No wonder they say Women are fickle-minded creatures... I admit that wholeheartedly... You Are An INFP |
The Idealist You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships. It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close. But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop. You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist. |
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
New Personality Test Results after a month or two
Sunday, October 01, 2006
1st Entry of the Month
The past two weeks have been absolutely crazy - and I mean absolutely crazy... it's 1/10/2006 and I realize that I haven't been blogging for the past month! Not even a single entry in the month of September...
Was only when I saw that lunatic Jacky's message in my C-Box that I realized the last entry was exactly 31 August!!!
Time has been flying by at a supremely fast rate - especially the past two weeks, everything has been in a blur and I realize how disorganized 'some' people can be, not mentioning names at all...
From my last few entries about start work at Body Contours - I'm almost hitting my 3rd month!!! I should be getting my confirmation by 3 October 2006. Well, keeping my fingers crossed for you know what!
I started with Body Contours, but I'm effectively now doing marketing for The Ultimate spa, there's plenty of work to be done and in the 2 weeks that I've been transferred over, I've organized two rounds of photoshoot and 1 roadshow at Singapore Expo and put in the artwork for 2 double-page spread advertisement in Her World and Citta Bella.... Basically, it's just loads of letover work from the previous Marketing Executive who has since left the company...
Strange that the marketing manager made little efforts to follow up on his stuff at all - simply leaving it to the grace of the heavens to sort things out by themselves! Amazing!
Well - still it's overall 100 percent more fulfilling than my days at RTC - at least the work is interesting and I think I'm learning more stuff.
Just hope that I'll have good news when it comes to my confirmation day...
Oh well, managed to put in this entry as I finally have a bit of breathing time... Have been working in the office past 9.30pm almost everyday this week and till midnight on Thursday! Anyway, my poor graphic designer kenah also and had to stay back in the office with me - but hopefully, alls well ends well!
Was only when I saw that lunatic Jacky's message in my C-Box that I realized the last entry was exactly 31 August!!!
Time has been flying by at a supremely fast rate - especially the past two weeks, everything has been in a blur and I realize how disorganized 'some' people can be, not mentioning names at all...
From my last few entries about start work at Body Contours - I'm almost hitting my 3rd month!!! I should be getting my confirmation by 3 October 2006. Well, keeping my fingers crossed for you know what!
I started with Body Contours, but I'm effectively now doing marketing for The Ultimate spa, there's plenty of work to be done and in the 2 weeks that I've been transferred over, I've organized two rounds of photoshoot and 1 roadshow at Singapore Expo and put in the artwork for 2 double-page spread advertisement in Her World and Citta Bella.... Basically, it's just loads of letover work from the previous Marketing Executive who has since left the company...
Strange that the marketing manager made little efforts to follow up on his stuff at all - simply leaving it to the grace of the heavens to sort things out by themselves! Amazing!
Well - still it's overall 100 percent more fulfilling than my days at RTC - at least the work is interesting and I think I'm learning more stuff.
Just hope that I'll have good news when it comes to my confirmation day...
Oh well, managed to put in this entry as I finally have a bit of breathing time... Have been working in the office past 9.30pm almost everyday this week and till midnight on Thursday! Anyway, my poor graphic designer kenah also and had to stay back in the office with me - but hopefully, alls well ends well!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
A Terrorist TIBS881G Driver - Bus No. 190
Here's a letter I wrote 30 minutes ago to the Corporate Comms department of SMRT...
Re: Complaint against driver of TIBS881G – 30 August 2006
Bus No: 190
Vehicle No: TIBS881G
Boarding Point/Time: Outside Stamford House / 6:50pm
Alighting Point / Time: Outside RGS / 7:20pm
I would like to highlight a serious complaint against the driver of the vehicle with details as listed.
At 6:50pm, my colleague and I boarded bus 190 outside of Stamford House. We had intended to take the bus to the stop outside Thong Teck building to meet our manager for a crucial business appointment at Shaw Centre at 7.15pm.
The bus being a bendy bus had two exits and we were standing at the 2nd exit located at the furthest end of the bus. Having reached our destination, the bell was pressed by other passengers sharing the same stop and the first exit was opened. The driver however forgot to operate the 2nd exit, the exit where we were waiting to get off the bus.
Seeing his oversight, I pressed the bell repeatedly to signal his attention to open the door. This repeatedly pressing of the bell failed to jolt his memory to open the 2nd exit. Due to the peak hour, the bus was fairly packed and we were unable to try and make our way to the first exit in time and risk having the bus move off.
In a state of panic as we were rushing for our important business meeting, I raised my voice sufficiently to request the driver to please open the door. My volume was loud enough to have passengers in the front portion of the bus turn their heads to look at me. I repeated my request twice in the same volume.
Unfortunately, none of the passengers in the front assisted in getting the driver's attention and he simply drove off with us still frantically pressing the bell.
About a minute later, the bus came to a stop at a nearby traffic light, seeing that this was the perfect opportunity to salvage the situation, I again frantically pressed the bell repeatedly hoping that he could open the door for a second just so that we could hop off and get to our meeting in time.
The driver again chose to ignore our signals and the sounding of the bell. He finally let us off at the next stop outside of Raffles Girls School.
Once I got off the bus, I ran over to the entrance to get the driver's attention and he had the audacity to open the door and glare at me as if it was our fault that he forgot to open the second door.
If the driver is not able to be sufficiently focused and competent enough to captain a bendy bus with 2 exits (3 including entrance) he should be scheduled to drive normal buses with just 1 exit and 1 entrance.
The way the driver handled this situation is truly appalling and NOT a good or healthy representation of SMRT. I would not have complained if he had the decency to apologize when he opened the door after we got off.
Our distress did not end there, after the bus happily sped off, we were left in the rain - in great panic as we were late for our important business meeting and we were not even able to call a cab due to the peak hour situation coupled with the rainy weather.
As a desperate resort, we had no choice but to trudge our way back to Shaw Centre by foot in the pouring rain. By the time we walked all the way back to Orchard, we were soaking wet and an hour late for our appointment.
As anyone can imagine, we did not look a pretty sight, much less expect to maintain a professional image. Our manager was also not impressed with the whole situation and we were 'advised' to not attend the meeting with her so as not to disgrace our company; in our state of being 'rain-soaked' - all thanks to the fantastic TIBS881G terrorist driver who happened to ply the roads at the peak hours of 7pm.
I can only hope that my colleague and I will not be black-marked by our company for this unfortunate incident that was through no fault of ours. As a working professional yourself, I trust you will understand our position and our fears of being misunderstood as shoddy employees by our company.
With his level of customer service and professionalism, it would be safer if he kept to just driving a bicycle instead of jeopardizing the welfare of his passengers who are at his total mercy and have to risk being glared at by him for his mistake.
I hope that your good company will look seriously into this matter and investigate the performance of this driver so as to prevent your good name from being further tarnished.
I hope to receive compensation on the fares that my colleague and I paid since the service required was not delivered. More importantly, I would also appreciate if your company could take suitable action against the driver or to issue him a warning or better still, send him for skills retraining.
Seeing how Singapore is aiming to be a world class city nation with world class service as illustrated in our hosting of the upcoming IMF meeting, such a 'wonderful' driver would be a befitting disgrace to our country.
I am ready to write in to the Straits Times and to the Ministry of Transport to highlight this incident. My colleague is too willing to testify towards this incident, so as to prevent others from the possibility of being terrorized and distressed by this driver in future.
Please contact me at 9xxx xxxx soonest possible. I thank you for your kind attention in this matter.
Yours Sincerely,
Sharon Tan
Re: Complaint against driver of TIBS881G – 30 August 2006
Bus No: 190
Vehicle No: TIBS881G
Boarding Point/Time: Outside Stamford House / 6:50pm
Alighting Point / Time: Outside RGS / 7:20pm
I would like to highlight a serious complaint against the driver of the vehicle with details as listed.
At 6:50pm, my colleague and I boarded bus 190 outside of Stamford House. We had intended to take the bus to the stop outside Thong Teck building to meet our manager for a crucial business appointment at Shaw Centre at 7.15pm.
The bus being a bendy bus had two exits and we were standing at the 2nd exit located at the furthest end of the bus. Having reached our destination, the bell was pressed by other passengers sharing the same stop and the first exit was opened. The driver however forgot to operate the 2nd exit, the exit where we were waiting to get off the bus.
Seeing his oversight, I pressed the bell repeatedly to signal his attention to open the door. This repeatedly pressing of the bell failed to jolt his memory to open the 2nd exit. Due to the peak hour, the bus was fairly packed and we were unable to try and make our way to the first exit in time and risk having the bus move off.
In a state of panic as we were rushing for our important business meeting, I raised my voice sufficiently to request the driver to please open the door. My volume was loud enough to have passengers in the front portion of the bus turn their heads to look at me. I repeated my request twice in the same volume.
Unfortunately, none of the passengers in the front assisted in getting the driver's attention and he simply drove off with us still frantically pressing the bell.
About a minute later, the bus came to a stop at a nearby traffic light, seeing that this was the perfect opportunity to salvage the situation, I again frantically pressed the bell repeatedly hoping that he could open the door for a second just so that we could hop off and get to our meeting in time.
The driver again chose to ignore our signals and the sounding of the bell. He finally let us off at the next stop outside of Raffles Girls School.
Once I got off the bus, I ran over to the entrance to get the driver's attention and he had the audacity to open the door and glare at me as if it was our fault that he forgot to open the second door.
If the driver is not able to be sufficiently focused and competent enough to captain a bendy bus with 2 exits (3 including entrance) he should be scheduled to drive normal buses with just 1 exit and 1 entrance.
The way the driver handled this situation is truly appalling and NOT a good or healthy representation of SMRT. I would not have complained if he had the decency to apologize when he opened the door after we got off.
Our distress did not end there, after the bus happily sped off, we were left in the rain - in great panic as we were late for our important business meeting and we were not even able to call a cab due to the peak hour situation coupled with the rainy weather.
As a desperate resort, we had no choice but to trudge our way back to Shaw Centre by foot in the pouring rain. By the time we walked all the way back to Orchard, we were soaking wet and an hour late for our appointment.
As anyone can imagine, we did not look a pretty sight, much less expect to maintain a professional image. Our manager was also not impressed with the whole situation and we were 'advised' to not attend the meeting with her so as not to disgrace our company; in our state of being 'rain-soaked' - all thanks to the fantastic TIBS881G terrorist driver who happened to ply the roads at the peak hours of 7pm.
I can only hope that my colleague and I will not be black-marked by our company for this unfortunate incident that was through no fault of ours. As a working professional yourself, I trust you will understand our position and our fears of being misunderstood as shoddy employees by our company.
With his level of customer service and professionalism, it would be safer if he kept to just driving a bicycle instead of jeopardizing the welfare of his passengers who are at his total mercy and have to risk being glared at by him for his mistake.
I hope that your good company will look seriously into this matter and investigate the performance of this driver so as to prevent your good name from being further tarnished.
I hope to receive compensation on the fares that my colleague and I paid since the service required was not delivered. More importantly, I would also appreciate if your company could take suitable action against the driver or to issue him a warning or better still, send him for skills retraining.
Seeing how Singapore is aiming to be a world class city nation with world class service as illustrated in our hosting of the upcoming IMF meeting, such a 'wonderful' driver would be a befitting disgrace to our country.
I am ready to write in to the Straits Times and to the Ministry of Transport to highlight this incident. My colleague is too willing to testify towards this incident, so as to prevent others from the possibility of being terrorized and distressed by this driver in future.
Please contact me at 9xxx xxxx soonest possible. I thank you for your kind attention in this matter.
Yours Sincerely,
Sharon Tan
Friday, August 18, 2006
Pics from The Ultimate 2's Opening
Hi Pple,
Here's some pics from the opening event.
Here's some pics from the opening event.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Cool Sales Technique!
Woahz! Cool manz, just received a box of ‘free’ sampler mooncakes from Tung Lok!
Hey, it’s not like I never tasted mooncakes before or so cheapskate that I get so happy over a box of mooncakes but hey its just an example of great customer service and very subtle yet effective sales technique…
Anyway how the goodies came about was just by dropping Tung Lok with an email to request a quotation for the corporate purchase of mooncakes… they followed up with an email, their detailed quotation (with plenty of options and flavors of mooncakes to choose from) plus sent a box of sampler mooncakes…
Don’t worry, I am not such a greedy pig to keep the mooncakes for myself… left them on my manager’s chair for her appraisal hehe…
Good work manz Tung Lok! They must be rich!
Here's the link to their mooncake page http://www.tunglok.com/index1.html
If you going to order mooncake for your company, email their Senior Sales Manager johnho@tunglok.com
Hey, it’s not like I never tasted mooncakes before or so cheapskate that I get so happy over a box of mooncakes but hey its just an example of great customer service and very subtle yet effective sales technique…
Anyway how the goodies came about was just by dropping Tung Lok with an email to request a quotation for the corporate purchase of mooncakes… they followed up with an email, their detailed quotation (with plenty of options and flavors of mooncakes to choose from) plus sent a box of sampler mooncakes…
Don’t worry, I am not such a greedy pig to keep the mooncakes for myself… left them on my manager’s chair for her appraisal hehe…
Good work manz Tung Lok! They must be rich!
