Speaking of which...
Heading to Zouk later for XL's hen's nite.
hmm mm..none of my friend's has ever had anything like that so I've never gone for any hen's nite....
But well, we do have some stuff lined up for her...
We'll see how it goes later...
I didn't go work today.
Been telecommuting from home the whole day.
Kinda lazy to drag my bum out of the house...hmm mm...
Friday, September 26, 2008
This is hilarious!!!
Below is a conversation which really happened on Singapore's Power 98 FM radio station recently.
DJ : Good morning. This is Power 98 & do you want to play a game?
Contestant : Yeah, why not.
DJ : Good. It is a simple game.
When I say something you have to give an answer that is opposite to what I have said.
For e g. when I say Sharp, you have to answer Blunt. OK?
Contestant : OK.
DJ : Sun
Contestant : Moon.
DJ : Black
Contestant : White.
DJ : Tall
Contestant : Short.
DJ : Man
Contestant : Woman
DJ : Cock
Contestant : CHIBAI
DJ : Ok, these things sometimes happen and we are on live.......
Let's take a commercial break here!!!
========
Voila and good ol' Jane sent me this during a team meeting and insisted I read in immediately. She was just sitting opposite me and we couldn't help but giggle silently to ourselves whilst the boss was yakking away hahahhha....
DJ : Good morning. This is Power 98 & do you want to play a game?
Contestant : Yeah, why not.
DJ : Good. It is a simple game.
When I say something you have to give an answer that is opposite to what I have said.
For e g. when I say Sharp, you have to answer Blunt. OK?
Contestant : OK.
DJ : Sun
Contestant : Moon.
DJ : Black
Contestant : White.
DJ : Tall
Contestant : Short.
DJ : Man
Contestant : Woman
DJ : Cock
Contestant : CHIBAI
DJ : Ok, these things sometimes happen and we are on live.......
Let's take a commercial break here!!!
========
Voila and good ol' Jane sent me this during a team meeting and insisted I read in immediately. She was just sitting opposite me and we couldn't help but giggle silently to ourselves whilst the boss was yakking away hahahhha....
F1
Had to go into the F1 site yesterday to settle some work business. Hahaa...
Went to the main site near the Singapore Flyer.
That's where all the main ops centres are and where the media communications booths are set up.
A colleague who's stationed there came to fetch me in with an F1 buggy. Damn cute...like those you see on the golf courses.
The whole place was buzzing. Not with excitement I feel...Rather it was buzzing with a kind of nervousness and last-minute rush.
Foreign workers were still setting up fences, barricades, scaffolding. People were milling about looking lost. Since not all barriers were up yet, there were members of the public who were wandering about all over the place. Taking pictures and adding to the chaos.
Security personnel were here and there. But generally looked lost as well.
Loads of BMWs were plasterd with F1 stickers and had sirens and flashing lights placed on top of them. All driven by big burly ang mohs. All of them looked like bodyguards. They were driving here and there. Not quite sure what were they supposed to be doing though.
I saw the track. A portion of it at least. Cordoned off to all cars and vehicels and buggies. Only the marked BMWs were allowed to go onto the tracks....
Hmm mm....I seriously wonder, if our contract is for the next 5 years, will the lights be taken down till next year? Or will they be left there...? Hmm mm....
Where will the buildings go? Or will they be left there as well?
Went to the main site near the Singapore Flyer.
That's where all the main ops centres are and where the media communications booths are set up.
A colleague who's stationed there came to fetch me in with an F1 buggy. Damn cute...like those you see on the golf courses.
The whole place was buzzing. Not with excitement I feel...Rather it was buzzing with a kind of nervousness and last-minute rush.
Foreign workers were still setting up fences, barricades, scaffolding. People were milling about looking lost. Since not all barriers were up yet, there were members of the public who were wandering about all over the place. Taking pictures and adding to the chaos.
Security personnel were here and there. But generally looked lost as well.
Loads of BMWs were plasterd with F1 stickers and had sirens and flashing lights placed on top of them. All driven by big burly ang mohs. All of them looked like bodyguards. They were driving here and there. Not quite sure what were they supposed to be doing though.
I saw the track. A portion of it at least. Cordoned off to all cars and vehicels and buggies. Only the marked BMWs were allowed to go onto the tracks....
Hmm mm....I seriously wonder, if our contract is for the next 5 years, will the lights be taken down till next year? Or will they be left there...? Hmm mm....
Where will the buildings go? Or will they be left there as well?
The Cuzzie & Rising Prices
It was nice having dinner with Suli last night...:)
The gossips about our families, our other halves, our work...yada yada...
We hsould do this more often perhaps haha.
Gosh, she's so slim...dunno how she maintains it.. haha...
We munched at Sudoku? Shokudo??
That new jap restaurant at the corner opposite the Adidas outlet in Bugis Junction.
Food wasn't too bad. But prices were a rip-off I think. Gosh. A $60 dinner meal for two.
My chicken meaball pasta was quite good. Sauce was not too creamy and meatballs were nicely marinated. Tasted like those Tori-Q meatballs.
The Apple Vinegar drink however, was a huge let-down. Supposed to be their signature drink.
Probably cost them $1-something at cost price. It was charged at $5.80.
It tasted like any normal Zapple drink, with 5 small cubes of apple thrown into it, loads of ice cubes. And perhaps a dash of cider added into it for that extra sourness.
I can do it at home lor.
Conclusion. I'll prolly only go back there if I am feeling rich.
Drinks at TCC were a rip-off too....
Her tea tasted weird and my Russian Earl Grey tasted like PVC plastic.
$20 for 2 pots of hot tea.
Gosh. Prices these days are really atrocious.
The gossips about our families, our other halves, our work...yada yada...
We hsould do this more often perhaps haha.
Gosh, she's so slim...dunno how she maintains it.. haha...
We munched at Sudoku? Shokudo??
That new jap restaurant at the corner opposite the Adidas outlet in Bugis Junction.
Food wasn't too bad. But prices were a rip-off I think. Gosh. A $60 dinner meal for two.
My chicken meaball pasta was quite good. Sauce was not too creamy and meatballs were nicely marinated. Tasted like those Tori-Q meatballs.
The Apple Vinegar drink however, was a huge let-down. Supposed to be their signature drink.
Probably cost them $1-something at cost price. It was charged at $5.80.
It tasted like any normal Zapple drink, with 5 small cubes of apple thrown into it, loads of ice cubes. And perhaps a dash of cider added into it for that extra sourness.
I can do it at home lor.
Conclusion. I'll prolly only go back there if I am feeling rich.
Drinks at TCC were a rip-off too....
Her tea tasted weird and my Russian Earl Grey tasted like PVC plastic.
$20 for 2 pots of hot tea.
Gosh. Prices these days are really atrocious.
The Grocery List
Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of thestore in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries.
She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store at once.
Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can.' John told her he could not give her credit, since she did not have a charge account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told>the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, 'Do you have a grocery list?' Louise replied, 'Yes sir.'
'O.K' he said, 'Put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you>that amount in groceries.'
Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into>her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed.
The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down. The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, 'I can't believe it.'
The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales.
The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales>would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement.
It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer, which said: 'Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands.' The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in>stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store.
The other customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said: 'It was worth every penny of it . Only God Knows how much a prayer weighs.'
THE POWER OF PRAYER: When you receive this, say a prayer.
That's all you have to do. Just stop right now, and say a prayer of thanks for your own good fortune.
So dear heart, trust God to heal the sick, provide food for the hungry, clothes and shelter for those that don't have as we do.
Amen & Amen
She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work, they had seven children and they needed food. John Longhouse, the grocer, scoffed at her and requested that she leave his store at once.
Visualizing the family needs, she said: 'Please, sir! I will bring you the money just as soon as I can.' John told her he could not give her credit, since she did not have a charge account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer who overheard the conversation between the two. The customer walked forward and told>the grocer that he would stand good for whatever she needed for her family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, 'Do you have a grocery list?' Louise replied, 'Yes sir.'
'O.K' he said, 'Put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list weighs, I will give you>that amount in groceries.'
Louise, hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into>her purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still bowed.
The eyes of the grocer and the customer showed amazement when the scales went down and stayed down. The grocer, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said begrudgingly, 'I can't believe it.'
The customer smiled and the grocer started putting the groceries on the other side of the scales.
The scale did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them until the scales>would hold no more. The grocer stood there in utter disgust. Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it with greater amazement.
It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer, which said: 'Dear Lord, you know my needs and I am leaving this in your hands.' The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in>stunned silence. Louise thanked him and left the store.
The other customer handed a fifty-dollar bill to the grocer and said: 'It was worth every penny of it . Only God Knows how much a prayer weighs.'
THE POWER OF PRAYER: When you receive this, say a prayer.
That's all you have to do. Just stop right now, and say a prayer of thanks for your own good fortune.
So dear heart, trust God to heal the sick, provide food for the hungry, clothes and shelter for those that don't have as we do.
Amen & Amen
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Boo Boo!
I love my boo-boo.
Haha, a lovely lovely man, a lovely lovely friend, a lovely kaki, a lovely bitching partner, a lovely listening ear, a lovely guide....
All that and much more!
I know I can count on you Burong...
Thanks for the fun, help & laughter!
Loads of MUACKSS!
Haha, a lovely lovely man, a lovely lovely friend, a lovely kaki, a lovely bitching partner, a lovely listening ear, a lovely guide....
All that and much more!
I know I can count on you Burong...
Thanks for the fun, help & laughter!
Loads of MUACKSS!
Slack a little..woot!
My horoscope yesterday said
"Maybe it's time to slow down abit and even slack a little"
Hmm...well said well said..:)
Looking forward to October when the boss is out of town for like 85% of the time.
Time to take it slower when October comes.
Maybe my eye bags will fade a little.
Maybe my face will look that little bit brighter.
Maybe my fine lines will disappear.
And yeps!! Maybe I'll look less grumpy!
=)
Take a deep breath.
Zzzz
The Soup Spoon
Its been ages since I last had a meal at The Soup Spoon. More than a year and a half.
I think it's because of my refusal to slurp a bowl of exorbitantly priced soup.
Plus that fact that the last two times I ate there, the soup was laced with tablespoonfuls of MSG.
