Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Batam Business Trip

Just came back from my first overseas business trip to Batam. Visited 2 companies there, and had a really tiring day. But it was really fun. Even had some problems with a taxi driver because of communication, haha. But even with the communication breakdown, the driver was actually really nice. At least he didn't seem to be out to cheat our money. And he just stayed on to look for us to complete the trip. He geniunely wants to make our money lawfully, haha. Thats the best way I can put it. Took some photos too...

My pals for the ferry ride

Of course not forgetting this pal, Gina.... playing Sudoku on the ferry ride, haha

I was busy taking photos... Gina's asleep le... And me, I was practically knocked out after this photo

This is the lobby of the first company.... it looks more like a hotel lobby than a company lobby

The name tag of the second company. I just thought it was quite fun that they took my pic and printed it on the tag... haha... I could possibly be the only one who struck a pose of such photos, lol

Took a few pics on the ferry ride back... it really does look pretty nice... the evening view

More of myself, bwahahaha.... getting a little 自恋

Gina still at Sudoku on the way back.... after this she changed to play some word game on her lappie.... only reached SG like 8.30 pm.... freaking tired

Monday, April 27, 2009

Business trip

Tomorrow will mark another first in my life. Its my very first business trip. Not very far away, only to the near by island of Batam. Hahaha. Will be there in the morning and will be back by afternoon. Going there for a meeting with some guys. Was actually supposed to be there last week, but was postponed because we couldn't get the ferry tickets (after we got all the way to Harbourfront). So I guess it'll be exciting. I am looking forward to it though its only a short trip. Work has been pretty hectic, really being forced to learn as fast as possible. Sometimes I feel like I'm a little like struggling in the sea, on the verge of getting drowned, then suddenly someone will come along to help me a little, and then after a while, I'm struggling again. Now, I'm like super busy in office. From the moment I step into office, I'll work all the way till the end of the day (and I have to do OT every other day). But the problem is after the day has ended, you really don't know what you have been busy for the entire day. I don't really like that feeling. It just seems like I still don't know what I am doing (which is also true), so I must really bring it on and step up to this challenge. Good luck to me!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Susan Boyle

This 47 year old singing sensation was found on the British talent show, "Britain's Got Talent". Just a few weeks ago, Susan Boyle went on the show with big aspirations to be a professional singer, and boy did she achieve her dream. Her rendition of Les Miserables's I dreamed a dream was impeccable. When she first stepped on the stage, many of the audience jeer at her, and were laughing at her. Mainly because she didn't look like any of the conventional singers out in the market. She's not exactly younger anymore and her looks were not appealing, her hair was a mess and her eyebrows were dark and unkempt. But the moment she started singing, everyone started cheering. Her success on the show is a wake up call for us not to judge people by their looks. I have also fallen to this before, being judgmental on looks and being really superficial and cynical .. Its only human to be superficial, but I guess we should all know our limits and understand that at the end of the day, it is the real talent that outshines all else. Susan has shown the world the true meaning of talent, and I wish her all the best in the competition. She may not look like a sex goddess, but she's got the voice of an angel and her singing is just inspirational. Look at her now, people are no longer laughing at her, but laughing with her. Kudos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

Another Lunar niteout

It was yet another niteout with the boys at Lunar... Yup 2 weeks in a row at our newest hangout. This week's performance wasn't as great as last week though. I very much prefer the band before, but the music and the singers were still good. Well another night of booz, and another morning of blogging with a hangover. Haha.... Well thats life... I better stop drinking for a while, for heath lah. Not only the health of my body, but also the health of my wallet. In 3 days I've spent like $80 solely on cab. The amount of money spent is possiblely more than what I can spend on usual months. Okie time for some health activities, but these days the weather is just crazily hot. I can sweat away just sitting here and type... Argh, I think I'm going for a bathe again

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Awfully Chocolate

Just to add onto my earlier postings.... It just suddenly came to my mind, and I just had to blog about it. Not advertising this shop is a total sin. Awfully Chocolate is just awfully great.... The thought of it makes me want to just take a bus down to Vivo just to buy a scoop of ice-cream, haha. Hmmmmm.... The chocolate is very rich, and very very very nice... おいいしね Do check out their website for more information. There's even chocolate cake... come to think of it, maybe I can get a cake from awfully chocolate for mother's day this year... Haha... Anyway the webby is http://www.awfullychocolate.com/

Pasta Mania

I'm eating this pasta that my mum just cooked. It really isn't too bad, just a tad too oily... Mama, please hold back on the oil next time. But its not eh type of pasta-pasta thingy, its a 'chinese' style pasta. It just isn't very Italian, haha. But it still does taste good.

