Sunday, December 28, 2008

Time really flies

It has been a long while since I last blog. My company that I am working for has blocked blogger and I do not like the idea of using my home laptop since I have been looking at the computer screen at work for more than 8 hours. It's bad for the eyes.

I shall stop blogging until I have the time at home.

Monday, July 07, 2008

Foresee the Future?

Is it really coincidence? Whatever football team I guessed to be the champion will emerge as the champion. And it was even before the actual football event started.

E.g. I told Lao gong to buy a team called "Milan" because in my mind, Milan football just kept popping in my mind and he bought AC Milan and Inter Milan.

In this Euro Cup 2008, the event had not even started and I asked Lao gong to buy a team with a Liverpool foorballer and he bought Spain. $5 only as I'm a total nerd in whatever connected with soccer.

I even asked some of my friends to buy and they won but there was one who didn't buy. Probably he didn't trust me that Spain will emerge as the champion when the whole event had not started yet. The rate was pretty good at $6+ for every $1.

I dreamt of earthquake. And within three days, there was an earthquake.

Oh ya...the curse as well. Whatever I curse (in a type of way), it will come true.

Coincidence or not...I don't know.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Jobs that I have worked before

Thinking back, I have worked for so many jobs before.

I have worked as:

1. Tuition teacher

2. Account Executive

3. Visual Artist

4. Waitress

5. Machinist (To grind metal)

6. Sales (in fashion and beauty)

7. Autocad designer

8. Graphic Designer

9. Barista at Starbucks

10. Plastic bag packer

11. Bank teller

12. Secretary

13. Showgirl cum Salesgirl (more of a salesgirl)

14. Give out pamphlets

15. Marketing Executive

All these jobs range from Year 1996 to now and includes my part-time and full-time jobs.

I have a deep impression when I was working as a machinist in Year 2003 during our poly school holidays. Ling and I went for the interview and we lied we had 'O' level certificate and wanted to look for a full-time job. We managed to get the job but we were separated by different jobscopes.

Ling's job was super easy. She only needed to measure the height of the metal that we had grinded. Luckily, we were not in the department where they needed to smoothen the edge with a sand paper because I heard some young people complain about their aching shoulders and quitted within a few days.

I was surprised that I was able to endure for two months during my school holidays. I remembered the coolant make my fingers developed some itchy blisters as I was allergic to it. The rubber gloves were useless as it teared easily and the inventory of the gloves were being controlled. And a tiny dust could cause uneveness in the measurement. If the height of the metal was too thick, we had to redo again. If it was too thin, we would be penalised by the manager because the metal plates had to be thrown away.

Luckily the guys were willing to teach me to operate the big machine and even gave their share that they made to me when I couldn't meet my target. The guys treated my friend, Ling, and I well. Some of the guys working there were wooing Ling and an auntie even wanted to recommend her son to Ling. As a friend of hers, I got the benefits as well. One of the ex-colleague gave Ling a Sentosa ticket for New Year Countdown and she even asked him to buy another ticket for me too...haha.

However some aunties seemed to be complaining about us most of the time. Well, we did not bother too much. The money was good! We earned about 2K per month and I could have the money to pay for my poly school fees.

Currently, I'm working as Marketing Executive and I have been working for 3 years 4 months. When I have gotten my expensive 'toilet paper' next year, I believe I will change to another different company. My pay sucks!

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

LV Warning

True story from my friend because this happened to his friend in LV boutique.

Recently, my friend told me that his friend went to LV boutique in Singapore to buy a bag. When she was paying for her bag, the SA asked to see her LV wallet. Stupidly, she let the SA take the wallet to take a look. Afterwards, a supervisor/manager came and said that she was being fined $1000!

The reason?

She was carrying a fake LV wallet because she saw no advantage of carrying a real LV when the wallet is in the bag all the time.

Next time if you are carrying any fake accessories in LV be it bag or wallet, please do not step into the boutique or do not let the SA take your things. They are stepping up to prevent counterfeit products.

Anyway, many of you should know you are not supposed to bring fake goods to Europe because there will be custom officers checking on that to tackle the rapid growth of trade in fakes. If yours is a counterfeit good, they will seize the goods and slap you with a fine.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

World Vision

I have been wanting to sponser a child from World Vision in the past but I did not have much moolahs. And not forgetting, I was earning a meagre salary although it's still pretty much the same now.

Talking about World Vision, it is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Under World Vision Sponsership, there is a Child Sponsership Programme which helps children who struggle to survive.

Child Sponsorship is a one-to-one relationship between you and your sponsored child where you can correspond, pray for your sponsored child, receive regular reports on their progress, even perhaps visit the child and his or her family and community.

