I've just received my bonus for 2025 and it's shrinking year after year due to bullshit cost-cutting reasons, while the company's share price continue to rise with the oil price due to the war. The CEO in his recent address to the company made a Freudian booboo when talking about the Middle East conflict by starting his sentence with "the only good thing with the war is". He quickly realised his faux pas and then said "there is nothing good about war". But that came too late as the whole company heard it, which further confirmed everyone's opinion of him. And when it was later revealed that he sold his company shares days before the war broke out and missed out on the subsequent price surge, we couldn't stop ourselves laughing.
While still on the topic of work, as someone passionate about Process Safety, I did a whistleblowy thing reporting a manager's unsafe behaviour to the relevant "authorities" and now he is under serious investigation. As this is not his first infringement, the investigators decided to name and shame him in the most public of ways. Suffice to say, he's in deep trouble. However, if this still doesn't get him, I know he's being protected by some powerful figures and the strategy to deal with him will have to be altered.
Talking about crude oil, if those greenies think the world can survive without fossil fuels, they're likely ignorant of the fact that the chemicals used to make fertilisers all come from crude oil. And without fertilisers, there'll be no crops and the whole agricultural sector collapses. That being said, those having EVs must be feeling so smug when they see the skyrocketing petrol prices. Well, if the stock market volatility continues to wreak havoc on my superannuation, I hope at least the rising interest rate will keep on that trajectory so what I have in the bank can work harder for me.
It's day four since my return from PNG and I'm already fully engrossed in this new massively expansive open-world game called "Crimson Desert". The feeling of being able to spend lots and lots of time this break on it makes me feel so good inside. Hence, I'll be quick here doling out this month's musical number, which is a live rendition of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" when I sang in a open-mic style karaoke bar on a cruise ship. Boy, do I miss performing for an audience! You can find other clips similar to this here: 1 2 3 4.
Excuse me now, for I have to return to the gaming world.
