I think people try to invent reasons for abnormal circumstances; attributing 'rough patches' to things like bad luck; fan4 tai4 sui4 and such! and so of late colleagues have been saying that the 'pigs' in the office have been out of luck and that we need to go pray to some deity to improve our lots... hmm dun really believe in this sort of thing, but have been rather unlucky of late! so feel a bit cursed! and it's also quite irritating that many things I have to deal with; or IMMEDIATE emails I have to answer are sometimes quite 'technical'... ie. one really needs to be experienced to know where to unearth info from... and some of our databases are seriously mind-boggling/ challenging; with an infinite number of sales codes and acronyms that a freshie like me always takes forever to decipher... and so, i'm really really grateful to my great, kind, helpful colleagues... whose sharp, trained eyes can pick out and sieve out info at record speed... hai. and was really touched by a couple of colleagues who stayed back with me despite having personal things to attend to... despite being super tired too... just to help me tackle work issues. it's heart-warming to have such good, decent ppl around. :)