whyyawannabringmedown

i learned a new word today. swine, as in the swine flu. when i first heard it, i thought it sounded country, you know, just like 'wayne'. but apparently it refers to 'pig', which then makes it, well.. not so nice a word anymore.

lucky i haven't resorted to naming my character in my xbox game 'swine adams' or something like that yet...

so swine flu is just pig flu. pig flu on human that swept across mexico all the way to europe and no, i'm not talking about any episode of heroes here. scary huh? that just shows how vulnerable we are. one pandemic comes out of nowhere and humankind would be swept clean, no matter how many nuclear warheads you have...

those virus might be all the way across the globe from us here in south-east asia, but that doesn't mean we are safe. especially since last week, there are fierce rumours that our company is planning to sweep part of her employees clean, a head count cut.

so we are totally far from safe here. if we were in american idol, we are those bottom-2 vote-getters standing waiting for ryan seacrest to say, 'american voted... you are...' then briskly go to commercial break. in fact, maybe we are even in a worse condition. i mean, for swine flu, at least you could wear mask, swallow all the tamiflu you've got and stay safe, but for us here, nothing could shield us from that probable pink letter verdict. nothing.

it's as if you've got a cancer, and the doctor refused to tell you if you would survive or how long more before you die. plain vain, right? i say, let it over with already but no, they are gonna squeeze every ounce of your efforts first, and then shoo you off with pathetic compensation package.

so at the moment, we live with this uncertainty. every now and then i would forget this dilemma when my hands are busy typing those numerous work reports while my headphones blasting lady gaga's poker face over and over again, but when i passed by every corners every cubicles there would be whispers speculating about this, making me all depressed again.

i wonder, so what's their evil attitude?




...ed