Heard many instances of my frens getting a better starting pay than me... Haiz.. now a bit begining to wonder whether I've made the correct choice to becoming a software engineer, or more specifically a firmware one... According to him, we can make much more by becoming a project manager.. or moving into project management cos the pay should be higher over there and u dun have to crack ur brains like mad like when u are a developer on a project... Anyway for me now, I dun think my interest is in management lor... no doubt it's a possiblity tat we may get into it..but I think for now my interest lies in development...
But in some sense he is right, now we are debt ridden by the study loan, so hack care the nature of the job, as long as it pays alot who cares... like DSTA, but according to some "deserters" , the job at DSTA sucks...
I dunno why but the more I think of it I feel that my fren's view is abit simple-minded lor... Give u more $$ of cos ask u to work harder/more lah right? which coy will be so good to pay u alot of $$ to slack around? wif more $$, means also more responsibilities. Things in life is not tat simple right? U are clever but ur employers are also not stupid...makes sense?
Who won't want to have a very high pay? at the same time I also want a job that interests me..
To tell u the truth when I heard that people got more than $3000 tarting pay, I also a bit sad/disappointed cos I would say damn why can't I get so much? I think I decided too early, forfieted my chance too soon..
Anyway I think siemens VDO is a good place for me to learn alot of things... like whether I am suitable for this line, good enough? competent enough...? Anyway I am contented wif my current life, current job... to be content is bliss right? just think that although my pay is not the highest but it's also not the lowest.. however, I think it would b better if we had some OT pay kekeke
"RnD Software Engineer" stills sounds more appealing to me haha
Monday, June 26, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
Survived 1 Week...
My coy: Siemens VDOSo much things happened during the last week... Last weekend super unlucky, damaged dd's sunshine while trying to squeeze through a pillar... so sad there goes one of my new year aspiration... No excuse all my fault for trying to be clever.. anyway it has "recovered" but the "hospitalisation n treatment fee" is not cheap ... anyway I bore all of it a guy gotta b responsible mah...(so now super poor haiz) buy 4D (3 numbers) also never win any money..super unlucky right?
Anyway started work at Siemens VDO on monday...went through the orientation blah blah blah where each dept head(or delegate) describes his/her dept in some details..Lectures for morning to evening (10am-530pm) this went on for 3 days...monday to wednesday..also went around meeting some of the staffs there also...mainly managers lah... haha Staff there numbered about 270
then 2 days thursday to friday attended the Compatibility Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) course (for those who dunno wat this is, this is a standard process model lah, suppose to mak industry process more standardized and achieve more efficiency )..lagi worse the course so dry, 2 whole days just study on that one... Wah!!! so sleepy...Anyway in the end still dun quite get wat the instructor is talking about haha
Anyway I am going to be an RnD Software engineer haha... I can say that this is quite close to my ideal job liao cos I like low level programming but if can gimme abit more of electronics then it would be best... haha
Found out that as RnD engineer I can't be slack already..heard that there's gg to be tight schedules for projects which means lotsa OTs... so in fact $2700 isn't alot.. And alot of frightening news from seniors like slow advancement, loads, little increment and bonus of work blah blah blah...
I believe there really is a compromise between a job u like and the benefits lor.. like if I go semicon industry I think I can get more pay but that won't be a job I like..I like RnD and RnD sector means u gonna work super hard else the "RnD" for waT? Relax aNd u Die haha...
My new boss err... not much interaction wif him yet..but my impression of him is that he is a stern and no-nonsense man... dunno whether I am gg to have a hard time under him or not...
I dunno whether I am his 1st choice candidate or not cos he only selected 2 mabbe he dun get enuff people that's why he got no choice then select me? haha dunno lah anyway get in liao then dun care lor...just do my best and see how...
Friday, June 16, 2006
Dilemma..Sighzzz
Went to visit the JW showflat at JW st 93 today ... to tell u the truth , really quite like the flat and the environment... especially where u can just look out of the window and see the lush greenry of the field at the sports complex just beside the apartment. somemore it's near to the would-be-completed pioneer MRT... meaning transport will be fairly easy. Thought that JW would be quite low in demand... cos of the "ulu-ness" of the place but I was wrong...
Called HDB today to enquire (actually planned to go down wif dd on saturday to enquire).. Oh my gosh heard from HDB that there are already 1400 applications for the 1000+ odd flats there (397 5rm + 400++ exec) drat...sure alot of applicants gonna aim for the flats near the stadium....think our chance is quite slim...
