Movie-Marathon

Just returned home from a movie-marathon earlier. Watched 2 movies one after another from 5.10pm til 11.30pm *hehehe* maybe I had too much "Ang Pow" $$ to spare on 3rd day of Lunar New Year?

Anyway, we had initially wanted to watch "Just Follow Law"... but then there was a handwritten paper pasted on the ticket booth window stating "Just Follow Law 5pm Full". We were there at 4.10pm and with a 2nd choice on mind, we chose "Ghost Rider" instead. I guess that was the 1st time I saw so many people hanging around at Jubilee, cos the cinema for the latter movie was also 90% - 100% packed (too dark can't observe much).

After the movie ended at 6.55pm, suddenly there was an urge to watch a 2nd one - "Just Follow Law" (maybe we have the 'Never Say Die' attitude or the ugly way of saying - Kiasu). Then we saw the same signboard on the booth window again~

"Just Follow Law 5pm 7.15pm Full".

Omg... but this time we decided to choose the next slot at 9.30pm *haha* how determined can we get? So we loitered at the vicinity and had our dinner before we finally got to watch the movie we wanted.

Generally it was a nice movie~ and I was able to feel a link to it - all the email thingy, rules and regulation compliance, cost-cutting and many others. But it was not just applicable in the public sector. Who dares to say that the private sector wasn't affected by all those nonsensical stuff? Raise your hand high up lor~

Oh by the way, for those who had watched the movie, who was your favourite character? Well, my vote definitely goes to "Muthu"!! Reason: There was unexplained humor whenever he spoke, and he put so much pride in his 'VIP Lot' duty although he was just a security guard.

Lunar New Year

It's Lunar New Year today!!

Woke up at 9am this morning and was so busy playing with my 2 beloved nieces aged 6 and 4 the whole day~ can't help it... since they both love me (I'm an over-aged kid ya know) *haha*

The 1st day of Lunar New Year was also a day for my relatives (dad's side) to come my house to eat, play poker cards, laugh, chat and basically just get together once a year (better than none). It's nice~ to be able to see my cousins and chat with them... and they had all grown so big now (mostly taller than me *haha*). Here are some cousins who are more interesting to mention:

1. Priscilla - the young lady who has a stomach capacity comparable to the universe. Able to eat 3 bowls of rice and she said she loves rice~ glad she's still able to maintain her figure *phew*
   
   
2. Minghui - the tallest and most macho guy among my cousins, where all of us except his elder sis, will try to refrain from standing beside him. I think my height is until his armpit bah~
   
   
3. Serene - the most demure lady who were busy entertaining my (our) nieces when the rest of us were engrossed in the Blackjack Challenge. I know it was hard work~

I'm actually damn tired right now, and I can "confirm plus chop" that if I were to lie down on my bed this instance, I'll be in my dreamland the next minute. By the way, thanks to Lawrence… for exchanging your leave with me for the night shift. Otherwise I can’t imagine how “stone” I’ll be at work tonite.

Here’s wishing everyone a Prosperous & Joyous Lunar New Year !!

The Truth

12th February 2007 - the day has finally arrived... no more postponement... and I had a feel of the solemn seat in the tensed Board-Room~

Questions were posed to me... which were more or less predictable~ it seemed like a scene where people always see in the TV or movie. I can't help but smiled to myself when I thought about it (lucky Mr. J didn't notice it).

I handled it well... since I was just telling the truth. On the other hand, he denied it... and he had someone to help him out. No big deal for me anyway~ but maybe my confidence was too overwhelming... that his helper doesn't know what else to ask me. I admitted my own lapses to Mr. J... (but I didn't tell him that I had since learnt how to protect myself after that fateful incident). Mr. J then asked me if I was aware of possible punishment against me~

"Yes Sir... I know..." (and I dun care about it anymore~ I just want to get it done and over with... this is wasting too much of our precious time... and like most snobbish fellas always like to say - wasting the taxpayers' $$)

But I was glad~ and certainly relieved... that it was over~ (I think so)

Beware of your back~ cos you won't know when people will start to stab you from behind~

Good News!!

One good news to share with everyone~

I finally got my R Bonus!!! S$4.5k wor... supposed to be mine since Sept 2006~ but some stupid system "kidnapped" it from me... and I could bet with you... they earned the interest on it during these 5 months... damn~ but nevermind, I'll treat it as a charity.