Today felt different.
The man & I were looking for something "light".
Given how "vain" we both are these days.
And the fact that both of us are watching our weights closely.
We decided to have our dinner there. At the branch in the basement of Bugis Junction.
We ended up having a medium sized bowl of Mushroom Soup, with a small bowl of Caesar Salad and some stuffed fried mushrooms.
It was alright.
The soup wasn't too great.
But the amount of mushrooms given in the soup was generous enough.
The creaminess of it all however gave me some shudders.
I was wondering how many cans or bottles of cream went into the soup to give it that texture.
It was anything but "light" actually. Haha.
The salad was good though.
Decorated with dried cherry tomatoes and sprinkles of bacon bits. Lovely.
With all that said, I still think it's overpriced.
Will not go back there anytime soon.
I think it's because of my refusal to slurp a bowl of exorbitantly priced soup.
Plus that fact that the last two times I ate there, the soup was laced with tablespoonfuls of MSG.
Today felt different.
The man & I were looking for something "light".
Given how "vain" we both are these days.
And the fact that both of us are watching our weights closely.
We decided to have our dinner there. At the branch in the basement of Bugis Junction.
We ended up having a medium sized bowl of Mushroom Soup, with a small bowl of Caesar Salad and some stuffed fried mushrooms.
It was alright.
The soup wasn't too great.
But the amount of mushrooms given in the soup was generous enough.
The creaminess of it all however gave me some shudders.
I was wondering how many cans or bottles of cream went into the soup to give it that texture.
It was anything but "light" actually. Haha.
The salad was good though.
Decorated with dried cherry tomatoes and sprinkles of bacon bits. Lovely.
With all that said, I still think it's overpriced.
Will not go back there anytime soon.
The Ker-Ching...Or Rather, The Lack Of It
I spent $1,000 in 3 days. On a trip, at The Body Shop and at M1.
With 4 upcoming weddings from October to December...
I think my bank balance will feel the heat of it pretty soon.
Looking forward to December
And the Year-end BONUS
I hope too that the bonus next April will be one to trigger a grin lasting for days.
With 4 upcoming weddings from October to December...
I think my bank balance will feel the heat of it pretty soon.
Looking forward to December
And the Year-end BONUS
I hope too that the bonus next April will be one to trigger a grin lasting for days.
Twenty-O-Eight
2008 seems to be the year to give birth and the year to get married...
Perhaps I was supposed to do one of the above too..things turned out otherwise...
But that's a different story altogether...
Anyway, Ah Ger had a little boy on 4th Sept..Gail had her own little boy on 17th Sept..
And now, Ah Seng will have his little daughter in early October...
Lots of baby rattles, nappies, booties and bibs flying around.. haha...:)
Well done, Singapore's population statistic has improved a notch!
Perhaps I was supposed to do one of the above too..things turned out otherwise...
But that's a different story altogether...
Anyway, Ah Ger had a little boy on 4th Sept..Gail had her own little boy on 17th Sept..
And now, Ah Seng will have his little daughter in early October...
Lots of baby rattles, nappies, booties and bibs flying around.. haha...:)
Well done, Singapore's population statistic has improved a notch!
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Horror of It All
Just because we humans have superior tools and gadgets doesn't mean we can have the right to treat animals this way.
WARNING: Some scenes are extremly shocking, gruesome and disturbing. So watch with um, some measure of self-control. Don't be like me..I watched a similar video without any warning this afternoon when someone sent me the link...and now I have some of those scenes stuck in my head...
Whatever it is, how could someone skin an animal while its still alive???
The world is seriously fucked up at times. These people are seriously fucked up.
And this all boils down what??? MATERIALISM AND CONSUMERISM. If there were no demand, these wouldn't have happened...If people were willing to pay exorbitantly high prices for such things, then these killings wouldnt have happened...
Sigh. What this what God had in mind when he first created the world?
I think not. I think not at all.
WARNING: Some scenes are extremly shocking, gruesome and disturbing. So watch with um, some measure of self-control. Don't be like me..I watched a similar video without any warning this afternoon when someone sent me the link...and now I have some of those scenes stuck in my head...
Whatever it is, how could someone skin an animal while its still alive???
The world is seriously fucked up at times. These people are seriously fucked up.
And this all boils down what??? MATERIALISM AND CONSUMERISM. If there were no demand, these wouldn't have happened...If people were willing to pay exorbitantly high prices for such things, then these killings wouldnt have happened...
Sigh. What this what God had in mind when he first created the world?
I think not. I think not at all.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Of Words and Promises
promises, ever so easy to make
promises, ever so easy to break
words are but cursory?
words spoken hold little value?
words come cheap
actions speak louder I guess
it is always easy to say
but difficult to follow through
so please say what you really can do
and not just speak for the sake of sounding good
sincerity and insincerity
are but barely separated by a thin line
it holds true of so many
from friends to family to colleagues to bosses
how oft have you said something
but failed to deliver?
are promises made to be broken?
like the old adage reads
say what you can do
say what you mean
words aren't meant as a broom
to brush off others
An Addict
- of Post's Honey Bunches of Oats
- of plain water
- of Scramble in Facebook
- of Word Challenge on Facebook
- of sleep and 40 winks
- of whining and complaining
- of the strange worlds found in fiction books
- of century egg porridge
- of Il Divo
- of feeling strange in my own skin
- of chicken wings and sausages
Friday, September 19, 2008
You Can Tell
How productiveI have been at work today right?
Lol...Hmmmm... But at least I did do work in the morning hor.. haha...
TGIF!
Moving off to Sheraton Towers soon..!
Looking forward to Chinese Double-Boiled Soup!
Lol...Hmmmm... But at least I did do work in the morning hor.. haha...
TGIF!
Moving off to Sheraton Towers soon..!
Looking forward to Chinese Double-Boiled Soup!
我喜欢
我喜欢
和你趟在一起做梦
和你狂欢大笑
和你度过的每一分每一秒
看着在睡觉的你
保着我不放的你
带着灿烂笑容的你
爱你的力量
疼你的狂恋
想你的冲动
LOL...my virgin attempt at a cheena poetic post.
Err...think it's a chessy attempt!! Lol....
Seriously, pardon me if I have unwittingly used any wrong phrase or word haha....
和你趟在一起做梦
和你狂欢大笑
和你度过的每一分每一秒
看着在睡觉的你
保着我不放的你
带着灿烂笑容的你
爱你的力量
疼你的狂恋
想你的冲动
LOL...my virgin attempt at a cheena poetic post.
Err...think it's a chessy attempt!! Lol....
Seriously, pardon me if I have unwittingly used any wrong phrase or word haha....
GB 和 GB
我的两位 Guest Blogger 都对我说: "I have writer's block. 最近比较累， 想不出要写些什么..."
好奇怪， 两个都说了同一句话.
那么...我就耐心的等下去吧!!
好奇怪， 两个都说了同一句话.
那么...我就耐心的等下去吧!!
The Economist Wannabe
Consumerism and Materialism
Aka C&M
Was thinking about this whilst on the way to work this morning.
3rd World Country
= Low levels of C&M with little or no growth in the rate of C&M in the country
Developing Country
= Exponentially increasing growth rates of C&M with mid-levels of C&M
Developed Country
= High levels of C&M with little or not growth rate in the level of C&M in the country
Make sense? Hmm mm…
Aka C&M
Was thinking about this whilst on the way to work this morning.
3rd World Country
= Low levels of C&M with little or no growth in the rate of C&M in the country
Developing Country
= Exponentially increasing growth rates of C&M with mid-levels of C&M
Developed Country
= High levels of C&M with little or not growth rate in the level of C&M in the country
Make sense? Hmm mm…
Thursday, September 18, 2008
uh-oh
"Stomach spoil" period again..
Been feeling a little queasy the past few days..
Greedy pig this morning. Had a char siew bao and two samosas..
I've skipped lunch liao..dun think I can take in anything for the time being.
Aiyah!! I have a dinner at Li Bai Restaurant at Sheraton Towers later!!
Hope I recover in time for the dinner lol..Good food leh!
Li Bai's one of the best Chinese restaurants in SG!
Been feeling a little queasy the past few days..
Greedy pig this morning. Had a char siew bao and two samosas..
I've skipped lunch liao..dun think I can take in anything for the time being.
Aiyah!! I have a dinner at Li Bai Restaurant at Sheraton Towers later!!
Hope I recover in time for the dinner lol..Good food leh!
Li Bai's one of the best Chinese restaurants in SG!
I is Comprain Queen
It is a little disturbing.
But I’ve become such a whiner that I can’t stand myself!
Shucks. Now I’m a typical Singaporean.
I whine and I complain and I bitch before I even know it.
*horrors*
Ok, I shall endeavour to improve my attitude.
But I’ve become such a whiner that I can’t stand myself!
Shucks. Now I’m a typical Singaporean.
I whine and I complain and I bitch before I even know it.
*horrors*
Ok, I shall endeavour to improve my attitude.
That Little Space...
It was a little enclave situated above the room, accessible via a small winding wooden staircase from the room itself.
Two concrete walls bounded the left and right faces of the enclave, painted with a thick coat of pastel yellow. The back wall was all but a piece of dark glass, opaque and slightly ominous in the night. The front face had no wall, only a piece of see-through glass one inch thick and standing waist-high.
Two rattan deck chairs took up half of the space in the enclave, the half which was nearer to the stairs. A jacuzzi sat in the other half of the space. A small cavity in the ground, set amidst the wooden floorboards.
Mosaic tiles of varying shades of blue lined the entire jacuzzi. Tiny tiny lights were set within some of the tiles, changing colours in a synchronized rhythm, pulsating from purple to blue to green to yellow to orange to red to pink and then to purple again. Colours of the rainbow.
An open-air shower was set in a corner near the jacuzzi, lined with similar blue tiles. The same tiny lights in the jacuzzi also lined the base of the shower, changing colours ever so often. It was a rain shower that was installed. Big, round and definitely inviting.
There wasn’t really a roof or a ceiling. Wooden slates set two inches apart from the next one ran along each other across half the space, over the two rattan chairs. There was no roofing at all over the jacuzzi area.
