Ignorance of bliss

So, exams had been finished. Whats next? I have 1 more module per semester for the next 2 semesters ( hopefully there's no additional to top the existing). I'm thinking of applying for a full time job, to which, i still have worries. Whats about my lessons on days that i need to attend if i am working? i dunno. Currently, i'm stuck between the decision of being an OBS instructor (not a bad pay, considering a fresh graduate) and being in the office. Outdoor is me, but i dun think that will be a great future to be in. Office work isn't me, but the prospect of higher position + pay looks good. So which should i choose?

I'm into the 2nd week of my reservist. Waking up very very early daily is a drag to me now. You know, for the first week, i have my grandma waking me up daily, when i get home, she will come bothering me, asking me what i want to eat and stuffs. Well, and that is for me, when i'm tired, really not the time to ask.

My neighbour's kid who is 7 months old is so cute. She's adorable and our family, especially my grandma loves bringing her over to our house for some fun. On Sunday morning, we were playing with that baby, when the phone rang. My grandma, who's back is facing the phone, turned and wanted to answer that call. Her leg got entangled, she fell flat. 'PONG!' she layed flat, facing up. she was in a dazed. the baby was with me. I cannot react in time.

She's sent to the hospital. It was found that she had cracked her hip bone and she's now awaiting to have an operation tomorrow. OMG... Now, i'm hungry, i cooked instant noodle. I got home, nobody is cooking. i wake up daily myself, and when i get to my grandma's room, the bed laid bare.

How things changed. She won't be able to walk for at least a few months after the operation. I realized the importance of her. Old is indeed a treasure to the family. Lets hope that she recovers fast, and i will treasure her more. Ignorance isn't a bliss sometimes.

Charm: Ignorance is a bliss only if u choose to think simple, not complicated.

very nice video..

another good video...




enjoy... =)

show them to me..

u noe what? i found this video in the facebook.. nonetheless, i'll put it here for those who cannot see it there... great video, but for those 18 and above, pls... anyway, very nice song with great lyrics...

enjoy:

Video - Rodney Carrington - Show them to me

charm: Live everyday as it is, u'll be happier!

Malaysia too tired of peaceful life?

Everyday, i'll buy a copy of Newpaper. This is a habit which started since my secondary school days. This morning was no difference. I went to the petrol kiosk, grab a Newpaper.

It read: M'SIAN TOURISM BOSS: CHILLI CRAB, CHICKEN RICE IS OURS

lol... i read on... and this is how it goes,

"Chilli crab, Hainanese chicken rice, even laks: Created in Malaysia, owned by Malaysia, but hijack by other countries" Is Malaysia tired of peaceful life?

Firstly, the Rasa Sayang claim causes an uproar with the indonesians. Now what? Singapore? And who's going to be the next target? perhaps buddha or Jesus is born in Malaysia?

Come on, to most people, it may be just food claims. A Singaporean, i felt that Malaysia is like throwing claim to everything. No respect to the neighbouring countries? Perhaps... Trying to stir troubles? Perhaps... Trying to be the culture king in Asean? Probably. If not, what else?

I personally, like some of the malaysian food. This includes Ramly burger, Ipoh hor fun, their very own herbal taste bak kut teh (this is very diff from our very own spicy pepperish bak kut teh, which they claim tooriginate from there too), wan ton mee, etc. well, u see, they have their own special dishes? Now, who's hijacking other countries' stuffs?

Singapore, known for some of her tasty food like Hainanese chicken ricem bak kut teh and chilli crab, are world knowned. I once, went to Taiwan, and had the Taiwanese people telling me how much they love singapore's food. Now? Malaysia trying to hijack our stuffs? Things that are being promoted for years or even decades, money spent, effort prt in, are now to be taken away by a cheap claim? come on, state the facts, and stop laying claims on everything, Malaysia. You have ur own heritage, so do us, Singapore and our neighbour, Indonesia.

Cheers!


Charm: The biggest of the piracy doesn't come from people purchasing, but those who steal from others, big time!


and, here is the continuition of the photos:

before entering 西岛
Funny fruit called 铁西瓜

on the beach

Group photo on the beach

Us with 一哥

a shop selling fire extinguishers
the coconut are real tasty
so are these Hainanese food
Dinner at a steamboat restaurant. The ma la steam boat is real good, better than Singapore's
us with Laura...

