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.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Sunday, April 10, 2005
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?
Sunday, April 03, 2005
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...
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...
Monday, March 07, 2005
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.
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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."
=
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.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
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.
...
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.
...
It's a much more Darwinian world we are living in... "
Excerpts taken from an article written by Today journalist, Ng Boon Yian.
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.
...
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.
...
It's a much more Darwinian world we are living in... "
Excerpts taken from an article written by Today journalist, Ng Boon Yian.