The Singapore's defining moment

So, the F1 which everyone had been craving around is finally over, yeah?

For the months leading to F1, the only perception i have for it is that it's none other than an opportunity to bring the image of Singapore up, as well as an increase in sales for the tourist that will be arriving in Singapore.

To satisfy my curiousity, i took up the job as a merchandiser from kelly services, where i sell stuffs from the Singapore GP. The pay? i heard that our initial pay was at $12 an hour, but that kelly services gave us only $6 an hour.. whats a huge 'commission' given to them..

3 tees given to us for the promo, but we were told that we have to retrun after the event.. haha.. so, Singapore is so stingy to the fact that the tees given to us, with all our sweating, have to be returned to them? so, what are they going to do with it? burn it? eat it? or use the probably 10 over thousands of shirts as cloths to wipe the backside?

anyway, the 3 days of race was fantastic! It definitely opened my eyes to what this car sports actually is, and how it had attracted so many viewers to it. The sheer fact that the indifference between watching the live race and the one on the tv, is enormous.

Live race - you can hear the thunderous sound, see the lightning speed of the speed machines, feel the heat and cheers of the spectators smell the burning tires of the brakes by the speed machines and probably as staffs of the Singapore GP, eat those catered food, which seems to tast alike to those SFI food in camps during NS.

TV race - see the car while eating chips..

So, the difference as u can see, is that Live race, u can have ur 5 senses engaged while Tv, only superficial ones.. haha...

Its great fun working in the Singapore GP, even thou Jun xian and me work OT for the 4 days of work. It seemed so easy to past time as compared to the part time which i always did.. Perhaps the fun and relaxation of rules, no politics, good supervisor and the different tourists and customers served.

This race definitely give me a new perception to what F1 really is. The crashes of the cars, the heat of our weather, the warmth of the tourists, the interaction with fellow colleagues, etc, just give me an opportunity to enjoy even greater!! People pay $ to watch, yet, we are being paid to watch...

So, below are some pics taken by me.. Sorry that there aren't any of the speed machines as they are too fast for my camera.. haha...

The crews working at the merchandise at esplanade south booth
from left to right: Jun xian, Hui Hui, me, Glenda, Siti, Jasmine... less wendy our supervisor, ignatious, khairul and boon.
Hui Hui jumped too fast before my camera can catch her into the photo
the people waiting for the start of the race at esplanade south
the race route
Jun Xian trying to get a better view of the race
Me too!!!
The booth at Esplanade South.. Race started, thats why you are seeing so little customers
At the store room just behind.. A place to slack, eat, tok cock and sleep..
erm.... trying to be funny?

siti took a long time before the photo is finally taken... omg.. gals ah....
Hui Hui filling in the OT forms from Kelly.. Its forms after forms... seems like every single staff from kelly wants our signatures.. see... we are more famous than Hamilton or massa...
the 3 little bears
Look at the back!!! we are left with so few merchandise to sell but yet outher booths just wun release theirs to us... Haiz... aren't our staffs great?
The 4 of us watching the race and we keep wondering which car belongs to who... with Hui Hui keep asking me, which one is ferrari..

Wah.. Old school cars on display
The car that ferried Hamilton before the race
I like this car
Trying to strike a pose
Jun Xian trying to contain that guy's head into the space in between his fingers.

Eh..... old school again..
The road of Singapore has never been so bright
the race route that's being closed to the walkabout ticket holders
The greatest 2 bottles of coke that i offered to 2 tourists

and in return, they gave me a cap.. haha..

Charm: A single smile will go a long way

Delayed update of my birthday

I know it took me ages to update my blog this month. This is due to the deadlines of 2 projects for this month, as well as the insanity of accounting lecturer who asked us to complete everything in the past year exam papers. hahah

So, this month is my birthday month, where i'm a quarter of a century young. Spent the whole weekend driving around friends, eating, paying and paying for petrol, carpark coupons, repair(I shaved the right corner paint of the bumper with a wall in marina square while reversing) - it cost me another $130, and emptying my bank...

Fulfilled my dream for this year, driving around, realising how expensive owning a car is. Well, for this blog, i think pictures will describe how i celebrate better than all those words..

Me in the driver's seat

Suzuki Swift, the car i rented...

Someone forced me to take an emo pic.. haha

The veins just twisted... and my mouth goes...

Seroius while driving
Lishuang and me
The food we ordered at Bedok Hawker
Ah bee, me and Zhengxin
Pork Knuckers!!

Ah huat with his girlfriend grace... always so tian mi!! haha.. look at how amazed he is?
Full and happy..
The passengers for bedok hawker
The only face u wanna throw shit at? haha...
Can u see the nostril hair?

Charm: Enjoy every moment savourly..

7 x 7= 49 days

Days passed rather fast, as in the fact that my grandpa had passed away for about 49 days. This also meant the 49 days of being a vegetarian is finally over. Not being a vegetarian is hard, but that i can finally stop drooling and thinking of why can't i eat when i see one chomping down the deliciously-looking meat in front of me.



My diet ended yesterday, and i had my first meat today while in school, consuming fish, fried rice and hotdogs. haha. This was followed by a zinger meal from KFC. I don't know why, when i'm a vegetarian during that period, i envy people eating the meat. However, when i regained mortality in eating those, i somehow felt guilty and the desire to have meat isn't as strong as when i was in the 49 days of animal conservation.



Anyway, i was back to my grandma house last weekend for my grandpa's 49 days thingy. However, this time round, the people that are supposed to be there wherem't there. I pity my grandpa. And this set me thinking about our very own PM's ,Lee Hsien Loong, rally speech. He wanted Singaporeans to have more kids for the economy.



To that, i was thinking: My grandpa had 4 sons, one of whom had passed away even before i was borned, and 4 daughters. Of these kids that he had, they bore him many many grandchildren. Normally, it would be a blessing for one to live to the age of 96 and able to see all his grandchildren grow up. He treated them very good. Probably not in the last five years as he was always sleeping on the bed.



On his 49th day, his son's and daughter's were all back, except for the third who's working in Sarawak and was unable to return(he's very very filial), but not all his inner grandchildren were back.



U may call me whatever, but personally, i think if relatives who were distant, outer grandchildren were present, i don't understand what filial is... This reflects back to what our very own PM said... to have more children.... but if u are lucky and u have filial sons and daughters who eats veggies for 49 days, thats good. But what if they aren't? considering how most of the new generation treat their love ones?



Those who still cannot feel the need to be filial and the need to treasure ur love ones, i would recommend Jack Neo's money no enough 2 for u.



Anyway, despite some of my relatives not being present, my aunts and cousins had quite some bonding sessions and they did some queys...

The preperation for the food to be served to the gods and my grandpa
Jiu chen gao
the most colourful Huat Quay u can find
My small aunt who did these with my 3rd aunt and sister
Let me present u the mum who gave birth to a smart, handsome, etc boy.. =p

the sumptious vegetarian food to offer
the layout
my grandpa's 'Ling wei'
the distant relatives who accompanied my grandma
the old ancestor's 'ling wei' paper

chanting out the chants

some ritual
hmm..... me?
spot my sister..

chanting for an hour

my sister and me!!
the new ancester 'ling wei'
and let me present u my favorite chanter.... he's so good as he and lots of others came down on every 7th day to chant for my grandpa.


Charm: Whatever things u do, expect karma