Friday, September 14, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Stevens Shakin' - Because I Love You LYRICS
If I got down on my knees and I pleaded with you,
if I crossed a million oceans just to be with you,
Would you ever let me down?
If I climbed the highest mountain just to hold you tight,
if I said that I would love you every single night,
Would you ever let me down?
Well, I'm sorry if it sounds kinds sad,
it's just that I'm worried,so worried that you'll let me down.
Because I love you, love you, love you, so don't let me down.
If I swam the longest river just to call your name,
if I said the way I feel for you would never change,
Would you ever fool around?
Well, I'm sorry if it sounds kinds bad,
it's just that I'm worried,I'm so worried that you'll let me down.
Because I(love you, love you), love you, love you.
Well I'm sorry if it sounds kinds bad, it's just that I'm worried,Yes, I'm so worried that you'll let me down.Because I love you, love you,Oooh, I love you, love you, love you.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
"Click"
Went to bought this movie "click" after highly recommended by my colleagues... this is actually a comedy but it's actually quite touching...
official site:
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/click/site/index.php
Here's the sypnosis:
Adam Sandler portrays Michael Newman, a family man whose busy career as an architect doesn’t leave much time for his wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and two kids. Unable to figure out which of his many remotes turns on the television, he goes shopping for a universal remote and finds the perfect device through Morty (Christopher Walken), who gives him a one-of-a-kind remote with magical powers. With each click, Michael is able to control his career and personal life. But complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
With the help of the remote, he successful fastforwarded those stuffs that he deemed to be time wasting to concentrate on his career. i.e. lunch with parents, bonding wif children and wife etc...
Finally he became a world renowned architect, but in doing so, he missed out on the growing years of his kids, his wife married another man, and his dad died without him seeing him for the last time.
official site:
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/click/site/index.php
Here's the sypnosis:
Adam Sandler portrays Michael Newman, a family man whose busy career as an architect doesn’t leave much time for his wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and two kids. Unable to figure out which of his many remotes turns on the television, he goes shopping for a universal remote and finds the perfect device through Morty (Christopher Walken), who gives him a one-of-a-kind remote with magical powers. With each click, Michael is able to control his career and personal life. But complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
With the help of the remote, he successful fastforwarded those stuffs that he deemed to be time wasting to concentrate on his career. i.e. lunch with parents, bonding wif children and wife etc...
Finally he became a world renowned architect, but in doing so, he missed out on the growing years of his kids, his wife married another man, and his dad died without him seeing him for the last time.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Karang Guni Man
Some updates, these week i'm the karang guni man,..
SOLD!
Dad brought back some old PCs frm his office, 1 P3 1GHz and the other a 500Mhz celeron..ask me to tear them apart and sell them..well sold the 2 MBs and processor + abt 256MB + 128MB SDram to some guy (who look like a mad professor hehe) for $35.. eh abit on the low side but at least it's better than throwing them away... hehe
Sold my Samsung D500C away yesterday also... to a lady, very funny, she didn't even want to check the phone.. she just took it.. Prevously got 1 malay guy complain my fone the rubber corroded lah, one button not sensitive lah blah blah blah and in the end didn't take it..
going to sell the coffee maker also on Friday(tml)..hehe given free by a seller when i bought a juicer frm them .. i buy juicer(+coffee maker) for $20, gg to sell the coffee maker for $12... hoho means the juicer costs only $8?? hehe hope the buyer dun fly me aeroplane...
Bought!
a Nokia n80 hp.. well my samsung D500C still working but sometimes abit cranky ..and one of the button got some probs, must press harder ..some cosmetics prob also..so decide to quickly sell it while it's still working else when it's dead then cannot sell liao right? finally dd and i got the same fone model again... hehe but mine 2nd hand lah..dd one is new one..
Got a unused juicer + coffee maker (the juicer a couple of years old but can see that it has not been used at all) hehe. Now i can make juice for dd and me... yeah..
Digital scale for dd(new one).. this one is for dd to bake cookies...well actually can save quite alot if i get the mechanical one but aiyah i think must give dd the best whenever possible mah so got her a digital one.. i feel more easy to use...
SOLD!
Dad brought back some old PCs frm his office, 1 P3 1GHz and the other a 500Mhz celeron..ask me to tear them apart and sell them..well sold the 2 MBs and processor + abt 256MB + 128MB SDram to some guy (who look like a mad professor hehe) for $35.. eh abit on the low side but at least it's better than throwing them away... hehe
Sold my Samsung D500C away yesterday also... to a lady, very funny, she didn't even want to check the phone.. she just took it.. Prevously got 1 malay guy complain my fone the rubber corroded lah, one button not sensitive lah blah blah blah and in the end didn't take it..
going to sell the coffee maker also on Friday(tml)..hehe given free by a seller when i bought a juicer frm them .. i buy juicer(+coffee maker) for $20, gg to sell the coffee maker for $12... hoho means the juicer costs only $8?? hehe hope the buyer dun fly me aeroplane...
Bought!
a Nokia n80 hp.. well my samsung D500C still working but sometimes abit cranky ..and one of the button got some probs, must press harder ..some cosmetics prob also..so decide to quickly sell it while it's still working else when it's dead then cannot sell liao right? finally dd and i got the same fone model again... hehe but mine 2nd hand lah..dd one is new one..
Got a unused juicer + coffee maker (the juicer a couple of years old but can see that it has not been used at all) hehe. Now i can make juice for dd and me... yeah..
Digital scale for dd(new one).. this one is for dd to bake cookies...well actually can save quite alot if i get the mechanical one but aiyah i think must give dd the best whenever possible mah so got her a digital one.. i feel more easy to use...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
More young married couples in S'pore going separate ways
More young married couples in S'pore going separate ways
Sheralyn Taysheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg
AS PART of a worrying trend, divorces among those aged 20 to 24 have seen the sharpest increase in the last 10 years compared to that of all other age groups.
