Im HurT

B.U.A.N.G

*

it's funny.. i tot im prepared for it.. but then... when it happened, i still do feel sooooo sad...

*

everything was fine. though the warm-up lesson did not go smoothly and tt lowered my morale abit, but it wasnt all tt bad. yet. the TP came in one after another and called out the students whom they were allocated. then came this big size malay guy and i was hoping to myself tt im allocated to him cuz he looked friendly enuff. and true enough, he called out my name and told me i was allocated to test route 1. my morale upped abit.. gd TP, gd test route, gd weather..and in fact, i wasnt nervous at all.. seriously, nothing should go wrong...should..

*

1st station was the S course, the one tt i buang-ed quite badly during the warm up lesson and the one tt im most worried abt in the circuit. amazingly, success. then to vertical parking. success. then to slope. success. and then.....................................

*

D.I.R.E.C.T.I.O.N.A.L C.H.A.N.G.E

*

buang. madly. hopelessly. pathetically. mercilessly.

*

i really don know wad happened. i managed to get into the slot... but then when exiting, i stroke the kerb. morale nose-dived. then i tried to reverse, wanting to go back into the slot so tt i can try exiting again... but then..... i stroke again.. and i knew it was game over. worse thing was.. i was stuck there for soooo long!! there was juz no way i could get out from that silly position. i was literally trapped. TRAPPED! kept striking the kerb until the dear TP finally assisted me in getting out. OMG!

*

*

the kerb was at the door 'knob' when i turned. i looked carefully le. so y should it hit the kerb??????! i really don understand y. and.... it was really no help when little miss silly (illustrated with the red car) drove in and waited for her turn to perform the d.c when im not even out of the slot!! y she sooooo gun cheong leh?! she only L plate leh... cant she or her silly instructor see tt im a LL plate??? y they wanna come in and disturb me lehh?? they must be sooo amused to see how i buang-ed at the silly place.

there was no prob with the rest of the circuit. to the road also no prob. not many cars.. and even the most dreaded u-turn and right turn also no prob. everything was perfect except for the darn directional change.

wad happened?

this had never happen during my practice. so y now?

gosh.

on the way back, i was still carrying tt faint little hope tt perhaps the TP will still pass me cuz basically it's only the d.c which cmi. but..... he did not.

okay.. not his fault, not tt silly girl's (or her silly instructor) fault. it's plain my fault. im juz l.o.u.s.y. i should have stayed calm the 1st time i stroke and think of how to correct it. but i did not. i juz allowed myself to buang all the way.

boooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

im hurt. juz becuz of a directional change. so much for doing soo many silly things b4 the test. it didnt pay off at all.

when will the 2nd attempt be? im a little too demorlised to try again. it's juz too much to bear.. perhaps i should juz end here...

argh

*

FiNaL LeaP

I don know wad im feeling now.... nervous? confident? scare? worried? oblivious?

*

time to start counting down.. it's nearer and nearer....

*

it's really no big deal u know... so many pple did it b4.... aunties, uncles, pple who r younger than me... if they can, y cant i?

*

been praticising for soooo long and doing the same old things soooo many times.... there is no reason y it should go wrong.... right????

*

so long as i remain calm and nothing cocks up... i'll be perfectly fine.

*

but y do i have a feeling tt i wont be able to sleep tmr nite..

*
uh-oh ~

*

*

ChrIsTmAs Eve anD ChRisTmAs DaY

had a super memorable xmas eve and xmas day this year.

*

how?

*

eve knocked off at 3pm.. hubby came fetch me and we went home to put down my stuff.. nua and played with little tricia till 7+pm and the next destination was to bukit gombak to take my driving lesson.... after lesson, we headed down to JP, wanting to catch some good food.. but then... almost all restaurants closed shops le.... ended up @ mos.... and hubby kept nagging @ me.... as if it's my fault..... took train home and countdown was perhaps @ the bus stop while waiting for bus. waited and waited b4 we realised there's no more bus service le.. then took cabby hm and tt's so much for my xmas eve...

*

tdy same thing. lesson at 12.30pm. after tt went JP again and ate at the LAI LAI restaurant... taiwan food..... wanna compare with the 'real' taiwan food we had when we were in taipei and yeah... it's not bad. shopped for a while.. then went IMM b4 came his hse for dinner and now blogging with his computer..

