587. fashion bar

Joke of the day: A group of sperms entered a woman one day. The first sperm asked the second sperm, "How far are we away from the fellopian tube?" The second sperm replied, "Geez... Long way dude. We just past the tonsils."

After long hours of packing, we finally say goodbye to our office. Monday, we will be saying "HELLO" to our temporary office at level 19, before shifting to our final location at level 16 in May 2008. Well, provided that I'm still with the branch of course. Haha.

Had occupied this cubicle for the past six months and finally, all packed into two boxes. Files, trays, stationary and whatever not. Because of the helpline operation, Isaac and I were the last to pack up, whereas most of them left office at 4.30pm. Whatever...

Have to recommend this Hainanese Chicken Rice stall at my area. Found in the wet market a few blocks away from my home, their customers just kept pouring in. Their tradition Hainanese Chicken is so smooth and succulent. And their rice, absolutely D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! A set for two like this cost a mere $7! Fantastic taste at affordable price. Yummy!

Met up with dear and my school gang at Clarke Quay for dinner at Fisherman Wharf. Strong recommendation by Valerie. Well, their Fish 'n' Chips taste good but find it damn hard to slice them up. The fish just kept flaking off and it's almost impossible to poke it up with your fork. But their serving is huge! If you are hungry like never before, then it's time to hit this place. A common dory fillet Fish 'n' Chips cost $6.50. You get to choose between chips or fries. Large portion at low price. Aircon not included.

Since it's still early and the evening is splendid, we decided to walk around Clarke Quay and at the sametime, show Ben and Royston to Hooters. Oh, those tight and short pants.

Went to Fashion Bar for the first time to just chill out. Happy hours and their Carlsberg going one for one. Nice. Playing of those brainless games is a must. Royston got quite tipsy after downing slightly more than 2 bottles of beer. Valerie was as red as a cooked crab after sipping her Lychee Martini. Haha...

And yes, thanks alot Matthew for helping me photocopying the notes for coming module!

We shall now prepare to embrace 2008. Had your new year resolutions yet?

586. 我很忙啊

Quote of the day: Watashi wa kakkoii desu! Haha...

我好想递上辞职信。要不是因为还无法找到一份理想的工，我早就喊停了。好像是已到了瓶颈了。就很讨厌哪种莫名其妙的工作程序。

也很讨厌哪种心胸狭窄的上司。只不过是一句开玩笑的passing remark，需要在公司大肆张扬，让别人下不了台吗？好恶心的办公室政治。这些人真的是让人感到反感！增他们三个字：干拿塞！

Anyway，明天一定会很忙。还有好多好多cases无法搞定，又有好多好多电邮等待回复。热线又会不停得响。放工后，因为公司大装修与布置，又要搬公司（从四楼搬到十九楼）。好多东西要做啊！请给我一杯Dettol残牛奶喝啊！

我很忙啊！

585. mario?

Joke of the day: Statements from real lawyers...
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!

There's something wrong with my MSN Messenger Live. Can't login when start up. Have to restart the messenger in order to login. And after logging in, it kept logging out by itself! And when you use the troubleshoot thing, everything seems fine. Wassup man???

Bug? Virus? Hope not... Let's not talk about it and pray that things will be ok by itself! Hohoho...

Watch this.

If the Mario game is made this way, I'll prolly slam the joystick control or my keyboard! Haha.

584. christmas

Rant of the day: “妈妈”只有一个。要珍惜。要孝顺。要感激。最初如没有这一个“妈妈”，大家也都只是空中的泡影。

How was your Christmas Day? Mine wasn't exactly a blast. But hey, it is a day off from work ya!

Worked half a day during eve. Was on afternoon shift to be exact but had quite a surprise when I reached office. My desk was filled with gifts! Oh my goodness! I'm so paiseh as I didn't prepare anything for anyone. Thought everyone would be busy packing up for the shift of office and no time for such matter. But really... thanks to all who showered me with love and gifts.

Of course, special thanks to Eileen (a.k.a. Hazel 的妈). Besides a pressie and a card with dedicated messages, she treated me donut from Donut Factory! Think she specially went to queue after her morning half day work. I'm so touched!