Here's the link to their mooncake page http://www.tunglok.com/index1.html
If you going to order mooncake for your company, email their Senior Sales Manager johnho@tunglok.com
Monday, August 07, 2006
Disclaimer on the results of the Personality Test
I just got to put in a disclaimer on the results of the personality test I posted.
I got to say that it is pretty accurate overall, but I think it is a reflection of my 'raw' nature, that is if I totally act without thinking or self-control...
But having been schooled for a bit in the school of hard knocks... I must say that I am definitely must self-controlled and conscious these days...
Besides being a girl... how could I resist making small talk :)
And for seconds, in case my boss is peeping in on my blog... I assure that I DO respect authority and proper reporting conduct :)
I got to say that it is pretty accurate overall, but I think it is a reflection of my 'raw' nature, that is if I totally act without thinking or self-control...
But having been schooled for a bit in the school of hard knocks... I must say that I am definitely must self-controlled and conscious these days...
Besides being a girl... how could I resist making small talk :)
And for seconds, in case my boss is peeping in on my blog... I assure that I DO respect authority and proper reporting conduct :)
The giraffe sitting beside me at work shared this cool test with me
Thanks Jacky!
| You Are An INTP |
The Thinker You are analytical and logical - and on a quest to learn everything you can. Smart and complex, you always love a new intellectual challenge. Your biggest pet peeve is people who slow you down with trivial chit chat. A quiet maverick, you tend to ignore rules and authority whenever you feel like it. You would make an excellent mathematician, programmer, or professor. |
Part 1: DVD Review on Da Qing Feng Yun
This DVD series depicts the epic tale of the Qing Dynasty.
Key Characters:
- Huang Tai Ji
- Duo Er Gun
- Da Yu Er
- Hao Ge
- Fu Lin
- Kang Xi
The story starts from Huang Tai Ji, the 2nd generation Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Upon the death of his father, Nie Er Har Ci, the throne was to have gone to his fourteen brother Duo Er Gun; however his lust for the throne made him plot against his own brother and Duo Er Gun's mother. His plot succeeds, he manages to remove Duo Er Gun's mother and claims the throne as his own on the pretext that Duo Er Gun was merely a boy and unable to manage the throne.
Years later, Duo Er Gun grows up to be a leader of exceptional abilities. Huang Tai Ji employs him as an able general to help him win numerous battles.
But the seed of Huang Tai Ji's betrayal of him and his mother was to take root in his heart and play a pivotal role in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Meanwhile, Duo Er Gun as a young man falls in love with a ravishing Mongolian princess, Da Yu Er... she too falls in love with him... Sadly, their desire to be together is thwarted when Huang Tai Ji takes a liking to her as well and asks for her as his concubine...
From this point on, fate was to play a cruel joke upon Duo Er Gun and Da Yu Er... destined to fall in love yet never to let their love come to light... they were fated as chess pieces forever to be playing on different sides.
Part 1:
Huang Tai Ji is suddenly taken critically ill in a strange turn of events; at this point of time, the Qing dynasty is just about to overthrown the decrepit Ming Dynasty. This sudden turn of events creates internal turmoil caused by the tricky situation of succession.
The vying candidates are the Crown Prince, Hao Ge and his fourteen uncle, Duo Er Gun.
Hao Ge hopes that Duo Er Gun will be tempted to rebel at this time, so that Duo Er Gun who has always been a thorn may be removed from his flesh forever.
It is apparent that Hao Ge lacks the foresight to be a great ruler as he is narrow minded and more concerned with removing those he dislikes and those whom he perceives as a threat to him, rather than considering the overall game plan and the fact that some of those he dislikes, are the key players in the overall chess game.
Duo Er Gun definitely is a stronger leader and of a better caliber to lead the country, however it is natural that Huang Tai Ji would like to hand the throne over to his own son, his other fear is that by handing the throne to Duo Er Gun, his sons who have been against Duo Er Gun thus far might be endangered,
In his heart of hearts, he knows that Duo Er Gun is the best possible choice for the country. He decides upon a test for Duo Er Gun, one which if he should fail, it would be a test that would warrant his death and removal.
Huang Tai Ji stages a scenario where Duo Er Gun’s loyalty to his country is tested against his love for Da Yu Er. He issues a decree that he wants Da Yu Er to accompany him in his royal grave to the netherworlds.
Da Yu Er is torn between her fear and her love for Duo Er Gun. While fearful for her life and the fate of her son, she is tempted to seek Duo Er Gun’s aid in saving her from her untimely death, yet she does not want to jeopardize Duo Er Gun’s life or well-being by standing up to the Emperor for her life.
Her love for Duo Er Gun prevents her from telling him or seeking his assistance, the news of her impending death is however deliberately leaked out to Duo Er Gun’s ears by the Emperor.
Duo Er Gun is duly agitated by this news; he contemplates storming to the Emperor to demand he withdraws his decree. He makes a visit to the fretful Da Yu Er to assure her that he will not watch her accompany Huang Tai Ji to the grave.
Da Yu Er tries to stop him, to dissuade him from confronting the Emperor over this matter and possibly risking his life in the process. Da Yu Er finds it strange that the news has passed so quickly to Duo Er Gun’s ears, upon further contemplation; they both realize the plot behind Huang Tai Ji’s decree.
Having realized this plot, they both realize that Huang Tai Ji may not be really dying but possibly exaggerating his condition to test Duo Er Gun’s loyalty to him and to his sons.
They decide to take a step at a time and not act rashly and possibly rocking the boats… They wait in cold sweat as Huang Tai Ji speaks his last, Duo Er Gun is ready to battle it out if the Emperor should insist upon his request for Da Yu Er to accompany him on his dying bed. Fortunately, Huang Tai Ji decided against it with his last breath, he decides that the Empress should accompany him to the Netherworlds.
With Huang Tai Ji having passed on, an internal strife ensues with Hao Ge’s and Duo Er Gun’s struggles to claim the throne as their own.
Key Characters:
- Huang Tai Ji
- Duo Er Gun
- Da Yu Er
- Hao Ge
- Fu Lin
- Kang Xi
The story starts from Huang Tai Ji, the 2nd generation Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Upon the death of his father, Nie Er Har Ci, the throne was to have gone to his fourteen brother Duo Er Gun; however his lust for the throne made him plot against his own brother and Duo Er Gun's mother. His plot succeeds, he manages to remove Duo Er Gun's mother and claims the throne as his own on the pretext that Duo Er Gun was merely a boy and unable to manage the throne.
Years later, Duo Er Gun grows up to be a leader of exceptional abilities. Huang Tai Ji employs him as an able general to help him win numerous battles.
But the seed of Huang Tai Ji's betrayal of him and his mother was to take root in his heart and play a pivotal role in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Meanwhile, Duo Er Gun as a young man falls in love with a ravishing Mongolian princess, Da Yu Er... she too falls in love with him... Sadly, their desire to be together is thwarted when Huang Tai Ji takes a liking to her as well and asks for her as his concubine...
From this point on, fate was to play a cruel joke upon Duo Er Gun and Da Yu Er... destined to fall in love yet never to let their love come to light... they were fated as chess pieces forever to be playing on different sides.
Part 1:
Huang Tai Ji is suddenly taken critically ill in a strange turn of events; at this point of time, the Qing dynasty is just about to overthrown the decrepit Ming Dynasty. This sudden turn of events creates internal turmoil caused by the tricky situation of succession.
The vying candidates are the Crown Prince, Hao Ge and his fourteen uncle, Duo Er Gun.
Hao Ge hopes that Duo Er Gun will be tempted to rebel at this time, so that Duo Er Gun who has always been a thorn may be removed from his flesh forever.
It is apparent that Hao Ge lacks the foresight to be a great ruler as he is narrow minded and more concerned with removing those he dislikes and those whom he perceives as a threat to him, rather than considering the overall game plan and the fact that some of those he dislikes, are the key players in the overall chess game.
Duo Er Gun definitely is a stronger leader and of a better caliber to lead the country, however it is natural that Huang Tai Ji would like to hand the throne over to his own son, his other fear is that by handing the throne to Duo Er Gun, his sons who have been against Duo Er Gun thus far might be endangered,
In his heart of hearts, he knows that Duo Er Gun is the best possible choice for the country. He decides upon a test for Duo Er Gun, one which if he should fail, it would be a test that would warrant his death and removal.
Huang Tai Ji stages a scenario where Duo Er Gun’s loyalty to his country is tested against his love for Da Yu Er. He issues a decree that he wants Da Yu Er to accompany him in his royal grave to the netherworlds.
Da Yu Er is torn between her fear and her love for Duo Er Gun. While fearful for her life and the fate of her son, she is tempted to seek Duo Er Gun’s aid in saving her from her untimely death, yet she does not want to jeopardize Duo Er Gun’s life or well-being by standing up to the Emperor for her life.
Her love for Duo Er Gun prevents her from telling him or seeking his assistance, the news of her impending death is however deliberately leaked out to Duo Er Gun’s ears by the Emperor.
Duo Er Gun is duly agitated by this news; he contemplates storming to the Emperor to demand he withdraws his decree. He makes a visit to the fretful Da Yu Er to assure her that he will not watch her accompany Huang Tai Ji to the grave.
Da Yu Er tries to stop him, to dissuade him from confronting the Emperor over this matter and possibly risking his life in the process. Da Yu Er finds it strange that the news has passed so quickly to Duo Er Gun’s ears, upon further contemplation; they both realize the plot behind Huang Tai Ji’s decree.
Having realized this plot, they both realize that Huang Tai Ji may not be really dying but possibly exaggerating his condition to test Duo Er Gun’s loyalty to him and to his sons.
They decide to take a step at a time and not act rashly and possibly rocking the boats… They wait in cold sweat as Huang Tai Ji speaks his last, Duo Er Gun is ready to battle it out if the Emperor should insist upon his request for Da Yu Er to accompany him on his dying bed. Fortunately, Huang Tai Ji decided against it with his last breath, he decides that the Empress should accompany him to the Netherworlds.
With Huang Tai Ji having passed on, an internal strife ensues with Hao Ge’s and Duo Er Gun’s struggles to claim the throne as their own.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Review on Hoodwinked
Based on the infamous fairy tale 'Little Red Riding Hood', the makers on this innovative animae offered a refreshing twist on this age old tale of 'Good triumphing over evil' but of course, the notion of 'happily ever after' still rings true even for this tale with a slightly macabre twist!
The movie start with its four key characters or so it seems, Red (short for Red Riding Hood), the 'Big-Bad' Wolf, the 'frail' old granny and the 'hero' the woodcutter!
The tale is fast forwarded to the pivoting point where the wolf is found in granny's bed, Red's life is being threatened by the wolf, and granny hops out of the cupboard all bonded and tied up and the woodcutter bursts in through the window wielding an axe...
At this point, the animal kingdom's law-enforcers burst into the scene and conducts their investigations to establish the truth of the matter.
Of course, the complicating matter of the whole entire story is that, there is a recipe bandit who is going all over the forest and robbing all pastry shops of their precious recipes... thus the police is given the task of trying to establish who the bandit is... the wolf, the granny, red or the apparently heroic woodcutter...
At the end of the day, the culprit emerges as a disillusioned character... supposedly whom no one suspects (but actually it get a bit obvious as the plot proceeds halfway through...)
In all, RED is seeking freedom and trying to tell the world that she is no longer a kid, frail granny is also not as frail nor as frumpy as she seems, the woodcutter is an accidental hero and the wolf... is basically a victim of generalization.
Plenty of hidden messages in this animation, but an engaging and fun one to watch nevertheless!
Link to official movie site: http://hoodwinkedthemovie.com/mainpage.html
The movie start with its four key characters or so it seems, Red (short for Red Riding Hood), the 'Big-Bad' Wolf, the 'frail' old granny and the 'hero' the woodcutter!
The tale is fast forwarded to the pivoting point where the wolf is found in granny's bed, Red's life is being threatened by the wolf, and granny hops out of the cupboard all bonded and tied up and the woodcutter bursts in through the window wielding an axe...
At this point, the animal kingdom's law-enforcers burst into the scene and conducts their investigations to establish the truth of the matter.
Of course, the complicating matter of the whole entire story is that, there is a recipe bandit who is going all over the forest and robbing all pastry shops of their precious recipes... thus the police is given the task of trying to establish who the bandit is... the wolf, the granny, red or the apparently heroic woodcutter...
At the end of the day, the culprit emerges as a disillusioned character... supposedly whom no one suspects (but actually it get a bit obvious as the plot proceeds halfway through...)
In all, RED is seeking freedom and trying to tell the world that she is no longer a kid, frail granny is also not as frail nor as frumpy as she seems, the woodcutter is an accidental hero and the wolf... is basically a victim of generalization.
Plenty of hidden messages in this animation, but an engaging and fun one to watch nevertheless!
Link to official movie site: http://hoodwinkedthemovie.com/mainpage.html
Check out the crowd manz
Monday, July 24, 2006
Celebrating a Special Occasion
Attended Doraemon's Baptism yesterday at 7 Holland Hill Park yesterday... was late by about 30min and rushing like crazy becos of these...
After that, we went to Alexandra Market for Sting Ray, Cuttlefish & Kang Kong in Satay Sauce, Oyster Omelette and Satay! Yumz Yumz!