Another update...

I must admit, i am getting more and more slack with this blog. lol.. but dun worry... to compensate all my readers, i shall present to u this performance that i watched in youtube. My sister keeps lamenting that he's handsome... =)




anyway, its tough trying to go through the last few days. Suddenly, it seems numbers are getting closer to me than ever before (forget the fact that i am good in mathematics). I just passed my 26th birthday. And, u know what? suddenly, i feel so old. haha... no longer i can classigy myself as mid twenties. I'm over mid twenties now!!! lol..

Anyway, a few months of not playing intensive basketball + slack + no exercise, result to a drop in my standing board jump. haha.. my lowest jump has always been 239 minimum for years. But guess what? i broke my record during a must-take ippt which happened in 3rd sept. I jumped 225!!! haha... i was surprised. My friends are. hahaa... and there goes my $200 silver incentive. i got a mere $100.

here... may i present to u my long awaited photos:

on board the boat just before the dive

in the beach

awaiting the dive.

trying to be emo..

know what this is? its a view on this 'kelong' toilet.

Happy
still waiting... nvm.. we singaporeans love waiting and queueing.
at 一哥's restaurant
trying to take a photo of the firefly. but apparently, the camara just cannot capture the beauty
just before the departure.

alrite, there are sill hundreds of photos and it seems to be taking ages to upload, so i'll upload these at the moment. I'll update the rest next week.

PROMISE!!

Charm: Time doesn't wait for no one.

Not Fixed yet...

My com's repaired for an hour, but spoiled again when i bring it home. Sad rite? so its still down.

Anyway, I'm back from Hainan for ages but decided against blogging it now, nor uploading the pics as this com of my sis is just so irritating when typing., loll.. the keyboard is so difficult to type.. so.. yeah...

Anyway, i'm super broke now after finding that i had actually over spent in the one month. One KL trip and one Hainan trip left me looking for avenues to increase my cash. lol... In a rather bad shape now, in terms of money and my body. Wearing a child's hoola hoop around me. Grew fatter in waist. I'm determined to cut those down once i finish with my individual assignment..

Lost my 8gb thumbdrive while at work, so, thank goodness that guoliang's thumbdrive had those saved pics from hainan.. lol... but gone are my info, and some projects...

Well, thats it... tune in soon as i will update my blog real soon..

Charm: enduring and resisting temptaions may train u to be a better man..

computer down again

My computer is down again... so fristrating isn't it... I'd wanted to update my blog for weeks but this com just wun start the window for me.. lol..

anyway, i got a fine of $139 for trying to be a bus driver, which means i ride on the bus lane. I appealed to the LTA and got it overturned, of course, to my relieve.

Going to KL and Hainan in the next 2 weeks, but my stupid cshool just changed my time table as it wishes. So what now? I'm gonna miss some lessons due to their incapability to in form us earlier. lol.. and ... i'll load the pics asap

Its been a very very hectic holiday for me... working 294 hours in june alone and they are gonna take some hours away from me coz they just dun lke a part time gettung so much pay. Haiz... and that luxasoa. I worked non stop for them and this is how i';m treated. In summary, i only had 2 days of off days from the period of 26th May to 5th July, not as much commission as i like due to the current global meltdown, worked like a pig but treated like shit, worked more than 500 hours in total during this period, and in the end, just know that they are not following MOM laws, wherevby they have to compensate one working more than a certain no of hours a week, and they hold the passports of the foreign workers they hired for more than 1 1/2 yrs..

Someone shd start telling thm to follow laws... lol..

Charm: Every sweat being shed, might not get u the results that u want

A Combustable, infinite robot

I'm a robot. An indestructable one. Tireless and energetic.


The end of exams, marks the start of my summer holidays. This holiday is suppose to be one that i am supposed to enjoy, such as meeting up with friends, non-stop action of basketball, spending money, etc...

However, what was expected of me is the part time job which i had worked since i was 17 yrs old. This pt job, for my 'summer holidays' is destroying my enjoyment. >12 hours a day. Everyday from 26 may til 5July. This is starting to take a toll on me. I am tired. I thought i can take it. but 2 more promotions and 17 more days. I'm losing it. Dead tired is the word. Half zombie is the person.

well, on the brighter side, i can see a lot of income. But all of these will probably go into the purchase of my new vehicle.