But the largest number of divorces is still among males in the 35 to 44 age bracket and females in the 25 and 34 age group — on par with 2005 figures.
Altogether, there were 7,091 divorces last year, compared to 6,909 in 2005.
On the other hand, the 23,706 people saying "I do" in 2006 was a 3.1-per-cent increase from the previous year, but is still lower than the annual average of 24,800 recorded in the 1990s.
These findings on marriages and divorces — released by the Singapore Department of Statistics yesterday — also revealed an increase in the number of inter-ethnic marriages, especially among Muslims.
Some 30 per cent — or 1,199 — of Muslim marriages last year were mixed matches, up from 21 per cent 10 years ago. However, this was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of divorces among Muslims in inter-ethnic marriages, which rose from 12 per cent in 1996 to 20 per cent last year.
According to National University of Singapore sociologist Dr Paulin Straughan, "this could be due to more inter-ethnic marriages, so it might be a corresponding trend".
Mixed marriages require a lot more work, Dr Straughan said.
"While there is the assumption of shared traits within the same ethnic group, for inter-ethnic marriages, there must be other commonalities such as education or religion. For marriage, the notion of 'opposites attract' is a misnomer; it does not always work like that. In most cases, there needs to be shared identity." But not all couples may understand this, she said, leading to problems in married life.
On the whole, Singaporeans are marrying later than in 1996, with the median age for first-time grooms at 29.7 and brides at 27.
The percentage of marriages between couples with an age difference of more than 10 years has also increased, from 7.2 per cent in 1996 to 9.6 per cent in 2006.
In general, Dr Straughan noted that the statistics did not buck the trends of high divorce rates and later marriages.
"For divorces, the trends have shown that young marriages are at risk. What alarms us is that it's gone up even higher, so marriage preparation is more critical. These figures show that people are not entering marriage fully aware of the commitment, requisite roles and responsibility involved."
Sheralyn Taysheralyn@mediacorp.com.sg
AS PART of a worrying trend, divorces among those aged 20 to 24 have seen the sharpest increase in the last 10 years compared to that of all other age groups.
But the largest number of divorces is still among males in the 35 to 44 age bracket and females in the 25 and 34 age group — on par with 2005 figures.
Altogether, there were 7,091 divorces last year, compared to 6,909 in 2005.
On the other hand, the 23,706 people saying "I do" in 2006 was a 3.1-per-cent increase from the previous year, but is still lower than the annual average of 24,800 recorded in the 1990s.
These findings on marriages and divorces — released by the Singapore Department of Statistics yesterday — also revealed an increase in the number of inter-ethnic marriages, especially among Muslims.
Some 30 per cent — or 1,199 — of Muslim marriages last year were mixed matches, up from 21 per cent 10 years ago. However, this was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of divorces among Muslims in inter-ethnic marriages, which rose from 12 per cent in 1996 to 20 per cent last year.
According to National University of Singapore sociologist Dr Paulin Straughan, "this could be due to more inter-ethnic marriages, so it might be a corresponding trend".
Mixed marriages require a lot more work, Dr Straughan said.
"While there is the assumption of shared traits within the same ethnic group, for inter-ethnic marriages, there must be other commonalities such as education or religion. For marriage, the notion of 'opposites attract' is a misnomer; it does not always work like that. In most cases, there needs to be shared identity." But not all couples may understand this, she said, leading to problems in married life.
On the whole, Singaporeans are marrying later than in 1996, with the median age for first-time grooms at 29.7 and brides at 27.
The percentage of marriages between couples with an age difference of more than 10 years has also increased, from 7.2 per cent in 1996 to 9.6 per cent in 2006.
In general, Dr Straughan noted that the statistics did not buck the trends of high divorce rates and later marriages.
"For divorces, the trends have shown that young marriages are at risk. What alarms us is that it's gone up even higher, so marriage preparation is more critical. These figures show that people are not entering marriage fully aware of the commitment, requisite roles and responsibility involved."
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
HDB launches new flats in JW again
HDB launches new JW flats!!!
http://www69.hdb.gov.sg/bp13/bp13005p.nsf/BEJul07JW5R?OpenPage
includes the 989 that we enquired last time... now they launch..Grrr
http://www69.hdb.gov.sg/bp13/bp13005p.nsf/BEJul07JW5R?OpenPage
includes the 989 that we enquired last time... now they launch..Grrr
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Singapore Traveller D1
Travelled almost 1/2 the circumference of Singapore today hehe... Traveller D1
Journey starts frm 1145am today from the bus-stop outside blk 25, Teck Whye Lane...
- Took TiBs Svc 187 to woodlands via BKE (Blue Line)
- From Woodlands, SBS service 161 to SengKang via SLE and TPE (Blue Line frm woodlands MRT)
- From Sengkang, took NEL to Dhoby Ghaut, change to NS line to City Hall then EW line to Bugis (Green Line)
- From Bugis, took EW line to Boon Lay (Brown Line)
- From Boon lay took TIBS service 180 back to Teck Whye again alighting at same bus-stop(purple line)
Friday, July 20, 2007
inspiration
wah this is a good site... full of meaningful quotes abt life
http://www.pravsworld.com/new/xperience.htm
http://www.pravsworld.com/new/xperience.htm
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Price increase!!
shit, vhive bookcase have increase $10 to $79 each... should have bought them earlier when they were $69... grrrhh GST only increase 2% leh
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
STUPID CARREFOUR!
STUPID CARREFOUR, did not deliver my bike as promised, and nv contact me either.... grrrrh...
