My Lovely Samsoon

I dashed through the show yesterday, starting from episode 3 all the way through 16. Actually I've already caught 7 to 14 on channel 55, so I mainly have to watch the front few episodes, then watch - fastforward - watch - fastforward - watch - fastforward - watch throughout the middle episodes.

I still bother to watch them because I want to watch the show in sequence mah.



But nonetheless, I finished the show last night at 4am. The show is pretty ok, but I prefer lang man man wu anytime.

And I am sorry to say I am a masochist. I like to watch parts when the protagonist is painfully in love. Once they declare love for each other I begin to sian jid bua. I love shows where the female protagonsist first admit their feelings, with the guy not willing to accept. Then the guy will slowly become jealous when the female protagonist becomes close to another male character.

Ok, I very 老套.

你管我.

Happy bday to yang

I hope you like the cake and you better dont forget mine on my birthday. Ha.

On the way to the confectionary, my eyes grew moisted and my left contact lens rolled above, to behind my eyelids. I took it out and while attempting to put it back with one hand, cos I was holding my mirror in the other hand, I dropped the fucked lens!

That pair still have one weeks' life to it! Shit.

And that is my last pair too, so I went to buy contact lens just now. $70!! $10 per pair! Sigh. If only they dont tempt me with the extra pair, then I would have just needed to get 3 pairs at $35. TMD. I am feeling poor. TMD.

And how much should kanigi1 give kanigi2 in her uob account? $500 or $1000? I seemed to be spending a lot these days. I am saving less than $200 per month! I am dead meat.

No point worrying unnessarily

Oh, my last entry gave me the inspiration to write this entry.

It is really of no point to worry unnecessarily. I used to be very worried about things, thinking too far ahead and all the possible worst scenarios and exaggerating all the plausible outcomes.

Then ever since I realised that it all unnecessary, I am beginning to lead a happier life.

I ever read somewhere, but I cant find back the exact source. It is something in the line of 88% 的白担心. Among the list, the author gives a breakdown (which I cant remember exactly of course) how among your worries, some of them will never happen, some will happen but it wont be of harm to you. Some will happen but even when it does you cant control the situation, and etc.

At the end of the day, only around 12% of your worries are found and based. The rest are all wasted energy/time/effort/etc.

Hence. From then on I kept reminding myself not to think too much about anything. Or rather, I will, but I wont try to foresee the future with my mere abilities. I worry to give myself a frame of what might happen, but I will think of how to handle them when they really did occur. Before they did, it is purely speculation on my part.

BTL1.01 & BTL1.02

This entry is backdated also because I am lazy yesterday.

Despite feeling lazy, and unwilling to crawl out of bed yesterday at 10am, (I am sleepy because I slept at 2am the previous night after the karaoke stint), I still got ready to go for my lessons.

But I took a cab down cos I think I am running out of time, but it was a wasted fare, cos half the people are very late anyway. Aiyah, next time I know. =)

100mins each and I scheduled both lessons one after another, meaning I had to attend 200mins in one go. That doesnt hurt me much, cos I like to attend classes anyway.

The lessons were informative but not complete. As in not all the information is covered. But then again, the books are there for a reason. =)

I've booked my RTL two sats from now, on 11mar. After that I should be booking for my theory tests already. I am going to seek more advice regarding the procedure, for I only know as much as I have to take my BTL and RTL but what are the rest of the processes I am not sure.

But one thing at a time. Let me finish my RTL first. I am worried about the practical lessons but I think I dont want to think about them now. No point worrying unnecessarily.

Karaoke on fri

This entry is backdated because I am lazy yesterday.

Sigh, before I get started, I think I should get into the habit of taking pictures.

I went for karaoke at tanjong pagar's party world on fri. I'd never been to this branch before and I was expecting it to be more costly than usual because of the location.

It wasnt, as a matter of fact, it was one of the cheapest sessions I had been to. Just $16/pax. There was 6 of us in all. So it is less than $100 leh!

Attendance includes myself, jes, en'en, slt, and two of the company's ex-colleagues, jnce and kt.

Recently I had been less resistant to meeting new friends, which is definately a good thing. Jnce and kt are friendly and put me to ease.

I guess I put them to ease too, because they seem to like me. =)

Both of them likes to sing k as much as I do, which definately improve the chances of me meeting them again. And as far as I understand, they go for drinking sessions too, which is another plus point!