BBQ dinner after work at Angela's place was good. Love the otah dear and I ordered. It's really fantastic! It's smooth and rich with chunks of fish meat. Best of all, the natural sweetness is not covered by all those spices. Ya know, those cheap otahs that we buy usually taste more like spice paste rather than fish otah. The satay was good too. And love the jelly dessert.

My lil brother is also back from his holiday. Thanks so much for the tee. Was so happy to find a new tee on my bed when I'm home. Love it too! And of course, all those yummilicious goodies in the kitchen! Muahahaha...

Christmas Day itself was bland. Was already irritated by the slow SMS responses. Dear SMSed me this morning and guess what? I just received them at around 10pm! WTF!?!?! Not sure was it with my operator or dear's operator. At least my SMSes reaches the recipients on time...

Wanted to actually hang out but as dear wasn't feeling well, we spent most of our day at my place recuperating. But we managed to get a new mobile for her mum. I'm thinking of changing my phone too. It's too bulky... Well, it's the first time I went shopping and lunch with her mum. I'm glad...

Anyway, hope dear get well soon. It hurts me everytime I hear her cough.

583. 共进晚餐

Rant of the day: 吃的太饱了！好涨哦！

现在算是圣诞前夕了吧？

下午还得回公司上班，真得很“闲”。在不三不四的时段上班，真的很纳闷。算了，至少也只是做半天工。眼睛眨一眨就过了。

这两天一直由dear陪伴，真的很窝心。家人都出国确实有一点闷，还好dear一直都在陪伴着我。就今天，又到了宜丰城（Vivocity）的Marche共进晚餐。好高兴哦！很喜欢Marche那瑞士市集的布置，让食客有很那儿种自由与舒服的享受。

当然，比点食品一定是Rosti了。真的好好吃哦！鲜炸苏东（calamari）也是一级棒！外脆内滑。炸至金黄色的外壳把极度新鲜苏东包着。咬下去时，酥脆的外壳不时发出“咔咔”的声音。新鲜的苏东入口激化，鲜甜的滋味在霎那间扩散至所有味蕾。赞！这次也点了半只甘邦鸡（kampong chicken）。虽是油腻了一点，但完美的腌制让口口鸡肉齿颊留香。当然不忘点个甜品。还是对法国煎饼（crepe）念念不忘，所以这次索性点了chocolate banana煎饼。滋味真的难以置信！

当然除了晚餐，也顺便逛了逛街。Pull and Bear终于举办大减价了！我也终于买到了一只想要得cardigan。Dear也和我一起各买了一件粉红色的体恤当作情侣装！好高兴哦！

好啦。很迟了……放工后还有烤肉会，但不是跟中学同学的聚会，而是在Angela的家“放肆”的烤肉！烤肉我来也！

582. 茶人之家

Rant of the day: 喉咙要快一点好啊！

现在，妈妈应该快登机与阿姨前往贵州和张家界了吧。弟弟也在吉隆坡可Kelly与家人疯狂购物吧。能出国真得好羡慕哦……可惜年假不够，不然我也想出个远门。没办法啦，年假必须用来应付考试，只好为文凭牺牲了。

回顾几天前的KTV。好久没去茶人之家K歌了，对他们的系统有一点陌生。用了好一些时间才搞清楚那遥控机的用法。这次的人数算是满多的。很久没这么一大班人到KTV“唱瘾”了。有七个人这么多哦！可惜当天的状态不好，没法唱出以往的水平。

当然，人数太多有时也会有一点“闲”。不到20分钟，曲幕已高达了五篇（我们只有四个钟头的时间哦）！而且间断中一直被插播，自己点播的歌幕一直停留在后方，怎样都“爬”不上来。Karen，Valerie和dear就慢慢得越来越“闲”了。我是无所谓的，反正喉咙真得不是很好。有人玩得尽兴，有人觉得无趣。没办法啦！人数太多了啦。下一次再办较小型的吧！