***Updates:
They delivered my bike at 11pm... but still unacceptable service, nobody call to inform me of the late delivery, i pity the delivery guy though...gotta work until so late...
anyway i wrote an email to scold them liao... at least feel better haha
***Updates:
They delivered my bike at 11pm... but still unacceptable service, nobody call to inform me of the late delivery, i pity the delivery guy though...gotta work until so late...
anyway i wrote an email to scold them liao... at least feel better haha
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Mattress + bed
hohoho...finally ordered our mattress and bedframe hehe...
quite a tiring process although i think for our mattress, we only visited 4 shops in total (2 in IMM + star furniture ) and mattress center. quite hard to choose for me, cos i've been sleeping on the floor (virtually) for 4/5 yrs (since ORD), now every bed seems soft and comfy to me.. hehe luckily got dd so let her choose the bed is the best... haha..after lying on a few mattress, slumberland,vono, 4-star?, and simmons...she finally decided the simmons Maxipedic /w mem foam is the best among the rest so finally decided to get that one... mabbe it's cos her auntie also using this brand?? highly recommended? or because her auntie say it's good then it's good? haha anyway i dun really care cos like i said every mattress seems comfy to me... haha
got the queen-size mattress + 1 single mattress(promo) + 2 mem foam pillow at $1326 from the mattress center
dunno consider cheap or not... mattress listed price is $1209 then i requested for additional 2 pillows to make it $1300 but cos we ask to deliver in Dec then + 2% additonal GST becomes $1326...
then for the bedframe we got from hommage a platform bed haha..zen style black black in color... we didn't visit other furniture shops, just see price right, design ok then buy haha ...like wat dd said, the bedframe is just to hold the mattress, as long as the mattress is comfy and the bedframe is not too ugly can already.. haha
total damage= $1326 + $950(bedframe + dressing table) = $2276
i think we are quite sui pian..did not visit alot of shops just to find the perfect and pice-right beds haha.. we see we like then we buy.. also didn't compare different shop prices... hehe...
then some hiccups happened to our mattress, the boss and then the lady boss of mattress center called the same night and the next day respectively to say that the salesman put the wrong price tag on the mattress, the org price is $1309 not $1209 so ask me to top up $100... wah i feel not fair right? cos their mistake mah and if i top up $100 then means i gotta bear the blame for their mistake? unfair right? so i propose the $100 we split lor... i top up $50... i feel like tat then reasonable mah cos i'm covering for their mistake liao.. then the lady boss very fierce wor say cannot lah, profit very little already, wat sept simmons bedding will increase price somemore lah blah blah blah..die die wan me to top up $100 somemore dare me to void the invoice... but i of cos not so stupid lor... die die also say top up $50 is my max... haha then she bo pian she say sell me at the oeg price but cannot keep the mattress for me till Dec...must immediately deliver on this sat.. orh ok lor.. my rooms are empty anyway put in their warehouse and put in my housie i feel the same lor... at least i pay $100 less to keep in my housie haha.. but haiz paid the extra $26(2% GST increase) for nothing liao... bo pian lah the lady boss i think angry wif me liao, later i call her she also like buay song like tat (she earn $100 less mah) ... heck care her lor... hope she dun tamper wif my mattresses (1 big + 1 small)..she she dares i will surely complain until the whole singapore knows her shop haha...
now ah hem how to place the bed....
like this?
or like this?
quite a tiring process although i think for our mattress, we only visited 4 shops in total (2 in IMM + star furniture ) and mattress center. quite hard to choose for me, cos i've been sleeping on the floor (virtually) for 4/5 yrs (since ORD), now every bed seems soft and comfy to me.. hehe luckily got dd so let her choose the bed is the best... haha..after lying on a few mattress, slumberland,vono, 4-star?, and simmons...she finally decided the simmons Maxipedic /w mem foam is the best among the rest so finally decided to get that one... mabbe it's cos her auntie also using this brand?? highly recommended? or because her auntie say it's good then it's good? haha anyway i dun really care cos like i said every mattress seems comfy to me... haha
got the queen-size mattress + 1 single mattress(promo) + 2 mem foam pillow at $1326 from the mattress center
dunno consider cheap or not... mattress listed price is $1209 then i requested for additional 2 pillows to make it $1300 but cos we ask to deliver in Dec then + 2% additonal GST becomes $1326...
then for the bedframe we got from hommage a platform bed haha..zen style black black in color... we didn't visit other furniture shops, just see price right, design ok then buy haha ...like wat dd said, the bedframe is just to hold the mattress, as long as the mattress is comfy and the bedframe is not too ugly can already.. haha
total damage= $1326 + $950(bedframe + dressing table) = $2276
i think we are quite sui pian..did not visit alot of shops just to find the perfect and pice-right beds haha.. we see we like then we buy.. also didn't compare different shop prices... hehe...
then some hiccups happened to our mattress, the boss and then the lady boss of mattress center called the same night and the next day respectively to say that the salesman put the wrong price tag on the mattress, the org price is $1309 not $1209 so ask me to top up $100... wah i feel not fair right? cos their mistake mah and if i top up $100 then means i gotta bear the blame for their mistake? unfair right? so i propose the $100 we split lor... i top up $50... i feel like tat then reasonable mah cos i'm covering for their mistake liao.. then the lady boss very fierce wor say cannot lah, profit very little already, wat sept simmons bedding will increase price somemore lah blah blah blah..die die wan me to top up $100 somemore dare me to void the invoice... but i of cos not so stupid lor... die die also say top up $50 is my max... haha then she bo pian she say sell me at the oeg price but cannot keep the mattress for me till Dec...must immediately deliver on this sat.. orh ok lor.. my rooms are empty anyway put in their warehouse and put in my housie i feel the same lor... at least i pay $100 less to keep in my housie haha.. but haiz paid the extra $26(2% GST increase) for nothing liao... bo pian lah the lady boss i think angry wif me liao, later i call her she also like buay song like tat (she earn $100 less mah) ... heck care her lor... hope she dun tamper wif my mattresses (1 big + 1 small)..she she dares i will surely complain until the whole singapore knows her shop haha...
now ah hem how to place the bed....
like this?
or like this?
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Photos From Korea
These are some photos from korea, some taken from hotel and some taken from a temple in Seoul.. taken by my colleague...
