702. male social escort

Rant of the day: My throat is unwell. Fuck!

I'd seen enough female social escort news and even on the street. Comes in all SHAPES and SIZES. As in good body shape and good boob SIZE. Haha. Of course, if you had read enough from our daily tabloids, they also offer packages. You know what I mean when I say "packages" lah. Don't need elaboration right?

Just on Friday night after dear bought her Acer laptop, we where slightly late on the NEL towards Hougang station. Dear managed to get a seat while I stood in front. Almost immediately, the guy and lady next to dear caught my eye. The guy was an Indian man in early to mid twenties (I suppose) but was dressed in the most offbeat way. Like those Bangla workers, cladded in white short-sleeve shirt tucked out from a very old-looking black pants.

But he looked really well groomed. Nicely shaved. Hair combed. Look really really attractive. His features are really sharp. Looks quite tall and definitely MUSCULAR.

But what so funny about him that caught my eye? It was the lady next to him that made me wanna observe longer. The lady was practically pawing him! She swung her right arm around his neck and started fondling his right ear and cheek. Then she slided her palm into his and started caressing his palm. But the man had NO reaction! Very unlikely for a normal couple. When she talked to him, he sort of answered very unwilling and brief. Weird!

If we were to assume the guy is a normal average man who paid the lady for sex, he can go for a better one. The lady look disgusting. Eeeeewwwwww... Her features are totally mismatch. Her boobs and huge but saggy. Her "spare tyre" can be seen bouncing when the train jerks.

The guy sort of realised I'm observing him and the lady and he kept his head really low. Somehow felt like his a lil guilty lah.

So, unlikely for the lady to be the escort right? Rather, the man was the escort and she paid for his service. And I'm sure the "package" is a comprehensive FULL package. 'Cuz it was already the LAST train home and definitely the escort would had completed his daily task unless........ *ahem*

Interesting... Haha...

701. comex 2008

Rant of the day: I'm so tired...

I've been busy for the past few days. Comex... Comex... Comex... The crowd was ridiculously huge. On Saturday afternoon, it took me 45min from City Hall MRT to the exhibition hall and likewise, back to the MRT! All I can feel was my sweat trickling down my forehead and other peeps' BO (body odor). Fuck!

Anyway, the items roll call after the whole mad rush:

1) Laptop cooling fan (to cool the poor thing down)
2) Screen protector (prevent any marks left after cat fights)
3) Keyboard skin (due to the size constrain of my keyboard, it was trimmed down and could stick nicely but at least to prevent more dirt and hair to stuck underneath)
4) USB vacuum (to at least suck out the dirt where possible before I stick on the keyboard skin)

Wanted to get a laptop skin and get it covered but my laptop surface has too many "bumpy" and uneven finish. Moreover, it's not the glossy kinda surface. So, forget it.

Yes, I'm really tempted to get a good speaker set. Sonic Gear was offering such a good bargain and I'm so interested but there's NO MORE space on my desk! Shucks...

But dear got herself a good laptop from Acer. The specs were quite good. Enough for her to do wonders I believe. With this extra gadget, think dear will be able to perform even better in her studies. It's sort of a passive benefit lah.

700. where the hell is matt?

Rant of the day: Not joking and I still think that I'm seriously over-worked!

This is cool. Thanks Joey!

Shot in many many places and I'm damn sure he looked stupid and retard when doing the shots. Haha. But then, it's cool la. Serious! And he did shot in Singapore too. Haha.

And this is the missing places not included in the video. Equally funny!

And, his dance is damn funny. Think he need some serious dance lessons...

699. fireworks video

Rant of the day: I'm over-worked!

Ok. Click here for the video I took during the Singapore Fireworks Festival 2008, on the Friday slot. The music is a lil soft. So up your volume now and be mesmerized once more! Enjoy...

Oh yes I know, alot of wasted time in the beginning and the end of the video. The fireworks thingy took about only 17min from the start to end. Haha...

698. dear's birthday

Rant of the day: I'm tired too...

