Wish Me Luck - Part 2

Hehe... thanks for all the luck~

I'm gonna go for Round 2 of the GPO selection on 10 July 08 at 4pm!!

Hope I would not drift off mentally cos it's after my 24 hour duty that day.

Wish Me Luck Again!!

My Best Friend's Wedding (Photos)

Here are some wedding photos of my buddy and her hubby taken at the studio... I only chose 4 out of the many photos that she offered cos these are considered the most normal photos of her hubby (too much photoshop effects look weird lah *haha*).

Anyway, my buddy look awesome and gorgeous in her gown, especially the light blue nite gown she's gonna wear for her wedding dinner. I told her I'm posting her photos in my blog and I will dedicate this post to her in celebration of her new phase in life. Can't wait for the wedding day (the entertainment portion) to come on 10th Sept 2008... *hehe*

Wish Me Luck

Remember the GPO application that I had submitted in May 2008?

I'm going for the selection assessment on 1st July 2008 with the others!!!

Hehe... wish me luck wor~

A Tragic Death

I just witnessed the tragic death of a rat... at a stall... in one of the coffeeshop at AMK Central...

Anyway this was what happened...

I was standing in front of the recently opened stall looking at the signboard thinking of what to order. There were two female staff standing at the back of the stall doing something, with their back facing me. I then waited and channelled my attention to the noodle preparing area. You know the place where they put the uncooked noodles into the boiling soup and scoop it up after that? There were a total of 3 to 4 different soup and gravy pots placed into the surface... and suddenly I saw a full grown rat scouting at the noodle preparing area and it's big lor!! I continued to look cos no one else seemed to notice the "visitor". Suddenly one plump uncle behind me shouted "hey" and quickly came up beside me (after that I realised he's one of the staff). He then tried to "scare" the rat away by flapping his hand towards it and the rat was terrified!! I saw the rat running around the surface in fear and then the tragedy happened~

The poor rat fell into one of the gravy pots (yellow and orange thick base - looked like the mee rebus gravy) and it was covered with the gravy. Then it tried to jump out of the pot but it couldn't cos it was too hollow and slippery. I saw it jumped desperately for about 3 times... and some of the gravy splashed onto the surface. There was a scoop in the pot and the uncle tried to use the scoop to remove the rat when it was still jumping... but I could see that he was kinda scared at the sight of the poor rat because he gave up the idea after 5 seconds. After that... there was no more movement in the gravy~~~

Still remember the 2 female staff? They heard the commotion and went near the noodle preparing area, but did not know what had happened. I supposed the uncle told them that "something" had dropped into the gravy because I saw one of the female staff took the scoop and tried to stir the gravy... but suddenly she freaked out when the uncle told her that it was a rat. I thought I heard the uncle told them not to use the section for the night and to clear the stuff... but none of them dare to remove the cooked rat from the pot... and they just left the rat in there lor!!

I was of cos traumatised by the sight of the tragic death and I felt so sorry for the poor rat~ cos its kids might be waiting for it to bring back some food... but it would never be back anymore~

By the way, I still bought some other food from the same stall (not prepared from that area) cos I couldn't really think well after the incident and didn't know what else to eat. Well, naturally I lost some of my appetite and after some time, I turned around to look at the stall and guess what... the female staff was still preparing noodles for other customers using the other pot at the noodle preparing section!! I supposed the dead rat was still cooking in the gravy... cos they wouldn't run the risk of people catching them scooping up a cooked rat from the mee rebus gravy bah~ imagine the whole gravy contaminated with the rat's remains *YUCKS* and the smell from the gravy spreading to other pots at the area!!

I would NEVER buy anything from that stall again!!

The Urinator

There's a "Urinator" appearing in my block recently... you can find his traces of urine along the staircases or pillars, and for your info, those are big yellow puddles, which could flow across the surface and form a stream... I only took a picture of the pillar near the staircase along my corridor... and thank God... the pillar is located beside his residence~ erm... did I just gave away his address?