Anyway, I'm a step nearer to my goals now~ but still must clear whatever debts on hand 1st...

&&& Patience Is The Key To Success &&&

The 50-Meters Sprint

Today I made a 50-meters sprint along the pavement at Ave 9, and cruelly showed my practicality nature to the "Cas-Caller" (no real name is used in order to protect the involved party) *hehe*

This was what happened...

After our night shift which ended today, "Cas-Caller" waited for me to finish up with my audit emails cos usually he would prefer to have company since we're taking the same bus (72) back to our individual home (must specify properly). So finally after I settled my stuff, went to change, and met up with him at the lobby, we crossed the road at Ave 9 to the opposite side. We only exchanged a few words along the way... cos I was quite tired after a busy night~ Suddenly I heard someone shouted "Sze!!"

I looked straight ahead and saw two handsome guys (haha my colleagues lah~ Bin & Ta) standing about 50 meters in front of us. Within a second, I noticed they had flagged a taxi... and then the words appeared... a FREE RIDE HOME!! A sudden surge of energy immediately made my tired body run like hell towards the taxi door... and the only phrase I said to him as I darted off was "Sir, I take taxi home. Bye". I wonder how he felt... hmmm~

Well anyway, I was glad when I hopped onto the taxi... cos it actually killed two birds with one stone (for me) *haha*

I can be a Devil sometimes, you know~

The Isolated One~

This year's Annual Retreat (referring to some kind of gathering for team-bonding purpose) was somewhat different from the previous years - no presentation by us - just games and food = NICE~

Apart from relaxing and enjoying the moment, I kept my observation throughout the event...

I noticed the slight isolation somewhere~ but on the other hand, some of them were closely bonded together in their "mathematics revision group" using poker cards. Food and Games were supposed to bond EVERYONE together, which it did~ temporarily.

I shared my views with someone on the gist of being a good supervisor. Both of us concluded that the isolation might be due to the flaws from the self-assumed leadership qualities. Nope... I'm not referring to myself~

This is what I feel about being a Leader/Supervisor:

1. Don't be cocky or arrogant
2. Always respect your men, if you want them to respect you
3. Command is a must... but do it with politeness
4. You won't die if you use "please" when asking your men to do something (eg. "please be reminded that..." or "please refrain from..." etc)
5. Results are important, but so are your men
6. If you lose the respect from your men, you are only a Leader in name

I can't say that I'm a good leader... but I am sure I'm not a bad one~

Team Bravo 2007

Knowledge of Body Parts

Today I heard a real-life joke from my buddy about her female colleague~ it was damn funny...

The Senario 4 Both of them were having their Yoga lesson after work as usual.

The Yoga Warm-up 4 To place the left ankle across the right one while standing.

The Responses... (these pictures are only for reference)




77 The correct posture by my buddy... and everyone else

77 The totally wrong posture by her colleague....




The colleague had mistaken ankle for elbow, and was still seen swaying left and right with her arms crossed when my buddy noticed her outstanding posture among the rest... both of them eventually burst into laughter~

Sometimes it is very important to know your body parts in English terms...

Short vs Long

Some people like it short... some like it longer... how about you?

Haha... dun let your thoughts wander too far - I'm talking about the length of my blog posts lah~

Well I received feedback that some (or should I say most) of my posts are lengthy, and thus hinder them to read it further (or even start reading it). On the other hand, some readers commented that they preferred a more detailed one cos it'll let them "catch the ball" better. For me, I just want to share my life and thoughts with people here... just in case the unfortunate day comes where I couldn't remember things anymore, but I could still read through my own life~ or when the worse day comes... where I'm no longer around, and my loved ones could still feel my presence as they read through each post...