Thursday, June 07, 2007
No More MC
no more MC for today, so gotta come back to work... sianz..
eating the flu tablet make me feel drowsy... half a day left to go... sianz sianz...
feel like sleeping already
eating the flu tablet make me feel drowsy... half a day left to go... sianz sianz...
feel like sleeping already
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Sick...
finally fell sick yesterday Fever+cough+sore throat+ running nose... Eat too much BBQ and Kim chi in Korea i think hehe..
2nd trip to korea in 2 weeks... haiz.... 13-16 may and 29 May to 2 June... mabbe a bit of tiredness make my immune system vulnerable?
anyway doc gimme 2 days MC and order me to rest...can make use of this time to properly rest... hope can recover by tml then can use tml to go other place? hehe
2nd trip to korea in 2 weeks... haiz.... 13-16 may and 29 May to 2 June... mabbe a bit of tiredness make my immune system vulnerable?
anyway doc gimme 2 days MC and order me to rest...can make use of this time to properly rest... hope can recover by tml then can use tml to go other place? hehe
Thursday, May 24, 2007
OTOT everyday
the title says it all...
almost everyday gotta OT (for abt 1.5 mths liao) till about 9-10pm.. reached home already around 10-11pm... super sianz.. Even gotta burn my sundays time wif dd... Grrr... almost turning into a lifeless beast...
I dun understand how these 'creatures' here think... dun they have a life? dun they have family? dun they need some personal free time?
come to think of it, even if u work till late late everyday, dun u produce as much during those 'extra hours'? i firmly believe that when a man is tired, he loses motivation, when he loses motivation he is unproductive... esp in our line where we gotta have a clear head and think carefully... wat's the pt when we produce the "goods" but they are full of bugs? no point right?
when u're tired, u will not think properly.. esp for me..
I feel tat i am no longer in control of my time already, it's have been dictated by others, by others who wan to see involvement, they are the ones who think that
LONG WORK HRS = PROACTIVE WORKER = HARDWORKING WORKER = GOOD WORKER
i tot that by gg into a European MNC, they managers would have more liberal mindset i.e. as long as the goods are produced, they dun care how long u spend in office..
but i am wrong.. in my office they(the bosses) still think in the JAP way... sianz
I dun mind if they burn my weekdays but i just cannot take it when they burn my sundays as well (worse of all, i dun get paid for working extra hrs)... All i wan is to have 1 day of good rest, one day of personal time, to be with my family and love ones... So recharge myself so that i could be fresher and more ready for work for the next week... is tat too much to ask?
almost everyday gotta OT (for abt 1.5 mths liao) till about 9-10pm.. reached home already around 10-11pm... super sianz.. Even gotta burn my sundays time wif dd... Grrr... almost turning into a lifeless beast...
I dun understand how these 'creatures' here think... dun they have a life? dun they have family? dun they need some personal free time?
come to think of it, even if u work till late late everyday, dun u produce as much during those 'extra hours'? i firmly believe that when a man is tired, he loses motivation, when he loses motivation he is unproductive... esp in our line where we gotta have a clear head and think carefully... wat's the pt when we produce the "goods" but they are full of bugs? no point right?
when u're tired, u will not think properly.. esp for me..
I feel tat i am no longer in control of my time already, it's have been dictated by others, by others who wan to see involvement, they are the ones who think that
LONG WORK HRS = PROACTIVE WORKER = HARDWORKING WORKER = GOOD WORKER
i tot that by gg into a European MNC, they managers would have more liberal mindset i.e. as long as the goods are produced, they dun care how long u spend in office..
but i am wrong.. in my office they(the bosses) still think in the JAP way... sianz
I dun mind if they burn my weekdays but i just cannot take it when they burn my sundays as well (worse of all, i dun get paid for working extra hrs)... All i wan is to have 1 day of good rest, one day of personal time, to be with my family and love ones... So recharge myself so that i could be fresher and more ready for work for the next week... is tat too much to ask?
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Super Short dd day
my weekend is burnt again.. grrr... not happy already for burning my dd day..., sat still ok, but SUNDAY is my DD DAY!!! and it's BURNT!!!
time wif dd already very short already then still like this.. bu suang this time, can't i just have 1 day wif dd undisturbed? is tat too much to ask?
this sunday is super short.... Morning starts at 830am, then we headed to NTU for breakfast, can't find any opened canteen which sells decent food, so end up have to go canteen 2 for b'fast again..
then eat until 930, then left for orchard as dd gg for haircut, her haircut last unusually long, 1.5hrs... then when she came out already close to 12 liao..
next we left for Waterloo st temple to pray for her job. As for me, of cos i pray that such life (weekend burnt) will end soon and i can have my own PERSONAL time wif dd...
I think after dd read this, she might feel i am not a career-minded person and not ambitious enough... but i feel tat everything must have a balance lor... to tell u the truth if i really have to make a choice between job and dd.. i think i will choose dd... haiz mabbe it's true that heros always fall to a woman... dd is my woman... haha
i dun mind working longer on weekdays but PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY MY TIME WIF DD, IT'S ALREADY VERY SHORT AS IT IS ALREADY!!!
i think dd is becoming like a drug for me liao, no see her for 1 wk, i will feel weird like something is missing like tat...
hope such hectic life can end soon... grrrrh...
time wif dd already very short already then still like this.. bu suang this time, can't i just have 1 day wif dd undisturbed? is tat too much to ask?
this sunday is super short.... Morning starts at 830am, then we headed to NTU for breakfast, can't find any opened canteen which sells decent food, so end up have to go canteen 2 for b'fast again..
then eat until 930, then left for orchard as dd gg for haircut, her haircut last unusually long, 1.5hrs... then when she came out already close to 12 liao..
next we left for Waterloo st temple to pray for her job. As for me, of cos i pray that such life (weekend burnt) will end soon and i can have my own PERSONAL time wif dd...