This vehicle, is a chopper, a cruiser, or in my own context, a safety bike. I ride with caution (and i hope to). I used it as a means of transport.

Anyway, with this transport, i'm still late for work. lol... well...

dead tired i am now. Lets hope and pray that my promotion on the launch of Prada new fragrance will be a success. And for all u guys' info, the robinson expo sales, 26th June to 5th july, i'll be there as well.. hehe..

See ya there!!

Charm: no pain, no gain.

Gone: another love one...

I have this big aunt who resides in Malaysia. She's the biggest sister of my mum. She saw me grow up thru these years. Every time when i saw her, she's always with this cousin of mine who is mentally disabled. This cousin of mine, thou older in age than me, behaves like a child who needs constant care. My big aunt is always by her side.

My big aunt, aged 70+, is filial. She loves her sons and daughters, from what i heard from my relatives. Whenever she has the money, or spare cash, they go to the pockets of her sons and daughters. She visits her mum, who is my grandma, whenever she can, but when she was there, she constantly thinks of her grand daughters and grandsons who needs to attend school and that she needs to prepare meals for them and take care of them.

She doesn't has much education but she's hardworking.

2/6/09, 6p.m., she took a fall, was hospitalised. Doctors said she suffered a stroke probably due to high blood pressure.

3/6/09, 1a.m., she was pronounced dead in the hospital, due to a burst blood vessel.

I was home at 2am. Washing my new bike with Huat. Upon reaching home, i was surprised to see my mum still awake. I thought she was waiting for me. Probably true, as she's concerned about me. But i think, she's feeling lost. Afterall, this is her sister who took care of her when she's young. This is her sister who played with her when she's schooling. This is her true blooded sister!

I felt her loss, just as much as i felt mine.

I thought: how can someone whom i just saw 2 months ago during my cousin's wedding in Malaysia, at my grandma's house, i talked to, i bought burger for, i ate with............. just be gone like that?

I can still vividly hear her voice in my mind, calling out my name. Her gentle tone and how she speaks. The way she moves and talks. The care she showed towards my grandma and my mentally disabled cousin.

She once told me, if she is to pass away, her only concern will be this daughter of hers, as she does not know who will take care of her and who she can rely on.

I'm thinking of that now.

For now, i would wish to get my offs from work and see her for the last time, but i couldn't. Too many promotions.

I think that is the last time i see of her. The last time i hear of her. The last photo i have of her.

The never faded life of her, however, is what i have seen of her. This will probably stay with me forever.

The lost of an aunt, the lost of a sister, the lost of a daughter.

I will always remember u, aunt, for all the lessons i learnt from u, seeing how filial u are., how caring u are, how lovely u are.

I love u.

My cousin : second from right.

My well respected aunt

My aunt.

Charm: Life's so unpredictable. One moment u are there, one moment u aren't.

A 2 wheel thingy; a perceived risk

hey, tell u guys a secret! but pls keep it a secret!! lol..

I passed my class 2b some 3 months ago, without any intention to purchase a vehicle. I just wanted the licence for me to ride a bike in malaysia when i'm at my grandma's house.

However, a decision was made recently by myself that afterall, since i cannot afford a car, i can try to start off with a small one on bike ( a second hand one). I weighed decisions heavily in my mind for quite sometime, trying to differentiate the pros and cons but it seems that i need to force myself into the decision to start with a vehicle so that i can force myself to study and work harder, or perhaps play harder! lol...

WHY?

I remember some time ago, someone told me:" you will not be avidly chasing your dreams unless u put some form of pressure on yourself, be it physical or mental."

I cannot afford the full sum of the nike currently, but paying the down payment indeed pull and stretch all my finanaces, but the harder part may be the monthly installment which if added up with my expenses and insurances, will put a strain on me monthly. Probably this will take half a year for me to recover my finances but i think it may have a positive effect on me, due to me having to stress myself more on work and studies.

I have not yeat told my parents but i think i will tell them soon...

Not to worry thou, i am a safe driver and rider...

Charm: without risk; without gain.

Post exams...

hey... so, exams finally finished on the 5th of this month. Hard work throughout, trying to focus and study, and dumping all those mac donald meals into my stomach, while studying at Kallang mac with QQ and friends.

