This friday got 2 big events in Singapore, the 10millon CNY toto ang pow and the release of O levels results which falls on the same day... yesterday, friday 10 feb 2006
All somehow related to me cos I also go join in the fun and buy $2 of "quick pick" and also my youngest bro is one of the ones who got his results.
Toto:
Same as the last time I bought think last year bought $1 quick pick, got 3 numbers correct meaning never win any $$. This year I play bigger, $2 haha but still didn't win Haiz think I dun have luck with such lottery. looks like I gotta honestly save to build up my assets... no choice.
O' Levels
Such a miracle, my bro actually got 14 pts... he O levels also nv really study(everyday play computer games for at least 4hrs)... last time I got 16 but my Eng got D7(1st attempt, 2nd attempt get C5) ... but his eng composition really like pri sch eng( according to my 3rd bro )
He is such a lazy person dun think he deserved the 14 pts... looks like students nowadays getting better and better results... how come huh? or izzit this year got many top students(from top schools of cos) never sit for the exams so the markers(ah pehs at cambridge) cannot see the big difference in quality between the very good and the not-so-good? haha my dad even gave him $300 as reward to buy a mobile phone.
To think he(my bro) got 30+ pts in his mid-year(actually frm sec1-sec4 pts like that, mostly C grades) dunno why he can do "so well" in his O levels..exam luck? or just shrewd? dunno leh
Now he sort of "yaya" already...keep shouting at my mum and making those sounds like he's "very big" like that cos of his "good" results...
Don't like his attitude, because of his little achievement, he sort of gloat and become arrogant. TO think he even look down on Polytechnics and call them "lousy". It's an institute for those who can't get into JCs.
Anyway I am very irritated wif his attitude and his seemly "I-know-everything" thinking(when he doesn't know much). So till now I still dun wan to talk to him. Heck care him, I dun need him anyway. He's so arrogant tat watever I said he also wun listen, so better dun waste my time, saliva and mood.
To tell u the truth, I rather he get 20 or more pts so that he will get into the "2nd grade institute" to wake him up so that he would learn more humility and b more hardworking.
I very bad hor?
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Of New Year Ang Pows
I think I have finished collectin most of the CNY Ang pows already...this year the amount of $$ not very good lah... Altogether $208.5
haha here's the breakdown:
Parents:$80
DD's parents: $48
dd's relative : $52
My Msia's relative:$28.5(after converting RM68, 2nd auntie give RM50)
As usual, most of dd's daddy's side relative never give me any ang pow and her 2nd auntie... Oh well no hard feelings on my part... After all all these $$ I count as bonus only...
Plus the $100 I saved earlier(due to CNY hols, quite a feat considering I only get $50 per week, managed to saved $100 in 3weeks...anyway I used to save $100 every 3 weeks but then sometimes also guilty of spending it away, like go resturant eat lah, buy stuffs, for me and dd), going to save $300 into my POSB account... Yeah
Went wif mum to JB on wed, kena "forced" to show dd's pic to my uncle (all cos of mum's big mouth n chatterbox nature). My uncle and his wife(=auntie) all say dd pretty... think she must be happy to hear that... and I think my mum now also thinks she's pretty...cos she commented "if not pretty, I also dun wan"... then my mum say my elder bro say we 2 look very similar got "fu qi nian" husband-wife face... haha
Friday me counting my Ang pow $$, then mum came inside and KPO, then she suddenly ask why dd never give me her Ang Pow $$ this year to save in our joint acct? Recap: DD started giving me her ang pow $$ the last 2 years to save in our joint OCBC acct(so the money is all our Ang Pow $$ + some of my own savings)... Later all take out and put in OUB, then later all take out give to her to buy her car car... so now the orginal joint acct no $$ liao.
To tell the truth I also dunno why... haha so I can only say I dunno lor... I also dunno why after all the hype about saving $$ together during the discussion on buying car car, nothing have been done, although I opened a joint acct(all my savings from working PT and army) wif dd. No wonder ppl say women are fickle, one moment say this the other moment change their mind again... think all women are similar lah...
Reasoning 1: mabbe dd scare I will spend her $$ away if she put her $$ wif me?
Nah, she noes I am not the sort who splurges..
Reasoning 2:She got no $$ to save, or she scare that it would be hard for her to take out the $$ if it was left with me, cos she noes I dun like her extravagant spending habits
Mabbe...
Reasoning 3:(Most likely) Her frends/family told her not to trust me, cos if she put her $$ wif me, then if one day we go our seperate ways(touch wood) then she would lose all her $$(meaning cheat her $$ lah). ya this would be the most reasonable ans. Think we 2 still lack the basic trust, nvm trust have gotta b earned, after these 6 yrs, she still dun trust me enough then there's nothing much I can do right?
Actually I think it would be better to put the $$ into our joint acct if she REALLY wan to save, cos I noe her pattern, if she sees $$ in her bank acct chances are she would be tempted to spend away...her thinking is "still got $$ inside mah, spend a little nvm" so save $200 then day1: spend $100, day2 spend $150... then in the end? save $200 but spent $250... haha this is her pattern...
Really would like to walk down the aistle wif dd, must save $$ hard hard.... Hey sio hey sio
Valentines day coming dunno wat to get for dd, must start to scout around liao, afterall dd only deserved the best(I can get), me anything also can lah... even $4.90 bear haha(wah so fast, the $4.90 bday bear turning 1 year old liao)
Promised to take her to Long Beach on 24th Feb... Afterall we(me is VERY VERY long, close to a year I think dd I not sure lah) both haben have crabs for quite long time liao... so Long Beach trip is must go one...
haha here's the breakdown:
Parents:$80
DD's parents: $48
dd's relative : $52
My Msia's relative:$28.5(after converting RM68, 2nd auntie give RM50)
As usual, most of dd's daddy's side relative never give me any ang pow and her 2nd auntie... Oh well no hard feelings on my part... After all all these $$ I count as bonus only...
Plus the $100 I saved earlier(due to CNY hols, quite a feat considering I only get $50 per week, managed to saved $100 in 3weeks...anyway I used to save $100 every 3 weeks but then sometimes also guilty of spending it away, like go resturant eat lah, buy stuffs, for me and dd), going to save $300 into my POSB account... Yeah
Went wif mum to JB on wed, kena "forced" to show dd's pic to my uncle (all cos of mum's big mouth n chatterbox nature). My uncle and his wife(=auntie) all say dd pretty... think she must be happy to hear that... and I think my mum now also thinks she's pretty...cos she commented "if not pretty, I also dun wan"... then my mum say my elder bro say we 2 look very similar got "fu qi nian" husband-wife face... haha
Friday me counting my Ang pow $$, then mum came inside and KPO, then she suddenly ask why dd never give me her Ang Pow $$ this year to save in our joint acct? Recap: DD started giving me her ang pow $$ the last 2 years to save in our joint OCBC acct(so the money is all our Ang Pow $$ + some of my own savings)... Later all take out and put in OUB, then later all take out give to her to buy her car car... so now the orginal joint acct no $$ liao.
To tell the truth I also dunno why... haha so I can only say I dunno lor... I also dunno why after all the hype about saving $$ together during the discussion on buying car car, nothing have been done, although I opened a joint acct(all my savings from working PT and army) wif dd. No wonder ppl say women are fickle, one moment say this the other moment change their mind again... think all women are similar lah...
Reasoning 1: mabbe dd scare I will spend her $$ away if she put her $$ wif me?
Nah, she noes I am not the sort who splurges..
Reasoning 2:She got no $$ to save, or she scare that it would be hard for her to take out the $$ if it was left with me, cos she noes I dun like her extravagant spending habits
Mabbe...
Reasoning 3:(Most likely) Her frends/family told her not to trust me, cos if she put her $$ wif me, then if one day we go our seperate ways(touch wood) then she would lose all her $$(meaning cheat her $$ lah). ya this would be the most reasonable ans. Think we 2 still lack the basic trust, nvm trust have gotta b earned, after these 6 yrs, she still dun trust me enough then there's nothing much I can do right?
Actually I think it would be better to put the $$ into our joint acct if she REALLY wan to save, cos I noe her pattern, if she sees $$ in her bank acct chances are she would be tempted to spend away...her thinking is "still got $$ inside mah, spend a little nvm" so save $200 then day1: spend $100, day2 spend $150... then in the end? save $200 but spent $250... haha this is her pattern...
Really would like to walk down the aistle wif dd, must save $$ hard hard.... Hey sio hey sio
Valentines day coming dunno wat to get for dd, must start to scout around liao, afterall dd only deserved the best(I can get), me anything also can lah... even $4.90 bear haha(wah so fast, the $4.90 bday bear turning 1 year old liao)
Promised to take her to Long Beach on 24th Feb... Afterall we(me is VERY VERY long, close to a year I think dd I not sure lah) both haben have crabs for quite long time liao... so Long Beach trip is must go one...
Monday, January 30, 2006
Serve them right...
my 2 younger brothers? Haha my bro's computer spoilt liao....hohoho I mean the 2 younger bro. My dad paid for most of the $ for that com lah...and i was the one who brought it back(in my dad's car of cos). Well I think that computer have to endure alot of punishment frm them. Quite a feat for it to be able to last so long.. haha
General pattern of usage per day:
3rd bro: >8hrs after he came back frm camp
4th bro: >6hrs after my 3rd bro use
So as u can see, the computer is on for at least 12hrs everyday...almost continously... Like that u think wun spoil meh?
Told them many times not to on the computer for so long they dun listen... now i dun care. let them settle themselves.. not gg to help them bring back to shop for repairs also. No more Mr Nice Guy.
These 2 lazy fellas, CNY coming also never help to clean up the house, see my mum and I work like siao like that also never try to lift a finger to help... Just Sit there play games on the computer... Serve them right now they have no computer to play haha. I very bad right? Also no choice I think this is wat they deserved...Now spoil sure going to have alot of finger pointing going on. Nobody is going to say that it's their fault... Wah if they see this blog they are bound to kill me...
Oh I think my com also got a little bit of prob liao... Of the 3 computers in my house, Mine already have the longest lifespan liao haha. Mabbe will change to a AMD64 3000+ sys if I never get to go on a tour after graduation.. Or mabbe can do both... Hmmm... Like dd said wan to do then go do lor...
Saw Levis having a sale earlier . A pair of jeans only $65-69++ Not very cheap in my terms but in the levis term it's cheap.. Thinking of getting a pair just to see whether it's good... After all as wat levi's says "Every1 should have a pair of Levi's jeans". It's time I pamper myself a little...
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Hol for d1?
Been wishing to go another country this May-Jun after graduation, Hope to go somewhere within the region so that my pocket wun get a big hole. Also hope that the trip will widen my views... All my frens have already taken aeroplane and go somewhere EXCEPT me... Oh well no need to compare...different ppl different lifes right? There are sure to be others who are worse off than me...
Initially, dd say she wanted to go Korea, now she went HK liao spend more than $1000 may not be much but to her it's almost her 1/2 year savings haha. The air ticket alone is close to $500. Ya and this is the "good deal" she's talking abt, must grab it before it's gone. haha
Nvm tat, think she wun have $$ for another trip wif me overseas in May-Jun. Oh well think I should go alone? Join travel group? or simply tag along wif my frens where-ever they wan to go? Hmm... Mabbe I should do that... Many of my frens said that once start work very hard to go overseas liao... Shld enjoy while still a free man and not slave to coy...
Can see travel packages from this site: www.zuji.com.sg
Then again go alone very sianz, tag along like light bulb... Haiz. mabbe no Hol this year again for d1... or tag along wif a unattached guy? see wat are my options when the time comes lor...else how? must start to plan savings... $400(hopefully) from IPPT, $100 from CNY Ang pows,...haha
Initially, dd say she wanted to go Korea, now she went HK liao spend more than $1000 may not be much but to her it's almost her 1/2 year savings haha. The air ticket alone is close to $500. Ya and this is the "good deal" she's talking abt, must grab it before it's gone. haha
Nvm tat, think she wun have $$ for another trip wif me overseas in May-Jun. Oh well think I should go alone? Join travel group? or simply tag along wif my frens where-ever they wan to go? Hmm... Mabbe I should do that... Many of my frens said that once start work very hard to go overseas liao... Shld enjoy while still a free man and not slave to coy...
Can see travel packages from this site: www.zuji.com.sg
Then again go alone very sianz, tag along like light bulb... Haiz. mabbe no Hol this year again for d1... or tag along wif a unattached guy? see wat are my options when the time comes lor...else how? must start to plan savings... $400(hopefully) from IPPT, $100 from CNY Ang pows,...haha
What must I do to make her save?
Everytime dd wants to spend $$, she said that after that she would "settle down" and start to save for pongx4... maybe she doesn't rem it anymore or rather she said all that just to please me... Who knows?
I have been explaining to her countless times that marriage thingy needs alot of $$ and that amt takes time to save, not just day nor weeks..it's Y.E.AR.S... and gg by her progress she will take decades if she wants to try. Somemore she still say she wans this wans that, even worse need more $$. Dunno whether she really didn't see all these or she purposely wants to ignore the whole thing altogether. Maybe she doesn't wan to get married after all. Even if the saved $$ is not gg to be used for pongx4, it's always good to save $$ for a raining day. Dunno how to get this info into her head..no matter wat I do, she just can't save...
Am I wrong to ask her to save? I just dun understand why it's so difficult, when she's earning about $2000 every month...last time when I was earning $540 as attachment in Toshiba, I still managed to save at least $200 every month(though all used up in drv lessons, hehe) ... Must be fair right? so the best way is to contribute dollar to dollar. Meaning if she save $1 then I will contribute $1...tat's the fairest way right? If she dun wan then no pt forcing right? Afterall marriage is 2-person thing...
I think I dun wan to talk about this anymore, think it irrtates me as much as it irritates her. If no $$ then at most dun marry lor. Simple right? like that both of us no need to stress...
I have been explaining to her countless times that marriage thingy needs alot of $$ and that amt takes time to save, not just day nor weeks..it's Y.E.AR.S... and gg by her progress she will take decades if she wants to try. Somemore she still say she wans this wans that, even worse need more $$. Dunno whether she really didn't see all these or she purposely wants to ignore the whole thing altogether. Maybe she doesn't wan to get married after all. Even if the saved $$ is not gg to be used for pongx4, it's always good to save $$ for a raining day. Dunno how to get this info into her head..no matter wat I do, she just can't save...
Am I wrong to ask her to save? I just dun understand why it's so difficult, when she's earning about $2000 every month...last time when I was earning $540 as attachment in Toshiba, I still managed to save at least $200 every month(though all used up in drv lessons, hehe) ... Must be fair right? so the best way is to contribute dollar to dollar. Meaning if she save $1 then I will contribute $1...tat's the fairest way right? If she dun wan then no pt forcing right? Afterall marriage is 2-person thing...