A lone balding frangipani tree stood in a far corner, its branches trailing on the top edge of the glass balcony wall. Stray white flowers tinged with pink lay scattered on the floorboards around the tree. Dead leaves dotted the ground around the tree as well, making light scratchy sounds whenever the breeze blew stronger.
A single yellow light shone from its mounted rack above the tree. And another was mounted just above the shower. Each cast a warm swath of orangey light across the whole area. Shadows danced away in murky areas where the light rays fell short of.
And of course, there was the moon, sitting fat and rotund amongst a flutter of clouds in the night sky. Its milky rays seeped through the gaps between the wooden roof slates, illuminating those beneath with its slivers of light.
There in that little enclave we sat next to each other in the middle of the night. Each stretched out on a rattan deck chair. Each ensconced within a bubble of self-thought.
Music emanated from the laptop which he brought along. The likes of Jay Chou, Snow Petrol, David Tao and Green Day spewed forth from its speakers.
It was tranquil though. Save for the occasional bout of laughter which could be heard from the café 8 storeys below. And save for the occasional blare of a ship horn which punctuated the air with a sudden outburst.
Oh yes, the horizon was dotted with ships. Big ones and small ones. Long ones and shorter ones. Each only a speck of slow-moving orange light in the distance.
Sitting there and staring out at the dark sea carrying its load of ships, it felt peaceful. It was a little nostalgic. It was a little out of the world. Time seemed in control of itself and there seemed not to be any worries in the world.
There was a breeze, albeit a gentle one. And it carried with it a strange mix of night smells, the wilted aroma of dank flowers and bushes and the sticky saltiness from the sea.
It was a spoiler not to have had wine with us that night. We made do with what we could find earlier in the night. And we were sipping Jolly Shandy in champagne glasses. What an irony. Oh well. Life and its ironies.
We sat for quite awhile and only moved back downstairs to the room when it got too chilly for comfort. Oh, how nice it would be too to have a room or a balcony as such in my own home….It would be my favourite chill-out area…..
Two concrete walls bounded the left and right faces of the enclave, painted with a thick coat of pastel yellow. The back wall was all but a piece of dark glass, opaque and slightly ominous in the night. The front face had no wall, only a piece of see-through glass one inch thick and standing waist-high.
Two rattan deck chairs took up half of the space in the enclave, the half which was nearer to the stairs. A jacuzzi sat in the other half of the space. A small cavity in the ground, set amidst the wooden floorboards.
Mosaic tiles of varying shades of blue lined the entire jacuzzi. Tiny tiny lights were set within some of the tiles, changing colours in a synchronized rhythm, pulsating from purple to blue to green to yellow to orange to red to pink and then to purple again. Colours of the rainbow.
An open-air shower was set in a corner near the jacuzzi, lined with similar blue tiles. The same tiny lights in the jacuzzi also lined the base of the shower, changing colours ever so often. It was a rain shower that was installed. Big, round and definitely inviting.
There wasn’t really a roof or a ceiling. Wooden slates set two inches apart from the next one ran along each other across half the space, over the two rattan chairs. There was no roofing at all over the jacuzzi area.
A lone balding frangipani tree stood in a far corner, its branches trailing on the top edge of the glass balcony wall. Stray white flowers tinged with pink lay scattered on the floorboards around the tree. Dead leaves dotted the ground around the tree as well, making light scratchy sounds whenever the breeze blew stronger.
A single yellow light shone from its mounted rack above the tree. And another was mounted just above the shower. Each cast a warm swath of orangey light across the whole area. Shadows danced away in murky areas where the light rays fell short of.
And of course, there was the moon, sitting fat and rotund amongst a flutter of clouds in the night sky. Its milky rays seeped through the gaps between the wooden roof slates, illuminating those beneath with its slivers of light.
There in that little enclave we sat next to each other in the middle of the night. Each stretched out on a rattan deck chair. Each ensconced within a bubble of self-thought.
Music emanated from the laptop which he brought along. The likes of Jay Chou, Snow Petrol, David Tao and Green Day spewed forth from its speakers.
It was tranquil though. Save for the occasional bout of laughter which could be heard from the café 8 storeys below. And save for the occasional blare of a ship horn which punctuated the air with a sudden outburst.
Oh yes, the horizon was dotted with ships. Big ones and small ones. Long ones and shorter ones. Each only a speck of slow-moving orange light in the distance.
Sitting there and staring out at the dark sea carrying its load of ships, it felt peaceful. It was a little nostalgic. It was a little out of the world. Time seemed in control of itself and there seemed not to be any worries in the world.
There was a breeze, albeit a gentle one. And it carried with it a strange mix of night smells, the wilted aroma of dank flowers and bushes and the sticky saltiness from the sea.
It was a spoiler not to have had wine with us that night. We made do with what we could find earlier in the night. And we were sipping Jolly Shandy in champagne glasses. What an irony. Oh well. Life and its ironies.
We sat for quite awhile and only moved back downstairs to the room when it got too chilly for comfort. Oh, how nice it would be too to have a room or a balcony as such in my own home….It would be my favourite chill-out area…..
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Little White
This 4-eyed geek needs some strength.
In the meantime though, she also hopes Xiao Bai will find her own ways to settle her issues at hand.
The going will be tough here and there...but there's nothing which can't be talked out.
Give a little, take a little.
Misunderstandings can be cleared. Arguments can be muted.
Going through such occurrences are part and parcel of relationships you should know.
But if things cannot be settled. Then perhaps it's just as well.
If two cannot weather a bout of rain, then what happens when a thunderstorm occurs in the future?
My listening ears are here.
Though I must apologise for the lapses when I'm extremely caught up in work.
Till here for now...
Hugzz from the auntie
In the meantime though, she also hopes Xiao Bai will find her own ways to settle her issues at hand.
The going will be tough here and there...but there's nothing which can't be talked out.
Give a little, take a little.
Misunderstandings can be cleared. Arguments can be muted.
Going through such occurrences are part and parcel of relationships you should know.
But if things cannot be settled. Then perhaps it's just as well.
If two cannot weather a bout of rain, then what happens when a thunderstorm occurs in the future?
My listening ears are here.
Though I must apologise for the lapses when I'm extremely caught up in work.
Till here for now...
Hugzz from the auntie
Deception of Leave
Am back to office today.
Am beginning to think taking leave is just a form of delusion.
Perhaps a direct result of escapism.
And perhaps, a form of self-denial.
The work is still there.
The deadlines are still there.
The not-so-nice colleague is still there.
The various forces pulling from different directions are still very much there.
And yes, the freaking freezing central air-con is still there.
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Spent 3 days over in Sentosa with the man...
His birthday..32 years of age and looking none the older.
Damn it. At the rate I'm going and at the rate he's going (or not going)...
I'm gonna look older than him very soon.
Spent Monday afternoon taking a dip and swimming a few laps
Went for a run on Tuesday morning...
Felt good to exercise a little after the past few weeks of being unable to..
Did touristy things...took the sky train, went on the luge..
Had a nice dinner at the new atas Sakae restaurant..
Dipped in our own private jacuzzi...sat by the seafront..
Enjoyed the seabreeze at 2am..
Fought with ants..
Cursed the rain on Monday morning..
Ate cheng ting..
Munched on snacks...
Did not manage to get wine so slurped on the only thing we could find...jolly shandy
Snoozed alot...
Listened to music...
Pictures will be coming soon...I hope I have the motivation to post them..;p
For now.
Oh well.
It's back to reality.
Am beginning to think taking leave is just a form of delusion.
Perhaps a direct result of escapism.
And perhaps, a form of self-denial.
The work is still there.
The deadlines are still there.
The not-so-nice colleague is still there.
The various forces pulling from different directions are still very much there.
And yes, the freaking freezing central air-con is still there.
=================
Spent 3 days over in Sentosa with the man...
His birthday..32 years of age and looking none the older.
Damn it. At the rate I'm going and at the rate he's going (or not going)...
I'm gonna look older than him very soon.
Spent Monday afternoon taking a dip and swimming a few laps
Went for a run on Tuesday morning...
Felt good to exercise a little after the past few weeks of being unable to..
Did touristy things...took the sky train, went on the luge..
Had a nice dinner at the new atas Sakae restaurant..
Dipped in our own private jacuzzi...sat by the seafront..
Enjoyed the seabreeze at 2am..
Fought with ants..
Cursed the rain on Monday morning..
Ate cheng ting..
Munched on snacks...
Did not manage to get wine so slurped on the only thing we could find...jolly shandy
Snoozed alot...
Listened to music...
Pictures will be coming soon...I hope I have the motivation to post them..;p
For now.
Oh well.
It's back to reality.
Friday, September 12, 2008
OOOOOO!!!!
I have another guest blogger...who has insisted that SHE not be named for the moment.
So I shall call HER the MGB....my mysterious guest blogger.
The topic shall be "TOES"....
My first guest blogger declined to write anything about toes lol...Instead, she said she'll write something about me...or us.
Hmm mm....
Akan datang the submission of both entries...
Hmm mm....
*rubs hands in glee again*
muahahahha
So I shall call HER the MGB....my mysterious guest blogger.
The topic shall be "TOES"....
My first guest blogger declined to write anything about toes lol...Instead, she said she'll write something about me...or us.
Hmm mm....
Akan datang the submission of both entries...
Hmm mm....
*rubs hands in glee again*
muahahahha
Word Challenge
HC & I are on a quest to out-do each other on the Facebook game "Word Challenge" haha....
He's going mad..playing during the day and during the night.
I just went up 3 levels above him last night and he went ballistic...
Immediately went to play the game this morning and finallly managed to move a few notches ahead of me...
Lol...he's a mad cow!!!
He's going mad..playing during the day and during the night.
I just went up 3 levels above him last night and he went ballistic...
Immediately went to play the game this morning and finallly managed to move a few notches ahead of me...
Lol...he's a mad cow!!!
Ladder Theory
http://www.laddertheory.com/ladderconstruction.htm
Lol...interesting site..
Sent to me by Xiao Bai...
Lol...interesting site..
Sent to me by Xiao Bai...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
*Rubs Hands in Glee*
Wah shiok!!
Might be getting 2-3 days of telecommuting from 24 to 26 September!!
Lol.....
Cos the roads and many areas around Suntec will be closed/barricaded/blocked due to the F1 race...