So, without working out for more than a month + lots of expensive junk food, and the late nite sleep, about 6 to 7 am for a month, i seemed to grow out of shape! lol.. flattening chest, ballooning abs or should i say tummy, ugly arms and the deep dark eye bags.

Now, its time for me to get back to shape, after trying to finish that normal 3.4km run, which i really struggled for the first time since NS.

For now, i'm back to work, after sharing all my wealth with Mac Donalds. I'm trying to save up money for now, in the thought of buying a bike. lol.. okie.. thats just a dream first. we need a vehicle tostart of with right? haha...

Anyway, my dear cousin, ah qi, requested for me to post these 2 pics of us which we took just before i set off for studying for exams. LOL... pls do not laugh.

Cousin Ah Qi and me..
my mum and me... nvr noe that she's so hip.. lol..

Charm: Time flies, so do I..

Working Vs Exams

hey... u know how i envy those classmates of mine who do not need to work and study at the same time? well, i have to..

i was comtemplating with working during such a crucial month that has the exams looming around me. The fact, however, after some considerations is that i have to work this month! My last day for the month was on the 15th, which had just past, and i am glad that it d

Before, during and after work, its really frustrating to have this thinking being so vividly in ur brain, reminding now and then that everyone is studying now and u are still working, and not a chapter being flipped thru this week. Therefore, armed with my readings for that AMCA, i brought it to the sales floor and tried reading those lifeless, broing articles.

Now, left with less than a week to my first paper, i'm trying my best, to complete those 20 chapters of Marketing Communications, while trying to practice on those questions in Management Accounting.

Now, i have only one thing in mind: the day after the final paper. Lets hope that i'll survive this crisis!

Anyway, whose ideas is this to set those exams for students? Can't they just letdo with those tedious projects? lol...

Charm: the one who can last the distance is the strongest man.

Superman

hey... i'm reaching the end of my semester, with the exams in sight again. I think this time i, again, am the superman. Why do i say so? well... haha... i planned that i'm not going to work this semester, and will concentrate fully on my studies. However, halfway thru the semester, my money earned during the holidays had run out (thanks to my big stomach).
so, i started work again in march and i'm working til 15 of this month. Applied marketing communication and application paper is on the 23rd... omg.. aren't i superman? haha... moreover, the never ending readings that are given to us had me thinking of bringing them to work and read. lol.. if not, i'll never finish those boring articles..

Anyway, i'm thinking of starting a fragrance consultancy firm. lol.. think only lar.. but dunno whether there is demand. okie... stop all those market research stuffs.... i know what u guys are going to tell me.. think only lar... lol... but what u all think ar? hehe...

Charm: Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing...

April fool

Some jokes which i picked to entertain u on this day, in case u think its still so childish to do that april fool joke....

Pick the month you were born:
January--I kicked
February--I loved
March--I smoked
April--I dry humped
May--I choked on
June--I murdered
July--I did the macarena with
August--I had lunch with S
eptember--I danced with
October--I sang to
November--I yelled at
December--I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a Mexican
6-------a gangster
7-------my cell phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19-------myself
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an ipod
29-------a permanent marker
30-------a llama
31-------a homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White------because I'm cool like that.
Black------- because thats how I roll.
Pink--------because I'm NOT a homosexual.
Red---------Because the voices told me to.
Blue--------Because I'm sexy and i do what i want.
Green------Because I hate myself.
Purple------Because I'm cool.
Gray--------Because I was drunk.
Yellow------Because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars.
Orange----Because I hate my family.
Brown-----Because I was high.
Peach-------Because I love oatmeal.
Other-------Because I'm a ninja.
None------Because I cant control myself.

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The Husband Store A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids. 'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.' So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking. 'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework. 'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!' Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
PLEASE NOTE: To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street
The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex, like beer and have money.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

Charm: Laughters are temporary pain killers.

The Global Dynasty

HEY!! u know what? I'm a fan of history of china, a fan of swordplay movies, a fan of war movies, like patriot.

Ancient dynasties may be over. However, recently, i realised that we are still living in dynasty. Now, its the Global Dynasty. Why do i say that? Firstly, i ready the newspaper recently and saw that some scientists discovered over 50 species of new animals, plants, and whatever. This means that even thou we are now in the process of globalisation, we do have undiscovered lands in earth.