How's a birthday celebration like to be spent without adequate sleep and most of the time either driving on the road or in hospital? Ask dear and she can prolly describe what's the feeling like to spend her birthday this way.

It's suppose to be her birthday today but due to some unforeseen incidents at home, her youngest sister was admitted to hospital. Not any accident so don't worry much but just that she kept vomiting prolly caused by over-eating and indigestion.

But this caused dear to only catch a mere 2 hours of eyes shut since yesterday night. Her face turned so pale.

I can't help but to feel upset.

Since it's her birthday, we have to do something to make a lil more lively. So we had lunch at Seoul Yummy. Dear's first visit and I think she love the food and service.

The Korean barley water. Colour is different. Taste is different. A total new experience.

The side dishes that came with the set lunch for two. Love all of them! Mmmmmmmmm...

The dunno-what pancake. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! Taste even better when you dip into that sauce!

I had my spicy chicken soup with white rice.

Dear had her favourite hotplate beef. This taste seriously good.

And yes, end the meal with a yummilious desert -- bingsu! It's actually frozen yogurt with ice shavings and top it up with assorted fruits.

So we kinda had a some quality time, just the two of us...

Then, drove dear to school to borrow some books for her project references. And then back to her place where she caught her 2 hours power nap while I lingered around with her NDS. And when she woke up, it's already dinner time. Took a short dinner break at Xing Wang Kovan and was to hospital for the visit.

Time is even more precious today. Must manage it well.

Dear, I love you! Muacks!

697. deric

Rant of the day:

Saw this in an email circulation. There are 3 things that are the hardest to say in this World:

1) I love you
2) I'm sorry
3) Help me

Somehow, it wasn't really that tough for me to say the above. Maybe I got rhino skin -- thick skin. Haha. But to me, if I really love the person, I will not hesitate to tell her that I love her. It's an expression of love. I tell that to mum. I tell that to dear too.

When I know or I felt I did something wrong, I have no qualms about apologising. Well, I know not many people will say that but it's all about human ego isn't it? Human skin is so thin that we can't put ourselves in front to realise the mistakes we've done. But like I'd mentioned, perhaps I have thick skin.

And yes, when I really need help, I'll say it. Why wait? Wait for Christmas ah? If it's something urgent, all the more I'll voice it out asap! But again, like the previous para, human ego. Cannot show others that you are "weak" in something. Rubbish! The only thing I'll try my best to hide is my emotional weakness. As most of my close friends will know, I crumble easily like a stack of cards when something devastating happens.

Anyway, Deric is so hyper and can't stop trying to get our attention whenever anyone walks past his cage. Here he is, peering out as close as he can! He's like a white teddy bear! Chubby and cute.

Hesitating if he should step out from his cage when we purposely left the cage door opened. And yes, he loves to snuggle into our laps and take his nap there. Haha. Still a baby...

Well, he had recovered fully from his blood-in-shit thingy. It's caused by intestinal worms. NOT food allergy. Phew. But he still don't like chicken. Odd. The vet we went is really good. Plus, the charges are really affordable! For those who wanna know where is it, it's at 108 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, The Animal Doctors.

Oh yes, it's Monday tomorrow and I'm suppose to be on leave but thanks to my BIG BIG boss, I have to go back to office for a dry run on the seminar coming Tuesday. Right. I'm gonna claim my time off for this. But still, spoil my plans! Grrrrrr...

696. natsu

Rant of the day: So soon and the weekend is over!

Saturday was Natsu Matsuri, Japan Summer Festival. Think it is very unfamiliar for most peeps out there. Actually, I'm still confused whether are the Japanese celebrating the beginning of the summer or the end of the summer?

Anyway, it was a rainy day and all events were held indoors. Right... And since dear wasn't too familiar with the location, I took over the wheels instead. But also partly because it's raining and dear didn't bring her spectacles. Not safe. So I took over as a part time driver. Haha. I'm not a bad driver hor!