I think I dun wan to talk about this anymore, think it irrtates me as much as it irritates her. If no $$ then at most dun marry lor. Simple right? like that both of us no need to stress...
Friday, January 27, 2006
Falling sick on Eve of new year's eve
Finally finished painting the doors I was assigned to...
About 4 doors, wah take up so much of my time... abt 4hrs for one door, the frame only.. have to use small paintbrush to paint little by little
Now getting sick already...wat a great time to get sick, woke up in the morn with diarhoera dunno whether it's the Shilin oyster mian xian I ate yesterday evening... anyway now after eating a bottle of "Pow Ji Yan" better liao... Now stuck with running nose been sneezing away since morn...Ah choo
Grr... hope can recover in time, lotsa CNY goodies awaiting me...
About 4 doors, wah take up so much of my time... abt 4hrs for one door, the frame only.. have to use small paintbrush to paint little by little
Now getting sick already...wat a great time to get sick, woke up in the morn with diarhoera dunno whether it's the Shilin oyster mian xian I ate yesterday evening... anyway now after eating a bottle of "Pow Ji Yan" better liao... Now stuck with running nose been sneezing away since morn...Ah choo
Grr... hope can recover in time, lotsa CNY goodies awaiting me...
Thursday, January 26, 2006
DD came back liao
DD came back to Singapore from her HK trip yesterday night.... Looking visibly tired at the airport... haha Partly my fault lah made her wait so long at the airport...Sorry DD ok?
Tot I can reach Changi Airport in 30-40mins so purposely waste time at JE walking around until 640 then took a bus to DD's place... Got my butt into the car at about 730 then move off liao...then little did I know... JAM at AYE and ECP...Grr... average only abt 40-50km/h on the expressways until ECP-Bedok exit..grr.. by tat time already 810 liao. dd called me when I was near the rocher exit..but jam so I cannot do anything also... So poor dd gotta wait until 830 then I reach...Reach Airport also cannot anyhow stop...gotta make another round n dd gotta walk to the back then can finally board the car...
I know dd tired so try to drive as fast as I can back.. haha but yesterday not very clear-headed also think I also quite tired after stuck in that jam for nearly an hr. nearly miss 2 turns and steering also not very good, not my usual high standard haha, then also busy talking to dd(most of the time is listening lah) then 4got abt the speed check cam at ECP, 4got to check speed also ...Haiz dunno whether I got speed or not leh? dunno got kena caught by the cam... but I didn't see any flash or anything lor...dunno lah...
anyway dd got some presents for me...
Piggy
Espirit Shirt
Pineapple tarts
KeyChain from Disneyland HK
Tot I can reach Changi Airport in 30-40mins so purposely waste time at JE walking around until 640 then took a bus to DD's place... Got my butt into the car at about 730 then move off liao...then little did I know... JAM at AYE and ECP...Grr... average only abt 40-50km/h on the expressways until ECP-Bedok exit..grr.. by tat time already 810 liao. dd called me when I was near the rocher exit..but jam so I cannot do anything also... So poor dd gotta wait until 830 then I reach...Reach Airport also cannot anyhow stop...gotta make another round n dd gotta walk to the back then can finally board the car...
I know dd tired so try to drive as fast as I can back.. haha but yesterday not very clear-headed also think I also quite tired after stuck in that jam for nearly an hr. nearly miss 2 turns and steering also not very good, not my usual high standard haha, then also busy talking to dd(most of the time is listening lah) then 4got abt the speed check cam at ECP, 4got to check speed also ...Haiz dunno whether I got speed or not leh? dunno got kena caught by the cam... but I didn't see any flash or anything lor...dunno lah...
anyway dd got some presents for me...
Piggy
Espirit Shirt
Pineapple tarts
KeyChain from Disneyland HK
Sunday, January 22, 2006
A Day without DD and some updates...
Today is the 1st sunday after my exams without dd... Yah can't SMS her nor contact her in any ways cos dd has gone to Hong Kong without me... sob sob..
have kinda strange feeling without her...like something is missing, a part of me is missing like that... Today can't hear her voice and ocassional "tortures"...Think I starting to miss her liao though this is only the 2nd day she left for HK... Nvm she coming back on wed... wait patiently for that day, 3 more days...
she entrusted her beloved sunshine for me to use on sunday, cos must start the car to charge the battery else will go flat then can't go pick her up on wed liaoz... Reached her home at about 935 then drove to West Coast park to practice my roller-bladding...A little mistake, during the trip there, drove to Science Park via the "curly" South BV road cos mistaken this road for another lah hehe, anyway still managed to reached Pasir Panjang road and continue my journey to West Coast Park, saw a shell station then decided to go pump petrol 1st. Dunno whether the standoff btween Iran and the west gonna last for how long and heard crude oil prices up cos of this...so better pump b4 prices go up hehe(at least can have 1/2 a tank of cheaper petrol haha)
sighz still not much improvements leh.. Anyway found that West coast park not very good for lousy bladders like me...cos alot of slopes and I still dunno how to brake properly nor control my speed.... Grr...worst of all, the toilet are so few, wan to find a tap to wash my roller blades have to walk quite a distance...
Some Pics of West Coast Park:
"Sunshine" leaving it's footprints at West Coast park
Inside West Coast Macdonalds
Marsh Gdns
Left West Coast Park at around 12 after bladding for abt 1 hr around the park + some sightseeing.. hehe then drove back to park at dd's house. Thought of driving to Harbourfront to walk walk but in the end decided to take a bus there...parking ex leh... there no free parking...
Took a bus from dd's place to Harbourfront then walk around there looking at the stuffs on sale there. Wanted to buy 2 Bossini t-shirts $16 each with 20% discount if buy 2.. but then the grafiti is like those iron-on type...sure will be damaged by my mum's washing machine so in the end never buy... Then went to Safe to look at the $8.80 air revitaliser..but today no offer back to org price $12.90 anyway also bought 1 cos dd's one cracked liao... aiyah seldom go there, buy lor..
Static displays at Harbourfront
New Air-revitaliser matching color also haha
Then went back to dd's place to put the air revitaliser back into little sunshine.. after tat made my way to Clementi, bought 2 hangten T-shirts for $9.6 each(buy2 then got offer), tot got 40% off $13 but in actual fact is 40% off $16 each. Grr... Oh also bought 200gm of Taiwan Muah chees different flavors, although bought a few earlier hehe now the container is full of muah chees! After that went back to my own house liao...
Purposely went shopping today cos dun wan to see my those lazy bros..didn't help in the cleaning of the house everyday just play computer games... if I at home, sure I will do most of the work....
Saw some items that wanted to buy but in the end didn't
Pooh Bear Tissue box holder(for small square size tissue)
fila t-shirts, dd also can wear...then can have couple t-shirts
Giordano sweat shirts with hoods-$39 each with 50% off now...can have couple dd sweatshirts also...
Haiz if only dd was with me today then mabbe can buy the t-shirt and sweatshirts, must wait for her to come back then can go see together (wait she dun like mah)...
Sat:
As usual busy with spring cleaning...managed to paint 1 door and finished cleaning all the cabinets in the kitchen...yeah, managed to start revising also..hehe! Gave my eldest bro a piece of my mind..cos he complain that he got alot of responsibilties to this house. to my dad but the fact is that he never help in the spring cleaning at all...never even lift a finger to help yet he speak until like he did alot of stuffs like that... all he did was to clean his little aquarium...
Wed:
Went to Jurong west (blk 500+) there to buy christmas goodies with my mum. My dad drove us there , we came back outselves. Mum bought 1Kg of muah chees and jelly there, actually she grab until 3 kgs then she throw 2Kgs back...haha kena scolded by the owner...cos throw the jelly will damged it mah..Aunties lah...like that...Bought pineapple tarts, cuttlefish, Love letters, etc...
Had lunch there...I purposely ate the mince meat noodles with the "U"-channel recommendations...so-so only not very nice leh, anyway there are quite a few stalls there with newspaper/TV recommendations if got chance can go there try them...
The stall
The noodles
have kinda strange feeling without her...like something is missing, a part of me is missing like that... Today can't hear her voice and ocassional "tortures"...Think I starting to miss her liao though this is only the 2nd day she left for HK... Nvm she coming back on wed... wait patiently for that day, 3 more days...
she entrusted her beloved sunshine for me to use on sunday, cos must start the car to charge the battery else will go flat then can't go pick her up on wed liaoz... Reached her home at about 935 then drove to West Coast park to practice my roller-bladding...A little mistake, during the trip there, drove to Science Park via the "curly" South BV road cos mistaken this road for another lah hehe, anyway still managed to reached Pasir Panjang road and continue my journey to West Coast Park, saw a shell station then decided to go pump petrol 1st. Dunno whether the standoff btween Iran and the west gonna last for how long and heard crude oil prices up cos of this...so better pump b4 prices go up hehe(at least can have 1/2 a tank of cheaper petrol haha)
sighz still not much improvements leh.. Anyway found that West coast park not very good for lousy bladders like me...cos alot of slopes and I still dunno how to brake properly nor control my speed.... Grr...worst of all, the toilet are so few, wan to find a tap to wash my roller blades have to walk quite a distance...
Some Pics of West Coast Park:
"Sunshine" leaving it's footprints at West Coast park
Inside West Coast Macdonalds
Marsh Gdns
Left West Coast Park at around 12 after bladding for abt 1 hr around the park + some sightseeing.. hehe then drove back to park at dd's house. Thought of driving to Harbourfront to walk walk but in the end decided to take a bus there...parking ex leh... there no free parking...Took a bus from dd's place to Harbourfront then walk around there looking at the stuffs on sale there. Wanted to buy 2 Bossini t-shirts $16 each with 20% discount if buy 2.. but then the grafiti is like those iron-on type...sure will be damaged by my mum's washing machine so in the end never buy... Then went to Safe to look at the $8.80 air revitaliser..but today no offer back to org price $12.90 anyway also bought 1 cos dd's one cracked liao... aiyah seldom go there, buy lor..
Static displays at Harbourfront
New Air-revitaliser matching color also haha
Then went back to dd's place to put the air revitaliser back into little sunshine.. after tat made my way to Clementi, bought 2 hangten T-shirts for $9.6 each(buy2 then got offer), tot got 40% off $13 but in actual fact is 40% off $16 each. Grr... Oh also bought 200gm of Taiwan Muah chees different flavors, although bought a few earlier hehe now the container is full of muah chees! After that went back to my own house liao...
Purposely went shopping today cos dun wan to see my those lazy bros..didn't help in the cleaning of the house everyday just play computer games... if I at home, sure I will do most of the work....
Saw some items that wanted to buy but in the end didn't
Pooh Bear Tissue box holder(for small square size tissue)
fila t-shirts, dd also can wear...then can have couple t-shirts
Giordano sweat shirts with hoods-$39 each with 50% off now...can have couple dd sweatshirts also...
Haiz if only dd was with me today then mabbe can buy the t-shirt and sweatshirts, must wait for her to come back then can go see together (wait she dun like mah)...
Sat:
As usual busy with spring cleaning...managed to paint 1 door and finished cleaning all the cabinets in the kitchen...yeah, managed to start revising also..hehe! Gave my eldest bro a piece of my mind..cos he complain that he got alot of responsibilties to this house. to my dad but the fact is that he never help in the spring cleaning at all...never even lift a finger to help yet he speak until like he did alot of stuffs like that... all he did was to clean his little aquarium...
Wed:
Went to Jurong west (blk 500+) there to buy christmas goodies with my mum. My dad drove us there , we came back outselves. Mum bought 1Kg of muah chees and jelly there, actually she grab until 3 kgs then she throw 2Kgs back...haha kena scolded by the owner...cos throw the jelly will damged it mah..Aunties lah...like that...Bought pineapple tarts, cuttlefish, Love letters, etc...
Had lunch there...I purposely ate the mince meat noodles with the "U"-channel recommendations...so-so only not very nice leh, anyway there are quite a few stalls there with newspaper/TV recommendations if got chance can go there try them...
The stall
The noodles
Friday, January 20, 2006
Some Tots...
I think for many people of my age, they must be thinking of going onto the next stage of their life, that is getting married and starting a family of their own. It's time for the birds to fly out of their nest as many elders would say.
But is getting married just about spreading ur wings and just fly away as in the case of the young birds? For us humans it's not that easy, one have to prepare ourselves for it psychologically, to prepare for another human into our lifes to share everything that we have..be it wealth, happiness and unhappiness... Another important aspect is the financial strain involves...
Of cos to many couples, talking about money is a sensitive issue, which if not handled properly will likely lead to strain relationships. However it is also a topic which both of them have to face it one way or the other, unless of cos both have no plans to get married.
Now then wat is the costs involved? For chinese, it's much more elaborate like reception, banquet, honeymoon, photographs and the HOUSE all requires ur Vitamin M....and we are not talking abt 1000 units of Vit M, we are talking abt nx10Ks of Vitamin M. For majority of the people like myself who are not blessed with super rich parents. We will have to raise that amount myself. Now since we are talking about large quantities of Vit M, we will need some time to raise right? so it's best to plan and start early. U dun wan to wear ur wedding gown and take ur photos when u are all old and wrinkled right? and it's a large amount so we cannot say we starve ourself for for 1 week or 2 weeks then we can raise the amount...it's just that much more....
This may seem quite difficult but I believe with determination and that right amount of self discipline we can do it as with all our not-so-rich predecessors before us. Now wat are the difficulties involve?
Self-discipline- Need self discpline to always remind urself not to spend on unnecessary things, gals especially, always buy on impluse. Save $10 on this thing one day and then spend $100 on another thing the next day. That's certainly not saving...Remember saving is not "Don't buy" it's rather "buy wisely". The bottom line is that at the end of the day, u shld have your targeted amount of $$ left.
Cooperation- many people think that marriage is all the man's responsibility, so all the money they must contribute. Yes that's true in the past, but ask urself now is it possible? especially in singapore? Older generation guys like me gotta serve 2.5years NS, + almost 20years of education by the time graduate already 25-26. How long of youth do we have? Instead of pushing the blame to others why can't we each do our bit and try to contribute whenever we can? Take the analogy of u doing spring cleaning... if u are wiping the cabinets and the others are watching TV and not helping at all, how will u feel? The house is ours why am I the only one working? sounds unfair right? How motivated would u be? At times, it will give that the "If she dun care why should I care" feeling.
sometimes, even a simple concern like a cup of drink of helping to clean the wiping clothes once in a while can really help to motivate. At least it shows that all ur hard work is appreciated and known.
Enjoy while u can - Many people say they wan to enjoy while they are young so they simply heck care anyhow spend their $$ on the things they wan....just because they wan it. But they are not hermits, wat they do will have some effect on others. Ask urself this simple question, if given a choice who dun wan to enjoy? who wan to stress themselfs out? Ask the taxi driver if not for feeding his family, u think he wants to work long hours? who do wan to just lie down and sleep at home? tour whenever u like?
but there are things tat we simply have to face them, there's no eascape from it. For gals the problem can be simplified easily, just find a rich guy then can enjoy all she wans...However there aren't many such guys around haha so too bad...
