Saturday, April 25, 2009
Happy 27th Birthday to Peter!
Birthday Boy
With Me
With Liyao
With Yixiang
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Thought of the day:
Omg .. what have we done?
(Birthday Boy's msn after our "celebration")
12:45 AM
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Random mix of injection, work, MIO and Forex!
Time for a "rojak" entry of miscellaneous recent happenings (and seriously my heart goes out to the people who suffered food poisoning from the recent Geylang Serai rojak case, because i have suffered the same fate before, and my "record" was 17 diarrhoea in one and a half day, one of the worst feelings i have felt ... ever)Firstly, mom's condition. I was rather surprised from the response i received, also gave me a rough idea who are the ones that have been reading my blog. If you are reading this now, and you have shared your kind concerns to me, i would like to say a very big "Thank You!" to you - all of you who know who you are. She actually has been discharged from hospital long ago, and is now recuperating well at home. And now i have picked up the art of giving injections, something i never thought i would one day do, and more so the person to inject was my mom.
I actually kinda wanted to give up on my first attempt, i tried to inject twice but the god damn needle just will not go in. Simply discouraged when she said it starts to hurt already, though she wasn't complaining, which only adds to my guilt. Not even practising with a dummy syringe on a soft toy helps in any way. The human flesh is just ... different. Much tougher, which i should have known. But i can say today i have picked up the art of injection, however this is something i will rather not have to do. And just fyi she needs to be given 2 injections daily, and the medicine is call Fraxiparine.
Work matters - how ironic the last person to join our team, who in fact came on board one week later than me, someone i had to introduce the basics of the job requirements, yes one week old bringing one day old around, has now been promoted to one position that i feel is higher than us, even though it is only for a temporary 4 months. Btw he is also my talk cork buddy because we just sit beside each other. When i saw the email my first action was to sms to congratulate him, only to get a response "Wa shag leh, not promotion lah, more work and same pay." But i seriously wouldn't mind something like that, because i am sure it is going to pay off in the near future.
Although he is 5 years my senior, born in 1979, but i was pretty impressed by his knowledge and working style. And not many people has earned this compliment from me, because till today i have not really been this impressed by anybody, but this is one exceptional case. Someone who has been through a number of different occupations, even was once a pilot, he seems to know everything there is to know, finally i found new inspiration to work towards to!
I have just switched to Singtel MIO, and would strongly recommend it to everyone who is thinking of changing their broadband plans. For just $39.90/month, you get 3Mbps Internet speed, MIO TV that have so many video on demand including free drama and movies, and including your current telephone line in one bundle package, go where to find? Last time my Starhub 6.5Mbps broadband alone already costs me $70++. Finally i am freed from the contract and changed subscribers immediately, now i only keep Starhub for the TV and of course, football. And the person who came my place to setup also damn friendly, he volunteered to help me change my telephone socket "box" for free because it actually came off some time ago, resulting in the cables were being partly exposed all along. And this was something he did not have to do. Full marks for customer service to Singtel .. for now!
And lastly, i am starting on Forex trading, already signed up for the trading courses. I am looking forward to share this with all of you, and i will definitely try to pull as many people as i can into this area, but personally, i want to try it out first, so i can show my "战绩" to everyone when i am sharing, because 我不喜欢纸上谈兵. I am never someone to talk about the "if-only" and the "what-if", i will tell you about the "what you will get".
I believe in something like the 成龙's 霸王 shampoo commercial where he said: "我要告诉你们我用完是这样子, 你们用完也是这样子" **shakes hair**. 我要和我的军师一起作战先, wish me good luck! But if anyone wants to make money asap, kindly contact me to understand more! 有钱我们大家一起赚, we are talking about a pool of 3 trillion daily, suck as much as you can!
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Thought of the day:
Slowly i am finding my path, a path to success
2:42 AM
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
A couple of Facebook tests (2/2)
Second half of my personality test (我的性格分析):*********************
Clever and knowledgeable - To each his own, this takes a different perspective for everyone. Scoring good grades in school does not necessary mean you are clever. I think on the Forbes' Richest 100 list there are tons of them who did not make it in school. But for me, i hope to master 2 fields of work expertise at least, and broaden my knowledge on as many different areas as possible. Accuracy - 7.5/10
Loves to look for information - I strongly believe everyday we can find interesting stuff and learn about new things we never knew of. Accuracy - 9/10
Must control oneself when criticizing - I don't really recall the last time i criticized heavily on any person or thing. Accuracy - 3/10
Able to motivate oneself - The most accurate. I never lacked self motivation. My motivation starts when i wake up in the day, and till i sleep in the night. No matter what you are doing now, it is definitely down to a reason. And that reason no matter good or bad will turn into a form of motivation for me to drive forward, and forward, and forward some more. Can i rate it a 11? Accuracy - 10/10
Understanding - Most of the time yes, maybe the occasional no. I can listen to your side of the story but as for understanding, depends. Accuracy - 7/10
Fun to be around - I'm not exactly your number one joker in the group, although what i provide is something different. Another case where it is better for others to let me know how i am doing. Accuracy - 4/10
Secretive - Sometimes i find it is not that i am secretive, and it is not that i don't bother, but i find it not completely necessary to let people know everything of me. Unless you are the special one, unless you can reach my frequency. Accuracy - 8.5/10
Loves sports, leisure and traveling - What more can i say? Everything i love is here - i have so many plans but all still unrealised due to the fact i am still finding the right one to realise the plans together. No worries, there will be one day. Accuracy - 10/10
Hardly shows emotions - Not so. I tend to show my emotions on my face rather obviously. Maybe not so much when i have the negative emotions, but definitely for the positive ones as more often i have a smiley face. Accuracy - 4/10
Tends to bottle up feelings - Rather. As mentioned i more of the type to keep things and feelings to myself. Exception was maybe once when i expressed on stage in front of a crowd of people my certain feelings to a certain someone, but even that the feelings were kept for 2 years, till that day when my friends wanted to surprise me by arranging me to go on stage, but never did they realise i would counter surprise them ... Accuracy - 8.5/10
Very choosy, especially in relationships - Wow .. that is a surprise. I will like to publicly declare I will start to lose this characteristic of mine bit by bit with every passing year. It is really not easy to find another girl as 搞怪, 放得开, 懂事 as her anymore. Which also happens to be the same girl as mentioned above in the "Tends to bottle up feelings" section. Accuracy - 8/10 to 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1/10 (which i hope that day will never come ... 不会吧)
Systematic - All tough problems can be solved with a systematic approach. Enough said. Accuracy - 9/10
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Thought of the day:
Closest personality to describe me:
Definitely "Able to motivate oneself"!