*

sad hor? so not happening.. (hopefully by new year eve things will take on a 360 degree change. hopefully)

*

wad to do? TP is on tues... OMG. i need as much lessons as i can now... so have to sacrifice xmas eve and xmas day. poor hubb though.. gotta wait for me while im away on lessons.. wad to do when u have a gf who has coordination prob and slow reaction?? he got his license 1st try and only after 19 lessons. i once challenged him, saying i wil get it after 18 lessons. however................ haii.... don wanna talk abt it... juz pray and will continue praying.... and... i need psychological preparation..

*

xmas eve office party went smoothly. being one of the 3 organisers, im quite proud of it. photos will blog later.

*

and did JP went for a makeover? it's so different now. JP1 and JP2.. cool... almost as big as vivo liao.... not bad not bad..

*

*

Merry (?) Xmas !

singapore flyer cocked up for >5 hours. passengers r trapped and they r 'rescued' by strapping them with the safety belts and slowly level down to the ground level.. i cant imagine wad will happen to those trapped in the top cabins.... perhaps they should send a helicopter and fetch all the passengers huh?

*

called kfc juz now to advance order the food for tmr's office party. and they said they r not accepting anymore orders islandwide for tmr cuz all orders already jammed up. stunned. got business also don wanna do? issit the 1st day they r in business and is this the 1st xmas tt they r going thru? i cant believe tt the resources r so limited tt on 23rd, they already stop taking in orders. MNC? well-established? crap. be prepared to receive my complain email.

*

no more work on sat cuz of the payout conflict. but now, gotta produce 3 days ot per week and the ot r not cumulative. all my time there, i only tried once 12days ot... and tt mth, i was soo shag tt never again did i do 12 days ot.. yet now.... like it or not.. u have to do it. haiiiii ~

*

now festive period, still got excuses not to clock 3days per week. but come jan, feb, march ..................... how???????

*

this is juz so sad..

*

anyway.. merry xmas to all. and may 2009 be a better year for all of us.

*
*

TaiPei 2008 ParT I

time to blog on the taipei trip. unlike the bangkok trip which we were quite late for checking in, we went to the airport super early this time for fear tt we wont get joint seats on the plane (which happened during the BKK trip, lucky the guy changed place with us!) went shopped at the DFS, took some pic at the december airport..
*

the v expensive rice... abt $7 per plate.. and it's cold!!!! is tt the way to treat consumers?? really wanna 'dock' foreigners...

it was super cold in taipei. though i was warned it'll be cold, i only brought along 1 sweater and 1 long shawl and my clothes were all short sleeves. tt time went japan, i was also told it'll be cold, but then it wasnt all tt cold at all. in the end brought too much clothes. so this time, i learnt to be smart. but then.. it turned out to be smart aleck.. cuz it was really v cold.. and i truly regretted not bringing more..

the 1st place we went was ximending.. of cux since it's closest to the hotel... the smelly tofu which in fact was quite nice... and not all tt smelly.. mmm.. ~ yum yum

*

2nd day at longshan temple and sun-yat-sen memorial hall....

*

*

hey! a phenomenal sight! wad's tt on top of taipei 101 ?????????!!!!!

*
take a closer look.....

*

it's a plane? no, it's a bird!..... NO! IT'S A KITE!!!!!
*
and yes, it's a kite! there were many children on school excursion i suppose... then they started playing frisbee and flying kite on the big space...... and this silly boy decided to buy a kite and 'showoff' in front of the kids and yes, he did it.. the kite flew real high till the kids came over and asked him for help to fly their kites.. but to no avail liao.. apparently gotta run super fast and far in order to set the kite flying and the boy was drained liao... lol

*

*

freakish weather though... sunny and yet at the same time cold... mmm ~

*

nxt was to taipei 101... paid abt sgd20+ to go up to the top levels.. tried on the world's fastest elevator as well. apparently take only a few secs to go up to 80+ levels..

*

the sun-yat-sen hall from 80+ levels down..

*

*

taipei from the top of 101..