There aren't any more of the conquering of lands. But look aroung us, and u'll find 'internal war' in our current dynasty. We have one in the south of our country, north of our country, east of our country and the neighbours of our little piece of land. U may ask: whose the king then? well, i think unlike the past, we no longer have 1 king, but now, we have 2 frailing kings, and probably 2 uprising ones. USA and europe are the 'kings', but probably on the downward trend, while China and India are the uprising ones.

Hmm.... well, probably in 20 yrs time, we may have one more. Indonesia. Don't be surprise!

Boring, aren't it? haha... i think so too... Blame it on the marvellous 'Seven swords' which i watched earlier. lol..

Anyway, i passed my class 2B yesterday. First time! lol... thanks thanks for all ur congrats!! hehe... =p

Charm: The Past; the Present; the Future; Everything's a cycle.

How old is old?

Often, we singaporeans ar encouraged by our government to take public transport. If we see a lady with a big tummy, we recognised that she is pregnant, and therefore give up our seats for them.

If we see a person who is crippled, blind, etc, we also give up our seats tothem due to the dispairity.

However, something's been lingering in my mind for quite some time. How do we consider a person as old? Who should we give our seat to if we consider them old? And how do u justify that they are old?

LOL, you must be wondering why i bring up this topic. Well, this problem came up to me when i was in this mrt. I was standing reading my newpaper. there was this young couple, probably in the 15 or 16, playing the nintendo DS. Then, came this women who was heavily pregnant, and it was obvious due to the round tummy thats so convex. The young couple looked up but continued anyway. and this whole 2 stretches of sitting tua pek gong just dunno any thing abt giving up their seats. Maybe, they all failed their moral education when they were in schools, or maybe these guys were heavily pregnant as well?

There was this other scenario when i was standing, again, in the Mrt. I saw this lady, whom i think should be in her 70s but with black hair, presumably dyed. No one gave her a look, not to say give up their seats. She continued standing there, hunched. Then we reached the next station. In came another lady in her 50s but with a head full of white hairs. Immediately, a guy gave up his seat.

OMG... look!!! must an old lady be in white hair to be considered old?

Hmmm.. this really beats me.. perhaps, its time for our school system to change the pictures in the civic and moral education book. Not anymore should they draw an old lady with white hair as old, but probably a pic that defines old people as old. Coz, if i dye my hair, probably i'll get a seat too?

So, take a seat back when u take the public transport the next time. Be more willing to give up ur seat to people who look old but probably not in white hair.

Charm: Don't just blindly follow the book. You must be smart enough to differentiate!

A wedding and a custom

I'm rather close to my relatives in Malaysia, the family from my maternal side. On the first week of this month, i was back to my grandma's house in Segamat to attend my cousin's wedding (finally he's married at the age of 31, with the permission from his Ci Xi empress, mother).

I rushed there from school, whereby my class finished at 5pm. I took bus 170 all the way to Woodlands checkpoint. Upon reaching Larkin Interchange in Johor Bahru at 7.30pm, i found that all the tickets to Segamat were totally sold out. However, i was approached by a taxi driver who offered to drive me to Segamat for RM45. Of course, i have to wait for 3 more people to take up the same offer before we can go. I waited with another girl whom i dunno for an hour plus, without success. Just when the driver found 2 ladies to take up the offer, a bus company 'suddenly' have tickets for sale. However, this time the price of the ticket doubled from RM12.50 to RM25, and the bus timing was at 9pm. With the 3 ladies going for that offer, leaving me stranded, i decided to take up that offer as well.

i reached my grandma's house at 12.15am, and found that the 2 tentages built in front of the house were so beautiful. They were in pink and red. These tentages somehow, remind me of the white tentages that were in the same place some 8 months ago when my grandpa passed away. Anyway, choi!!! lol... That night, my relatives had a pleasant surprise for my 3rd uncle, whose birthday happens to fall on that day.

I was assigned the 'camara man', even thou i'm not a professional one. Yes, there's one in the bride's side, but i have to do a video recording of the event on the day. There's only an extra battery thou, as my uncle forgot to bring the charger.

