What Your Handwriting Says About You...

Tried this handwriting analysis test... My results...

1. You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
Bubbs' thots: hmmmm... I dun think I am such a shallow person - interested in outward appearance? hahaha..

2. You are a shy, idealistic person who does not find it easy to have relationships, especially intimate ones.
Bubbs' thots: Explains why I have not met my Prince Charming? haiz...
3. You are negative, fearful, resistant, doubtful, and/or selfish.
Bubbs' thots: hmmm...

4. You are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action.
Bubbs' thots: I agree that I am a relatively impatient person...

5. You are self-confident and like to bring attention to yourself.
Bubbs' thots: hmmm... **eyes rolling** Really?

You try it... let me know your results! *winkz*

http://handwriting.feedbucket.com/start.php

My Favourite Month... December

Been very busy for the past few weeks… Apart from celebrating my birthday, basking in the Christmas spirit and preparing to usher in 2006 with gusto, I’ve been kept busy with gatherings, gatherings and … yes, …, more gatherings…

I must admit – I’m not the kind of person who can have appointments after work for five consecutive days, followed by back-to-back appointments over the weekends… That’s also why the probability of me saying “onz” is higher if you jio me out from Thursdays to Saturdays. Sundays to Wednesdays are usually no-nos… But circumstances have it that I have to – for the past few weeks – go out even from Sundays to Wednesdays… But I digress, which I always do anyway… (oops…)

Anyway, having all these gatherings was super tiring (bad for my skin due to the lack of my much-needed beauty sleep… ok ok... I’m a super-duper-lazy piggy… oink oink, fine?)…

But all was fun… sharing personal views and opinions on certain topics (apart from the usual gossips and bitching of course… what else can you expect from gals, right? Gals are not gals if they dun gossip or bitch about … other gals… … see? I digress again…)…

(Trying very hard to be back on what I wanted to blog about….) Anyway, some of the conversations that were still fresh in mind include:

A. Elite versus Neighbourhood Schools
B. Are Men and Women Equal?
C. It’s Hard to Maintain a Relationship
D. Let Go When You Should…

I’ll share with you the details in my next blog entry… Stay tuned!

Cutting Your Nails...

I just can't stand it when people start cutting their fingernails in public places - on the train, at the bus-stops, even at fast-food restaurants!!! Geeezzzz...

Especially when they do not take caution in making sure that their nails dun fly everywhere and anywhere... Imagine someone's nails landing in your pack of fries... eewww... Or a pretty young lady who is all dolled up, whipping out a nail cutter from her handbag and went cutting her fingernails...

Sorry but I just find the action a complete turn off.

Can never figure why these people can't cut their nails at home... Even a few of my frens are guilty of doing this... but now, after I have given them my piece of mind and a totally-disgusted look, at least, they stop doing it in my presence.

To me, cutting your fingernails (and I am not talking about just cutting your chipped nail, but really cutting your fingernails one by one...) in public places is no different from digging your nose in public.

So if you are guilty of the above action, yet find those people who dig their noses in public totally unhygenic, pray get this into your head - you are just as unhygienic and uncouth as them! And pray do not come near me, as I will only have disgust for you.

One Compliment All Girls Like to Hear

"You are slimmer!"

Tell this to a girl and you see her grinning from ear to ear, before replying you in a seemingly-surprised tone, "Really? No la...". To which you are supposed to re-assure her by saying,"Really. It's true..." And trust me, dinner is on the girl.. ok ok.. that's a bit exaggerating... dinner will still be on you... but you know what I mean...

I was paid with this compliment from different people I met for the past few weeks. Frens whom I have not met for a couple of months or weeks... Yes yes, I was nonetheless the girl who grinned from ear to ear... but no... I did not fake the surprised tone. Instead, I graciously accepted the compliment with a "Thank you."