*

*
nite time was to shilin nite market..
*

3rd day to cks memorial hall....

waited for the marching but in the end nothing took place. asked the in-charge there and they said there was no more marching ceremony at tt mmt.. diao.. then we went to look at the exhitbitions instead.. din know there were so many exhitbition halls in the building.. mainly abt cks...

after that was to wulai old street... quite a nice place. quiet, ulu, peaceful, cooling.... tried out the aborigines food as well.. the bamboo rice's nice!

*

it was ultra super cold! lucky at wulai, managed to get something real cheap. hat + gloves + scarf = NT100 = SGD5. woohoo.. good deal. kept me so much warmer after tt. :)

*

*

the boar meat... erm... tougher than the pork.. not all tt fanstastic..

*

and the day ends v early in taipei. abt 4+ sun will set le. by 5+, the sky will be dark le, somewad like the 7pm sky in singapore. and.. it's superr cold! in the day got sunshine, but still v cold. really quite freakish.

*

all rite, tt's all for now. when got time will continue with part 2..

*

*

AnDy LAu

andy lau's concert for the past 2 nitex.... but i attended none... boohoo!!!!! am i still a fan of andy lau?
*
hubb said nxt time we'll fly overseas to catch his concert..
*
i'll draw a ear on the wall 1st..
*
we shall wait and see.
*
*

HaPPy BiRtHdAy MummY ~

it's mum's bday 12dec. celebration was at little bali village restaurant, somewhere ulu, along the road next to where river valley high school now stands. yummy food and reasonable pricing. higly recommeded. happy birthday mum!

*

tmr no need to work. yea! mgmt pending for some replies from HR w.r.t our payroll claims and hence b4 HR can confirm on that, mgmt decided not to activate us tmr. yeahhh! am soo soo tired. soo glad i still have my sat to sleep in late. but next wk wont be so lucky le. 6days week?? ever since i left IRAS, there's nothing known as 6days wk. sadzzz ~~~

*

xmas and cny coming... so many things to shop for. mmm... tired and no $$$. how huh??

*

can i juz stay home and avoid everything and everybody? i wanna be a little hermit crab.

*

if only it's tt easy.

*

*

PooR SaTurDaY.......

we r made to go back to work on saturdays

*

this is so amazing

*

juz like in school days.. when the curriculum cannot be completed, the teachers will make u go for extra lessons during the sats or school hols..

*

juz tt extra lessons r at most for 2-3 hrs.... but for my work on sat, it's gonna be frm 9-3pm..

*

it's more than half a normal working day

*

wad can i say?

*

time is bad and we need to work extra hard

*

im juz a small little fly

*

besides complying, there's nothing i can do

*

or is there?

*

*

BroThEr's ROM

5 dec was bro's ROM day. wahahah. finally :)
*
the solemnization was held at a restaurant in Novotel... cant remb the name though... ~
*

tada! nervous, werent they? *

introducing my da sao... rachel ~

the naughty little tricia

cousin min
*

so, all the very best to bro and sis in law. may blissfulness be with them always. :)
*
*

HaPPy BiRtHdAy HuBby PiG

it's hubby's 24th bday......

*

simple affair, dinner at rajah inn then cake cutting at my hse.

*

happy birthday hubby.

*

may u have all that u wish for :)
*

bAck. hEH.

am back in town.
*
time passes sooooo fast.
*
time to come back to reality and work hard again.
*
boohoo ~
*
irritating boy nxt to me.
*
stop hurrying me, will u ????
*
i still wanna buy the DFS perfumes!!!
*
whahahahh ~
*
*

To TaiPei

blogging frm changi airport now. boarding in abt another 15mins time. juz ate a plate of chix rice which costs $6.80 and a can of drink which cost $2. i feel like a carrot cake !!!!

*

okay, so there.. will be back 2dec late at nite.

*

bon voyage!

*

*

EvaLuaTiOn TesT

had the evaluation driving test today.. somewad like prelims in school... or mock exams~

*

quite demoralizing.. cuz i tot im ready le... but the instructor pointed out soo many errors. he even said i should have opted for auto car instead of manual car and tt if i want to change my mind, i still can do so... and he said, if im not confident enuff, i can always delay my test date... wad is he trying to hint huh???

*

he also said i needed at least another 10 more lessons b4 i can take the test. haaaaaiiiiiiiiii........

*

looks like i better buck up liao. really wished can pass the very 1st time round.