I never slept for the night, getting ready at 4am, before moving off in 4 cars at 5am. I was in this porton gen 2, and their speed on the road from Segamat to kluang was devil-ish. the top speen going at 160km/hr on the small roads, overtaking cars at will. The bride's car, also, playing the show "Fast and Furious 5".

We reached the bride's house at 6.20am. Very early, but with the breakfast + waiting + neverending games + waiting +waiting + waiting + waiting = sun already almost a quarter up in the sky.

We flew back at that speed again. And know what? i was dead tired, dosed off on the sofa before retreating to the room to sleep and sleep. lol..

Anyway, we had vegetarian for the whole day, and of course, my favorite ayam special from the stall at the roadside when the clock struck 12. haha...

So below are the photos, as i'm lazy to narate thru the whole process. =p

The newly wed offering tea to my grandma; notice how much my grandma has aged from all my previous photos posted?
The bride and the bridegroom (my cousin).

See me faithfully doing my task in the background? This is the tea custom in Kluang, the bride's house. How generous of the bride's mum to cook up deserts and breakfast for us and also giving each of us a red packet.. lol

well, this pretty lady on the left in my cousin, also the bridegroom's sister. The gorgeous lady, who is the most beautiful lady in the world, of course is my mum.. hehehe =p

My cousn and me. This photo was uploaded into the facebook, and i received some comments and messages from concerned friends asking me if i had married? lol.. probably the culprit in this photo for that misconception is that 喜喜.

Okie, thats us again.....

And here, u can see my 'cute' sister with my cousin.

Charm: Life's a standard procedure. Everyone's taking the same route, only at different times of their life.

Game or moral Etiquette?

All these years, my passion for basketball has never subsided. Once in a while, i'll visit the basketball court with a basketball in hand. I'll let the basketball interact with the basket, while my shoes aggressively kissing the floor.

I can still vividly recall those times when i roam the basketball courts with my basketball buddies during my secondary school times. We played the game on anywhere where there's a basketball court. However, we do have 3 places whereby we trained particularly: Kebun Bahru CC, Ang Mo Kio CC and one of the street courts in a park near Kebun Bahru CC. This street court is the place we called our secret training place. The floor of the court is constantly littered with dried leaves, branches. In those days, we do have some pia kias playing opposite us, but we never had a problem with them, while being friends with them.

This evening, I met Andy forthe game near his house. This is also a place i frequent often: Potong Pasir CC. Lovely place with some good players. However, upon reaching there at 7.15pm, we realised that the whole basketball court had been booked by a company for some kind of trainings for their upcoming tournament. Therefore, Andy brought me to another court, one which i had not seen nor play for years, dating back to my secondary school days.

The court still littered with dried leaves, branches. But this is not the one we i played years ago. This place is located in bradell. I'm of course excited. even thought the condition there isn't that great, the game is. After some shootings, we were in for a game, with some small ah bengs who seem like 17 or 18, with 1 wearing an ITE College West shirt.

The game went on for 11 points and of coue we won. The bengs wanted a second, and we gamed. Towards the last few points, they started playing VIOLENTLY, scolding vulgarities and in the end threw the ball at me.. lol.. u know what? It seems like years ago that i had last seen someone that is such a bad loser. Hmm... of course, i sensed the 'fire' burning and proceeded to take my basketball which i parked on the pole. Upon reaching my basketball, i felt another basketball hitting me hard. That was when i realsed the 2 round boys who look like bowling balls were trying to pick a fight on me. lol.. i grit my teeth with the intention of not getting into any involvement in fight with them. i gave up the game with them, with a last point to go, as i do not want a fight to happen. Moreover, even though they are only 16 or 17 or even 18, they have their 'head' with ang kongs standing some distances away but seems like they will come and join in if a fight broke out. Again, i grit my teeth, swallow my pride, i walked off. And what happen to Andy? He was still there trying to 'reason' with them.. lol... how can u reason with ah bengs? they wun be ah bengs if they can reason... they only noe about fights and sei at thet age... lol... i pulled andy away, and we both walked off... while on the other end, they hurled all sorts of dilect vigurities like chants or erm... lyrics of songs.. anyway, while walking off, the only thing on my mind is not to get involved in a fight now as i do not want any injuries, due to my test on this coming friday. I need to study right?

Hmmm... even though basketball is a game, and i always love winning while hating the other end product, this incident left me thinking...