So the motto is "Work together, and we can overcome all difficulties"
But is getting married just about spreading ur wings and just fly away as in the case of the young birds? For us humans it's not that easy, one have to prepare ourselves for it psychologically, to prepare for another human into our lifes to share everything that we have..be it wealth, happiness and unhappiness... Another important aspect is the financial strain involves...
Of cos to many couples, talking about money is a sensitive issue, which if not handled properly will likely lead to strain relationships. However it is also a topic which both of them have to face it one way or the other, unless of cos both have no plans to get married.
Now then wat is the costs involved? For chinese, it's much more elaborate like reception, banquet, honeymoon, photographs and the HOUSE all requires ur Vitamin M....and we are not talking abt 1000 units of Vit M, we are talking abt nx10Ks of Vitamin M. For majority of the people like myself who are not blessed with super rich parents. We will have to raise that amount myself. Now since we are talking about large quantities of Vit M, we will need some time to raise right? so it's best to plan and start early. U dun wan to wear ur wedding gown and take ur photos when u are all old and wrinkled right? and it's a large amount so we cannot say we starve ourself for for 1 week or 2 weeks then we can raise the amount...it's just that much more....
This may seem quite difficult but I believe with determination and that right amount of self discipline we can do it as with all our not-so-rich predecessors before us. Now wat are the difficulties involve?
Self-discipline- Need self discpline to always remind urself not to spend on unnecessary things, gals especially, always buy on impluse. Save $10 on this thing one day and then spend $100 on another thing the next day. That's certainly not saving...Remember saving is not "Don't buy" it's rather "buy wisely". The bottom line is that at the end of the day, u shld have your targeted amount of $$ left.
Cooperation- many people think that marriage is all the man's responsibility, so all the money they must contribute. Yes that's true in the past, but ask urself now is it possible? especially in singapore? Older generation guys like me gotta serve 2.5years NS, + almost 20years of education by the time graduate already 25-26. How long of youth do we have? Instead of pushing the blame to others why can't we each do our bit and try to contribute whenever we can? Take the analogy of u doing spring cleaning... if u are wiping the cabinets and the others are watching TV and not helping at all, how will u feel? The house is ours why am I the only one working? sounds unfair right? How motivated would u be? At times, it will give that the "If she dun care why should I care" feeling.
sometimes, even a simple concern like a cup of drink of helping to clean the wiping clothes once in a while can really help to motivate. At least it shows that all ur hard work is appreciated and known.
Enjoy while u can - Many people say they wan to enjoy while they are young so they simply heck care anyhow spend their $$ on the things they wan....just because they wan it. But they are not hermits, wat they do will have some effect on others. Ask urself this simple question, if given a choice who dun wan to enjoy? who wan to stress themselfs out? Ask the taxi driver if not for feeding his family, u think he wants to work long hours? who do wan to just lie down and sleep at home? tour whenever u like?
but there are things tat we simply have to face them, there's no eascape from it. For gals the problem can be simplified easily, just find a rich guy then can enjoy all she wans...However there aren't many such guys around haha so too bad...
So the motto is "Work together, and we can overcome all difficulties"
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Spring Cleaning ....
New year coming, So busy with spring cleaning ...as usual only me helping my mum...The rest haiz are (as usual) busy or blind...never see... so cannot let my mum do everything alone right? so must help lor...
Did quite alot of stuffs on Sat morn (cos afternoon meeting dd to watch "memoirs of a geisha")
Went for my routine workout (jogging, pull up, crunches, push-ups) . then came back cleaned 5 kitchen cabinets + the stuffs inside...(Proof below). Then wash my own socks haha...by the time finished these activities already lunchtime liao....tired leh
Sun came back frm dd hse, reach home at 7pm, after eating dinner tot can do some revision and tutorials then daddy wan to paint the doors...so no choice but to help also else he will make noise...by the time finished 4 doors already 1115 liao... so bo pian can't do my sch work already... Die this whole weekend never touch my books at all...Grr... all busy with spring cleaning... finished writing this blog entry already pass 12am...have to go Zzzz tml still got to wake up early...
Oh ya youngest bro getting more and more atrocious...
1st lie:
came back late with xtra shirt on fri, say play soccer IN SCHOOL then borrowed frm fren ...Likely story, fri was rainin the whole day, only shelter place big enuff to play soccer would be the sch hall..possible to play there? principal allowed? hmmm? then somemore the "fren" so good ah bring spare clothes to sch everyday? anticipate today some1's clothes will get smelly then can lend to them? more likely go loiter around lah..I also young bfore leh... this lie not very convincing leh
2nd lie:
came back frm cycling at 8pm today, suppose to be back at 7pm at most(he promised). He left after lunch so have ample time for him to cycle...unless he got super stamina, cycle the whole singapore...
He claims he went to Bt Panjang and went to his fren's hse...he says he left at 630pm yeah and he came back at 8pm...1.5hr to get back frm Bt Panjang in a bicycle...? Reason given for lateness: Misjudge the time, tot can be back in 1/2 an hr...then road narrow so gotta push bicycle alone a stretch of rd... Ohhhhh my hse is very near to bukit panjang I think even if I jog frm my hse then around the whole of Bt panjang and back also no need 1.5hrs lor, round trip somemore, he only single trip...somemore bt panjang is very small only.... who he trying to kid? walk also no need that far lor from the farthest pt in Bt Panjang...
More likely he play at his fren's hse until pass the time then came up wif this stupid excuse....push bicycle push all the way meh???
Keep telling lies dunno why...
wah getting late liao gtg ....
My new Door color
Kitchen Cabinets: All cleaned by me haha
Did quite alot of stuffs on Sat morn (cos afternoon meeting dd to watch "memoirs of a geisha")
Went for my routine workout (jogging, pull up, crunches, push-ups) . then came back cleaned 5 kitchen cabinets + the stuffs inside...(Proof below). Then wash my own socks haha...by the time finished these activities already lunchtime liao....tired leh
Sun came back frm dd hse, reach home at 7pm, after eating dinner tot can do some revision and tutorials then daddy wan to paint the doors...so no choice but to help also else he will make noise...by the time finished 4 doors already 1115 liao... so bo pian can't do my sch work already... Die this whole weekend never touch my books at all...Grr... all busy with spring cleaning... finished writing this blog entry already pass 12am...have to go Zzzz tml still got to wake up early...
Oh ya youngest bro getting more and more atrocious...
1st lie:
came back late with xtra shirt on fri, say play soccer IN SCHOOL then borrowed frm fren ...Likely story, fri was rainin the whole day, only shelter place big enuff to play soccer would be the sch hall..possible to play there? principal allowed? hmmm? then somemore the "fren" so good ah bring spare clothes to sch everyday? anticipate today some1's clothes will get smelly then can lend to them? more likely go loiter around lah..I also young bfore leh... this lie not very convincing leh
2nd lie:
came back frm cycling at 8pm today, suppose to be back at 7pm at most(he promised). He left after lunch so have ample time for him to cycle...unless he got super stamina, cycle the whole singapore...
He claims he went to Bt Panjang and went to his fren's hse...he says he left at 630pm yeah and he came back at 8pm...1.5hr to get back frm Bt Panjang in a bicycle...? Reason given for lateness: Misjudge the time, tot can be back in 1/2 an hr...then road narrow so gotta push bicycle alone a stretch of rd... Ohhhhh my hse is very near to bukit panjang I think even if I jog frm my hse then around the whole of Bt panjang and back also no need 1.5hrs lor, round trip somemore, he only single trip...somemore bt panjang is very small only.... who he trying to kid? walk also no need that far lor from the farthest pt in Bt Panjang...
More likely he play at his fren's hse until pass the time then came up wif this stupid excuse....push bicycle push all the way meh???
Keep telling lies dunno why...
wah getting late liao gtg ....
My new Door color
Kitchen Cabinets: All cleaned by me haha
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Drowned in the Sea of Chocolates
Wah these few days have been having alot of chocolates to eat, terrible cos these few days keep raining, so most of the time cannot go jog to burn away the extra calories. Somemore been playing badminton wif my frens in sch and always end up with aches(diff locations) after 2-3hrs of badminton...so sometimes due to that cannot go jog...sighz...growing fatter wait dd depise me...too FAT... Haiz
How come I got so many chocolates? Well the amount of "stocks" increased like this in chronological order:
1) dd gave me a box of Belgium chocolate
2) Eldest Bro brought back a box of Ritter Sports Assorted chocolates and a pack of toblerones
3) 3rd bro's ex gf sent him a "snoopy box" full of sweeties, he don't wan to eat so all go to me lor. Oh ya the box also belongs to me now...to store my chocolates haha
Caoyang's snoopy box contains:
1)M & Ms (finished liao)
2)Smarties(finished liao)
3)Toblerones
4)Rittle Sports chocolates
5)DD's Belgium Chocolates
6)Kinder Bureno (Given Away liao)
Still got some Cadbury's Chocolate Bars which my bro last time tried to mould into shape of a heart...Think got 3 Bars, cannot waste and throw away right?
No choice lor gonna finished them slowly..gg to drown in a sea of chocolates liao, must exercise more to burn away the extra calories...
The Snoopy Box
The Chocolates inside
How come I got so many chocolates? Well the amount of "stocks" increased like this in chronological order:
1) dd gave me a box of Belgium chocolate
2) Eldest Bro brought back a box of Ritter Sports Assorted chocolates and a pack of toblerones
3) 3rd bro's ex gf sent him a "snoopy box" full of sweeties, he don't wan to eat so all go to me lor. Oh ya the box also belongs to me now...to store my chocolates haha
Caoyang's snoopy box contains:
1)M & Ms (finished liao)
2)Smarties(finished liao)
3)Toblerones
4)Rittle Sports chocolates
5)DD's Belgium Chocolates
6)Kinder Bureno (Given Away liao)
Still got some Cadbury's Chocolate Bars which my bro last time tried to mould into shape of a heart...Think got 3 Bars, cannot waste and throw away right?
No choice lor gonna finished them slowly..gg to drown in a sea of chocolates liao, must exercise more to burn away the extra calories...
The Snoopy Box
The Chocolates inside
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Look at this
Haha My Bro's(lao san) bday just passed on Jan 4, yeah he 21 liao hope he can think better and stop acting like a crybaby and sore loser just bcos his ex-gf "dump" him.
As usual Singtel sent him some discount vouchers, one of it is a Long Beach discount voucher(15% discount for dinner and 20% for lunch), yum yum long time no go long beach eat crabbies liao... got some craving for it..., since my parents starting on their healthy diet campaign, crabs and prawns have become almost extinct on the dinning table because of their high cholestrol content..sigh...dunno dd crave for the crabs or not...hmmm....
As the voucher can only b used on the month of the birthday(for me it's feb) so I decided that I will use it on the 24th of feb yeah the day b4 my bday yeah! can eat wif dd haha...looking forward to that day...In the meantime gotta save $$ for the crab feast. should be able to save enough by then...ok me cannot buy anymore extra things liao...S.T.O.P
Wondering wat I got for my bro as bday present? haha got him a some wheat grass thingy...shaped like a mouse then suppose to be able to grow wheat grass at the back of the thingy...Chanced upon it during a trip to causeway pt, only $4...cheapo right? hope he dun find out that that thingy is so cheap haha... Anyway the auntie claims can reduce stress and radiation blah blah cos it's green(good for eyes) and it's a plant ...Do u believe?
Oh ya just found out tat can't post alcohol for sale on ebay or HWZ...sad dunno where to sell my dad's liquor liao...
The Long Beach Discount Coupon
My Bro's Bday present frm me, cute?
As usual Singtel sent him some discount vouchers, one of it is a Long Beach discount voucher(15% discount for dinner and 20% for lunch), yum yum long time no go long beach eat crabbies liao... got some craving for it..., since my parents starting on their healthy diet campaign, crabs and prawns have become almost extinct on the dinning table because of their high cholestrol content..sigh...dunno dd crave for the crabs or not...hmmm....
As the voucher can only b used on the month of the birthday(for me it's feb) so I decided that I will use it on the 24th of feb yeah the day b4 my bday yeah! can eat wif dd haha...looking forward to that day...In the meantime gotta save $$ for the crab feast. should be able to save enough by then...ok me cannot buy anymore extra things liao...S.T.O.P
Wondering wat I got for my bro as bday present? haha got him a some wheat grass thingy...shaped like a mouse then suppose to be able to grow wheat grass at the back of the thingy...Chanced upon it during a trip to causeway pt, only $4...cheapo right? hope he dun find out that that thingy is so cheap haha... Anyway the auntie claims can reduce stress and radiation blah blah cos it's green(good for eyes) and it's a plant ...Do u believe?
Oh ya just found out tat can't post alcohol for sale on ebay or HWZ...sad dunno where to sell my dad's liquor liao...
The Long Beach Discount Coupon 
My Bro's Bday present frm me, cute?
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
My Dog Breed
As a Retriever, you are the golden child at work. Your balance of personable charm and diplomatic problem-solving makes you an asset to any organization. Part of your charisma comes from an irrepressible energy — an energy people draw on for creative solutions and fresh approaches to the company's business.
Part of the reason you're so good at what you do, is you've got innate people skills. Your easy-going nature puts people at ease and your high energy keeps you on the move. You enjoy getting to know others, and it shows. What you get in return, are innumerable in-roads to friends and colleagues at yours and other companies. You get in there with people and make an impression — an impression that can help seal deals when you need it to.
As a Golden Retriever you are a loyal and trusting sort. Although you can sometimes get distracted from finishing the file on your desk if you smell a new project coming down the line, it's not because you're careless. You're just excited to start thinking up ideas for another day.
All in all, Golden Retrievers are highly valued at their companies. Your uncanny ability to work amongst different groups of people while maintaining your positive approach is not always easy to find.
Of these characteristics, what sets you and other Golden Retrievers apart from different breeds is a combination of three factors:
Your level of dominance: Your Alpha/Beta factor.
Your need for affiliation: Your desire to associate with colleagues.
Your temperament: How much you wear your heart on your sleeve.
By looking at your scores on these three dimensions, we determined your dog type.
Marking Terrority:
Are you an Alpha or a Beta?