Sponsorship provides resources which go into a program, usually 10 to 15 years in length, custom-designed in collaboration with community leaders to address key spiritual and physical needs in the community. Programs are child-focused but also benefit non-sponsored children and families.

Just a few minutes ago, I went into http://www.worldvision.org/ to find a child to sponser so I started to search for a child whom I like.

And tata....I found an adorable Elkin from Colombia who captured my eyes with his adorable smile and puppy eyes! I clicked on "Sponsor Now" but too bad...the child sponsership is only available in United States. Probably, I shouldn't have looked into looks, as in choosing a cute child for sponsership. But who doesn't look into looks at first sight?

Isn't he cute?

I clicked on SG World Vision but haven't found anyone who captured my eyes. But one day, I believe I will sponser a child to give him/her a better life.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Singapore Airshow 2008

I went on Wednesday (20 Feb 2008) and Friday (22 Feb 2008) to the airshow but didn't manage to shoot many photos because I was at the company's booth helping out and at the same time, chatting with my colleagues and ex-colleagues. Great to see them succeed in their career.

Only two photos taken from the booth




Black knights (Singapore)

Impressive "flaming heart" maneuver

Followed by "Curtains", a downward flight performance

I watched the airshow performance at EDB chalet, thanks to Sir Min's ex-colleague, so that we could have the shade under the hot sun and watched it at a higher level.

However, I only managed to watch the team performance by RSAF for 20 minutes and had to go to the booth to help out or else my other colleague couldn't get to take his lunch.

Quite a lot of people asked for souvenier pins but I only ordered souveniers magnets. When I started to give to a person, a group of people will suddenly crowd to the booth and, sometimes, it will lead to a queue. My colleagues described them as piranhas because a packet of 100 pieces were grabbed within 5 minutes but we controlled not to give out too many at a time.

We have learnt from the mistakes several years ago during Asian Aerospace because during that year, my colleagues (I wasn't working in this company at that period) brought 2000 pieces of pins and put it on the table booth. All were grabbed up within a day as nobody was attending to the pins and they were busy with their clients.

I find that Singapore Airshow, especially the main hall, is slightly smaller than Asian Aerospace but I still love this event.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Movie reviews

Lao gong and I went to watch P.S. I love you on last Sat, 16 Feb. It's quite rare for us to watch a movie because of these reasons:

1. Expensive! Each weekend ticket cost $9.50. So a pair of tickets will cost $19. Moreover we like to eat nachos and total cost will come to approximately $25. I rather spend the money on food.

2. I'm studying on some weekdays and Lao gong works late almost every weekdays. If we have to watch a movie after work provided I do not have any lessons or Lao gong do not have to work too late, we will book the 9pm ticket after work and dinner. By the time we reached home, it will be 12 midnight and we have to work the next day. Too tired!

3. I have the tendercy to sleep late on Fri and Sat nights and by the time I wake up, it's already in the afternoon. I prefer lazing at home rather than going out unless I need to buy something.

4. I have school on some Saturdays and ends at 5pm. Trust me...I will sleep in the theatre. No point paying $9.50 for a nap.

5. I prefer my own home to watch shows from tv when I can talk while watching movies. I can even pause when I'm hungry, going to the toilet or picking up hp. And I do not need to endure the kicking of the seat from behind or shaking his chair beside me.

6. Lastly, Lao gong and I are non movie enthusiasts.

7. My mum just said one word to me: Stingy!

It's rare that I watch movies on both consecutive Saturdays. One on 9 Feb and another on 16 Feb. We watched CJ7 on 9 Feb because it's just a tradition for us to watch Stephem Chow's movies. His movies always bring laughter and joy and I prefer a no-brainer lame movie without much thinking. I have to think while working and studying. And if I have to think while watching movie, I don't know how many brain cells of mine will be gone. I'm watching movie to relax and not to kill more of my brain cells.

Back to my movie review. This show casted by Hilary Swank Gerard Butler is exactly the same story as the novel by Cecelia Ahern. Although this movie is nice, the story book is even nicer! I thought I will wring out my tears while watching the movie because I teared when I was reading the book three years plus ago. The show is surprisingly light-hearted in a way as there are some scenes where it brings laughter rather than portraying a grief-drenched movie. Overall, I would give it 3.5/5.


As for CJ7, it's not very lame as compared to Stephen Chow's previous movies and the plot is simple with some sad scenes especially the scenes when Stephen died. When the scene showed that fat "girl" talking, it never failed to make me laugh. Those who watched it will know the reason.


I would give it 3.5/5. I prefer the previous lame movies by him and make the movies heavily amusing so that I can have a good laugh from the beginning to the end.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

10th Year Anniversary

Time really flies. Lao gong and I have been together for 10 years although some unpleasant things happen throughout this relationship.

Our relationship is like a roller coaster or even more exciting. We went through ups and downs with obstacles. Laughters and tears.