Are these guys not game enough or do they lack moral etiquette (sportsmanship)?

U decide...

Charm: The only quench for my thirst is Winning. Whats Yours?

The beginning of an end

I'd been wandering around blogs of some friends of mine, checking out their posts. I came upon this post whereby this friend of mine posted what she thought of the company, which; by the way, is the company which i'd worked for the past 8-9 yrs.

I do agree with her on how some HR personnels handle their staffs while thinking of the just trying to cut cost.

Okie.. so this is how my company works:

The company distributes lots of brands of perfumes in Singapore. However, during the good times, the company wasted good money on non-sales part-timers who are just a losses to the company. Eg, having more than 6 sales person on 4 brands; whereby just 3 good ones will do. out of these 6; probably only 2 are sales orientated, 1 talkative but no sales while always eating snakes and 3 useless, salesless sales person.

Next, a waste of resourses on trying to market 'known' brands on 'Losses' places such as the one outside HMV. okie... so, probably u think that its for the branding kind of stuffs.. but how do u explain a setup cost of probably more than 15k for a 7 day period and this going on for a year or so? well... probably this will indeed increase the branding but how many of this promotions there indeed earn $$? moreover, not being a sole distributer now also has its disadvantage on the brands u try to throw money on their branding.. Yes, branding; even thou i study maketing, i won't agree on how they are doing it.. coz, customers know whats there for the brand but they buy, while buying from little india, mustafa, lucky plaza, whereby some of them are not even taking the products from our comapny..

Now, recession looms around while the company cuts costs. Cutting part timers to 2 per division is serious enough but how do u explain the fact that they hire new staffs who are part timers while not using the more experienced, sales orientated, proven sales person like me? lol... isn't that a 'throwing money' kind of contradiction? Hmmm.. i feel so ____, that i had gone back to the company to pay back the favor while not accepting a higher paying job.. but nvm... the forest is not just having that tree... i'll start looking for another job, freelance or part time... so if u guys do have any recommendations, haha... u can leave down a message to me of give me a call.. =p

Charm: Being loyal is a virtue only to have it being respected by the other party.

What is your true fear?

I was browsing around some of the blogs when i came across this from Wen. Quite interesting... so i took 5 mins to complete it...

What is your True Fear? Your Result: Disappointment   You are a fun-loving, energetic, and cheerful person. You love adrenaline rushes, and going out at night. You constantly have to be having a great time to feel completely happy. Your biggest fear is not having anything to do, or having a huge disappointment/let down in your life. You hate being sad, and if something in your life suddenly went wrong it would be extremely hard for you to deal with. Just remember that everyone has to deal with hard times. Stay strong, and pretty soon your fun, party life will get right back the way it used to be.
Being Alone
Losing Someone
Where Your life is Going
Commitment
Looked down on
Death
What is your True Fear? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

The Dec Sales summary

hey hey!!!
So i'd been lazing around thinking of doing an update on my blog, but failing to do so for the past month or so.. Hmmm... i shall place the blame on my work for the dec period, lasting all the way to the start of this month.

This christmas is not going to be a 'big' earning period for me. Why? Because Luxasia cuts the commission!!! omg... and the targets have increased!! Say for example, in 2007, the target for my tampines promo is 40k but this year? a recession period whereby people are still buying but all are cutting back their expenses? its a whopping 80k. And of course, without the pasar malam like the 2007 period, without the promo last til 23rd dec(only lasted til 21st), we did not even hit the target.

The expo metro sales is good, but we lost lots of stocks!!! U see, having a whole expo hall 5 for the sales, and they only have 6 securities!!! 2 of them at the security pt, in charge of promoters' bags and stuffs.. with only 4 of them in the hall!!! and they are not patrolling. they were places at the entrance, ging out shopping bag and the cashier, directing the human traffic!! OMG!!! no wonder lots of stocks are lost! a whole 10k of stocks!! hope that we the promoters dun have to pay for it..

And i'm really impressed at the rate that i worked for the whole dec period... i worked more than 14 hrs daily for a period of 24 days with 3 days of normal shift!! haha..

I have more stories.. will try to update by this week!!!

Charm: Cutting cost by cutting commission of promoters isn't going to help increase revenue of company; promoters will get less motivated..