Muahaha....
Don't need to go into office...Woot Woot!!!
Might be getting 2-3 days of telecommuting from 24 to 26 September!!
Lol.....
Cos the roads and many areas around Suntec will be closed/barricaded/blocked due to the F1 race...
Muahaha....
Don't need to go into office...Woot Woot!!!
I is Rubber Band
I is Rubber Band..
I get stretched but I bounce back...
(And um, no side thoughts allowed on this phrase...ahem.)
I woke this morning feeling shitty and breathless.
It was a "Don't-make-me-go-to-work-PLEASE" shit ass morning mood...
But oh well, did the usual rounds and by the time I waltzed through the office doors, I was feeling better.
Sat at my desk and started typing furiously away....
Morning was made that much happier cos I was chatting to Kel whilst doing some work...
Some work which did not need much brain power, hence the ability to juggle a chat with Kel...
Chirpy bird!! That's what I'd call myself today.
Dunno leh, maybe when the stress and work havoc reaches a certain point, you react by turning a little bonkers...Job hazard? Hmm mm..maybe.
Anyhow, my brain synapses seem to have gone into overdrive today haha...
As was HC's. He has been absolutely mad these 2 days...crazy, whacky and nonsensical hahaa.
The brief but extremely fun MSN chat with the C-hole in the afternoon brought many a silly grin onto my face...lol...
And it provided a nice respite...pity it had to end though cos I had to go for a meeting...
And being the chirpy bird today...
All I could do in the meeting was to grin at my boss, present my back to him and say "OOOOO...Shoot me! Shoot me! I want more!!!"
.
.
.
.
And so he off he went...firing arrows into me..
Came out of the meeting wounded and bleeding.
.
.
.
.
Nabeh KNN.
.
.
.
I have 5 papers to write now.
4 projects running con-currently.
Of which 3 are headed by me.
I only have 2 hands
And 1 brain.
.
.
.
God Help Me.
.
.
.
Oh yah, I forgot.
.
.
.
.
.
I is Rubber Band.
I get stretched but I bounce back!!!
I get stretched but I bounce back...
(And um, no side thoughts allowed on this phrase...ahem.)
I woke this morning feeling shitty and breathless.
It was a "Don't-make-me-go-to-work-PLEASE" shit ass morning mood...
But oh well, did the usual rounds and by the time I waltzed through the office doors, I was feeling better.
Sat at my desk and started typing furiously away....
Morning was made that much happier cos I was chatting to Kel whilst doing some work...
Some work which did not need much brain power, hence the ability to juggle a chat with Kel...
Chirpy bird!! That's what I'd call myself today.
Dunno leh, maybe when the stress and work havoc reaches a certain point, you react by turning a little bonkers...Job hazard? Hmm mm..maybe.
Anyhow, my brain synapses seem to have gone into overdrive today haha...
As was HC's. He has been absolutely mad these 2 days...crazy, whacky and nonsensical hahaa.
The brief but extremely fun MSN chat with the C-hole in the afternoon brought many a silly grin onto my face...lol...
And it provided a nice respite...pity it had to end though cos I had to go for a meeting...
And being the chirpy bird today...
All I could do in the meeting was to grin at my boss, present my back to him and say "OOOOO...Shoot me! Shoot me! I want more!!!"
.
.
.
.
And so he off he went...firing arrows into me..
Came out of the meeting wounded and bleeding.
.
.
.
.
Nabeh KNN.
.
.
.
I have 5 papers to write now.
4 projects running con-currently.
Of which 3 are headed by me.
I only have 2 hands
And 1 brain.
.
.
.
God Help Me.
.
.
.
Oh yah, I forgot.
.
.
.
.
.
I is Rubber Band.
I get stretched but I bounce back!!!
GUEST BLOGGER!!!!
Yay!!! *drum rolls*
TADA!!! I will have a guest blogger soon!!!
Guess who??
It'll be Chloe...!!!
Aka C-hole aka Purpleskies aka Nana aka Cherry!!!
Yay!!!
Monday, September 08, 2008
The Biggest Mistake You Can Make as an Employee
This was extracted from an email advert which I received....
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When you were a child, you were programmed from young that someone or something else is responsible for much of your life. Your parents provide you with food and everything you need for growth, survival and happiness.
Unfortunately many people adopt this same mentality when it comes to work. They think that it is the employer's responsibility to take care of them. So many of them wait and wait. They wait for 3 main things:
1. Bosses to send them for training (assume that the boss will know what skills they are lacking);
2. Promotion. Many didn't even know the career path and thought that their title will remain the same until they die. But they expect their salary to increase to 'catch up with inflation' and 'higher standard of living'.
3. Opportunities to come to them. They look around and when their boss assigns them a difficult task, they ask "Why me?" instead of asking "Is that all?"
The starting point of your success in your work is to accept complete responsibility for who you are and everyting that you become. If you want things to change, you must change first.
Sometimes in my seminars I ask the audience this question, "How many of you are self-employed?" Usually fewer than 10% will raise their hands. Then I point out to them that this is a trick question.
Listen here: the biggest mistake you can make is to think that you work for anyone but yourself.
Everyone is self-employed, no matter you are on salary of commission basis.
You are the President of your company. Your company's name is "Me Pte Ltd". Your biggest customer is your employer. Your biggest asset is your mind.
You are in charge. The top 3% in every field treat their company as if it belonged to them. They see themselves as 'self-employed'. They act as if they own the place. When they refer to their company, they use words like "we", "our", "us" and mine".
The average employee, on the other hand, always refers to the company as if it were something seperate and apart from him. They treat it just as a job, with no other meaning and significance.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Mon cours de francais
I have slacked alot in my French.
I need to realign my priorities and objectives.
I need to spend more time revising on the language if I am to advance further.
It's terrible. I've forgotten alot of the tenses which we learnt in the last 6 months.
Argh. But at least I'm not the only one.
5 of us had lunch yesterday just before class...
Cher, Kyne, Eric, Tung Ling and me.
Some sort of a mini gathering to mark the start of a new semster. Our Intermediate 5 semester.
And we all agreed that we're all feeling the heat.
Lol...do or die.
It's a matter of choice and a matter of effort...
So ganbatte to myself and yes, I will work hard...!!!
I hope a half hour or hour each night will do the trick..Hmm mm...
I need to realign my priorities and objectives.
I need to spend more time revising on the language if I am to advance further.
It's terrible. I've forgotten alot of the tenses which we learnt in the last 6 months.
Argh. But at least I'm not the only one.
5 of us had lunch yesterday just before class...
Cher, Kyne, Eric, Tung Ling and me.
Some sort of a mini gathering to mark the start of a new semster. Our Intermediate 5 semester.
And we all agreed that we're all feeling the heat.
Lol...do or die.
It's a matter of choice and a matter of effort...
So ganbatte to myself and yes, I will work hard...!!!
I hope a half hour or hour each night will do the trick..Hmm mm...
Passion
Passsion hmm...
I really admire those who really are passionate about their "loves" and things they like...
There's Tazzee who can be found in one of the links on the right of the page.
A running fanatic...
www.run-to-live.blogspot.com
It's fantastic how many pairs of running shoes he owns and how many pairs he wears down within a year...
He can tell you which are the best routes to run, how to run properly, which are the best heart-rate monitors around yada yada....
And then, there's Kym. A newbie to blogging...
But a definite passion wielder for watches...his big love in life..apart from his wife-to-be of course lol...
I've just added him to my links as well.
www.kymwatchlog.blogspot.com
This watch lover currently owns around 40 pieces. Some are age-old timeless pieces.
Others are rare finds due to a stoppage in production and yet other pieces he owns are specific finds he trawls the Net for.
A true-blue fan of tickings and "beatings"...of steel straps and leather belts...of little nuts and bolts...of crystals and jewels...
Lol, I'm seriously wondering how much his watch collection is worth lol....
So what is it about the people I admire?
Perhaps it is their unwavering passion for pursuing something they enjoy, something they love...
A hobby which they are passionate about. A love which they are passionate about.
Looking at them, I wonder about myself.
What am I passionate about? Is there a hobby I truly am pasionate about?
Is there something I can lay claim to knowing alot about?
I couldn't think of something specific. In fact, I couldn't think of anything in particular.
Books and reading? That perhaps comes closest as a hobby I have.
But it is still not somethingI am 100% passionate about.
Art and craft? no...
Cooking? and even bigger no...
I am a touch-and-go person. Too easily distracted to sit down to one hobby or one "love".
Which probably explains why I am so amazed that I've stuck to French classes for 1 year and 9 months already. But that is another story altogether...
So what am I passionate about? I don't have an answer for myself.
And I find it somewhat distressing.
Perhaps though, in time to come, I will find something I can lay a claim of "passion" to.
And what are you passionate about?
I really admire those who really are passionate about their "loves" and things they like...
There's Tazzee who can be found in one of the links on the right of the page.
A running fanatic...
www.run-to-live.blogspot.com
It's fantastic how many pairs of running shoes he owns and how many pairs he wears down within a year...
He can tell you which are the best routes to run, how to run properly, which are the best heart-rate monitors around yada yada....
And then, there's Kym. A newbie to blogging...
But a definite passion wielder for watches...his big love in life..apart from his wife-to-be of course lol...
I've just added him to my links as well.
www.kymwatchlog.blogspot.com
This watch lover currently owns around 40 pieces. Some are age-old timeless pieces.
Others are rare finds due to a stoppage in production and yet other pieces he owns are specific finds he trawls the Net for.
A true-blue fan of tickings and "beatings"...of steel straps and leather belts...of little nuts and bolts...of crystals and jewels...
Lol, I'm seriously wondering how much his watch collection is worth lol....
So what is it about the people I admire?
Perhaps it is their unwavering passion for pursuing something they enjoy, something they love...
A hobby which they are passionate about. A love which they are passionate about.
Looking at them, I wonder about myself.
What am I passionate about? Is there a hobby I truly am pasionate about?
Is there something I can lay claim to knowing alot about?
I couldn't think of something specific. In fact, I couldn't think of anything in particular.
Books and reading? That perhaps comes closest as a hobby I have.
But it is still not somethingI am 100% passionate about.
Art and craft? no...