Hehe... was so kan cheong when Doraemon messaged me and asked me what happened and am I coming... shootz manz... and then I got lost with all the blocks and couldn't locate #02-01... thankfully... alls well ends well... and I managed to grab a couple of good pictures... to see the pictures, click on this www.sthuifen.shutterfly.com
Here's a sample:
After that, we went to Alexandra Market for Sting Ray, Cuttlefish & Kang Kong in Satay Sauce, Oyster Omelette and Satay! Yumz Yumz!
Friday, July 21, 2006
Third Friday @ Body Contours
Hmnn... Feeling kind of tired and sort of helpless... Marketing is sort of like a waiting games at some times... after you pass the proactive stage of hunting down the possible connections, partners and avenues to do stuff... You make the approach and... you WAIT... anything from three days to a week...
And then you got to submit your stuff to Management and wait for approval and most importantly... budget to be released... In the midst of all this waiting... you sit down and finetune your proposals and yes... trawl the net and magazines for more ideas and more inspirations... and make more approaches... just so that you got more stuff to... yes WAIT for again...
Hmnn... perhaps I am just one impatient soul... actually it's not I think... I know it's proven and my friends know I am blardy impatient as well...
I so dislike the feeling of waiting and feeling helpless... yet you can't keep bugging other people like you are some desparado right? What kind of professional image am I portraying then... but yes we wait, we wait and we wait...
Then when an email response does come through... you are keeping your fingers crossed to hope it's not a rejection...
To be a wee bit more positive... It's through rejections that we finetune our approach... our speech... our conversational skills and yes... we think of ways and means how to reduce the rejection level...
How? Dating gives us a good analogy... boy A sees girl A... not well-groomed enough... dud...no interest...
Boy A sees Girl B... nice, pretty, well-dressed and well-groomed - Okie, might have a match there...
Therefore it's the same here... we got to keep elevating ourselves to reach the levels of the partners we wish to prospect... not so much as to be something we are not...
But say for example.... Girl B and Girl A are one and the same... difference is, Make-Up, Dressing, Deportment, Speech and the rest is history (of cos this is a fairly biased and not that accurate analogy - but I think it works well for the corporate theory)
Your partners judge you by your website, your company name, your logo, your correspondence, your associations, your public profile and of cos... the voice that comes through to them on the phone... confident? Shaky? Focus? Blur Cock?
Thus it is so important for a company to have the right people... people who can represent the company correctly and professionally... that's where training comes into play... a good company must invest in the training (continuous) not just one-time and hope for a miracle...
So that's all the rambling in my head and the update in the workplace...
And then you got to submit your stuff to Management and wait for approval and most importantly... budget to be released... In the midst of all this waiting... you sit down and finetune your proposals and yes... trawl the net and magazines for more ideas and more inspirations... and make more approaches... just so that you got more stuff to... yes WAIT for again...
Hmnn... perhaps I am just one impatient soul... actually it's not I think... I know it's proven and my friends know I am blardy impatient as well...
I so dislike the feeling of waiting and feeling helpless... yet you can't keep bugging other people like you are some desparado right? What kind of professional image am I portraying then... but yes we wait, we wait and we wait...
Then when an email response does come through... you are keeping your fingers crossed to hope it's not a rejection...
To be a wee bit more positive... It's through rejections that we finetune our approach... our speech... our conversational skills and yes... we think of ways and means how to reduce the rejection level...
How? Dating gives us a good analogy... boy A sees girl A... not well-groomed enough... dud...no interest...
Boy A sees Girl B... nice, pretty, well-dressed and well-groomed - Okie, might have a match there...
Therefore it's the same here... we got to keep elevating ourselves to reach the levels of the partners we wish to prospect... not so much as to be something we are not...
But say for example.... Girl B and Girl A are one and the same... difference is, Make-Up, Dressing, Deportment, Speech and the rest is history (of cos this is a fairly biased and not that accurate analogy - but I think it works well for the corporate theory)
Your partners judge you by your website, your company name, your logo, your correspondence, your associations, your public profile and of cos... the voice that comes through to them on the phone... confident? Shaky? Focus? Blur Cock?
Thus it is so important for a company to have the right people... people who can represent the company correctly and professionally... that's where training comes into play... a good company must invest in the training (continuous) not just one-time and hope for a miracle...
So that's all the rambling in my head and the update in the workplace...
Monday, July 17, 2006
A picture of my doggie
Name: Buddy
Breed: Maltese (but weird that his built seems to be larger than regular Malteses...maybe he's just fat)
Age: 5 years old
Birthday: 23 July 2006
Attitude: Mostly lazy and nonchalent and ya greedy... occasionally affectionate
Favorite Person: My Mum (Cos she feeds him like a king)
Breed: Maltese (but weird that his built seems to be larger than regular Malteses...maybe he's just fat)
Age: 5 years old
Birthday: 23 July 2006
Attitude: Mostly lazy and nonchalent and ya greedy... occasionally affectionate
Favorite Person: My Mum (Cos she feeds him like a king)
Monday, July 10, 2006
The furore about Xiaxue's entries in STOMP
Have been a little stuck in my brains the past few days... just Saturday... I was trying to write something basically just some to update my blog...but was so stuck, I actually fell asleep after two sentences... imagine that! My brain juices must be evaporating...
Well I suppose writing is a bit like that sometimes...there are days when you have diarrhoea and there are days when it is just full-blown constipation *Shakes Head*
Being a little bored...I decided to check in our my 'favorite' blogger Xiaxue... the last few times i checked in...it was still the entry on Jolin Tsai and how she thinks she was a princess in her previous reincarnation... romantic thought :)
Thankfully, there was a new entry today and it was one of her signature *Fuck Fuck Fuck* entries... this time it was 'F the STOMP readers' for writing in to the STOMP editorial team and trying to get them to censor her words...
To be totally honest... I did think that STOMP should exercise a teeny whiny bit of editorial control as ultimately it is a public portal and especially so since STOMP IS an extension of SPH. There's no need for perfect English I'd say and a few sprinklings of the 'F' word probably harms no one, just like adding the vital spices to a dish...
Blogging is quite unlike news reporting in the sense that news writing is all about facts and the writer has got to be very impartial and detached from the subject matter... blogging is a different thing... bloggers usually blog about stuff or news that they feel passionate enough for... with passion comes expressiveness and a certain lack of control over personal emotions...
It may not be that we are all that upset about what we are blogging about but simply allowing ourselves to exaggerate our emotions of the moment... just like wailing and crying our eyes out while watching a soap opera... it's all about letting go and letting your emotions run a full circle.
At any rate... blogging is about freedom of expression... no one gets paid to blog or read so what an individual choose to do or write or comment is purely up to the person's discretion... so readers can criticize but the blogger can still continue to blog in whatever ways he or she wants... of cos unless MICA decides to issue a warning or like Mr. Brown... have his column removed from Today...but what the heck... he still have his own airspace on his own blog at any rate!
Well I suppose writing is a bit like that sometimes...there are days when you have diarrhoea and there are days when it is just full-blown constipation *Shakes Head*
Being a little bored...I decided to check in our my 'favorite' blogger Xiaxue... the last few times i checked in...it was still the entry on Jolin Tsai and how she thinks she was a princess in her previous reincarnation... romantic thought :)
Thankfully, there was a new entry today and it was one of her signature *Fuck Fuck Fuck* entries... this time it was 'F the STOMP readers' for writing in to the STOMP editorial team and trying to get them to censor her words...
To be totally honest... I did think that STOMP should exercise a teeny whiny bit of editorial control as ultimately it is a public portal and especially so since STOMP IS an extension of SPH. There's no need for perfect English I'd say and a few sprinklings of the 'F' word probably harms no one, just like adding the vital spices to a dish...
Blogging is quite unlike news reporting in the sense that news writing is all about facts and the writer has got to be very impartial and detached from the subject matter... blogging is a different thing... bloggers usually blog about stuff or news that they feel passionate enough for... with passion comes expressiveness and a certain lack of control over personal emotions...
It may not be that we are all that upset about what we are blogging about but simply allowing ourselves to exaggerate our emotions of the moment... just like wailing and crying our eyes out while watching a soap opera... it's all about letting go and letting your emotions run a full circle.
At any rate... blogging is about freedom of expression... no one gets paid to blog or read so what an individual choose to do or write or comment is purely up to the person's discretion... so readers can criticize but the blogger can still continue to blog in whatever ways he or she wants... of cos unless MICA decides to issue a warning or like Mr. Brown... have his column removed from Today...but what the heck... he still have his own airspace on his own blog at any rate!
Officially One-Week Old
Hmnn I wonder if this calls for a celebration haha :) I survived my first week at Body Contours! Actually... it's not like I had a hard time also lah, I would say all in all...it was a pretty fulfilling and satisfying week...
Basically it was just plenty of emails and phone calls informing contacts of my move to the new company and brainstorming on possible stuff that we could do together (incidentally the stuff has got to be fun to do of course ;P)
I've got a nice little corner near the back of the office and the best part is that it's near to the printers, fax machine, photocopier and of course yippee! The pantry area hehe...
Great location! One of the first few things that I did was...ahem to dress up My Space... ok, it's not like I did anything fantastic like placing flowers or painting the wall red or yellow, just pasted my pictures on every centimeter of available space :)
I actually thought it was a great idea till I got worried that people might draw cat faces or even pig faces on them... decided to be boring, crossed over to Funan and bought 2 motivation posters to keep me on my toes!
The first one says 'Perseverance - The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge BUT rather a lack of WILL'.
The second one is a A-Z list of stuff to remember in Achieving Your Dreams...
A- Avoid Negativity
B - Believe in Yourself
C - Consider things from all perspectives
D - Don't Give Up
E - Enjoy what Life brings Today cos Tomorrow is not an Absolute
F - Family and Friends are your real crowns of success
G - Give more than what you think you can (in terms of work, love and affection - $$$ erm maybe when I'm more well off hehe)
H - Hang on to your dreams
I - Ignore those who discourage you
J - Just Do It (Wonder if they paid copyrights to Nike?)
K - Keep on Trying. Things can only get better
L - Love yourself
M - Make your dreams Happen
N - Never act against your conscience
O - Open your Eyes
P - Practice puts the P in Professional
Q - Quitters never win and Winners never Quit
R - Read, Study and Continue Learning
S - Stop Procrastinating
T - Take Control of Your Destiny
U - Understand Yourself
V - Visualize Success
W - Want it More than Anything
X - Xccelerate Your Efforts (Opps... looks like X got too tough)
Y - You are unique and likewise so is your method of success
Z - Zero in on your target
Ta-Dah...all the motivation I need to get started... :)
Basically it was just plenty of emails and phone calls informing contacts of my move to the new company and brainstorming on possible stuff that we could do together (incidentally the stuff has got to be fun to do of course ;P)
I've got a nice little corner near the back of the office and the best part is that it's near to the printers, fax machine, photocopier and of course yippee! The pantry area hehe...
Great location! One of the first few things that I did was...ahem to dress up My Space... ok, it's not like I did anything fantastic like placing flowers or painting the wall red or yellow, just pasted my pictures on every centimeter of available space :)
I actually thought it was a great idea till I got worried that people might draw cat faces or even pig faces on them... decided to be boring, crossed over to Funan and bought 2 motivation posters to keep me on my toes!
The first one says 'Perseverance - The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge BUT rather a lack of WILL'.
The second one is a A-Z list of stuff to remember in Achieving Your Dreams...
A- Avoid Negativity
B - Believe in Yourself
C - Consider things from all perspectives
D - Don't Give Up
E - Enjoy what Life brings Today cos Tomorrow is not an Absolute
F - Family and Friends are your real crowns of success
G - Give more than what you think you can (in terms of work, love and affection - $$$ erm maybe when I'm more well off hehe)
H - Hang on to your dreams
I - Ignore those who discourage you
J - Just Do It (Wonder if they paid copyrights to Nike?)
K - Keep on Trying. Things can only get better
L - Love yourself
M - Make your dreams Happen
N - Never act against your conscience
O - Open your Eyes
P - Practice puts the P in Professional
Q - Quitters never win and Winners never Quit
R - Read, Study and Continue Learning
S - Stop Procrastinating
T - Take Control of Your Destiny
U - Understand Yourself
V - Visualize Success
W - Want it More than Anything
X - Xccelerate Your Efforts (Opps... looks like X got too tough)
Y - You are unique and likewise so is your method of success
Z - Zero in on your target
Ta-Dah...all the motivation I need to get started... :)
Monday, July 03, 2006
1st Day of Work at Body Contours!
Just this morning I woke up feeling very reluctant...yes reluctant cos it was going to be my first day of work at Body Contours as a Marketing Executive :/
As I got prep, and ready to step out of the house...all the way to the train station and in the train...my mind was contemplating all the possibilities that could occur throughout the day...
Would my colleagues be nice or mean? I mean Spa industry...sure got a whole bunch of girls right...and urmm... what does girls equate to?
B-I-T-C-H-I-N-E-S-S rite?
Well or maybe wrong...anyway... I'm suppose I can't be the only person on earth suffering from nervousness on the first day of work with a new company right?... call it the butterflies in your stomach or knotted stomach...all that was in my brain was that I was going into unknown territory where all I knew and was familiar with is not there...
Would I be able to cope? Would my new colleagues like me? Would I be able to deliver results? Would I become a laughing stock onto myself...all of a sudden... I kinda regretted leaving my old workplace where though
Shit still occur... at least you knew where the toilet paper was and you knew you had colleagues who would clean it up with you...
With all these thoughts revolving in my head... I made my way to Body Contours @ 30 Hill Street...