圣诞节就快来临。乌节人潮汹涌，人山人海。大家都在做最后的圣诞购物。我呢？不是很喜欢礼物交换，因为好麻烦哦！如果是公司的礼物交换，要买unisex的，不然就是含怕超出预算。如果买给同性的礼物，又不知道什么好。如果买给异性的礼物，选购时又有一点尴尬。麻烦……真的需要的话，就自己买嘛！能货比三家，又能享受购物的乐趣。何必你买给我我要的东西，我又买给你你要的东西呢？多此一举。

与中学同学在圣诞前夕的烤肉聚会似乎没有实现。到今天，一点消息都没有。看来又会告吹。

Anyway，祝大家圣诞快乐！

581. raining

Rant of the day: Throat infection... Hate it...

It's raining almost everyday. How irritating... Clothes took a long time to dry and shoes are always wet.

Christmas is around the corner and my secondary class BBQ is yet to confirm. Right... Looks like everyone has a tight schedule to meet. But seriously, I haven't seen them for a very very long time.

Anyway, went to this new Korean restaurant at Square 2, Novena. Food is good. Price is not too expensive and relatively comparable to those in foodcourts. You'll need to pay around $6.50 for a simple set like this with just white rice but this was priced at $8.80 and comes with red bean brown rice. And they are really friendly, serving you with smiles. So, if you are interested to try it out, it's call Seoul Yummy at level 3 Square 2 Mall.

Please watch the Chipmunks. They are seriously adorable! Love Theodore so much! He's damn cute...

580. science centre

Joke of the day: Two blondes were looking high up in the sky at night, enjoying the moonlight. One of the blonde asked, "Is the moon further or Florida?". The other blonde look at her and looked bewildered. "Can you see Florida? Duh!".

How long have you not step into the Science Centre? I can't remember it myself! Think the last time was when I'm still a fat bitch in secondary school. Haha. Anyway, dear and I decided to make a trip down on Sunday for the Secrets of the Pharaohs exhibition.

The moment I alighted from the bus, my eyes glittered with excitement! The Science Centre seems to have an extreme makeover! There's nice ponds and fountains outside. There's MacDonalds. There's a kids water corner. And there's a gigantic King Rameses statue!

The queue for tickets is terrible. So many people can't wait to get in! Tourists... Families... Couples (like dear and I)... It's so pack! We decided to snap some photos to kill the time.

The mummies exhibits are really disappointing. It's either damaged by those spoilt brats whose parents have totally no control of or really too little to be amazed. But at least the main content is quite posh.

There's alot of new exhibits and are really cool, unlike the mummies exhibit. There's this I Space thing and I find it really cool.

Love the path towards it's exhibition. So retro! Somehow it reminds me of the MoS retro room dance floor.

There's this area where it really looks like a cell in the aliens chamber! So exciting! Wonder if you can find aliens inside?

And when nature calls, it's time for a toilet break... in the public! Dear is just too shy to pose for the camera when she's doing her business.

I'm caught in the act too! Trying to shit into my pants. Anyway, it's actually a device to measure your daily health information like weight and BMI. Cool right? But I think it's not accurate because it weighs me 1kg heavier! @#$%^&*

You should seriously make a trip to the Digital Art and Technology (DAT) exhibition. Most of it's stuff are really interesting. Almost every corner is a surprise! Just take a look at the giant labyrinth game! Wow...

But my favourite is this interactive shadow thingy. Every object you touch on the table brings a surprise to the shadow! So cute right?

It's also my first time at the Omni Theatre. Don't laugh... I know I'm a suah gu (mountain tortise) but it's really my first time. Too bad. I didn't take any photos of it because it's restricted from any form of recording. Anyway, the screen is astonishing! It's HUGE! And it's almost 3D where pictures almost come to live! Like what dear said, it's like you are in the movie and not just watching it. Well said...

You should make a trip there too! The entrance to Science Centre + DAT exhibition + Omni Theatre is $15. Ok right? Rather then splurging somewhere of no use. If this one doesn't brings you knowledge, at least it brings back memories...

579. essay

Rant of the day: Hate the wait...

It's 2am and I'm still awake. Well, partly is to complete my 2000 words essay and also to wait for dear to reach home safely after her small birthday gathering with her friends. So, might as well blog until my eyes can't take it. Haha...