This morning my mum surprised me with a present for my birthday! My birthday according to the normal calendar is on 5th May, but my birthday as according to the lunar calender is on the 23rd day of the 4th lunar month. So that had passed already, without me knowing. I'm not really good at counting lunar months. So this morning, my mum took out a bag, and inside was this box with a pair of glistening ear studs! I was pretty surprised that my mum would buy such a gift for me, because she had never like the idea that I wore my ear stud. She told me that its a return gift (remember that she poured away my ear studs quite a few months ago. I already forgotten about it. And moreover it wasn't really all her fault. Haiz, I love my Mum. She just knows me so well. Thats why I say that I'm ok with not getting into any relationships because I have one very important relationship to manage at home, and that is my family. I love you mummy! Muack =)

Kinda expected it

Its sort of a rejection, but not exactly. Well I kinda expected this outcome anyway. The thing is just earlier I finally took the courage to tell someone that I do like her, and ask if I stood a chance at all. Initially she thought I was just joking because we always joke about these stuff. So when she realised that it was a serious proposal, I guess she could have been a little taken aback. She has already rejected many, and I think currently already has quite a few suitors, so I guess it wasn't difficult for her to give me the standard answers. She said that we had only been going out for a few weeks, and that we had been buddies for so many years... and that maybe we can go out more often first then re-look at this. Well I sort of get the idea, in any case even if we arn't together, we're still good friends. I will not avoid her for this, she's still gonna be my msn-mate during office hours, lol. Well she has too many options available, so who am I to be in the Q?

My birthday is coming soon, I'm inching towards the second part of my twenties. You can say that I am getting older already, and I think if there is any chance that I will get together with someone, it'll probably be within these 2-3 years. If it doesn't happen, it probably never will, and I will accept that (Remember that I did say before that I'm perfectly alright with being alone for the rest of my life). Okie I'm sleepy already... will write more on my thoughts another time, maybe tomorrow (no training tomorrow, so its rest day!). K goodnitey world!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Natural Corner

Okie, as the good friend that I am, I think I should help my friend to promote his products.on my page. So allow me to sell ko yoh for a while. Natural Corner is generally a shop that has its focus on organic, natural and healthcare products from Taiwan. It is more or less the distributor of organic products to quite a number of shops here in Singapore. Currently, you will be able to find their products in over 40 shops that sells organic food stuff all over Singapore. Not only do they engage in distribution of foodstuff, they also do direct sales as well. All products are specially hand picked and has approval from Singapore's AVA, so you can consume their products with ease of mind because the quality of the products is ensured. They are now carrying quite a number of products that ranges from soy sauce to tea to rice and many other products that you may not have even seen before. In times like this, health is really of top consideration. Eating health will not only help to keep us strong, it also saves us money in the long run (no need to see doctors ma).

For those who are interested you can checkout their website for more information (its under my hotsites section on the right side of my blog). There a section that is actually pretty interesting, that is the receipes section. Personally I really think its pretty cool. They are now having a promotion, with various discounts for internet orders. So for those who are very much into organic food, or are in this industry, please do give them a shot. =)

www.naturalcorner.com.sg

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Lunar


Went to Lunar at Clarke Quay last night, and it was great! There was some promotion going on, initially we had to be there before 10 to enjoy the promo, but of course I was late, haha. Luckily Stanley and Marvin was there early to help get our table and drinks. Lunar is very much like Dragonfly, minus the huge crowd. It was still crowded, but at least it wasn't filled to the point where we had to squeeze our way around or dance like chinese vampires. There was space to move, and I pretty much like that. The band was really good, I heard that last night the entire band was from Taiwan. Their vocals were just superb. Of course one of the crowd fav was 家后, the singer (I think her name is spelt as Aleeya) really handled the song well. I also like the decor of the place, one of the most interesting things is the use of bird cages as decor, I thought it was quite creative. Not to mention the presence of the hot Coyote Dolls, that really did bring up the heat, haha. But it also made the place look a little lab sab, haa, reminds me of pattpong in Bangkok. We had loads of booz of course, had a dress down by my mum in the morning again. Ok, so that ends our drinking for this month. Will be going for dinner with cy and gang later at Greenwood Ave, I haven't been there before but I hear from cy that its a pretty atas place, haa... Will update again on the place.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Some fresh additions...