Well well... sounds sad huh? Hahaha... nah~ it's not the end of the world yet. I still have alot to enjoy and venture in my life... even though there are outstanding debts to clear, work to be done, and stress to handle. I'm still cool~ as always~

Life Is Cruel~ But Sweet Enough~

How many times had you spent tons of hard work on something, and the end result only took up a few minutes of everyone's time? I guess the answer is... "Always"

A moment of fame/glory at the expense of sweats and hunger~

Finally I managed to deliver the presentation earlier (5th Feb @ 1740hrs) to the Big Shots after completing my 3-days preparations. The "glorious" moment only lasted for 10-15mins. But it was a relief for me~ and I felt a huge sense of satisfaction after slogging for the past week. I guess everything went well... they were nodding their heads while I talked my way through, and I could answer almost all their queries... except for one question: "Which external auditors will be coming?" Seriously speaking, how would I know all the other big shots who would be coming over on 27th Feb 07? Moreover, I'm actually doing the presentation on behalf of my 2nd Boss, who was engaged in another activity. Nevertheless... I supposed I did a good job so far... and I treasure the chance given to me~

Before I left my workplace, I came across an email... a rather sad one... it's about a female colleague from another unit going for an urgent tumour operation at Mt Elizabeth, but the amount involved is about $90k (including $30k as deposit)!! Thus, we were all asked to help... I did... with only S$10/= available... (had been quite poor without the existence of my RB) and this is where Mr. Money showed us his ULTIMATE POWER~~

No $$ - No Talk

The world is such a cruel place to live in... and I am just one of its prey~

It's Now Or Never~

I feel happy today~

Got to see my Poly friends and finally had the opportunity to sit down and chat with each other, without the presence of their partners. Nah~ dun say I'm selfish... it's juz that sometimes I juz want to be ALONE with my friends. You dun have to worry about whoever's partner started to get bored from the non-related topic, or any couple engaging in their own world. Hmm... ok lah, you can say I'm selfish if you want to...

Anyway, we had our lunch at Vila'ge (pronounced as "V-Lah-J") Heeren, and then we went to PartyWorld KTV~ it's been so long since I last opened my golden mouth at a KTV (all thanks to Esther & Annie, the KTV Queens). Not forgetting our self-proclaimed KTV King - Errol, who indeed impressed us with his vast knowledge of songs... and nice vocals.

At Vila'ge
(Left-to-Right Top: Alvin & Ariane)
(Left-to-Right Bottom: Zhihui, Annie & Me)

At PartyWorld KTV - Room 59
(Left-to-Right: Me, Annie, Esther, Zhihui, Errol & Ariane)

Singing Halfway But Alert Enough To Pose For Photo

I would never forget the times when we played poker cards behind our Principal's office at TP - Grange Road Campus, during breaks. The whole bunch of us - Ariane, Esther, Annie, Shuzhen, Zhihui, Alvin & Errol would always hang out together, going to different Schools in TP to have our lunch, photocopying each other's tutorials when we were spilt into different tutorial groups in year 2 & 3, and copying notes when any one of us failed to attend lectures... especially me~ since I hate waking up in the morning. Well, everyone had their own life now, getting married, having babies, thinking of getting attached but haven yet~ haha... not talking about myself lah~ but all of us still looked the same - still friendly with each other.

Recently I realised I had been catching up with my old friends whom I had not met for months and even years. Guess I'm afraid of having regrets in my life...

Life is short... if you dun choose to meet them now, are you gonna see them at your deathbed instead?

Golden Opportunities

It's been another busy week for me... doing audit checks and documentation stuff.

I was given the chance by the Audit Chairman to lead a group of 6 men, going everywhere to do our checks, and instructing them on what to do, etc. I guess this was a great opportunity to prepare myself for the greener pasture in a few months time, provided everything goes according to plan.

Earlier there was another challenge for us... we were told that the presentation was on next Monday 3pm, and most of the documentation hasn't been done yet. It was a busy week for all of us, packed with Thaipusam duties, Annual D&D and other operational stuff for some of the members... how do they find the time to juggle between our audit and their work? This explains for the delay on the documentaion work.... sigh~ since operational duties always come 1st.

Moreover, I was tasked to do the presentation cos my Chairman would be engaged in another commitment. It's going to be another "warm-up" for me, to stand in front of all the BIG SHOTS and talk my way through, which I might be required to do that quite often in the future.

Hmm... sometimes I wonder if I'm lucky or what~ that all types of opportunities kept knocking at my door... except for money... Anyway, I'm gonna treasure those chances and hopefully I'll be a better person from all these experiences.

Forgive me if I'm slightly quiet these few days... hahaha... cos my mind is fully occupied~