Well by the time lunch happened (btw lunch is catered in for all staff on a daily basis) I had kind of realized that I had been over-reacting and people really weren't as frightening as you would imagine them to be when you yourself was in a state of nervousness...
Thankfully...everyone was pretty friendly if shy and hey geez...that's when I recalled that we were all human beings... all with a little bit of built-in shyness or modesty as you might call it :)
Well I got my pc fixed up and I was lucky enough to get a new pc with 120gb of memory or hard-disk space or watever... the only thing I'm lacking now is my own telephone...which brings me to my grouse that we don't have DID, but rather a general line for everyone :( I much prefer a DID system but oh well... one can't ask for too much right...
Guess the task on hand now is to whip myself into action and start thinking about joint promotions and business partners to approach :) Wish me luck!
If any one reading this happen to have any ideas or suggestions for joint marketing promotions... do drop me a liner at sharontan@bodycontours.com.sg Thanks for reading this!
As I got prep, and ready to step out of the house...all the way to the train station and in the train...my mind was contemplating all the possibilities that could occur throughout the day...
Would my colleagues be nice or mean? I mean Spa industry...sure got a whole bunch of girls right...and urmm... what does girls equate to?
B-I-T-C-H-I-N-E-S-S rite?
Well or maybe wrong...anyway... I'm suppose I can't be the only person on earth suffering from nervousness on the first day of work with a new company right?... call it the butterflies in your stomach or knotted stomach...all that was in my brain was that I was going into unknown territory where all I knew and was familiar with is not there...
Would I be able to cope? Would my new colleagues like me? Would I be able to deliver results? Would I become a laughing stock onto myself...all of a sudden... I kinda regretted leaving my old workplace where though
Shit still occur... at least you knew where the toilet paper was and you knew you had colleagues who would clean it up with you...
With all these thoughts revolving in my head... I made my way to Body Contours @ 30 Hill Street...
Well by the time lunch happened (btw lunch is catered in for all staff on a daily basis) I had kind of realized that I had been over-reacting and people really weren't as frightening as you would imagine them to be when you yourself was in a state of nervousness...
Thankfully...everyone was pretty friendly if shy and hey geez...that's when I recalled that we were all human beings... all with a little bit of built-in shyness or modesty as you might call it :)
Well I got my pc fixed up and I was lucky enough to get a new pc with 120gb of memory or hard-disk space or watever... the only thing I'm lacking now is my own telephone...which brings me to my grouse that we don't have DID, but rather a general line for everyone :( I much prefer a DID system but oh well... one can't ask for too much right...
Guess the task on hand now is to whip myself into action and start thinking about joint promotions and business partners to approach :) Wish me luck!
If any one reading this happen to have any ideas or suggestions for joint marketing promotions... do drop me a liner at sharontan@bodycontours.com.sg Thanks for reading this!
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Movie Review on Superman Returns
I know this is starting to sound like I am damn free and constantly bunking out at the cinemas... but that's only cos it's my week off before I start my new job on Monday :)
Btw thanks to Meow King for supporting my blog and for the well wishes for my new job!
Okie going back to the movie review... I need to admit to one thing... urmnn I kinda fell asleep during the first 20 - 30 minutes of the film :( Not sure if the following review is considered a spoiler but just in case... don't say I didn't give warning from the onslaught (",)
Was sort of confused in the first part of the movie as it switched between Superman falling from the sky as an adult and then going back to when he was a kid and a teenager. Sort of daft of me... but I almost thought that Superman was suffering from a bout of 'fan lao huan tong' i.e. growing young backwards ;p
I'm not sure if the rest of you who have caught the film might agree... but I thought the on-screen chemistry between Superman (Brandon Routh) and Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) wasn't exactly that sizzling... bs in the first part of the show Lois was mostly acting neurotic and agitated towards Superman and Clark Kent (strange since she was aparently clueless that they are both one and the same) - and oh yeah... if she was so in love with Superman that they apparently had a cute kid together...how is it that she can't recognize Clark just coz he was wearing glasses??!! - Too amazing
Most parts of the movie had me almost exclaiming outloud that it was too exaggerated...but to be fair...I'll attribute it to the fact that I haven't watched any Superman movies before this one...so maybe I'm the kuku one haha
The storyline proceeds with Superman returning to Earth after a voyage to his home planet to dunno do wat lah, then of cos he comes back and saves the day (or a few days) - same stunts like stopping a plane crash, and stuff from dropping on pple's heads... Of cos his return reignites the passion and anger in Lois after his sudden disappearance... All this time, Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) the villain of the movie who has a fetish for many wigs... (cos he is bald) is plotting for the death and downfall of the hero with the red underwear.
So he goes and steal some Kypto-something (anyway it's the only stuff that can injure the steelman and even kill him), the psycho also steals another crystal from Superman's home planet... a pretty colorless crystal that when you dump into water will grow and grow and grow... thus he forms his devilish plan to 'grow' his own land and to kill Superman in the process...
Don't think it's much of a surprise to anyone that 'good triumphs over evil' and SM saves the day! Of cos in the process he is injured and came close to death... but the kiss of Lois and his son jolts him back to stainless steel good health!
Other characters to look out for in this movie:
- Richard White (Lois's fiance - since SM left): his role as a quiet, understanding and supportive partner is commendable, especially when he is aware of Lois's soft spot for SM - think his onscreen chemistry with Bosworth is much better too)
- 'The Kid' ermm cos he was so absolutely adorable that I didn't note his name (damn and he was one of the highlights of the show as well, vulnerable innocence and all)
- The bimbo sidekick of Lex, Kitty Kowaiski (Parker Posey) who finally shows her mettle at the closing part of the show.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10 (several fantastic scene shots by talented director Bryan Singer) the other 3.5 pts deducted for the extremely predictable storyline
For more stuff on Superman Returns, visit http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/
Btw thanks to Meow King for supporting my blog and for the well wishes for my new job!
Okie going back to the movie review... I need to admit to one thing... urmnn I kinda fell asleep during the first 20 - 30 minutes of the film :( Not sure if the following review is considered a spoiler but just in case... don't say I didn't give warning from the onslaught (",)
Was sort of confused in the first part of the movie as it switched between Superman falling from the sky as an adult and then going back to when he was a kid and a teenager. Sort of daft of me... but I almost thought that Superman was suffering from a bout of 'fan lao huan tong' i.e. growing young backwards ;p
I'm not sure if the rest of you who have caught the film might agree... but I thought the on-screen chemistry between Superman (Brandon Routh) and Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) wasn't exactly that sizzling... bs in the first part of the show Lois was mostly acting neurotic and agitated towards Superman and Clark Kent (strange since she was aparently clueless that they are both one and the same) - and oh yeah... if she was so in love with Superman that they apparently had a cute kid together...how is it that she can't recognize Clark just coz he was wearing glasses??!! - Too amazing
Most parts of the movie had me almost exclaiming outloud that it was too exaggerated...but to be fair...I'll attribute it to the fact that I haven't watched any Superman movies before this one...so maybe I'm the kuku one haha
The storyline proceeds with Superman returning to Earth after a voyage to his home planet to dunno do wat lah, then of cos he comes back and saves the day (or a few days) - same stunts like stopping a plane crash, and stuff from dropping on pple's heads... Of cos his return reignites the passion and anger in Lois after his sudden disappearance... All this time, Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) the villain of the movie who has a fetish for many wigs... (cos he is bald) is plotting for the death and downfall of the hero with the red underwear.
So he goes and steal some Kypto-something (anyway it's the only stuff that can injure the steelman and even kill him), the psycho also steals another crystal from Superman's home planet... a pretty colorless crystal that when you dump into water will grow and grow and grow... thus he forms his devilish plan to 'grow' his own land and to kill Superman in the process...
Don't think it's much of a surprise to anyone that 'good triumphs over evil' and SM saves the day! Of cos in the process he is injured and came close to death... but the kiss of Lois and his son jolts him back to stainless steel good health!
Other characters to look out for in this movie:
- Richard White (Lois's fiance - since SM left): his role as a quiet, understanding and supportive partner is commendable, especially when he is aware of Lois's soft spot for SM - think his onscreen chemistry with Bosworth is much better too)
- 'The Kid' ermm cos he was so absolutely adorable that I didn't note his name (damn and he was one of the highlights of the show as well, vulnerable innocence and all)
- The bimbo sidekick of Lex, Kitty Kowaiski (Parker Posey) who finally shows her mettle at the closing part of the show.
Rating: 6.5 out of 10 (several fantastic scene shots by talented director Bryan Singer) the other 3.5 pts deducted for the extremely predictable storyline
For more stuff on Superman Returns, visit http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Garfield 2: A Tale of 2 Kitties
www.garfieldmovie.com
Since Garfield is an Orange cat (duhz..) this entry is thus in Orange
Reviewed: Tuesday, 27 June 2006
To put it diplomatically, this is basically a light-hearted movie (One of those that you would watch after a hard day's work - just basically cos you don't need brains to enjoy it)
To put it otherwise... well it's not exactly a very intellectual or stimulating storyline... to sum it up in a nut shell... there are 2 identical cats, one of whom we all know as GARFIELD... the other is a 'Royal' cat known as Prince.
The old senile owner of Prince goes and leaves all her wealth to her fav. Kitty after her death... thus leaving her of cos evil nephew scheming after the property... He goes way out to get rid of Prince who he traps in a basket and dumps into the river...
Enters Garfield who is just roaming the streets of London..and as fate would have it...is mistaken as the lost Prince by his anxious butler... the real Prince is of cos found and mistaken for Garfield... (pity they dun wear dog/cat tags - they would otherwise have prevented the mistaken identity right?)
So Garfield gets into the castle and irritates the shit out of the evil nephew much to his chagrin while Prince falls in love with Lasagne while still pinning for his home...
The movie reaches its peak when finally both kitties meet up, realizes the devious plan of the nephew and joins forces to kick his ass and while they are at it... induce a ferocious Rottweiler to attack the *ahem* crotch of the deserving b$55sta5d.
As with all cartoons, alls well ends well, Prince regains his inheritance and Garfield lives happily after with odie and jon...and oh yah... Jon proposes to girlfriend Liz in this movie...
Overall 6 out of 10
Since Garfield is an Orange cat (duhz..) this entry is thus in Orange
Reviewed: Tuesday, 27 June 2006
To put it diplomatically, this is basically a light-hearted movie (One of those that you would watch after a hard day's work - just basically cos you don't need brains to enjoy it)
To put it otherwise... well it's not exactly a very intellectual or stimulating storyline... to sum it up in a nut shell... there are 2 identical cats, one of whom we all know as GARFIELD... the other is a 'Royal' cat known as Prince.
The old senile owner of Prince goes and leaves all her wealth to her fav. Kitty after her death... thus leaving her of cos evil nephew scheming after the property... He goes way out to get rid of Prince who he traps in a basket and dumps into the river...
Enters Garfield who is just roaming the streets of London..and as fate would have it...is mistaken as the lost Prince by his anxious butler... the real Prince is of cos found and mistaken for Garfield... (pity they dun wear dog/cat tags - they would otherwise have prevented the mistaken identity right?)
So Garfield gets into the castle and irritates the shit out of the evil nephew much to his chagrin while Prince falls in love with Lasagne while still pinning for his home...
The movie reaches its peak when finally both kitties meet up, realizes the devious plan of the nephew and joins forces to kick his ass and while they are at it... induce a ferocious Rottweiler to attack the *ahem* crotch of the deserving b$55sta5d.
As with all cartoons, alls well ends well, Prince regains his inheritance and Garfield lives happily after with odie and jon...and oh yah... Jon proposes to girlfriend Liz in this movie...
Overall 6 out of 10
The Most Amazing and Addictive Dish ever...
What is it: Beef Carpacio
Extremely Addictive
- Tested and proven by all who I have brought to the place ;P
Where: En Japanese Dining Bar
207 River Valley Road, #01-57, UE Square
Call: 6735 2212 for Reservations (Very encouraged, cos business is usually extremely brisk)
Frequented by plenty of native Japanese expatriates for its authentic and flavorful Japanese fare, En Jap has never failed to impress the palate of all my friends whom I have brought there.
The beef carpacio is expertly prepared... EVERYTIME... each succulent slice offers a delightful burst of flavor, thanks to chef's special marinate. The beef slices are thin yet sufficient for you to enjoy the 'creamy' texture of the beef that simply melts in your mouth... Heavenly and delicious, even to a not-so-beef fan like me :)
Other culinary specialties include its Unagi Fried Rice (Fragrant pearl rice stir-fried with tender morsels of teriyaki eel!), assorted skewers platter, grilled mushroom with minced chicken skewer, assorted Sashimi platter and refreshing macha ice-cream with red beans... and while you are at it...dun forget to order a flask of your favorite Sake (good choices available)...
A decent meal for 2 should come up to $70 - $80
Enjoy!!
Extremely Addictive
- Tested and proven by all who I have brought to the place ;P
Where: En Japanese Dining Bar
207 River Valley Road, #01-57, UE Square
Call: 6735 2212 for Reservations (Very encouraged, cos business is usually extremely brisk)
Frequented by plenty of native Japanese expatriates for its authentic and flavorful Japanese fare, En Jap has never failed to impress the palate of all my friends whom I have brought there.
