1053. fulfil wishes

Rant of the day: Having aching legs...

Listening to Y.E.S. 93.3FM now. Online streaming of course. DJ Peifen was mentioning something about new year resolution and realised that I didn't blog about it last time. But nothing much differs from previous year because I didn't manage to fulfil those last year.

Anyway, I will be graduating this year. So, one wish down on my wish list. I wanna complete the following this year as well:

1) Learn inline skating

2) Do a long distance run event

3) Change a job to something I like (but of course should pay me enough as well)

I'm gonna start (1) from tomorrow onwards. 4 lessons only. In office. But hope that within this 4 lessons, I can learn to skate smoothly at least.

As for (2), I'm gonna start my first in life, PAssion Run on 22 May 2010. Though it's not a full distance 42km marathon, but for a beginner like me, 25km is a good start. I just hope I can survive the run and hopefully can complete it within 3 hours. Hopefully...

Whereas for (3), contract ending but things are hard to say. What if the market is bad? What if I can't find a job? Just hope this will turn out fine... Whatever the case is, it's about 56 days to the end of contract!!! Woohoo~~~

Anyway, the thing that I'm looking forward currently is the family day at Universal Studio Singapore!!! Muahahahahaha...

I'm beginning to like this song... Tonight Tonight by 阮經天 and 趙又廷, from their latest movie 艋舺 (Monga). It has this unexplainable "feel" attached to the song.

Didn't know these 2 guys can sing but prolly of the song as well. Doesn't require too many tough techniques.

And have you watched the movie? You should if you haven't. DAMN NICE LAH!!! Here's a scene from the movie that pricks human heart.

It's not easy to be an star. 演员真的不好当。

1052. feeling bloated

Rant of the day: Ain't getting enough sleep...

I'm in pain for practically the whole day... Feeling bloated. Food not disgesting properly. Irritable bowel. Feeling weak and light. And I'm seriously not sure what's happening but I don't wanna see the doctor. Ya know, after long weekend + take MC on the following working day = people think you are sibeh gao twang even though you are really sick. I've still got another few more months before the end of my contract. Shall reserve any other "stunts" till then.

I'm just hoping it's not gonna be another relapse of my stomach flu. It's been a problem for MANY years...

Anyway, had lotsa ginger in my diet the whole day so as to improve the "poisonous gas" releasing function. So I'm like burp... fart... burp... fart... practically the whole day. I'd just burped in fact...

Hopefully I didn't fart like this... Paiseh to the max can!!!

Hahaha...

1051. short weekend or long weekend?

Rant of the day:

The long weekend seemed short and I didn't do anything much. Felt pretty bored actually. Besides the run on Thursday and Friday, did nothing much really. No movie. No shopping. No KTV-ing. No clubbing. Lotsa eating and twanging at home. Our planned JB dinner was cancelled too.

Not sure what to blog since we did nothing much. But I am pretty sure of something... I don't think I'll make the extra effort to East Coast Park just to jog. Have to wake up early with all the barang barang. Drive there. Get pissed off with the limited parking lots. All people blocking your way when you are jogging!!! I'll stick to where I jog now from my house to Bishan park connector. To and fro is also about 5km.

Also, did something that I'll never even think about last time... participate in a long distance running event organised by 100 Plus, PA and Newton Running. Not 2km... Not 5km... It's 25km!!! Something which I didn't even thought of doing it last time. And in May, I'll have my first finisher medal. Haha... Perhaps gradually, I'll doing more of these long distance run and hopefully one day, I'll complete a marathon.

Anyway, is it true that females are weaker in parking the car?

Hmmmmmmm... But the auntie is funny lah... So is the guy... Reverse lah!!!

