I spoke to my aunt last night on the phone. I was asking after my nephew, who was spending a few days with her. She told me that he was asleep already after hours of running around. After talking about stuff, she told me to buy her two automatic umbrellas as my birthday gift to her. I promised I would bring them when I go there next month. Suddenly, she told me that I should also lose weight before I go there. My goodness, I have to do some quick weight loss activities in a little more than a month’s time. It would require discipline, something I still have to acquire.
Every start of the year, our office always runs out of office supplies. The reason is because in government offices, funds are released late every beginning of a new year. Approval for acquisition of supplies is not considered urgent. The priority is of course the salaries of the employees. Even though we try to stack up on supplies before the year ends, come the new year, supplies still ran out before we can purchase new ones. If you have friends from other offices, you can borrow from them the stuff that you need, that is if they have extra. I think the overall government system needs to be changed to address these problems. However, considering that there are countless of greater problems besetting the government system in our country, this does not merit any attention from the higher ups.