The beef carpacio is expertly prepared... EVERYTIME... each succulent slice offers a delightful burst of flavor, thanks to chef's special marinate. The beef slices are thin yet sufficient for you to enjoy the 'creamy' texture of the beef that simply melts in your mouth... Heavenly and delicious, even to a not-so-beef fan like me :)
Other culinary specialties include its Unagi Fried Rice (Fragrant pearl rice stir-fried with tender morsels of teriyaki eel!), assorted skewers platter, grilled mushroom with minced chicken skewer, assorted Sashimi platter and refreshing macha ice-cream with red beans... and while you are at it...dun forget to order a flask of your favorite Sake (good choices available)...
A decent meal for 2 should come up to $70 - $80
Enjoy!!
Timeshare Fraud?? Leisure Group Marketing
Hmnn... I received an email from a friend circulating the despicable selling tactics of this particular company :(
For starters... I can't stand all these MLM companies or for that matter...any companies that use those blardy psycho sales tactics, can't be bothered to even give them an ounce of my time...
What puzzles me more is their recruitment abilities... how they even convince thinking adults to join their ranks and join in their scamming activities... well perhaps they are really unaware of the true intentions of their company... the second puzzling question is how they convince pple to part with relatively large sums of money like $30,000 with unclear vacation benefits...
From what I gathered from the email, pple who did kiss their cash goodbye to enroll in the program later derived no benefits whatsoever from the program... the organizer simply says that they book too late, all slots have been taken up and if they want to book their vacation...they have to do so 6 to 8 months in advance and even then...it's not guaranteed that you will get it... geez.... I would think that I would be hopping with rage if I was caught in that position!
In fact I did receive these 'telemarketing' calls on 1 or 2 occasions... saying that you won some totally unbelievable and fantastic gifts in some shopping mall contest... but to receive your gift you have to go down to their office and blah blah blah... thank goodness I heard rumours of such scamming activities before and secondly I subscribe to the notion that 'if something sounds too good to be true... more often than not...it is NOT true' thus I tend to be pretty short with these telemarketing people usually just telling them that I really dun care for whatever freebies they are giving away!
Anyway, I'm only blogging about this cause I really detest these cheat tactics cos they are downright despicable cheating people out of their hardearned money... so just in case anyone is reading this... thought you might like to know. :)
Here are 2 forum links that offer some discussion and insight to this subject:
http://www.voy.com/161450/71.html
http://www.crimeshare.net/63.html
For starters... I can't stand all these MLM companies or for that matter...any companies that use those blardy psycho sales tactics, can't be bothered to even give them an ounce of my time...
What puzzles me more is their recruitment abilities... how they even convince thinking adults to join their ranks and join in their scamming activities... well perhaps they are really unaware of the true intentions of their company... the second puzzling question is how they convince pple to part with relatively large sums of money like $30,000 with unclear vacation benefits...
From what I gathered from the email, pple who did kiss their cash goodbye to enroll in the program later derived no benefits whatsoever from the program... the organizer simply says that they book too late, all slots have been taken up and if they want to book their vacation...they have to do so 6 to 8 months in advance and even then...it's not guaranteed that you will get it... geez.... I would think that I would be hopping with rage if I was caught in that position!
In fact I did receive these 'telemarketing' calls on 1 or 2 occasions... saying that you won some totally unbelievable and fantastic gifts in some shopping mall contest... but to receive your gift you have to go down to their office and blah blah blah... thank goodness I heard rumours of such scamming activities before and secondly I subscribe to the notion that 'if something sounds too good to be true... more often than not...it is NOT true' thus I tend to be pretty short with these telemarketing people usually just telling them that I really dun care for whatever freebies they are giving away!
Anyway, I'm only blogging about this cause I really detest these cheat tactics cos they are downright despicable cheating people out of their hardearned money... so just in case anyone is reading this... thought you might like to know. :)
Here are 2 forum links that offer some discussion and insight to this subject:
http://www.voy.com/161450/71.html
http://www.crimeshare.net/63.html
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
An inspiring email I found while clearing my email archives
Saw this circulated email from a friend, thought it was kind of sad, yet inspiring all at the same time...
Perhaps it's just a reminder to the rest of us to remember to be grateful for the things we have now... a healthy body, a thinking mind and a whole spirit... Also a reminder to ever remain hopeful regardless of how bleak life situations may be at times...for if we look beyond the blank wall, we may still find ourselves being a source of encouragement and support to a fellow human being...
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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."
Epilogue. . . .There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present."
Perhaps it's just a reminder to the rest of us to remember to be grateful for the things we have now... a healthy body, a thinking mind and a whole spirit... Also a reminder to ever remain hopeful regardless of how bleak life situations may be at times...for if we look beyond the blank wall, we may still find ourselves being a source of encouragement and support to a fellow human being...
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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself.
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."
Epilogue. . . .There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present."
What if people did not work
Kinda lazing around at home when this thought came into my mind...
Well, it's sorta nice to stay at home once in awhile, to recuperate your energies and refocus on what you want to achieve in life... work can be a pain in the ass sometimes especially with weird and senseless management directives...
Just yesterday, I did not know whether to laugh or cry with regard to my company's policy on lost cheques. The thing is this, due to a compensation scheme currently in place to compensate close to 14,000 members, we are making quarterly payments of part cash part voucher, each eligible claimant under the scheme is entitled in $120 cash and $120 in vouchers per quarter until full repayment of $3,000/$2,000.
If you happened to lose the cheque issued to you, there will be strictly no replacement even if you should make a police report or blah blah, if you would like the company to cancel the lost cheque however (you still don't get a replacement cheque) you would need to pay the company $20 admin fee for doing the cheque cancellation.
It made me wonder what's the logic of that... I mean if I had lost the cheque and no that under no circumstances would I be getting a replacement, then why should I bother calling the company to inform them of the lost...and worse...paying $20 to make a cancellation that is of NO benefit to me whatsoever?
Geez...might as well just tell the member to forget he/she ever received the cheque in the first place!
Or well...guess that's what they call a double whammy or stating the obvious like 'a colorful rainbow? or Spaghetti = Pasta but Pasta does not = Spaghetti?'
Haha anyway... my initial thoughts about this whole subject was... imagine a world without work... without the major MNCs that we are so familiar nowadays... what if no one invented companies...come to think of it... work is one of the largest components of Entertainment isn't it... a singular activity that keeps us entertained for up to hours on end... an activity that keeps us lawfully occupied, entertained and at times...amused for at least 8 hours a day!
Geez without work... what would we do? Watch movies? But there aren't any movie companies filming any production... no Hollywood, no Harvest Productions, no Disney productions... wonder if there'll even be books to read...since authors can write but with no publishing companies and no retailers and distributors...how would we ever lay our hands on the 'books'... plus maybe there'll be no school in the first place...so where would the authors learn how to write?
Guess we'll be digging for wild potatos and mushrooms and hunting for the occasional rabbit and fowl... wheez!
Well, it's sorta nice to stay at home once in awhile, to recuperate your energies and refocus on what you want to achieve in life... work can be a pain in the ass sometimes especially with weird and senseless management directives...
Just yesterday, I did not know whether to laugh or cry with regard to my company's policy on lost cheques. The thing is this, due to a compensation scheme currently in place to compensate close to 14,000 members, we are making quarterly payments of part cash part voucher, each eligible claimant under the scheme is entitled in $120 cash and $120 in vouchers per quarter until full repayment of $3,000/$2,000.
If you happened to lose the cheque issued to you, there will be strictly no replacement even if you should make a police report or blah blah, if you would like the company to cancel the lost cheque however (you still don't get a replacement cheque) you would need to pay the company $20 admin fee for doing the cheque cancellation.
It made me wonder what's the logic of that... I mean if I had lost the cheque and no that under no circumstances would I be getting a replacement, then why should I bother calling the company to inform them of the lost...and worse...paying $20 to make a cancellation that is of NO benefit to me whatsoever?
Geez...might as well just tell the member to forget he/she ever received the cheque in the first place!
Or well...guess that's what they call a double whammy or stating the obvious like 'a colorful rainbow? or Spaghetti = Pasta but Pasta does not = Spaghetti?'
Haha anyway... my initial thoughts about this whole subject was... imagine a world without work... without the major MNCs that we are so familiar nowadays... what if no one invented companies...come to think of it... work is one of the largest components of Entertainment isn't it... a singular activity that keeps us entertained for up to hours on end... an activity that keeps us lawfully occupied, entertained and at times...amused for at least 8 hours a day!
Geez without work... what would we do? Watch movies? But there aren't any movie companies filming any production... no Hollywood, no Harvest Productions, no Disney productions... wonder if there'll even be books to read...since authors can write but with no publishing companies and no retailers and distributors...how would we ever lay our hands on the 'books'... plus maybe there'll be no school in the first place...so where would the authors learn how to write?
Guess we'll be digging for wild potatos and mushrooms and hunting for the occasional rabbit and fowl... wheez!
Monday, June 19, 2006
Ending a Chapter
Friday, 23 June 2006 will present itself as a concluding chapter to my 12 months and 10 days of service to Raffles Town Club.
It has been an amazing year, filled with great people and wonderful colleagues… it has been a tough year as well, brought about by the court case that the Club faced and the subsequent Scheme of Compromise and Arrangement that was presented to members.
Had I not been involved in the exercise, I would never have believed the possibility of cold-calling 17,000 people in a matter of 2 to 3 weeks! Not a pleasant experience, firstly the horrid feeling of doing the cold calls and secondly, the expectation of being screwed by the angry party on the other side of the line.
With my other colleagues, we spent close to a month bunking in the Club, packing our stuff in the Junior Suite and staying there due to the long working hours during that period. There was plenty more ‘interesting’ things that we did then, all just to allow the Scheme a higher chance of take-up rate.
It was the opportunity of a lifetime to observe how some companies operate and how things may not run as clockwork or as perfect as we may expect them to be. There were some cock-ups, some grey areas and some areas which we totally could not agree with; yet limited in our capacity and our positions…we could do nothing but simply to abide with Management’s directives.
It has been a fulfilling year in all, plenty of eye-opening scenarios and now its finally time to move on and to grow with new challenges that would present itself in my new workplace, till then… let me just pray that the new place will be a more stable environment where I can focus more on my job scope rather than constant firefighting and picking up lost parts of the puzzle…
I suppose there would never be a perfect workplace but we can only try to make it better through our own efforts… I will take next week to recharge, rejuvenate and re-plan in what I want to achieve in my new workplace!
It has been an amazing year, filled with great people and wonderful colleagues… it has been a tough year as well, brought about by the court case that the Club faced and the subsequent Scheme of Compromise and Arrangement that was presented to members.
Had I not been involved in the exercise, I would never have believed the possibility of cold-calling 17,000 people in a matter of 2 to 3 weeks! Not a pleasant experience, firstly the horrid feeling of doing the cold calls and secondly, the expectation of being screwed by the angry party on the other side of the line.
With my other colleagues, we spent close to a month bunking in the Club, packing our stuff in the Junior Suite and staying there due to the long working hours during that period. There was plenty more ‘interesting’ things that we did then, all just to allow the Scheme a higher chance of take-up rate.
It was the opportunity of a lifetime to observe how some companies operate and how things may not run as clockwork or as perfect as we may expect them to be. There were some cock-ups, some grey areas and some areas which we totally could not agree with; yet limited in our capacity and our positions…we could do nothing but simply to abide with Management’s directives.
It has been a fulfilling year in all, plenty of eye-opening scenarios and now its finally time to move on and to grow with new challenges that would present itself in my new workplace, till then… let me just pray that the new place will be a more stable environment where I can focus more on my job scope rather than constant firefighting and picking up lost parts of the puzzle…
I suppose there would never be a perfect workplace but we can only try to make it better through our own efforts… I will take next week to recharge, rejuvenate and re-plan in what I want to achieve in my new workplace!
Monday, May 22, 2006
Movie Review: Da Vinci Code
Starring:
Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon
Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu
and
Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing
Having read the book, I was totally looking forward to the movie reproduction ; ) Besides, with such a stellar cast... it is hard to imagine a disappointing performance!
The whole gin-gang of us (7 in all) Wai Kim and Huimin, Megan and Kelvin, Andy as well as Ho Wan and me, made our way to Tiong Bahru GV to catch this long-awaited blockbuster! Thankfully HW made tickets reservations two days in advance, so we were all looking forward to reasonable seats... Loaded with drinks, popcorn and nachos...we headed straight into the theatre.
On the whole, I would say that the process of the movie followed Dan Brown's novel to a "T".
The movie started on the exact same footing as the book with a museum curator being for dead on the floor with a strange pattern marked on his naked body and a death note asking for Robert Langdon to be found. RL was thus implicated and brought into the story with the French police assuming that he was the killer behind this gruesome crime.
Making an escape in a bid to clear his name and to solve the mystery behind this murder, RL is assisted by the dead curator's own granddaughter, Sophie Neveu.
They go on a treasure hunt to plenty of places, piecing together the incredible clues left by the dead man... it soon becomes all too aparent that the dead curator was no simple man...together with a secret society known as the Priory of Scion, they kept a secret that was birthed in the lifetime of Christ.
Cinematography was ok, nothing excessively artistic or brilliant like those of Zhang Yi Mou... really an action flick except for the excellent story script... since I had read the book, the whole movie was pretty predictable... going through the novel... I had been amazed each time they deciphered the code to the old man's clues... Brown's skill of unraveling the puzzles had your mind light up each time a new puzzle was pieced together...this 'bing' feeling was sorta lacking in the movie...perhaps due to a constraint in air-time...