I seldom share songs with others because I cant adjust my pitch. It is like singing guy's songs, I can never sing them properly because I cant adjust the pitch. I have to key up so that I can sing them without going out of pitch at least twice.

But I shared a number of songs with jnce on fri. We would just sing alternate lines and gesture each other to take the next line.

And because my only forte in life is to memorise lyrics and tunes and songs, whenever they are stuck in a song I would help them fill the gap.

Kt sings very well. Like I told him that night, he sounds like lin jun jie trying to mimick ado. Haha. 声音很细 but trying to act 沧桑. Hahaha.

He also helped me out when I fumbled at one of the songs. Actually, I wouldnt have, because I wont pick a song that I wasnt confident in. I choose some songs that wasnt in my best-list, but unlike going with mashi, when I go out with other friends to sing k I usually only sing songs that I am at least 80% confident.

But that song that I fumbled at was chosen by kt. I bet he wants to box me, cos he picked lady's songs then he would offer to see which of us wants to take it. Although I know he would sing it himself if no one picks up, I still 不要脸-ly accepted the mike.

With this outing, I think more people with ostracise me in future on karaoke sessions. I shamelessly accepted the mike whenever I can. Hahahaha.

Slt sang 李香阑!!! And he sang very well! I swooned over the entire song, it was very mesmerising! But maybe because slt doesnt know cantonese as much as lao da does, I still think lao da sings better.

It is uncanny, slt sings like jacky cheung and kt sings like a-do. Aww.. I missed my karaoke sessions with lao da and andy!!! =)

We sang 珊瑚海 and 你最珍贵 twice in yesterday's session. Thankfully we have two guys to manipulate with, so we could resing songs. Jnce 开场 with slt on 珊瑚海 then later when kt arrived jnce sang it again with him.

I sang 你最珍贵 with slt first too, then after kt arrived he picked that song again, and of course I 不要脸-ly offer to sing again. Muahahahahah. That is my favourite duet la! Forgive me! No matter who I go to karaoke with, as long as there is a guy around I MUST sing 你最珍贵.

And 珊瑚海 is really a song that is impossible to sing la. I am full of admiration for jnce. The pitch is waaay to high for me, I surrender in fright. =P

I hope there will be another karaoke session soon with them, that is, if they havent blacklisted me. =)

I am positively angered

Adl wanted to speak to me since yesterday. She told me she as soon as I finished with ProjFRD (a project that belongs to vnc who passed it to jes who passed it to me) she wants to have a meeting with me.

I dont give a damn, I told her "Sure, as soon as my time is freed up."

Which is one of the lies I have been telling her these days. I am damn fed up with her (as she is with me) and I didnt even want to bother to talk to her nicely.

I continue to stand by my view that to work together, two persons need not necessarily to be on good terms. Vnc used to try to get me to 和睦相处 with adl, but like I already told him, I can work with her professionally, but I do not want to force myself to be on good terms with her.

What is wrong with being "colleague"-ly friendly. I think it is healthy in that way. To me, a job is a job. I dont go to work to find friends. If I did, I am lucky, if I dont, it is just usual.

I dont like to work with friends, I prefer to be working with people that I am not on good terms with so that I can air my thoughts freely. Without the worries that a relationship might be stained, I can communicate frankly and matter-of-factly.

Yesterday, I had to attend a meeting for ProjFRD, I reached back at office only at 1. Adl told me she needs me to draw 2 AutoCAD dwgs and she wants it by 2pm!!!

I asked her "You mean tomorrow's 2pm right?"

I know it is a rhetorical question, but I cant resist taking a jab at her.

She immediately said she is already trying to buy time.

I have no fucking idea how many times I've heard this phrase "buy time" over the past 3 mths. For as far as my memory can stretched, there is not one time when we managed to finish a project on the meeting time first agreed on.

Let's say a meeting with a client is arranged at 12pm. Usually by 11.45pm adl will call the client to request to delay the meeting to 2pm instead.

Excuse me, it is never my fault ok! As far as I understand, given another person, they will take approx 2 hrs or so to draw one AutoCAD drawing, but I am drawing at the speed of 1piece/hr.

