598. stretched or over-stretched?

Joke of the day: Nothing racist. Just for plain laughter.
Singh was enjoying the sun at the beach in America.

A lady came and asked him, "Are you relaxing?"

Singh answered, "No, I am Banta Singh".

Another guy came and asked the him the same question.

Singh answered, "No No Me Banta Singh!"

Third one came and asked him the same question again. Singh was totally annoyed and decided to shift his place.

While walking he saw another Singh soaking in the sun. He went up to him and asked, "Are you Relaxing?". The other Singh was a lot more educated and answered, "Yes, I am relaxing." The Singh slapped him on his face and said,"Stupid, idiot. Everyone is looking for you and you are sitting over here!"

Things are starting to look brighter recently. Two job interviews coming up soon and I can't wait to show what I'm made of. But of course, I'll prefer the media related offer. I mean I have to start somewhere in order get myself into this media line. I've tried many times but failed so hopefully, this will be a good place to start. At least they are willing to take in someone without the experience and relevant qualifications.

Office is in a gloom right now. Peak period. Everyone hardly have the time to breathe. But it does not make thing better when the upper management don't feel the pinch of the subordinates. Here we are, doing ridiculous OTs without being paid and there they are, pushing more and more work to us. We are not robots ok... Even machines break down when they are over worked, and we are flesh and blood.

Yes, human boundaries can be stretched. I totally agree to the theory but humans are like rubberband, you can stretch it but if you over stretched, it snaps. This explains the high volume of "customers" in mental hospital.

Anyway, went to sort of "destressed" during lunch yesterday with Isaac at Pasta Waraku. New outlet at Square 2. Love their pasta. It's so Japanese... Haha. And I simply love their pizza too! Crust is so thin and yet filled with a light and smooth buttery taste. Mmmmmm...

Today's lunch was on Cheng. So nice of her for treating me lunch! Went to Ichiban Boshi and sort of indulged but she simply refuse to get on my camera. Haha. Thanks so much. Really enjoyed the lunch.

597. just average

Quote of the day: Nobody want to be a nobody. Everybody want to be a somebody.

Sometimes, just feel that I'm really so average. I'll probably wouldn't be recognised amongst the crowd. A pair of very average looking eyes. A very average looking nose. A very average looking lips. A pair of very average looking ears. Nothing fantastic complexion. Short and cropped hair. Wears boring spectacles. Not well-built.

In simple terms, nothing outstanding and just another guy on the street.

You probably wouldn't give me a second look. Girls who saw me for the first time will probably see me as another average looking guy. Guys who saw me for the first time will probably see me as a non-threatening average man.

Being born looking good, charming, attractive and talented is really a blessing. You will already win the first impression of others. You probably get more chances and opportunities in life to kick start. I mean let's be realistic. If a handsome man and an ugly man with equal standards of qualification go for a job interview, the employer will take the handsome man. But of course, the rest depends on hard work. And I believe a lot in luck too.

Was randomly browsing at some of the hot babes and fabulous hunks in my Facebook. Felt suddenly so ugly, so little. Just suddenly feel that life is pretty unfair. But since when life is fair? Oh well...

End of rubbish thought.

I'm quite glad to know that our efforts paid off for the group assignment in the first module. Great job guys! Also for the last module, we did pretty well too. A High Distinction for both assignments! Anyway, both constitute only a little percentage to the respective results. Nothing much but just felt that all our hard work paid off. All the sacrifices in my beauty sleep... All the sacrifices in retail therapy... Relieved...

Results take forever to release. The second semester is already halfway through and we only got to know the result for the first module in first semester. Right...

596. new hair

Smile of the day: A distinction for my first module! Yippeee... But it's only 3 marks more from a High Distinction. Darn!

I love my new hair colour.

Haven't colour my hair for quite a long while because my hair is getting a lil too dry to sustain those chemical impact and since it's Chinese New Year, I shall get it dyed. Love my caramel colour so much! But I do love caramel in my drinks too. Haha...

Dear also got her hair permed! So sweet. So cute. It's like a princess walking out from fairy tales. But this perm cost her a bomb! Gotta save up next month to put things back into order. 加油! Gals long and large-curls hair have this perfect styling characteristic. You can go out in almost any outfit for almost any occasion! To work... To play... To chill out in a hot and sunny day... It's simply simple and nice.

Besides that, I bought a new handphone too! That k800i started to gave me problems. Can't receive and make calls. Can't receive sms. So, since the walkman phone is all hyped up in the market, I decided to myself a walkman phone too.