Cooking? and even bigger no...
I am a touch-and-go person. Too easily distracted to sit down to one hobby or one "love".
Which probably explains why I am so amazed that I've stuck to French classes for 1 year and 9 months already. But that is another story altogether...
So what am I passionate about? I don't have an answer for myself.
And I find it somewhat distressing.
Perhaps though, in time to come, I will find something I can lay a claim of "passion" to.
And what are you passionate about?
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Bigger Longer Better??
In the wake of the Olympics...
Of which the credo of Faster, Higher, Stronger permeated the minds of many athletes...
I guess another credo of "Bigger? Longer? Better?" occupied the minds of others...
I was reading this article in the Straits Times online archives...I think this was an article a few days ago...
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KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said on Sunday.
The nut got stuck on his penis following an erection, the Star newspaper said, forcing him to seek help at a hospital in southern Johor state.
Staff from the Sultanah Aminah hospital had to drain some blood from the penis and cut away a top layer of skin before the object could be removed, the newspaper said.
It said the fire and rescue department were also involved in trying to remove the nut from the unnamed welder, who is in his 20s and hoped the nut would weigh down his penis to make it longer.
'The patient is now recovering and we hope to discharge him today (Sunday),' hospital director Daud Abdul Rahim told the Star.
On August 25, another young man in Kuala Lumpur had tried to increase his sexual prowess by slipping a steel ring around his penis, forcing the fire department to cut off the ring after doctors were unable to remove it, the newspaper said. -- AFP
Of which the credo of Faster, Higher, Stronger permeated the minds of many athletes...
I guess another credo of "Bigger? Longer? Better?" occupied the minds of others...
I was reading this article in the Straits Times online archives...I think this was an article a few days ago...
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KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went embarrassingly wrong, a news report said on Sunday.
The nut got stuck on his penis following an erection, the Star newspaper said, forcing him to seek help at a hospital in southern Johor state.
Staff from the Sultanah Aminah hospital had to drain some blood from the penis and cut away a top layer of skin before the object could be removed, the newspaper said.
It said the fire and rescue department were also involved in trying to remove the nut from the unnamed welder, who is in his 20s and hoped the nut would weigh down his penis to make it longer.
'The patient is now recovering and we hope to discharge him today (Sunday),' hospital director Daud Abdul Rahim told the Star.
On August 25, another young man in Kuala Lumpur had tried to increase his sexual prowess by slipping a steel ring around his penis, forcing the fire department to cut off the ring after doctors were unable to remove it, the newspaper said. -- AFP
jiemei jiemei
Jiemei on October 2nd.
Jiemei on November 15th
After the above...I would have been a jiemei for 4 times liao...
Hmm...hope there's no quota for such things...haa...
Jiemei on November 15th
After the above...I would have been a jiemei for 4 times liao...
Hmm...hope there's no quota for such things...haa...
Quotable Quote?
天下乌鸦一般黑！
Lol, this phrase was muttered by my boss during the weekly team meeting yesterday afternoon...
Literally means "All the crows in the world are black"
I think he meant to say something to the effect of...people of the same "pattern" and characteristics will behave in a certain manner...
Hmm mm...
Of Punctures & Pumps
Had dinner with Mr Bull yesterday...Been quite awhile since I had dinner with him.
Since before I went to Paris I think, which would make it sometime back in June.
Just before we parted, he told me I’d changed.. haha.
Said I seem more subdued, a little deflated...
Somewhat like a tyre having a small puncture and air was slowly flowing out…
Mentioned that the energy and cheerfulness he saw earlier in the year somehow seem to have gone into hiding haha…
Yah man!! I feel it too!! Haha…
My reply to him was “Get me a pump lor…And pump me up.”
And then I froze. Oh shit, that just sounded extremely lewd….
Kept a straight face and hoped his straight mind wouldn’t think of anything else hahaha……lol...
Since before I went to Paris I think, which would make it sometime back in June.
Just before we parted, he told me I’d changed.. haha.
Said I seem more subdued, a little deflated...
Somewhat like a tyre having a small puncture and air was slowly flowing out…
Mentioned that the energy and cheerfulness he saw earlier in the year somehow seem to have gone into hiding haha…
Yah man!! I feel it too!! Haha…
My reply to him was “Get me a pump lor…And pump me up.”
And then I froze. Oh shit, that just sounded extremely lewd….
Kept a straight face and hoped his straight mind wouldn’t think of anything else hahaha……lol...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
=(
It's only 1030am.
And I have made so many mistakes at work already.
Argh. 2 of which relate to external parties.
Sigh. My brain is out of sorts this morning.
Hope it gets better later on.
And I have made so many mistakes at work already.
Argh. 2 of which relate to external parties.
Sigh. My brain is out of sorts this morning.
Hope it gets better later on.
Monday, September 01, 2008
The Southern Ridges
It was rise and shine early on Saturday morning...
Bathed and got ready to go out...Ended up waiting for the man to pick me...
Did some housework in the meantime...
Voila, he finally came...went for brunch...
Then popped by Granny's place for a visit...Stayed there for about an hour
Brought her to pee, watched her have lunch, brought her to poo...
Brought her to pee, watched her have lunch, brought her to poo...
And then it was off to the Southern Ridges..!!
We started walking at 12:45pm...with the sun way up high in the sky...
I was out of breath for the first 0.5-0.8km.
Reason being it was super hilly...
And the only way forward was to climb flights and flights of stairs...
And as you can tell....the man obviously wasn't interested in pics...lol...
And then before I knew it...
Ehhh???? I was at the top of Mount Faber already!!
Forgive me for the um...wanna-be scenic picture...
Singapore lah...
What else (beside HDB flats) is there to capture that is more iconic and representative of our SG landscape??
Singapore lah...
What else (beside HDB flats) is there to capture that is more iconic and representative of our SG landscape??
Walked past Jewel Box and went on downhill...
Realised that one of the poubs where we had our first few dates was being demolished....zzz...
Realised that one of the poubs where we had our first few dates was being demolished....zzz...
Walked by lots of foliage...and saw some weird ones here & there..
Including this one below...with reddish tendrils growing out of the leaf stalks...
A little creepy if you saw a whole bush of it...and not just a tiny branch in the pic below...
And on towards the Henderson Waves...
There was a little park-like clearing just before bridge they call the Henderson Waves...
And right smack in a very obvious place was this cute little sign...
Check out Point Number 5...
"Please do not engage in acts that would cause discomfort to other users
How succinct can they be man??? LOL.....
Part of the Henderson Waves
More of the Waves...
ME!
It really amazes me the signs these people come up with.
What the hell does this mean man????
Ok, but these signs I can definitely understand...
Not that I saw any monkeys though...
Quite disappointed! Thought I'd get the chance to see some of my cousins....
And maybe spend some bonding time with them...hmm mm...;p
One of the last portions of the walk before we made a U-turn to go back to the car...
This is called the Forest Walk...
And yes, the heights made my knees go weak at some point....
And last but not least...what better way to celebrate our 6km walk in 2h15mins...
By having a sinful sinful meal of course haha...
I was too busy tucking into my chicken rice to bother about taking a picture of his Mee Goreng!!
Hehehee.....
And oh yah, It's Monday...And my calves are still aching....
Gosh....
Brother Lawrence!!
It's really funny..
But I seem to have that little bit more fate with Lawrence than with others..
In the past 3-4 months, I've met him coincidentally on the streets about 4-5 times!
Sometimes with Tina, and sometimes alone (but on the way to meet Tina haha)...
And voila, I was walking past Suntec Tower 1 just now on the way to City Hall MRT...
When someone called out to me..and hey, it was him & Tina!
Both sitting on one of the benches just outside Tower One and just having a chat...
It was dark, almost 8pm already and I hardly would expect anyone to call out to me haha..
But am happy for them!! They just got a flat!
A little steep price-wise but the flat's just in between both sets of parents.
All within walking distance!! How cool is that man!!
It's really funny how I seem to be always updated on their house-hunting expeditions..
Really happy for them..:)ROM-ing on 28 Dec this year..
I still remember those rare times when me & him would have a chat about their relationship..
How he had some problems..how he didn't know how to tell her some things...
Things have panned out well and dandy for them now...
And I'm happy for this matchmaker of mine..;p
Oh well, if not for him hmm mm..prolly me & the man wouldn't have met? haha...
But I seem to have that little bit more fate with Lawrence than with others..
In the past 3-4 months, I've met him coincidentally on the streets about 4-5 times!
Sometimes with Tina, and sometimes alone (but on the way to meet Tina haha)...
And voila, I was walking past Suntec Tower 1 just now on the way to City Hall MRT...
When someone called out to me..and hey, it was him & Tina!
Both sitting on one of the benches just outside Tower One and just having a chat...
It was dark, almost 8pm already and I hardly would expect anyone to call out to me haha..
But am happy for them!! They just got a flat!
A little steep price-wise but the flat's just in between both sets of parents.
All within walking distance!! How cool is that man!!
It's really funny how I seem to be always updated on their house-hunting expeditions..
Really happy for them..:)ROM-ing on 28 Dec this year..
I still remember those rare times when me & him would have a chat about their relationship..
How he had some problems..how he didn't know how to tell her some things...
Things have panned out well and dandy for them now...
And I'm happy for this matchmaker of mine..;p
Oh well, if not for him hmm mm..prolly me & the man wouldn't have met? haha...
Saturday, August 30, 2008
brother kel
Thanks for saying a chirpy "Morning Mich" every so often on MSN...
Thanks for that cheerful little blinking orange light flashing on my screen sometimes...
And thanks for keeping me in your heart...:)
Apologies for not being able to talk to you these days..
Apologies for not being there to hear your little nuggets worth of information...
Hope things are okay for you?
Hope the sprained ankle is well okay by now?
Are you still running?
Are you still munching?
Are you still gobbling?
Has the weight been increasing? ;p
Are the rabbits ok?
How's the new work location? Miss the old one?
Still mahjong-ing with the rest?
EPL started, your socccer bets can start again too...lol..
Take care bro...
Till next time...
Thanks for that cheerful little blinking orange light flashing on my screen sometimes...
And thanks for keeping me in your heart...:)
Apologies for not being able to talk to you these days..