Anyway I do have mixed feelings abt this purchase... on one hand i do really like the apartments, but on the other I found that if we booked now we would get the keys in about 6 months time... not in 2008! on the other hand this is not very ideal cos what would people think? I haben start work buy hse? haben even worked a year buy hse? career still have not stablised buy hse? all these require lotsa planning...wat if I get "discontinued" or siemensVDO pulled out of Singapore the next year? how would my poor dd finance the flat alone? cos when u get the keys, u will have to start paying liao...
buy govt exec? Viable option but they are not popular... Big yes they are but do we need it? NO I think we don't cos the 5 room i think is big enough already... if there are only 2 of us in the flat..I do think that it's a little too big, cleaning would be a nightmare... govt exec? it would be even bigger...lagi worse..somemore the price....super ex...around 300K means abt $1200 a mth for 30yrs! judging by our present salary our CPF ordinary acct would have $0 in it for 30 years... Nah that's too expensive I feel...
Anyway dd and I have decided to try our luck... just go take a queue number at HDB... if can't get a unit this time, then I guess we gotta wait a while longer... anyway I think we aren't tat ready financially for a hse in the near future... At most we will just take a resale flat lor...
but prime areas, exec flats I think too extravagant for us, personally I feel....
Called HDB today to enquire (actually planned to go down wif dd on saturday to enquire).. Oh my gosh heard from HDB that there are already 1400 applications for the 1000+ odd flats there (397 5rm + 400++ exec) drat...sure alot of applicants gonna aim for the flats near the stadium....think our chance is quite slim...
Anyway I do have mixed feelings abt this purchase... on one hand i do really like the apartments, but on the other I found that if we booked now we would get the keys in about 6 months time... not in 2008! on the other hand this is not very ideal cos what would people think? I haben start work buy hse? haben even worked a year buy hse? career still have not stablised buy hse? all these require lotsa planning...wat if I get "discontinued" or siemensVDO pulled out of Singapore the next year? how would my poor dd finance the flat alone? cos when u get the keys, u will have to start paying liao...
buy govt exec? Viable option but they are not popular... Big yes they are but do we need it? NO I think we don't cos the 5 room i think is big enough already... if there are only 2 of us in the flat..I do think that it's a little too big, cleaning would be a nightmare... govt exec? it would be even bigger...lagi worse..somemore the price....super ex...around 300K means abt $1200 a mth for 30yrs! judging by our present salary our CPF ordinary acct would have $0 in it for 30 years... Nah that's too expensive I feel...
Anyway dd and I have decided to try our luck... just go take a queue number at HDB... if can't get a unit this time, then I guess we gotta wait a while longer... anyway I think we aren't tat ready financially for a hse in the near future... At most we will just take a resale flat lor...
but prime areas, exec flats I think too extravagant for us, personally I feel....
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Moving On? Ready Yet?
Just learnt that HDB is having a Walk in Selection (WIS) for Jurong West (JW). dd and I are quite excited upon learning this cos we think that JW should be a nice place to live in the future. Think we most probably would "book" a flat there lor...
However thinking harder into it I can't help but feel abit anxious. I must admit that i really want to have a little cosy "nest" with my dd(future wife) . but there seeems to be a few questions unanswered and a few problems that we need to over come.
Firstly is the lifestyle changes.
1) If we marry we will be living on our own, no longer will we have our our parents washing our clothes for us, nor cook for us.
2) For the first time we will be looking after ourselves and wun have the company of our family.
Are we ready for this? To me I think I should be able to adapt fairly quickly because afterall I've been looking after myself for 5.5 days a week when I was in army(I am a stay-in personel) so looking after myself should be ok for me though I must admit that I am a bit lazy at times haha. For dd I am not sure, but I believe that she can also adapt but mabbe she needs a longer duration of time than me...
Secondly is the $$ problem
We will need to pay all the bills ourselves, Utilities bills, food, etc... Can we do it ourselves?
We won't have our dad paying the utility bills and other stuffs.
I think without dd's income , mine alone will be quite tough... Not forgetting that we still need to save up some $$ even though we are married and have a house... just for any "rainy days" I think it's even more essential to save up when u start your own family.... because u never know what will happen tomorrow...
However thinking harder into it I can't help but feel abit anxious. I must admit that i really want to have a little cosy "nest" with my dd(future wife) . but there seeems to be a few questions unanswered and a few problems that we need to over come.
Firstly is the lifestyle changes.
1) If we marry we will be living on our own, no longer will we have our our parents washing our clothes for us, nor cook for us.
2) For the first time we will be looking after ourselves and wun have the company of our family.
Are we ready for this? To me I think I should be able to adapt fairly quickly because afterall I've been looking after myself for 5.5 days a week when I was in army(I am a stay-in personel) so looking after myself should be ok for me though I must admit that I am a bit lazy at times haha. For dd I am not sure, but I believe that she can also adapt but mabbe she needs a longer duration of time than me...
Secondly is the $$ problem
We will need to pay all the bills ourselves, Utilities bills, food, etc... Can we do it ourselves?
We won't have our dad paying the utility bills and other stuffs.