Label me arrogant, I dont care, but I am fast in my work and I know it. So does adl. Hence she will give unreasonable deadlines to me, like draw 4 dwgs in 4 hours. Not even a little more time to let me breathe easier. I am ok with such arrangement, for I like to work efficiently anyway.

But recently, her deadlines are getting increasingly impossible to meet. She would give dwgs/quotations, of around 10 hours of work, at fri 5pm, and wants it on monday morning 11am.

That is only 3 working hours, but she doesnt care. She expects work to be still finished, so what can I do? I can only OT!

Back to yesterday, I reached office at 1 and she wanted the 2 dwgs at 2pm. I told her it is not possible to be finished, and she told me to try. And 1pm-2pm is my lunch also, BY THE WAY!

I told her ok then, and I went back to my seat. I eventually gave her the dwgs at around 2.30pm.


Fast forward to today, adl told me she wants us to have the meeting at 3pm. I told her ok.

At the meeting, (much was said but to properly document the whole meeting I need ANOTHER blog entry!) she said she wants to recount my weakness.

Basically she feels I have an attitude problem.

Now. What's new?

She said I should learn to take my emotions in rein and avoid hanging out too much with the 'weeds'. I have no idea who are the 'weeds' she mentioned, but in her world, everyone else are insignificant. There is only she, her and herself in her planet anyway.

So I am vaguely catergorising everyone else as 'weeds'.

She mentioned that I should not be showing her my attitude problem, then proceed to say she is very angry yesterday.

"With?" I nochanantly asked.

"With you!" She have the cheek to make it sounded like she is all correct and I am all wrong.

"Why are you angry with me?" I shrugged and inquired.

And she said she is angry because I knew the dwgs were urgently required yesterday but I had no sense of urgency. She also said that all on top of that, I was still taking time to talk to others while I should be doing the dwgs asap.

I sighed and shook my head disgustedly (with her), and recounted that:

1. If I had no sense of urgency, would I had been able to finish the drawing with 1.5hrs?
2. I wasnt talking to the rest of the people, and they are talking because it was the lunch hour. I had been drawing the whole while at my seat, only that I was also listening to the conversation at the same time.
3. Even when I joined in with the laughter upon one of the jokes, my hand never leave the mouse (nor did my glance leave the monitor).

She is obviously taken aback when I had ready answers for her. Nope, I wasnt loud/rude. I just defended myself with my reasons. I didnt even have to stop to think for a strong reason because I know I wasnt in the wrong AT ALL.

She was the one who mistook that I didnt put in my effort. Mistook is the word. I had been working intensively all along, so there was not even a single chance when she could have gunned me down.

I believed she is shocked to hear me speaking of how I feel the way she worked is unfair. I bet no one even speak to her that way before, but who cares about how others handle her? I just want to make my anger known.

I told her I do not care how others are taking very long to do AutoCAD dwgs, but I am drawing at such a fast speed mainly because I concentrated as much as I can while I am doing my work, and whatever speed that I've been working at is ALREADY my limit.

Hence, to ask me to produce 2 dwgs in 1 hour is simply unfair. And to getting me to do drawings at 6pm (on 15th), for 6 pieces, and wanting them by the next morning 9am (on 16th) is very unfair!

She digressed and said no matter how I felt, I shouldnt have given her attitude problem the next day (on 16th). The way she phase her words irks me to no returns. She was sooooo assuming and self-important, and she is again trying to boss me around.

I asked her whether she had any idea I worked until 12.30am that night, reached home at around 1.00am, bathe and did my necessary chores and went to bed around 2.30. I had to wake up the next morning at 6 am. With 3.5 hours of sleep, how is she expecting me to face the world cheerfully?!!?!?

She immediately turned meek and acted concerned, saying she knows I am very tired, and in future if I am so tired I should tell her and she would give me a couple of hours off to go home to sleep.

She think what? I look stupid to her issit? 笨蛋-look issit? If the big boss happen to ask her where did I go she sure backstab me to death one what. How would I put myself in such a precarious position?

Siao one. She thinks everyone is as brainless as she is?

I like to think I am smart.

Hence I am doing IQ tests these days.

I've got 133 at tickle,
I've got 152 at iVillage,
I've got 123 at funeducation (some stupid layout)

Ok, I am boliao.

It's a long story

I want to blog about work, but sometimes it is tiring. My life at work isnt exactly smooth, and I am constantly angry. I complain to various people and they console me telling me they know how it feels.