Sony Ericsson w910i works perfectly for me, except that I still can't grasp the walkman functions. Not very user-friendly actually. It's also a bit laggy but I'm quite cool with it. I mean how fast you need? Love the slim, slider design. Love the colour. But the camera is pretty bad. Although it's 2-megapixel but it's no where comparable to my old k750i.

Overall, a 3.5/5 for this phone. Some improvement needed.

Went for my hip hop class alone for the first time. Things do get lonely when you are alone but I can bear with it. Haven't been dancing diligently but dancing makes me feel alive...

It's back to work tomorrow. Monday blues...

595. sum up

Rant of the day: Let's get retarded now...

Just to sum up the week... stress... busy... stress... busy...

I can't BREATHE!

Think I need a break just to "breathe" properly. What to do when the branch is seriously under manpower, overload with work and poor interpersonal management. Sometimes, it is really irritated to work under a 100% female bosses environment. Not that they can't lead but rather, things just kept going in circles!

The last module finally ended. It is really intensive. Had to stay up late everyday to complete the logs and assignments. Work damn hard for it but I'm not even sure I can get a distinction. Think a credit will be a blessing. Haha. Somehow, just felt that I wouldn't perform so well in this module.

A bunch of super fun people. That's what mass communication is about. Haha. Actually, I quite like Dr. Lisa's class but just that it is way too taxing for working adults. We barely have time to rest and yet, there's still so much workload. Tired...

Thursday was a tardy day. Let's get retarded! Haha. Well, just to destress at work else, I might just go bonkers with all those ridiculous deadlines.

Eileen (a.k.a. Hazel的妈) is so kind to treat me apple pie. She's always treating me food. Think I might just get fat but I don't care. Eating is a pretty effective way to destress at work. Ask Sofiyah and she'll tell you the same thing. Haha... Was pretty stressed at work today and her apple pie from Hans was quite a surprise! Thanks so much! That pie was terrific. Crispy crust. Generous fillings. Best point is that it is not too sweet!

Sent out quite a number of resumes and I'd finally got a call from Safra Radio to arrange for an interview for ! Gosh. I need to get out of here fast...

594. 纳闷难过

Rant of the day: Too busy to meet up my best pals. After coming Monday ok?

其实已经很迟了，我也应该上床睡觉，但是就很想blog一下下。

经过今天的小组讨论后，就有一点点纳闷，也有一点点难过。

纳闷，是因为讨论中发生了一些些状况。
纳闷，是因为很多东西都无法达到一个共识。
纳闷，是因为不知道是不是自己的想法过于强烈，而不经意的过分“控制”整个讨论过程。

难过，是因为竟然和组员发生冲突。
难过，是因为大家都无法统一一个想法。
难过，是因为为了顾全“大局”而低声下气的道歉，但始终不觉得是我的错，心中就万般的不悦。

真希望一切都是梦。

突然觉得自己的生心已达到了瓶颈，做很多东西都有力不从心的感觉。可能是因为工作。可能是因为缺乏睡眠。可能是因为自己懒惰。可能是因为以上皆是。好想大声的呐喊，好好的发泄一下。好希望这一切都快快过去……

农历新年就快来临。邻里的商店都塞满了人，为了抢购最优惠的商品。看了看，发现我的新年衣还没买。但在想了想钱包，今年还是省一点，能不买就不买。在乱花钱的话，储蓄会无法负荷日常开销和学费。

嗨……钱不是万能，但没钱就万万不能。

好啦，该去和周公下棋了。明天还有小组讨论。希望一切顺顺利利……

593. 声音沙哑

Quote of the day: Animals are possessive.
To cats: What's mine, I scratch.
To dogs: What's mine, I pee.
To man: What's mine, I use.
To woman: What's mine, I grab.