Apologies for not being there to hear your little nuggets worth of information...
Hope things are okay for you?
Hope the sprained ankle is well okay by now?
Are you still running?
Are you still munching?
Are you still gobbling?
Has the weight been increasing? ;p
Are the rabbits ok?
How's the new work location? Miss the old one?
Still mahjong-ing with the rest?
EPL started, your socccer bets can start again too...lol..
Take care bro...
Till next time...
STOP IT.
Why the fuck are people so excited over my flat? More than myself?
Please stop asking about it. Please stop asking when can I get it and when it will be ready.
I seriously don't fucking know ok???!!!
Stop telling me "I heard it's going to ready soon. When ah?"
Or "I heard keys can be collected next year January. Is it true?"
I know some of you mean well. And I apologise for my "what-might-be-seen-as-over-the-top" reaction.
But I've been hearing enough of this for the past one year. So please...
STOP IT.
I told myself the next person who's gonna ask me will get it from me.
And the unfortunate soul was Mingjie. Friends for 15 years.
This morning. On a day when I was seriously busy.
When my nerves were frazzled at being chased by people.
When my patience was thinner than Nicole Richie.
And when my frustration was escalating every minute cos of operational issues at work.
He called. And as usual asked "Can I speak to Mei Kim??"
GAWD.
I was ready to scream.
And then he asked the question. "How's your flat ah? Getting it soon right?"
And then he followed it up by another question.
"When is your wedding dinner ah???"
Wah lau. Triple whammy.
I've told him before already to shut his trap before such questions spill out of his mouth.
Either he forgot. Or he just wanted to see how I would react.
It wasn't exactly a screwing session.
More like an extremely exasperated session verging on extreme irritation.
Laced with a little dose of anger and a little sprinking of frustration.
And peppered with two or three forced laughter to take the spice out of the barrage of words spewing from my mouth.
The least is that he's been there and done that. So he understands. Perfectly.
After I was done with him...Yes, I did feel a little bad for the lash-out.
But it felt equally good to be airing out how I feel.
He's kinda suay lah...always catching me at the wrong time, wrong place, wrong mood.
Please stop asking about it. Please stop asking when can I get it and when it will be ready.
I seriously don't fucking know ok???!!!
Stop telling me "I heard it's going to ready soon. When ah?"
Or "I heard keys can be collected next year January. Is it true?"
I know some of you mean well. And I apologise for my "what-might-be-seen-as-over-the-top" reaction.
But I've been hearing enough of this for the past one year. So please...
STOP IT.
I told myself the next person who's gonna ask me will get it from me.
And the unfortunate soul was Mingjie. Friends for 15 years.
This morning. On a day when I was seriously busy.
When my nerves were frazzled at being chased by people.
When my patience was thinner than Nicole Richie.
And when my frustration was escalating every minute cos of operational issues at work.
He called. And as usual asked "Can I speak to Mei Kim??"
GAWD.
I was ready to scream.
And then he asked the question. "How's your flat ah? Getting it soon right?"
And then he followed it up by another question.
"When is your wedding dinner ah???"
Wah lau. Triple whammy.
I've told him before already to shut his trap before such questions spill out of his mouth.
Either he forgot. Or he just wanted to see how I would react.
It wasn't exactly a screwing session.
More like an extremely exasperated session verging on extreme irritation.
Laced with a little dose of anger and a little sprinking of frustration.
And peppered with two or three forced laughter to take the spice out of the barrage of words spewing from my mouth.
The least is that he's been there and done that. So he understands. Perfectly.
After I was done with him...Yes, I did feel a little bad for the lash-out.
But it felt equally good to be airing out how I feel.
He's kinda suay lah...always catching me at the wrong time, wrong place, wrong mood.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Man & Nature
Here's the text if it doesn't show up clearly in the pic.This picture by Hindustani Times lensman Himanshu Vyas (right) has won the IFRA Gold Award for News Photography, General News. Vyas has heard about an orphan fawn being looked after by aBishnoi woman near his hometown Jodhpur. At the mud dwelling, he noticed the fawn playing with her children. "When hungry, the woman breastfed the fawn and her daughter simultaneously. Wildlife activism is publicised around the world. But this connect between man and nature is unparalled," he says.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The bro
Adrian called up just now...
Had a nice chat with him, maybe 30 mins or so?....
Been quite a long while since I had a phone chat with him...
A few months maybe?
I mean come on, how often would you chat with your elder brother on the phone hmm mm...
He's learning blading now...together with Marc...on the sly...
i.e. This piece of information is only for me and my ears...FYI and P&C in his words haha...
Reason why we need to be so hush-hush about this is that the folks are PARANOID.
GOD DAMN PARANOID about blading.
"You'll fall and break your spine!"
"You'll break your arm! Your leg! Your neck!"
"You'll hurt yourself!"
"You'll bleed...!!!!"
"What about paralysis? What about concussion? What about this and that and and and and and and and???!!!!"
"There's other sports you can do??!! Why must it be blading???!!!"
Still recall the fight we had in 2006.
Me Vs The Two of Them.
Me in tears.
Them victorious.
WTF.
Me jealous...I wanna learn blading too...haha.
But I guess that'll only happen when I get my own place and space to keep my blades...sigh...
Let me concentrate on my running first...
Had a nice chat with him, maybe 30 mins or so?....
Been quite a long while since I had a phone chat with him...
A few months maybe?
I mean come on, how often would you chat with your elder brother on the phone hmm mm...
He's learning blading now...together with Marc...on the sly...
i.e. This piece of information is only for me and my ears...FYI and P&C in his words haha...
Reason why we need to be so hush-hush about this is that the folks are PARANOID.
GOD DAMN PARANOID about blading.
"You'll fall and break your spine!"
"You'll break your arm! Your leg! Your neck!"
"You'll hurt yourself!"
"You'll bleed...!!!!"
"What about paralysis? What about concussion? What about this and that and and and and and and and???!!!!"
"There's other sports you can do??!! Why must it be blading???!!!"
Still recall the fight we had in 2006.
Me Vs The Two of Them.
Me in tears.
Them victorious.
WTF.
Me jealous...I wanna learn blading too...haha.
But I guess that'll only happen when I get my own place and space to keep my blades...sigh...
Let me concentrate on my running first...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tai Ji
I was on a quest to find out how to write Taiji in Chinese this afternoon.
Taiji as in the wushu form....Tai Ji Quan.
I honestly thought it'd be an easier job asking my colleagues that trawling the Internet for those translation sites.
I asked Sand. Who gave me a blank look. Err......
And then proceeded to scribble something the likes of 泰级.......
And then we realised...hmm....that doesn't look right...Isn't the 泰 supposed to be 泰国 as in the country Thailand??
Ok, thought I'd better move on...NEXT....
I asked Kel, the potato who is on a quest to master Chinese. He's been so into speaking Mandarin lately that he just brings us to stitches with his English-accented Mandarin.
I thought he might have improved a wee bit and impressed me with an answer...
He gave me his best answer...spoken with his best Mandarin accent..(which still sounded astutely English anyway...lol) : "我不知道!"
I went to Xiao Mei...our little temp girl...who could only grin at me...
Gosh, and to think each of us spent at least 10 years learning the language when we were in school.
I didn't think of KH at all...but decided to ask her when I walked past her desk.
And she wrote this for me....太极
I picked up my paper and unwittingly scoffed at it..."Eh, you sure or not? Looks weird ley??!!"
"Hmmm, ok...Let's go check on Google..."
Wah lau...she was right!!! Smart girl.
I know who to look for when I need to do translation liao...
hahha.....
Oh yah, I forgot to share. The purpose of asking how the words are written....was cos I wanted it on my MSN nick...
超级无敌。。。太极选手。。。
Dedicated to another colleague of mine of whom I shall not mention.
Hmm mmm...
Taiji as in the wushu form....Tai Ji Quan.
I honestly thought it'd be an easier job asking my colleagues that trawling the Internet for those translation sites.
I asked Sand. Who gave me a blank look. Err......
And then proceeded to scribble something the likes of 泰级.......
And then we realised...hmm....that doesn't look right...Isn't the 泰 supposed to be 泰国 as in the country Thailand??
Ok, thought I'd better move on...NEXT....
I asked Kel, the potato who is on a quest to master Chinese. He's been so into speaking Mandarin lately that he just brings us to stitches with his English-accented Mandarin.
I thought he might have improved a wee bit and impressed me with an answer...
He gave me his best answer...spoken with his best Mandarin accent..(which still sounded astutely English anyway...lol) : "我不知道!"
I went to Xiao Mei...our little temp girl...who could only grin at me...
Gosh, and to think each of us spent at least 10 years learning the language when we were in school.
I didn't think of KH at all...but decided to ask her when I walked past her desk.
And she wrote this for me....太极
I picked up my paper and unwittingly scoffed at it..."Eh, you sure or not? Looks weird ley??!!"
"Hmmm, ok...Let's go check on Google..."
Wah lau...she was right!!! Smart girl.
I know who to look for when I need to do translation liao...
hahha.....
Oh yah, I forgot to share. The purpose of asking how the words are written....was cos I wanted it on my MSN nick...
超级无敌。。。太极选手。。。
Dedicated to another colleague of mine of whom I shall not mention.
Hmm mmm...
hack hack
When I fall sick, it's a sure case that there'll be a cough.
And it usually drags. Hate it hate it hate it.
Just got a new bottle of cough mixture from the clinic just now.
I've not gone for a run for close to 2 weeks already...Argh.
I feel like "lardy".
>:(
reel life vs real life
Was having lunch with the colleagues and someone brought this up about the average person...
Those who look better in pictures usually don't look as good in real life...
Vice versa, those who don't look that good in photos usually look better in real life...
Hmm mm...Hope I fall under the latter category ahha...
Hahah....
Those who look better in pictures usually don't look as good in real life...
Vice versa, those who don't look that good in photos usually look better in real life...
Hmm mm...Hope I fall under the latter category ahha...
Hahah....
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Of Perspectives and Positivity
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet.
He held up a sign which said: “I am blind. Please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.
He then took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon, the man who had changed the sign came by to see how things were.
The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What the man had written was: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the fist sign and the second sign said the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind.
But the first sign simply said that the boy was blind.