*

it's really sucky being a L plate. all those silly crappy rules... who the hell will follow them when it comes to real driving??? stopping at the stop line???? c'mon lorr.... even the police car did not do that!!!!!

*
it's juz like cheating little kids in school. remember how the teachers said must raise ur right hand when crossing the zebra crossing? and when crossing traffic lights, must turn ur head right then left then right again????? those r all craps arent them? no one does tt, for god sake!

*

as a kid i alrady think teachers r making a fool of me... and now.... how to comply????

*

i really must get out of the bloody L plate state.... SOON!

*

Okay, 1 thing to share.. the instructor said there's also 10 commandments in driving and the 1st thing is 'TO LOOK FAR AHEAD'... lol ~

*

quite an interesting guy.. too bad he doesnt coach.... if im under him, i guess i'll learn better. hmmm ~

*

*

@ WorK

something happened at work and i felt v bad abt it. there's this colleague who joined in may. i was the one who coached him when he 1st came. during the coaching period, i already find him quite presumptuous. apparently he likes to assume alot and not really following wad im passing down to him. tt time already not v happy with him, but it's wasnt tt bad until some time later...

*

beginning he joined us for lunch. but along the way, he made so many of us unhappy with his silly comments, tt we decided to exclude him frm our lunch group. we'll go off silently 5mins b4 time and leave him behind. eventually, he also gave up and now he lunches alone.

*

along the way, i start to dislike him more and more. besides his insensitive comments, i find him v wayang and a darn slacker. also, he forgets many things which i've told him and he'll claim he doesnt know and tt puts a v bad light on me cuz pple will think tt i did not teach him properly. i was really frustruated at 1 pt of time cuz i feel so unjustified! but i guess, ultimately, it was this conflict of interests tt caused me to dislike him so much. apparently, im assigned to do a difficult portfolio which will affect my productivity but he's not. i start to feel the unjustice because we r both of the same rank, so y am i made to kio sai and have to work doubly hard and fast in order to hit productivity while he can get the easy way out??

*

also, i find him not a keen learner and is someone who will escape at every opportunity and who will think of the easiest (but not the correct) way to get out of trouble. i dont know if it's genuine unawareness or issit pure manipulations.... 是真的不懂? 还是扮猪吃老虎?

*

our work nature requires teamwork and initiatives, if not it's easy to cause teammates to be kenna bombed by customers. and this colleague had caused us to be kenna bombed a few times. i remb dropping him a 'warning' email. i admit i was a little too much with tt email. hence, subsequently, whenever he commits a mistake, my email to him will always end with something like 'if u r unsure, feel free to chk with us'. however, he seldom check things out with me. i donnoe issit tt he doesnt like talking to me, or there's nothing tt he's unsure of, or he juz could not be bothered.

*

up till some point in time, im sick of getting into trouble with customers because of his inability to follow up on the acc/s. i started cc-ing the bosses in my emails to him. intially the bosses did not act on it. until today......

*

basically tt particuler acc was not properly followed up and tt caused me and another colleague, A, to be kenna bombed by customer. i referred the acc back to him and cc the bosses. then in btw there were the exchanges of emails but throughout everything, he doesnt appear to be apologetic at all. then colleague A 'exploded' and sent him a super harsh emai and cc the bosses. the email stunned me as well cuz the tone, the diction and the color choices were juz - HARSH.

*

few mins after, the bosses asked me and him and colleague A to the meeting room. haii...

*

bosses explained to him wad should have been done to the account and wad issues tt me and colleague A have ....

*

throughout, he looked sooooo pathetic. almost like wanna cry liao. then he said in quivering tone 'i apologised to the 2 of you'... goshh... i really feel sooo bad.

*

i didnt think things will get so big till the mgmt wants to talk to the 3 of us privately. i really did not mean it to turn out tt way.

*

suddenly, i feel like a wicked witch, causing soo much embarrassement to someone who mite really be innocent and helpless (cuz everyone ostracises him!). it's not his fault tt mgmt made me do difficult stuff and not him... so y should i take it against him? true tt he did not follow up properly, but as his mentor, shouldnt i be more tolerant than all others?? shouldnt i render more help to him than all others should??

