ReFlecTioNs

haii... i think my mirror reflection is better looking than the real me. how???

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we all know tt mirrors will laterally invert the images. it all started when i read somewhere tt if you want to see the 'real' you, you have to look at 2 mirrors tt are right-angled to each other. long time back i happened to come across such a mirror and i was rather shocked to see wad i saw. apparently, wad i saw in the 2 mirrors is different frm wad i always see in the normal mirrors. from then on.. i started to suspect that wad i see myself in the mirror is different from wad pple see me. then came the phone that can take pics from rear camera and front camera. using the front camera will capture the laterally inverted image while using the rear camera will capture the 'real' image. and... true enuff.. both pics are different.

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my reflection is really better looking than myself. omg~

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this is so stunning and so depressing. ~

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okay.. say im mad.. say im boliao.. say wadever u want..

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u cant change the fact that MY REFLECTION IS BETTER LOOKING THAN ME!!!!!

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according to a magazine tt i read, the more symmetrical the left-side face and the right-side face of a person is, the more gd-looking is the person. i guess the 2 sides of my face is not symmetrical enuff and only when it is laterally inverted by the mirror, will it become better looking~.

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o man... simply depressing~

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$0.214

can anyone explain to me wad is meant by $0.214???

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numerical wise, it is $0.214. in chinese words, we say '两毛一分四'. in english, we say 'twenty-one point four cents'. but.... if in terms of real money, real coins, wad is $0.214?????

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in singapore, as far as i know, there is a dollar coin, fifty-cents coin, twenty-cents coin, ten-cents coin, five-cents coin, and one-cent coin. so..... wad is 'point four cents'????? can anyone explain to me??

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1st time i came across this term in my almost 23 yrs. was watching the mediacorp charity show for the sze-chuan quake and it was mentioned that each donation call will be charged an admin fee of $0.214. stunned~

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is there really such a thing?? maybe im not well informed. maybe someone can enlightened me? well..

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anyway.. at this mmt, i think i can only console myself with '塞翁失马,焉知非福'... don wanna talk abt wad happened.. but.. well... juz console myself ba~ haiiii...

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JaPaN DaY 5 - 15/5/2008

day 5 started with some photo-taking at the hotel....

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after tt headed down to tokyo... v diff from the prev few days (except osaka).. prev few days at the more ulu places (again, except osaka).. with no hi-rise buildings.. but tokyo is the city, so definitely more happening and vibrant.

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1st stop was to asakusa.. my fav place i guess.. many souvenirs shops lined up the streets. many many things to buy. the boxes of food... sooooo attractive. simply irresistable. but, trust me. only nice to look at but not nice to eat. and, narita airport has plenty to buy as well, so no need to buy along the way de.. juz buy all u want at the airport.. anyway... asakusa is famous for the big red lanterns..

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next was to ueno... bought a pair of shoes there. no choice, the sole of my shoes came off, probably due to the snow ytd.. so bobian, has to get a new pair of shoes.. lunch was here as well.. had curry rice..

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then to ginza.. the hi-end area. it's really boliao lar.. basically we went ginza solely for the sake of going. the guide only gave us 10mins... basically juz go there take a look.. and is literally take a look!

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finally to shinjuku... but not as happening as wad i tot leii... i think osaka more happening~ not many pple there too.. wonder y..

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dinner was not too bad. i like ~
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some nite scenes...
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then back to hotel. near our hotel there's this supermarket. so went there to take a look lor. super big supermarket.. many goodies there... *

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GrEaT NaMe But..

im so frustrated and disappointed with 'the bank tt never slps'...

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everything juz doesnt make sense and everything is juz so user-unfriendly!

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im soooo pissed!!!

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im going to call the customer service and SCRRRRRRRRREEEEEAAAAMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

PonTiAn TriP

went on a small trip to msia pontian during the 3 days hols. went with hubb and his family. his mama wanted to visit some relatives there so took this hol to go lor. the bus journey was rather far, but still bearable. understand pontian is not a city area, so din really expect too much entertainment or wadsoever. and everything was within expectations ~

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~our hotel~

~the surroundings~
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we left on friday afternn abt 1pm+. by the time we reached, alr 4 or 5pm+ le. took dinner at this seaside stall. nice food, nice scenery. shiok. but when it grew dark, it was quite hard to see wad we were eating. the food are relatively cheap. frm seafood, to a cup of corn. in s'pore, a cup of corn is $2, but there only RM2. so it's half the price!