I think after dd read this, she might feel i am not a career-minded person and not ambitious enough... but i feel tat everything must have a balance lor... to tell u the truth if i really have to make a choice between job and dd.. i think i will choose dd... haiz mabbe it's true that heros always fall to a woman... dd is my woman... haha
i dun mind working longer on weekdays but PLEASE DON'T TAKE AWAY MY TIME WIF DD, IT'S ALREADY VERY SHORT AS IT IS ALREADY!!!
i think dd is becoming like a drug for me liao, no see her for 1 wk, i will feel weird like something is missing like tat...
hope such hectic life can end soon... grrrrh...
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Korea Biz Trip
Returned from Korea on Wednesday...
learnt a few valuable lessons there... seen the true face of some humans... esp my Project Manager..
the story goes like this:
we brought a radio set to ssangyong Motors for them to test, before i went, i received instructions frm my Project Leader(SW) and discipline manager not to commit any schedules or tasks... my role there is just to answer and explain any technical issues there. Full stop...
the meeting there largely revolves around planning and schedules, thus this does not concern me at all so all along i kept quiet...
during testing of the new sample, because of some unfortunate incident, the newer sample is worse than the older one (they found more bugs which does not exists in the older one) of cos this is due to my some of my team's oversight... they removed some useful stuffs when they are trying to remove the useless stuffs... then my project maanger blew his top say how can we bee like tat? every sw got more bugs... like that project how to finish? where is our testing blah blah blah... wah kaoz they customer haven't get angry, he got angry so all along the trip he gave me a black face... , hey it's ain't my fault, i wasn't the one who put the bugs in... but i think as the only member of the sw team there, and my rank is the smallest i gotta take the blame lor... but in front of customers he like 'brothers' with them..so hypocritical...
then he came back to complain to my manager and my project leader i very quiet, never defend the coy... i mean they talking mainly abt the stuffs i was not suppose to have a say, how can i say anything,.. anything i said can be interpreted as a commitment by the koreans... they are like tat... and there was one time i was forced to give an 'estimate' but i was scolded by my project manager already... anyway i dun care abt him lah.. i feel i've done wat i was supposed to do already... there were specific instructions to me and i dun think i've violated any of them...
pics taken by my camera-phone in korea... hehe (went wif 2 oldies cannot bring decent cameras, else they might say.. "hey come here to work, not to sightsee")
view from my hotel room: downtown seoul city
around the hotel
incheon international airport
early morning drive from airport to hotel
learnt a few valuable lessons there... seen the true face of some humans... esp my Project Manager..
the story goes like this:
we brought a radio set to ssangyong Motors for them to test, before i went, i received instructions frm my Project Leader(SW) and discipline manager not to commit any schedules or tasks... my role there is just to answer and explain any technical issues there. Full stop...
the meeting there largely revolves around planning and schedules, thus this does not concern me at all so all along i kept quiet...
during testing of the new sample, because of some unfortunate incident, the newer sample is worse than the older one (they found more bugs which does not exists in the older one) of cos this is due to my some of my team's oversight... they removed some useful stuffs when they are trying to remove the useless stuffs... then my project maanger blew his top say how can we bee like tat? every sw got more bugs... like that project how to finish? where is our testing blah blah blah... wah kaoz they customer haven't get angry, he got angry so all along the trip he gave me a black face... , hey it's ain't my fault, i wasn't the one who put the bugs in... but i think as the only member of the sw team there, and my rank is the smallest i gotta take the blame lor... but in front of customers he like 'brothers' with them..so hypocritical...
then he came back to complain to my manager and my project leader i very quiet, never defend the coy... i mean they talking mainly abt the stuffs i was not suppose to have a say, how can i say anything,.. anything i said can be interpreted as a commitment by the koreans... they are like tat... and there was one time i was forced to give an 'estimate' but i was scolded by my project manager already... anyway i dun care abt him lah.. i feel i've done wat i was supposed to do already... there were specific instructions to me and i dun think i've violated any of them...
pics taken by my camera-phone in korea... hehe (went wif 2 oldies cannot bring decent cameras, else they might say.. "hey come here to work, not to sightsee")
view from my hotel room: downtown seoul city
around the hotel
incheon international airport
early morning drive from airport to hotel
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Updates
Updates updates, dd complaining me haben been updating any of my blogs for a long long time already... very busy nowadays... sianz ..
1) Work -
my project is coming to an end, well almost... then customer complain threaten to stop the project... haha so very busy i think almost 4wks of OTs already... sianz... longest record is stay till 10pm... then go back eat dinner at 11pm... hungry leh... dunno gotta OT till when... the end is still not in sight then i still gotta start another project in the meantime... I am becoming dd superman soon hehe... oh ya the most terrible thing is my Leader (and manager) still expects me to come back during weekends... yes saturday and sunday to work... WAHHHHH... Sat still ok... sunday is dd time well at least the day time is dd time... how can they make me come back to work and scarifice my dd day??? of cos being the smart d1, i cook up alot of excuses not to come back on sunday lah... hehe... so my dd day is still safe... haha i very bad hor?
2) Biz Trip, oh ya i am 80% gg for my first biz trip already... gg to leave tml, to Korea, as technical adviser... ho ho... actually it's just to explain the technical details, cos my leader and my mgr dun wan to go.. so actually i am the 3rd choice... anyway it's to go there to get scolding lah..cos i said customer not happy our product got so many bugs mah... (some bugs are actually minor ones lah, like skip track sometimes... but they wan to make a mountain out of a molehill) anyway take it as a learning experience lor.. hehe i haben gone on a biz trip before leh.
3) alot of celebrations this month... wah this month got 3 occasions i gotta spend $$... 2 birthdays(dd and my dad's ) and 1 mother's day wah terribly broke this month.. somemore still gotta pay Yunnan gdn $1000 and the biz trip i gotta pay for the expenses first then can claim...