1050. 一肚子火

Rant of the day: 我迟早患上心脏病……

今天是一肚子火的一天。真的搞不懂，为什么我每一次放假回来都被针对？对我本人有什么不满就直接讲明。不要耍一些有的没的，玩办公司整治。反正我就只剩下那几个月，想要磨，我就陪你磨一磨。别因为appraisal要来了我就怕你。

我可不是什么善男信女……

刚听到最对的一句话：下属表现不好，是因为领导班子不好。领导无方，就不要怪罪于下属。出了问题，就不要推到下属身上。工作太多，不要说下属办事能力慢。别说“别人都懂，为什么只有你不会”这种不负责任的话。那个“别人”是谁？

先自我检讨检讨吧……

我虽不能说自己领导能力佳，但是至少我自己知道我在做什么、该做什么。我认识自己27年了。而你呢？你知道些什么？你认识了些什么？

1049. my 27th birthday and counting

Rant of the day: Leave is always short. But hey, it's another long weekend this week!!!

Even though when I'm on leave, I'm simply too lazy to update my blog. Oops...

Anyway, have to really say a BIG thank you too all those who had left me birthday greetings via SMS, MSN, Facebook and Twitter. Really appreciate all these. Getting old ain't such a bad thing after all. At least via all these social media network, I am remembered right? Haha...

Birthday celebration started early actually. First, the branch monthly birthday celebration. March babies includes Chai Toh and Lilian. Thanks to the organisers for doing up all these.

Next was a sumptuous lunch treat by Cheng and Joanne at Nara. I love Japanese food!!! We haven't had lunch like this since I started my daily fish soup diet during working days.

Dear always prepare special effort for my birthday and all I want is just home cook food prepared by her. And... TADA~~~

I love the chicken drumstick!!! The vegetables are great too!!!

And here comes the presents!!! Mum got me iPhone!!! I had been wishing for it and even if she don't buy it for me, I'll still go ahead and get one. But appreciate it when she offer to pay for me... Awwwwww... Mirror effect screen protector buy myself.

Brother and Kelly (his dar dar) can't let my iPhone go naked and bought me this leather back cover. Nice!!! The touch is damn good lah!!!

Dear bought me this t-shirt from Berskha. It's very figure complementing.

She actually bought me another present as well... A Nike gym bag!!! Loves~~~

Now I can go gym with a smaller carrier!!!

I'm just home after a super filling dinner with mum, brother and Kelly. Dear wasn't able to join us due to some prior commitments. Nevertheless, the food was FANTASTIC!!! It's seafood at East Coast!!! Went to this restaurant at the Big Splash, The Seafood International Market & Restaurant. Had some discount, $50 off as I've got a voucher from DBS Credit Card. Nice~~~

Here comes the food... Drunken prawns.

Mushrooms with kailan.

Small size grouper.

Crispy sakura chicken.

And last but not least... Salted egg crabs!!!

Delicious!!! Finger-licking good lah!!! All these food for only 4 peeps. Eat until almost exploded. I'm still feeling damn bloated now.

Things ain't ended yet. There's a durian cake at home waiting for us to cut it up!!! Love it...

Even though I am getting older but with all these on-going to brighten up the event, why sulk over age? Live with it and embrace more wrinkles!!! Cheers!!! =)

1048. missing cock

Joy of the day: I've got my iPhone 3GS!!! WOOHOO~~~

Saw this in an email circulation this morning and I can't help but to burst out in laughter... Let's laugh it out too peeps...

The priest in a small Irish village loved the rooster and ten hens he kept in the hen house behind the church. One Sunday morning, before mass, he went to feed the birds and discovered that the cock was missing. He knew about cock fights in the village, so he questioned his parishioners in church.

During mass, he asked the congregation, 'Has anybody got a cock?'

All the men stood up.

'No, no,' he said, 'that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody seen a cock?'

All the women stood up.

'No, no,' he said, 'that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody seen a cock that doesn't belong to them?'

Half the women stood up.

'No, no,' he said, 'that wasn't what I meant. Has anybody seen MY cock?'

Sixteen altar boys, two priests and a goat stood up. The priest fainted.

Hahahahaha... No offence to any religion and is purely for laugh.

1047. temptation looms

Lesson of the week: If you wanna fall sick, make sure you are sick enough for a 2 days MC. Else, be back in office the next day for more shit!!!

I am suppose to accompany dear to an invitation only event at Tangs Vivocity with Biotherm after work, so she can get her moisturiser and check out what's in store for members. And I ended up buying this for myself!!!