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~hubb's 2nd older bro, pa and ma. still has one eldest bro, but he did not go~

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day 2 was to visit his relatives' hses. went to 2 person's hses. hmmm... the houses r big, but v old. and v ulu. in the inner of some ulu forest. lucky the relative drove us around.

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~hubb's bro trying to pluck mangoes~

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now to the next house...
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* looks like our hdb rite? but actually... it's not !
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it's actually a house all by itself in the forest! wahhaa~

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day 3 ..

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overall it was a fun trip though the weather was super hot. basically nothing to do there.. juz relax lor. don have to rush for shopping or sight-seeing or wadsoever. things r in fact much cheaper. did eye-brow trimming there for RM3! usually it cost me $5, but this time round, i only did it for $1.50~ stunned? and also did threading there. read frm jo's blog tt her experience was a superr painful one. but for me, it's ok lei, not as terrible as she wrote. in fact, there wasnt much pain except for the forehead part where the lady told me there's more hair there. gd experience~

*din have enuff time to do somthing to my hair. but anw, i also don know wad to do to it. ha~ i guess i now know y so many m'sian like to come and work in s'pore le. the dollar really grows bigger. i realised my dollar is so much bigger there than here. my purchasing power increased so much. take the corn for example. with $2, i can only buy a cup of corn here. but there, i can buy 2 cups. perhaps, one day, if i earn enuff and time for me to retire, i mite consider moving to m'sia. buy myself a big car, a big hse and juz r&r there. in s'pore, it seemed tt we r more 'glam' and well-off, but in fact, we r all slogging for the high std of living here. things r getting more and more expensive.. everything rising except for payroll. how pessimistic can things get?

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anw, tmr's getting back to work again. jiayou everyone~ work hard, WORK HARD!

AfteR-ToTz

today's the last day of the negotiation skills course. yeah, no more travelling to tampines, but also no more escaping from work. after monday's hol, next hol will only be in aug le. june and july both no hols. haii.. time to really catch up with the productivity and time to 'chase' back wad i'd missed.

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interesting facilitor who bought us drinks and tidbits to 'celebrate'

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and tt's my cert.. din know there'll be a cert too. maybe that's where the $600 goes to~

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actually, besides wad the course taught, there are also many other things which i realised only after attending the course. i realised.. i really do not know alot abt the banking industry. i realised.. im really like a little froggie in my own little well. i realised... there are sooo many pple whom i didnt know. i realised... i really didnt bother tt much.

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juz this afternn, during one of those chats.. this lady asked me 'who is your head?'. being the little froggie, i told her the name of my immediate head. then she said 'i mean who is in charge of ur division?'... then i cannot rem the name and i told her it's Mr so-and-so. then she said 'no, he's the sector head. i mean the division head.............................'

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i think im juz too embarrassed to admit that i actually cannot differentiate b/w sectors, divisons, departments and the blah blahhhh, and i actually do not have a damn idea who is in charge of wad!

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and it's amazing how when one name is popped, all the rest except me can acknowlegde.... seemed to me tt they all know who r the big-shots in the company. who is the head of wad, they also know... who is this, who is tt, they also know. suddenly, i feel that i really know nothing. but then, i also dont understand wad is the need of knowing so many things lorr...

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for me, a job is a job. i go there on time, i do wad is expected of me, i knock off at the time im supposed to and when the payday comes, i receive wad i deserve, tt's it. everything is vvv clear-cut to me. so long as i think i can take it, so long as my bosses and my colleagues are ok, so long as the pay justifies, im perfectly fine. y bother abt sooo many other issues?

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i think the main prob here is tt: wad others think is an issue, is not an issue to me.

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tt worries me.

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it either means tt im a super bo-chup person, or i dont know wad im doing at all. worse still, maybe it simply reflects tt i dont use my brain and think.

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haii. the only excuse i can give to consolate myself is the fact tt most of them are old-birds with >1yr experience in the company. so naturally, they'll know alot more things abt the company and industry than me. and wad's more, most of them r >25yrs old, which means they have been working for a few yrs already. it's only right for them to know much more than me who graduated 10mths back and who worked for only 9mths. right? right? right???

