No more a slacker

For those who might not know, i have really slacked off work for more than 1 year. Not that i don't like it and also not that i have much of a choice. The projects which i was supposed to be involved in are either put on hold, canceled, KIV-ed and etc etc etc. Some sources claim it to be down to office politics, managers jocking for positions to show how capable they are and disrupt another manager's project(s) and some claim it to be management decision, cost cutting measures (before the recession).

Yesterday just before i went home, i was informed ordered to monitor a task to be done by our outsourcing company. This task will start at 11pm and may finish as late (more like early) as 2am or more. Being a slacker for more than 1 year, i have got pretty much used to getting off work on time and just laze at home before i go to sleep. Since my demotion (in a way) back to being a junior (as i have to learn things from scratch again), i can't really refuse this but im OK with it.

To make matters a little worse, the location of where this activity will take place is in PJ =_= My mental map of PJ areas are as obscure as going into a dense jungle with no compass. Luckily however, about 1 week ago i went to a restaurant in the vicinity of where i was supposed to go, so i have a VERY rough idea of where the location of the building may be.

Me being me who dislike being late, i started my journey at 10pm after settling my usual duties at home. With at least 3 different versions of rough guides given by my colleagues, i panicked when nearing a supposed turn and then later found out that i had made a turn too early from the most elaborate direction given to me, i can't get back onto my previous road as there was no junction to do so. As luck have it again, this road was used when i went to the restaurant the week before, so i can vaugely visualize my general directions albeit i have to reverse the direction of things.

With a calm mind and vauge memories, i made it back to restaurant only to realize that i have missed the turning into the place where im headed. I finally made a U-turn after missing 2 U-turns @_@ Reached my destination at around 10.30pm.

Since the task to be done can only start after 11pm (based on user's instructions), i waltzed about in the office and met up with some old contacts whom i dealt with almost on a daily basis when i was in another department before. We chatted about the old times and a very serious incident which happened the previous day. They were still cleaning up that shit. The admin who was in charge of doing the task started the activites after 11pm and everything went smoothly, so everything just took about 40 minutes :)

I reached home just before 12am whereas usually i would be (unfortunately) dreaming away. Oh well, i suppose i will need to get used to these kind of situations again. Let's just hope my aging body can cope up with it still :p