Well anyway, even though "The Urinator" had added some colour (yellow colour in this case) to our block, he's kinda cute looking... cos whenever we walked pass his house, he would jog (yes... jog... not run) to the gate and look at us with a dumb look.

Oh, and a good thing about him, is that he doesn't bark like a crazy dog~

His name is "Junior" hehe... and he would usually be around over the weekends.

I Want A Break...

I want a break...

I want to go Racha (Phuket) again~

I want to stay there for 8 days 7 nights this time!!

HAHAHAHAHA... I'm so excited about my getaway trip!!!!!


** Below is the website for Racha **

http://www.theracha.com/

** And my posts on my previous trip there (must scroll to the bottom) **

http://pager21.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

Where's The Key?

Sometimes I can't help but think...

Will people still remember me if I'm no longer around?
Have I done anything GOOD enough to occupy a small space in your memory?
Am I a good friend?
Am I a good person?
What am I here for actually?

I seem to have misplaced the key to start my engine recently... and I'm kinda lost~

Life Goes On...

Gonna submit my GPO application on 16 May 2008 - last day of submission for 2008 application. Wonder how is it going to be after that... it's an annual thing, so if I dun get it this year... maybe I can try harder next year~

Well, life goes on... not everything in life can go according to what we want... and this is especially so for the past one year after I'm posted to my new environment. So many changes to adapt, so many mistakes to learn from, so much time spent on work, so many pimples on my face (the worst experience, but now seeing some signs of recovery on the pathetic face), so many projects to juggle with work (no time to attend those meetings and members started to complain about us being "too busy"... but it's a fact) and so many other stuff which I do not want to bore you further~

The whole of April 08 was like going through a black hole for me... yes I do enjoy my birthday celebrations with my pals and going Bangkok for a short trip... but I don't seem to feel any productivity in myself, regardless at work or updating my blog (NIL post for April 08!!). The whole month just brush through like that, and it's scary to know that time is passing too fast. So before I lose myself in time, I wana tell all my friends and loved ones:

"Thanks for being there for me one way or the other"
(aww... so sweet of me right? *haha*)

"Smoking Strictly Prohibited By Law"

I'm not going to ask you guys to quit smoking if you are a smoker... just wana say this to some of the INCONSIDERATE smokers >>>

"Can you PLEASE have some kind of BASIC courtesy NOT to smoke in the lifts?!"

Can't you just wait for a few minutes to light up that "stick" of yours after you get out from the enclosed metal box? Maybe you thought that the smell would not be so obvious if you held that "stick" in between your two fingers at a lower position... but our nose is not as bad as yours... cos it is really very SMELLY and UNHEALTHY!

With the current signboard in the lifts stating "Smoking Strictly Prohibited By Law", it seems useless. I wonder if we could have a more effective way of getting the message through to those smoking blacksheeps... such as installing sum kind of water sprinkler in the lift which will be activated upon the sensoring of smoke. This will definitely help them to wake up their ideas with waters from the top...

A Good Reason To Sleep More Hours

Read this news online just a minute ago... sounds very interesting and somewhat true...

TOKYO (AFP) - - Men who sleep fewer than five hours a night run greater risks of becoming obese and of having high levels of blood sugar that could lead to diabetes, a Japanese study showed.

Lack of sleep triggers a hormone in the blood which stimulates the appetite, said the study's lead author, Nihon University medical department associate professor Yoshitaka Kaneita.

"It increases a sense of hunger as well as an appetite for high-calorie food," he said Thursday, calling for people to pay due attention to how much they sleep.

His study, released Wednesday, looked at 21,693 men in 1999 and followed up to see how they were doing in 2006.

Men who were not fat in 1999 were 1.36 times more likely to become obese if they slept fewer than five hours a night on average over the next seven years compared with men who slept more.

Short-sleepers were also 1.27 times more likely to have high blood-sugar levels.

Comparable data for women was not available.