I think without dd's income , mine alone will be quite tough... Not forgetting that we still need to save up some $$ even though we are married and have a house... just for any "rainy days" I think it's even more essential to save up when u start your own family.... because u never know what will happen tomorrow...
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Marriage Meaning - Sunboi's perception
Well in laymen terms the meaning of marriage is that 2 person want to be together for the rest of their life, to take care and look after one another. To me marriage should be built on mutal trust, understanding and mutual encouragement for each other. A strictly no-no is threats, threats will severly hard the marriage relationship. Saying things like "if u don't do this, then u will not get this", or "if you don't do according to my wishes, then u will get this from me" these are all examples of threats... sounds good?
In the modern society, marriage involves the 2 parties as well as their parents afterall when the 2 parties get married, their family will become related by law..(that's why called in-laws). Thus we get a lot of strange ideas from parents when their child are getting married. Go against their wishes, u will be branded "unfillial", love wife, don't love parents liao and vice-versa. The children is usually sandwiched between the wishes of their sprouse and their parents. In this case, mutual understanding of each other comes in. We must know that many a times, we do many things not in accordance with our wishes, we have to consider other people views and many other factors, somethings cannot say wan to do then can do... It requires intensive planning and commitment towards the "destination".
Just think, when a guy just started working and he tells his parents or his gf's parents that he wants to get married..what will the parents think? Putting on the shoes of the parents, will they think this way? "Wah haven't got career wan to marry, where got the $$? Desperate izzit?
or "Good marry good, faster marry not enough $$, get from us". Generally which response will the majority of parents give?
If in this situation, sprouses(future) dunno how to encourage and understand each other's predicatment then how can these 2 live together? How can they handle the future life challenges together? Before marriage is He and She but after marriage is We... They definitely need the support from each other...Only together can they advance and overcome all problems.
If no $$ to...
buy BMW then buy Kia/Perodua lah
buy big house then live in HDB and smaller house lah
go big resturant eat then eat at hawker center lah
go far and exotic places for holiday then settle for somewhere near lor
wear designer clothes then wear cheaper brands lor
open 20 tables to invite people to wedding then just order less lah those unimportant one heck care (all cos of the "face" problem)
A temporary setback is not the end of the world, as long as we are willing to work hard there will always be a way out.
In the modern society, marriage involves the 2 parties as well as their parents afterall when the 2 parties get married, their family will become related by law..(that's why called in-laws). Thus we get a lot of strange ideas from parents when their child are getting married. Go against their wishes, u will be branded "unfillial", love wife, don't love parents liao and vice-versa. The children is usually sandwiched between the wishes of their sprouse and their parents. In this case, mutual understanding of each other comes in. We must know that many a times, we do many things not in accordance with our wishes, we have to consider other people views and many other factors, somethings cannot say wan to do then can do... It requires intensive planning and commitment towards the "destination".
Just think, when a guy just started working and he tells his parents or his gf's parents that he wants to get married..what will the parents think? Putting on the shoes of the parents, will they think this way? "Wah haven't got career wan to marry, where got the $$? Desperate izzit?
or "Good marry good, faster marry not enough $$, get from us". Generally which response will the majority of parents give?
If in this situation, sprouses(future) dunno how to encourage and understand each other's predicatment then how can these 2 live together? How can they handle the future life challenges together? Before marriage is He and She but after marriage is We... They definitely need the support from each other...Only together can they advance and overcome all problems.
If no $$ to...
buy BMW then buy Kia/Perodua lah
buy big house then live in HDB and smaller house lah
go big resturant eat then eat at hawker center lah
go far and exotic places for holiday then settle for somewhere near lor
wear designer clothes then wear cheaper brands lor
open 20 tables to invite people to wedding then just order less lah those unimportant one heck care (all cos of the "face" problem)
A temporary setback is not the end of the world, as long as we are willing to work hard there will always be a way out.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Moving on to next stage...
Hurray, yesterday found out that I've passed all my modules haha, though results are not that good but I think as long as I can pass and graduate, I'm happy liao... it's been a long and hard 3 years at NTU... glad that it's all going to end soon. Anyway I think your academic results are for you to ge a job, for the manager to decide he's going to take another look at you. but since lucky me gotta job already so I guess results are not that important to me already haha...
Anyway moving into the next stage of my life - work, I am actually quite nervous and excited. There are many uncertainties ahead like...
Will I be a good software engineer?
Will I be able to complete my tasks?
Will my job be boring?
Will I get nasty colleagues?
Will I adapt to the working environment quickly?
Will my pay be enough to support myself and at the same time save for pongx4??
Whatever it is I will try my best at my new job...certainly hope that I have made the correct choice...Thinking back, I think I am a very lucky guy...A Good relationship with a good dd(though I still think she spends $$ a bit too much), found a job relatively fast and with a reasonable pay... I think I am contented already...