好久好久没blog了。真的是忙到有一点喘不过气。也就是因为太过忙而牺牲了很多睡眠，导致感冒一直无法康复。所以，今天又请了病假在家“好好”的休息。喉咙很不舒服。声音很沙哑。希望这短短的一天病假会见效。

最近又太多事情发生了。不想多提，因为始终不是自己的事。但是很为朋友们担心。感情的事，说也说不清。谁爱谁。谁不爱谁。说得多了，却越理越乱。何必搞到这种局面呢？为什么不能好好的面对面谈呢？如不喜欢对方，为什么表示出这么多的暧昧举动呢？是自己还不懂到底要什么吗？还是真得很单纯的无意发出错误信号？是自己有太多幻想？是自己有“认为”了太多东西？是她错？是他错？

以个人角度来看，与其自己猜测太多，不如出来见个面把话说清楚。有希望？没希望？干脆就讲个明白。拖泥带水是不会解决事情的。

供大家参考，如果要分手或拒绝追求者，千万不要用以下的方法：
1）简讯（sms）
2）网上清谈软件（instant messaging）
3）借用朋友的口
4）电话上
因为这些方法真得太没礼貌了！不单单只是这样，别人看了还觉得你很幼稚、自私。完全不顾及对方的感受的做法真得很不应该。这种事情必须面对面来沟通的。如果你需要用以上的方式的话，那你得嘴和声音是用来做什么的？

真的，whatever……

男人始终比较会保留心中话。很多事往往不会正面对女方说，因为是为了保留男人的风范。我不胡说，你随便找一个男生问他“最害怕什么”，他们一般上都不会说真话。也就这样，当另一半作出一些较争议性的举动时，男生往往会陷入急促有混乱的状态。这种反应可大可小，因人而异。如自己还没发现男生的“反常”举动的原因，男生的精神会渐渐的崩溃而“反常”的举动有时会变本加厉。这些“反常”动作其实是“正常”的。

所以平时说男生对女生不敏感，其实大家都一样。女生也对男生的情绪不敏感。We are all the same。大家都是“人”吗。血肉之躯。

不写了。该是时候上学了。不知道几时还有空blog。

592. hell week

Poem of the day: Something funny found in toilet cubicles...
Here I lie in stinky vapor,
Because some bastard stole the toilet paper,
Shall I lie, or shall I linger,
Or shall I be forced to use my finger.

Hell week starts. Busy busy busy. What else can I say? Unfair treatment. Ridiculous workload. Brainless arguments. Bad day. Bad people. Bad management. Does it explains?

Weather is getting unpredictable. Sun shining high and bright and all of the sudden, storm clouds barge in. Howling wind blows up the wet leaves, leaving the air smells a lil decomposed. Floors of shopping malls are wet and slippery. Gals with heels had to tip-toe with extra care.

Lunch was enjoyable. Had lunch with mum today. It's so nice of her to meet me up for lunch during her off day. Love you mum!

Shan't go on writing. Having class tomorrow from morning till evening. Tired. Moreover, I'm not in da mood. Nites!

591. on my sick day

Joke of the day: A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt wherever she touched it.
"Impossible!" says the doctor. "Show me."
The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left shoulder and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed even more. She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her ankle and screamed. Everywhere she touched made her scream.
The doctor said, "You're not really a redhead, are you?"
"Well, no" she said, "I'm actually a blonde."
"I thought so," the doctor said. "Your finger is broken."

I'm on MC today. Being away from work in the middle of week do feel great occasionally. But today was not quite a resting day for me. Was working (or at least trying very hard to) on the reading log thing that I need to submit tomorrow in class. Well, at least I can have a rather peaceful lunch tomorrow, unlike yesterday's lunch, where I had to lunch in office to work on my previous reading log that was due yesterday.

What so sickening about this module is that there is an assignment due every lesson. Felt like I'm back to primary and secondary school days.

Gonna work extra hard this year. Got a feeling that it wouldn't be as smooth as 2007. Well, my instinct can be wrong... I hope...

Somehow, I've also got this feeling that I can't get an average of distinction for all my modules. Seriously felt that I'm not quite a cut above the rest. I'm just average no matter how hard I work on it. I don't even think that I'll ever have the chance to do my convocation in Australia at the end of my two and a half years. As I was reading through those materials for today's reading log, I felt stupid. My eyes were scrolling ups and downs the text and somehow, I just felt that I can't relate to the words. *sigh*

I hope it's the effect of my cough syrup. Drowsy...

On the new group assignment, not sure how heavy is the major assignment but since it requires five per group, it definitely don't sound too easy to me. But having too many members in a group definitely ain't easy to manage. Too many ideas (good and bad... and seriously, you know why) and too many side-trackings. Let's concentrate and work hard guys and gals!

Chinese New Year is coming soon. Bak Kua prices gonna rise soon. Radios are already playing those usual new year songs that they play every year. Bought your new clothes yet? Think I wouldn't spend too much this year on clothings and other stuff. Running low on budget already. But I need a new pair of shoes... and a skinny tie... and I wouldn't mind another few more tops and jeans... and new watch... and... and... and...