Plus, the promoter (Cindy) was really nice to keep stuffing us with samples. Here's for me...

Temptation looms...

Was supposed to be happy after buying all these but what really made me total annoyed and disappointed was that I got the closing time for M1 Shop wrong! I thought they closes at 9.30pm. So at about close to 8.45pm, we were speeding all the way down to Paragon from Vivocity. Reached at about 9.10pm and still feeling great that I'm gonna get my iPhone. When we were outside the store, IT'S CLOSED!!!

F**K!!!

Wasted my time!!! I thought it would be nice for the staff to see us rushing to the store to at least come out and offer alternatives or make some arrangements. Too bad they didn't...

Anyway, I hate this week. Uber busy in office and it doesn't help when my partner in crime is on MC for 2 days. Plus, meetings... meetings... and meetings... I got no time to meet the service level le lah!!!

Total sianzation...

1046. extremely tired

Rant of the day: Eat too full le... *burp*

I am extremely tired. And, I'm not exactly feeling very well now. Not sure what went wrong but my throat is feeling super dry now. Probably not getting enough rest and insufficient water. Plus the weather is not helping this afternoon in Malaysia.

Prior to today, celebrated Lynn's uberly belated birthday with the gang. Dinner at Glass House was good and what a coincidence!!! Arina was there with her friends too!!! After dinner, went KTV till late. Lovin' KTV!!!

*yawn*

Woke up damn early this morning for a Malaysia trip with dear and her dad. Some sort of "business" trip I guess but I'm sure it's merely an excursion for me. Lotsa things shall not be mentioned and published here.

But just a thought -- would you do a business that will earn you damn hell lotsa cash but it's cruel?

I'm not sure of the answer myself...

1045. final module result is out

Question of the day: What do you think of the new BTO at Sengkang?

Today is one of the happiest days this month!!! The result for the final module is out!!! After a brief disappointment from the result of previous module, I managed to end my studies with a bang. I've got a high distinction!!! A long waited HD!!!

Woohoo~~~

Even though my average GPA did not qualify me for a degree with distinction, I am still pretty satisfied with my overall grade. Very very close to what I had aimed for. Even though not there but close...

Was aiming for GPA of 3 and above but only managed to get a 2.94. Good enough to feel accomplished. Haha... I feel light already. Did myself justice... At least I can say I finally achieved something in life.

16 modules in 2 and a half years...

3 high distinctions...

9 distinctions...

4 credits...

1 bachelor degree...

But loads of friends and memories...

We had joy. We had fun. We had shit and endless laughs. But the hills that we'd climbed were just part of our life.

So when will I take my Masters?

1044. eclipse

Rant of the day: Working OT for the third consecutive Saturday...

Mark your calendar peeps. The 3rd part to the Twilight Saga, Eclipse, is coming on 30 June 2010.

I'm not exactly a particular fan of any actors/actresses but since I'd watched the first 2 episodes, might as well continue the story.

1043. 金钱观念

Rant of the day: Don't follow procedure, not correct. Follow procedure, also not correct. What you want?

金钱观念真的很重要。

钱左手进，右手出。做了一年多的工，却仅仅储不到两千元。只刚刚好来买电脑。要读书但是学费却一直要妈妈担心。现在，妈妈尽然要动用她的公积金来支付他的学费的分期付款！虽然是借贷方式，但是有考虑过rainy days的后果吗？

我读书时，可是一分钱也没跟妈妈借！更何况我的学费远远比他的还要高！到了分红的时候，我还能补贴家用……

我做得到，为什么他却做不到？

为什么我读书和他读书，待遇相差那么大？

为什么在我说不需要借他钱来还他的学费时，妈妈却处处替他说话？

我是觉得啦，父母对孩子教育的责任，以目前社会需求来说，只需要提供到diploma就够了。如要超越这个定限，就是孩子自己对自己的未来作安排与计划。那么要继续深造的话，就因该自己承担。没在做工的，如父母有能力的话，当然帮助借贷学费是ok的。有在做工的，就因该计划储蓄以备还学费之需。储蓄不够，就自己想办法。除非真的父母钱多没地方花，不然伸手借钱还自己的学费有一点丢脸吧？

因为也不知道借了钱会不会还……

老实说，我管这么多干嘛？反正又不关我的事。一个肯借，一个肯花。我还有什么话好说？Go ahead man... Not my problem after all.私の関係ない(read as "watashi no kankei nai")……

Anyway，一位很有才华的同事用糖做的花！！！太逼真了啦！！！

我当下事看得目瞪口呆……光看它的细节就知道需要有多巧的手才能做。真的非常impressive。

1042. lagging

Rant of the day: Will the haze just STOP please!!!