Climbing over people on your way up the ladder to success — it's just not your style. You and your fellow Golden Retriever are Beta dogs at work — true diplomats who get the job done. What separates you from the Alpha dogs out there? Not ambition. You want to succeed as much as anyone. It's just that you play by different rules — you aren't driven to win at any expense. You also know that sometimes you make a bigger difference and get more done if you're not obsessed by the highest rank, the grandest title, or the greatest responsibility. Although it's unusual for you to be particularly competitive, you have your moments and know when it's time to take on a challenge. You're not aggressive by nature and it takes a lot to get you steamed about things, which helps you pick your battles. Your patient nature is generally an asset in the workplace. People are relaxed around you. Because you are not as visibly competitive as your Alpha colleagues, however, you may mistakenly appear to lack their zeal or drive. But overall, people appreciate your Beta ways. You care about your work, and more importantly, you care about understanding and building workplace relationships — relationships you can benefit from later down the line.
Getting ahead at work (Leading the pack)
Because you are relatively laid back and less aggressive than the Alphas in your midst, people see you as a consoler, or someone to whom they can talk. You inspire their confidence because you are not always hurried and you patiently listen to others. Although there are many upsides to being a Beta in terms of your congeniality, life satisfaction, and health, there are a few downsides as well. Your unhurried style can sometimes make you seem as though you lack ambition. Your bosses may assume that you are satisfied with your lot and may pass you by for a promotion in favor of a colleague who seems hungrier than you. Your challenge is to maintain your Beta style while conveying to your colleagues and bosses that you are a high achiever and that you do compete when it counts.
Job satisfaction (How to wag your tail every day)
If you want to please your inner dog at work, you need to identify an office environment that suits your social needs. When it comes to your job, there are a number of components that make it a good fit for you. Are you doing the work you want to be doing? Are you working for the kind of company you want to work for? Is your personality a good match for your career? (For more on this take Tickle's Right Job, Wrong Job test).
In addition to those aspects of work, there is another factor that directly influences how happy you are at work: How important is it for you to make meaningful relationships with your fellow workers? Some people think this is crucial for their job satisfaction. Others find interacting with co-workers (beyond necessary needs) time-consuming, irrelevant, and disruptive to their productivity. In short, some people want to develop relationships with co-workers beyond the collaborations critical for the company, while others prefer to reduce the social intensity at work without alienating their colleagues.
Your need for affiliation in the workplace
Golden Retrievers like you are especially loyal and social. You do not like being alone and you seek companionship for most activities. Whether you're grabbing a coffee or lunch, you're likely to ask others to accompany you before you leave. You don't feel the need to be surrounded by people all the time, but you do like to have your social calendar booked, and you probably take comfort knowing your Palm Pilot is full of contacts.
Having those contacts by your side is more important for you than others. You want to feel like you belong — regardless of the environment. Your co-workers are more than just people you see at work, they're often the people you spend time talking with about work and other matters. You value that since meaningful human contact helps fulfill you and drive you through your days. Beyond the work requirements, you see your co-workers as a source of friendship and emotional support, and you take pride in being one of the people who holds the group together.
Increase your job satisfaction
Since maintaining good relationships with co-workers is a priority for you, any sense of isolation can lead to poor work performance or dissatisfaction with your job. Fortunately, there are things you can do to try to prevent this from happening.
- If you are in charge of your group or feel comfortable talking to your managers, you can recommend structuring work responsibilities around the core of cooperation, not competition. Just make sure you don't overstep your bounds.
- If you feel you aren't getting the kind of interaction that makes your job great, try organizing some face-to-face time outside of work projects and meetings. Invite colleagues to share a 15-minute coffee break with you or go for a walk on your lunch hour.
- Sure everyone's busy, but even these small breaks can make a big difference in your job satisfaction and perception. Some people may need a gentle push, so remind them that it's only 15 minutes, that they probably spend at least that much time answering personal emails. Taking non-work-related breaks throughout the day can rejuvenate just about anyone and make them more productive.
- Chances are, there is a good time in the afternoon for everyone to take a brief break. Once you do get people out of the office with you, try to talk about things other than work. Bring up hot topics of the day and get people engaged in juicy and interesting conversations. You may end up discovering that some of your co-workers share your same interests or hobbies.
Whether it's too many deadlines or unreasonable bosses, everyone experiences job-related stress. How you handle stress and anxiety varies from dog to dog. Tickle analyzed your temperament. And now, we can take a look at how you cope with stress and how it impacts others around you.
As a breed, Golden Retrievers are fairly easy-going most of the time. But when you're feeling stressed, you prefer to keep your feelings to yourself instead of letting them rise to the surface. The fact that you suppress your feelings instead of blurting out your opinions when they first occur makes you a "suppressor."
Suppressors feel greater control when they have time to analyze and think about their feelings. While this does have some benefits, it also can get in the way sometimes. It's likely that instead of admitting to work anxiety, you try to bury it so it won't "get in the way" of you doing a good job. While it's good to be focused on your work, don't underestimate the feelings of stress or unease that you might have. You might be so good at suppressing feelings that you don't fully acknowledge that you're feeling uneasy about things.
The problem with that is even if you try to avoid stress, it tends to find ways to leak out. When you become less tolerant of everyday hassles — getting annoyed by friendly co-workers, getting especially tense in meetings, getting overly frustrated by traffic jams, getting flustered when you can't find your favorite pen — know that these are all indicators that there's something else bothering you. Just be aware of these signs so you can take the time to figure out what's causing your stress. Ultimately, not coming to terms with your feelings and letting people know about them reduces your chances of ever feeling completely content at the workplace.
Your impact on others
People in the workplace feel comfortable with you knowing that you'll listen all the way through before judging a situation. This is good. It increases your reliability and adds a sense of calm to the workplace. You are even-keeled and react to events and emotions with deliberation. For your sense of comfort, you need to feel in control, but you also want to project that image to others as well.
Because of this, you weigh the benefits and consequences of voicing you opinion before doing so. Most of the time, you temper your feelings — making an effort to be diplomatic when you can be. As a result, most people see consistency in your behavior and mood.
Your attempts to moderate your feelings however, limit the ability of others to get to know the real, uncensored you. It also makes it more difficult for people to know how they can best fulfill your needs and wishes. co-workers are not mind readers. Bear that in mind and remember to give them positive direction for what you do want, or how you best operate in conjunction with them. Additionally, your bottled up feelings are likely to blow up sometime — even in a meeting unrelated to your initial frustrations. That will confuse colleagues, so make sure you can separate your issues.
Try this next time
Next time you have a difference of opinion with a colleague at work, write down your feelings in a notebook as well as potential solutions to the problem at hand. Put the book away for a day, then look at it again. If you still agree with the sentiment you scribbled down in your notes, explain the situation to a friend (or an impartial and non-political colleague) and see if they understand your point and where you're coming from. Use your friend to practice approaching the subject with your colleagues, and once you've done so, broach the subject with this colleague again. If necessary, state your opinions in a firmer manner than before.
You may be surprised at how an honest dialogue between two adults can vastly improve the working situation for everyone. Sharing your feelings is not only good for your mental well-being, but it also makes you more human to others.
How Trainable are U?
When it comes right down to it, every dog has it's own quirks. To get a more complete profile of you at work, we went beyond your breed to find out how you learn and adapt to change. Those factors combined with the other personality characteristics we've discussed will paint a full picture of your breed of dog at work.
To proceed up the career ladder, you've got to understand the way you learn. If you don't know that, you can miss opportunities along the way, and lose valuable time and energy trying to understand concepts and positions critical to your job.
You are an introspective learner, a ponderer. You learn best when you have the time to think about things on your own, before you have to act on them. You'd rather act more slowly, but consider all the possibilities and options than act quickly and make adjustments later. And beyond that, once you learn something, you can be counted on to be thorough and reliable. You are confident of your abilities and are not afraid to admit you need to learn more. In work situations, people probably think of you as the follow-through person.
So learn how to use your introspective learning style to your advantage. Take the time to understand the types of environments in which you learn most effectively. If you follow these rules, you will become a faster and more successful learner.
Use your learning style to your advantage
Because you are an introspective learner, you have a careful and methodical style. Since you prefer to pore over material before acting on it, try to find extra time to study up before you hit meetings. That will help you appear prepared to colleagues if you are called on to offer your opinion because you have already had the time you like to mull things over. It is difficult for you to learn in a group format when everyone has his or her own pace. When you are reflecting on the material, you will learn it faster if you think about the "what ifs" and anticipate objections or troubles. Jot down your thoughts on paper so that you can share them with others in a meeting.
Still, meetings and seminars can be difficult for you, sometimes. To keep yourself engaged, ask questions often and request that there be a short break every hour to give you a chance to absorb the material.
How do you respond to the new and the different?
How you react to new situations or adapt to change gives you insight into your personality. While you were taking the test, Tickle examined your tendency to seek new situations and your ability to cope with change.
You like to know your job and be the expert at it. While others are racing around scoping out new roles, you prefer to become an instrumental player at work, one people come to for answers and expertise. You know what your role within the workplace is, and don't feel compelled to explore new and different directions all that often. That's in part because you prefer predictable situations over surprises.
You find routines comforting. With all the chaos of the office, they provide you a sense of stability and control to serve as a good base for you. When those stars are lined up right, it sets you up to enjoy being in charge. While everyone is leaping to the new idea or trend, you wisely remember where your responsibilities lie. It is not that you dislike change, it's just that part of you worries that you won't like your new routine as much as your old ones. But when duty calls, you're just fine at adjusting once you have a chance to get accustomed to your new surroundings. Once you do that, you're back to your comfortable self again.
Now that you know more about your exploratory nature, read on to see ways that you can adapt better to your work environment.
Ways to adapt to your work environment
Most jobs require workers to establish a routine and stick to it. This skill is easier for you than others. Don't underestimate your consistency; it is a strong asset. At the same time, it wouldn't hurt to spend a bit of time developing a higher tolerance to change. Flexibility and the ability and willingness to make changes to improve existing routines are highly valued at most companies. Practice not rigidly scheduling your day and see if you can get the same amount of work done without as much stress. This new way of doing things will take time but it is important that you realize that the more you expose yourself to novel situations, the easier it becomes.
If you feel at loose ends and your responsibilities seem too varied, try sitting down with your superiors to discuss ways of making your calendar more stable. For example, you might be able to figure out ways to devote one day each week to specific responsibilities that you can focus your energies on for that whole day. That will make you feel you have more control over your days.
I wan a Hse and DD!
Time really files now is already 2006, which means 6 yrs already zoomed pass since the day I held dd's hand. Soon I will be graduating, mabbe in 4-5months time then will have to start looking for a job and start saving for the next stage of our life.
Yeah for marriage, hse blah blah blah..dunno how long I have to save to accumulate enough money for everything. Sometimes it shudders me when I try to calculate how much all the expenses gotta add up. $10k for wedding dinner, $3++K for photo shoot, $10K for honey moon, $20K for renovation and furniture, electrical appliances...Left out anything? in short w/o at least $50K, I think can't think of getting married in singapore... somemore my estimates are only a very rough one...usually will exceed budget, Haiz dunno when can marry dd...
wat to do...I think don't think too much abt this 1st lah...just try to save as much as possible. Cannot just think of myself when spend $$..in short can't do watever I please and can't spend whenever I wan lor, must think of(and keep in mind) more important things..else maybe until 40 still can't save enough $$...
still have to repaid study loan to dad's CPF....$$ $$ $$
Yeah for marriage, hse blah blah blah..dunno how long I have to save to accumulate enough money for everything. Sometimes it shudders me when I try to calculate how much all the expenses gotta add up. $10k for wedding dinner, $3++K for photo shoot, $10K for honey moon, $20K for renovation and furniture, electrical appliances...Left out anything? in short w/o at least $50K, I think can't think of getting married in singapore... somemore my estimates are only a very rough one...usually will exceed budget, Haiz dunno when can marry dd...
wat to do...I think don't think too much abt this 1st lah...just try to save as much as possible. Cannot just think of myself when spend $$..in short can't do watever I please and can't spend whenever I wan lor, must think of(and keep in mind) more important things..else maybe until 40 still can't save enough $$...
still have to repaid study loan to dad's CPF....$$ $$ $$
Sunday, January 01, 2006
It's 2006
Time flies so fast, it's 2006 already... Going to graduate(hopefully) this May already...gg to move on from being a student after all these years...Oh bother still got a few months more...just Enjoy haha
Some updates:
Got my results already Passed all my modules this sem Yahoo! no Cats and Dogs...tot will get 2 cos got 2 exam paper I very difficult for me...many qns dunno how to ans...gg on to next sem..
Last day of 2005, went jogging as usual cos it's a saturday, then do my pull ups and tuck jumps(as usual)...then dunno wat happen suddenly felt a sharp pain at my back area..Ahhhh sprain my back liao. Have to walk with a slightly hunched back for the whole last day of 2005, grr...
This year's new year resolutions:
1) Graduate (of course)
2) Drive and Park Better
3) Love dd more
4) Learn how to use more routes other than expressways
5)Hope can take plane this year, best if can take wif dd(25 yrs old liao still haben sat on a plane yet)
Today went to Sin Ming rd for roti prata wif dd... dd drove me there, seldom a passenger after got my license(to drive) 2 months ago...Be a passenger SHIOK! muahaha
Then dd keep getting running nose so no choice, I took over the wheel after B'fast though my back got sprain, abit painful cannot turn too fast to look at blind spots... must pamper dd cos she's the 1 and only dd I've got...
wanted to go swimming after B'fast with my sprained back...Swimming=aqua Therapy mah mabbe the sprain will get well after a swim haha...but alas keep raining the whole morn too bad gonna abandon the idea. went to AMK to dd uncle's hse and central just to walk walk...had bubble tea, tea-leaf egg(dunno wat it is called in eng) and bought a strawberry bone for ronnie.
Then off we went to Serangoon Gdn for lunch at Pow Sing...Food there nice leh. We topped up petrol at the Shell stn there and off we went to Pasir Ris Farmway...Don't really know how to get to the place from Serangoon Gdn so anyhow drive...keep gg straight, thru' paya lebar rd to reach PIE. haha find that I only know how to get to places from Expressways haha
Saw a lot of puppies there, dd very excited and happy(i think) haha.Got some trouble find the place so made alot of wastedul turns at Pasir Ris.
Then we went back via the TPE-PIE route...Trip was quite smooth except got horned by some drive near Eng Neo exit. Also dunno why he horned me...I was overtaking a rather slow moving car so I signalled right, this car was at 2 lanes to the right of me and I overtook from the right of the slow moving car which is one lane to the left of this car-who-horned-me. then as I was speeding up to over take the slow moving car(I already in adjacent lane) then he horned me, for wat? I also never gonna cut into his lane...perharps he tot I was gg to do so...
shit tot can get 0-kena-horned rates for 2006 this guy horned me liao...can't reach target already...
Now sch gg to reopen soon, alot of notes to print and CNY also coming...gonna clean my room and help mum clean the hse somemore...gg to be busy these coming weeks...
Some updates:
Got my results already Passed all my modules this sem Yahoo! no Cats and Dogs...tot will get 2 cos got 2 exam paper I very difficult for me...many qns dunno how to ans...gg on to next sem..