590. dancing

Cry of the day: I'm sick again... Damn the weather...

Result for the previous module seems to be already published on the blackboard application. Well, guess I'm quite settled for the score. Tentatively a distinction but hopefully it's not accurate and when finalised on the Student Portal, I can score higher (lemme dream can anot? heehee...). The result for first module is still not out yet though. It's taking a lil too long...

Finally went back to Studio Wu for dance. Well, for me to sweat off actually. Need to exercise a lil and might as well do something that we like. So, together with dear, Arina and Natalie, we happy waddled to Studio Wu.

While the girls are busy tying up their locks, I'm busy cam-whoring again. Say cheese!

Can't get some shots during class. After lesson, we travelled from Raffles Place to Chinatown for lunch. It's nice to trek through the concrete jungle. How many times can you spot such old letter box in your neighbourhood?

Chinatown is such a love or hate place. You love it for the rich culture, cheap goodies or fantastic food. You hate it when the place lacks shelter, humid and packed with people. But I love their buildings. Hopefully, such houses will not be tear down.

Since we are in Chinatown, how can we not get some pictures! Say cheese!

Went to Maxwell Food Centre and tried the chicken rice recommended by Arina. Well, we practically queued 40min for just three plates of chicken rice and two vegetables! The queue is seriously terrible. So, since the queue was so long, we pressume the food must be fantastic. Honestly, their chicken tasted seriously common. Nothing notable that caught my taste buds. But their rice is good though. Chewy... Smooth... Still, I prefer the chicken rice stall near my home. Haha... Don't waste your time queueing there. I'm SERIOUS.

I'm sick again. Well, it's already 2 days and my throat is still quite sore. Even after repeated gulping of water, it just doesn't seems to work. Gonna see the doctor tomorrow. So sian... I'll prolly be "blacklisted" by the branch for taking MC on their ISO auditing day. But seriously, when you are not feeling well, you just have to take some rest. Right?

589. x'mas cards

Shout out: So many text to read for coming module. My eyes hurt... Haha...

Think Hans' self-made card should be the last X'mas card that I'll receive for 2007 Christmas. Cheers to Fiona, Natalie, Eileen, Weiming, Liyi, TY, Jingyi, Lay Kheng, Lilian, Catherine and Hans for your cards. Really love them...

New Year had just past but I had not done my resolution as usual. You can say I'm lazy or whatever not but just don't see the point of doing so. My only wish for this year is to have it go on smoothly, either in my relationships (love, family and friends) or future (work and studies). But I'm sure there's bound to have hiccups here and there. It's life and we all know that not everyday is Sunday.

Had changed the colour scheme in my blog. My last blue shades felt boring. It's been with my blog for two lovely years and think it's time for a change. How about pink? Think it's quite lovely. Be glad that it's not bright pink. Haha...

Not sure if I had mentioned this in my previous post but if I didn't, here's my favourite food at Velocity foodcourt. The queue at this hotplate store is quite crazy during lunch time, so queue early. Very affordable too. Comes with free soup.

Sometimes you just love the sepia effects. But it's a love or hate affair. Either you like it or you don't. I think it's quite cool. The retro effects make photos nowadays look more exquisite. Good thing is that for most of the better camera phones in market now, you can actually find the effect options already built in and it's good enough. If you are good with photo editing tools, you can adjust the colour yourself and get a better effect.

Think I'm too sleepy to continue writing. Can't concentrate on the keyboard. It's hip hop lesson on coming Sunday. So glad that I still can find time to do it. Cheers!

588. ‘07之“最”

Quote of the day: 祝你黑皮牛耳！

2007终于画上完美的句号。迎面而来的是充满未知数的2008年。稍后，我会回顾2007之“最”。

半天工得出昔日好精彩哦！因为换了工作地点，早上上班时，有一点不习惯。讲真的，有一点lost。一下之不知道我的坐位在哪儿里，一下子不知道厕所在哪儿里。到现在，我还不知道我们的传真机在哪儿里嘞！