Is your Facebook lagging like hell? Mine is. And no matter what application I closed, it is still lagging. How irritating can it be.......

Or is it my laptop? Unlikely. Dear is also facing the same problem. Not my Internet connectivity I hope. But IT Show is coming again starting from Thursday till Sunday. Will make a trip down on what's new and good and cheap and must buy!

On the daily stuff, good thing is, work in office is more or less under control. At least there are chances for a breather. Year in year out and things in office don't change. Tempers flying all over. So are the arrows. Shoot me. Shoot you. Shoot here. Shoot there. So tired of all these but it is part and parcel of our life isn't it?

Anyway, don't you find our weather getting weird. The temperatures are going towards the extreme!!! Plus, the haze is seriously not helping.

*sigh*

But the good news is, dear found a new job! And it is what she wanted! So happy for her. Hope she will love her "new" work place.

1041. i learnt my lesson

Rant of the day: Black Monday... Not just the haze, my mood too...

I'd learnt my lesson...

Lesson 1: Always assume the people you wanna SMS to keep them update are idiots. Because they might not "know" how to hit on the reply option to either acknowledge the message or clarify when they are in doubt of the message.

Lesson 2: When not feeling well, don't be so nice just to take a few hours off to rest and return back to work. Because there are people who are simply to dumb to appreciate the effort. Some people are just not worth the effort to work so hard for... Just take a day MC and get enough rest lah... Best if you can get a few days more. They ought to learn the concept of indispensibility of staff.

Lesson 3: Do the enough. Don't need to work too hard because most of the time, the people "on top" don't even care. If need to, "act" a lil to show that you are "helping".

Lesson 4: When the people "on top" who doesn't have a brain talks to you, just nod your head and reply either "ok" or "yes". Their brain power can only accept and process these 2 words anyway.

Lesson 5: When you need to find a place to retain your sanity, scream into Twitter or blog. Else, I'll see you at the mental hospital in a couple of years time.

I feel so much better already after ranting all out. There's actually more to what really happened but to protect the identity (whether proven innocent or guilty), let's just take it till here... for now.

1040. song dedication

Rant of the day: Busy busy busy...

A song dedicated to all those who pisses people off and especially, 洪“鸡婆”. The song may be sang in Chinese, but seriously, you don't need to know Chinese to understand the song... TRUST ME!!!

Nice right? I'm sure you did smile for a moment when the song goes "chao chee bai... chao chee bai..." right? Haha...

1039. 真的火大

Rant of the day: Looking forward to Friday...

很久没有po了。没想到一写，就真的很想骂人！！！

在office里，我摆放了一个迷你白板。本想只是写写一些有的没的，宣泄一天的埋怨与怒气。也能当作自己的布告板，表明放假的日子。

就在前几天，因为真的忙到有一点喘不过气，而在班上宣泄着“最近比较烦”这五个字眼。竟然莫名其妙的遭受到无理的对待。开始只是“随口关心”的问发生了什么事。一当知道是因为太忙而留言，竟然无聊到指示同事窜改了我的留言！！！

请问这不是幼稚无聊，那是什么？职位这样高，但尊严在哪儿里？

白板是我的！！！真的，我想写什么就写什么！！！

我可是真的火大了我告诉你！！！

第一，你没有理由改我写的字。

第二，你没有权利改我写的字。

第三，你没有交情改我写的字。

第四，你没有经过我的同意改我写的字。那可是我的私人东西。不是公家的！请搞清楚！

好啦。竟然这样鸡婆，我就一不做二不休的写给你看……

“不要乱改我的字。请尊重别人！”