I was trying out some buttons on blogger and I realise that I can add quite a few funtions and pictures onto my blog... So in a bid to spice up my little space, I've added functions like 'followers' and also quite a few pictures. Now, I think this looks pretty neat rite. I'm a very visual person, so having more pictures really does attract me. Well, I've actually said this before, but it really comes as a surprise that there are some of you who read my crap, I'm really touched and also amazed (This blog hit another new high yesterday, after I posted the 'kanna caught' post, I got like 8 more views immediately. God knows if you came in by accident or you really follow this page, haha). And to think that I've only given this web site to one of my friend whom I don't think will visit that often [probably only once] coz he's not a blog person). But thanks for reading, hope this site helps you to kill of your some time. If there is any way I can improve this site, with regards to my posting contents, or blog outlook, do feel free to drop comments to let me know, whether you love it or hate it I really do like to find out. =)

Friday, April 17, 2009

Wedding bells ringing

(Okie this post was supposed to be posted earlier [in fact I have already finished writing this last night], but I have no idea whether my bro has managed to find his way to this secret blog of mine, well I sure knows that I have a blog, but I'm not sure if he knows the address. So to make sure that the surprise remains a surprise, I've decided to take down this post till their surprise is over). Of course its not my wedding bells. It'll be quite a while before my bells ring. I'm talking about my bro. I really think that this is a very important chapter in my life (even though its not my wedding), and thats why I've decided to write another posting tonight. Well basically my bro proposed to his girlfriend last week, and from what I gathered she rejected him. The entire is really complicated now, its really really hard to explain. Basically my bro was planning for a surprise proposal, everything was going well until she saw a msg on my bro's hp. My bro had told the jeweller not to msg him on a sat, but msg him on sun instead when the ring was ready for collection, but the dumb jeweller still made the big mistake of messaging on sat, and it just so happens that his gf was playing with his hp when the msg came, and she saw it. Of course anyone with some brains could guess what was going to happen. So when my bro proposed she decided to reject him (I don't have much details, but will pry about it tomorrow, haha). But she had other plans up her sleeves. A few days ago, she msg me to ask for my help to look for the ring. She told me that she had some surprise for my bro and needed my help to smuggle the ring out for her (anyway she was the one who told me that she had rejected him, so I'm gonna get an explaination from her tmr, hahaha). So for the pass few days I have been looking around for the ring in his room. Finally found it today, the surprise is supposed to be tomorrow. So now we have to plan how I am going to pass the ring to her without my bro finding out about it. Time is the crucial factor because we have to be really fast to ensure that we have everything covered. Moreover, there has to be plan be, in case my bro takes the ring out with him when he's meeting her. Haha, I really do not know what I'm doing man. First I was helping my bro with his surprise for his girlfriend, now I'm helping his girlfriend to surprise him. And both cases are being done for the same reason. Well lets see how everything goes tomorrow. My bro is on the phone with her now, so we'll be discussing about tmr's plans on msn later =).