I dowan to be a whiner, but sometimes I cant seem to help it. Sigh. I really need to grow up and get a grip on life.

As angry as I am, once I began blogging, sometimes I dunno where to start. For one, it is a very long story. Everyday there is so much to tell but I OT so much that I cant update on time. By the time I get to this blog, like today when I siam OT, there is a very big gap in the events.

How to explain until everyone understands?

Yet I do not want my entire blog to sound like one giant anger dump. Once I get started on adl and whoever, I cant stop.

It is constructive for me to express my anger, but I dunno if it is a good idea to remember them, let's see how things go. But I predict even if I need to blog it down in it's entirety, I cant do it anytime soon. I've got theory lessons this sat and I am going to watch movie with mashi after that. Dunno where to find time to blog the story down.

See how things go bah.

Thailand buys

Not mine, I am not that fortunate to have the money to go overseas. My mother did though, and she bought me earrings!! =)

Here, as usual.



The first 8 pairs are from her. The last two pairs are actually meant to be gifts for someone else but I changed by mind.

Out of the eight, I like the 5th most. Just feel it is very pretty.

The flickr set seems to not load properly.. I wonder what's wrong with it. But I am too tired today to tweak it.. Maybe tmr. I am hitting the sack, cos I need more sleep.

What's that again?

What is the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R?

DVD-R and DVD-RW
DVD-R was the first DVD recording format released that was compatible with standalone DVD Players.
DVD-R is a non-rewriteable format and it is compatible with about 93% of all DVD Players and most DVD-ROMs.
DVD-RW is a rewriteable format and it is compatible with about 80% of all DVD Players and most DVD-ROMs.
DVD-R and DVD-RW supports single side 4.37 computer GB* DVDs(called DVD-5) and double sided 8.75 computer GB* DVDs(called DVD-10).
These formats are supported by DVDForum.

DVD+R and DVD+RW
DVD+R is a non-rewritable format and it is compatible with about 89% of all DVD Players and most DVD-ROMs.
DVD+RW is a rewritable format and is compatible with about 79% of all DVD Players and most DVD-ROMs.
DVD+R and DVD+RW supports single side 4.37 computer GB* DVDs(called DVD-5) and double side 8.75 computer GB* DVDs(called DVD-10).
These formats are supported by the DVD+RW Alliance.

What the fuck?

It's here!

It's here already, pretty fast hor?

I applied less than 2 wks ago, I should know, cos I worked alt sats and my next working sat is this coming one.

Meaning, this card is sent to me in less than 2 wks. But fuckedly, I have to pick up the free gifts at toa payoh. Awfully irritating because I wont be going to toa payoh any time soon. Shit!

It's 1.10am

I just got back from work. OT-ed till 12.30am.

I'm tired.

I dunno how many nights of OT I had put in over these few weeks, and I am seriously very tired.

I am churning out drawings at my fastest pace and I know those UFOs are satisfied with the speed.

With almost the exact words, I was telling jes over dinner earlier, "It doesnt matter to me how slow the previous person was in his/her AutoCAD skills, but I am doing it as fast as I already can.

"Thanks for being satisfied with my job performance, but can the wringing stop?

"I am already drawing at my 90% speed; any demands to get me to draw at 100% speed will only end up with me being awfully tired and hence unable to carry on further.

"What more are these people wanting from me? Why are they giving me less and less time to do my work? If I am already producing drawings in the shortest time possible, why are they reducing the time allocation? This is only so fast I can go. Any faster they will have to ask someone else to do the drawings."

How can she be giving me work to do at 6pm, my official knockoff time, and expect me to give it to her tomorrow morning?

That is at least 5 hours worth of work. Must I be staying OT every night to do all these fucked up drawings?

I dont mind doing the drawings, as a matter of fact, I enjoy doing these drawings. But they have to learn that fact that I cannot produce drawings at the same speed as they are talking.

It is very simple to give instructions, but had she any idea, at all, how much work it is exactly when it comes to actually creating it?

Stop telling me these are minor changes, not when you have no idea how to draw them. Stop telling me it would be very quick, not when you have no fucking idea how long this is going to take me.

Words and promises are easily made. But for fuck's sake give me the benefit of the doubt. Stop thinking I must be able to give you what you want.

If I did, you just happen to be having an overdose of good luck.

