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I'm loving STARHUB !!!

2009-11-28T23:11:00.014+08:00

SCVMAN REALLY CAME TO MY HOUSE ... (haha I used to give excuse that i had an appointment with the scvman whenever I am lazy to go out with my friends. Because it is quite hard to predict when they will come to your house as they will inform you that they will come around this period of time, thus you have to stay at home and wait for their arrival.)

My internet connection was extremely bad and I just had to call Starhub for their intervention. Either it failed to connect after many agonizing attempts or it would be connected for a short while before losing the connection. Imagine I had lived with it for weeks. Something to share about the customer service from Starhub. As I could not comprehend those technical terms thus the Customer Care Consultant sounded quite peeved but it was still to an acceptable level. He suggested sending a technical officer to check in the evening and I agreed to it. He helped me to do some configuration for my internet and it worked well for an hour. Therefore I called Starhub to cancel the appointment as I was thinking to myself that the glitch was gone. BUT not long later, the same Customer Care Consultant called me and enquired the reason for canceling the appointment. Well I told him my reasons for doing so and he explained the needs for that check to prevent possible technical glitch in the future. That moment struck me as I was having my inner thought like ok he was even more concerned than me about this glitch. I must say that I am extremely impressed by his go the extra mile service because his service did not stop after our telephone session ended. He still bothered to ring me to inform me the paramount need for a check. I am glad that I heeded his advice.

The technical officer who was sent to my house provided equally outstanding customer service and he shared tips with me on how to maximize my rights and benefits as a Starhub user. lol. Thanks for that =) .

P.S. I have given my utmost honest and satisfied feedback on their services to Starhub. Hopefully they can be recognized for their hard work.

One and Only Exam for this Semster =)

2009-11-11T23:04:00.004+08:00

Hohoho, just came back from school after my exam. I have just nailed my one and only paper for this semester. Right now I just want to have some fun for these two months before the start of a new semester. Because it is time to start burying myself with my TVB DVDs haha I have so many to watch.

Learning Action = Mathan = Sister's Keeper = Rina's Advanced Bday Celebration

2009-10-31T23:56:00.012+08:00

I headed to school early this morning to do my online quiz for one of my elective module “Action Learning”. After attending the workshop and doing my own readings to prepare for the online quiz, I do find this elective relatively relevant be it outside or within work’s context. Not to mention, this elective module is one of the few that is less demanding compared to others. There is no assignment or exam unlike some electives. Some electives are insanely taxing whereby I need to do 2-3 assignments solely for it and even an exam for some. Haha thus for this elective, I just need to attend a 3 hours workshop and complete the online quiz that consists of 40 questions. For a glimpse of what is “Action Learning”, it is a process that involves a small group with diverse perspectives working on real problems, taking action, and learning while doing so and it a powerful management tool that creates dynamic opportunities for individuals, teams, leaders and organizations to successfully reflect, learn and innovate. As it was an online quiz, my result was revealed upon completion. Hehe, I did quite fairly for it.

After which to fully utilize my Saturday, I went for a haircut before meeting Rina for her advanced birthday celebration. Knowing how busy she can get on her birthday thus it is good to celebrate with her in advance. We went for dinner at Manhattan Fish Market at Plaza Singapura. I must count myself lucky as the queue started forming after me and I am the next patron in line. Rina was late because she needed to shop for play dough for her students and she could not locate where Manhattan Fish Market was. Thus I was in a bustling restaurant alone, haha I cannot help but felt a sense of emptiness during the wait. It is just like festive season where everyone is celebrating with their loved ones and I am left alone lol. Shortly after her arrival, there came the excitements and joys though the weather was gloomy but that did not affect us from being jolly. She showed me her 2nd hand Sony Cybershot Camera and it is a camera with glitch. Once it is switch off or on it will vibrate for a while like a pager, except that this “pager” can take photo, haha it is a Sony.

It is reported by Rina (oops) that this range of Sony's camera always malfunction.

A hurried dinner as we only had 40 minutes or so because we need to rush for movie. We decided to watch “My Sister’s Keeper” after hearing myriad positive reviews of it. Indeed, it is a poignant movie that enthralls me throughout the movie. I like the way that the director did not exaggerate the scenes and he filmed the movie just like how an outsider would witness it without overstressing it like look here she is dying, she is suffering, a bleak prognosis etc. There are several scenes that touched and dejected me deeply and I managed to gulp back my tears as the director will somehow inject some delightful scenes shortly after those disheartening scenes. Indeed a superlative movie that depicts even though someone's life is short yet it can be fulfilling.

My Sister's Keeper

Before heading home, I presented Rina with two birthday gifts, as she mentioned a few times that I did not give her any birthday gift for her last birthday. Which I clearly remembered that I did give her but the ironic part is that I do not remember what the gift was. Haha could it be a false memory instilled in my mind so that I can disillusion that I do not scrimp on birthday gift or forget about it.

byebyebye to the ultimate assignment till now ...