Hmm... I think it's kinda valid for me cos after I was posted to this current job, I slept lesser (much lesser than before) during the 1st few months... and after half a year, I gained some weight!! Remember I said my current weight is 45kg in my previous post not long ago? Wah I cannot imagine myself being obsese in the future if this carries on... I must start to sleep longer hours liao *haha*

By the way, dun assume that I'm sleeping more because I'm having my Disease... no lor... I only have problems waking up in the morning~

The Disease

I think I'm suffering from a very serious disease... been having it for quite a long time... and I dun tink it can be cured (completely)... sometimes I may look "healthy" for a period of time... but eventually I'm down with the disease again~

By the way, I'm talking about my sleeping habit... or should I say I have serious problem waking up in the morning, to be precise? It started way back in my Poly days... and my course-mates would rarely see me attend morning lectures *haha* but thanks to those who lent me their lecture notes to copy, so that I could pass my exams.

Then the disease followed me through my work life... and thank God I was working shift those days... cos I dun have to wake up early everyday... and it's a torture to wake up even before the first ray of sunlight appeared in the sky *urgh*

Now it's getting from bad to worse... ever since I change to a new working environment... cos there's no government (in me lah). I always say I wanted to change to a better person... by reaching the office early to clear my work... but it doesn't seem to last long~ not even more than 3 days *haha*

Will I be able to get rid of the disease permanently? I think it's still very hard at this point in time wor~ *haha*

Everlasting Love

Is there such a thing as "Everlasting Love"?

Of course there is... but it's not as common as we see it around us.

So how do we make sure that the love we currently have will last forever and ever?

Hmm... that's a tough question~ and I dun think I'm an expert in this area... but I'll definitely try my best to make mine last as long as possible~ so let me share some "typical advices" (sincerely from Ah Sze) that would help a relationship stay happy and healthy... until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand~

1. Respect your partner's likes and dislikes (just like how you want others to respect yours)


2. Talk, gossip, laugh and share about everything under the sun... especially your feelings and thoughts (remember Point No. 1 and dun be narrow-minded)


3. Understand that your partner is not YOU (everyone has their own mindset - try to understand their thoughts cos you guys are SHARING each other's lives as a couple, not MAKING other people's life to suit yours)



4. Learn to love your partner's bad points (some bad points can actually be cute in its own ways... and you will find your life much happier)


5. Tell your partner you love him/her if you really do (add a hug or kiss... but need not go to the extend of taking pictures or videos of "other actions" *hehe*)


6. Lower your EGO and dun always insist on winning a quarrel (there's no point in being the winner when both of you aren't really happy in the end - might as well spend more time loving each other since life is so short)


7. Support your partner's decision (just a little support from a love one will make a person feel loved - even though sometimes you may feel that the decision is not up to your liking *remember Point No. 1*)


8. When a couple argue, continue to love each other after the "war"... things said in a fit of anger should be sincerely apologised and not to be brought up again... no acts of violence should ever exist in a relationship... understand each other more from the argument... and be the 1st to say "sorry" when the need arise (not because you are weak, but because you are in control of the situation - knowing when a crisis should stop)


9. Life is short, so make it a happy one... love your partner when you can... dun regret your loss in the end~

Overweight

When someone is being described as "overweight" by others, it's not a good feeling... especially when that someone is not "overweight" at all in the first place~

In order to prevent such "mistaken identity" issues from happening, let me share with you on the acceptable weight range for some heights... *hehe*

Wedding Planner

Preparing for a wedding is so troublesome, so expensive and so hectic... lucky I'm only helping out my buddy, with the assistance from Shirlene of course *phew*

The couple gotta find a hotel with the most acceptable deal among 6 choices, comfy and huge enough bridal suite, spacious ballroom with the least or even better, no pillars, and then bargain with the chosen hotel for more freebies and discounts before the contract is drafted out.

Next come the bridal shop... lucky we only stopped at the 2nd one and then it was done. Hehe... anyway the couple gotta bargain for more poses in the main album (in simple term - photos) in exchange for some stuff that they do not want from the package.

Then the couple need to crack their head on who to invite and who not to invite... and had to worry about the overall expenditure incurred on the whole thing... *tsk tsk tsk*... so hor... whoever read this post and are invited to their wedding (I think none wor *haha*), better prepare a "big" Ang Pow for them... cos they had been pressurizing me (non-stop) on that issue.