Kanna caught

Yesterday I was caught in the act. It was unexpected, but at the same time expected. I knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time before it happens. I was finally caught by my uncle for lighting up at the back lift lobby of my office (and of course I told him to keep it to himself, and let this be our 'little secret'. Luckily he's pretty cool about this. This doesn't mean that he agrees with it. Haha). Well, really it doesn't bother me that much about being found out because I am already so old already, there really isn't much they'll do other than keep bugging me if they knew. But if they do not know about it, I don't see a point in confessing to it, I'd rather hide in a corner and keep it from them. One of the best reasons why I still want to keep it in the dark is also because it helps to keep me lighting up less. I'm not kidding. Knowing myself well, if I had the license to light up, I'll def will be smoking much more than the amount I'm taking now. Now, when I'm at home with my family, I wouldn't think about lighting up because I don't want them to find out, so in a sense I'd control my intake (ok ok I admit I do light up sometimes at home, in the toilet. And after the short session I need to do a massive ventillation process to get rid of the smell lol). If I have the passport to light up, I'll just take out a stick whenever I feel like it; and all I have to say is," I go out smoke", so in this case there would be little control/incentive to control my intake. Smoking itself is def not good for our health so I really should cut down to the minimum. Yes I know a lot of you will be pointing fingers at me, saying that I should just quit altogether, but it really is more easily said than done. Once you start, its not easy to stop. You'll find whatever reason to light a stick. Of course I do still see myself quitting at a point of time in my life (actually I do hope that it won't be too long away), but I do not see that coming at this moment of time in my life. So here's a warning to all those non smokers who are tempted to start, try not to. Once you pick it up, its hard to stop, even more so if the friends around you are smokers. The temptation is really difficult to fight. Of course its still up to the individual, with strong will power, you will still be able to do it. Try not to get yourself into this trouble and stay away from the stick. For those who are smokers, feel free to find me to have a stick together, lol. Ok ok I should not encourage this here, hahaha.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

F.A.M.I.L.Y

Family, thats the topic which I want to touch on today. I went over to my grandma's last night (was pretty late because I went out with my date for dinner and to get stuff for my bro at Queensway). I had promised to go over to get the food from my grandma, so I thought that I should make my way there though it was already 10.15pm. And when I was there, chatting with my grandma, I realise that my grandma is really feeling very lonely. She was telling me that since my aunt started working, the house is literally empty from morning till late at night (my aunt is also taking TCM classes at night). So there is no one for her to talk to, and that all she does is stare at empty space. She doesn't go out because her health is not at its best, and we are also a little worried to let her wonder around by herself. So many a times, she just feels that life is boring, and it might be better off dead.

I do feel pretty sad to hear this. All of us are now working, so we are unable to accompany her in the morning and afternoon. I can't be around everynight because I have Jap classes twice a week, and also some appointments every now and then. Although I wished I could be there for her more, but I only have 24 hrs and I can't split myself into 2. But what she says is also true, because she doesn't have much to do, and she can't go anywhere, if I'm her, I'd also feel like dying. Sometimes, we do neglect her, taking her for granted. We think that all we have to do is to keep her safe at home and visit her as and when we are too free and have nothing better to do. This is a really wrong concept. Although I want to accompany her, I know that I cannot achieve this alone, but no one else in the family seem to see this. Most of her grandchildren do not bother to go over to visit her, preferring to go out with friends and play games. Her own children are caught up with work, working their ass off to support the lavish lives of their children and to make ends meet, many a times working till super late at night, so they do not have the time to visit her. Too many of them think that as long as we think of her in our heart, she'll feel it, and will understand. But really, this is a very selfish way of thinking. I think its about time we pull up our socks and think of the person who has been there for us for the entire years of our lives, and not take her for granted. If there is one thing I've learnt, it is that if you love someone you must say it out (something I'm still working on). There is no point in keeping it in the heart and expect the other party to be able to 'feel it', because it doesn't happen that way. If you love them, say it out, use your actions to show the love. 默默的爱根本就不是爱,实际行动才是表达爱的最佳方式. Piety is not about waiting for the other party to lie on her death bed and offering joss sticks and incense. Piety is about now, its about the things you can do to make the other person happy now. Whatever you do or feel for the person in front of her tombstone is not going to bring time back. So do not wait till your loved ones are gone before you regret not spending more time with them. No matter how much tears you shed at the death bed cannot bring the person back to life. So I really urge my family to think twice about their committments, and allocate some time to their beloved mother/grandmother.