I remembered when I first met him in Dec 1997, it was at Bukit Batok MRT and we were waiting for someone whom I do not wish to be named. I was invited by Peijun to a BBQ at East Coast Park and we met at Bukit Batok MRT.

While I was talking with Peijun, I noticed him because he was sitting near our group and did not talk nor smile. I was thinking whether he was alone as in not in our group because he was sitting on the stairs alone by himself.

When Peijun's friend came, only then he started talking but not to me because probably, I have a "dao" or too pretty face that he didn't dare to approach...hehe

Upon reaching East Coast, we did not talk at all. When night falls, the first sentence to me, "Do you have any sweets?" As I had the habit of carrying smint, I gave some sweets to him. And from then, he started introducing himself but we did not talk much. A guy, Marcus, striked a conversation with me because he happened to study in SP, EE third year and I was in my first year. We chatted for quite a long while.

At around 9pm, I have to make a phone call to my mum because my mum was very strict with me and did not allow me to stay till 11pm. What I remembered is she kept on paging me (10 years ago, pagers were in trend and hp were too expensive). I asked Peijun the location of nearest public phone booth and it was a distance away. Peijun's friend heard it and asked him to accompany me to the phone booth. We did not chatted much throughout the long walk.

At about 10.30pm, I left after exchanging numbers with him and Marcus. The next day, my pager appeared 532-11 24 (something like this) and I knew the message was from them because of their personal codes.

After the BBQ gathering, I seldom chatted with both of them and occassionally received calls from them or called them mostly for X'mas and New Year greetings.

Then one day, something happened which made us closer. I met up with a guy whom I never met before through recommendation as I was single at that time. Upon looking at the guy, I almost felt like walking away. Probably, I was still young and looked into looks but as long as the person's looks is average, I didn't mind. However the person was fat and short. Dishing appearance aside, he talked weird things that I don't understand and even wanted me to become his gf?! We met for the first time and he asked that type of question which scared me off. And the best part is he bought the movie tickets beforehand without asking my opinion.

In the end, I had to call up some guy friend to pose as my bf. I managed to get him at home and he rushed down to Bugis. When he saw me, he automatically held my hand and introduced himself as my bf. Super automatic without my "teaching".

Then we went to watch "Replacement Killer" and the guy just said that he had something on and left, leaving both of us to watch the show. Even though the guy had left, we were still holding hands together. I have forgotten how we managed to "unstick" our hands.

That incident makes us closer and I started to develop chemistry for him. He started to meet me at McDonald's near my house to teach me Engineering Maths which I was bad at.

On 13 Feb 1998, he gave me a call and we chatted. When the time striked 12 midnight, he asked me to listen to a song. I can still remember the song by Jacky Cheung, "Ni Zhi Bu Zhi Dao". He asked me whether I could be his gf and I told him "Sorry....his life will have an additional woman...which is I". And on 14 Feb 1998, we become a couple.

Our relationship in the first three months was not smooth sailing despite people saying that first few months are usually the honeymoon period.

The tears, pain, breakup, lies....all I wish is a complete stop with complete trust in each other.

I hope Lao gong and I will hold hands forever and grow old together with two children.

Happy Valentine Day to all! May all couples be blissfully in love.


Tuesday, January 15, 2008

To the person who copied my blog

I found out yesterday that my blog was being copied and it stopped at the posts where I changed to my new link. The link that the person holds the blog, purposely, put my old blog link for people to be mistaken that I'm still using my old blog link. Furthermore the person disallow me to leave comments.

There isn't any photos in the copied blog because of the trademark that I have inserted in every photos. Once the person put my photos, I can just hire a lawyer and get a lump sum of money from that person and he/she will pay for my lawyer's fees as well.

I went to copyright procedures in blogger and I do not like the last procedure where my new link will be publicise in the person's blog to warn him/her. I have to write a letter to blogger which I do not mind but the letter will be published on the person's blog and my new blog link will be published as well. I believe the person do not have my new link or else he/she would have copied the whole blog.

Thanks to the person and I have a present specially for that particular person who copied my blog.

So here comes the curse for that person! And I seriously mean it!

I curse that the person who copied my blog will be lonely all his/her life and his/her friends will leave him/her and dislike him/her. Even if the person has any friends, they are beside him/her for the wrong reasons. The person will land in hospital with strange illness where he/she will never be healed.

If you know me well in actual person for the past decade, you should know what happened to the surrounding people who stepped on my tail before because of my curse. But I don't think you know me well or else you will not step on my tail.

Believe it or not, you (the person who copied my blog) will definitely get my curse.

(The curse will cease if you are my relative)

I'm a person that if you treat me bad, I will return to you double or even more. If you treat me well, I will reciprocate and return the favor to you double or more.