If I cant, congratulations. Welcome to life.

Spendings to date

I dont ususally create an entry and return to update it, but I guess this entry is special.

I want to record all expenses that I'd spent to get this dream fulfilled.

Photograph : $6
Registration : $42
Booked BTL 1.01 : $7.88
Booked BTL 1.02 : $7.88
_________________
Total : $63.76 (11feb06)

**Next important date : 25feb > btl1.01, btl1.02 lessons @ 12.00pm.**


Booked RTL 1.01 : $7.88
Booked RTL 1.02 : $7.88
_________________
Total : $79.52 (25feb06)

**Next important date : 11mar > rtl1.01, rtl1.02 lessons @ 12.00pm.**


Booked RTE : $3.15
_______________
Total : $82.67 (11mar06)

**Next important date : 18mar > rte lessons @ 2.50pm.**


Booked RTE : $3.15
_______________
Total : $85.82 (18mar06)

**Next important date : 25mar > rte lessons @ 2.50pm.**


Helmet : $50.00
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Total : $135.82 (23mar06)


Booked RTT : $6.00
Booked P1.01 : $23.10
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Total : $164.92 (25mar06)

**Next important date : 1apr > p1.01 @ 1.00pm.**
**Next important date : 8apr > rtt @ 9.00am.**


By the way, I've at least 80% set to buy a bike after I pass. I wouldnt be getting a vespa, but a gilera as recommended by my brother. A second one will cost me around 3k. All in all, this dream should be taking around 4k. I am expecting my license to cost me 1k.


Gloves : $8.95
Booked P1.02 : $23.10
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Total : $196.97 (01apr06)


Canx P1.02 : -$23.10
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Total : $173.87 (08apr06)


Booked P1.02 : $21.00
_______________
Total : $194.87 (09apr06)

Registration

Number one thing I want to say is that, I dont want to hear any opposition from anyone.

I've said before I've some wishes in life. 梦想 would be a better word.

Number one would be to save up money/borrow from bank to go study, the second would be to get a motor license.

I may or may not eventually buy a bike. Even if I do, I will only be considering to buy a vespa and not a sports bike cos I would still want to wear skirts to work.

But that is beside the point already, because whether to buy a vespa at the end of the day is not my consideration now. I will only think about it when that time comes.

At the moment, I am only looking forward to fulfil one dream, that is to get a 2b license.

I do know that it is dangerous to drive a bike. Yada yada yada. I do know ok. I will try my best not to break my any major bones.

Muahahahaha.

And for all I know, I might learn and learn but still not be able to get a license. It would be really difficult for me, and I cant imagine how nervous I would be when I need to go for practical lessons. I dont even think I can pass my basic theory. But I want a motive/goal. That would be my motive/goal for the next 12 months I guess. I am expecting myself to take more than 1 yr to earn my license, if I ever get it.

I didnt blog about it before cos I wanted to register before I mention it to anyone else. And I've did, yesterday. I've opened my acct and I've put $100 in my acct. Inclusive of all expenses, such as registration, lesson's cost, photographs, helmet, proper gear like gloves etc, I am expecting to pay not more that 1k.

My first dream will take me 50k at least. So this is really a smaller dream in comparison.

So, I will be taking my first 2 theory lessons - 1.01 & 1.02 on 25feb. =)
I am excited, honestly you have no idea how delighted I am to be finally taking this step forward to learn my 2b license. Currently only mashi and da ge knows about it, and I dont think I am going to tell anyone until I get the license.

I dont think that is going to hurt anyone cos I am not contemplating to really drive a bike at this moment.

So I am taking this license as an extra skill that I am equipping myself.

I will be updating my progress via this blog. Sigh, what do I do if I dont have a blog? =)

I am popular, yah right.

I forgot to charge my hp yesterday and today there was a flux of calls and sms. There are days when I can not recieve a single sms or call, and there are days like today, when I cant talk on the phone but it is ringing non stop.

I am not complaining of course, it is high time I ultilise my hp plan.

To think of it, I think I should be doing a self-evaluation. Hmmph.

I am so unpopular that no one ever calls me to chat. No one sms me to chat even. I feel so unloved that I think I should retreat to a zoo and live a life of a giraffe.