In a dilemma now over my job, actually i like what i am doing, but somehow i think the environment dosen't suit me... i wan something which i am in more control of my time. like gimme a task and a dateline, how and when i am gg to do it is under my control. but in this coy it dosen't seem that way.. they judge ur effort and ur 'involvement' by the amount of time u spent in office. leave on the dot and u are "bo chap" even though u've finish ur work.. Actually most of the OTs i came back to do nothing... like now... on standby to help others, i know as a team we are suppose to help each other lah.. but but... i come back nothing to do... wat for??? mabbe i should change jobs?
1) Work -
my project is coming to an end, well almost... then customer complain threaten to stop the project... haha so very busy i think almost 4wks of OTs already... sianz... longest record is stay till 10pm... then go back eat dinner at 11pm... hungry leh... dunno gotta OT till when... the end is still not in sight then i still gotta start another project in the meantime... I am becoming dd superman soon hehe... oh ya the most terrible thing is my Leader (and manager) still expects me to come back during weekends... yes saturday and sunday to work... WAHHHHH... Sat still ok... sunday is dd time well at least the day time is dd time... how can they make me come back to work and scarifice my dd day??? of cos being the smart d1, i cook up alot of excuses not to come back on sunday lah... hehe... so my dd day is still safe... haha i very bad hor?
2) Biz Trip, oh ya i am 80% gg for my first biz trip already... gg to leave tml, to Korea, as technical adviser... ho ho... actually it's just to explain the technical details, cos my leader and my mgr dun wan to go.. so actually i am the 3rd choice... anyway it's to go there to get scolding lah..cos i said customer not happy our product got so many bugs mah... (some bugs are actually minor ones lah, like skip track sometimes... but they wan to make a mountain out of a molehill) anyway take it as a learning experience lor.. hehe i haben gone on a biz trip before leh.
3) alot of celebrations this month... wah this month got 3 occasions i gotta spend $$... 2 birthdays(dd and my dad's ) and 1 mother's day wah terribly broke this month.. somemore still gotta pay Yunnan gdn $1000 and the biz trip i gotta pay for the expenses first then can claim...
In a dilemma now over my job, actually i like what i am doing, but somehow i think the environment dosen't suit me... i wan something which i am in more control of my time. like gimme a task and a dateline, how and when i am gg to do it is under my control. but in this coy it dosen't seem that way.. they judge ur effort and ur 'involvement' by the amount of time u spent in office. leave on the dot and u are "bo chap" even though u've finish ur work.. Actually most of the OTs i came back to do nothing... like now... on standby to help others, i know as a team we are suppose to help each other lah.. but but... i come back nothing to do... wat for??? mabbe i should change jobs?
Friday, April 27, 2007
I don't like to do OT...
Grrh been very busy with work lately... now involved in 2 projects... one gg into production phrase soon (thus so busy) the other just starting...
the one gg into production is causing alot of headaches, customer don't wan to test when they got the first few sets, only till the end then they test and complain... time limit is so short, go gotta do OT almost everyday from 2 weeks ago.. i dun like to do OT, most of the time when i stay around is for show, else my Project Leader will not be happy.. cos usu i finished my work but i dun report... if i report he gimme more probs.. like that i will be doing extra work(but no extra pay).. so most of the time i stay back i do nothing, just hang around on the computer screen pretending to be busy...
wah kaoz sometimes i also dunno why i have become a slave to these office politics... this week lagi best still gotta go back office during saturday... why? cos PL send software to customer on friday. they will feedback on saturday, so sat gotta b there on standby to solve their probs... wah lau...
anyway PL ask me to work on Sun... i said NO... Sunday is the only day i can meet dd for the week... go to work how can then no dd liao leh???
targetting this fone...long time no use Nokia already but find this fone quite sleek and nice hehe... mabbe sept will change to this... Nice?
the one gg into production is causing alot of headaches, customer don't wan to test when they got the first few sets, only till the end then they test and complain... time limit is so short, go gotta do OT almost everyday from 2 weeks ago.. i dun like to do OT, most of the time when i stay around is for show, else my Project Leader will not be happy.. cos usu i finished my work but i dun report... if i report he gimme more probs.. like that i will be doing extra work(but no extra pay).. so most of the time i stay back i do nothing, just hang around on the computer screen pretending to be busy...
wah kaoz sometimes i also dunno why i have become a slave to these office politics... this week lagi best still gotta go back office during saturday... why? cos PL send software to customer on friday. they will feedback on saturday, so sat gotta b there on standby to solve their probs... wah lau...
anyway PL ask me to work on Sun... i said NO... Sunday is the only day i can meet dd for the week... go to work how can then no dd liao leh???
targetting this fone...long time no use Nokia already but find this fone quite sleek and nice hehe... mabbe sept will change to this... Nice?
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Busy Busy Week
been super busy for the past week, almost everyday OT... well actually it's not that i can't finished my work but i have to look 'busy' cos my Project Leader is working like mad to meet customer's requirements(keep changing) ..have to act act for him to see to make him happy lor...
actually me staying back is to support him lah...cos he allocated alot more work to me but i am still NEW leh... this is my first project... aiyoh customer SOP near so gotta rush..and this stupid customer towards the end then do testing so got alot of reported bugs suddenly come out lor.. gotta solve them quicky... sianz
everyday work until 8:30-9:30 then can go back.. only thursday i went back at 615 hehe cos PL flew to Korea.. haha
hope can successfully SOP.. i still got stuffs of another proj to handles leh..busy busy
actually me staying back is to support him lah...cos he allocated alot more work to me but i am still NEW leh... this is my first project... aiyoh customer SOP near so gotta rush..and this stupid customer towards the end then do testing so got alot of reported bugs suddenly come out lor.. gotta solve them quicky... sianz
everyday work until 8:30-9:30 then can go back.. only thursday i went back at 615 hehe cos PL flew to Korea.. haha
hope can successfully SOP.. i still got stuffs of another proj to handles leh..busy busy
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Long long time
wah looking at my last post, then i realise that i've not posted anything here for almost a month liao... haiz been busy lately ... with reno stuffs... then weekdays move between JW and Teck Whye ... dunno why when i am inside new housie, i dun feel like going out and gg back to my old home.. mabbe should sleep there sometimes...