Anyway moving into the next stage of my life - work, I am actually quite nervous and excited. There are many uncertainties ahead like...
Will I be a good software engineer?
Will I be able to complete my tasks?
Will my job be boring?
Will I get nasty colleagues?
Will I adapt to the working environment quickly?
Will my pay be enough to support myself and at the same time save for pongx4??
Whatever it is I will try my best at my new job...certainly hope that I have made the correct choice...Thinking back, I think I am a very lucky guy...A Good relationship with a good dd(though I still think she spends $$ a bit too much), found a job relatively fast and with a reasonable pay... I think I am contented already...
Monday, June 05, 2006
Sunboi's Job Hunting Chronicles
Job hunting begins around 1 mth before the end of the semester(end of exams) which is around April, as sunboi is poor, he can't afford to go holiday (furthermore no one to go with him), so he has to start looking for work ASAP.
Number companies applied: 5
Total resumes sent(online): countless
Average number of resumes per company: 3
Application status:
Companies: Status
1) ST Electronics (info-comm sys) AMK job offer
2) Siemens VDO job offer (accepted)
3) HP shortlisted, 1st interview
4) ST Electronics (info-comm sys) JE shortlisted, 1st interview
5) Philips Electronics KIV
List will get updated once news comes in hehe
Number companies applied: 5
Total resumes sent(online): countless
Average number of resumes per company: 3
Application status:
Companies: Status
1) ST Electronics (info-comm sys) AMK job offer
2) Siemens VDO job offer (accepted)
3) HP shortlisted, 1st interview
4) ST Electronics (info-comm sys) JE shortlisted, 1st interview
5) Philips Electronics KIV
List will get updated once news comes in hehe
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Finally, One Job Offer!!! Yeah!!!
Today very unexpectedly I received a call from ST Electronics (info Comm system, AMK) that they are offering me the position of a Software engineer with them... yeah at least got 1 coy that wans me so I am very happy., Though I am still considering their offer (promised to get back to them by Mon) mainly cos it's more of an IT job(I still prefer firmware cos it's software /w hardware) but if no other offers come along then I think i will have to accept this one... only thing is I am not sure whether I will be able to do the job...but nevermind... so happy, I called my dd niang zi the moment I put down the phone, haha cos I wan to discuss wif me...she is my dd niang zi mah hehe
Hmph.. my elder bro still say(to my mum) that my kou chai ( talking skills or watever u call tat) is not good tat's why the coys never call but at least I got 1 job offer yeah!!! so can sort of shut him up a little. Though I am still habouring hopes of going into siemens VDO (cos it's more firmware) but I think the chances are slim lor haiz...Look at the number of applicants then... some got master's degree somemore...
In some sense my bro is right, I dun feel at ease about "boasting" about myself which is the thing that I must do in interviews... tat I lose to him hands down... cos I really dun know how to promote myself... I only speak the truth and try to move people with my sincerity and honesty..tat's why I try to be as honest about myself to the interviewers as possible...
Oh Ya another thing my kou chai not good but at least I got a dd who have stuck with me through thick and thin (dunno true or not) for 7 long hard years already so I still win him...haha
Yeah !!! happy happy...
Hmph.. my elder bro still say(to my mum) that my kou chai ( talking skills or watever u call tat) is not good tat's why the coys never call but at least I got 1 job offer yeah!!! so can sort of shut him up a little. Though I am still habouring hopes of going into siemens VDO (cos it's more firmware) but I think the chances are slim lor haiz...Look at the number of applicants then... some got master's degree somemore...
In some sense my bro is right, I dun feel at ease about "boasting" about myself which is the thing that I must do in interviews... tat I lose to him hands down... cos I really dun know how to promote myself... I only speak the truth and try to move people with my sincerity and honesty..tat's why I try to be as honest about myself to the interviewers as possible...
Oh Ya another thing my kou chai not good but at least I got a dd who have stuck with me through thick and thin (dunno true or not) for 7 long hard years already so I still win him...haha
Yeah !!! happy happy...
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Some Tots
Just finished watching "惡作劇之吻 ", actually this is suppose to be a light hearted comedy but it still contains some touching scenes... The story goes like this.
This little gal "Xiang Qing (Ariel Lin)" was mermerised by a guy while she is in Pre U (JC in Singapore). This guy "Zhi Shu" is both clever and good in sports...so he's the idol of all young gals. so one day, Xiang qing plucked up her courage and handed Zhi Shu her love letter but was ridiculed by him and other students. Then by a stroke of coincidence, mild earthquake (2 on the richter scale) make her house collasped and she have to move into Zhi Shu's house, it turns out that their 2 dads are good friends.
