Andre's 21st Birthday

I went to a Melanie's son Andre's 21st last night. I spent the day getting ready for it because I wanted to look and feel good. I went to get my hair blow-dried straight in the morning and then bought a new pair of pants and some make-up.   I think I looked really good and everyone said I looked really well but it was so cold I felt frozen to the bone.  Melanie rented out a community hall and the remote-control for the air-conditioners were lost so they were not able to be turned on.  I found it hard to believe that they don't operate without remote-contols but that really was the case.  I've spent so much of my life looking for the remote-controls so I'm glad more things don't rely on them so much.   Mind you I can only operate my TV through the DVD player because I accidently threw away the remote-control for it (don't ask).   Well actually the battery was flat and since the buttons kept getting stuck and I was sure that I could use the TV without it, I threw it away.   One of those moments I wish I could have hit the rewind for.

Anyway the food was fantastic - typical Sri Lankan smorgasboard which I just love. And the music was great.  Melanie comes from a family of musicians so lots of people jamming.  Keith was on drums and it was great to hear him play again.

Today I met up with my brother Jack and Naomi for lunch and then we went to Oakleigh for coffee and cakes. I've never been to Oakleigh before but it is just 15 minutes away and it's like being in another world.   It is a Greek suburb and it really feels like being in Greece.  I would like to go back there during the week when more things are open.  It looks like a fantastic place to food shop.

I keep thinking about Friday when I met up with my work mates at the bowling. Because there have been heaps of people finding other jobs lately there was quite a bit of negative feelings by everyone about the reasons for it and a lot of anger at management. 

I think it is really unhealthy for people to stay if they are not happy with what they are doing at work and for years a lot of people stayed because there weren't the jobs out there and now that there are, many are leaving.  Now there seem to be an above average amount of people leaving after having no-one leave for so long.  That makes it seem much more like all is not well at MYOB than actually is the case.  I mean comparing our work environment to other workplaces, I think ours fairs pretty well.  Of course I'm not saying that there aren't problems that need to be addressed but it's possible too that the problem is being overstated because everyone is leaving at once.  MYOBians, what do you think?