*

suddenly i feel so small, so petty, so narrow-minded. i feel so wicked. i feel like a trouble-maker. i feel like a gossiper. i feel like a back-stabber. i feel like a politician in all these office politics.

*

im sorry. i promise i will be nicer to him. i promise i will guide him along in all the ways i can. i promise i'll stop being prejudice. i promise i will be patient with him.

*

but then, i always believe help should only be rendered to pple who need help and who ask for help.

*

if he doesnt even bother to seek help, y should i so kpo and constantly chk with him if he's okay or not?

*

okay, the devil side of me is working again.

*

i feel so contradictory. but 1 thing's for sure, almost everyone of us ostracises him and he's juz 1 pathetic fellow. and... i always have this soft spot for the underdogs. o well.

*

tt reminds me of sec sch. sec sch there was this malay gal whom the whole class ostracised as well. till the xtent tt the form teacher had to step-in and talk to us. i remb there was once during some talk when i sat nxt to her. she was on my right and i was sitting in a manner tt my body tilted slightly to the left and after tt, the teacher questioned y i had to do this to the gal... i was like.. man.... seated with body slightly tilted to the left also cannot??!

*

haii...

*

*

TaiPei 2008

yeah, i've xtended my taipei's trip duration. originally we'll be departing on 26nov and coming back 30nov. but like i mentioned earlier, 5d4n is really too little... hence, we called and chk out with the airline and we juz have to top-up $45 each for a rtn air tix on 2dec. so now, we r going for 7d6n!! yeahhhh!!!! im soooooo happy! it makes more sense now. :)

*

previously din really tink much of the itinery cuz effectively, only 3 full days.. not much time so nothing much to plan...more or less will follow the itinery i had last year with yh. but now, really gotta do some planning liao. if time permits and if it's convenient, hopefully can travel out of taipei.. perhaps to kao shiung or something ~

*

2 more weeks..... finally can go away for a while. :)

*
*

英雄or狗熊

one of the UOB branches nearly kenna robbed today..
*
bank robbery.... and i thought it'll only happen in movies...
*
single man, 单枪匹马, w/o guns, w/o knife, w/o weapons.... juz a fake bomb.....
*
garang, or madness?
*
i think, it's juz plain desperation.
*

SaVinG FoR 下雨天

DBS will be laying off 900 staff to cut costs... read from papers tt retrenchment will be the last option for UOB, but cost cutting will come from the reductions in increments and bonuses.

*

uh-oh... that's not good news at all.

*

right at this mmt, 'retrenchment' is not a threatening word to me. im young, i dont have much commitments, so if i really kenna retrenched, it's not tt depressing either (except perhaps, the impact on the morale and the dignity put aside).

*

but i imagined... if 1 day, im 30years old with 2 kids (1 who is a newborn), a newly bought car with 7years instalments, a house with 30-years more repayment to go, 2 parents to maintain, and tons of instalment plans signed with the credit cards........... wad will the understanding of 'retrenchment' become?
*

to make thing worse, let's put in the assumption tt i've newly joined the company for only 1year before i was retrenched. which means the compensation will only be a mth of my salary.............

*

wad will happen then?

*

so conclusion?
*
let's all be more prudent with our spendings. the essence of 'saving for rainy days' has never make as much sense as now. no one can predict the future.. but there's one fact which all of us understand ie. w/o money, nothing is achieveable.
*
*

TimE To PuT To A StoP

im back. im finally back.

*

not tt i went anywhere, but i've lost myself for a while. for a long while. i've finally found myself. finally got back on my feet. finally know where im heading. 1nov, tt's the date.

*

i guess when one gets older, the determination gets bigger. or perhaps, i've never wanted it as badly as now.

*

all these years... there's always 2 things tt r bugging me... it's time to change things and stop them frm disturbing me. the shame... the sorrows.... the self-pitiness......the imbalance..... they all shall come to a stop.

*
u know, sometimes, or rather, most of the times, things happen sooo gradually that u failed to realise that there's any difference. it's only when the difference becomes soo significant that you start to be more aware. but by then... it's really tooo late.

*

i hope im not too late. but even if im, im determined to change it.

*

i believe i can. i've never been so sure about myself b4.