Throughout her stay in Zhi Shu's house she began to know more about Zhi Shu and vice versa. Though Zhi Shu always make fun of her and tease her with un forgiving words but she still love him as much as before, unwavering. I guess making fun of each other and quarreling is their way of communication and it makes Zhi Shu open up. He became "more human" according to him. Little did he know that bit by bit, he is begining to love Xiang Qing.
Finally the story end with both of them happily married...so happy ...Happy ending... not like the 天外飛仙 / Tian Wai Fei Xian when the 2 of them is still seperated although the ending give a hint that they might be reunited...
So touching... the xiang qing make the ai xing bian dang for zhishu... sobsob
suddenly the xiang qing reminds me of my dd... also have puffy cheeks hehe
This little gal "Xiang Qing (Ariel Lin)" was mermerised by a guy while she is in Pre U (JC in Singapore). This guy "Zhi Shu" is both clever and good in sports...so he's the idol of all young gals. so one day, Xiang qing plucked up her courage and handed Zhi Shu her love letter but was ridiculed by him and other students. Then by a stroke of coincidence, mild earthquake (2 on the richter scale) make her house collasped and she have to move into Zhi Shu's house, it turns out that their 2 dads are good friends.
Throughout her stay in Zhi Shu's house she began to know more about Zhi Shu and vice versa. Though Zhi Shu always make fun of her and tease her with un forgiving words but she still love him as much as before, unwavering. I guess making fun of each other and quarreling is their way of communication and it makes Zhi Shu open up. He became "more human" according to him. Little did he know that bit by bit, he is begining to love Xiang Qing.
Finally the story end with both of them happily married...so happy ...Happy ending... not like the 天外飛仙 / Tian Wai Fei Xian when the 2 of them is still seperated although the ending give a hint that they might be reunited...
So touching... the xiang qing make the ai xing bian dang for zhishu... sobsob
suddenly the xiang qing reminds me of my dd... also have puffy cheeks hehe
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Exposed!
Haha after dunno how many months of "cold war" with my younger brother, my mum finally notice it ... yeah and I got scolded for it... seems to her that it's all my fault ... oh well my fault than my fault...
The one thing I hate most is smug and arrogant people who thinks they noe everything and this is why I am so pissed off wif my youngest bro. He scolds everyone and thinks that everyone is ignorant and he noes everything... all good advice fell on deaf years and u get called "names", not nice ones and sometimes vulgar ones from him. Well I am not going to admit defeat and start talking to him 1st. He's gg to talk to me 1st then I will cease war.. I dun think i am in the wrong. He must be taught a lesson for his arrogance. Speaking to him 1st will only raise his level of arrogance and makes him think he's right and the whole cycle is gg to repeat dunno how many times...
I don't need anything from him anyway, and I can't stand talking to an arrogant person...so rather than quarrel wif him and make myself cheap. I rather not tok to him, in tat way can save my saliva and time. The least I can expect from him is respect to his brother, if I can't get that kind of respect then sorry man., dun expect me to show any to u...u've been pampered long enuff
The one thing I hate most is smug and arrogant people who thinks they noe everything and this is why I am so pissed off wif my youngest bro. He scolds everyone and thinks that everyone is ignorant and he noes everything... all good advice fell on deaf years and u get called "names", not nice ones and sometimes vulgar ones from him. Well I am not going to admit defeat and start talking to him 1st. He's gg to talk to me 1st then I will cease war.. I dun think i am in the wrong. He must be taught a lesson for his arrogance. Speaking to him 1st will only raise his level of arrogance and makes him think he's right and the whole cycle is gg to repeat dunno how many times...
I don't need anything from him anyway, and I can't stand talking to an arrogant person...so rather than quarrel wif him and make myself cheap. I rather not tok to him, in tat way can save my saliva and time. The least I can expect from him is respect to his brother, if I can't get that kind of respect then sorry man., dun expect me to show any to u...u've been pampered long enuff
3rd Interview at HP...
Went for a interview in HP on Friday.. actually kena asked alot of very difficult questions by a indian engineer... he ask me to write codes, explain concepts and he keep rubbing in to show that he's good... Ya ya I know he's good lah but no need to show off right? I am only a fresh graduate, yeah FRESH and he's been working on tat area for dunno how many donkey years, wat he wanted to proved was tat he's better than me... Ok u (indian engineer) won... Gimme a year of on-the-job training and I bet I can answer all the questions u post to me haha
anyway i think my chances of that job is slim lah cos of the treatment I got, luckily there are 2 more engineers beside the indian who kept reminding him that I am a FRESH graduate... else sure kena bombed like hell. I dunno if that's the way to conduct interview and the 1st interview somemore... keep putting u down? keep showing that u are better? Oh well I am like "begging" for a job so no choice lor ... haha anyway I dun habour any hatred for the indian engineer lah... he gave me a good interview experience haha... so I noe wat I can expect for the next...