It has been years since I overshot my hp talk time and sms limit. Currently, whenever I need to make a call, I can just call and not worry about the talktime cos I make a call out no more than once a day. It is THAT pathetic I know.

Smses.. yah lah, I still get them from time to time, but they usually ended after 2 exchanges. Sometimes I suspect all my friends know each other. No matter they are my ex-poly-mates or ex-sec-sch-mates or ex-colleague or ex-friend-of-friend-of-friend or whatever, I bet they know each other and they slap each other high-fives when they imagine my look of disappointment when the third sms conversation dribble to a stop.

I really ought to know more people! I need more friends. I cant continue my life like this, mediocre and nondescript.

So everyone, start calling me and sms-ing me to talk to me. Or at least email me. I promise nowadays I really do reply emails and smses and I really do try my best to answer calls.

Please everyone, dont forget me!

I like this phrase

菩提本無樹，明鏡亦非台；本來無一物，何處惹塵埃？

It means to say, man have nothing to begin with, and all worries are born by man.

MC

Wooo... Had been sometime right? Remember how I would take mc at least once per month at my old job?

So far I've survived nearly 10wks without taking mc. It may not be a lot to others, but it is a lot to me!

=)

We had a company dinner yesterday and I cant resist eating the baby lobster. It is doing less harm to me than I imagine. I am expectant of my skin all turning red with rashes but so far there are just like 16million small bumps with no visible colour difference. Hahaha.

My skin is that sensitve. I've got rashes growing at cannot-tell-you-where for years and it is not healed. I think there must be more food that I am allergic to but seriously, if I give up more selection I think I am going to live as a giraffe.

Already I am not eating seafood, beef, mutton, or any of those 野味 like 山瑞，田鸡, etc. If I have to abstain from chicken, which is supposely 很毒, you might as well ask me to eat leaves from now on.

I shouldnt be eating the baby lobster cos it will cause rashes in me, but like michael say, worse come to worst today take mc lor.

And so I did. Because seafood is really potent.

Actually it is also because I dowan to go to work today. I remember once at my old job, I needed to call this customer to remind him of payment arrangements again, 3rd day in a row, but he had actually arranged to pay the following week only.

I really pity that poor guy, to be harassed by me in that way that I deliberately went on mc so that he would not need to hear from me for one day.

Today as well. I took mc because of the 16million bumps, also because I feel very tired, also because I want to siam work.

On monday, I went to a meeting with adl. The client had changes that he wants us to revise and apologised that because time is running out, he hope we can give him the revision by tues evening.

Adl immediately told him tues before lunch will actually be fine.

I am dumbstruck. I knew she is the one who offer those impossible deadlines because she wants to complete the sales. Recently I had been bombarded with projects that appear at 4pm and deadline is given as next morning 10am.

I knew for sure adl is offering attractive deadlines to clients to show them that she is highly efficient. But at the end of the day, it is me who is suffering.

But I usually wont mind, because it is typically like that. I am taking the company's pay, so I have to do my part. So even if I have to ot to get my work done, I am still ok with it.

But it is different to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. It is still different to witness how brainless she can be when it comes to giving a commitment.

Eventually, I stayed with jes till 11.30pm on mon to finish the work so that the secretary could type out a formal quotation the next morning and we can pass it to the client by lunch.

But adl intercepted the secretary with two more projects. When the secretary asked adl which project is of better importance, the one that I was doing got placed at the bottom.

When the client called adl at 7pm, she walked over to my seat and ask me how?! I told her she would have to pick up the call, and when she did, she asked me, obviously for the client's ears, "So, what time do you think you can finish the quotation?"

She is really too much! How could she have done that?

In the first place, who was the one who commited to such a difficult deadline?

Secondly, who was the one who intercepted the secretary with her own projects? As far as I know, and as far as the secretary told me, the 'urgency' was uncalled for because the projects' deadlines were given days before. Adl should have planned her time properly and professionally.

Thirdly, did she realise how bad she is making me look by pushing all the blame to me. Especially when is fuckingly not my fault?

And hence, I decided that today I should 请她吃 mc. And so I did. I will go to the doc at around 2pm I guess, then pick up my lunch too. I want a good proper slacking day, then tmr I will be energised again! Yay!

Looking forward to work tmr. =)

New bank account

I was talking to jes and decai yesterday during lunch that I think since I've terminated my extra and redundant bank acct, I want to pick up an uob acct and an uob debit card.