*

If I can see it, then I can do it

If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

I believe I can flyI believe I can touch the sky

I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar

I see me running through that open door

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down

Sometimes silence can seem so loud

There are miracles in life I must achieve

But first I know it starts inside of me

oh If I can see it, then I can be it

If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

(frm the lyrics of R Kelly's I Believe I Can Fly)

*

*

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?

*

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...

*

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..

*

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.

*

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..

*

*

UpDaTes

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

*

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.

*

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.

*

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 ~

*

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 ~

*

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

*

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.

*

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 ~

*

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.

*

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

*

bLinD

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

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.

*

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..

*

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

*

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 ~

*

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...

*

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

*

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?

*

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.

*

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

*

imbalance. but somehow the government doesnt think so.

*

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?

*

this is juz so sad.

*

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?

*

***************************

*

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.

*

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? ~

*

*

BdAy CeLeB

bday this year was spent up on singapore flyer. meant to be a surprise, but tt silly boy is not my match at all. way b4 hand i already knew wad he had planned. lol ~ bday this year seemed 'quieter'.. also dont knw y.. but it's juz like any normal day. somehow, already lost tt kind of anticipation and enthusiasm in celebrating bday. perhaps, old liao, bday celeb is no longer as fun as it was years back ~

*

*

he booked the 7.30pm slot, apparently wanting to catch the sunset and the nite scenery. stated on the tix tt we'll have to go in half hr earlier and so we went in at abt 7pm. in the end, there wasnt a queue at all and v soon, we were allowed to 'board' le. but then he decided it's too early and so we sat there and waited til abt 7.15pm then board. and as i said, there wasnt a queue at all, and so in the end..............

**

the 2 of us had the whole cabin to ourselves!!

*

the cabin's quite big and it's a little scary with juz the 2 of us. though going at a real slow speed, as it rises, i got a little scare too. soo high up ~

*

*

mmm.. actually nothing v spectacular or breath-taking lar. juz a different level of seeing the same things. perhaps more appealing to the foreigners. juz like how the nite sceneries of other countries will attract me more.
*

after half-hr and we exited frm the cabin, bumped into tis controller who asked us how was it and did we managed to catch the sun-set etc. then he said the best time to catch the sunset will be abt 6.30-6.45pm. and the nxt thing he asked was 'how? want to go again?'... the 1st thing tt crossed my mind was to pay and go again. so i asked him 'need to pay again rite?' but the man's answer was.. 'no need, u want?' and soooooooo.............

*

we went up the 2nd time round!! hahaha.. but this time round not juz the 2 of us liao.. with many other pple as well.. lol ~

*

*
*
*
* wahahha.. we r secretly laughing away lorr.. so it's quite worth it afterall.. price for 1 trip but we went for 2x. hahaaha ~ 1st time was busy taking pics, the 2nd time finally can settle down and take a good look at the sights.. *
*
*
*

~cool pic yea? cabin and landscape side by side ~

*some interesting business acumen in this s'pore flyer.. b4 u can enter to board the cabin, all passengers are required to take pictures. it's tt kind of computerized pics whereby they take ur picts and backgrd will be computerized. the end result will be u inside the cabin with the landscape as backgrd. of cuz, compulsory to take, but not compulsory to buy. $15 for 1st copy and $10 for the subsequents. we bought a copy. haha ~ abit ex lar, but i think it'll be the 1st and the last time i'll spend money to board the flyer. it's not tt worth it lar~ we r singaporeans lehh, not foreigners..

*
the unplanned 2nd round worried hubb a little cuz he had made reservation at the restuarant and it closes at 9.30pm. and so we took a cabby down to this home-style restuarant along pasir panjang rd. hubb kind of know the owners as his grp is doing a project on the resturant.

*

*

tt's my v yummy choco bday cake. yum yum! and.. the assistant chef suddenly appeared with his guitar and sang a bday song for me. then all others at the restuarant started clapping and stuff.. kidda embarassing sia.. too bad no pics taken as tt silly boy was stunned too. and after tt, we r too malu to ask the chef to come out with his guitar again. lol ~

*

*yepp! happy bday to me!
*

2nd time i went high up during my bday. 21st bday was up on cable car... sat inside and ate dinner.. tt year was a real surprise cuz din xpect it at all. talking abt it... where are the pictures huh?? gosh ~

*
*