anyway i think my chances of that job is slim lah cos of the treatment I got, luckily there are 2 more engineers beside the indian who kept reminding him that I am a FRESH graduate... else sure kena bombed like hell. I dunno if that's the way to conduct interview and the 1st interview somemore... keep putting u down? keep showing that u are better? Oh well I am like "begging" for a job so no choice lor ... haha anyway I dun habour any hatred for the indian engineer lah... he gave me a good interview experience haha... so I noe wat I can expect for the next...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Aftermath of 2 interviews
Starting to look for jobs... so far my luck have been quite good.. managed to get called up for 2 interviews, ok lah mabbe not a big number but I will strive to increase this number hehe
1st one I went to is Singapore Technologies Electronics (info comm sys) to be a software engineer... Asked me some technical stuffs but most of it is just like a chit-chat session. Little pressure during the entire session...whole session lasted for about 30 minutes
2nd one went to Siemens VDO at Ayer Rajah Cresent to be interviewed as a software/firmware engineer. 1st time there only, tot it's gg to be another chitchat session then the 1st thing I have to do is to take a test in C. Kaoz long time no touch C liao leh furthermore so manyt things on pointers, structures the stuffs I hate most... buang abit but the theory questions I think I got most of them correct lor ... then the manager came in, marked the papers and started to interview me...asked me alot of stuffs even give me a scenerio and ask me to describe/design a system... the whole thing lasted more than 2hrs..I reached there at 6pm, went out at 8++ pm... super long interview....
1st one I went to is Singapore Technologies Electronics (info comm sys) to be a software engineer... Asked me some technical stuffs but most of it is just like a chit-chat session. Little pressure during the entire session...whole session lasted for about 30 minutes
2nd one went to Siemens VDO at Ayer Rajah Cresent to be interviewed as a software/firmware engineer. 1st time there only, tot it's gg to be another chitchat session then the 1st thing I have to do is to take a test in C. Kaoz long time no touch C liao leh furthermore so manyt things on pointers, structures the stuffs I hate most... buang abit but the theory questions I think I got most of them correct lor ... then the manager came in, marked the papers and started to interview me...asked me alot of stuffs even give me a scenerio and ask me to describe/design a system... the whole thing lasted more than 2hrs..I reached there at 6pm, went out at 8++ pm... super long interview....
Monday, May 15, 2006
Women, so difficult to forlon
I think women are quite hard to understand... they usually have double standards...
I think my mum is a good example...
As a mum:
she thinks gals should foot their own bills when they go out with her sons.
she tells her son not to give in to the gal too often else the gal will take advantage of her son
As a gal:
she things it's gentlemanly for a guy to foot a gal's bill...
she hopes that her bf/hubby/watever will listen to her always....
contraditing right?
I think my mum is a good example...
As a mum:
she thinks gals should foot their own bills when they go out with her sons.
she tells her son not to give in to the gal too often else the gal will take advantage of her son
As a gal:
she things it's gentlemanly for a guy to foot a gal's bill...
she hopes that her bf/hubby/watever will listen to her always....
contraditing right?
Not so nice weekend for Driving
Last weekend was a long weekend: fri sat and sun off so got fri and sun to drive around...
Too bad kena horned a few times... most of the time not my fault but some are mine
Fri:
incident 1:
was at the roundabout at suntec city, there aI gave way to a taxi (cos his bonnet already out wat) within the roundabout..then there was this mazda(I think) just came out to the roundabout behind me...give a long loud horn, so impatient cannot wait a while ah? afterall all road users should be courteous and give way whenever possible right? how this stupid driver passed his theory test? or rather he must have been too busy looking right(cos he trying to enter the roundabout mah) then when the right is clear he just shoot out never look infront (I was in front) ... why got such impatient drivers?
incident 2:
was moving in the left lane along AYE nearing telok blangah exit then there was this slow moving dump truck so I change to the outer lane to overtake it... Far away got a green Matrix (at the outer lane) moving at very fast speed then cos ours is picanto mah, small car cannot accelerate fast enough than that stupid matrix began to tailgate me and keep flashing his high beam at though to say "shoo shoo" I think at that time I was not too slow either mabbe about 80-85km/h already
Sun:
incident 3:
was moving towards farrer road, got alot of road works, there cos of the MRT line. Then got this lane merging lane(watever, u'll understand can liao)... then this taxi was to the left of me(and behind) i was at the right so we both were at the lane merging lane mah... so common sense he should let me go 1st right? cos I am in front and also to the right... but he die die wan to squeeze in front from the left and HORNED ...grrh anyway I heck care his horning ... just keep moving... hehe I think this incident I also got fault lah...cos I just "assume" the taxi will give way to me and I didn't notice that taxi was moving very fast behind me (and trying to cut in) also...
incident 4:
I was trying to turn right at a uncontrolled junction, then there was alot of vehicles parked at the side of the road... so as a cautious person I slowing inch out mah then this stupid taxi(again) horned grrrhh...
incident 5:
was moving towards PIE at the left lane, then was trying to overtake a vehicle so move to the outer lane... nv saw this car(dunno wat model) at 1st glance, then went out kena horned lor... hehe this one is my fault lah cos I check my spots quite hastely so nv notice tat car I think he also moving quite fast lor...
incident 6:
At bt Merah area, got this pickup/van stop because of a bus stopping then he just try to turn out into my lane then I have to take evasive action and horn it to avoid brushing against it...