Last day of 2005, went jogging as usual cos it's a saturday, then do my pull ups and tuck jumps(as usual)...then dunno wat happen suddenly felt a sharp pain at my back area..Ahhhh sprain my back liao. Have to walk with a slightly hunched back for the whole last day of 2005, grr...
This year's new year resolutions:
1) Graduate (of course)
2) Drive and Park Better
3) Love dd more
4) Learn how to use more routes other than expressways
5)Hope can take plane this year, best if can take wif dd(25 yrs old liao still haben sat on a plane yet)
Today went to Sin Ming rd for roti prata wif dd... dd drove me there, seldom a passenger after got my license(to drive) 2 months ago...Be a passenger SHIOK! muahaha
Then dd keep getting running nose so no choice, I took over the wheel after B'fast though my back got sprain, abit painful cannot turn too fast to look at blind spots... must pamper dd cos she's the 1 and only dd I've got...
wanted to go swimming after B'fast with my sprained back...Swimming=aqua Therapy mah mabbe the sprain will get well after a swim haha...but alas keep raining the whole morn too bad gonna abandon the idea. went to AMK to dd uncle's hse and central just to walk walk...had bubble tea, tea-leaf egg(dunno wat it is called in eng) and bought a strawberry bone for ronnie.
Then off we went to Serangoon Gdn for lunch at Pow Sing...Food there nice leh. We topped up petrol at the Shell stn there and off we went to Pasir Ris Farmway...Don't really know how to get to the place from Serangoon Gdn so anyhow drive...keep gg straight, thru' paya lebar rd to reach PIE. haha find that I only know how to get to places from Expressways haha
Saw a lot of puppies there, dd very excited and happy(i think) haha.Got some trouble find the place so made alot of wastedul turns at Pasir Ris.
Then we went back via the TPE-PIE route...Trip was quite smooth except got horned by some drive near Eng Neo exit. Also dunno why he horned me...I was overtaking a rather slow moving car so I signalled right, this car was at 2 lanes to the right of me and I overtook from the right of the slow moving car which is one lane to the left of this car-who-horned-me. then as I was speeding up to over take the slow moving car(I already in adjacent lane) then he horned me, for wat? I also never gonna cut into his lane...perharps he tot I was gg to do so...
shit tot can get 0-kena-horned rates for 2006 this guy horned me liao...can't reach target already...
Now sch gg to reopen soon, alot of notes to print and CNY also coming...gonna clean my room and help mum clean the hse somemore...gg to be busy these coming weeks...
Sunday, December 18, 2005
2 little traffic incidents on Sun
1st incident at East point carpark, didn't notice that there's a kerb surronding the pillar(cos parking lot is beside the exit slope and along the exit slope there's this yellow striped kerb, for pedestrians I suppose) so tried to make a acute u-turn(to go down the slope that's just beside the lot), too over zealous, mounted the kerb haha... suai...
nvm then made our way to Old airport rd where we met incident number 2. We exited fort rd frm ECP then have to turn into Mountbatten rd then to fort rd. From the street directory, it's drawn that it's a str rd frm fort rd to Mountbatten rd but when we got near to the end of Fort rd, suddenly realised that we have to made a left turn. so I check the road behind and in front is clear then tried to filter to the left lane to make the turn, all aof a suddenly a MPV(dunno whether it's a Wish or Grandis) appear from behind at very fast speed(didn't notice it cos there's a slight bend behind) estimated it to be running at 60-70km/h(on normal rd) by that time I was already 1/4 into that lane and that bull came charging through with horn blazing... I admit I froze at that instant, dunno whether to swerve right accelerate into the lane or stop. In the end I just stop, think I still not experienced enough having just passed my drv 2 months ago and never drove for 3 years after ORD, anyway I think if I was driving army trucks no driver would dare do anything funny to me... think that MPV driver just trying to be funny moving so fast and didn't even bother to brake nor slow down when I was already 1/4 into the lane when sensing impending accident waiing for me to make the move to avoid an accident. Anyway phew luckily no accident else dd would kill me...but I think not entirely my fault right?
Nevertheless I think the road signboard in singapore also placed very funny, it's placed at the entrance of the slip road and not before it... so until when we are very near the slip road then can see the sign and many times blocked by trees also. Kaoz think every driver will meet with such incidents anyway I read from an article, if that MPV lanka my backside most of the time the insurance coy will find him is in fault haha...Next time have to plan our route to avoid such incidents..Learnt something from it will be extra vigilant next time.
Anyway Old Airport rd FC really got alot of nice food leh(got newspaper at their store one) yummy...
Wah next wk haben start already spend $20(which is 2/5 or 40%) of next wk's $$ liao, $$ very easy to spend leh. Running into deficit also(have to dig into savings) cos spend $30+ on a doggie shirt for ronnie... still gonna spend some $$ on ink(mabbe can claim 1/2 from dad) and on a 2nd hand badminton racquet(mabbe $90-$100, orginal price is $145) which according to my fren is a very good racquet at a bargain price, my racquet all gg to spoil liao(very old already) and somemore fren wan to play badminton wif me again so have to get a decent one lor(I think I not that bad in badminton lah). Aiyah now hol spend more $$ ok lah as long as dd happy, I happy can already anyway it's the festive season now...$$ spent can be earned back right? it's not that much anyway... Will try to save more during sch term lor...
nvm then made our way to Old airport rd where we met incident number 2. We exited fort rd frm ECP then have to turn into Mountbatten rd then to fort rd. From the street directory, it's drawn that it's a str rd frm fort rd to Mountbatten rd but when we got near to the end of Fort rd, suddenly realised that we have to made a left turn. so I check the road behind and in front is clear then tried to filter to the left lane to make the turn, all aof a suddenly a MPV(dunno whether it's a Wish or Grandis) appear from behind at very fast speed(didn't notice it cos there's a slight bend behind) estimated it to be running at 60-70km/h(on normal rd) by that time I was already 1/4 into that lane and that bull came charging through with horn blazing... I admit I froze at that instant, dunno whether to swerve right accelerate into the lane or stop. In the end I just stop, think I still not experienced enough having just passed my drv 2 months ago and never drove for 3 years after ORD, anyway I think if I was driving army trucks no driver would dare do anything funny to me... think that MPV driver just trying to be funny moving so fast and didn't even bother to brake nor slow down when I was already 1/4 into the lane when sensing impending accident waiing for me to make the move to avoid an accident. Anyway phew luckily no accident else dd would kill me...but I think not entirely my fault right?
Nevertheless I think the road signboard in singapore also placed very funny, it's placed at the entrance of the slip road and not before it... so until when we are very near the slip road then can see the sign and many times blocked by trees also. Kaoz think every driver will meet with such incidents anyway I read from an article, if that MPV lanka my backside most of the time the insurance coy will find him is in fault haha...Next time have to plan our route to avoid such incidents..Learnt something from it will be extra vigilant next time.
Anyway Old Airport rd FC really got alot of nice food leh(got newspaper at their store one) yummy...
Wah next wk haben start already spend $20(which is 2/5 or 40%) of next wk's $$ liao, $$ very easy to spend leh. Running into deficit also(have to dig into savings) cos spend $30+ on a doggie shirt for ronnie... still gonna spend some $$ on ink(mabbe can claim 1/2 from dad) and on a 2nd hand badminton racquet(mabbe $90-$100, orginal price is $145) which according to my fren is a very good racquet at a bargain price, my racquet all gg to spoil liao(very old already) and somemore fren wan to play badminton wif me again so have to get a decent one lor(I think I not that bad in badminton lah). Aiyah now hol spend more $$ ok lah as long as dd happy, I happy can already anyway it's the festive season now...$$ spent can be earned back right? it's not that much anyway... Will try to save more during sch term lor...
Monday, December 12, 2005
Change her Mind again
Kaoz mum change her mind again, now she wanted to keep the x200 meaning I can't sell it to earn xtra $$ for my other purchases...namely a good meal wif dd(chilli crabs mabbe) and my CISS(continuous ink system) Oh bother, nvm it's my mum after all...Wat to do? slowly save up the $$ again lor...sure will have the chance to buy the CISS and eat chilli crabs(long time no eat liao leh) someday... hahaa... mabbe after Xmas will have the $$ already...pray pray
SingTel sell letter to ask for money liao...wah suddenly I like $$ no enuff leh ....
SingTel sell letter to ask for money liao...wah suddenly I like $$ no enuff leh ....
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Some Updates...
Well I guess I've not written anything for quite some time..been thinking and doing my FYP so even though it's sch hol now, I am still not that "free".
last sun went to meet dd at her place and had chicken hor fan for b'fast...quite ok lah after that we went to Tangs and bought a Samsung X200 with dd's $100 CK Tangs voucher, yah finally spent the voucher, actually didn't wan to get it at 1st but that HP shop at CK Tangs didn't have D500C so I did a 1 yr recontract and got the Samsung X200 for $100. (2 yrs recontract is free). Tot of letting my mum use it for the moment then when I am gg reservist then I can use that phone. Then my mum very jialat so fickle minded. one day say dun wan the next day say wan... now she say dun wan and I am trying to sell the phone. sighz...this the fone
Had a row wif my youngest bro, why? cos he was arguing wif my parents abt some "freedom" he desire... then he said some very nasty things so I kindof intervene... yah and he called me a big mouth " I took his drumstick and whack at his leg, dunno whether he felt pain or not but it certainly left a mark there. haha here's the argument.(can't recall much but it's something like that)
Mum:Told u(youngest bro) dun dye hair, u go dye
Dad:Now nothing to do, go lib borrow books
Youngest bro: Now hol, borrow wat books? finished O levels already leh siao ah, now is the time to have fun...
Dad and mum continue to bombard youngest bro abt his disobedience, blah blah blah Youngest bro think he knows alot keep blah blah blah but in a very unrespectful tone...
anyway it was I who notice the color change in bro's hair and informed my mum...
Me: Allow me to say something in fairness, (to my youngest bro), U are not very world-wisely as u think u are...eg, u said ur friend will get u a job at his uncle's coy, and c wat happen(he never got to go there to work and he never attempt to look for a job, ya waiting for jobs to come looking for him)...
Youngest bro: Ya U think u very clever lah, but is think only. (implying that he know more things than me..)
Mum: Ya and u go dye ur hair when we told u not to, if not for ur 2nd bro(me) we would never notice.
Youngest bro: Ya Big mouth KayPo
Me: If u dare to dye why be afraid to let ppl know? Tot u say u are man? Dare to do and not dare to own up? This is responsibility?
Youngest bro mubbling some very rude words
*Smack* drumstick(not chicken) wack on his leg
then I told my parents, u say dun let him but when he disobey u'll still just scold only,of cos he wun listen lah... c watever my parents told him not to do he will do it like coming back late... cos he noes that he would at most at a scolding or sometimes my parents are too tired to scold he would get no punishment at all... like that is educating children? haha Love education..my foot!
will work on some kids but definitely not on my bros...
Kaoz, he 16 yr old so rebellious though I can understand cos I've been thru tat stage when I was 14, I also think that my parents are ill-treating me.. guess I've grown out of that now...but my bro's attitude is really very rude lor...much worse than mine now he dun wan to tok to me...ya think I am a bootlicker, big mouth(disclose his red hair secret)...so be it... w/o him I still can survive I dun need him for anything... but mabbe he will need my help in the future...
Saw his blog even more infuriated...this is some of the stuffs he wrote..
"those iDIOTs who dun haf brains to think & ears to listen just cant get any of my thoughts into those tiny little pathetic brain cells"
of cos the idiots he's referring to my parents and me...
"SOME iDIOT want mi to go to library todae to borrow books to erm.. spend my time reading them instead of having fun..?? L0lX!!! DREAM ON!"
the idiot here is my dad...ya calling his own daddy idiot... bravo wait till my dad sees this
"some bootlicker cum bao toh gia come into the picture"
this is of cos me
And his entire blog is filled wif vulgarities....
Even though I am 9yrs older than him, worked in more coys than him and met even more ppl than him I still dun dare to say I know alot...this little guy her 16 yrs old still haben even go out to work, dare to say he knows alot... haha but anyway u know and I know, those ppl who say they are veyr good and know alot usu. knows little while those who keep quiet are usu those who knows much more..afterall empty vessels make the most noise haha
last sun went to meet dd at her place and had chicken hor fan for b'fast...quite ok lah after that we went to Tangs and bought a Samsung X200 with dd's $100 CK Tangs voucher, yah finally spent the voucher, actually didn't wan to get it at 1st but that HP shop at CK Tangs didn't have D500C so I did a 1 yr recontract and got the Samsung X200 for $100. (2 yrs recontract is free). Tot of letting my mum use it for the moment then when I am gg reservist then I can use that phone. Then my mum very jialat so fickle minded. one day say dun wan the next day say wan... now she say dun wan and I am trying to sell the phone. sighz...this the fone
Had a row wif my youngest bro, why? cos he was arguing wif my parents abt some "freedom" he desire... then he said some very nasty things so I kindof intervene... yah and he called me a big mouth " I took his drumstick and whack at his leg, dunno whether he felt pain or not but it certainly left a mark there. haha here's the argument.(can't recall much but it's something like that)
Mum:Told u(youngest bro) dun dye hair, u go dye
Dad:Now nothing to do, go lib borrow books
Youngest bro: Now hol, borrow wat books? finished O levels already leh siao ah, now is the time to have fun...
Dad and mum continue to bombard youngest bro abt his disobedience, blah blah blah Youngest bro think he knows alot keep blah blah blah but in a very unrespectful tone...
anyway it was I who notice the color change in bro's hair and informed my mum...
Me: Allow me to say something in fairness, (to my youngest bro), U are not very world-wisely as u think u are...eg, u said ur friend will get u a job at his uncle's coy, and c wat happen(he never got to go there to work and he never attempt to look for a job, ya waiting for jobs to come looking for him)...
Youngest bro: Ya U think u very clever lah, but is think only. (implying that he know more things than me..)
Mum: Ya and u go dye ur hair when we told u not to, if not for ur 2nd bro(me) we would never notice.
Youngest bro: Ya Big mouth KayPo
Me: If u dare to dye why be afraid to let ppl know? Tot u say u are man? Dare to do and not dare to own up? This is responsibility?
Youngest bro mubbling some very rude words
*Smack* drumstick(not chicken) wack on his leg
then I told my parents, u say dun let him but when he disobey u'll still just scold only,of cos he wun listen lah... c watever my parents told him not to do he will do it like coming back late... cos he noes that he would at most at a scolding or sometimes my parents are too tired to scold he would get no punishment at all... like that is educating children? haha Love education..my foot!
will work on some kids but definitely not on my bros...
