I just remembered why I disliked people in formal wear (long sleeve, basically office attire). Because when things look bad, even though the smile is the same, it now gives off an aura of hostility. This has got nothing to do with my boss or colleagues. Just an event that happened today.
Another Day!
Apart from 20+ log entries belonging to a PacificNet user who refreshed my main page 20+ times every 5 seconds, my blog has been aggressively visited by MSN’s spider. About a total of 150+ requests over the weekend! [8|]
There was a Philips Carnival Sale going on at Philips HQ at Toa Payoh. I went down on Saturday and just as I reached the place, it started to rain [>(]. I quickly ran around drenched, to get my flicker-free desklamp($50) for my room and a vacuum cleaner($95) for my home. Recently our 10+ year old and huge vacuum cleaner broke down. I disassembled it to find the plastic inside had cracked and the power connectors could not come into contact anymore.
The desklamp was great. “I have the sun in my room! Fear me!” kind of great. It didn’t cause my second monitor to flicker when I placed the lamp near it, which the older one did. It had a safety switch at the bottom to cut off the power if it topples over. Flicker-free is also friendly to the eyes.
We ended up selling the vacuum cleaner to my mum’s friend because another friend of hers is giving us a free one. At least I managed to buy what I intended to from this sale in the first place. Rest of the day was spent on FFXI. I’ve got some pretty cool screenshots which I’ll post after lunch.
Why oh why…
Why do I even bother quarelling with immature people? And have to face
their childish antics? Seriously, if this trend continues, Singapore is going
down for sure. I’m not saying this because I’m a Malaysian (Hell, I was
born and spent all my life in Singapore). I’m saying this because in a
desperate attempt to appear as a funny person to others, these little shits can
come up with the lamest crap and laugh at their own jokes.
Again, I blame this on local chinese TV programmes led by Jack Neo and
company. I also blame the army for fucking up the minds of many people and
some friends.
I seriously need to practice the power of self-control and will myself to
ignore these brats.
Check out how some people define the word Singapore
at UrbanDictionary.
My favourites:
A country where bubblegum is banned, oral sex is banned, owning
guns is banned, and sodomy is allowed.
guns is banned, and sodomy is allowed.
Don’t go to singapore, I should know, I live there.
A country where chewing gum is banned. It’s in SE Asia and it’s
government is far too narrow-minded for it’s own good. The education level is
high, but only because of the immense pressure applied to students there,
forcing them to do well. The citizens all speak a common language, regardless of
race – Singlish. It is English, but with Singaporean flavour. Singaporeans are
described as ‘kiasu’, which means that they have to be numero
uno in everything, second to no one. This is a mentality which Singapore is
famous for. Constantly arguing with Malaysia. Boasts a very good security and
army, but that’s only because it’s small, and therefore easily protected.
Ridiculously proud of it’s island, Sentosa, which is supposed to be a tourist
attraction but in reality, is actually an overpriced, overhyped and overbaked
island. You’d be better off in Bali. The temperature in Singapore rarely drops
below 30 degree celsius.
Don’t send your kids to schools in Singapore.
There was a boy who commited suicide because of all the pressure he
got.
government is far too narrow-minded for it’s own good. The education level is
high, but only because of the immense pressure applied to students there,
forcing them to do well. The citizens all speak a common language, regardless of
race – Singlish. It is English, but with Singaporean flavour. Singaporeans are
described as ‘kiasu’, which means that they have to be numero
uno in everything, second to no one. This is a mentality which Singapore is
famous for. Constantly arguing with Malaysia. Boasts a very good security and
army, but that’s only because it’s small, and therefore easily protected.
Ridiculously proud of it’s island, Sentosa, which is supposed to be a tourist
attraction but in reality, is actually an overpriced, overhyped and overbaked
island. You’d be better off in Bali. The temperature in Singapore rarely drops
below 30 degree celsius.
Don’t send your kids to schools in Singapore.
There was a boy who commited suicide because of all the pressure he
got.
The old times were the worst yet best times
Spent a lot of time over the weekend re-arranging stuff on my main computer. Moving files around, reducing the stripe size of my stripe-raided raptors to what others say, an optimal value of 16K. I removed my 80GB harddisk to be installed at my office machine. I filled it up with so much anime and MP3s it slowed performance down noticeably.