Previously, whenever people paid me any compliments, I blushed and tried to brush it off with a "No la... " Not that I was trying to be fake or gain re-assurance, but I never really knew how to react to spontaneous compliments, and the only intuitive reaction was to quickly close the conversation by saying "No la...". As I grow older, I have learnt to accept sincere compliments from my frens or strangers graciously with a smile and "Thank you."

There was one occasion when there was this guy standing right behind me on the escalator. Just when I was about to step off the escalator, he surprised me by saying, "You smell very nice."

I freaked out.

You do not tell a stranger he/she smells nice even if you think so, do you? Anyway, I turned my head, intending to give him my killer, indignant stare. But when I looked at him, well, somehow, he appeared sincere with his compliments, with no other hidden meaning... so in the end, I just gave a him feeble smile and said "thank you", before scurrying off.

Many of my frens (cousins, acquaintances, business associates, close frens, frens' frens) commented I am now much slimmer. Even my hairdresser who I have not visited for six months said so... But I hated it when he scrutinised me from head to toe before commenting in a a disbelieving tone, "You are slimmer now, aren't you? Even your arms are smaller now..."

Anyway, all these compliments made me just want to work harder to be slimmer... haha.. ok... at least for now (I just can't resist good food...) ... One fren said to me.. "It will be good if you can go back to you slim figure when we were schooling..." and I went.. "wah.. that's difficult...."

so now I am thinking of picking up my dance lessons again... But no.. I do not think I can do Chinese or ballet or modern dance again... apart from these... what other classes can I take... Any recommendations to get my fat ass moving?

Disclaimer: No no... if you are thinking along the line of a super slim me, you are wrong... I am still of average size... not super slim, and I dun think it's even in the slim category yet. My frens all made THE comment because I grew fatter since the beginning of this year or was that last year? ... so now, comparatively, I am slimmer...

What a Bitch... ...

Allow me to do some bitching here...

Went to watch Corpse Bride at Cineleisure last evening with my frens...

Someone sat in our seats. Moi went up to her.

Me: Excuse me... errr.. I think you are in the wrong seats.

Bitch: No. This is FREE seating. (And she didn't budge her big, fat ass at all)

Me: No... My tickets specified my seat number and you are sitting in MY seat. (showing her my tics)

Bitch (rolling her eyes at me): I repeat. This is FREE seating. (And she didn't even sit up and tried to confirm her tickets again)

Because the theatre was already quite full and I knew I was blocking the pple behind me... I left her, told my frens what happened and walked out of the theatre to get the ticket usher for help.

Apparently, according to the usher, there was another theatre screening the movie at the same time and it was free seating at that theatre.

However, by the time I returned to the theatre, my frens were comfortably seated in our seats and told me the bitch's fren came to get her out. Asked my frens if she apologised at all, they said no.. What a bitch...

We all experienced the days when our heads are not attached to our shoulders and we sat in other people's seats by mistake. I can understand that. What I cannot tolerate was instead of offering to show me her ticket as proof (as I did with her), she rolled her eyes, did not move an inch and insisted in her irritating tone that it was FREE seating. And she did not even bother to apologise when it was apparent she was wrong. How "polite".

My frens said she was rather tall and big-frame for a gal and when she stood up, she towered over them... Still, her big frame should not give her an excuse to be rude. What a bitch... Irritating...

Those were the days...

This was the phrase that one of my JC Geography teachers used to say... Though I could comprehend his lament but I admit... I could never really appreciate the meaning behind this phrase then... At 17, 18 years old, all I cared then was to look forward to the next day in my life, the next challenge I was to face and the next journey I was to embark... Reminsicing? Nah...

But now, I realised my frens and I are using this phrase more often... somehow, we will always be reminiscing the good old days whenever we sit down and have our bitchy, gossipy conversation...

School days were good... when all you worry about is your studies and other seemingly major stuff then including BGRs, bitchiness among gal frens, etc.