Kaoz, he 16 yr old so rebellious though I can understand cos I've been thru tat stage when I was 14, I also think that my parents are ill-treating me.. guess I've grown out of that now...but my bro's attitude is really very rude lor...much worse than mine now he dun wan to tok to me...ya think I am a bootlicker, big mouth(disclose his red hair secret)...so be it... w/o him I still can survive I dun need him for anything... but mabbe he will need my help in the future...
Saw his blog even more infuriated...this is some of the stuffs he wrote..
"those iDIOTs who dun haf brains to think & ears to listen just cant get any of my thoughts into those tiny little pathetic brain cells"
of cos the idiots he's referring to my parents and me...
"SOME iDIOT want mi to go to library todae to borrow books to erm.. spend my time reading them instead of having fun..?? L0lX!!! DREAM ON!"
the idiot here is my dad...ya calling his own daddy idiot... bravo wait till my dad sees this
"some bootlicker cum bao toh gia come into the picture"
this is of cos me
And his entire blog is filled wif vulgarities....
Even though I am 9yrs older than him, worked in more coys than him and met even more ppl than him I still dun dare to say I know alot...this little guy her 16 yrs old still haben even go out to work, dare to say he knows alot... haha but anyway u know and I know, those ppl who say they are veyr good and know alot usu. knows little while those who keep quiet are usu those who knows much more..afterall empty vessels make the most noise haha
Saturday, December 03, 2005
So many wans, so little $$
End of the year have arrived, I guess many of u'll would be buying Christmas presents... though many would not be christians...
Some of the items that I have "targeted" since begining of the year have also fallen in prices, suddenly feel an urge to get them.
1)MP3 player
2)Continous ink system for my printer
3)Upgrade my computer to Athlon64 and casing
Have been pondering whether to get a MP3 player since long time when my MD spoilt but that time, MP3 players are still quite expensive so in the end never got it. Now prices have fallen so much quite tempted to get one. I am not greedy, mabbe a 1GB one would suffice for me. can be of any brand as long as the sound quality and appearance is acceptable to me then ok already...now still thinking thinking cos no $$
Continous ink system, found out that the cost of using such ink is lower than buying "compatible" cartridges and somemore can use to print photos sometimes...so thinking of getting one as well... my fren got one and he says it's quite good...well gotta do some market survey 1st c which brand is better...mabbe will get one before next sem so can print notes myself...
Been wanting to upgrade my processor to an Athlon64 long ago already..now the new Athlon64 939 comes out the older 754 have fallen in price drastically so mabbe will aim for that... but then the upgrading cost may come up to $200++ (if I sold my older MB and CPU then get the new MB and CPU). Then my casing after being in use for 4-5yrs(can't rem the exact age) have turn yellowish, quite an eyesore...been wishing to change for a long time liao
wah lao if I were to grant myself these 3 wishes I think will severly deplete my coffers... not much left liao after my driving lessons and still need to save $$...
Grr.. mabbe the MP3 player and Athlon64 gonna wait...buy the CISS 1st cos that's more important..
sunboi is super poor, wan to get all things he wan also cannot...Haiz Haiz...
Some of the items that I have "targeted" since begining of the year have also fallen in prices, suddenly feel an urge to get them.
1)MP3 player
2)Continous ink system for my printer
3)Upgrade my computer to Athlon64 and casing
Have been pondering whether to get a MP3 player since long time when my MD spoilt but that time, MP3 players are still quite expensive so in the end never got it. Now prices have fallen so much quite tempted to get one. I am not greedy, mabbe a 1GB one would suffice for me. can be of any brand as long as the sound quality and appearance is acceptable to me then ok already...now still thinking thinking cos no $$
Continous ink system, found out that the cost of using such ink is lower than buying "compatible" cartridges and somemore can use to print photos sometimes...so thinking of getting one as well... my fren got one and he says it's quite good...well gotta do some market survey 1st c which brand is better...mabbe will get one before next sem so can print notes myself...
Been wanting to upgrade my processor to an Athlon64 long ago already..now the new Athlon64 939 comes out the older 754 have fallen in price drastically so mabbe will aim for that... but then the upgrading cost may come up to $200++ (if I sold my older MB and CPU then get the new MB and CPU). Then my casing after being in use for 4-5yrs(can't rem the exact age) have turn yellowish, quite an eyesore...been wishing to change for a long time liao
wah lao if I were to grant myself these 3 wishes I think will severly deplete my coffers... not much left liao after my driving lessons and still need to save $$...
Grr.. mabbe the MP3 player and Athlon64 gonna wait...buy the CISS 1st cos that's more important..
sunboi is super poor, wan to get all things he wan also cannot...Haiz Haiz...
Friday, December 02, 2005
Bro's RS woes
Nothing eventful happened to me recently...so most of the writings here will be dedicated to some of the things I see of the people around me.
1) I think my younger brother have fallen out of love, though he's written it in his blog, but I never heard it from his own mouth so I can only say I "think" until otherwise. At home I think he's trying to act as if nothing's happen. I think he's trying to put on a show to conceal this fact.I don't know why but he should have at least tell my mum (though my mum's a bit of a chatterbox, telling her is equivalent to telling the whole family) I mean if u tok to some1, you will feel better. To me he's just trying to act strong but inside he's feeling really terrible... Using the excuse of mouth ucler he's been eating very little saying that he has no appetite cos of the ucler but I think the truth is he's lost his appetite because of his ex-gf. from wat I observe he's trying to patch up with his ex-gf and I believe that the 3rd party in his relationship is a fren of his.
I think when u are in a relationships there are bound to be alot of problems, during courtship, have to worry abt 3rd party lah, time, and $ for future plans like for my case wif dd. though we have been together for 6+ years sometimes I also dun understand wat she is thinking...most of the time, she will say this and do that. Her views of things will also change over time. for example, I also dunno why she is so reluctant to save $ for pongx4 wif me (though she had said earlier she would) afterall I think in the present society now, I believe husband and wife need to save $ together else if just one party save god know how long he/she is going to take and it's quite unfair to the saving party also (just imagine one save like mad,the other spend and enjoy like mad). Talk about couples should share woes and weal?
Oh bother I think I am straying a bit from the main topic here. From what I said earlier I feel there another component to relationship and that's tolerance. U have to tolerate your the-other-half's sometimes erratic and ilogical behaviour.
Oh another more light-hearted thing,I bought the sepxxx refillable cartridge for my Epson CX3500 printer. Damn it's all a hoax, say can refill...My foot!blaff people one, for those who are planning to buy thinking that it can be refilled, better dun buy ..cheat people's $$...!
planning to buy the inkstation Continous Ink Supply system now...else buy cartridge is super expensive... now saving $$ to buy...
1) I think my younger brother have fallen out of love, though he's written it in his blog, but I never heard it from his own mouth so I can only say I "think" until otherwise. At home I think he's trying to act as if nothing's happen. I think he's trying to put on a show to conceal this fact.I don't know why but he should have at least tell my mum (though my mum's a bit of a chatterbox, telling her is equivalent to telling the whole family) I mean if u tok to some1, you will feel better. To me he's just trying to act strong but inside he's feeling really terrible... Using the excuse of mouth ucler he's been eating very little saying that he has no appetite cos of the ucler but I think the truth is he's lost his appetite because of his ex-gf. from wat I observe he's trying to patch up with his ex-gf and I believe that the 3rd party in his relationship is a fren of his.
I think when u are in a relationships there are bound to be alot of problems, during courtship, have to worry abt 3rd party lah, time, and $ for future plans like for my case wif dd. though we have been together for 6+ years sometimes I also dun understand wat she is thinking...most of the time, she will say this and do that. Her views of things will also change over time. for example, I also dunno why she is so reluctant to save $ for pongx4 wif me (though she had said earlier she would) afterall I think in the present society now, I believe husband and wife need to save $ together else if just one party save god know how long he/she is going to take and it's quite unfair to the saving party also (just imagine one save like mad,the other spend and enjoy like mad). Talk about couples should share woes and weal?
Oh bother I think I am straying a bit from the main topic here. From what I said earlier I feel there another component to relationship and that's tolerance. U have to tolerate your the-other-half's sometimes erratic and ilogical behaviour.
Oh another more light-hearted thing,I bought the sepxxx refillable cartridge for my Epson CX3500 printer. Damn it's all a hoax, say can refill...My foot!blaff people one, for those who are planning to buy thinking that it can be refilled, better dun buy ..cheat people's $$...!
planning to buy the inkstation Continous Ink Supply system now...else buy cartridge is super expensive... now saving $$ to buy...
Monday, November 28, 2005
The DDs Eastern Expedition
Ah finally after one and a half month can meet dd and go gaigai wif her liao...Somehow feel guilty cos can't pei her for such a long time.Why cos of my examinations lor.. SighZzz...
Sat night went dd house to drive sunshine to pick her up at expo, was kinda excited cos this is the 1st time since I passed drving that I had to drive such a far distance alone. Even in my army days while I was driving to far far places I usually have someone seated beside me(V-com mah,SAF regulation). Well not much incident along the way. only some idiot driving a SUV horned at me while I was in ECP..cos he dun wan to let cut into his lane, this stupid guy purposely accelerate when I was halfway into his lane, he was quite far when I first start to change lane so I slowly filter into the lane...Grrr should have cut inside faster then purposely slow down after tat haha...Luckily Before moving off I planned my route already AYE-ECP-EXIT 2B then to top up fuel at shell after expo. After topping up I have to make u-turn to return to expo but ended up moving to tampines before I can make the u-turn back haha not famaliar with that place so missed quite a few u-turns. In the end managed to reach expo at 830pm earlier than the estimated time of 9pm haha
Yesterday went to East coast, well not exactly east coast dunno where tat place is called but it's definitely on the east side to have prawn noodles. DD say the prawn noodles quite nice so we go try lor. Parking is a real headache there cos the parking lots are all at the roadsides and there are 0nly a couple of them.luckily for us we managed to find one that is not-so-far from the stall after turning a few rounds.
I feel it's alright lah quite nice(somemore the stall got kena reported by newspapers one leh) funny thing is that the soup base do not seem thick enough but the flavor is there. However there is nothing inside only prawns,onions,beansprouts and Zhu you zha inside... I guess all big prawn noodles have only these ingredients...If they can make the soup thicker I think mabbe it would be more delicious. haha
After the meal, we walk around the place, cos parking coupon time not up yet. saw this pet shop
at the caltex stn opposite the prawn noodle stall then we went in saw 2 king charles watever doggies there..very cute...then we bought some paus for ronnie. After that we went another pet shop futher down the road. haha this pet shop like "fighting" with that previous pet shop tell us that the other one sells things more ex lah blah blah blah... haha
then we made our way to simei-eastpoint cos dd wanted to go to wat "Pet safari" to see see look look dd bought a ear cover for ronnie and some peranakan kuehs for her family. after tat we went back cos we still have the paus in the car and ronnie still go to go for his "training" at 330pm.
that ronnie went to eat the peranakan kuehs. super glutton siahz then we bought him to his training. was feeling quite sick then have running nose,sore throat and running a temperature(when I got home then verified) glup down 2 "she chao" water but no use, ronnie's course ended at 530 then dd drove me back.
Sat night went dd house to drive sunshine to pick her up at expo, was kinda excited cos this is the 1st time since I passed drving that I had to drive such a far distance alone. Even in my army days while I was driving to far far places I usually have someone seated beside me(V-com mah,SAF regulation). Well not much incident along the way. only some idiot driving a SUV horned at me while I was in ECP..cos he dun wan to let cut into his lane, this stupid guy purposely accelerate when I was halfway into his lane, he was quite far when I first start to change lane so I slowly filter into the lane...Grrr should have cut inside faster then purposely slow down after tat haha...Luckily Before moving off I planned my route already AYE-ECP-EXIT 2B then to top up fuel at shell after expo. After topping up I have to make u-turn to return to expo but ended up moving to tampines before I can make the u-turn back haha not famaliar with that place so missed quite a few u-turns. In the end managed to reach expo at 830pm earlier than the estimated time of 9pm haha
Yesterday went to East coast, well not exactly east coast dunno where tat place is called but it's definitely on the east side to have prawn noodles. DD say the prawn noodles quite nice so we go try lor. Parking is a real headache there cos the parking lots are all at the roadsides and there are 0nly a couple of them.luckily for us we managed to find one that is not-so-far from the stall after turning a few rounds.
I feel it's alright lah quite nice(somemore the stall got kena reported by newspapers one leh) funny thing is that the soup base do not seem thick enough but the flavor is there. However there is nothing inside only prawns,onions,beansprouts and Zhu you zha inside... I guess all big prawn noodles have only these ingredients...If they can make the soup thicker I think mabbe it would be more delicious. haha
After the meal, we walk around the place, cos parking coupon time not up yet. saw this pet shop
at the caltex stn opposite the prawn noodle stall then we went in saw 2 king charles watever doggies there..very cute...then we bought some paus for ronnie. After that we went another pet shop futher down the road. haha this pet shop like "fighting" with that previous pet shop tell us that the other one sells things more ex lah blah blah blah... haha
then we made our way to simei-eastpoint cos dd wanted to go to wat "Pet safari" to see see look look dd bought a ear cover for ronnie and some peranakan kuehs for her family. after tat we went back cos we still have the paus in the car and ronnie still go to go for his "training" at 330pm.
that ronnie went to eat the peranakan kuehs. super glutton siahz then we bought him to his training. was feeling quite sick then have running nose,sore throat and running a temperature(when I got home then verified) glup down 2 "she chao" water but no use, ronnie's course ended at 530 then dd drove me back.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Empty Promises...
today dd told me she will be going HK wif her friend... Yah nothing really special abt it, just a trip and she ask "whether she can go or not after she have booked the trip, funny hor? the way she ask...she might as well put it across this way.."dd I am going to HK"
Tot this hol can go hol wif dd, ya a short trip, cos she keep saying she wan to go overseas but then me being a student is quite poor plus the previous driving adventure have already make me quite poor so too bad if wan to go overseas can only go short trips. Then was quite excited cos of all the 25yrs I have been on this planet, I have yet taken a plane. Poor me. Somemore she say "OK" to go Thailand this hol, mabbe she forgot that she promise me ya and somemore boasted that she will pay 1/2 of my expenses. Oh well, think I will stay in Singapore this hol, and goodbye to my aeroplane seat.
Dunno she realised it or not, but to me she seems to keep making empty promises to me, so when she told me that she gg HK, it doesn't surprise me not upset me. I mean I'm quite used to it already...think next time will call her the "Empty Promise Queen" haha example of empty promises she made so she cannot say I wrongly accuse her.
1)Promise after get dog then dun get car until after pongx4- after get dog, then think of car
already, get small OPC car then think of normal bigger car, never think of pongx4
2)Promises to save for $$ after buy car and dun think of other things - think halfway thru' cos
of "pressure", give up liao... Got abit $$ then think of how to spend it(aiyoh like that how to
save?).
