After spending 2 days in another salary survey QA/QC meeting my head hurts like hell. They were the 3rd and 4th meeting I had with the committee. However, they were my first Total Remuneration Meeting. The first two meetings was Total Cash, so it was straight forward. All numbers and with little tweak in excel spreadhseet I grasped the idea easily. But Total Remuneration is about how you quantify a benefit. I got the assumption, but still seeing it in number need further analys on how the consultant came up with that. And being the most junior member in the team did not help at all. The rest seemed to forget so the conversation flew around in lightning speed and I felt like walking with a stone in my shoes trying to keep up with it. Fortunately by Saturday afternoon I begun to grasp the idea as well. It made me look at the result in completely different perspective and I am going to have one hell of a time trying to explain it to my line manager (whoever s/he is).

On another aspect, I came to another mind blowing experience. As you may already know, I have been trying to tapering down my addiction to this tool of evil (as some might say. I’d prefer to call it tool of heaven ) and I think I was doing fine until a colleague of mine sending me an invitation to join him in this. AAARRRGHHHHHH!!! The temptation was too much and I was completely shattered like crackers under violent chewing! I found my self getting so excited and now I spent most of time looking at it. Well, I blog walked through it and now I am chatting through it either. Temptation - temptation - temptation, to you I embarrasingly give in.

In a more proud subject, I took Mika and Pascal to buy some books in Periplus yesterday. Mika had been spoilt rottenly with toys so I guess it’s time to emphasize on books. I told him that I am going to buy him some Cars books but not toys, which he reluctantly agreed. Pascal, being an innocent baby boy, picked Barney. I did not manage to pick my own books, I planned to do it sometimes later when I did not have 2 active boys who tried to tear down the place with me.

We managed to do some Idul Fitri advance shopping as well. The mall was so packed I kept on reminding Mika not to run away otherwise he will be lost. Pascal was busy trying to push down the manequin and keep on clinging on any merchandise he could grasp. That, and the fact we were only one among so many active children and anxious parents who fought over clothes and changing room, made it really a miracle that we could come out breathing in one group. I guess the shopping situation will be worse when it come closer to Idul Fitri and I thought Ramadhan is a month where you should be able to control your self and emphatize with the less fortunate. It feels like shopping month to me.