I'm thinking of starting a family circular to tell them what I think, but I don't know how should I start. But I think someone has to begin something, or this will never kick off. After my chat with my grandma I had qutie a lot of ideas, I wanted to issue an ultimatinum to my family to visit their mum, and to start a monthly gathering for the family. I hope I'll be able to have the courage to speak up and get this going, well wish me luck and give me courage. I have to save this family from losing certain important values that I think is slowly eroding away.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

First date +Tampines 1

Yup, yesterday marked my first date of this year. And no, it wasn't at Tampines 1, it was in town. I'll get to Tampines 1 later in this post. Haha. Well it wasn't exactly a date date thingy. I was talking to Doreen on MSN, and we were saying that we have not met up for the longest time, so we decided to meet up in town for a night out. Of course she kept saying that I was going to be late and put aeroplane, but that didn't happen, I was on time (hahaha, well not exactly, let just put it that I was earlier than her). So we went on our date in town. Had dinner at spegetties, all the pasta crap + a choc milkshake. The food was ok, it wasn't really spectacular, but not bad. I do find it a tad oily though (well at least for my plate. The milk shake was good though. Then we walked down orchard towards PS for a movie. Haha, we had absolutely no idea what to watch, so we just picked the one with the best timing. Which happens to be Shinjuku Incident.

The show was actually quite good. But I didn't undestand why everyone was laughing when Jackie Chan killed the 2 guys. Shouldn't it be a horrifying part of the show. But everyone seem to be enjoying the killing part. I guess we may be getting closer to releasing the inner killers in all of us, lol. The date ended off with LKP at Fei Xiong with cy and gang (Just in case ya wondering, LKP=La KoPi). Yes, I know I'm not a romantic person to be able to think of an extrodinary date, but I guess doing the usual stuff is also not too bad. Well if there's another date coming along, I guess I really should plan a little more.

Coming to the topic of dates, I'm actually pretty surprised to find out that one of my friend is now actively searching (well other than ym). I'm not saying that we should not actively search for true love, but my friend doesn't come across as the type of person who would do something like that. I heard that he's been on FB adding many people, so that some will actually answer to his call for MSN chat and if possible arrange for a date out. Well and one of the targets happens to be my JC classmate cum good friend, haha. What a small world. Well she's cool about it. Hopefully something good will come out of it. All the best.


Yesterday I went over to Tampines 1 with my mum to check out the place. This is the latest edition to the shopping malls at Tampines. Its also now the largest mall in the east (as in east of Singapore). Another big attraction was of course Uni Qlo.

Uni Qlo has opened its first shop in Singapore at Tampines 1. They'll be opening another 7 more shops over the island, with a few in town I think. So we thought that since we had nothing better to do in the afternoon, we'd go check out the mall. Bad move. Saying that the mall is crowed is an understatement. IT WAS PACKED! It looked like some new year party in town, there were people everywhere, and there was literally no place to walk. Uni Qlo was so packed that people had to queue up just to get in, and the queue was just beyond imagination. It looked like people queuing up for the Hello Kitty soft toy. Well we didn't get much there, initially my mum wanted to check out if there was anything she could buy for Aunt Susan's brother's new born. She did spot a few good stuffs around for pretty resonable prices, but they are all under KIV at the moment. Basicall she's sharing the gift with a few of her sisters, so she still has to ask their opinion too. For me, I got myself a English-Japanese Dictionary from Times Bookstore. Its for my Jap classes, there are really quite a few terms that I do not understand. And for a opening promotion, I got the dictionary at a 15% discount, cool rite! Wahaha..... Right now the entire mall is still discount galore, so if you wanna get something maybe you can head down this month and squeeze through the crowds. I must commend the mall. It has quite a few new shops that are not found in Singapore, and there are quite a few Japanese shops around. There was a shop selling Japanese Sake and some food stuff, and also a Japanese Mnimart, where you can buy normal Kelloggs corn flakes (but with Japanese characters on the cover) for approximately triple the price of the same corn flakes with English on the cover, hahaha. It should be quite a while before the fad dies down, so I'm still expecting the mall to be crowed, with most people attracted by Uni Qlo (well at least until the next shop open, which I think is at the new Orchard Central at the end of the year). So I'm giving the mall 4 thumbs up for now, that should classify it as happening now. Great addition to the east, making us so much more attractive and happening, hahaha. Eat that westies. Lolz.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Friends or not