It was, however an honoured role assigned by the couple to Shirlene and me, to be able to follow them throughout their whole wedding process, from the proposal up to their honeymoon... *haha*... yes! I didn't type wrongly on the honeymoon part... both of us are invited to their honeymoon trip (on our own expenses of course... you think they so good meh? *haha*)

By the way, I wonder if I looked too "capable" to them... cos I am having various potential roles in addition to the wedding planner:

1. Valet parking (dunno why also)
2. Security counter for Ang Bao Box
3. Soft drinks front-line defence for the couples (cos I'm non-alcoholic and I love soft drinks)
4. Montage assistant (supposed to come out with something special)
5. Security guard for Ang Bao Box (better dun come and hijack me hor)
6. Videographer (cos I am one during their Proposal Surprise and Solemnisation Event)

I feel so multi-tasked in this wedding preparation wor~

The Knife

I just discovered there's a knife on my back... with compliments from a fellow colleague~
I had once again trusted the wrong person... and this is just part of the bad luck I'm having since the start of the year... or should I say since February 2008 to be exact.

I gave the 3 files (1st belonged to mine and the rest were his) to him on 12 Feb 08 to help me deal with it... cos I was on course from 11 Feb to 13 Feb and since we shared the same case, so it was part of his responsibility anyway...

We were supposed to revert the file latest by 14 Feb 08 since the Deadline was 15 Feb 08.

On 13 Feb, I was on MC and I was told that he had not submitted the file yet. He said "worst come to worse, we submit on 14 Feb lor, kena scold only mah"... Ya thanks for saying that... but I will be the one to be blamed cos they only target the name on the 1st file~

On 14 Feb daytime, I asked him if he had settled the file and he said he will try and see how...

On the same day at 11pm, I received an SMS from him, asking me to send the files to see the Senior XXX on 15 Feb 08 morning cos he couldn't make it last min. When I took over the files from his desk and looked at the minute he had typed to our OC, he stated "I am assisting GPS (referring to me lah) to prepare the file for...", and the BEST phrase is this "the delay was due to GPS attending course last minute and she was on medical leave on 13 Feb 08".

#@*#@* I passed the files to him on 12 Feb 08 leh!! He sounded as if I had sought his help last minute and it was purely all my fault!! I was fuming with anger... but I only have myself to blame... cos I didn't see the blade piercing through my back~

I haven been able to spend much time at home for the past few weeks since the new year started... I remembered the Fortune Teller Master Chen said to me... that I would be very very busy with my work for this year and I should be careful with the "cunning people" (小人) around me... Hmm... this is so true~ so for those kind souls out there, help me look out for my back k?

Gold Miner

Weird Neighbour

I think I should call my neighbour ECCENTRIC instead of just weird... and I would rarely get into trouble with my neighbour unless it was really necessary cos I had never done that for the past... erm... 27 years.

Let me share a short background about him first...

I suppose he's a bachelor since he is staying alone with a male tenant. He's about 30+ years old cos he dun look young to me (neither is he good-looking *pui*). He thought my mum stole his umbrella which he placed along the corridor during the 1st few months he shifted here (he asked my mum and my mum said no, and since then he had that idiotic attitude towards us). He's got the same Espirit Polo T-shirt as me (damn!). He would do his laundry during the weekend cos he would hang alot of boxers and underwears (think about a week's supply for each type) along the corridor on the laundry stand. He would pack his rubbish in small plastic bags and leave it outside his house occasionally (think he's staying at private estate and the rubbish collection car would bring his rubbish away). He never smile at either of us, except for my late father cos my mum told me he did (but his tenant does and I do smile back... thou I may look kinda "attitude" at times *haha*).

Okay back to the main point that trigger my decision to post something about him.