Renos is 99.9% done but still haben paid our contractor Patrick yet... cos dd just change her job, so need the $$ first... so i transferred to her acct lor (hope she dun spent it all, then no $$ to pay Patrick liao)
Then we also went to look for Master Ong to pick a auspicious date for our AD... but then some probs crop up.. My dad not happy, her mum also not happy... 2 major obstacles...
My dad not happy cos:-
1) he feels i just started working, must have some savings cannot spend all on AD
2) never inform him beforehand nor seek his approval (he's a MCP)
3) He dosen't wan a banquet( but dd's parents wans, so he feels why are we giving in?)
dd's mum not happy that i dunno why liao lor.. ask dd to go find out more info, like how much dowry her mum wans, how many tbls she wan.. till now also no news.. no updates...
i think if this continues to drag on and ding dong here ding dong there... even by 2009 we wun be married yet. not to say 2008... haiz...hope to get this things quickly done and over with.
Can't imagine someone who is not footing the bill and yet still got $$ to earn got so many comments and requests.
then dd said something to me that i makes me very sad... she said she wanted to start everything all over again, she dun want to marry me.. why? she said very troublesome marry still need to treat ppl eat and still so many stuffs to do, to pay... i was like "WAT!!!!??" when i heard this, troublesome? also all frm her side, my parents already compromise alot already. . wat more she wan huh? now i feel my parents are better than hers (though last time i feel they dun care abt me) but at least they dun hav so much mood swings and are easier to handle...
now dd turns... i told her many times, we gotta work together to make things work out... if got a little prob then want to avoid and hide then we will never have things done...
now i am also afraid she may not be used to married life, cos she's been living a pampered life, everything is provided for and done for her ( by her parents) the aftermath.. she becomes LAZY... why i say that:
1) she dun help to clean up when we are in the housie, only sometimes ...
still got many housework we need to do lor.. when we live alone.. i'm prepared to share the
work-load, though i see many instances whereby the wife do most of it..
2) she thinks it's far to walk from JP to our housie, and from housie to the sports complex... i've
been walking and hanging around these few places since our renos started lor... there are
many ppl who are also doing the same thing ...they also never complain, even i also never
complain...Quote from her: "if others can do it why can't she?"
3) New workplace at AMK, and she still drives to work... this i feel is like eh waste of $$ lor cos
the truth is she is not rich, furthermore now is the crunch time, we need every cent we can
save..., her reason, cos she can save 40mins of travelling time so it's justifiable to pay for the
comfort... i dun blame her for this if she can keep her travelling $$ within $150 (dunno need
$$ for parking at her new workplace) but i feel it's not worthwhile lor... to me i rather leave
home earlier. I have many colleagues also live far faraway, but they also never need to drive
to work, even my own brother who used to work in tampines. if she wans to convert her red
plate to black plate all the more she need to save the $$ lor.. then can redeem her car lic plate
earlier.. dunno why she dun see this pt but keep saying want to convert to black plate.
I think to be able to live together and enjoy the latter part of ours lifes, we need to make some changes lor. Some sacrifice now is inevitable, we will only enjoy the fruit later. Laze around now and nothing will be done. We also need to cast our view further ahead and not just look and dispair at present situation.
Sighz very sianz... feel like spending $$ again... housie still got many things haben buy... all the fees (including banquet) are a heavy burden on my shoulders... really hope dd can share some of the load but looking at the situation now i think quite unlikely lor... demoralised....
Renos is 99.9% done but still haben paid our contractor Patrick yet... cos dd just change her job, so need the $$ first... so i transferred to her acct lor (hope she dun spent it all, then no $$ to pay Patrick liao)
Then we also went to look for Master Ong to pick a auspicious date for our AD... but then some probs crop up.. My dad not happy, her mum also not happy... 2 major obstacles...
My dad not happy cos:-
1) he feels i just started working, must have some savings cannot spend all on AD
2) never inform him beforehand nor seek his approval (he's a MCP)
3) He dosen't wan a banquet( but dd's parents wans, so he feels why are we giving in?)
dd's mum not happy that i dunno why liao lor.. ask dd to go find out more info, like how much dowry her mum wans, how many tbls she wan.. till now also no news.. no updates...
i think if this continues to drag on and ding dong here ding dong there... even by 2009 we wun be married yet. not to say 2008... haiz...hope to get this things quickly done and over with.
Can't imagine someone who is not footing the bill and yet still got $$ to earn got so many comments and requests.
then dd said something to me that i makes me very sad... she said she wanted to start everything all over again, she dun want to marry me.. why? she said very troublesome marry still need to treat ppl eat and still so many stuffs to do, to pay... i was like "WAT!!!!??" when i heard this, troublesome? also all frm her side, my parents already compromise alot already. . wat more she wan huh? now i feel my parents are better than hers (though last time i feel they dun care abt me) but at least they dun hav so much mood swings and are easier to handle...
now dd turns... i told her many times, we gotta work together to make things work out... if got a little prob then want to avoid and hide then we will never have things done...
now i am also afraid she may not be used to married life, cos she's been living a pampered life, everything is provided for and done for her ( by her parents) the aftermath.. she becomes LAZY... why i say that:
1) she dun help to clean up when we are in the housie, only sometimes ...
still got many housework we need to do lor.. when we live alone.. i'm prepared to share the
work-load, though i see many instances whereby the wife do most of it..
2) she thinks it's far to walk from JP to our housie, and from housie to the sports complex... i've
been walking and hanging around these few places since our renos started lor... there are
many ppl who are also doing the same thing ...they also never complain, even i also never
complain...Quote from her: "if others can do it why can't she?"