3)Promise to put $$ together as saving for pongx4 fund in c'mon account.- for dunno watever
reason never realise it.
4)Promise to go short trip tis hol, of cos now is cannot lah
5)Say wan to go Korea after I grad next year in May, Since she gg HK on Jan where she gg to
find $$ to go Korea in May? she still got XXX bills to pay. Guess this is also OFF liao
Sighz sometimes I really dunno wat women wans, one moment they can say they too young to settle down, the next moment they complain that they waited too long already wan to runaway when the guy is trying to save $$ like mad(mabbe they should swap position and see), the irony is that when she complain she waited too long, she never do anything abt it other than spend $$ which to any normal logical person would make the wait longer. Sometimes when u think of it, one person saving like mad while the other seems to be interested in spending only make the saving person look so stupid like idiot like that.. like water go in from 1 end of a open-ended tube and exiting from the other taking forever to fill the tube.
The guy can also go wherever he wan but in the process will use up watever meagre savings he have accumulated over the years and will make the wait for the gal even longer. If both also have same idealogy, keep wanting to have fun and dun save, I think these 2 persons forever can kiss the pongx4 thingy bye bye... Perharps tis is the difference between the 2 sexes, the guy is usually the more rational one, look at big picture while ladies being more emotional and thus more illogical will only look at short term gains....
If 2 person are gg to be together then I think they should share woe and weal tat's the whole meaning of the marriage vows...if can only b 2gether in good times then I think they will be better off by themselves.
Right now got alot of obstacles to saving
1)Father keep saying wan to retire then we have to support the family(ya even b4 I grad and find job already nagging liao)
2)escalating cost of everything
3)single saving
4)unsympathetic family(includes sprouse side)
mabbe pongx4 thing will only remain a dream for me...
***sighZ sighZ sighZ***
Tot this hol can go hol wif dd, ya a short trip, cos she keep saying she wan to go overseas but then me being a student is quite poor plus the previous driving adventure have already make me quite poor so too bad if wan to go overseas can only go short trips. Then was quite excited cos of all the 25yrs I have been on this planet, I have yet taken a plane. Poor me. Somemore she say "OK" to go Thailand this hol, mabbe she forgot that she promise me ya and somemore boasted that she will pay 1/2 of my expenses. Oh well, think I will stay in Singapore this hol, and goodbye to my aeroplane seat.
Dunno she realised it or not, but to me she seems to keep making empty promises to me, so when she told me that she gg HK, it doesn't surprise me not upset me. I mean I'm quite used to it already...think next time will call her the "Empty Promise Queen" haha example of empty promises she made so she cannot say I wrongly accuse her.
1)Promise after get dog then dun get car until after pongx4- after get dog, then think of car
already, get small OPC car then think of normal bigger car, never think of pongx4
2)Promises to save for $$ after buy car and dun think of other things - think halfway thru' cos
of "pressure", give up liao... Got abit $$ then think of how to spend it(aiyoh like that how to
save?).
3)Promise to put $$ together as saving for pongx4 fund in c'mon account.- for dunno watever
reason never realise it.
4)Promise to go short trip tis hol, of cos now is cannot lah
5)Say wan to go Korea after I grad next year in May, Since she gg HK on Jan where she gg to
find $$ to go Korea in May? she still got XXX bills to pay. Guess this is also OFF liao
Sighz sometimes I really dunno wat women wans, one moment they can say they too young to settle down, the next moment they complain that they waited too long already wan to runaway when the guy is trying to save $$ like mad(mabbe they should swap position and see), the irony is that when she complain she waited too long, she never do anything abt it other than spend $$ which to any normal logical person would make the wait longer. Sometimes when u think of it, one person saving like mad while the other seems to be interested in spending only make the saving person look so stupid like idiot like that.. like water go in from 1 end of a open-ended tube and exiting from the other taking forever to fill the tube.
The guy can also go wherever he wan but in the process will use up watever meagre savings he have accumulated over the years and will make the wait for the gal even longer. If both also have same idealogy, keep wanting to have fun and dun save, I think these 2 persons forever can kiss the pongx4 thingy bye bye... Perharps tis is the difference between the 2 sexes, the guy is usually the more rational one, look at big picture while ladies being more emotional and thus more illogical will only look at short term gains....
If 2 person are gg to be together then I think they should share woe and weal tat's the whole meaning of the marriage vows...if can only b 2gether in good times then I think they will be better off by themselves.
Right now got alot of obstacles to saving
1)Father keep saying wan to retire then we have to support the family(ya even b4 I grad and find job already nagging liao)
2)escalating cost of everything
3)single saving
4)unsympathetic family(includes sprouse side)
mabbe pongx4 thing will only remain a dream for me...
***sighZ sighZ sighZ***
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Driving Test
Hurray! just passed my driving test yesterday at BBDC, 1st attempt, so happy cos no need to spend anymore $$ on drv lessons haha guess my drv instructor will be feeling the opposite way cos he can't earn my $$ anymore...
Actually I think I was quite lucky that the tester is not "stingy" though I did made a BIG mistake.. haha
wat took place yesterday...
11:30am
Met my drv instructor for last practise session, sped at BB road at 70km/h for most of the time, then went inside bukit batok to make a few turns.
12:00pm
Went inside cct to practise cct events, my weakest is vertical parking, guess I am pretty used to having big space to reverse in( cos my exp in army is mostly heavy vehicles) so when I see that there's only a small gap(which is correct) at the sides, I was quite hesitant to reverse in though I was doing it the correct way. Well my instructor just gave me 3 words "Just do it" haha..The rest of the stuffs in the drv cct I was quite good except that I always did not bother to check whether I would mount the kerb (but I never did anyway) or not haha
1pm
Left the drv cct, went drive around Bukit Batok again cos my test time was at 1:55pm. went to do all the "harder manueveres" at bukit batok like u-turns blah blah blah.
1:30pm
went back to BBDC, instructor went to "register" for me..then wait....
2:00pm
Tester came and start balloting, Tester Mr Tan XX hai was assigned to me, i was to take route 2. damn, can't go teck whye..cos I heard frm frens that if we go to teck whye area it's easier to pass, furthermore it's where I stay so I am very famaliar wif that place. Somemore Route2 gotta make a U-turn at the traffic light junction.
After that we waited for the tester to come in and call our names, then we followed them to our test car.
2:05pm
went driving round cct, Tester told me that if he beat on the dashboard, means E-brake. Ha I was never taught how to E-brake. but my instructor told me on the very day itself that e-brake just means hard brake lor. so we proceed, after finishing the parallel parking, slope and 3pt turn, while cruising along the outer lane, he suddenly hit the dashboard, honestly I was stunned for a split second, but after recovering frm the shock, I immediately step hard on the brakes and clutch...after that he said "ok" and we moved on to the next 3 items. Did some "auto correction" when doing the vertical parking, dunno why always need to return the steering abit to reverse into the lot, but nevertheless still managed to finished in 1 movement non-stop.
2:15pm
Went out of the drv cct and onto the main road, was asked to turn right upon exiting BBDC, and we drove towards Bt Gombak Mrt, slowed down when approaching the traffic light there cos there's alot of pedestrians there, but the lights never change, so I just drove ahead tot that's the most dangerous place (cos alot of pedestrians thus lights will change very fast), but later when approaching another traffic light further ahead, when I was about to accelerate pass it (very near already) it suddenly turn amber, kaoz no choice, have to shift my leg frm the accelerator to step hard on the brakes, managed to stop but slightly pass the stop line, tester "flew" forward..Die I tot this time die liao, sure fail stupid traffic light. Then he said to me in mandarin "why step so hard on the brakes, be more gentle I also flew out" Strange right? cos all the while he spoke to me in English suddenly change to mandarin. Anyway by then I was qute demoralised liao cos I tot this time sure fail liao..then at the next junction, I forgot to release my handbrake before moving off so cause a short delay, kena horned by taxi, stupid taxi cannot wait for a while..but engine didn't stall lah..then we make a "left turn on red", a u-turn then went back to BBDC.
2:35pm
Upon nearing BBDC,(all conversation in mandarin) the tester ask me whether I got drive before, I think he can tell that I do have some experience in driving. According to my instructor, from the way I change gears, turn the steering wheels, and the way I drive, it's quite obvious I got some experience. So I told him I drove trucks in army. then he ask me how coem cannot convert, so I told him I don't have enough mileage(7k km)lor. Returned to BBDC, followed tester back to office to get my results, then he said (in a nice tone) that I should "slow down" and not brake so hard. for that little hard braking incident I got 10pts. 6 for failing to slow down upon approaching road hazards(traffic lights lor), 4 for very hard braking. 2 for delay in moving off (4got to release handbrake mah, too distraught liao), and another 2 for wide turning (dunno where also) so in the end got 14 demerits points. 0pts or 18pts still pass.. haha
2:40pm
was told need to watch a driver orientation video but I was back too early(i think i was the 2nd candidate to arrived back at BBDC). but I miss that 2:45pm show cos I went to get my stuffs back frm my instructor's car.then hav to wait for 3:40pm video show. after watching the video then can go apply for license. settled everything and reach home at 4:30pm.
I think there are alot of gals taking drving now and the school passing rate is indeed higher than private. Among those in the briefing room(b4 test), There are total 12 person, 8 are gals and 4 guys. There are 8 person in the video room(some from 3:55pm test slot), 5 are gals and 3 guys. then of this 8, 6 are school candidates.
One funny think I saw yesteday, I think there was this gal who believe the rumors that dressing scantily would increase her chances of passing, so I saw this young gal wearing a tight "singlet-like" top, bra strap and cleaveage showing(quite obvious, but her boobs not very big also) lah. anyway I got dd liao so I also habor no lewd tots, just feel abit funny abt her dressing, she look as though she's gg to nightspots to "hook" some guys instead of coming for drv test. haha but in the end she still fail. cos I saw her gg back to the training ground and not to the video rm. so the logic now is dressing scantily won't help. My views: If the tester are all lechers, then if they pass u they cannot see ur cleavage again. so if they fail u they may have another chance to see the longkang right? so gals don't go believing in the rumors that dressing more scantily will increase ur passing chance. drv skills more impt.
FOr those who are taking driving test soon, it's not as scary as u (and wat other ppl told u) think lah, from my exp I don't think the testers go all out to fail first-timers. Just be careful and don't be nervous then with competent driving skills and reaction, should have no prob passing.
oh ya btw, just found out that my present drv instructor name is "johnny" not "ronnie". My previous drv instructor's pronounciation bad (or my hearing got prob ask him 2x still catpure "ronnie"). he's quite good, very patient never scold me, but he likes to sleep lah haha... most of the time I drive myself while he's sleeping sitting beside me.(can hear his snores, haha). Interested ppl who wan to learn frm him can contact me. He teaches at Ubi and BBDC.
Actually I think I was quite lucky that the tester is not "stingy" though I did made a BIG mistake.. haha
wat took place yesterday...
11:30am
Met my drv instructor for last practise session, sped at BB road at 70km/h for most of the time, then went inside bukit batok to make a few turns.
12:00pm
Went inside cct to practise cct events, my weakest is vertical parking, guess I am pretty used to having big space to reverse in( cos my exp in army is mostly heavy vehicles) so when I see that there's only a small gap(which is correct) at the sides, I was quite hesitant to reverse in though I was doing it the correct way. Well my instructor just gave me 3 words "Just do it" haha..The rest of the stuffs in the drv cct I was quite good except that I always did not bother to check whether I would mount the kerb (but I never did anyway) or not haha
1pm
Left the drv cct, went drive around Bukit Batok again cos my test time was at 1:55pm. went to do all the "harder manueveres" at bukit batok like u-turns blah blah blah.
1:30pm
went back to BBDC, instructor went to "register" for me..then wait....
2:00pm
Tester came and start balloting, Tester Mr Tan XX hai was assigned to me, i was to take route 2. damn, can't go teck whye..cos I heard frm frens that if we go to teck whye area it's easier to pass, furthermore it's where I stay so I am very famaliar wif that place. Somemore Route2 gotta make a U-turn at the traffic light junction.
After that we waited for the tester to come in and call our names, then we followed them to our test car.
2:05pm
went driving round cct, Tester told me that if he beat on the dashboard, means E-brake. Ha I was never taught how to E-brake. but my instructor told me on the very day itself that e-brake just means hard brake lor. so we proceed, after finishing the parallel parking, slope and 3pt turn, while cruising along the outer lane, he suddenly hit the dashboard, honestly I was stunned for a split second, but after recovering frm the shock, I immediately step hard on the brakes and clutch...after that he said "ok" and we moved on to the next 3 items. Did some "auto correction" when doing the vertical parking, dunno why always need to return the steering abit to reverse into the lot, but nevertheless still managed to finished in 1 movement non-stop.
2:15pm
Went out of the drv cct and onto the main road, was asked to turn right upon exiting BBDC, and we drove towards Bt Gombak Mrt, slowed down when approaching the traffic light there cos there's alot of pedestrians there, but the lights never change, so I just drove ahead tot that's the most dangerous place (cos alot of pedestrians thus lights will change very fast), but later when approaching another traffic light further ahead, when I was about to accelerate pass it (very near already) it suddenly turn amber, kaoz no choice, have to shift my leg frm the accelerator to step hard on the brakes, managed to stop but slightly pass the stop line, tester "flew" forward..Die I tot this time die liao, sure fail stupid traffic light. Then he said to me in mandarin "why step so hard on the brakes, be more gentle I also flew out" Strange right? cos all the while he spoke to me in English suddenly change to mandarin. Anyway by then I was qute demoralised liao cos I tot this time sure fail liao..then at the next junction, I forgot to release my handbrake before moving off so cause a short delay, kena horned by taxi, stupid taxi cannot wait for a while..but engine didn't stall lah..then we make a "left turn on red", a u-turn then went back to BBDC.
2:35pm
Upon nearing BBDC,(all conversation in mandarin) the tester ask me whether I got drive before, I think he can tell that I do have some experience in driving. According to my instructor, from the way I change gears, turn the steering wheels, and the way I drive, it's quite obvious I got some experience. So I told him I drove trucks in army. then he ask me how coem cannot convert, so I told him I don't have enough mileage(7k km)lor. Returned to BBDC, followed tester back to office to get my results, then he said (in a nice tone) that I should "slow down" and not brake so hard. for that little hard braking incident I got 10pts. 6 for failing to slow down upon approaching road hazards(traffic lights lor), 4 for very hard braking. 2 for delay in moving off (4got to release handbrake mah, too distraught liao), and another 2 for wide turning (dunno where also) so in the end got 14 demerits points. 0pts or 18pts still pass.. haha
2:40pm
was told need to watch a driver orientation video but I was back too early(i think i was the 2nd candidate to arrived back at BBDC). but I miss that 2:45pm show cos I went to get my stuffs back frm my instructor's car.then hav to wait for 3:40pm video show. after watching the video then can go apply for license. settled everything and reach home at 4:30pm.