Primary school days... I had a very close gal fren back then. She was a good fren. She knew I was academically weaker than her and she encouraged me by coaching me, sharing her assessment books with me and the method on how she revised her work. Gals at that age like to classify frens as best frens, good frens, normal frens. FYI, I realise this is still valid now from what I see from my students' autographs. She was my best fren then. Still remembered we had a major misunderstanding back then and she got her mum involved to explain things to me. She valued my frenship and I valued hers. We were classmates until Secondary 2 and somehow, I can't remember why... unfortunately, we slowly drifted apart. It did not help when we went into different classes in Sec 3 and 4. Our ECA seemed the only thin thread that held our bond together. Subsequently, we sort of lost touch when she went to NJC and I went to the sch across the road... I met her early this year... and it's good to know she has found the one and is now happily married...

Secondary sch days... It's really true you meet different pple at different stages of your life... Some people are here to stay while some just stay for a period and go... I was lucky that I was a close fren to quite a number of pple (both gals and boys) during my sec sch days... Sad to say, now, I only really keep in constant contact with one of them. Or rather, she makes the effort to drag me out of my house to meet her. (All my frens now have already accepted the fact that I would just laze at home unless they nagged at me... **blush**) As for the rest, it is the kind of frenship which all of us understand that even if we do not meet so often or only meet once a year, we can count on each other any time -- and I truly appreciate this kind of frenship from the bottom of my heart. And it's kind of amazing how fate plays a huge role in that I am rather close to a gal now, who was not in my clique then...

JC days... The days then were really short but fun... the hanging out at The Pillar before sch proper started and The Forum during those free time in between lessons... Our other Geo and Math tutors were cute. We had a class diary where everyone penned down their thoughts and we got to know each other better...

Uni days... whenever I sat down with my frens to plan our timetable, they always tried to avoid arranging lessons on Mondays and Fridays. On my part, I could never understand why... To me, going to sch was fun... becos back then, I never really suffered from Monday Blues (but which I do now...)

Sigh... Those were the days...

Tired... Really Tired...

Today is Sunday.

Woke up with an aching body and for some reasons, my eyes refused to open... not even when i try to pry them open with my fingers...

The feeling of tiredness is surprisingly overwhelming.

Luckily, today is Sunday...

Dragged myself out of bed at 11am. Don't like to start a day this late. The feeling of "you can do a number of things if you wake up 2 hrs earlier" sets in... But i still feel tired...

Had my usual cup of coffee. Looked at the packet of noodles my mum bought... dun feel like eating...

Dunno wat's wrong with me today... mind's a blank... really blank... and i hate this feeling...

Luckily, today is Sunday...

Thought of why i feel so tired.... Maybe its becos i had a real lousy week at work last week... Maybe it's cos of being out the whole day yesterday... Maybe...

Saw a mouse fighting a war with a cat... The mouse lost... Its understandable... How can a mouse ever be able fight and WIN a cat? And a cunning cat some more, who thinks the world of itself? The mouse is doomed for failure right from the beginning anyway... serves the mouse right...

The "secret" tunnel to Noon Day Gun

Noon Day Gun

Boy... the "gun" was loud.... I jumped... everyone who was there jumped.. and after that, everyone started laughing...

but to get to this place, we have to across the road (we were at WTC)... weird...you have to go through a car park, which leads you to a tunnel (see another photo)... and when you come out of the tunnel, voila... you reach...

Andy Lau Tak Wah!!!

Needless to say, I was searching high and low for this at the Avenue of Stars... **smilez**

apparently, I wasn't the only one doing such silly things... cos many people were crowding around his hand-prints when we finally found it... and pple were screaming... and no.. I did not scream...I only grinned...

Cool weather

Flowers Market in HK

Pretty, isn't it?

Staying at home...

A number of frens have asked me why I like staying at home so much...

"What's there to do at home?" they always ask... hmmmm...

Apart from experiencing inertia to get all dolled up and out of the house for appointments, i actually like to stay at home. Serious. I swear. No kidding.