Reached The Japanese School at around 5pm and was shocked by the turnout. The queue was terribly long even though it was raining! But things went as planned. Drop Arina and Liwei to the queue first before dear and I drive to the nearest carpark at Tampines. No carpark near the school actually. Then, quickly take cab to the place where Arina and Liwei should had reach the ticket counter and help us buy the tickets.

And we were so right! Haha.

While we were queueing for the entrance to the place, dear and Liwei went to change into their Yukata while I just "lup" on my Junpei top.

For those who have no idea what the heck I was saying about the Yukata and Junpei, this is it. Dear in her Yukata that cost more than $300! But she is really gorgeous in it right? So much like a real traditional Japanese lady. Yup, that's me in my Junpei.

We have dinner (prepared by the ladies) and after that, it's games time for them while I prefer to hang around.

Oh yes. I must put this up in my blog as promised! While I'm cam-whoring when dear and Liwei were in the queue for games, look at this fat arm! *ahem* You know whose arm is that la. The only lady who was not in Yukata. Miss *ahem* A *ahem* ri *ahem* na. Haha...

Due to the rain, performances were held indoors. Too many shots and I'm lazy to put them up here. But I kinda like the ending where everyone dances in circles. Really really warm and humid but quite an eye-opener.

And before we left, a group photo. Gosh! I looked tired eh.

695. singapore fireworks festival

Rant of the day: Can the rain stop?

It was supposed to be a surprise for dear but somehow, she managed to guess where we were going along the way. I should had blindfolded her until we reach the seats. Haha.

Yup, I managed to buy the tickets via Intranet about a month back. Not exactly cheap but hey, how much does seeing the dear beaming with joy? It's priceless...

But unfortunately, it was drizzling before the show starts and sort of dampened the mood a lil 'cuz it was all wet and cold. But at least we'd got a seat comfortably without the need to stand and squeeze with those on the bridge. Best thing was, we got the CENTRE seat on CENTRE block on the floating gallery! Best view! So lucky...

The choreograph wasn't too bad. Just that a lil too rush through the arrangements. Plus, the fireworks used wasn't anything new. But still, it's good fun seeing all the fireworks up above your head! Tickets well spent!

And I'm sure dear loved the pressie I'd got for her birthday. She loved a similar model but it's no longer found in the market and this is the closest we can find so far. Everytime we look at this model in the display cabinet, her eyes will glow. Haha. Plus, there are 3 straps for her to change for different occasions! Nice.

While on our way home, we got fat asses like this in the trains. Either this fat ass lady has no backbone or she wanna lose that fat ass by doing the pole dance. IDIOT! I have to keep shifting in order to find a slightly more comfortable hand grip.

So how can Singapore turn into a gracious society with such peeps who don't even see the need to be a lil considerate??? Looks like PM Lee gotta work harder in his plans.

694. exam just around the corner

Rant of the day: I am so sleepy...

In just a few hours,

1) I'll be waking up
2) Washing up
3) Making my way to school
4) Do final burst of mugging in canteen
5) Find my seat in the examination room
6) Complete the 3 selected questions and 1 compulsory question
7) Hand the paper up and leave without turning back
8) Pay my school fees (ouch!)
9) Submit my assignment

Yes! And that's the end of this module and also end of my second year! I'm soooooo happy. If you had not realised, I had my first year advanced. So theorectically, I started with year 2.

Hmmmmmm... Come to think about it, I'm not really worried about the paper eh? Perhaps not in da mood to worry. I'm busy thinking about how to celebrate after the paper! Haha. But seriously, I DIDN'T study much today. I AM FUCKING SERIOUS!

Well, I woke up this morning, trying to go through the tips and the notes. Then, mother wanna shift the settings in kitchen so that Deric will be put to one of the more spacious corner and we will also have more walking space. Then lunch. Then mother need to go FJ Benjamin to utilise the voucher that my brother don't want. She's not sure how to go, so I'm accompanying her. Then home to bring Deric to vet. Nothing serious. Suspected blood in shit due to worms in intestinal area. And then finally, I can read up a lil more. But by then, I'm so tired.