I think there are alot of gals taking drving now and the school passing rate is indeed higher than private. Among those in the briefing room(b4 test), There are total 12 person, 8 are gals and 4 guys. There are 8 person in the video room(some from 3:55pm test slot), 5 are gals and 3 guys. then of this 8, 6 are school candidates.
One funny think I saw yesteday, I think there was this gal who believe the rumors that dressing scantily would increase her chances of passing, so I saw this young gal wearing a tight "singlet-like" top, bra strap and cleaveage showing(quite obvious, but her boobs not very big also) lah. anyway I got dd liao so I also habor no lewd tots, just feel abit funny abt her dressing, she look as though she's gg to nightspots to "hook" some guys instead of coming for drv test. haha but in the end she still fail. cos I saw her gg back to the training ground and not to the video rm. so the logic now is dressing scantily won't help. My views: If the tester are all lechers, then if they pass u they cannot see ur cleavage again. so if they fail u they may have another chance to see the longkang right? so gals don't go believing in the rumors that dressing more scantily will increase ur passing chance. drv skills more impt.
FOr those who are taking driving test soon, it's not as scary as u (and wat other ppl told u) think lah, from my exp I don't think the testers go all out to fail first-timers. Just be careful and don't be nervous then with competent driving skills and reaction, should have no prob passing.
oh ya btw, just found out that my present drv instructor name is "johnny" not "ronnie". My previous drv instructor's pronounciation bad (or my hearing got prob ask him 2x still catpure "ronnie"). he's quite good, very patient never scold me, but he likes to sleep lah haha... most of the time I drive myself while he's sleeping sitting beside me.(can hear his snores, haha). Interested ppl who wan to learn frm him can contact me. He teaches at Ubi and BBDC.
Friday, September 09, 2005
Start of Term Break
Time fly so fast, next week would be my 1 week term break, not really for relaxation but in fact for us to catch up with any lagging school work.
Can't really relax during the week, cos still got FYP,HRM and 2 reports to finished plus another test which is immediately after the term break....
Wah looks like I am gonna be quite busy next week.. After the 1 week term break will begin another franatic race to the exams which is about 1 and 1/2 month after the break, exams begin on the 2nd of Nov, all the way to 24 Nov...So fast just start the new sch year so fast exams looming liaoz...Sighz..Exams means I gotta go retreat to my books so cannot see dd liao...think I will miss her as always..but her...ahhh don't think she will miss me lah..she got so many ppl to pei her and all of them more important companions than me...ppl like her parents lah, didi lah, ronnie, sunshine lah wif so many things in her heart where got place for me? even if got also only a little bit...*sighz*
Oh by the way, I am getting a new driving instructor, Coincidently, his name is also "Ronnie" same as dd's dog and my NS time OC. haha. This Sat no driving lesson for me because my ex drv instructor Mr Eng who transfered me to Mr Ronnie told him only last last night and very late so now Mr Ronnie have now timeslots for me..Hmm...alot ppl learning drv nowadays ah? Instructor also fully booked...Fuel prices so high still got so many ppl learn drv? Oh well next week then start lessons wif Mr Ronnie, hope he is friendly and wun anyhow scold/nag ppl.. don't like ppl sit beside me keep nagging and scolding like my army's drv instructors...grrr... Only went to drv cct once so not quite famaliar wif the place..think have to go there a few more times to familise then can take the practical drv test.. Hopefully can pass 1st time..
Pray pray Learning drv is really a big financial strain on me(esp when I am picking up the tab myself, cct lah, drv lessons lah all so ex..and I have no income somemore)sob...sob I think got someone once said wan to pay $$ let me learn drv but dunno who liao hor...*scratch head* Think max. can take 2x drv test then have to break into the piggy bank in OUB...
Another thing, so happy today, I finally found and solved the problem in the MCU program I am writing for my FYP. Grr..quite obvious the error, should have spotted it earlier...
think I quite confused by the many long lines of codes(should have at least 1000-2000 lines blah)...haha
Seems that my code-reading skills which I picked up in poly and in IA does help to siphon the codes...haha
Tested it on a simulator/emulator but hope that when burned into the actual chip it will be able to work...
Ok gtg tata!
Can't really relax during the week, cos still got FYP,HRM and 2 reports to finished plus another test which is immediately after the term break....
Wah looks like I am gonna be quite busy next week.. After the 1 week term break will begin another franatic race to the exams which is about 1 and 1/2 month after the break, exams begin on the 2nd of Nov, all the way to 24 Nov...So fast just start the new sch year so fast exams looming liaoz...Sighz..Exams means I gotta go retreat to my books so cannot see dd liao...think I will miss her as always..but her...ahhh don't think she will miss me lah..she got so many ppl to pei her and all of them more important companions than me...ppl like her parents lah, didi lah, ronnie, sunshine lah wif so many things in her heart where got place for me? even if got also only a little bit...*sighz*
Oh by the way, I am getting a new driving instructor, Coincidently, his name is also "Ronnie" same as dd's dog and my NS time OC. haha. This Sat no driving lesson for me because my ex drv instructor Mr Eng who transfered me to Mr Ronnie told him only last last night and very late so now Mr Ronnie have now timeslots for me..Hmm...alot ppl learning drv nowadays ah? Instructor also fully booked...Fuel prices so high still got so many ppl learn drv? Oh well next week then start lessons wif Mr Ronnie, hope he is friendly and wun anyhow scold/nag ppl.. don't like ppl sit beside me keep nagging and scolding like my army's drv instructors...grrr... Only went to drv cct once so not quite famaliar wif the place..think have to go there a few more times to familise then can take the practical drv test.. Hopefully can pass 1st time..
Pray pray Learning drv is really a big financial strain on me(esp when I am picking up the tab myself, cct lah, drv lessons lah all so ex..and I have no income somemore)sob...sob I think got someone once said wan to pay $$ let me learn drv but dunno who liao hor...*scratch head* Think max. can take 2x drv test then have to break into the piggy bank in OUB...
Another thing, so happy today, I finally found and solved the problem in the MCU program I am writing for my FYP. Grr..quite obvious the error, should have spotted it earlier...
think I quite confused by the many long lines of codes(should have at least 1000-2000 lines blah)...haha
Seems that my code-reading skills which I picked up in poly and in IA does help to siphon the codes...haha
Tested it on a simulator/emulator but hope that when burned into the actual chip it will be able to work...
Ok gtg tata!
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Eventful Weekend
Sat:
Went for my last Drv lesson wif my drv instructor Mr Eng, from next week onwards gg to take lesson from his fren. Well funny right how come he cannot teach me all the way till my test... Well cos he don't have the BBDC membership so have to "give" me to someone wif BBDC membership so that I can take the driving test, guess this is a good way to save $$ for those pte drv instructors, they "collabrate", each take membership wif one drv center but they can teach students from everywhere just when the test date come, they just "give" to the instr wif the membership, so one person no need to take multiple memberships to teach students from different location.
Well, Mr Eng after my 4mths of drv lesson wif him is quite a nice guy lah, but as a instructor he is so-so lah cos sometimes he makes funny judgements, but skill-wise he is undoubtly good...and he keep saying that I am "too safe" ..haha carried fwd frm my exp as a army truck driver, Army kiasi one keep asking ppl to be safe safe and safe..thus got this mindset in me lor..so sometimes I dilly-dally at junctions cos I wan to confirm and confirm... haha..think must change lah must be a bit more "daring"
Did alot of parkings the whole of sat, parallel and vertical, cos I guess parking is my weakest link. cos though I do have some drv exp in army, but as my vehicle is big, the parking sequence is usually guided(by ruling,haha) somemore haben been drv for 3+ years already so kinda rusty haha ... Well think now after sat's practice I am quite comfy wif parking wif poles already though I do hit some poles haha but that's purposely one cos I wan to know wat i will c if my vehicle hit any of the poles. Must register that mental image in my mind as a guage of distance mah(no probs in normal lot,no poles to knock down haha.) Mr Eng said I should be able to pass 1st time, hope I wun let him down... Also hope that the new instructor will be good also.. haha
Sun:
DD as usual never called to ask me when to go her hse, as usual I gotta SMS to ask her...then she called to say that her vaccum broke down...but when I got there, she said ok liao (not I fixed huh, dun be mistaken). Then we went to Upp Paya Lebar to look for cheap rollerblades(dd pester me to buy so that I can blade wif her) cos she say newspaper advertise there got cheap blades. And so we went lor...Raining heavily but luckily still managed to find the place wif the help of the trusty street directory and a call to the shop haha. Then we found a cheap pair of blades (california Pro) $69 only...At 1st some1 say wan to pay for me wor, but when come to pay bill time, that "some1" ran away wor... Well as expected lah..so not at all angry nor surprise..Too bad lor gotta pay from my dwindling savings..now only left $745 in POSB + $300(reserved for drv lessons) in drawer sob...sob... Then dd went to the petshop nearby to buy some stuffs for ronnie.
After that we went to Bishan(anyhow drive there) to have lunch...After tat went to Junction 8 to jalan jalan....Then saw the Fila duffel bag dd bought sometime back..and I also bought one there, offer mah then can have "dd bag" (too bad not at all dd cos her fren also hav one).
Then went inside Man's studio (I didn't know when I went in cos nv look at signboard). dd saw a shirt that she want to buy for her bro: Reason: cos he paid $50 for her petrol one time. so she very grateful lor... must buy shirt as "repayment". Shirt is $46. My bday only got a small little bear bear think should be abt $9.90 at most and bought conveniently at the gift shop below her coy.(somemore is I pester one leh, cos me very poor thing,bday no1(all bros) give me present..all act blur but when their bday come I always give them presents,*sigh* too bad lah I am the sucker always)Think hor I also got help her in $$ terms leh, when she doing PT studies and no $$,occassionally I will give her $50(frm NS pay cos I also dun earn much then) think abt 2-3 times...and also got help her pay for many other things leh..think far far exceed $50 (her sunshine I also got share think I should be able to own 4 tyres and 4 doors.hehe)...how come I no "repayment present" but her didi got? unfair...unfair...me jealous of her didi liaoz...Anyway I also nv expected any frm her cos I noe she also not rich, but I still feel unfair, humph,sob sob...
Wah nowadays be her didi like better than dd leh..he gone for 3 weeks, she already miss him very much already,,dunno whether she will miss me if I am away for 3 weeks also..hmm think wun lah...after all didi is almost 20yrs feeling, dd only around 6 years so can be understooded...think I must apply to be her didi rather than dd liaoz...
***I wan to be dd's didi...I wan to be dd's didi...I wan to be dd's didi...
Went for my last Drv lesson wif my drv instructor Mr Eng, from next week onwards gg to take lesson from his fren. Well funny right how come he cannot teach me all the way till my test... Well cos he don't have the BBDC membership so have to "give" me to someone wif BBDC membership so that I can take the driving test, guess this is a good way to save $$ for those pte drv instructors, they "collabrate", each take membership wif one drv center but they can teach students from everywhere just when the test date come, they just "give" to the instr wif the membership, so one person no need to take multiple memberships to teach students from different location.
Well, Mr Eng after my 4mths of drv lesson wif him is quite a nice guy lah, but as a instructor he is so-so lah cos sometimes he makes funny judgements, but skill-wise he is undoubtly good...and he keep saying that I am "too safe" ..haha carried fwd frm my exp as a army truck driver, Army kiasi one keep asking ppl to be safe safe and safe..thus got this mindset in me lor..so sometimes I dilly-dally at junctions cos I wan to confirm and confirm... haha..think must change lah must be a bit more "daring"
Did alot of parkings the whole of sat, parallel and vertical, cos I guess parking is my weakest link. cos though I do have some drv exp in army, but as my vehicle is big, the parking sequence is usually guided(by ruling,haha) somemore haben been drv for 3+ years already so kinda rusty haha ... Well think now after sat's practice I am quite comfy wif parking wif poles already though I do hit some poles haha but that's purposely one cos I wan to know wat i will c if my vehicle hit any of the poles. Must register that mental image in my mind as a guage of distance mah(no probs in normal lot,no poles to knock down haha.) Mr Eng said I should be able to pass 1st time, hope I wun let him down... Also hope that the new instructor will be good also.. haha
Sun:
DD as usual never called to ask me when to go her hse, as usual I gotta SMS to ask her...then she called to say that her vaccum broke down...but when I got there, she said ok liao (not I fixed huh, dun be mistaken). Then we went to Upp Paya Lebar to look for cheap rollerblades(dd pester me to buy so that I can blade wif her) cos she say newspaper advertise there got cheap blades. And so we went lor...Raining heavily but luckily still managed to find the place wif the help of the trusty street directory and a call to the shop haha. Then we found a cheap pair of blades (california Pro) $69 only...At 1st some1 say wan to pay for me wor, but when come to pay bill time, that "some1" ran away wor... Well as expected lah..so not at all angry nor surprise..Too bad lor gotta pay from my dwindling savings..now only left $745 in POSB + $300(reserved for drv lessons) in drawer sob...sob... Then dd went to the petshop nearby to buy some stuffs for ronnie.
After that we went to Bishan(anyhow drive there) to have lunch...After tat went to Junction 8 to jalan jalan....Then saw the Fila duffel bag dd bought sometime back..and I also bought one there, offer mah then can have "dd bag" (too bad not at all dd cos her fren also hav one).
Then went inside Man's studio (I didn't know when I went in cos nv look at signboard). dd saw a shirt that she want to buy for her bro: Reason: cos he paid $50 for her petrol one time. so she very grateful lor... must buy shirt as "repayment". Shirt is $46. My bday only got a small little bear bear think should be abt $9.90 at most and bought conveniently at the gift shop below her coy.(somemore is I pester one leh, cos me very poor thing,bday no1(all bros) give me present..all act blur but when their bday come I always give them presents,*sigh* too bad lah I am the sucker always)Think hor I also got help her in $$ terms leh, when she doing PT studies and no $$,occassionally I will give her $50(frm NS pay cos I also dun earn much then) think abt 2-3 times...and also got help her pay for many other things leh..think far far exceed $50 (her sunshine I also got share think I should be able to own 4 tyres and 4 doors.hehe)...how come I no "repayment present" but her didi got? unfair...unfair...me jealous of her didi liaoz...Anyway I also nv expected any frm her cos I noe she also not rich, but I still feel unfair, humph,sob sob...
Wah nowadays be her didi like better than dd leh..he gone for 3 weeks, she already miss him very much already,,dunno whether she will miss me if I am away for 3 weeks also..hmm think wun lah...after all didi is almost 20yrs feeling, dd only around 6 years so can be understooded...think I must apply to be her didi rather than dd liaoz...
***I wan to be dd's didi...I wan to be dd's didi...I wan to be dd's didi...
dd bag
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