Hmmm so what is the defination of friendship? Is it something that can be measured, or is it a mutual feeling that we have for the people we know? For me I really think its a little of both (yah I know, textbook answer). But seriously thats how I view it. I used to have a very serious friendship problem. I used to put a lot of effort on my friends, going all out for them, helping them in anything they need, and even going out of the way so much so that the thing troubles me so much more, just so that my friends can have an easier time. But thats mostly in the past. I'm not saying that I do not go all out for my friends anymore, I still help them in every way I can, but now I've learnt to draw the line. This is to protect myself. I mean you treating another person as your best friend may not get that same treatment from that 'best' friend. The other party may just take you as another one of his friends. I'm not saying all this because we do not want to be on the losing end of a friendship, but what I want to drive at is that we cannot put all our emotional support on friends. Because you never know when they will leave ya. I was just talking to one of my friends on facebook, and he is really one of my besties. But the thing is I've not met him in close to 5 months! I have to admit that I was a little annoyed and irritated because for the past 5 months, everytime I messaged him, he always had something on, he couldn't let me just have 1 night out with him. And to think that I've even prepared to treat him to his birthday dinner immediately after I got my 1st pay. But still I really do treat him as a great friend of mine. He's just a bitch whom I can pour all my frustrations to, and he always cranks me up. Well I hope I'll be able to meet him soon, when he's run out of excuses to not meet moi.

Well actually this post is not about him (he just happened to be on facebook just now, haha), the purpose of this post is really to talk about another person. Today I was on msn chatting with my friend when suddenly someone msn-ed me.

Friend: Long ge, how are you
Me: Yo, ho say bo
Friend: Bo ho leh
Me: y leh?
Friend: Eh you have 500 to lend me?
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Yup, and the rest of the details are not that important. Well this friend of mine is not very close to me, in fact I've not seen him for the last 2 yrs (other than the occasional hi-bye when we meet in lectures or the canteens). Well its not exactly the best scenario that I like to encounter. It seems like he was really urgent for money, and he had some loans to pay. He really sounds desperate. I have to admit to being a little sceptical, because I don't understand what could have got him into this state. No doubt that the economy is not in its best shape, but it really hasn't reached this stage. One side of me is calling out for me to hold back, because I know that if I want to loan this out, I must be mentally prepared to not get the money back. And knowing that I do not command a very high pay, this is quite an amount for me. Or maybe he is using the money to repay gambling debts or use for drugs (I mean I can't think of anything that can cause him to be in such a bad state). Another part of me is telling me give him the benefit of doubt. Maybe he is really in need of the money, maybe he has some problems, maybe with health issues or his family is in some trouble. This money could be a life-saver, and a life line for him and his family. So I was struggling with a decision for the entire afternoon. And after he got my number, he kept messaging me. It really looks like he needed the money very urgently.

After a very serious and very long thought, I decided to lend him the money. I try to convince myself that he really needs the money to get through this period and not to use it for some bad purpose. I mean although I may not be very good friends with, and I do not meet him very often, but at the end of the day we are still considered as friends rite. And I don't want to see him jump down of a building because of $500. I'm just thinking on the bad side. Mentally I'm prepared to not get back the money already. Well I just hope that he'll use the money wisely, and of course return me when he's financially stable, haha. It really isn't about the money, but I think in terms of principles. Well good luck to him. Please don't take me as an ATM, cause this bank don't have a lot of reserves, hahaha.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Company trip to Seoul

Tonight my company will be going to Seoul, Korea on a company trip. This is to reward everyone for their hard work in the past year, and for being able to hit last year's target. But the sad thing is I'm not going *boo hoo hoo*. Well mainly because I'm not in the office last year. So the reward has nothing to do with me. So sad. So I'll be coming to office all by myself. Sitting at my desk with no one around me at all for the next 2 days. Haiz, might as well just close shop for 2 days right, let us work from home or someting. Other than the big boss (my uncle) and the store guys, there will only be 3 other people here (including myself). And I have no idea what to do in office for these days. I can only think of looking through my files and reading on the company catalog. OMG, thats like what I really hate to do. Reading has never been my thang, and it probably never will. Well luckily there is good friday this week, so its only 2 days of empty office. But actually an empty office might be interesting too. Well at least no one can catch me if I sleep for a while in office, hahaha, just kidding. Of course cannot sleep in office lah.