Things didn't end there. Dinner at AMK Central. Then, do so grocery-ing with mother at NTUC. Then, home to read up a few more pages. Then waited for dear to collect my printed assignment for submission. Thanks baby! Muacks! Then home again to pack up and get ready for tomorrow.

But seriously, I don't think I'm ready fr the paper. But heck! Get over and done with. I'm tired...

So, whatever it is, time for me to get some beauty sleep. Nitez ~~

693. know yourself better

Rant of the day: Shucks... Deric poo poo got blood!

Got this from Soppy's blog. It's really quite accurate isn't it? Know yourself better. I'll suggest you to read the question first and picture the image before looking at the selection choices available and then you pick the closest. If not, I don't think the results will be accurate as reading the choices first will change the way you imagine.

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.

The seriousness of your love:
Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

692. 寂寞恋人

Rant of the day: It's a LS (lao sai) day. Dear LS. Deric LS. 最多话要“奖”son LS.

专辑：十二楼的莫文蔚
歌曲：寂寞的恋人啊
歌手：莫文蔚
作词：李宗盛　
作曲：王一隆　
编曲：Mac Chew

固执的7-11 尾声啦　夏天
太亮了霓虹灯　天空的颜色好浅
傻子才争吵啊　落叶是树的风险
情感是偶发的事件　用偏方治好失眠

满意你爱的吗　有何新发现
温柔的实验　恋爱的肢体语言
努力爱一个人　和幸福并无关联
小心啊　爱与不爱之间　离得不是太远

吞下寂寞的恋人啊　试着辛苦的去了解
却是遗憾少见　有谁　如愿　真是让人不甘心啊
越是相爱的两个人　越是容易让彼此疼
疲惫了　放手了　不值得　不要了

满意你爱的吗　有何新发现
温柔的实验　恋爱的肢体语言
努力爱一个人　和幸福并无关联
小心啊　爱与不爱之间　离得不是太远

吞下寂寞的恋人啊　试着辛苦的去了解
却是遗憾少见　有谁　如愿　真是让人不开心啊
越是相爱的两个人　越是容易让彼此疼
疲惫了　放手了　不值得　不要了

吞下寂寞的恋人啊　试着辛苦的去了解
却是遗憾少见　有谁　如愿　真是让人不服气啊
越是相爱的两个人　越是容易让彼此疼
疲惫了　放手了　不值得　不要了

691. asian men ain't small

Thought of the day: Asian men ain't small.

This is totally ridiculous. Is there anyone else in this World as desperate as this man? But he did proved something, Asian men ain't small after all. He showed how huge we can be! Haha...

Back to office stuff, today is my only working day this week. No, I'm not on long vacation leave. I'm on course tomorrow and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I'm on leave. Not for holiday but rather for exam! Shit!

I'll only be back in office on Tuesday... BUT... my dear boss want me to go back office on Monday when I'm still on leave! Not the whole day but long enough to spoil my day. Need to do some dry run for the big seminar on Tuesday but seriously, I don't see the need for me to do it. Not exactly confident that I'll be in my best form but there ain't any QnA session in any portion of the seminar. They are the one who will be doing the QnA session in a panel kinda thing.

Seriously, waste of my time...

690. 边走边唱

Rant of the day: I hate Mondays!

