Thursday, 4^th November 2004 | 2:29 PM
Sigh

I'm tired. I'm tired of working extra hours. I'm sick of being oversleeping - my phone alarm, PDA alarm, mom hollering at me to wake up have all been futile. I just sleep like the dead these days. And then having to end up forking out a small bomb each time because I have to call for a cab to take me to work. And when it's not the physically exhausting sale prep that's wearing me out, it's the regular pressures of my office duties.

Today, I'm quivering in the fact that I might have over-ordered on a title. I actually gave a figure that is half of the last three months' sales for the previous title as re-ordering quantity, but a newer, cheaper edition of the book might be available soon, as I've discovered today. So how on earth can we sell the huge order that I just ordered? I'm really quivering in fear. My colleague says that since the title is already ordered, there's nothing I can do. I can pray that the edition I ordered is now out of print, or the newer edition will be published later. Just praying. Am trying to avoid the temptation of cancelling the sent order - because stocks are really running low for this title and it's selling quite well by our records. Oh well.

I suppose one learns from mistakes, and one does have to fall a bit before being able to appreciate success. But making mistakes still suck. :/

Sigh.

It's less than two weeks to the end of Ramadan, and thus to Hari Raya. I'm not in a festive mood at all. I'm trying to cheer myself up by listening to Hari Raya songs... but internet radio hasn't been cooperating. Meanwhile, I have publishers' catalogues to go through, and titles to study.

Sigh.

Apparently, the stress is getting to me so much that I'm breaking out. Ugh. I never had a breakout problem like this - I had a relatively acne-free adolescence. Sigh.

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