12:21 AM
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
A couple of Facebook tests (1/2)
(This was actually quite some time ago, i drafted it for AGES before finally publishing ...)Did a couple of personality tests on Facebook, feel that the results are above average in terms of accuracy, let us have a look at what it says about me:
"What does your birthday say about you" quiz:
This one no matter what answers you chose for the questions, i think you will end up the same as your birthday month? Because there is one question that goes by: "Which month were you born in?" =.= I will go through the answers one by one and either agree or defend against my personality.
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Suave and compromising - I have my own beliefs, but i will be interested to hear why you are thinking differently if there is a day our thoughts oppose, and i definitely will think in your shoes. Compromising ... not always. If i see you are terribly on the wrong track i certainly will let you know. Accuracy - 7/10
Careful, cautious and organised - I believe “小心能驶万年船" (although it is not always the most important motto i live by). Simply spot on with cautious and organised too. Accuracy - 10/10
Likes to point out people's mistakes - Just say i can easily identify people's mistakes (come on, everybody's a critic), as for the pointing out part, more of it depends on the situation. Refer to last sentence of "Suave and compromising". Accuracy - 6.5/10
Likes to criticize - Quite a big NO. I really not the type to complain where if the serving time for the dining items you ordered arrives slightly later then the rest, not even if those people that arrived later than you had already gotten their orders. Or when the waiter ask a group of 5 people to take a table of 4. I will just remind him. Anyway if you don't listen i just walk out mah. Accuracy - 2/10
Stubborn - Rather a big NO too. Although the NO is smaller in comparison with the previous one. Accuracy - 3/10
Quiet but able to talk well - Spot on. Accuracy - 9/10
Calm and cool - Not exactly my biggest plus point but would only like to say everybody has a different weakness. Accuracy - 6.5/10
Kind and sympathetic - This one is best for other people to point out for me instead. But i feel i should not be doing too badly for this. Accuracy - 7.5/10
Concerned and detailed - Normally i spot little details most people would have missed. I guess a careful people is also detailed in the things he is doing, since the both are not too far off. Accuracy - 9/10
Loyal but not always honest - hmm the most tricky one i had to answer so far. The loyal part is true but always honest? And if one is not honest can he still claim to be loyal? Accuracy - 10/10 for loyal, 7.5/10 for always honest
Does work well, very confident - Still improving with every passing day, i believe there will always still be room for improvement, confidence at a rather sky high now. Accuracy - 9.5/10
Sensitive - SNAG (Sensitive New Age Guy) 就是我啦~ Accuracy - 10/10
Thinking generous - If god let me strike 2 million SGD winnings in the occasional lottery i play, I swear to commit to charity. I think of this everyday - isn't this the key here: "Thinking" generous. Accuracy - 6/10
Good memory - Oh yes, when studying sometimes i have to remember word by word for those modules where understanding alone can't get you the perfect score. You just LL have to memorise. And i still remember the events that have passed long ago. But sometimes is more down to 选择性失忆. Accuracy - 8/10
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Thought of the day:
The 3 best descriptions of me for this half of the test:
- Careful, cautious and organised
- Quiet but able to talk well
- Sensitive
2:57 PM
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
叶子 ... 掉落了
"我一个人吃饭旅行到处走走停停也一个人看书写信自己对话谈心"
这两句话, 应该不算陌生吧
歌手阿桑, 去年十月发现自己患了乳癌末期, 在4月6日早上八点半病逝了, 年仅34岁
今天在933听到了这个消息, 就立刻上网去确认
然后也读到了她的身世, 想不到和她的名字一样沧桑
原来她的艺名 "阿桑" 的由来, 是因为当唱片公司的人一开始听到她的歌声时, 觉得非常沧桑感人, 所以就帮她取了这个艺名
她和父母为了躲债, 从国中开始就住在阿姨家, 为了减轻阿姨的负担, 她从小就在家帮忙做手工赚零用钱, 从折塑料花, 包巧克力包装纸, 电子工厂拼凑主机板零件等各式各样的工作都做过
阿桑的个性低调, 自己的私事从不愿让人知道, 曾经是阿桑的唱片宣传, 也是在阿桑走后才知道这件事
"只是心又飘到了哪里
就连自己看也看不清
我想我不仅仅是失去你"
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Thought of the day:
No ... not from cancer .. please
11:24 PM
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