The overall feeling was that they were rushing through the sequence to tell the story... much like a subway rushing through with the goal of just hitting the next station... it was hard to enjoy the process of rushing from between one station to another...
The chemistry between Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou was also so-so only... no sizzling passion there... in the novel... these two characters had a stronger sense of affinity...being brought together by the dead man's wish for them to solve the puzzle and protect his secret... in the movie...there was always the presence of a 'teacher-student' relationship...
The good thing about the movie is the visuals that you get... in the novel, you could only try to imagine the architecture of the various buildings described, the symbols, etc whereas in the building... you could actually see the visuals before you... aiding one's understanding of the significance of the various elements...
A worthy movie to catch in my opinon...but then again that's cos the novel is so good... to not lose out on anything at all...I'd suggest you catch the movie, read the book and watch the documentaries on it...fantastic storyplot!
One thing I don't understand though...the entire secret and controversy surrounding the novel was playing on the possibility that Christ had a wife and fathered a daughter...but erm... who ever made the rule that Christ could not marry, have a child and still be God? Any rules that immortals have to be celibate or like some fairytales...once you have any 'connections' with mortals, the immortal will lose his power? hmmnnn... Jesus was also God's son rite? Conceived through Virgin Mary, gifted through the Holy Spirit... Well, maybe I should try to read the Bible again.
Celebrating Dilka's Birthday
21 May 2006Shen Ri Kuai Le to Dilka! Yeah we met at 8:00pm at Orchard to celebrate Dilka's 25th birthday!
We went to Pasta Cafe at Takashimaya for dinner where I had my favorite Linguine Pescatore in Tomato Cream sauce!
Supremely delicious, yummy clams, with succulent mussels, juicy prawns and delightful squid... yippee!
Dilka had her Prawn Aglio Olio... fresh pasta tossed with prawns, chilli padi and pasta in olive oil.
Jodie and Desmond had dinner already as it was Jodie's dad's birthday today as well, so they only got drinks...and Desmond tried a new interesting drink blend...Melon Sprite with Chocolate ice-cream... weird but he say it tasted nice...hmnnn...
Jodie and Desmond had dinner already as it was Jodie's dad's birthday today as well, so they only got drinks...and Desmond tried a new interesting drink blend...Melon Sprite with Chocolate ice-cream... weird but he say it tasted nice...hmnnn...
Anyway...here's some pictures of the celebration!
Dilka enjoying her Machiato at Coffee Bean Paragon later!
Me, Jodie and Dilka at Coffee Bean, Paragon
Saturday, May 20, 2006
4 Days and 3 Nights in Shanghai
Just yesterday, Donkey was about getting crazy...when I met her at the bus-stop opposite the club, she told me that the plane was about to take off to Shanghai and that we would reach by about 1 plus pm.
Hmnn...hallucination donk (",) That was last week! We were in Shanghai 12 - 15 May and yesterday was clearly 19 May leh... Haiz oh well... to fulfil donkey's fixation on revisiting the past...nah you can re-read this blog entry as many times as you like...
Courtesy of Piglet.
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Finally, after almost 1 year of slogging like slaves at the Club, donkey and I decided to pack our bags for a 'weekend getaway' in Shanghai.
We'd been planning this trip almost a month or a month and a half in advance and boy were we looking forward to the trip!
We took the opportunity of the VesakDay holiday on 12 May to do this trip... and took an additional 1 day leave the following Monday to make up a humble 4 days for our holiday...
Damm! On hindsight, it was really too short a trip...oh well Thierry had warned us against that but then as it was hard for us to get any extra days of leave...what could we do right?
Okie okie...so we met at about 6pm at Changi Airport Terminal 2 where we check-in at the counter and then proceeded to Mac Donald's for a lovely warm breakfast of fluffy pancakes with plenty of butter (for donkey) and plenty of maple syrup (for me)! Yayyyy and yummy yummy.... Absolutely delicious (Btw, when I was a kid...MD's hotcakes were the only things I craved for during BF... Hotcakes = Great Breakfast!)
By about 0715, we made our way to 'Inside the Gates' urmmm I kinda forgot what it's really called...but oh well the place where you find all the DFShops after they've checked your passport 'seriously' at the counter hahaha.
We caught Thierry (T) standing around the display case of Omega watches... by the time we had finished our Hi's and all...dilly-dallying around a fair bit...T caught a glimpse of the electronic information board saying that our flight was ready to close its gates! OMG it was a mad rush especially with T telling us that he had once missed his flight this way after seeing the similar 'gate closing' message....
Arghhh it was then that we realized that our boarding gates were quite far down... and damn this stupid pig here (yes myself) was wearing heels and ya...walking with as big steps as my short legs could muster to keep up with Donkey (D) and T!
The Saga of the Kidnapped Scissors
At the security checkpoint... D got 'caught'....geez D must be a terrorist! She tried to smuggle a pair of scissors on board! But Singapore's security was too good for that... they found the scissors in her shoes! (haha actually in her bag lah). They told her to pass a message to her leader Al Dunnowho that terrorism cannot be effectively carried out with a pair of scissors and they simply had to invest in more decent and sophisticated weaponry...seeing how it was such a lame attempt at terrorism...they simply 'kidnapped' her scissors and sent D on her way (seeing that D was not a big-time terrorist at all... :P)
Next... what else do you expect? The plane took off and landed as scheduled in Pudong International Airport lah... haiz... D without her scissors couldn't capture the plane at all... otherwise we might have landed at some exotic locations in the Maldives ermm...or maybe in the Indian Ocean... Anyway No Scissors = No Hijack so 4D 2N in Shanghai will start properly in the next entry...This is a prelude only
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Keke... I know this entry is pretty dry... but hey, it's Saturday morning at 0800 so need something to start revving up my engine...so please bear with this dry stuff first...we're getting there... In the next entry...we'll be checking out juicy joints like stripbars in Patpong and .... (opps again wrong channel...not Bangkok...) I shall go back to sleep again and carry on when I wake up haha
Hmnn...hallucination donk (",) That was last week! We were in Shanghai 12 - 15 May and yesterday was clearly 19 May leh... Haiz oh well... to fulfil donkey's fixation on revisiting the past...nah you can re-read this blog entry as many times as you like...
Courtesy of Piglet.
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Finally, after almost 1 year of slogging like slaves at the Club, donkey and I decided to pack our bags for a 'weekend getaway' in Shanghai.We'd been planning this trip almost a month or a month and a half in advance and boy were we looking forward to the trip!
We took the opportunity of the VesakDay holiday on 12 May to do this trip... and took an additional 1 day leave the following Monday to make up a humble 4 days for our holiday...
Damm! On hindsight, it was really too short a trip...oh well Thierry had warned us against that but then as it was hard for us to get any extra days of leave...what could we do right?
Okie okie...so we met at about 6pm at Changi Airport Terminal 2 where we check-in at the counter and then proceeded to Mac Donald's for a lovely warm breakfast of fluffy pancakes with plenty of butter (for donkey) and plenty of maple syrup (for me)! Yayyyy and yummy yummy.... Absolutely delicious (Btw, when I was a kid...MD's hotcakes were the only things I craved for during BF... Hotcakes = Great Breakfast!)
By about 0715, we made our way to 'Inside the Gates' urmmm I kinda forgot what it's really called...but oh well the place where you find all the DFShops after they've checked your passport 'seriously' at the counter hahaha.
We caught Thierry (T) standing around the display case of Omega watches... by the time we had finished our Hi's and all...dilly-dallying around a fair bit...T caught a glimpse of the electronic information board saying that our flight was ready to close its gates! OMG it was a mad rush especially with T telling us that he had once missed his flight this way after seeing the similar 'gate closing' message....
Arghhh it was then that we realized that our boarding gates were quite far down... and damn this stupid pig here (yes myself) was wearing heels and ya...walking with as big steps as my short legs could muster to keep up with Donkey (D) and T!
The Saga of the Kidnapped Scissors
At the security checkpoint... D got 'caught'....geez D must be a terrorist! She tried to smuggle a pair of scissors on board! But Singapore's security was too good for that... they found the scissors in her shoes! (haha actually in her bag lah). They told her to pass a message to her leader Al Dunnowho that terrorism cannot be effectively carried out with a pair of scissors and they simply had to invest in more decent and sophisticated weaponry...seeing how it was such a lame attempt at terrorism...they simply 'kidnapped' her scissors and sent D on her way (seeing that D was not a big-time terrorist at all... :P)
Next... what else do you expect? The plane took off and landed as scheduled in Pudong International Airport lah... haiz... D without her scissors couldn't capture the plane at all... otherwise we might have landed at some exotic locations in the Maldives ermm...or maybe in the Indian Ocean... Anyway No Scissors = No Hijack so 4D 2N in Shanghai will start properly in the next entry...This is a prelude only
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Keke... I know this entry is pretty dry... but hey, it's Saturday morning at 0800 so need something to start revving up my engine...so please bear with this dry stuff first...we're getting there... In the next entry...we'll be checking out juicy joints like stripbars in Patpong and .... (opps again wrong channel...not Bangkok...) I shall go back to sleep again and carry on when I wake up hahaCheck out D&P new cool emoticons at:
Sunday, April 23, 2006
A lazy Sunday spent at home... not doing anything much but napping intermittently and reading Xiaxue's Blog
Oh God, how loser am I... I am so totally not doing anything on a Sunday and yes tomorrow is Monday and it's a fact that it's going to be damn hectic...
I exchanged duty with my colleague Mark yesterday cos my new GM on the block called for an urgent Update brainstorming meeting at 3:00pm.... (In case you are wondering what is Update, it a DL size booklets that RTC sends to all its members to inform them of upcoming events and F&B promotions...) duhz...
So fine I dilly-dally in the morning cos I didn't want to reach the office exactly at 10am cos I know for a fact that I'll never get off at 3:00pm sharp... his meetings are always very very long and okie... since I am not really in a bitchy mood... I would say the sessions are sometimes pretty insightful as well...
Okie, so on the MRT I got a call from my darling Donkey that AA was looking for the person on duty... urghhh so its me lah... and she had to save my ass by lying that we only start work at 10:30am on weekends...
Pain in the ass manz... so I rush my ass into the club and called his office... "Morning Mr. AA, you were looking for someone from the department?" Feigning Ignorance all the while knowing that I am 30min late...but thank God I was late otherwise I would have felt even more cheated of my time and no off in lieu damn it...!!! $%%%^$ESS#$R%$w
Okie went up to the office where he was having a meeting with some HODs from the various departments and then he announced that from now on... PR will take charge of all poster spots in the club we will manage the poster allocation for all the departments.... farking hell what does that make us? Official poster changers!!!!?????? And our department is UNDERSTAFFED...UNDERSTAFFED!!!!!!! Is that so hard to understand... and then he say he wanna bring back the screening of 'advertisements' of club promotions and events in the Theatre before every movie screening and that means... yes I have to do the PPS. slides....
The warning lights are going off in my heads and in fact I think like everywhere... but no choice got to say 'Yes, Mr. AA noted, we will do as instructed'... #$%$## (the price of professionalism - everything also have to say can do...even though you'll spend hours tearing your hair out and screamin vulgarities while your life ebbs away before the computer and you are literally squeezing even damn braincell for whatever juice it will yield and kill yourself with all the caffeine that you can ever get your hands on...)
Okie...the next to come was that he was us all to gather at 12pm (yes lunchtime) at his office and we will take a walk with him and we will conduct a club inspection... basically it's more work again as when we walk around we'll have to make pointers of things he points out and yes...get it fixes...
The inspection (part 1 only) took a freaking 1hr 45min and by the end of it... I was tasked to change lift signs and all 'doggied-eared' menus in all the outlets...absolutely fabulous I would say...
Well at least I wasn't the worst hit... the worst pple to kenah were colleagues in the Engineering department, Housekeeping Department and F&B.... by the end of the inspection... they were told to remove scotchtape stuck on weird hidden corners of the kitchen, repair broken lampshades... repaint coin-sized spots....overturn tables and check if the legs are stable and yup we went into 6 or 10 toilets... (Male/Female) and I had to hold my breath in the Gents as they usually don't smell as nice as the females... urgghhhh
So the inspection stopped at Level 2 and we were given a 30min lunch break before carrying on with the brainstorming meeting for the Update at 3:00pm!!!!! FARK FARK FARK!!!
I was so damn blardy tired and so freaking irritated... damn... in case I haven't mentioned before... my June Update is already all completed... just need him to sign and approve the artwork and I would send it out to our printers on Wed and the stuff is suposed to be delivered by early next week...
But no he wanted this brainstorming session... brainstorming session... come on even a fool can equate that to Full Revamp of EVERYTHING RITE..otherwise it would be called a Review Meeting NOT A BRAINSTORMING MEETING
Okie enters this meeting and he spends the first 30min explaining to us the purpose of producing the UPDATE booklets to all present... basically... the F&B manager, 4 Executive Chefs, the Asst F/O Manager, Sports& Recreation Manager and Executive and Yours Truly....
So I had to be the flip chart girl and write down all the points about Marketing, Communications and blah blah while all the while he was cracking jokes about me being left-handed and the weird way left handed people write... then he ask me which school I came from and I was like which school do you mean? Sec sch, Poly or Uni...he say Sec Sch so I say Westlake (Well most pple don't really know the school well...just a neighborhood school tucked in a corner of Braddell...but hey so what... i had great friends there...and I am happy to be from a neighbourhood school...)
then he ask me what uni I studied at...and I said Oklahoma City University... he was like huh???!!! Again...it's not NUS, NTU, SMU or SIM... but what the heck the program was great and the lecturers was great...