At home, I can:

1) Catch up with my much-needed beauty sleep... Hey! Number 1 rule of Beauty Tips 101: Lack of sleep will make your skin age faster... that's why must get sufficient sleep... otherwise, why u think i got such flawless skin? hahahha... ok.. dun puke... **winkz**

2) Read my book. I've been reading this book since last year, and i am still reading. No kidding. And no, I am not your typical slow reader.. Just that, reading has become a luxury ever since i started working... I only get to read one page before i fell zzz each night... I'm halfway thru the book...

3) Do cross-stitch. They make good pressies for my frens. Close frens.

4) Tidy my room. I can't stand the layer of dust on my table, cupboard, etc... Got to wipe it off... and somehow, the dust can always make themselves comfortably settled on my table, cupboard, sofa bed, etc, etc... also, i always diligently vacuum and mop the floor.

5) Go through my bills, make cheque payments, and file my bills. This activity alone can take up 1/2 hr.

6) Watch Hong Kong drama serials - thanks to my office cleaning auntie. She has this whole collection of VCDs... and now, my whole family hooked onto the dramas - one after another...

7) Do facial masks. Number 2 of Beauty Tips 101.

8) Chit chat and gossip with my mum about everything and anything... that is, until i realise she is sometimes too slow and i tok too fast and she is not following me, and i get fed up, and we started &*#$&#&$($*&%.... but not in a hurtful or disrespectful way... so still fun... and it gets even more fun when sometimes, my brother chips in... hahah...

See? These are just SOME of the things i can and wanna do at home... Weekend is always so short... To put it in a singlish way... WHERE GOT TIME?!

One Sat Morning....

That's Tina and me, with Roland from The Business Times

Woke up early one morning to attend a media workshop, which was organised to raise funds for St Andrew's Community Hospital.  All for a good cause, so I am not complaining about waking up early... :)

Hmmm... Dun remember Roland was so much taller than us.. or rather, that we are so short... (I was wearing sneakers that day)...

I am going nuts...

One of the interns is driving me nuts... I do not think I am asking too much if I say I expect some level of intelligence from a 20-year-old undergraduate from a supposedly up-and-coming university...

Let me recount some of what had happened during the past few months and you will understand why I am going nuts...

Incident Number 1

I place some of my stationeries, including calculator, long ruler, scissors and glue-stick - in my drawer. There were times when he needed the above-mentioned stationeries and wanted to borrow mine. I thought I was being nice by telling him that he could help himself to my drawer and borrow whatever stationeries he needed.

BIG mistake. Over time, somehow, and god knows why, he has this mentality that MY drawer is a PUBLIC drawer. Someone left a stack of namecards and a pile of documents on his table and he wanted to clear them. Without asking anyone whose those items belong to, he decided to dump everything in MY drawer!

Me: What do you think you are doing?
Intern: Just putting these (name cards and documents) into the drawer
Me: Are those mine? Did you ask who those belong to?
Intern: No.
Me: Then?
Intern: Well, I am clearing my table and I thought I can place these in the drawer!
Me: Without asking anyone of us here who those belong to and you want to dump them into MY drawer!? What if they belong to boss and she forgot she left them there?
Intern (appeared to be surprised): Oh... this is YOUR drawer...
Me: Of course! Whose drawer do you think this belong to?????
Intern: Oh.. I thought it's a public drawer....

WAH PIANGZ... If you think I am being petty... read on...

Incident Number 2

He helps me to do clip report and I always spend some time to edit him... During the process when I go through and explain why I edited him the way I did, I always ask, " Are you following me? If you have questions, you better ask now because I will not have the time for you later." And I always get a confident answer, " Yup. I can follow."

BIG mistake... Apparently, he was NOT listening to me when I took the time and trouble to go through the report WORD for WORD with him...

When he was making the amendments, he would bug me every 5 minutes to ask me again why I wrote the way I did or what I think if he constructs the sentence his way, instead of using mine?

Can you imagine how irritating that is, especially when you are already pressed for time and when you take the time to edit a report which sometimes can go up to more than 100 pages, then take the trouble to go through with him word for word and even ask him if he agrees with my edits and if he has any questions... That is already like 4-5 hours spent, only to have him coming back to ask me again... Someone needs to strangle, kick, knock or whatever to knock some bloody sense into his pea brain!