I must strive to hav "0" horning, though will be quite difficult, some drivers are horn-happy one anyhow horn ppl one...so just have to be more careful lor...wat to do?
5 more months, then can remove P-plate liao counting... counting...
Too bad kena horned a few times... most of the time not my fault but some are mine
Fri:
incident 1:
was at the roundabout at suntec city, there aI gave way to a taxi (cos his bonnet already out wat) within the roundabout..then there was this mazda(I think) just came out to the roundabout behind me...give a long loud horn, so impatient cannot wait a while ah? afterall all road users should be courteous and give way whenever possible right? how this stupid driver passed his theory test? or rather he must have been too busy looking right(cos he trying to enter the roundabout mah) then when the right is clear he just shoot out never look infront (I was in front) ... why got such impatient drivers?
incident 2:
was moving in the left lane along AYE nearing telok blangah exit then there was this slow moving dump truck so I change to the outer lane to overtake it... Far away got a green Matrix (at the outer lane) moving at very fast speed then cos ours is picanto mah, small car cannot accelerate fast enough than that stupid matrix began to tailgate me and keep flashing his high beam at though to say "shoo shoo" I think at that time I was not too slow either mabbe about 80-85km/h already
Sun:
incident 3:
was moving towards farrer road, got alot of road works, there cos of the MRT line. Then got this lane merging lane(watever, u'll understand can liao)... then this taxi was to the left of me(and behind) i was at the right so we both were at the lane merging lane mah... so common sense he should let me go 1st right? cos I am in front and also to the right... but he die die wan to squeeze in front from the left and HORNED ...grrh anyway I heck care his horning ... just keep moving... hehe I think this incident I also got fault lah...cos I just "assume" the taxi will give way to me and I didn't notice that taxi was moving very fast behind me (and trying to cut in) also...
incident 4:
I was trying to turn right at a uncontrolled junction, then there was alot of vehicles parked at the side of the road... so as a cautious person I slowing inch out mah then this stupid taxi(again) horned grrrhh...
incident 5:
was moving towards PIE at the left lane, then was trying to overtake a vehicle so move to the outer lane... nv saw this car(dunno wat model) at 1st glance, then went out kena horned lor... hehe this one is my fault lah cos I check my spots quite hastely so nv notice tat car I think he also moving quite fast lor...
incident 6:
At bt Merah area, got this pickup/van stop because of a bus stopping then he just try to turn out into my lane then I have to take evasive action and horn it to avoid brushing against it...
I must strive to hav "0" horning, though will be quite difficult, some drivers are horn-happy one anyhow horn ppl one...so just have to be more careful lor...wat to do?
5 more months, then can remove P-plate liao counting... counting...
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Nice Song
JOSH GROBAN
You Raise Me Up
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
There is no life – no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
You Raise Me Up
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
There is no life – no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
FTT and song
Uploaded Flash Final Theory Test: See it here...
Think can't post songs here else kena caught hehe...
Thursday, May 04, 2006
One beautiful phase to share
In Chinese dunno can read or not...
虽然沒有经过大风大浪刻苦相思
但却都深爱着对方
爱情是来得这么自然
表面平淡如水其实细水长流
一点一滴的爱意溶入在
取笑捉弄追逐打闹之中
虽然沒有砰然心动的感觉
却别有温馨浪漫
这样的爱不是最完美的吗
Like applicable to my dd and I hor? last time we also like to "fight" haha
虽然沒有经过大风大浪刻苦相思
但却都深爱着对方
爱情是来得这么自然
表面平淡如水其实细水长流
一点一滴的爱意溶入在
取笑捉弄追逐打闹之中
虽然沒有砰然心动的感觉
却别有温馨浪漫
这样的爱不是最完美的吗
Like applicable to my dd and I hor? last time we also like to "fight" haha
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Me,Myself and My love
Long time no blog cos now is exam period so gotta bury myself with my books(sorry shld b notes) suddenly got some feelings... so here I am...