专辑：等等等等
《边走边唱》
词：邬欲康&张方露
曲：陈志远
唱：黄磊

已经很习惯 从风里向南方眺望
隔过山越过海是否有你忧伤等待的眼光
有一点点难过突然觉得意乱心慌
冷风吹痛了脸庞 让泪水浸湿了眼眶

其实也想知道 这时候你在哪个怀抱
说过的那些话 终究我们谁也没能够做到
总有一丝愧疚自己不告而别的逃
但往事如昨 我怎么都忘不了

爱情边走边唱 唱不完一段地久天长
空荡荡的路上 铺满了迷惘
心甘情愿的挣扎 百感交集的盼望
终究还是一样 换不到你想要的收场不是吗

爱情边走边唱 唱不完一段地久天长
心中抱着希望 只看到失望
不如一切这样吧 你和我就算了吧
谁都害怕复杂 一个人简单点不是吗

其实也想知道 这时候你在哪个怀抱
说过的那些话 终究我们谁也没能够做到
总有一丝愧疚自己不告而别的逃
但往事如昨 我怎么都忘不了

爱情边走边唱 唱不完一段地久天长
空荡荡的路上 铺满了迷惘
心甘情愿的挣扎 百感交集的盼望
终究还是一样 换不到你想要的收场不是吗

爱情边走边唱 唱不完一段地久天长
心中抱着希望 只看到失望
不如一切这样吧 你和我就算了吧
谁都害怕复杂 一个人简单点不是吗

爱情边走边唱 唱不完一段地久天长
心中抱着希望 只看到失望
不如一切这样吧 你和我就算了吧
谁都害怕复杂 一个人简单点生活吧

689. hitler and the erp

Rant of the day: I'm so sleepy.

Now, this is damn funny... So did the Toa Payoh citizens reacted this way?

I think I'll react something similar if I'm ever getting a car and the ERP decides to make themselves comfortable in my neighbourhood.

688. 4 minutes

Rant of the day: Weekend is finally HERE!!!

I definitely have more than 4 minutes a day. But to save the World? I think I don't need 4 minutes. I need super powers! Haha!

Timbaland:
I'm outta time and all I got is 4 minutes (repeat several times)
Break down

Madonna:
Come on boy
I've been waiting for somebody
To pick up my stroll

Justin:
Well don't waste time
Give me a sign
Tell me how you wanna roll

Madonna:
I want somebody to speed it up for me
Then take it down slow
There's enough room for both

Justin:
Well, I can handle that
You just gotta show me where it's at
Are you ready to go (Are you ready to go)

Madonna & Justin:
If you want it
You already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want
If you feel it
It must be real just
Say the word and imma give you what you want

Madonna & Justin:
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
Grab a boy
Grab a girl
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
We only got 4 minutes, 4 minutes

Madonna & Justin:
Keep it up..... Madonna
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That's right, keep it up
Keep it up, don't.... Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

Madonna:
Sometimes I think what I need is a human intervention, yeah

Justin:
And you know I can tell that you like it
And that it's good, by the way that you move, ooh, hey hey

Madonna:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, yeah

Justin:
But if I die tonight
At least I can say I did what I wanted to do
Tell me, how bout you?

Madonna & Justin:
If you want it
You already got it
If you thought it
It better be what you want
If you feel it
It must be real just
Say the word and imma give you what you want

Madonna & Justin:
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
Grab a boy
Grab a girl
Time is waiting
We only got 4 minutes to save the world
No hesitating
We only got 4 minutes, 4 minutes

Madonna & Justin:
Keep it up..... Madonna
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock
That's right, keep it up
Keep it up, don't.... Madonna, uh
You gotta get in line, hop
Tick tock tick tock tick tock

Timbaland:
Breakdown

687. olympics medal

Rant of the day: Deric don't like bathing.

Yes, let's all roar for Team Singapore in Beijing Olympics 2008! After 48 years, we finally secured at least a silver medal. Sweet revenge for the table tennis female team when they sent the Koreans off after a long and tedious close 4 hours match. Singapore beat Korea 3-2.

The Koreans had been a long nemesis to our team. We had lost many games to them and this victory finally came to soothe the previous pain. Nice!

The finals will be today against China, contending for the gold. Right... Go go go!

686. all her gibberish

Rant of the day:

Meeting yesterday evening dragged so badly till I'm really so late for school. But due to the course feedback and evaluation, the lesson started just the moment I reached the hall. And of course, I'm quite contented that I skipped the evaluation thingy.

最佳乱乱“奖”did it again! Totally made a fool of herself at the meeting. If you have to produce statistics, do it with caution. This organisation loves to see numbers and to them, statistics are so important to their daily routine. She is only suppose to compile the feedback forms from the seminars and tabulate accordingly, to find on any room for improvements and of course, any feasible feedbacks.