Totally irritating!

Incident Number 3

My manager handed him two piles of documents and asked him to make a copy for me.
The 1st set of documents was clearly double-sided and the 2nd set was clearly single-sided - information printed on rough paper.

Intern (pointing to the other side of the 1st set of documents): Do I need to make copies of this too?
Me: Yes, can't you see the page number flows? So do you think you can photocopy Page 1, 3, 5 and not 2, 4 6... and think I can still follow?
Intern: ok.

Minutes later, he came to me again, this time holding the 2nd set.

Intern (pointing to the other side): Do I need to make copies of this?
Me (Looking at the paper he was pointing to and realised the page reflected a big company logo - apparently, it was some rough paper which my manager recyled): What do you think?
Intern: No...
Me: Ya... of cos! Why would you want to photocopy that???!!!! Is there even a need to ask?

I really do not want to be mean but either he is just plain idiotic or he is being OVERLY cautious to an irritating extent... I am really doubting how he makes it to the University...

The Classic Incident

He was kind enough to call and offer to buy lunch for me when I was stuck in office and could not go out for lunch...

The tele-conversation...

Intern: Hi, wanna me buy lunch for you?
Me: ok! thanks.. where are you?
Intern: Bugis Junction
Me: Ok.. Can you get me a FISH Fillet MEAL and another FISH Burger ONLY from McDonald's?
Intern: Ok! A fish fillet meal and a fish burger from KFC!
Me: NO. A FISH Fillet MEAL and another FISH Burger ONLY from MCDONALD's.
Intern: Ok! a FISH Fillet MEAL and another FISH Burger ONLY from McDonald's
Me: Yes. Thanks!

Half an hour later.... guess what my colleague and I had for lunch...

A CHICKEN Burger Meal and a CHICKEN Burger from... .... BURGER KING!!!

Now... talk about following SIMPLE instructions!....

Hmmm.... Again...

Your IQ Is 115

Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Hmmm....

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to obedience and warmth.

In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something that will confine you. You are afraid of marriage.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

Kelong Dinner at Bintan...

Not bad... all of us still managed to smile at the camera!  We were all waiting for the dishes to be served... and gosh..this dinner was a "torture"... It was similar to a Chinese 10-course dinner but the interval between each dish was more than 30 minutes!  While waiting - with a hungry stomach- everyone just kept drinking wine, beer, soft drinks, etc.. that by the 3rd or 4th dish, no one was really eating anymore... and that's also the 1st time I actually gave black pepper crab a miss!

I am...

Upset

1. My Ken Chu's CD is spoilt. Only played it once, without really listening to it... The 2nd time I played it, the 3rd song keeps jumping... grrr...
2. I lost my scarf. The grey/white/black one I always tie to my bag.
3. With one of my students. She fared badly in her exams. 20 marks due to careless mistakes. Sigh... Going to make her pull her ears...
4. The cover of the book I am reading now tore when i tried to take it out from my suitcase... Apparently, it got stuck between something without my knowledge and i tore the cover when i took it out...

Frustrated

1. When I can't even recall the last time I saw my scarf on my bag.
2. The more I look at the book cover.
3. When I saw the exam questions ... I did the exact same questions with her during revision prior to the exams...

Envious

1. Of one of my frens who's enjoying her holiday in Korea now. Another one to go Australia in early July... When will it be my turn?

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Your Birthdate: December 1

Your birthday suggests that are executive ability and leadership qualities in your makeup. A birthday on day 1 of any month gives a measure of will power and self-confidence, and very often a rather original approach. This 1 energy may diminish your ability and desire to handle details, preferring instead to paint with a broad brush. You may be sensitive, but your feelings stay rather repressed.

On My Way Home...

Scene 1:

Was on the train and overheard this conversation between a gal and her guy fren... No... I wasn't evesdropping... the gal was rather loud... read on...