一个小小的会议室竟变成我们的工作室。并不是很大的会议桌竟挤放了八台电脑！但我觉得还ok。我就坐在角头的位子。地点不错吧？哈哈！

因为零时办公室在十九楼，居高岭下的风景真的与众不同。放眼望去，Novena的景观竟在眼里！爽！真得羡慕死很多同事。哈哈……

今年2008的倒数在St. James Powerhouse的Dragonfly进行。也是认识dear的两年纪念日。这次和dear，Fiona，Meiling和Fiona的朋友一起倒数。很巧的碰到Nicholas和Elaine也在Dragonfly狂欢。好久没看到他们了！很高兴！热闹中比冷清的好。不出所料，Dragonfly真的快爆满了。不过dear不是很喜欢这个地方。以后若要再来的话，因该不会和dear来了。不想闷坏她。

喝了很多酒。还好，酒量有进步。不然真的会醉的不像话。有好多陌生人请我们喝酒！谢谢你们。如别人敬酒但却被拒绝时，还蛮没礼貌的。所以，我都精量全部喝到见底（tah完）以表谢意。有些真得好阔气，敬的酒好烈哦！

好了。我们来回顾我的2007之“最”吧。

最欣慰的消息
妈妈的乳癌检验报告成阴性（negative）。那段期间真得忐忑不安，因为妈妈发现乳房好像有硬块而且有一点痛。但一直到报告后，心中的大石都放了下来。真的谢天谢地！

最浪漫的事
Dear的生日准备。很不要脸的觉得自己还是有一点浪漫！哈哈。真得花了很多时间和心思来准备dear的生日计划。刚好也是日本的夏季庆祝（Natsu Matsuri）。就和dear到了日本学校参加了庆祝会。看到dear那感动的笑容，一切都是值得的。

最有成就感的事
进入《明星DJ争霸赛》的50强。对很多人来说可能只是一个微不足道的小比赛，而且又没有赢。但对我来说，这是我参加许多比赛的最骄傲的成绩。当然，我会再接再厉的。下一次希望不只50强了。哈哈！

最无聊的时段
第一次的回营受训。真得很浪费时间。没电脑。没网际网络。从早发呆到回家。无聊……

最开心的事
和dear庆祝在一起的一周年。回到了开始的地方，重温当时的情景。有没有礼物不重要。重要的事在一起共度这完美的一天。空气中似乎洋溢着幸福的味道。现在回想当时的情景时，嘴角还会不经意的微笑。

最不可思议的交易
买了生平第一件的CK衬衫。你以为我中了马票？可是那一件价值$200多的衬衫，我竟然一区区的$40买到！不是冒牌的纺织品哦！是货真价实的在高岛百货的减价区买到的。爽！

最沮丧的时候
很肯定的事交了学费的时候。因为，户口就在霎那间少了三千多元！Ouch！我好穷啊！！！

最害怕的时刻
深夜用电脑时，由蟑螂突然出现！我对这“小强”很用恐惧感。可能是心理障碍，但是就真得很怕他们的存在。好希望世上的蟑螂都绝种！

最幸运的事
在班上找到志同道合的组合。真得很高兴能碰到像Royston和Benjamin这样的好朋友。有共同的目标。有共同的冲劲。加油！

最与众不同的体验
Club我是去的多了。但是把古时候的表演概念与clubbing的概念结合在一起到是新鲜事。St. James Powerhouse的独特概念让我对clubbing有全新于不同的体验。

最慢长的等待
Re-contract我的宽频网的赠品。到现在，我还没收到我的膝上型电脑！快两个月有了吧？真得等到有一点不耐烦了。

最无奈的事
水壶漏水，把数码相机和mp3弄湿。又生气却又无奈。好好的水壶竟然漏了正300ml的开水，把我的包保都浸湿了。刚买的数码相机进了水，导致LCD有水气。Mp3播放机也因此无法开。气死我了！还好过了几番波折后，一切都ok了。

最好玩得重温
与dear到了科学馆。真得变了很多，但是真得很值得。科学真的无所不在！

最好吃的零食
二话不说，一定是Ruffles署片！虽然随处可见，但是却是我和dear的最爱！香脆。爽口。片片都是震撼。

最久的排队
花了多过一个钟头，只为了买Donut Factory的甜甜圈！新加坡人真的很喜欢排队。从麦当劳的Hello Kitty到每个星期开采的4D与ToTo，新加坡人就是爱排队。

最疯狂的派队
还需要多提吗？当然是昨晚的倒数派队。因为有dear陪我一起倒数，让这个排队添上了颜色。

最难忘的电影
当然是“爸爸摇”（881）咯！哈哈。木瓜姐妹的故事还记忆犹新。一部电影竟然让全国人民沸扬起来。

好啦。就谈到这里吧。2007之“最”。好多回忆……