Monday, April 6, 2009

New High

Other than the temperatures lately, I just have to blog about this and congratualate myself, hahaha. Wow, there are actually people reading/looking at my blog. And last friday there were 6 people who view this page *poppers, claps, wolf whistles and confetti*. Haha, I don't really promote this blog because it really is just about myself and I normally just write crap that probably no one would appreciate or find intereting, so I'm quite surprise that there were 6 people on a single day. I know its not a big number, but I'm definately not trying to be sarcastic here. 6 really is new high for my blog. I know that its just a small percentage as compared to the attention most other blogs are getting, but to me, I'd just like to thank the people who have visited. Whether you came here by accident or whether you've even read anything here, well just thanks and I do hope that you will find something interesting and meaningful here (do pardon me for bad language, bad english and bad everything else though... I'm not much of a linguist/language-ist, whatever you call it).

Bring the heat on

Actually I would rather you turn the heat off. The days are really getting hot these passt few weeks. Just sitting down in front of my TV makes me sweat, and I hate it. Damn it. I mean I do like to get sweaty and panting, but that is during my exercise, not when I'm sitting down to enjoy my show. Its just irritating to break into sweat when ya not doing anything. Even as I'm typing this I'm like wiping my sweat away every now and then.

Well I saw online looking at some financial news lately (yes, I know its hard to believe but I do read financial news now... still learning about investments), and there were some news that did shock me; in fact, the news makes me feel like spitting on some of these financial people. It has been reported that in these times of crisis, Big banks and financial institutions are still giving out huge bonuses to its employees and CEOs. This despite the fact that most of them are now relaying on government money to stay afloat. This means that the people out there, many of them who may be out of job now now, who are paying taxes, are also paying for their bonus. And not forgetting that the whole financial world is in this mess because of them. I'm ok if the payouts are from the bank's own pocket, but giving out government money as bonus? Giving out performance bonus, when the bank they are handling are losing billions of dollars? How can they be graded a good performance if they are losing this incredulous amount of money?!? So why the hell still give out performance bonus? And another big problem is that some of the people in the industry don't even feel the shame. During a protest last week in London, some bankers could be spotted waving pound notes at the protestants. What the fuck man? Don't they have any sense of guilt? We are now in this shit, largely because of them, the last thing they should do is try to show that they are still getting the $$, while other people are now scrimping off breadcrumps.

Humpf, ok its good to let that out a little, I just feel that they are a little too much, and that many of them should reflect on they behaviour. I just finish another 2 episoes of Desperate Housewives Season 5 (17 & 18). Don't know why the airing rate seem to be pretty slow. I thought it was supposed to air an episode every week, but I think these 2 episodes came only about a month after episode 16. Well the ending it certainly near, the plot is getting exciting (though I think I can guess how its going to end). But I must say I really enjoyed this series. And yes I'm still sweating, fuck man. Ok I think I'm going to get a bathe before bed, I can't stand it anymore.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

April fool

Btw I forgot, its April Fool today. And nope, the thing about my pay and job scope is not an April Fools joke. Have fun today, go make a few tricks on your friends. They arn't supposed to get angry today, hahaha. Happy April Fools!!!

Greater portfolio

My company (or really my boss) has just drop the bomb. He wants me to handle more workload now. This is because he feels that if I only concentrate on doing products, without going out, I would only be able to create products as they are, and not products that will sell. So he feels that I should go on the ground to understand what the customers wants, and this will in turn help in proposing my products. And so he has decided to take out some customers to let me handle, and knock myself against the wall, and get scolded by the customers, and get fucked left, right, up , down by the whole world. Because this is the easiest and most efficient way for me to learn the business. What a wonderful boss I have, haiz. I must admit that going on the ground will definately do me good. It is true that ultimately the products that I do must sell, if it doesn't sell, then it is a failure; which is something that I cannot allow to happen. But there is a major problem, after all the talk of adding a sales profile to my current job scope, there seem to be little (or no) indication of a change of my pay package. Damn it. So does this mean that I will take on this new role, with more things to do, but with the same miserable pay, wtf. Sometimes they must be a little more automatic ma. With greater powers, come greater responsibilities, and also greater pay. He should at least suggest an adjustment to my remunition ma. At least it'll be a form of motivation for me. Haiz. They keep telling me not to look at the money, and focus on the learning opportunities, but I still have to bring the dough home right. I'm just being practical here. So now I'll just do my job and see how far this takes me. Hopefully some form of adjustment will come my way... *keeping fingers crossed