The thing about that stats she produced, it is FULL of ERRORS! Not small and unimportant errors but totally of NO SENSE and LOGIC! She can copy and paste last years stats and put it in. When questioned on the particular error, here's what she said, "Erm... I'm not sure why got this table. I think I need to go and check. I think maybe something wrong with my spreadsheet."

Seriously, there is NOTHING wrong with the spreadsheet. Because the table she copied in was from last year's stats! I had been there last year so I know! This year collected 341 feedback forms. So how can there be 629 replies? The rest of the comments given were actually LAST YEAR'S too! And she still have the cheek to say, "I think this comment will be mentioned by other participants in coming seminars."

Right... Then perhaps this job don't really suit her. She should be a gypsy instead...

Can she just STOP putting the blames on other things like colleagues or the technology? Because she is the PROBLEM! Just on the stats she gave dragged the meeting by another ridiculous 20min. All her gibberish...

On a lighter note, Deric's cough is getting alot better. And yes, he is a super active guy. But the good thing is, he don't bark often and only when he is about to wee wee or poop poop. His appetite is really good and loves all kinds of fruits!

And guess what, he already knows how to listen to 2 basic commands -- sit and hand/paw. So smart right? Clever boy. Next thing to teach is "down" I guess.

685. 很累很累

Rant of the day: 最会大声“讲”只会拐弯抹角，答非所问！气死我了！

也不记得是第几次在部落各上说“我很累”。但是，我真的很累。累是累在精神上。很多事我不想说。很多事我不想去想。我要的只是“体谅”和“了解”。可是人总是一样，嘴上说“不了解”或“你什么都不说”，但是说了却又不能handle the truth。

英语，truth hurts讲的完全正确。要知道，就要能承受打击和面对现实。不能承受打击或不能面对现实就不要问。说得简单，但很多人往往都办不到……这理论apply to both male and female。并无性别之分。工做岗位上、家庭里、感情里、朋友堆里……都一样……

在写这则post时，我的精神已相当恍惚。疲累到头很晕。看东西时有一点模糊。相集中精神都是个考验。眼泪在眼眶里盘旋。心很痛也很失望。在做功时，眼前一阵突然变漆黑的一刻。就那一霎那，我差一点就昏过去。

是太累吗？还是心情过于沉重到无法负担的地步？怎么好像一切都是我的错似的？难道我就是那个问题吗？是否没有我的存在，就没有问题？我是多余的吗？

我很尽量的微笑来掩饰我的不安与难过。可是怎么笑容都不发自内心？

我很尽量装没事。但得到的回复都是冷漠敷衍的……

很累……很累……

684. 好歌不断

Quote of the day: 我和超人的唯一分别是，我把内裤穿在里面。

不是一首新歌，但总是很顺耳耐听。Evonne许慧欣和Alicia潘玮仪的《陪你等天亮》。

《陪你等天亮》
歌手:许慧欣&潘玮仪
作词：徐世珍
作曲：陈界维
编曲：Mac Chew

眼看星星落下
窗外一点一点出现阳光
摸摸我的头
你说我很棒

我们都是这样
一面带着伤痕一面飞翔
难过的时候
有我在身旁

我陪你等天亮
拥抱着一起分享
能放心的哭一场
是再微笑的力量

只有你明白我的疯狂
不管故事有多长
世界对我太善良
这一路上有你我变得坚

你知道我多傻
在你面前从来不用逞强
听我说说话
让我靠一下

我们都是这样
想要幸福却都跌跌撞撞
可是不要怕
有我在身旁

我陪你等天亮
拥抱着一起分享
能放心的哭一场
是再微笑的力量

只有你明白我的疯狂
不管故事有多长
世界对我太善良
这一路上有你我变得坚强

比赛看谁早一点学会
就算逆风也能好好带着祝福不再流泪
勇敢的飞
然后分享那种喜悦

我们都是这样
一面带着伤痕一面飞翔
难过的时候
有你在身旁

我陪你等天亮
拥抱着一起分享
能放心的哭一场
是再微笑的力量

只有你明白我的疯狂
不管故事有多长
世界对我太善良
这一路上有你我变得坚强
嗯……

683. new member at home

Quote of the day: 钱不是问题。问题是我没钱！

I'd finally collected the Saucony shoes. Ok la. Not exactly like that design but there wasn't much choice for me to choose from.