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but seriously, i cant bring myself to talk abt work with them. im so worried i'll make some senseless and silly comments. most of the time, i dont even have the slightest idea what their dept is dealing with, so i really dont dare to talk and make comments. haiii.....i guess it's time to read up more.

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haii. confused. i really feel soooo small in this big organisation. i feel so 'un-armed'.. i feel soo.. soo... soo dont know wad. i juz feel silly la. someone who doesnt know anything. feel soooo dummb ~~~~~

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NeGoTiaTioNs Skillz..

went for the course - 'negotiation skills' tdy. the venue was at tampines.. gotta leave hse abt 1/2 hr earlier than usual. the place was so darn hard to find. actually it was easy, juz tt i had neber been there b4, so 1st day damn galan-gabok.. lucky i was early.. can spare the time searching.. else don know late like wad liao ~ i think im also quite dumb lar... i came to this place where i saw citibank and the stand chart buildings... but i did not see my destinated building.. then i tot i was at the wrong place and i walked all the way back to the train station, hoping along the way i can see it. finally bobian, still cannot find, had to seek help from the officer at the station control.. and then i walked all way and finally saw the damn place.. it's right beside the citibank and stand chart!!!!! how come i saw citibank and stand chart but not tt building leiiii???!! sometimes i really must learn how to open my eyes and look FAR... dont assume so fast... could have save myself so much yuan1 wang4 lu4!

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in the end was all sweaty... and was alr 8.35am... but.. despite the timing.. i still went ahead with my mac breakfast plan.. which was another mistake -_- .. rushing thru the meal and dumping the tea away (bucuz it was too hot and i did not add enuff sugar... ) was one thing... the main thing was, snacks were provided during break time at 10.30am! kaoz.. could have save myself the $6 lorr.. i should have asked my colleagues earlier... how dumbo! tmr im not going for any breakfast liao.. shall take full advantage of the snacks!

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made it in time at the end.. rushed like mad.. when there were pple who came in only at 9.40am.. so best.. buay paisay~

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the course wasnt as boring as i tot.. and time did not pass as slowly as i tot either, which was a gd thing. the facilitor looked abit like my japan tour guide, juz tt the taller, bigger, and bespectacled version. the best part was.. the course ended at 5.20pm! by 6.30pm im already home, when usually, it was only my knockoff time. lol~

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the games were quite fun lar.. see? im one of the top scorers in the game in the 1st pic. *blush* and 2nd pic.... the question was.. "wad image comes to your mind when u think of the word 'negotiation'..." my pic was the one in green. v outstanding le ba?? wahhaahaha~ okok.. bhb i know..

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2 interesting surveys to bring home and do. tt kind to test ur personalities etc. hopefully day 2 and 3 will be juz as fun.. and can go home juz as early. heheh. ~

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MoVeMenTs

tmr 2 new colleagues will be joining the dept. so many movements..... pple resigning, pple transferring out, pple transferring in.. may will be the bonus mth for the employees under union... bet after the payout, many will leave. can expect yet more movements to come.... sooner or later, when all the old birds leave, 'mid-newbie' like me will 称霸 le! whahahhaha!

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will be training one of the new colleagues tmr. haii... will take up my time and might not be able to hit targets again le.. last mth already trained one new colleague and tog with the jap trip, i already missed my target while most of the others achieved something. this time round again have to train new pple ... haiiiiiiiiiii.... imbalance~ it really doesnt feel gd when everyone else got something and u dont and u know it's not ur fault.. ok i shouldnt be like tt.. but then... the incentives really quite attractive one lorr.. if not for the training, i would have achieve at least the min payout. argh!

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and.. will be away on course frm wed-fri. all along i wanted to go on course cuz can take a break from work. but now.. i think i'll rather stay at work than go for course. really wish to hit the incentives lar.. and.... im really worried i will fall asleep.. ZZZZzzzzzz... if im not wrong, it'll be in tampines... gotta wake up real early liao.. i juz hope it'll end earlier than normal work. hmm..

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HaPpY MoThErs DaY

happy mothers' day to all the mothers in this world. celebrated for mum at geylang's G7 seafood restaurant.. soh soh went too.. so effectively, there were 3 mothers present. lol~

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last yr mothers' day celebration was at la0 beijing.. i rem i bought perfume and face cream from taipei for mum. so fast one yr le... mmm... and.. last yr de now, i should be spending the 10days in hk.. haii.. one yr le.. cannot take it man.. ~

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