Guy: So you went out with him already?
Gal: Yes... Ok loh.. it was fun...
Guy: Then how you feel?
Gal: Ok loh... In actual fact, I feel rather flattered loh... you know? That he likes me...
Guy: Does you boyfren know?
Gal: No.
Guy: Then?
Gal: I dunno. I am flattered with the attention this guy is giving me.
Guy: So who do you prefer?
Gal: Well... *laughs* You know hor, this guy... I calculate liao leh... *then gets all excited* His CPF has a sizeable amount to support and pay for house loans, etc, etc... In short, he's super rich.
Guy: Err.. then what about your boyfren?
Gal: Well, we just started working not long ago leh... and hor... his education level... You from express stream right?
Guy: Err no.. from special (SAP) stream...
Gal: Oh... my boyfren from normal stream...
Guy: So you are telling me you would go with the rich guy?
Gal: But hor, he's too short for me la! You know... if we get married, when i wear my wedding gown, i would need to wear high heels, right? You can't expect me to wear flats in my wedding gown!! Then I would be taller than him? How can?? How can the bride be taller than the groom??
Guy: Then???

Before she could answer, she gave up her seat to an old lady and moved to another section of the train.

Throughout the episode, I had not have the opportunity to look at her face. But from the conversation, I only had one word to describe her - Bimbo. Enuff said.

Scene 2:

Was waiting at JE MRT Station to hop onto the train to Yew Tee... Saw this middle-age couple. The guy was hugging the gal from behind... and his hands were on the gal's chest and giving it a hard squeeze again, and again, and again. Next, the gal turned around and faced the guy... snuggled up to the guy and started frenching...

Well... ... you have the rights to be as intimate as you want to be, no matter how old and/or young you are... you may have the needs regardless of age... but... why can't you wait and do it behind closed doors? Kinda weird to see a middle-aged couple engaging in such behaviour in public... ... and obviously oblivious to the hard stares other people are giving to them... But no compliments for the courage.

Which Stunning Spirit of Emotion Are You?

You are the Spirit of Innocence. Always with the
sweet smile of a child, you know how to have
good clean fun, you have a natural vunerability
about you, which makes you able to make friends
very well, as they are drawn instinctively by
the urge to protect you. But even though you
look as fragile as a child inside you are very
strong with your easy look on life. When you
get a partner (because there is no way you
cant!) your life will be perfect.

Which stunning spirit of emotion are you?

What Will You Do With Such Pressies?...

Do you find that when you grow older, somehow, your friends, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, relatives, family, etc... either dun give you a present anymore for your birthday (they usually get away with a good dinner/lunch/high tea) or even if they do, very often, the present is not wrapped up and given to you in a paper bag? Or, another way is to give you shopping vouchers so that you can buy whatever you want and save them the headache of fretting what to get for you. How thoughtful, eh?

The common reasons are "You will still tear the wrapper and throw it away, so why bother buying and wrapping, only to throw it (the wrapper) away? I am trying to be environmental-friendly", or "Aiyah.. Not sure what you want or like. Why not have a good dinner? I'll let you decide on the venue. No worries on the price." or "Hey! Wisma/Taka/Metro vouchers leh... Now you can buy what you like mah..."

Although I admit that it can be a headache shopping for presents, I like doing it, and enjoy wrapping pressies. However, being a practical person, I try to avoid buying "useless" pressies for him/her, only to find out he/she places it in a drawer/cupboard and then throw/recyle it when they do the once-a-year spring cleaning... That was what happened to some of the pressies that were given to me... Before you think I am being unappreciative, let me explain.

Admit it. You wouldn't really like ALL the presents that you have had received so far. There must be some pressies that turn out to be an utter disappointment, but because we are brought up to be NICE people and I believe we truly appreciate your friends/BF/GF/etc for remembering the special date, you just brush off and try hard to replace that disappointed feeling with "It's the thoughts that count". And yes, I totally agree. It's the thoughts that count and it should be definitely be appreciated.

