BaD TiMes

21oct had a sudden team meeting with the mgmt.. and it was chaired by the head who is of a higher rank than my direct mgmt.. it doesnt bode well when someone of the higher mgmt has to come and give pep talk, does it?

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basically wants us to work harder, to put in more effort, to show more teamwork.... and wad was repeatedly mentioned was 'the good times are over and bad times are here'.... o well...

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i guess most human beings need to be intimidated b4 they can move. somehow, initiative is not in everyone of us. i must say the meeting did bring some effect becuz apparently, pple r working harder and OT-ing more. but then, as always, it's juz gonna be a phase thing. human beings are human beings.. it wont take long b4 pple r back to their normal selves..

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all i can say is 真金不怕红炉火. i believe in consistency and steadiness. i believe in moving w/o pple having to tell you. i believe in taking intiatives.. and i hope the mgmt can see.

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the meeting dragged till 7pm.. and thinking it was a short meeting (as stated in the email!), i did not bring my hp with me and did not infm hubb. and.... all the while, poor hubb was waiting downstairs w/o knowing wad had delayed me.. haha.. paisay paisay..

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UpDaTes

woah, looks like oct will be the month with the lowest produce. now only the 3rd entry.. o well..

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some updates.. am going to taipei with hubb end nov! yeahh! leaving on 26th and back on 30th. travelling by jet* and accomodation will be at royal castle. airfare + accomodation < $700. good deal yea? though not as gd deal as the one i had last year when i went with yh, but still not too bad le lar.

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this trip was long awaited for. basically has to accomodate many things.. mainly tt fat boy! apparently he's only available after his exams which means after 25nov. but b/w 2dec to 9dec, he's down with some army stuff which means he cannot leave singapore. so, we can only travel after 9dec. promo every now and then, but either the wrong period, or the pricing wasnt low enuff. waited and waited and finally came this 50% discount whereby after all the surcharges, the price is still reasonable. the only 1 thing im not satisifed with is tt the duration's a little too short. 5days4nites... mmm... wished it were 7days6nites.

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hubb's neber been to taipei b4 and i know he's always wanted to go. for me, i juz wanna go away for a while, to take a break, to rest and relax. apparently taipei's the best option. not too ex and can take plane. heh ~

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taipei left me a v gd impression and my trip with yh was one of the best trip i had... i sincerely hope tt fat boy will not spoil the past experiences.. but i guess it's kidda hard la. somewhere, somehow, we'll always quarrel when we r overseas. uh-oh ~

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well, am still looking 4ward though. hope it'll be cold but gd weather :)

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coming yr end, many things to look 4ward. nxt nxt wk got a public hol, nov got my trip, dec needless to say lar, the whole mth will be in festive mood. then jan will be cny. feb will be a short mth. and march will be the bonus mth. hehe.. from now till march, at least there are things to look 4ward to.

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but talking abt bonus.... looks like there's definitely gonna be a big slash this yr. haii... anticipated for soo long, finally can receive my 1st full-year bonus.. but the last part of the year doesnt look gd at all. so many adverse news... bad economy, finance and banking sectors badly hit.. my bonus's gonna lost one huge part i guess. booooooooo ~

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talking abt the recent financial news... i really cannot understand how those investors can protest and expect the government to pay them back. those are investments lei... it's either win or lose. when win, they happily pocket the payout.. when lose, they claimed tt they r not aware and not informed of the risks involved and now they want the government to pay back. wad logic is tt? human beings r really scary creatures. nobody force them to take up the investments.. if unsure, y the hell sign and take it? juz plain greediness isnt it? once signed, it means tt u r fully aware of wad u r signing for... so wad for feign ignorance now? these pple huh.... juz plain jialek. using other taxpayers' money to pay for these pple's ignorance, folly and greed.. this juz doesnt make sense.

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okay, still need to do the self-evaluation. time to glorify myself in order to get higher bonus (hopefully). lol~

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bLinD

I hate losers...... stupid lousy losers...
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i guess i only have myself to blame.
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always thinking doing things good for others... however, pple mite not appreciate at all.
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o well.. i shld juz stop being a smart aleck.
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mmob - MIND MY OWN BUSINESS!
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InVaSiOn Of ForEigN TaLenTs

'invasion of foreign talent' - this was the topic tt my grp did during the jc project. jc was like 5 years back. back then, it was a problem. now, more so.

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went down to chinatown tdy after driving lesson to meet pa and ma for dinner. took the NEL line and there were sooooo many bangladeshies taking the train... when finally alighted frm the train, along the way, there were sooooooo many chinese..

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singapore is more and more unlike singapore. foreigners are really invading our land!!!!

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chinatown is where all the chinese go... little india is where all the bangla go.... orchard is where all the filippinoes go..... this is soooo OMG ~

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the restaurants/coffeshops/hawker centres are using more and more chinese. soo many of those waiters/waitresses/helpers r frm china. for the filippinoes, besides being domestic helpers, many work in banks' call centres or customer service side cuz they can spk english. try calling the call centres of the banks, most prob u'll hit a filippino. was @ samsung customer care @ plaza sing tt day and almost all the officers r filippinoes...

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and not forgetting the malaysians as well...... mostly in factories and beauty industry.....

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actually understandable y they r so much more popular to employers than singaporeans do. the 2 magic words - cheap and good. where else to find rite?

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sometimes i really wonder wad singaporeans can do. the top positions are held by foreign expatriates. the low positions are held by the foreign labourers. we singaporeans? nowhere here nor there. i really worry 1 day singaporeans can be soooo easily displaced tt all the job openings are held by foreigners while the singaporeans eat grass.

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i sincerely think we r not too far off frm there.

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imbalance. but somehow the government doesnt think so.

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still remb in school, the scholars are mainly frm india, china, vietnam. wad is left for singaporeans? issit tt we r so incapable tt we have to allow, or rather, invite foreigners to come in and work for us? or issit that we have no opportunity to excel at all?

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this is juz so sad.

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while singapore strives to be a multi-hub, how many singaporeans truly play a part in reaching tt aim? and... more importantly, how many singaporeans will truly enjoy the benefits tt come with being a multi-hub?

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serious business aside, tdy's driving lesson was cuii ~ almost as bad as the 1st lesson. donnoe wad the hell got into me. 11th lesson le. really no more excuses i can find for myself le, except perhaps, the sun was real scorching hot and i was too irriated by tt to focus on driving. o well. mistakes made in changing lanes, right turning, exiting frm a filter lane.. mount the kerb when going thru the crank course... making soo many damn mistakes! and... i actually mistook the green light as the red light and almost come to a stop when im not supposed to! gosh.. i must be so dreaming! i think after i get the license, i mite not have the guts to drive on my own either. argh. such a loser.

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listening to the superband finals now.. sorry, but i seriously think the 'tu zi' cannot make it.. i find the 2 gals in the grp vvvvv freakish. im sorry, no offence, juz personal views.. i really have no idea how come they can make it to the finals. and... i guess they'll emerge as the final winner.. wad is the world coming to huh? ~

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