The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the story:
Be thankful for what you have. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets.
When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.
Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
Great men say, “Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness.
In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.”
And of course, the most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
And what is even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it!
He held up a sign which said: “I am blind. Please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.
He then took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon, the man who had changed the sign came by to see how things were.
The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What the man had written was: “Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the fist sign and the second sign said the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind.
But the first sign simply said that the boy was blind.
The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the story:
Be thankful for what you have. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets.
When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile.
Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
Great men say, “Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness.
In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.”
And of course, the most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
And what is even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it!
Monday, August 25, 2008
e-motions
The man was pissed off just now.
Been quite a while since he uttered so many expletives in a single conversation with me lol.
And I bet the colleague who pissed him off will need bear many dagger glares from him in the next few days.
That is, if he even bothers to acknowledge her presence.
Hmm mm...
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Am fidgety and on the edge at work today again.
Damn it. I feel like as if a ticking time bomb is about to explode any second.
That anticipation of something to come but which hasn't come yet.
The anticipation of the possible doom and gloom which might come.
Oh this feeling sucks big time.
Argh. I'm so on the edge as I brace myself for somethign which I think might come.
Then again, I don't relaly know if something might come.
Argh. I put the nervousness down to the 7th month.
It's kinda upsetting because it's making me cranky. And sulky and morose.
And the fuse has become so very short.
Snapped at mum just now....
Darn. Darn. Darn.
Been quite a while since he uttered so many expletives in a single conversation with me lol.
And I bet the colleague who pissed him off will need bear many dagger glares from him in the next few days.
That is, if he even bothers to acknowledge her presence.
Hmm mm...
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Am fidgety and on the edge at work today again.
Damn it. I feel like as if a ticking time bomb is about to explode any second.
That anticipation of something to come but which hasn't come yet.
The anticipation of the possible doom and gloom which might come.
Oh this feeling sucks big time.
Argh. I'm so on the edge as I brace myself for somethign which I think might come.
Then again, I don't relaly know if something might come.
Argh. I put the nervousness down to the 7th month.
It's kinda upsetting because it's making me cranky. And sulky and morose.
And the fuse has become so very short.
Snapped at mum just now....
Darn. Darn. Darn.
Dinner with Daniel
Dinner with Daniel at Seasons Reasons was a plain one.
Simple, no fuss.
No bitching. Just catch-up.
No complaining. Just catch-up.
No silly stuff. Just catch-up.
A little too plain perhaps.
A little too boring.
Ok, when my cough tapers off maybe it's time for another Ice Cold Beer outing.
Booze does get the tongue relaxed.
And chicken wings does set the stomach hungrier for more gossip.
Voila. That shall be it.
Been ages since I had alcohol in my system as well.
Simple, no fuss.
No bitching. Just catch-up.
No complaining. Just catch-up.
No silly stuff. Just catch-up.
A little too plain perhaps.
A little too boring.
Ok, when my cough tapers off maybe it's time for another Ice Cold Beer outing.
Booze does get the tongue relaxed.
And chicken wings does set the stomach hungrier for more gossip.
Voila. That shall be it.
Been ages since I had alcohol in my system as well.
My Scrabulous???!!!!????!!!!!!!
Am a little confused as to what happened to my Scrabulous application in Facebook.
It just suddenly disappeared yesterday.
And when I checked today.
It still wasn't there.
OMG OMG....How to survive my nights and kill my boredom???
=((((
It just suddenly disappeared yesterday.
And when I checked today.
It still wasn't there.
OMG OMG....How to survive my nights and kill my boredom???
=((((
New Member of the Fruities?
I feel like adding another member to the Fruities gang.
Hmm mm...First, lemme intro you to the original gang...the most recent picture, just taken 2 Fridays ago...at Brazil Churrascaria at 6th Avenue...
Hmm mm...First, lemme intro you to the original gang...the most recent picture, just taken 2 Fridays ago...at Brazil Churrascaria at 6th Avenue...
Glenn on top is the known as The Lemon..
Sunshine smiley on the outside..He can be extremely sour and bitchy when he wants to.....lol
The lady in black is known as The Cherry.
How this name came about seriously I cannot remember. But Lemon & I had a discussion.
A theory says Chloe & Cherry ( and Chiew Huey ;p private joke) both share the same starting letters of CH...
Another theory says is of an unpopped cherry...fresh, sweet, succulent and inviting..oh well, but we all know, we all know the sordid stuff...
And the one in yellow...oh well...is known as The Kiwi.
And I seriously cannot recall how it came to be as well. Only know that it came about because of a conversation I had with the Lemon. About fuzz and furry round things...which can be sweet at times and extremely sour at times...
And the one thing common with all 3 fruits is that...when not sweet, they're probably sour sour bitches.. hahaha....
And then came another member...
Jenice with the wavy hair is known as The Lychee...
Hmm...maybe cos she's rosy & fair at the same time...generally sweet & juicy...
The clueless innocent bystander when lewd jokes are flying around...
Ok, I think See Soon should be a member of the Fruities...And he IS the King of sexual innuendos..Ok, though his age differs from us by a great deal lol...he's still a darling to be with...
I wonder what we can call him...hmm mm...The Pisang?
I would love to have our MSN conversation plastered here but oh well...too much sordid details to put out here in cyberspace....Let's just say it involved the words "keras" and "tembak".
Lol....
Friday, August 22, 2008
hmm mmmm...
Je pense que j'ecris en francais plus mieux que je parle en francais....
I think I write better in French than I speak in French...
Je dois practiquer parler en francais plus qu'avant...Peut-etre je peux meme pense en francais aussi..
I have to practice speaking in french more than before..Perhaps I can even think in french also...
I think I write better in French than I speak in French...
Je dois practiquer parler en francais plus qu'avant...Peut-etre je peux meme pense en francais aussi..
I have to practice speaking in french more than before..Perhaps I can even think in french also...
Night out with Enigma
Had dinner with Enigma at Changing Appetites in Marina Square just now.
My virgin time there...didn't know that the restaurant served Mexican & American cuisine..
Had a grilled dory served with plain Fajitas...you were supposed to wrap it all up in the fajita or was it tortilla..
Can't remember...some prata looking plain piece of flour that you were supposed to wrap your food in.
Much like the Mexican version of the local popiah...
Interesting lah haha...had fun playing with the food..
We conversed in French (albeit broken French) abit...He spoke more though cos he was more used to conversational French plus he had a colleague who speaks french too and can practice with....
I hate speaking in French cos my thought processes get really very slow so I switched to Mandarin or English half the time...lol..
Nevertheless, it gave me a good opportunity to practice a little...
Caught up on each other's situations, blah blah blah.....
And we left early, around nine-ish...We happened to be on the bridge in between Marina Square & Suntec Convention Centre and the VOILA!!! The fireworks started!
How timely!!
Got a good space along the bridge and just stood there for 15 minutes watching the fireworks display...
Hmm..would have preferred a more appropriate companion to watch the display with but oh well... haha shan't gripe too much....;p
As I watched the fireworks go off in a myriad of colours, shapes and proportions...
I realised something...One knows one has become a cynical adult when one looks at the fireworks and thinks to his or herself the following...
There goes my taxes. There goes your taxes. There goes our taxes!!!??!!!
How much money has been spent on these fireworks??!!!
Not only for this display, for the 3 NE rehearsals, one preview show and the actual NDP?
There goes lotsa money which maybe could have ben put to better use?
I mean, the though that the fireworks were nice to look at did cross my mind...But it was only transient beauty...
I was drawn more to the fact that *bham* $5,000 was gone in 2 seconds...
Another *bham* and $8,000 was gone in 3 seconds...
Ah well...the SG government is rich..................................
Took the long walk through citylink to get to the MRT station..
Passed by the new ice-cream parlour shop (forgot the name)..the one selling French sweet parfait.....
Bought a waffle cone titled Chocolat Sienne to share...
It was essentially chocolate ice-cream mixed with chopped-up brownies and chocolate chips...
What a sinful night......Hmm...and my throat is not 100% well yet...
Opps........;p
Oh yah, Enigma's treat tonight....woot woot! ahhaa...
My virgin time there...didn't know that the restaurant served Mexican & American cuisine..
Had a grilled dory served with plain Fajitas...you were supposed to wrap it all up in the fajita or was it tortilla..
Can't remember...some prata looking plain piece of flour that you were supposed to wrap your food in.
Much like the Mexican version of the local popiah...
Interesting lah haha...had fun playing with the food..
We conversed in French (albeit broken French) abit...He spoke more though cos he was more used to conversational French plus he had a colleague who speaks french too and can practice with....
I hate speaking in French cos my thought processes get really very slow so I switched to Mandarin or English half the time...lol..
Nevertheless, it gave me a good opportunity to practice a little...
Caught up on each other's situations, blah blah blah.....
And we left early, around nine-ish...We happened to be on the bridge in between Marina Square & Suntec Convention Centre and the VOILA!!! The fireworks started!
How timely!!
Got a good space along the bridge and just stood there for 15 minutes watching the fireworks display...
Hmm..would have preferred a more appropriate companion to watch the display with but oh well... haha shan't gripe too much....;p
As I watched the fireworks go off in a myriad of colours, shapes and proportions...
I realised something...One knows one has become a cynical adult when one looks at the fireworks and thinks to his or herself the following...
There goes my taxes. There goes your taxes. There goes our taxes!!!??!!!
How much money has been spent on these fireworks??!!!
Not only for this display, for the 3 NE rehearsals, one preview show and the actual NDP?
There goes lotsa money which maybe could have ben put to better use?
I mean, the though that the fireworks were nice to look at did cross my mind...But it was only transient beauty...
I was drawn more to the fact that *bham* $5,000 was gone in 2 seconds...
Another *bham* and $8,000 was gone in 3 seconds...
Ah well...the SG government is rich..................................
Took the long walk through citylink to get to the MRT station..
Passed by the new ice-cream parlour shop (forgot the name)..the one selling French sweet parfait.....
Bought a waffle cone titled Chocolat Sienne to share...
It was essentially chocolate ice-cream mixed with chopped-up brownies and chocolate chips...
What a sinful night......Hmm...and my throat is not 100% well yet...