The essay is finally done. Brain is literally drained and dead. Writing 2000 words for essay is first time and it proved to be a challenge. I've not written something that long in my life all this while besides doing report for poly projects as the reports can go up to 100 pages. This time is me, myself and I.

Since I'm trying to chalk up the amount of words, I've been trying to fluff up the essay with many words. Think quite a number of us are doing so. Well, it's tactics I suppose. So, as I went on and tada, I've got about 2050 words! Ok, that's it... no more writing and I seriously wouldn't vet it till Monday. Sick and tired of it.

Going to submit it on Monday, together with the payment of school fees. Ouch! There goes my bonus...

Also, the company that is suppose to give me my laptop for re-contracting my broadband finally called me but to my disappointment, it is to go personally to place an order at their office and not the actual collection of the laptop. But I thought they had called me up previously on 29 November 07 to ask me about the colour I wanted? Why are they requesting me to go down to place an order again? They can't answer me at all when I probed them earlier on.

Plus, the wait at their office was horrible! After taking the queue number, I waited for about an hour! What the heck?!? There goes my weekend! I seriously think that if Singtel were to let their customers do re-contracting with promotions, give out the gifts directly and not sub-contract to other companies to handle all these! It seriously don't display nicely on Singtel side as any bad service will be imaged as Singtel instead.

Guess what? The laptop that I'd ordered will only be available either end of this month or early next month. What the heck?!? Another long wait again... Peeved...

Saw the new advertising tactics when travelling on NEL? Think it's called the Moove TV or something like that. Pretty cool actually. Think they can gradually implement to most of the underground railways.

Anyway, enjoy the mambo on my blog... *yawn*

578. back to work

Rant of the day: Need to look for a new job now...

I detest going back to work. Stupid procedures that just makes my work keep piling up. It's about time to call a quit. Sick and tired of all these ridiculous requests and queries.

I'm looking for a good and appropriate media job. Humane working hours that allows me to study. Paid overtime. Fantastic benefits. Perfect environment. Good payout, which means salary and bonuses. Good management. 5 days work week with weekend to relax. Reachable from home within 30 minutes.

To all employers out there, if you are looking for a perfect employee like me, please drop me a message and perhaps we can arrange for an interview. I'm good.

Anyway, a pleasant surprise when I'm back in office. A $10 NTUC voucher for winning a quiz. Haha. Mum happily accept it to shop for her groceries. Well, it's not much but it is extra cash vouchers. Haha.

Hate those peps who stuff flyers all over the flat. Ever since the mailboxes now can block up the front cover, those small time companies had been trying all means to distribute their flyers. So, without any other places to stuff at, they squeeze them into those slits of my door! What the heck?!? could the authorities do something about all these companies. Issue a hefty fine or something as it is rubbish! Or maybe send the bosses to do corrective work order. Note that these rubbish ain't my rubbish.

U0B had been giving me alot of problem recently after a new application of their debit card. Firstly, the initial Visa Electron debit card was not linked to my bank account even though I had received the PIN to their ATM.

Secondly, due to the linkage delay, I couldn't make my purchases at Guess shop when I'm paying up. This causes so much embarrasement at their counter, as if I have no money and still want to buy branded stuff. But in fact, it's a brand new card!

Thirdly, no one ever mention to me that the credit limit is only $3000! At the point of my application at their outlet, I had already told them that it's to pay off my school fees. Don't you think as a service provider, it will be appropriate to inform me the credit limit of this card and perhaps give me other alternatives? This wasn't known to me until I called up their hotline to enquire about the above problems! What kind of school fees do they think I'm paying for? Primary school fees ah?

I was sooooooo fucking pissed!

When probed over the initial call to their hotline, it was mentioned that even their Visa Mini limit is $3000 and only those debit cards that requires annual payment has a limit of up to $5000! What the heck?

So, not happy with all these services, I decided to make a trip to their counter directly on Monday and to my "astonishment", they can't really handle much about their card product and only to refer me back to their hotline again. Right... And this time round, they say the mini have a limit of $5000. Double standard. So, I gave them a deadline of sending me the mini by Friday.