Actually just finished watching a "Taiwanese idol drama" so that's the inspiration for the "feelings"
Actually all i wanted to say is tat I am just a ordinary man, I do not belong to the league of those super "gentleman" or "lovers". I am not as noble as them, I don't think I can practise the "If U love a person than let her go find her own happiness". Somehow I cannot comprehend the tot of "if she's happy, then I am happy no matter who she is with".
I admit that I am a possessive person, I am just an ordinary person. All I know is if I love a person, I wan to be with her forever. I wan to love her and take care of her forever and make her happy if it's within my means. I dare not say that I am very good at it now but I am trying... I don't mind hardships, being labelled as "unfillial". I believe in wat I am doing and I have a clear conscience. After all a couple should share woe and weal. Isn't it the case? I admit that sometimes I did something that dd dun like and we end up quarreling but I can say that watever I do is not on impulse, just like my feelings for dd. Sometimes there are things that I must do. Afterall a ship that have not gone through storms cannot be considered a good ship right?
I heard something frm the radio, which I find quite meaningful, "of all your love ones, the only one who will follow u all the way is ur sprouse, so he/she shld occupy a special place in your heart and be closet to u"
I have neither a dog nor car but even if I had, everything will still remain the same. dd will always occupy the no.1 spot in my heart... No matter how many things i will have in the future, this will always remain the case.
I do not and dare not ask for much in return, all I wan is to be with my dd for my present short stay on this earth. I know tat I am not very good with words.....
Actually just finished watching a "Taiwanese idol drama" so that's the inspiration for the "feelings"
Actually all i wanted to say is tat I am just a ordinary man, I do not belong to the league of those super "gentleman" or "lovers". I am not as noble as them, I don't think I can practise the "If U love a person than let her go find her own happiness". Somehow I cannot comprehend the tot of "if she's happy, then I am happy no matter who she is with".
I admit that I am a possessive person, I am just an ordinary person. All I know is if I love a person, I wan to be with her forever. I wan to love her and take care of her forever and make her happy if it's within my means. I dare not say that I am very good at it now but I am trying... I don't mind hardships, being labelled as "unfillial". I believe in wat I am doing and I have a clear conscience. After all a couple should share woe and weal. Isn't it the case? I admit that sometimes I did something that dd dun like and we end up quarreling but I can say that watever I do is not on impulse, just like my feelings for dd. Sometimes there are things that I must do. Afterall a ship that have not gone through storms cannot be considered a good ship right?
I heard something frm the radio, which I find quite meaningful, "of all your love ones, the only one who will follow u all the way is ur sprouse, so he/she shld occupy a special place in your heart and be closet to u"
I have neither a dog nor car but even if I had, everything will still remain the same. dd will always occupy the no.1 spot in my heart... No matter how many things i will have in the future, this will always remain the case.
I do not and dare not ask for much in return, all I wan is to be with my dd for my present short stay on this earth. I know tat I am not very good with words.....
Friday, April 07, 2006
ATROCIOUS!
Atrocious I think is the word to describe the scene I saw on the bus yesterday it goes like this.
I was taking bus 67 home, there was alot of people so I have to stand in the middle of the bendy bus.. there was this indian couple smootching just beside me. Cos I was standing at an angle so although I was beside them, I can still see wat they are doing. Hugging, kissing those kind of stuffs ..still alright then I dunno why then suddenly the gal reach out and grab the guy's u-know-where. Right in front of so many "audiences"(the passengers, rem the bus was crowded). The gal doesn't seem embaressed at all... thenI think the guy dunno said wat to the gal. then take her handbag which he was holding and place it just in front of his pant's zipper. And then the gal did the same groping again...think these last for 5mins ..dunno whether the guy got "retaliate" or not can't see cos the gal was back facing me ... wah can't they wait until they are at home meh? want to let so many ppl see "free" show... Atrocious!
I was taking bus 67 home, there was alot of people so I have to stand in the middle of the bendy bus.. there was this indian couple smootching just beside me. Cos I was standing at an angle so although I was beside them, I can still see wat they are doing. Hugging, kissing those kind of stuffs ..still alright then I dunno why then suddenly the gal reach out and grab the guy's u-know-where. Right in front of so many "audiences"(the passengers, rem the bus was crowded). The gal doesn't seem embaressed at all... thenI think the guy dunno said wat to the gal. then take her handbag which he was holding and place it just in front of his pant's zipper. And then the gal did the same groping again...think these last for 5mins ..dunno whether the guy got "retaliate" or not can't see cos the gal was back facing me ... wah can't they wait until they are at home meh? want to let so many ppl see "free" show... Atrocious!
Monday, March 27, 2006
Progress Package
Yeah Govt giving me $700 as part of the progress package... hehe
but haben got $$ already some1 asking me to treat whole family eat liao ....
nvm take out $50 to treat...can save back later haha
but haben got $$ already some1 asking me to treat whole family eat liao ....
nvm take out $50 to treat...can save back later haha
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