, too serious, and I find I'm getting into too many arguments with him. I know that if this keeps up, it may end up the same way with Bobby, and I don't want to lose Shuing as a friend. Another upcoming factor is Bobby's sudden loneliness after being dumped - always wanting to hang out. Shuing as of late has been trying to convince me that Bobby's changed and is a nice guy, and wants me to hang out together with him again. I swear there are emails where Shuing expressed disdain for Bobby, but cbf finding it.
Anyway, after work I met up with Shuing. He wanted to go into a bar to wait for G, but I didn't want to, because I was just going to have a lemonade and didn't want to pay $4 for it, so I suggested we go to Hungry Jack's and he reluctantly went.
While we were sitting down drinking, a fat guy walked past Shuing, making contact from his fat hips to Shuing's back. Shuing made a disgusted face and kept looking at the guy. I thought it was a bit too much for what was some incidental contact. But as we talked, the fat guy kept coughing without covering his mouth, and even another guy who was sitting nearby had to move away. Shuing kept looking at the fat guy in disgust, and eventually I had to suggest we leave.
We sat on a bench in the shopping centre waiting for G, and had that discussion/argument again about Brain asking Jenny out. He said "this is tiring" but I think I cut him off. I think he was about to say arguing was tiring. So why were we arguing all the time?
G arrived which provided some relief. We decided to go play pool at the place for which G won the auction for the gift card. We saw the host of the charity there, and I wondered if it was a place Lily or Naby went to, but there was only one girl there and everyone else was a guy.
We played three games, with each alternating so each person got to be by himself against two. Shuing seemed extra competitive, wanting to prove our jibes wrong, and I thought he took the game a bit too seriously. He said he even wanted to google how to hit a particular shot. I've come to think of him now as one of those high school students who are especially adept at problem solving.
After pool we went to dinner. Sometimes G and I would talk about William's group, which I think made Shuing feel left out. Maybe this was another push for him to go towards Bobby. It's a cycle. Probably what angered him a bit more was when he asked if I wanted a drink and I said no, and then G asked me if I wanted a specific drink and I said yes, and explained to Shuing that I didn't see that drink there before.
After dinner we went to check the movie session times. Shuing wanted to watch that Paul Rudd movie How Do You Know. I was too tired for a movie, and wanted to wake up early. In the end we went to the arcades, where G and I both won a pair of slippers, lol.
On our way to G's car we saw a Chinese new year festival, so we took a browse through that. I played that game where you drop the balls into the clown's mouth, I felt like a kid again and was talking to the girl running the shop while I played. She probably thought I was trying to chat her up but I was just soooo happy, because it reminded me of the eastershow when I was younger.
In the car ride I tried to keep things cool, talking about some neutral topic like the songs by Eminem, which was playing in G's car. I could tell Shuing was probably against the music, but maybe resisted from saying anything.
I'm looking forward to a quiet weekend, away from Shuing. I need some time apart.
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