I am in shock...

I am in shock. I was right, although I hadn't really believed it. It
hasn't sunk in yet. I'm still in shock.

What the...

I heard a pretty stupid radio ad today. Actually, there are plenty of stupid radio ads, but I heard this for the first time today.

I can't remember it word for word, but it went something like:

"Honey, help me do this IQ test. Where is Malaysia's premier shopping haven?"
"Definitely Seremban 2!"
yadda yadda
"Let's go there now!"

I didn't know IQ tests included knowledge of where a supposed shopping haven is. When I heard it, I was like... wtf???

Don't tell me what to do

I don't like people telling me what to do. I don't mean at work. Of course people will be telling me what to do all the time at work; that's part and parcel of the job. Sometimes it's a necessity.

I'm talking about outside the office; people trying to tell me what to do with my life. If I wanted your advice, I'd have asked you, thank you very much.

I'm quite frustrated at the moment because someone had overridden what I wanted. I'm not going to go into specifics here, but I was supposed to receive something from another person; and that person overrode it and I received it in a different form. I will admit that the person did mean well when the change was made, but now it's upset what I had planned.

Plus, I don't like people telling me what to do. OK, this doesn't technically count as being told what to do; but it falls broadly into that category because it's as if I'm being told that this is a better option for me; without asking me first.

If I wanted your advice, I'd have asked you, thank you very much. And there are very few people whom I trust for good advice, and if you don't hear me asking you, you're not one of them.