Besides spending hours at night fiddling with hardware, I had a healthy dose of social activity at a friend’s 21st birthday party. Only a handful of each of her primary, secondary, junior college friends and her relatives were invited. I happen to be in the same primary and secondary school with her, so I had the chance to chat with a lot of old friends. Somehow I feel rather refreshed after that night.
I ordered a few CDs off cdjapan the other day. They are in the process of shipping now. Should arrive in the office by next week. Rather cheap than buying from HMV. That shop charged up to $70 just for an imported album. I ordered Kotoko’s Hane album, The Pillows’ Fool on the Planet, Onegai Teacher – Love a Riddle Image Song Album and a Onegai Teacher OP & ED Theme song Singles. Both Onegai Teacher albums have songs sung by Kotoko! [XD] Everything totalled to S$123. Nice number eh [X(]. Shipping will be done via vPostJapan to reduce shipping costs. And those CDs, especially The Pillows’ albums, are near extinct in Singapore. Waste of money? No. I believe good things must be enjoyed at their best. [:)]
Schooling or Working?
A copy and paste of my post in SearchSG Forums.
The link for the thread is here.
wyred @ Aug 26 2004, 10:09 AM
I’ve been working for almost a year now. My advice would be to enjoy your school days while you still can!
For now, I miss my student years very much.
But I also enjoy working life too~ I can shop without worrying too much. I can eat more food than I used to. lol
autumnqiu @ Aug 26 2004, 02:32 PMI’ve been working for almost a year now. My advice would be to enjoy your school days while you still can!
For now, I miss my student years very much.
But I also enjoy working life too~ I can shop without worrying too much. I can eat more food than I used to. lol
Actually, how is working life actually like? As compared to school life?
It depends actually. If you have a bad boss, work in something you have no interest in, of course you will have an unenjoyable working life. But just to share, here’s my case and let me begin from my school life.
Back then, it was all sleep, eat, sleep, go home. Or go out with friends, study in school, sleep some more at the comfortable sofa in the air-conditioned library. Haha. Cos I’m rather nocturnal so I have difficulties trying to sleep at night. It was fun, studying with friends. Of course, you can chat once in a while, but you need to set a target for yourself each time there’s a study group so you won’t end up chatting all the way. I had more time back then. Can play games more often, go out more often too. 
Some of my fondest memories of school life are during the periods before exams. Everyone helping one another, studying in school at our own pace.
Now working 5 days a week. Can’t find anything bad about working life. Perhaps not enough time to spend on Final Fantasy XI would be one! I enjoy what I do at work. Web developing with PHP and stuff. Have a good boss, a good office location which is 1 hour direct bus ride from home. Oh yes, my butt aches from the bus rides would be another bad thing. 
But the pretty office ladies I see on the bus and during lunch are rather comforting. 
Every Friday, I make it a point to eat out and go shopping. Hee. End of the month, after I get my pay, I always visit Kinokuniya at Orchard to get the next issue of Newtype USA and some new mangas, then have dinner at Burger King, and read some manga whilst sipping coffee. I seldom have the chance to go out with friends cos most of them enlisted (I didn’t need to enlist cos I’m PR). Only on some Fridays/Saturdays, we could go out for supper. Since I’m from a poor family, my life has improved since I started working. I’ve put on a bit of weight and I could indulge myself more into Japanese culture (namely anime!).
To conclude, both has it’s pros and cons, but you have to go through both of them anyways. Since I miss my student days and there is no way to turn back time, I would advise all of you students to cherish it while you still can. It’s only once in your lifetime wor.
Go ahead and break some rules if you will (but do it without troubling someone else!). For me, during my poly days, I dyed my short hair bright yellow and stayed away from the barber for a year! lol. Even though I look terrible, and despite some warnings from lecturers, I wanted to experience how it feels to have long hair. At least up to shoulder length.
When you start working, you will probably get more busy depending on your field. Even though you don’t have to worry about exams anymore, you have to worry about your performance at work. But hey, you get paid a nice sum at the end of each month. Usually more than enough to go on a sushi-eating rampage~
Another off topic advice: When you get your first pay, you may or may not notice that all things around you feel so much cheaper. This is where you have to practice self-control. Or else you would end up buying lots of stuff like I did. X(
Lastly, thanks for reading this damn long post~ T_T