Basically I don't even know why he was asking that... does the schools I came from have anything to do with this brainstorming session at all??? Come on I am fairly confident of my braincells in my head irregardless of where they were trained at... anyway...
To cut a long tail..errmm...tale short... as expected the whole freaking booklet will be changed... emphasis should be given to F&B and all the other departments will be marginalized in publicity allocation from now on and the cover pages will only feature F&B stuff from now on...
Great! And I have to schedule food shots with all the outlets on Monday, and find some daddy figure and some poster girl to take picture in a Nonya Kebaya somemore... tell me where to go find at such short notice...
And oh ya for the Father's Day promotions at all outlets... all patrons who take up F'Day's Set Menu will be given a doorgift...a polaroid picture in a card frame... and yes yours truly department is appointed as the official photographers for the day...we'll have to hang around the outlets lunch and dinner on Father's Day to take pictures of smiling families...while yes our Dads get ignored and we are denied of a celebration with them...
Blardy Fabulous....
And June 18 happens to be my Dad's birthday as well...seriously... it's his birthday and it is Father's Day as well but no I have to be working....
So tomorrow is justifiably a challenging day at the office...i shall have to rush for all the foodshots plus grab whatever pictures I can from our archives and do the copy-writing and confirm the details of the various F&B promotions and events at the Club.... Fantastic...
i wonder if we are going to get an increment for our efforts... this Club is always putting us through Hell...it should be called Raffles Hell Club!!!!
See that's why i am spending such a sucky Sunday at home...licking my wounds and prepping myself for the war tomorrow!!!
And i forgot to add that by the time the meeting ended it was 5:30pm and by the time I got back to the office and rushed out a series of emails to the various departments to ccordinate the activities to accommodate the revamped Update...
I left at 7:00pm... and I was supposed to be working 10:00am to 3:00pm!!!!!!!!
I exchanged duty with my colleague Mark yesterday cos my new GM on the block called for an urgent Update brainstorming meeting at 3:00pm.... (In case you are wondering what is Update, it a DL size booklets that RTC sends to all its members to inform them of upcoming events and F&B promotions...) duhz...
So fine I dilly-dally in the morning cos I didn't want to reach the office exactly at 10am cos I know for a fact that I'll never get off at 3:00pm sharp... his meetings are always very very long and okie... since I am not really in a bitchy mood... I would say the sessions are sometimes pretty insightful as well...
Okie, so on the MRT I got a call from my darling Donkey that AA was looking for the person on duty... urghhh so its me lah... and she had to save my ass by lying that we only start work at 10:30am on weekends...
Pain in the ass manz... so I rush my ass into the club and called his office... "Morning Mr. AA, you were looking for someone from the department?" Feigning Ignorance all the while knowing that I am 30min late...but thank God I was late otherwise I would have felt even more cheated of my time and no off in lieu damn it...!!! $%%%^$ESS#$R%$w
Okie went up to the office where he was having a meeting with some HODs from the various departments and then he announced that from now on... PR will take charge of all poster spots in the club we will manage the poster allocation for all the departments.... farking hell what does that make us? Official poster changers!!!!?????? And our department is UNDERSTAFFED...UNDERSTAFFED!!!!!!! Is that so hard to understand... and then he say he wanna bring back the screening of 'advertisements' of club promotions and events in the Theatre before every movie screening and that means... yes I have to do the PPS. slides....
The warning lights are going off in my heads and in fact I think like everywhere... but no choice got to say 'Yes, Mr. AA noted, we will do as instructed'... #$%$## (the price of professionalism - everything also have to say can do...even though you'll spend hours tearing your hair out and screamin vulgarities while your life ebbs away before the computer and you are literally squeezing even damn braincell for whatever juice it will yield and kill yourself with all the caffeine that you can ever get your hands on...)
Okie...the next to come was that he was us all to gather at 12pm (yes lunchtime) at his office and we will take a walk with him and we will conduct a club inspection... basically it's more work again as when we walk around we'll have to make pointers of things he points out and yes...get it fixes...
The inspection (part 1 only) took a freaking 1hr 45min and by the end of it... I was tasked to change lift signs and all 'doggied-eared' menus in all the outlets...absolutely fabulous I would say...
Well at least I wasn't the worst hit... the worst pple to kenah were colleagues in the Engineering department, Housekeeping Department and F&B.... by the end of the inspection... they were told to remove scotchtape stuck on weird hidden corners of the kitchen, repair broken lampshades... repaint coin-sized spots....overturn tables and check if the legs are stable and yup we went into 6 or 10 toilets... (Male/Female) and I had to hold my breath in the Gents as they usually don't smell as nice as the females... urgghhhh
So the inspection stopped at Level 2 and we were given a 30min lunch break before carrying on with the brainstorming meeting for the Update at 3:00pm!!!!! FARK FARK FARK!!!
I was so damn blardy tired and so freaking irritated... damn... in case I haven't mentioned before... my June Update is already all completed... just need him to sign and approve the artwork and I would send it out to our printers on Wed and the stuff is suposed to be delivered by early next week...
But no he wanted this brainstorming session... brainstorming session... come on even a fool can equate that to Full Revamp of EVERYTHING RITE..otherwise it would be called a Review Meeting NOT A BRAINSTORMING MEETING
Okie enters this meeting and he spends the first 30min explaining to us the purpose of producing the UPDATE booklets to all present... basically... the F&B manager, 4 Executive Chefs, the Asst F/O Manager, Sports& Recreation Manager and Executive and Yours Truly....
So I had to be the flip chart girl and write down all the points about Marketing, Communications and blah blah while all the while he was cracking jokes about me being left-handed and the weird way left handed people write... then he ask me which school I came from and I was like which school do you mean? Sec sch, Poly or Uni...he say Sec Sch so I say Westlake (Well most pple don't really know the school well...just a neighborhood school tucked in a corner of Braddell...but hey so what... i had great friends there...and I am happy to be from a neighbourhood school...)
then he ask me what uni I studied at...and I said Oklahoma City University... he was like huh???!!! Again...it's not NUS, NTU, SMU or SIM... but what the heck the program was great and the lecturers was great...
Basically I don't even know why he was asking that... does the schools I came from have anything to do with this brainstorming session at all??? Come on I am fairly confident of my braincells in my head irregardless of where they were trained at... anyway...
To cut a long tail..errmm...tale short... as expected the whole freaking booklet will be changed... emphasis should be given to F&B and all the other departments will be marginalized in publicity allocation from now on and the cover pages will only feature F&B stuff from now on...
Great! And I have to schedule food shots with all the outlets on Monday, and find some daddy figure and some poster girl to take picture in a Nonya Kebaya somemore... tell me where to go find at such short notice...
And oh ya for the Father's Day promotions at all outlets... all patrons who take up F'Day's Set Menu will be given a doorgift...a polaroid picture in a card frame... and yes yours truly department is appointed as the official photographers for the day...we'll have to hang around the outlets lunch and dinner on Father's Day to take pictures of smiling families...while yes our Dads get ignored and we are denied of a celebration with them...
Blardy Fabulous....
And June 18 happens to be my Dad's birthday as well...seriously... it's his birthday and it is Father's Day as well but no I have to be working....
So tomorrow is justifiably a challenging day at the office...i shall have to rush for all the foodshots plus grab whatever pictures I can from our archives and do the copy-writing and confirm the details of the various F&B promotions and events at the Club.... Fantastic...
i wonder if we are going to get an increment for our efforts... this Club is always putting us through Hell...it should be called Raffles Hell Club!!!!
See that's why i am spending such a sucky Sunday at home...licking my wounds and prepping myself for the war tomorrow!!!
And i forgot to add that by the time the meeting ended it was 5:30pm and by the time I got back to the office and rushed out a series of emails to the various departments to ccordinate the activities to accommodate the revamped Update...
I left at 7:00pm... and I was supposed to be working 10:00am to 3:00pm!!!!!!!!
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Why do we learn to Cherish only after Loss
Why are humans as such? We don't realize the value and importance of things, environment and people around us until we are on the verge of losing them or worst, have lost them.
We spare but a moment to thank our lucky stars when we gain a new friend, a possession, a new career progression, etc... Yet all too soon, we forget our initial euphoria and allow events and happenings to overcome and discontentment to take place.
We set our sights on what we think is bigger, better, more expensive, more prestigious...all the while taking for granted what is already ours...
We start to make comparisons of what life has dealt out to us, while hankering after possessions that others possess...believing that achievement of all those things will make us more successful and a happier person...
But when is enough, enough? Just like buying a new mobile phone... the excitment and thrill in owning the latest gadget lasts but a few days...but for the most of us... it takes us many more days to work and to recover the cost of getting the phone... then all too soon...the next mobile A&P wave sweeps over us and we are left once again lusting over the NOW latest gadget...
As we pick our once novel toy up... its former glory and exhilaration is fully and truly gone... try as we might... the initial sensation of owning the phone and holding it in our hands is forgotten and gone...
Why are we such fickle creatures... even in the matters of the heart... the same vicious cycle applies... we fall in love with someone...be it for chemistry or particular attraction... we get together... we get used to each other...we take things for granted...things and life fall into a pattern and soon we are tearing our hair out wondering why our partners aren't as ideal as they should be and then discontentment and comparisons set in... and for the some of us... that's the signal to look out for the next better player... we seek in search of happiness...yet we fail to realize that we are already happy.
Only when our partners are shaken and disappointed and the risk of losing them for good becomes a reality.... that's when the truth sets in, jolting us out of our fantasy realm...
Only then do we regret our actions.. crossing and double-crossing our fingers and toes... hoping that things aren't too late and can still be salvage... hoping beyond hope that our partners may forgive us...perhaps yes and perhaps no... but why do we even want to venture towards this direction?
Stupidity, pure human stupidity... learning to cherish only when loss is in our face...
We spare but a moment to thank our lucky stars when we gain a new friend, a possession, a new career progression, etc... Yet all too soon, we forget our initial euphoria and allow events and happenings to overcome and discontentment to take place.
We set our sights on what we think is bigger, better, more expensive, more prestigious...all the while taking for granted what is already ours...
We start to make comparisons of what life has dealt out to us, while hankering after possessions that others possess...believing that achievement of all those things will make us more successful and a happier person...
But when is enough, enough? Just like buying a new mobile phone... the excitment and thrill in owning the latest gadget lasts but a few days...but for the most of us... it takes us many more days to work and to recover the cost of getting the phone... then all too soon...the next mobile A&P wave sweeps over us and we are left once again lusting over the NOW latest gadget...
As we pick our once novel toy up... its former glory and exhilaration is fully and truly gone... try as we might... the initial sensation of owning the phone and holding it in our hands is forgotten and gone...
Why are we such fickle creatures... even in the matters of the heart... the same vicious cycle applies... we fall in love with someone...be it for chemistry or particular attraction... we get together... we get used to each other...we take things for granted...things and life fall into a pattern and soon we are tearing our hair out wondering why our partners aren't as ideal as they should be and then discontentment and comparisons set in... and for the some of us... that's the signal to look out for the next better player... we seek in search of happiness...yet we fail to realize that we are already happy.
Only when our partners are shaken and disappointed and the risk of losing them for good becomes a reality.... that's when the truth sets in, jolting us out of our fantasy realm...
Only then do we regret our actions.. crossing and double-crossing our fingers and toes... hoping that things aren't too late and can still be salvage... hoping beyond hope that our partners may forgive us...perhaps yes and perhaps no... but why do we even want to venture towards this direction?
Stupidity, pure human stupidity... learning to cherish only when loss is in our face...
Sunday, March 19, 2006
This is Gross
I just looked at the date of my last post and it says January 24, good grief I just realized how long I have neglected my poor blog... I wonder if it actually missed me... :P
Well I have been wanting to update my blog for ages... there's been interesting stuff happening, so hey my life is not all that boring ya... but it's more a case of overactivity...and yes... at the workplace... I've been so sick of hitting on the keyboard, though actually I really like the sound created by hitting away at the keys and seeing the characters come on the screen...
For starters, to make up for lost time, I must announce that the 2nd quarter's club magazine is finally almost done... it's now in the hands of our Executive Director...now the challenge is how to get her to give it back quickly so I can run it to the printers...damn I am sure I am late from my printing and mailing schedule...oh well I think I did try hard enuf...
Of course there were intermittent delays during the process of putting all the material together... but nope it's not course I have been lazing... just due to all the extra work and disrupting phone calls which have to be answered and taken care of...
There's lots of excitment in the Club, primarily since the vouchers have been mailed out...there has been a influx of members coming by and demanding to use their vouchers...
So food costs increase, electricity increase, staffing costs increase but no real income coming in...how fulfilling is that right... all actions have their own consequences so looks like the Club is paying the price for what the previous owners did... anyway it's the perfect excuse for the owners to reject increments, prevent requests for more bonus and blah blah...
Really despite all past unhappiness at the Club, working here doesn't seem all that bad at times... environment is pretty, co-workers are great, especially since I have got my donkey working with me... haha mutual support for the animals...
It's a Sunday today, and yes I have been doing weekend duty for three weeks in a ROW...WTF!