It's a pair of Saucony Orignals, cost around $70 plus. The plus point of their shoes is they are extremely light.

I have to officially annouce that we have a new member at home now. Let's all welcome Deric!

It's a puppy actually -- Japanese Spitz. Don't ask me why a human name for a puppy. It's not my "bright" idea. It's only 2 and a half months old, so have to cage it up to learn where to poop and pee. It's NOT cheap lor but fully paid by mum! It is quite cute really... Have yet to bark but I realised it does have slight cough. Not sure if it's really sick or just too uncomfortable with the new environment. I'll keep check on that. Hopefully nothing serious...

It's sleeping now. Shhhhhhh...

Well, Natsu Matsuri is just around the corner and dear is all hyped up about the event. For those who have no idea what the heck is it, it's actually the Japanese Summer Festival. Dear has always been an ardent fan of the Japanese culture. So, I'm just enjoying what she's enjoying now.

She bought a new set of Yukata, female Japanese traditional clothings for summer. This set cost more than $300! It's NOT a Kimono just for your info. Kimono is meant for winter.

I got my first Junpei, male version of the traditional clothings for summer. It's not cheap. Considering $70 for a set of light and airy cloth...

Oh well, a splurging day I suppose...

682. screwing it up

Rant of the day: I'm so busy at work...

Ok. My media pitch is done and approved. Just need to clean up the pitch here and there a lil. At least I can get a breather for a while. Concentrate on work first.

Have to take a half day off this Friday, all thanks to Dell. After replacing the motherboard, many of my applications can't run. And not only that, the wireless card tray is loose! Plus, the dummy SD card (that prevents dust collection) is lost!

Right...

So, I called up their helpline again. Done some remote testing online and confirmed by their staff that my laptop is lagging quite badly. No choice but have to guide me to do a factory reset, back to the original state when I just bought the laptop. Great... this means i have to re-install all my applications.

Nevermind that. At least that helpline staff was helpful. Think his name is Brendon or something like that. But the entire experience is not a happy one. He have to re-arrange the technical staff to liaise with me again for a second appointment to screw that loose tray up and also to check if anything wrong with my new motherboard.

Next working day, received a call from the technical department on the request. Didn't make any prior arrangement and all I know was they will check my motherboard before making further arrangement. Ok. Fine. I thought they will call me up shortly to collect my laptop for analysis but the next moment, my mum called and told me the technical staff was at our house!

Guess what? He was looking for the OLD motherboard that he had already took away after the first servicing! Right... Then they called again to clarify and realised was some internal mis-communication and decided to go back office to analysis the old motherboard.

Time wasters...

Despite not screwing up properly the tray on my laptop, they totally screwed up the entire arrangement! And it doesn't help when my laptop wasn't even more than 9 months old...

On a lighter note, since I'm taking half day off this Friday, might as well quickly collect that Saucony shoes that I'd won earlier during the CSC River Run. Get it over and done with before that voucher expires.

Was discussing with Ben just now while we were on our way home, the current bloggers cat fight totally ridicule and disgrace the other proper bloggers. While 2 women fight it out on court on who defamed who and who refuse to apologise to who, it should set all of us thinking if the citizen journalism is ethical after all.

Many known blogging as a form of citizen journalism and some may even argue that it's a personal diary. But seriously, if it's personal it can't be read by every Tom, Dick and Harry. And when it's citizen journalism, how much content are accurate? How much are malicious? How much are pure bullshit?

To me, blogging now means sharing what I experience to others who might fine it interesting and perhaps also for me to reflect back when I'm old. It's not a place to purposely make yourself famous. It's not a place to purposely create libel on others you hate, whether direct or by innuendo.

Whatever it is, the 2 famous local bloggers court case is just another over-rated cat fight.