But let's face it. You certainly do not like the item you have just received, and cannot find a use for it. So, what do you do with it? You place it somewhere in your room, your cupboard, your drawer... and then what? The item clearly has become a white elephant.

When I was younger, I would just keep them in a box... but year after year, other than occupying space in my already-over-crowded cupboard, they are just nothing but white elephants... Now that I am slightly older, if i still don't like the present or can't find a way I can use it a year after, I will throw them away.

So, to prevent such things from happening again, even though my birthday is still quite a few months away... I think I would like to be frank, lay my cards on the table and tell my friends what I would like to receive. Let me go construct a birthday list and I'll keep you informed... Or perhaps, you can share your views on what you do with such pressies...

True Tales of InDUHviduals... Excerpts from Dilbert...

I used to work in technical support for a 24x7 call center. One day I got a call from an Induhvidual who asked what hours the call center was open. I told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh… Pacific."
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So my colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria when we overheard one of the admin assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving."
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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought two cases. The cashier multiplied two times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.
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I thought this was a good one! I had to explain to one of my frens... who has the exact question...

I was hanging out with a conservative friend of mine when we saw a woman walk by us with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I had to explain to her that a person's nose and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned.
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My girlfriend and I were picking up some sandwiches from the sub place last week and she asked the clerk which one of two sandwiches was better. The clerk didn't have an opinion but did say that the first sandwich was more expensive. My girlfriend got a quizzical look on her face and asked, "If that's the case, why are they both listed with the same price on the menu?" To this, the clerk responded, "I don't think they tax the turkey."
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I was at a convenience store buying a 99-cent "Behemoth Gulp" or some such thing. The cost with tax was $1.02. I only had a $5 bill. The clerk asked if I had two pennies. I said I didn’t.
She said, "We'll take a couple from here," and got two pennies out of her penny cup at the register. She handed me back my change: $4 in bills…and the two pennies.
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I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because they were trained professionals and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"
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My wife was shopping at a discount store and saw a pair of sunglasses marked at $0.00. She noted that it was missing one screw for the earpiece, but figured she could fix it. When she went to "buy" the free glasses the cashier looked very confused and called over a manager. After much "Induhvidual-speak" between them, they concluded that they couldn't sell my wife the glasses and had to throw them away. My wife tried to ask why they wouldn't just give her the glasses if they were going to throw them away anyway, but the cashier wouldn't budge and threw them into the garbage right in front of my wife.

The end of long term... Uncertainty lies ahead

"... The skies are airbrushed a gloomy grey. People are not placing any bets on their future. They don't speak with any confidence about their long term plans. How can they plan long term when they don't even know how tomorrow will surprise them?

Basic tenets have turned topsy turvy: Get a degree. Then, a steady job. A steadily-rising pay. Eventually, get your own car and apartment. This logical progression does not hold any more, as spoilt-for-choice job-hoppers have become settle-for-anything job-seekers.

While some of my friends gripe about their bosses (myself included) and stuffy work places, few will quit their jobs.

Why? Well... tomorrow might throw up a better offer, but burnt graduates also realise that tomorrow - being so unpredictable these days - might not throw up any job.

The days of telling yourself that if you make the right moves, you will get the right results, are gone. You can't take your job for granted. You can no longer bank on the inevitable wage hikes that come with the seniority-based pay system. Even a good showing in the performance-linked salary structure does not guarantee rewards as a bad economy can undo the best-laid plans.

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Between the red pill of takin six months off to explore the Inca culture of Peru after graduation and the blue pill of accepting a humdrum job that insists you have to start work right away, I suspect most young Singaporeans will rather choose the unexciting blue pill these days.

Success is not guarannteed but setbacks are certainly more likely.

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It's a much more Darwinian world we are living in... "

Excerpts taken from an article written by Today journalist, Ng Boon Yian.

I am the Grass-Fragrance Type... ...