Opps........;p
Oh yah, Enigma's treat tonight....woot woot! ahhaa...
Take a Deep Breath
If every sigh really makes you lose a drop of blood.
Then I have prolly lost more than pint since the past 2 weeks.
The workdays have been peppered with sighs.
Sighs as a result of being caught in a situation in between two people..
Sighs as a result of frustration.
Sighs as a result of not knowing what to list a priority item.
Sighs as a result of impatience.
Sighs as a result of trying to maintain my coolness.
Sighs as a result of keeping a check on my emotions.
Sighs as a result of exasperation.
Sighs as a result of not being able to do what I want.
Sighs as a result of not knowing what to do.
Sighs as a result of dealing with people who act like they know what you want.
Sighs as a result of people who are nice but really cannot deliver their work.
Sighs as a result of feeling breathless cos of a stuffed nose.
Hmm mm, that's a lot of sighs hor?
Oh well, may a rainbow appear soon and drive those sighs away...
May the sun permeate through my skin and warm me through and through...
Then I have prolly lost more than pint since the past 2 weeks.
The workdays have been peppered with sighs.
Sighs as a result of being caught in a situation in between two people..
Sighs as a result of frustration.
Sighs as a result of not knowing what to list a priority item.
Sighs as a result of impatience.
Sighs as a result of trying to maintain my coolness.
Sighs as a result of keeping a check on my emotions.
Sighs as a result of exasperation.
Sighs as a result of not being able to do what I want.
Sighs as a result of not knowing what to do.
Sighs as a result of dealing with people who act like they know what you want.
Sighs as a result of people who are nice but really cannot deliver their work.
Sighs as a result of feeling breathless cos of a stuffed nose.
Hmm mm, that's a lot of sighs hor?
Oh well, may a rainbow appear soon and drive those sighs away...
May the sun permeate through my skin and warm me through and through...
Le Test Francais
Ok, I am gonna do something guilty.
Am gonna skip French test on Saturday...
Really didn't have the time to revise for it.
Totally not confident of the test...and I hate the oral...:(
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Egalitarianism & Moral Law
Egalitarianism....That's a big word...
But it essentially means "asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social life."
Thought the below was quite interesting...
Busy as I was, when Sandra sent it to me during the afternoon's dreary hours, I took some time off work to read it line by line...Mind you, I didn't just scan through hor.. ahha
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By Lee Wei Ling (daughter of LKY)
I was born and bred in Singapore. This is my home, to which I am tied by family and friends.
Yet many Singaporeans find me eccentric, though most are too polite to verbalise it. I only realised how eccentric I am when one friend pointed out to me why I could not use my own yardstick to judge others.
I dislike intensely the elitist attitude of some in our upper socio-economic class. I have been accused of reverse snobbery because I tend to avoid the wealthy who flaunt their wealth ostentatiously or do not help the less fortunate members of our society. I treat all people I meet as equals, be it a truck driver friend or a patient and friend who belongs to the richest family in Singapore. I appraise people not by their usefulness to me but by their character. I favour those with integrity, compassion and courage. I feel too many among us place inordinate emphasis on academic performance, job status, appearance and presentation.
I am a doctor and director of the smallest public sector hospital in Singapore, the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). I have 300 staff, of whom 100 are doctors. I emphasise to my doctors that they must do their best for every patient regardless of paying status. I also appraise my doctors on how well they care for our patients, not by how much money they bring in for NNI. My doctors know I have friends who are likely to come in as subsidised patients. I warn them that if I find them not treating any subsidised patient well, their appraisal - and hence bonus and annual salary increments - would be negatively affected. My doctors know I will do as I say. I remind them that the purpose of our existence and the measure of our success is how well we care for all our patients - and that this is the morally correct way to behave and should be the reason why we are doctors. In NNI, almost all patients are given the best possible treatment regardless of their paying status.
My preference for egalitarianism extends to how I interact with my staff. I am director because the organisation needs a reporting structure. But my staff are encouraged to speak out when they disagree with me. This tends to be a rarity in several institutions in Singapore. The fear that one’s career path may be negatively affected is what prevents many people from speaking out. This reflects poorly on leadership. In many organisations, superiors do not like to be contradicted by those who work under them. Intellectual arrogance is a deplorable attitude. ‘Listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story,’ the Desiderata tells us.
It is advice we should all heed - especially leaders, especially doctors. I speak out when I see something wrong that no one appears to be trying to correct. Not infrequently, I try to right the wrong. In doing so, I have stepped on the sensitive toes of quite a few members of the establishment. As a result, I have been labelled ‘anti-establishment’. Less kind comments include: I am indifferent to these untrue criticisms; I report to my conscience; and I would not be able to face myself if I knew that there was a wrong that I could have righted but failed to do so. I have no protective godfather. My father, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, would not interfere with any disciplinary measures that might be meted out to me. And I am not anti-establishment. I am proud of what Singapore has achieved. But I am not a mouthpiece of the government. I am capable of independent thought and I can view problems or issues from a perspective that others may have overlooked.
A few months ago, I gave a talk on medical ethics to students of our Graduate Medical School. They sent me a thank-you card with a message written by each student. One wrote: ‘You are a maverick, yet you are certainly not anti-establishment. You obey the moral law.’ Another wrote: ‘Thank you for sharing your perspective with us and being the voice that not many dare to take.’ It would be better for Singapore’s medical fraternity if the young can feel this way about all of us in positions of authority.
After the SARs epidemic in 2003, the Government began to transform Singapore into a vibrant city with arts and cultural festivals, and soon, integrated resorts and night F1.
But can we claim to be a civilised first world country if we do not treat all members of our society with equal care and dignity?
There are other first world countries where the disparity between the different socio- economic classes is much more extreme and social snobbery is even worse than in Singapore. But that is no excuse for Singaporeans not to try harder to treat each other with dignity and care. After all, both the Bible and Confucius tell us not to treat others in a way that we ourselves would not want to be treated. That is a moral precept that many societies accept in theory, but do not carry out in practice.
I wish Singapore could be an exception in this as it has been in many other areas where we have surprised others with our success.
The writer is director of the National Neuroscience Institute.
Think-Tank is a weekly column rotated among eight heads of research and tertiary institutions.
But it essentially means "asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, esp. in political, economic, or social life."
Thought the below was quite interesting...
Busy as I was, when Sandra sent it to me during the afternoon's dreary hours, I took some time off work to read it line by line...Mind you, I didn't just scan through hor.. ahha
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By Lee Wei Ling (daughter of LKY)
I was born and bred in Singapore. This is my home, to which I am tied by family and friends.
Yet many Singaporeans find me eccentric, though most are too polite to verbalise it. I only realised how eccentric I am when one friend pointed out to me why I could not use my own yardstick to judge others.
I dislike intensely the elitist attitude of some in our upper socio-economic class. I have been accused of reverse snobbery because I tend to avoid the wealthy who flaunt their wealth ostentatiously or do not help the less fortunate members of our society. I treat all people I meet as equals, be it a truck driver friend or a patient and friend who belongs to the richest family in Singapore. I appraise people not by their usefulness to me but by their character. I favour those with integrity, compassion and courage. I feel too many among us place inordinate emphasis on academic performance, job status, appearance and presentation.
I am a doctor and director of the smallest public sector hospital in Singapore, the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI). I have 300 staff, of whom 100 are doctors. I emphasise to my doctors that they must do their best for every patient regardless of paying status. I also appraise my doctors on how well they care for our patients, not by how much money they bring in for NNI. My doctors know I have friends who are likely to come in as subsidised patients. I warn them that if I find them not treating any subsidised patient well, their appraisal - and hence bonus and annual salary increments - would be negatively affected. My doctors know I will do as I say. I remind them that the purpose of our existence and the measure of our success is how well we care for all our patients - and that this is the morally correct way to behave and should be the reason why we are doctors. In NNI, almost all patients are given the best possible treatment regardless of their paying status.
My preference for egalitarianism extends to how I interact with my staff. I am director because the organisation needs a reporting structure. But my staff are encouraged to speak out when they disagree with me. This tends to be a rarity in several institutions in Singapore. The fear that one’s career path may be negatively affected is what prevents many people from speaking out. This reflects poorly on leadership. In many organisations, superiors do not like to be contradicted by those who work under them. Intellectual arrogance is a deplorable attitude. ‘Listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story,’ the Desiderata tells us.
It is advice we should all heed - especially leaders, especially doctors. I speak out when I see something wrong that no one appears to be trying to correct. Not infrequently, I try to right the wrong. In doing so, I have stepped on the sensitive toes of quite a few members of the establishment. As a result, I have been labelled ‘anti-establishment’. Less kind comments include: I am indifferent to these untrue criticisms; I report to my conscience; and I would not be able to face myself if I knew that there was a wrong that I could have righted but failed to do so. I have no protective godfather. My father, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, would not interfere with any disciplinary measures that might be meted out to me. And I am not anti-establishment. I am proud of what Singapore has achieved. But I am not a mouthpiece of the government. I am capable of independent thought and I can view problems or issues from a perspective that others may have overlooked.
A few months ago, I gave a talk on medical ethics to students of our Graduate Medical School. They sent me a thank-you card with a message written by each student. One wrote: ‘You are a maverick, yet you are certainly not anti-establishment. You obey the moral law.’ Another wrote: ‘Thank you for sharing your perspective with us and being the voice that not many dare to take.’ It would be better for Singapore’s medical fraternity if the young can feel this way about all of us in positions of authority.
After the SARs epidemic in 2003, the Government began to transform Singapore into a vibrant city with arts and cultural festivals, and soon, integrated resorts and night F1.
But can we claim to be a civilised first world country if we do not treat all members of our society with equal care and dignity?
There are other first world countries where the disparity between the different socio- economic classes is much more extreme and social snobbery is even worse than in Singapore. But that is no excuse for Singaporeans not to try harder to treat each other with dignity and care. After all, both the Bible and Confucius tell us not to treat others in a way that we ourselves would not want to be treated. That is a moral precept that many societies accept in theory, but do not carry out in practice.
I wish Singapore could be an exception in this as it has been in many other areas where we have surprised others with our success.
The writer is director of the National Neuroscience Institute.
Think-Tank is a weekly column rotated among eight heads of research and tertiary institutions.
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