Uob has many good tie-ins with merchants that I am interested in, so I think it is a good idea to get an uob debit card.

So far, I havent been using much of my dbs debit card, mostly using it for atm purposes only and it is getting on my nerves. But because there is no incentive to use the card as a debit card, most of the time I cannot be bothered either.

Dbs debit card's annual membership fees is at $24/annum and it cannot be waived irregardless of reasons.

On the other hand, points can be earned while one uses the uob debit card, and the amf can be waived using the points.

I am half tempted to close my dbs acct totally but dbs' s internet banking totally digs. Anyway, my insurrance, poly repayment and ezlink are all on giro. Sheesh.

So I think, I will open a uob acct and put in 1k. I would spend within $500, and when the amt comes dangerously close to the $500 mark, I would transfer more money from my dbs acct.

Something like me #1 gives me #2 money to spend. Schizophrenically like me.

Until I realised last night that there is a mini debit visa at uob, and I like it. So 事不宜迟, I opened an acct today.

I love mini cards! But with my salary I will never qualify for a mini credit card, so I always had to make do with regular sized dbs debit card.

And there is no amf forever for this card! Now, to quote, "The UOB Visa Mini Debit is free for life. Now what could be better than that?"

Now I just need to wait for it to arrive within 4 wks. =)

Sibei Eng: I Used To Believe

I Used To Believe : the childhood beliefs site

I realised this is the third or fourth sibei engs within a span of a few days. This is to show how, I am really wasting my life away, by sitting in front of the pc an average of 10 hrs a day.

The remaining hrs are spent 90% on sleeping, 10% on whatever's necessary.

But, still this is yet another site good for wasting time, if I have any more to.

2 meetups and a new dongle

I was surprised by myself today because I wake up at 10.15 to get prepared to meet meow and camilla.

It is surprising because,

1. I am super lazy (as usual) and it is my habit to break dates
2. I slept at 4am last night/this morning after watching a very interesting 奇妙物语 2005
3. I never get up this early on non-working days

Still, I was late because I took too long to shower. I had a hell of a time trying to tame my hair with the conditioner. My fringe is ok as usual of course, because it is rebonded-ly straight, but the rest of my hay is in such a state that if too much heat is focused on it, it might just burst into flames.

I was to meet them two at kenny rogers because I missed the cheese macroroni like nuts, but eventually there is no chesse macroroni today.

Tmd.

Lao da called me when I was on the mrt to arrange to meet for dinner at sakae with andy, christy and hao. Timing sibei zhun, for we arranged for around 4pm to 5pm, and my itinery would be nicely packed.

It was a quick get together with meow and camilla, and there is not much time to talk. But because we will be meeting for dinner on 10feb, it is still ok.

On the same night, tentatively, I should be going to drink with ncn, slt and jes. So that night will also be very rushed, no?

But meow and girls always need to leave by around 9pm, so I think it is still ok. Drinking shouldnt be starting until after that I guess.

After lunch with the girls, I went tidbits-shopping at giant then brought them back to the office. I went to pick up my usb dongle at the same time.

Dinner with them 4 is, as usual, freeflow of crap.
We just spent the whole evening crapping away, eating dinner at sakae, decided to watch a movie then deciding not to watch a movie because there isnt nice shows. We sat at mac drinking ice lemon tea and eating pineapple tarts (?!).

It is true. They actually bought pineapple tarts from ntuc so that they can eat them will drinking at mac.

Weird bunch of friends I have. -_-"

Lao da drove me home and luckily andy came along. He originally wanted to follow hao's car back home. Lao da asked whether I recognise the way, and I told him I dont. I would best know, if he drives by clementi mrt station.

Eventually he drove into jurong by the tuas way (I have no idea either, why we came by that way) and I was totally lost. I may live in jurong all my life, but I only know jurong east. Jurong west, jurong west extension, boonlay, etc, are all places I've been to only by bus.

But we can always depend on andy to read the maps, and he still safely directed us to my place.

I feel a tad ashamed for not knowing my territory, but then again, I had always been known to be directionally-challenged what.

Once I reached home, I 迫不急待-ly tried my usb dongle. Bing~bong~ Works perfectly!

Now I have new ringtones. I am in love with the song 握不住的他 recently. I have to give up corrinne may's fly away for now. =)