How are you today?

[PhilippeD]

Alia, my kid are more young the dinamic is different... And it have very less to "grab" and play with in a Agya than in a fortuner.

And we don't have nurse and the in law are totaly useless. The kid will come with us!

[PhilippeD]

Yesterday while preparing something with my wife she ask me:
- How much have we done yet?
- Wait I count, un, deux, trois ... Dix, onze. ONZE
- We already make eleven
- Yah sebelas

And we both look at each other realizing that we just spontaneously use 3 language.

[wisnupurwanto]

Hmm true, but enjoy and savour every moments when your kids still young, by the time they are teenagers, they want go out with their friends

indeed
it is very difficult for four of us to meet and or travelling together now,
we miss all the noise they made in the car during travelling, dining table, our small living room ...anywhere; which was very annoying at that time
now, I can say 2 kids is not enough, but too late

[PhilippeD]

indeed
it is very difficult for four of us to meet and or travelling together now,
we miss all the noise they made in the car during travelling, dining table, our small living room ...anywhere; which was very annoying at that time
now, I can say 2 kids is not enough, but too late

My younger one have a bag in which she put all her "treasure".
The older one take pleasure to steal the bag and have her youger sister running after her while shouting to make your head explode!!!

[wisnupurwanto]

My younger one have a bag in which she put all her "treasure".
The older one take pleasure to steal the bag and have her youger sister running after her while shouting to make your head explode!!!

believe me, then 10-12 years or more, you will miss all of this mess ...
thus, just enjoy the wonderful chaos

[PhilippeD]

:P definitively, memory is selective!

I have plenty of moment I enjoy with my kid and definitively I will miss those moment. But the overall I'm eager they grow up.
Mind they are still young (3 and 4), I think it start to be more interesting when they grow up a little (8 to 12) when you can more talk with them.

[PhilippeD]

Forget to add... The little one have one of those strong voice. She can sing "let it go" loud enough for make your ear buzzzing... And she don't shout, she sing following the melody.

Now imagind when she shout...
Imagine the sister playing to make her shout...



But definitively, it have plenty of "little moment" that will keep in my memory.
They don't call me papa, they call me papa pilip.
The youger tried to copy the older and it become papapapilip.
And now when they call me they said: papapapapapapapapa pilip

[vania~]

@Phil: youre kids are so funny yet adorable!

[naughtygab]

so Phil... you must be able to sing that song well .. i like that song at first, but got tired of listening everyone singing it all the time.

Forget to add... The little one have one of those strong voice. She can sing "let it go" loud enough for make your ear buzzzing... And she don't shout, she sing following the melody.

Now imagind when she shout...
Imagine the sister playing to make her shout...



But definitively, it have plenty of "little moment" that will keep in my memory.
They don't call me papa, they call me papa pilip.
The youger tried to copy the older and it become papapapilip.
And now when they call me they said: papapapapapapapapa pilip

[naughtygab]

i just hate my boss. the type of " you work on it, i'll take the credits.. " kinda boss. .. no voodoo dolls work so far.. any ideas?

[Vanhellsink]

i just hate my boss. the type of " you work on it, i'll take the credits.. " kinda boss. .. no voodoo dolls work so far.. any ideas?

Start making your own fortune cookies and bringing them to work handing them out to a few people in the office. Always give one to your boss that reads something to the effect of "True leaders acknowledge the talents of others" or "Stop being a prick".

[naughtygab]

ah it doesnt work at all. i put that "true leaders....." as my BBM heading for a week, she didnt respond at all, while when i put "i have a secret..." ,a minute later , she texted me, "what secret do you have? anything juicy?"

Start making your own fortune cookies and bringing them to work handing them out to a few people in the office. Always give one to your boss that reads something to the effect of "True leaders acknowledge the talents of others" or "Stop being a prick".

[jstar]

If she's the type of person who thinks "everything that goes on in my department is on me, good or bad", there is not a lot you can do about it. Even requesting the limelight once in a while and getting the promise you will, won't change it.

That is one of the reasons many companies have 360° reviews (with input from boss, co-worker lateral, staff and person him/herself) and skip-level interviews and meetings (so you talking with the boss of your boss).

[naughtygab]

no.. only the good ones goes on her.. the bad ones would go to the respective 'fruit children' aka subordinates. , the previous big boss didnt care at all. as long as she could lick his a** well.
the new boss , *sigh* he have heard 90 % of our trouble with that selfish boss, but couldnt do much. ... he told us, well we need to keep her as she is XXXXX ( well he mentioned the country name, but it would bad for me if i mention it. i know some of the expats in my office are in this forum, but they dont know me ..... hopefully).

even we have different toilets.

[jstar]

Like the busses in South Africa at the time? Or management-(non) management? Or male-female (that makes sense)?

You know what is the difference between brown-nosing and ass-kissing?
Depth perception.