On a more positive note, coming in on the weekends is a great way to clear all the paperwork and re-organize the desk for the coming week... of course I have been answering a few complaint emails and calls...
I was working on the skeleton contents for the 3rd quarter publication earlier... I am trying to make a promise to myself to ensure that the 3rd quarter's publication is on time this time...so I shall try to start ASAP...yes ASAP... no more delays...and no procrastination....
I wonder if all the work stress is driving Singaporeans nuts or rather the working population of this world...with the pressure to perform, outperform and continuously finetune what we are doing... I am sure pyschotherapy will be a fantastically lucrative profession in the future...
Perhaps that's why financial/commercial analysts forecast that the economy of tomorrow will be fuelled 70% by the services industry...Psychotherapy/Pyschiatric treatment/Psychology Services... = 65% Services Industry... haha
I must be going crazy after that long break of not blogging... oh well I am back for now....but just dunno how long I can keep this up... urmmm...
Well I have been wanting to update my blog for ages... there's been interesting stuff happening, so hey my life is not all that boring ya... but it's more a case of overactivity...and yes... at the workplace... I've been so sick of hitting on the keyboard, though actually I really like the sound created by hitting away at the keys and seeing the characters come on the screen...
For starters, to make up for lost time, I must announce that the 2nd quarter's club magazine is finally almost done... it's now in the hands of our Executive Director...now the challenge is how to get her to give it back quickly so I can run it to the printers...damn I am sure I am late from my printing and mailing schedule...oh well I think I did try hard enuf...
Of course there were intermittent delays during the process of putting all the material together... but nope it's not course I have been lazing... just due to all the extra work and disrupting phone calls which have to be answered and taken care of...
There's lots of excitment in the Club, primarily since the vouchers have been mailed out...there has been a influx of members coming by and demanding to use their vouchers...
So food costs increase, electricity increase, staffing costs increase but no real income coming in...how fulfilling is that right... all actions have their own consequences so looks like the Club is paying the price for what the previous owners did... anyway it's the perfect excuse for the owners to reject increments, prevent requests for more bonus and blah blah...
Really despite all past unhappiness at the Club, working here doesn't seem all that bad at times... environment is pretty, co-workers are great, especially since I have got my donkey working with me... haha mutual support for the animals...
It's a Sunday today, and yes I have been doing weekend duty for three weeks in a ROW...WTF!
On a more positive note, coming in on the weekends is a great way to clear all the paperwork and re-organize the desk for the coming week... of course I have been answering a few complaint emails and calls...
I was working on the skeleton contents for the 3rd quarter publication earlier... I am trying to make a promise to myself to ensure that the 3rd quarter's publication is on time this time...so I shall try to start ASAP...yes ASAP... no more delays...and no procrastination....
I wonder if all the work stress is driving Singaporeans nuts or rather the working population of this world...with the pressure to perform, outperform and continuously finetune what we are doing... I am sure pyschotherapy will be a fantastically lucrative profession in the future...
Perhaps that's why financial/commercial analysts forecast that the economy of tomorrow will be fuelled 70% by the services industry...Psychotherapy/Pyschiatric treatment/Psychology Services... = 65% Services Industry... haha
I must be going crazy after that long break of not blogging... oh well I am back for now....but just dunno how long I can keep this up... urmmm...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Qi Pao = Cheong Sam = Gorgeous!!!
Yippee!!! Went shopping with Donkey and Chipmunk at Far East today... I am so so pleased with my purchases!!I bought two cheongsams!! The first cheongsams I have ever owned in my life...am as pleased as a fiddle with both dresses... the first one is a light colored one...very sweet and demure... with a layer of see through lace atop a peach lining... the lace is emboidered with gold, peach and light green floral patterns running all over it...so damn 'shu nu' when I wear it haha...
The second one is just a simple red sleeveless version with 2 simple floral mottiffs emboidered on...I love the fit... really figure hugging...but I think I shud try to do a few more sit-ups before New Year and ya tone up those arms...sign sign sign....
Ooh I love my dresses... and oh ya...I bought 2 skimpy abit translucent lace dresses from BYSI as well...a bit short but I think they are perfect for clubbing!!! Woah! $21 bucks each only.... how wonderful is that...and I got a sweater for another $33... I think it is okie lah... the style is abit like a bathrobe you might put on at the beach or pool...
YAYAYAYAYAYYYY overall a day well spent...and ya I had a bowl of my favorite mushrooms at Wheelock Place too! Roasted Mushrooms with Herbs...without spring onions (yucksss)!!!
I love TODAY!!
Sunday, January 22, 2006
ooh it's been a long time since I updated anything on this blog...
I woke up this morning...still feeling kinda tired... hmnn... damn had to go to work... really hate it sometimes... makes me wonder if a 9 to 5 job is more desirable at times... oh well... so I struggled out of bed...washed my face and tried to put on my make-up... damn... recent stress is making my skin crappy...tiny little pimples abuzz... geez...still, I was eager to try out my new Shu'mera 2-way foundation compact... but too lazy to wet the sponge... #$%%$##
Make-up didn't seem to help much today so I left the house feeling crappy and ugly... ate lunch and then made my way relunctantly to the office...
My mood seem to lift a little after I settled into my office... and I seem to manage to get a few tasks done today... started and completed an article feature on RTC's banquet operations manager...think it was not too bad...
did some other miscellaneous stuff like update new reciprocal clubs onto our website and then the GM called me to do a club tour for some of his overseas guests from Philippines... sign...shoots... and I was in jeans today... how presentable for overseas visitors rite..
And oh ya...before I knocked off at 5.30pm... I submitted my proposal for the last issue of club life for ECCR yippee... hope the GM approves...
BB came to pick me outside the club...and ya in case I haven't mentioned... staff of RTC are officially announced to be 2nd or 3rd class citizens of the club... even if it is raining and we are taking a cab... we can't even get the cab to drop us off at the club's lobby...no...we have to drop ourselves outside the club where they is no shelter and walk to the service entrance which is technically located where the rubbish collection point of the club is... the club is definitely worried that we've got no money to buy perfume so have to make us walk past the rubbish dump daily to get 'free perfume' very thoughtful and economical right?
And ya... since we are on this subject... let me wash another piece of dirty linen... the HR manager pulled me to one side after Friday morning's meeting to tell me that they prefer female staff to dress more conservatively... no low cuts... god...are we in the 15th century or wat? need to wear a god-damn corset anot...siao... no spaggetti straps and no V-necks... tell me what the heck can we wear? Sweaters or pull-overs? Goodness... and in Singapore's lovely warm weather... there's no reason why I should enjoy shirts should I...
Might as well just wear a sack and cover up like in the middle east...fucking hell... hate pple telling me what I shud do with my hair and what I should wear... damn it... the company is hiring me for what is in my head rite... and I'm not like indecently exposing myself...Jesus!
why dun we all just be nuns and wear habits instead... and ya white socks over shoes so that our legs dun show... stoopid autocracy... I shall wear whatever I like and I dun fucking care... who the hell is anyone to tell me how I should dress... I shall wear feathers if I like...so be it...
Haiz... I trailed so far off... my original intention was to blog about watch 'Memoirs of the Geisha' but look wat happened... anyway... I might have a second entry abt the Geisha later...all I can say is that the book is definitely a richer experience... whether in imagery...or emotions expression... wonderful wonderful... Still the movie casting director did a great job... all three actresses suited their roles to a 'T' like they were made for it...
Kudos to Authur Golden! Brilliance in itself!
Make-up didn't seem to help much today so I left the house feeling crappy and ugly... ate lunch and then made my way relunctantly to the office...
My mood seem to lift a little after I settled into my office... and I seem to manage to get a few tasks done today... started and completed an article feature on RTC's banquet operations manager...think it was not too bad...
did some other miscellaneous stuff like update new reciprocal clubs onto our website and then the GM called me to do a club tour for some of his overseas guests from Philippines... sign...shoots... and I was in jeans today... how presentable for overseas visitors rite..
And oh ya...before I knocked off at 5.30pm... I submitted my proposal for the last issue of club life for ECCR yippee... hope the GM approves...
BB came to pick me outside the club...and ya in case I haven't mentioned... staff of RTC are officially announced to be 2nd or 3rd class citizens of the club... even if it is raining and we are taking a cab... we can't even get the cab to drop us off at the club's lobby...no...we have to drop ourselves outside the club where they is no shelter and walk to the service entrance which is technically located where the rubbish collection point of the club is... the club is definitely worried that we've got no money to buy perfume so have to make us walk past the rubbish dump daily to get 'free perfume' very thoughtful and economical right?
And ya... since we are on this subject... let me wash another piece of dirty linen... the HR manager pulled me to one side after Friday morning's meeting to tell me that they prefer female staff to dress more conservatively... no low cuts... god...are we in the 15th century or wat? need to wear a god-damn corset anot...siao... no spaggetti straps and no V-necks... tell me what the heck can we wear? Sweaters or pull-overs? Goodness... and in Singapore's lovely warm weather... there's no reason why I should enjoy shirts should I...
Might as well just wear a sack and cover up like in the middle east...fucking hell... hate pple telling me what I shud do with my hair and what I should wear... damn it... the company is hiring me for what is in my head rite... and I'm not like indecently exposing myself...Jesus!
why dun we all just be nuns and wear habits instead... and ya white socks over shoes so that our legs dun show... stoopid autocracy... I shall wear whatever I like and I dun fucking care... who the hell is anyone to tell me how I should dress... I shall wear feathers if I like...so be it...
Haiz... I trailed so far off... my original intention was to blog about watch 'Memoirs of the Geisha' but look wat happened... anyway... I might have a second entry abt the Geisha later...all I can say is that the book is definitely a richer experience... whether in imagery...or emotions expression... wonderful wonderful... Still the movie casting director did a great job... all three actresses suited their roles to a 'T' like they were made for it...
Kudos to Authur Golden! Brilliance in itself!
Friday, January 13, 2006
Not working today! How Great is that?
It feels like a happy day today...why? No particular reason other than I am not working today and not working tomorrow or Sunday...I've got my whole weekend to myself and it just feels fabulous!
I woke up at about 10am this morning, put on the music and lifted some light weights to 'try' and tone up my arm muscles... I think I have been eating quite a bit more recently so I better seriously try to do some workout or be threatened with the prospect of being the butt of the jokes during this Lunar New Year Gathering...
Another 2 weeks away and boy, that's another sinful time of indulgence and eating and eating and eating... geez... how could anyone resist those buttery and crumbly pineapple tarts? With their slightly sweet, sour and tangy pineapple topping...
Thankfully, I am not such a big fan of the bak kua though it's always nice to have a little... Love Letters are always nice... crisp, nicely rolled up with the fragrant aromas of coconut n eggs...
This year's new year gathering for my dad's side of relatives is gonna be at our place... that means that I must stop lazing around and try my bestest to whip my room into shape... hmnnn think it I ever have a place of my own... it'll either have to be a minimalist concept or one with lots of storage compartment and I definitely want a storeroom to dump all the rubbish and unsightly stuff haha
I am supposed to be trying to bake a cake today and I know that I have got all my ingredients sitting in the fridge... kekeke...okie let me try to psycho myself more into baking the cake...but actually I think I had better not create more mess but put my heart and soul into cleaning my room...
Hey... now that I've reached toking about cleaning up and all... I wonder why I even felt happy this morning :(
'I woke up feeling good...thinking what a beautiful day this is... but
now I think I need to reconsider my feelings...for how could I smile with a broom and mop in my hands...???'
Okay...stop complaining and start cleaning up... urghhhh..... why do things keep getting messy? I think that I must be a messy person by nature... for things always mess up big time without me trying too hard... okie... clear up time and till later! Adieus!
Okie... goodbye to the pretty nails...
I woke up at about 10am this morning, put on the music and lifted some light weights to 'try' and tone up my arm muscles... I think I have been eating quite a bit more recently so I better seriously try to do some workout or be threatened with the prospect of being the butt of the jokes during this Lunar New Year Gathering...
Another 2 weeks away and boy, that's another sinful time of indulgence and eating and eating and eating... geez... how could anyone resist those buttery and crumbly pineapple tarts? With their slightly sweet, sour and tangy pineapple topping...
Thankfully, I am not such a big fan of the bak kua though it's always nice to have a little... Love Letters are always nice... crisp, nicely rolled up with the fragrant aromas of coconut n eggs...
This year's new year gathering for my dad's side of relatives is gonna be at our place... that means that I must stop lazing around and try my bestest to whip my room into shape... hmnnn think it I ever have a place of my own... it'll either have to be a minimalist concept or one with lots of storage compartment and I definitely want a storeroom to dump all the rubbish and unsightly stuff haha
I am supposed to be trying to bake a cake today and I know that I have got all my ingredients sitting in the fridge... kekeke...okie let me try to psycho myself more into baking the cake...but actually I think I had better not create more mess but put my heart and soul into cleaning my room...
Hey... now that I've reached toking about cleaning up and all... I wonder why I even felt happy this morning :(
'I woke up feeling good...thinking what a beautiful day this is... but
now I think I need to reconsider my feelings...for how could I smile with a broom and mop in my hands...???'
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Okay...stop complaining and start cleaning up... urghhhh..... why do things keep getting messy? I think that I must be a messy person by nature... for things always mess up big time without me trying too hard... okie... clear up time and till later! Adieus!Okie... goodbye to the pretty nails...
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