On 28 Jan 08, Shirlene came home after her work around 11pm odd. As she had forgotten to bring her house key, she had to knock on the door to get my mum to open the door for her. It could never be those kind of loud banging cos she doesn't have strong hands, and we all know that *haha*. Suddenly, that ECCENTRIC fella opened his wooden door and commented in English "Purposely knock the door so hard in the middle of the night, not the first time already, always like that". Hello, not the 1st time?! I think maybe got something knocked onto his head frequently bah... that's why he said "always like that"... how crazy can he get? He better dun try and ignite my fire... if not *clenched fist*... *haha* dun worry lah, there won't be any Joo Chiat incident here wan... I will be nice to him and "talk" some sense into his injured head if he starts his accusation the 3rd time.

Chinatown CNY Bazaar

I guess this year was the first time I went to Chinatown to buy stuff at the Chinese New Year Bazaar... and the lucky partner was none other than... my buddy Baoli~

It was "People Mountain People Sea" (人山人海) as you can see from the photo I took at one end of the bazaar. By the way, while I was holding my Nokia phone up high to focus on the crowd, Baoli was trying to get into the picture by jumping in front of me. But hor... due to the high position of the phone, I'm sorry that the picture didn't get any image of her cos I also didn't notice what she was trying to do until I noticed a figure jumping up and down at the corner of my eyes *haha*.

While we're doing our stall-shopping (not window-shopping in this case), I saw this puppet show going on... and I quickly took a picture of it. It was kinda eerie if u keep looking at the picture thou... think maybe cos of the puppets bah~

Well, I enjoyed myself although we had to squeeze with people at some point in time. Thanks buddy!

Attention Everyone

Announcement Announcement!!

Ah Sze's current weight is 46kg!! An increase of 4kg wor~

All thanks to the support from the following persons for making it happen:

1. Shirlene (main supper motivator - almost a daily thing)
2. Baoli (weekend food kaki and "slooowly" catching up with my weight *haha*)
3. Adrian (without him, there's no supper at Geylang and everywhere else in Singapore)
4. Ping (always introducing makan places to the main supper motivator)
5. Stephen (the steamboat pusher)
6. Devon (the hospitable food server)
7. Angie (the "Mantou" kaki - referring to those small fried buns for eating with chilli crab)

However... I do hope that my weight does not go anymore higher cos "enough is enough" or else I can't fit into my clothes liao~ Just like the phrase "More Bird, More Luck", mine is "More Weight, More Fats".

The Dark Side

1st day of 2008 >>> had my fortune told by a man known as "Chen Shifu" (Master Chen)... heard he's kinda accurate in the thingy so decided to try for the 1st time in my life~ ended up the things that he said about my overall life and character were true... and he told me not to change my current job because it would turn out to be worse. I told him about my occupation eventually after he told me something about my interaction manner (kinda similar to what I am doing now) with my future kids (provided if I have lah) which would eventually end up bad for us, if I did not change it.

Then at the end, there was one thing he said about my current occupation "you only have two choices for your career, the Light or the Dark". He said what I am doing now is very suitable for me... but if I were to choose the Dark side, I would do even better... hmm~

I told the gang about it and all of us laughed. I told Baoli and Adrian about it and all of us laughed again... then the 4 of us (including Shirlene) started to think about what kind of Dark business I can venture into because we were driving along Geylang looking for a carpark lot to eat the beancurd there... so here were the posts that we came up with:

Me >>> The Boss (behind the scene type)
Shirlene >>> Marketing and PR (cos Chen Shifu said she enjoys talking and should go into Marketing line)
Baoli >>> Purchasing Department (her current expertise so she's the best person to import some "products" from overseas)
Adrian >>> Photographer (his interest), Bouncer (his size), and recently added Market Surveyor (err... Baoli said he can test the products before she "ship" them over *haha*)

Well, this went on for quite some time and whenever we passed by Geylang, we would start talking about our new venture... saying which area to set up, which building to buy over and what type of promotions to use, etc. Then the 4 of us would laugh and laugh while discussing the details and can you imagine how nonsensical we can be? Anyway Baoli suggested posting about our new ideas in my blog so that we can look back at our nonsense as the time goes by *hehe*

By the way this is the location that we had been interested in...