KL at a standstill (well.. almost)

One of the things I've noticed about driving in KL is the unpredictable traffic situation. Well, sometimes. I mean if it's raining, I can safely say that there would be a horrible, torturous crawl of vehicles; no matter where you're heading.

Back to unpredictability, KL was almost at a standstill today. I left the parking lot near the Bank at 6.45pm, and guess what time I reached the traffic light near ampang park? 7.30pm!! Bloody hell!

A simple 5-minute drive turned into a 45-minute crawl! Isks..

I imagine this would be the case during Ramadhan as well. When everybody will be leaving the office at relatively the same time. And hence the horrid traffic jam. *sigH*

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On a different note, I've got my bonus letter today. You see, as a normal red-blooded employee, part of my motivation would be getting paid the yearly bonus. Alhamdulillah so far in the 4 years I've been here, I've been getting my share of the annual special pay :))

This year our Dept is under a different Division. I honestly didn't know what to expect. Moreover, the Boss is a new Dept Head, so we all don't know what to expect of her.

Turned out to be something of a surprise.
Admittedly, in terms of number of months, it's definitely lower than last year's. Hmm, maybe the lowest ever.

But it was a surprise when I read in the letter that I got an additional RM1K on top of the bonus payment.

When I told Mumue a.k.a The Boss about it, she smiled. Looking genuinely happy, she said that's good, that's very good. I told her I've never seen this before, and how did I get this additional anyway? So Mumue said: "It's because of me" (I guess she did fight her way with the Division Head on the extra compensation for the Dept).

It was a surprise indeed. I didn't expect The Boss to be that way.

Mumue, you're not so bad after all. And I don't mean about the bonus alone, in so many other areas too.