Well, at least the card is now here on Thursday. Will make a trip to their counter directly to activate the card. Waste of my time... I'm really NOT happy with their service and not sure how are they going to compensate my:
- time wasted for all those trips and calls
- embarrasement at Guess

But luckily their follow up after the final call was speedy. Else, I'm gonna make a big fuss over it because I cannot make my payment to school! But still, I'm not satisfied...

Ok, back to rushing of the academic essay. I'm so mentally blocked...

577. great job done

Rant of the day: Back to work...

Great job guys! The group presentation is finally over. Think we had done well. At least we managed to capture the attention of the class, as well as the lecturer. Think we seriously deserve a high distinction (HD) for the presentation. We were not kidding when we marked ourselves as 29 out of 30 but perhaps others think otherwise. Whatever it is, I think we done way much better then the others. SERIOUSLY!

The best pals cam-whoring before presentation. For the first time Ben styled his hair. Haha...

My lil brother is finally back in Singapore after a long overseas deployment at Brunei. The airport had went through many changes but the boarding board is so nostalgia.

Mum wants to have a lunch at our favourite teppanyaki buffet restaurant at Goodwood Park Hotel. It's good! You are paying not for the variety but the quality. The sashimi is so fresh that it slips smoothly down your throat. And when you chew on it slightly, it's sweet and crunchy. Love the prawns and chicken. In fact, every dish is a surprise!

Caught The Golden Compass with dear after lunch. It's really a good movie and those kids can really act well. Nicole Kidman is great! But the story didn't end and there seems to have a sequel to it. Hope it doesn't goes on and on like Harry Potter. It do gets irritating sometimes when stories doesn't ends.

Just finished my paper for Comm 2281. Open book but it's damn tiring! It's a test of whether you have been reading through your notes and if you know where to look for the information. Flipping and flipping of the notes. Thinking of how to link up the points in order to make sense to the questions. It's not easy ok.

After all, it's also a test of how fast can you copy from the notes within the 2 hours. My words just kept getting bigger and spacing in between gets wider as I wrote. By the time it reaches the last question, my handwriting was atrocious. Haha. Well, at least it's done and now left with the academic essay. Ok, get it done quick!

It's back to work tomorrow afternoon. Hate the feeling...

576. ict

Rant of the day: I am damn tired... My mind is on the verge of breaking down...

How long have I not blog? I barely have the time to sleep and let's not talk about blogging. I have been getting less then 5 hours of sleep everyday! It's my in-camp training (a.k.a. reservist) and have to report by 8am in full uniform. This is provided that there's no events like battalion run and unfortunately, there was...

Every night were mad rush on project presentation, which is tomorrow, till 1am or 2am. And the next morning, have to wake up around 5plus or 6am. Good thing is that there's barely things for us to work on. Bad thing is there's no bunk for us to sleep. Right...

But it's good to see Han Teng and Jun Wei in camp. It's been ages since I'd last saw them and they're doing the ICT with me. It's good to hear that they are doing fine in studies. Guess what? Chin Siong is back in the platoon after disrupting for studies in the States. Was thinking who is this familiar face in office and just suddenly struck me when I saw his name tag. Haha...

Chua is still the same; at least his "famous" laughter is still the same! Damn freaking LOUD! There's alot of movement in the unit. Most peps are still around but as a different post.

The canteen is still the same. The food is still the same. The taste is still the same. Only difference is the price but it's still cheaper then outside. Still love their lor mee though. It's yummilicious... Oh yes, so is their peanut pancake (min jian kuey).

1 week of ICT. One of my longest week. Time seems to past so slowly everyday when you've got nothing to do. And there's no Internet or PC to work on my project... *sigh*

Well, presentation is tomorrow! Better maintain my voice. I'm falling sick again due to mental fatigue and depriving from sleep. Time to get the stuff finalise for tomorrow. Gambatte! It's fantastic to work with the guys in my team. That's what we call teamwork and prove to Steve (our lecturer) that friends can still work together well for projects. Keep it up guys!