I've tried a character test recently, sent to me by my cousin dear... Just thought of sharing the results, so that everyone will noe me, if not, better... :)

You have very strong will, not dependent on others and gives an impression of being a lone ranger. (I din noe tat... hhaha) You are extremely curious and sensual, living a clear-headed, modern life. At first glance, you place yourself on a pedestral and are difficult to get along. But once others talk to you, they know you are easy-going. And when the relationship develops, they realise you are affable. You have an androgynous charm, which makes you popular with all genders. But you don't like your weak side to be seen. You might look cool on the surface but beneath it all, you are really passionate. Only people who know your true self can maintatin a long-lasting relationship with you.

Fulilling weekend - Volunteer Work

I had my first taste of volunteer work last Sat... Tiring but fun...

How "effort"... My good fren, Jen, n I went all the way down to Toa Payoh early in the morn... got into grps of 5 and then went off to those one- to two-room flats... We were allocated to paint the unit #04-693... or is it 639?? can't exactly remember...pardon me, since my frens noe i recently suffer from the "Dory" syndrome ... I have my reason for mentioning the unit number... read on...

It was, again, my 1st time seeing a one-room unit... reminded me of a NTU's hostel room... The elderly lady was very friendly and we called her Auntie May... We helped her shift and re-arrange her furniture... oh my... dust dust dust everywhere.... we painted her whole house and boy, was it tough work... good exercise though.. since i have been claiming that i wanna lose some weight b4 CNY... We swept and mopped the floor.... the result of one day's work? Fabulous! The whole room was so much brighter with the fresh white paint, the floor cleared of old wax and was sparkling clean... You should start thinking abt putting on some fresh paint too! Get prepared for CNY! :D

After the whole spring cleaning session, it's DINNER time! Sadly, the food was right in front of us... but we waited ages before we could get our hands on them... Lucky for us, though the few of us just knew each other on that day itself... while waiting for dinner, we were laughing and joking merrily... time seems to pass faster that way... However, i noticed that Auntie May was very quiet then... maybe she was hungree... maybe she just couldnt catch what we were saying... so she was there.. fidgeting about... not sure if Jen and my other team-mates noticed...

Let me digress a bit... I ran into my... ... oh my... I also dunno how to address her... my distant relative... It's kinda weird... I'm younger than her but we decided she should address me as her auntie cos I am, supposedly, her elder... .. sigh.. those Chinese family hierarchy... make me sound so old... haha... this distant relative... she's called Shandy... she's smart and pretty... tutored me before when i was just Primary 5... How time flies... The reason i mentioned about running into Shandy... cos I ran into her when i was attending my good fren's bro's wedding.... Shandy and I do not see each other so frequently... we were staring at each other throughout the wedding... guessed she was thinking what I was thinking too...(that she's my who who who....) haha.. but it's weird... we din approach each other but just continued staring... so this time round, she decided to quit the suspense and came up to me and went... "are you my who who who?" ... yes.. those are the exact words... and noe-ing me... i get excited very easily about and over the smallest things.. and i went.. ya ya ya... hahaha.. come to think of it... the world is small... :p

Sun... Jen went to buy 4D... yes.. the unit number.... i told my mum... and my mum said.. no la.. buy for wat? won't come out one... weird... if so, then why does she buy it every week diligently, without fail? To buy a hope, i guess.... no one will ever think money is enuff, isnt it? anyway, the result? it was the 2nd prize!!! I should be jumping for joy, isnt it? ya... that is, if we bought permutations as well... sigh... tok abt beginner's luck...

Sun... woke up early... had a breakfast appt with my cousins dearie... when we were all struggling to get out of bed, Yanling dear lamented.. "why do we have to torture ourselves to wake up EARLY on a sunday morn?"... ... i agreed... dunno... cos Yanshan dear was the one who said to meet at 930am, and no one disagreed... yawnz.... we met cos Yanshan dear just got hitched! So happy for her... but to be absolutely frank... puts so much pressure on me! grrrr... now... let me go search for someone who can take the pressure off me... :) Anyone u can introduce? **winkz**