3) New workplace at AMK, and she still drives to work... this i feel is like eh waste of $$ lor cos
the truth is she is not rich, furthermore now is the crunch time, we need every cent we can
save..., her reason, cos she can save 40mins of travelling time so it's justifiable to pay for the
comfort... i dun blame her for this if she can keep her travelling $$ within $150 (dunno need
$$ for parking at her new workplace) but i feel it's not worthwhile lor... to me i rather leave
home earlier. I have many colleagues also live far faraway, but they also never need to drive
to work, even my own brother who used to work in tampines. if she wans to convert her red
plate to black plate all the more she need to save the $$ lor.. then can redeem her car lic plate
earlier.. dunno why she dun see this pt but keep saying want to convert to black plate.
I think to be able to live together and enjoy the latter part of ours lifes, we need to make some changes lor. Some sacrifice now is inevitable, we will only enjoy the fruit later. Laze around now and nothing will be done. We also need to cast our view further ahead and not just look and dispair at present situation.
Sighz very sianz... feel like spending $$ again... housie still got many things haben buy... all the fees (including banquet) are a heavy burden on my shoulders... really hope dd can share some of the load but looking at the situation now i think quite unlikely lor... demoralised....
Monday, March 05, 2007
down down down
feeling rather down lately... seems to have achieve little despite spending so much effort and $$... looking at the things yet to be done haiz... super sianz...
really financially, emotionally and physically drained... sians sians sians
Coffers is nearly empty already... left only abt $3k++ and still have alot of things haben done... dunno whether can marry early next year... thinking abt it makes me more grrrrh... so much more things to worry abt somemore... $$-wise shld be ok though it's gonna be a bit tight... then there's the 'auspicious date' thing... frankly speaking I DON'T CARE whether we get married at some auspicious dates or not... i just wan to quickly move into new house so that i wun be paying for NOTHING... this fee, that fee all adds up... grrr... furthermore i've taken reno loan to do the renovations, all the more it's ridiculous if we were to wait 2yrs to move in..and pay the interest to the bank... if we were unable to move in next yr, i think the whole reno thing would be a VERY BAD thing...
still yet to be done:
1) $2300 owed to BE
2) my LCD TV (another $1200 mabbe?)
3) Curtains/blinds (~ $700-$800?)
4) book banquet venue @ the 'auspicious date' ...
5) Honeymoon?? ($8000 at least)
WAHHHHH.... terribly sianz... dying soon... need some divine help soon...
really financially, emotionally and physically drained... sians sians sians
Coffers is nearly empty already... left only abt $3k++ and still have alot of things haben done... dunno whether can marry early next year... thinking abt it makes me more grrrrh... so much more things to worry abt somemore... $$-wise shld be ok though it's gonna be a bit tight... then there's the 'auspicious date' thing... frankly speaking I DON'T CARE whether we get married at some auspicious dates or not... i just wan to quickly move into new house so that i wun be paying for NOTHING... this fee, that fee all adds up... grrr... furthermore i've taken reno loan to do the renovations, all the more it's ridiculous if we were to wait 2yrs to move in..and pay the interest to the bank... if we were unable to move in next yr, i think the whole reno thing would be a VERY BAD thing...
still yet to be done:
1) $2300 owed to BE
2) my LCD TV (another $1200 mabbe?)
3) Curtains/blinds (~ $700-$800?)
4) book banquet venue @ the 'auspicious date' ...
5) Honeymoon?? ($8000 at least)
WAHHHHH.... terribly sianz... dying soon... need some divine help soon...
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Paintworks...
Super busy these few days, that's why long time no blog...
Been shuttling to and fro JW these few days to do painting for my housie... Really tiring cos i will usually stay there till night time and work about 10hrs (930am - 8pm) just doing painting alone...
at the same time it's quite fufilling when u see the "finished product"...
Now i think paintworks is 70-75% completed already.. I've painted most of the walls and ceilings... just left a few of those hard to reached edges for me to tackle...
usually it's only me who go ALONE... d2 i think i am gg to ban her from painting... think it's cos of her impatience, she created a mess by painting the MBR parquet skirting (in her one and only painting trip) when she only wanted to paint the walls.. now i tried removing the patches wif water but cannot come out... guess harden already cannot come out... now must use turpentine to try to remove it.. hopefully it will all come out... grrr.... extra work...
hehe, now study room is like "glowing" cos of the paint i choose...nice nice but dunno can find furniture to fit the wall colors or not...
oh my bday coming... hoho
Been shuttling to and fro JW these few days to do painting for my housie... Really tiring cos i will usually stay there till night time and work about 10hrs (930am - 8pm) just doing painting alone...
at the same time it's quite fufilling when u see the "finished product"...
Now i think paintworks is 70-75% completed already.. I've painted most of the walls and ceilings... just left a few of those hard to reached edges for me to tackle...
usually it's only me who go ALONE... d2 i think i am gg to ban her from painting... think it's cos of her impatience, she created a mess by painting the MBR parquet skirting (in her one and only painting trip) when she only wanted to paint the walls.. now i tried removing the patches wif water but cannot come out... guess harden already cannot come out... now must use turpentine to try to remove it.. hopefully it will all come out... grrr.... extra work...
hehe, now study room is like "glowing" cos of the paint i choose...nice nice but dunno can find furniture to fit the wall colors or not...
oh my bday coming... hoho
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Nothing Done again
Once again Uncle Ah Soon had not kept his promise, he said he would start work on wednesday but nothing have been done...
i am begining to lose patience wif him ... make promise but cannot keep, i dun like this type of people... grrrrh
nvm i will give him another week, still nothing done then i gotta call and demand an explanation from him...
i am begining to lose patience wif him ... make promise but cannot keep, i dun like this type of people... grrrrh
nvm i will give him another week, still nothing done then i gotta call and demand an explanation from him...
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