2009-10-28T22:52:00.009+08:00

I nailed and submitted my psychology end-of-course assignment after spending countless labouriously hours on it. There were 3 sections to the assignment and words count for it was 3600 words or so. This assignment carries 50% of the course marks thus extra efforts must be dedicated for it. Though I am given 1 month to complete it but in actual fact I have lesser time than that. The assignment was known to me before the semester ends which means I have to attend lessons and to juggle with other assignments which due before the semester ends. Theoretically I have one week or so to nail it including time wastage due to lazing. Haha though how much I had procrastinated it yet I knew that I need to get over and done with it thus no more procrastination and channeled my willpower and energy to it. Haha to fight this battle definitely I need to have incentive thus I requested to have steamboat. Steamboat is my utmost motivator.

Angeline's Birthday Celebration

2009-10-18T23:13:00.003+08:00

Today we celebrated Angeline’s Birthday at Mapo Doufu Restaurant; it is located near Sin Ming Ave which is near someone’s house. This is the second time that I am patronizing this steamboat restaurant for their Ma La Huo Guo but the main enticing factor to visit the restaurant is their free flow of mango puddings. The mango puddings served are simply mouth-watering. I can easily eat to my heart’s content about 10 mango puddings or even more for dessert for each visit. Their soup base is comparatively awesome except that it is quite spicy even we opted for least spicy Ma La. After eating a few pieces of the foods, we had to surrender and go for the chicken soup. Haha, we just leave the Ma La to boil for its aroma to embalm the air. I would love to go back there again for steamboat as I always love steamboat.

P.S. After the steamboat session, I always avoid looking at my expanded tummy because it is scary. Fortunately, it will return to it original state the next morning lol.

NHG Annual Scientific Congress & Fossil Duffle Bag

2009-10-16T23:17:00.006+08:00

Today I was excused from work as I was sent to attend NHG Annual Scientific Congress. It was held at Suntec City a conventional hall filled with retail shops within its circumference. Haha, but too bad I am not on a shopping mission. The two days scientific and healthcare conference was organized by National Health Group (NHG) with participating healthcare institutions from the cluster. As NSC is under NHG therefore some staff are sent to participate to exchange or gain insights. As for me, I am there as a listening audience. Quite pleasing the whole conference, there are quite many interesting health topics discussed. I think the topic that beckoned me had to be Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) hosted by NSC because not only I get to know about the various STIs and also how horrifying it can affect me if I ever get infected lol. Aiyo, the pictures of affected people with STIs really serve as an alarming warning to me.

The lunch slot was scheduled for 90 minutes and that was quite a long lunch break. Since I am at Suntec City how can I give it a miss by not doing some window shopping lol. I chanced upon this Fossil bag that comes with detachable shoulder strap, therefore there are two ways of carrying it. The bag costs about $200. Haha, I am fond of big bag not because I have a lot of things to put in my bag just that carrying a big bag somehow engenders suaveness. Having a big bag is also good; because there are times that I need to put my apparel to change after work to party. But the downside is, it is quite difficult to maneuver in congested places lol. I always love Fossil since I was in primary as their products are classic and never seem to be irrelevant over times. Haha really have to laud them for their awesome authentic leather products.

This is the bag!!!

Goodbye to the Last Semester for 2009

2009-10-15T17:21:00.006+08:00

Hooray the last lesson for the semester. A short hiatus from school is good, no more rushing from work to school for the time being. I will only resume classes in mid-Jan 09, provided that I defray the school fees. The best part is no need to do anymore irritating assignments that inhibits me from frolicking. Towards the end of the lesson, each of us was requested to give our thoughts or learning points. Well, being a docile student, definitely I would love to share my thoughts but I fabricated most of things that I said to give a socially desirable answer lol.

Submitted My Last Assignment For The Semester

2009-10-14T10:50:00.011+08:00

I have just submitted my last assignment for this semester. It is a big relief as doing assignments is the most dreadful stuffs to do as a student. This assignment was a group project and I am tasked to collate all the materials from my group members to compile it into a report. For every group project, the certainty of facing a plethora of problems is inevitable. Problems like no proper citation, sending an error document, late submission and so on. Thus I had to do the coordination part to call, highlight the problem(s) and remind. Haha, I felt like an irritant myself lol so persistent in contacting them. But overall, the quality of work that they had submitted was good and after compiling it, it just felt like those frustrations or problems did not exist at all as everything was worth the efforts.

I do not mind doing group or individual assignment because each has its own suite of challenges. Well, doing group project is that there will be inputs from other people and the workloads can be divided. Compared to individual assignment where you will be more or less on your own. The con of group project is group meetings where everyone will come together to discuss on how to tackle the project. This will usually consume a lot of time where everyone has their own ideas and how to compromise every given inputs to minimize disagreements. Therefore you can have numerous meetings and everyone is still trying to maneuver to reach an agreement for the project. This is definitely a huge challenge as being working adult cum part-time student, most of us do not enjoy the luxury of time. Thus it is extremely vital to choose the right group members with the appropriate working attitude. I am glad that for this semester my group members are wonderful people to work with.

Course Evaluation = Semester Ending Soon ...

2009-10-13T19:42:00.010+08:00

Nearing the end of the semester, every student will have to submit his/her course evaluation before he/she can register for next semester’s modules. Thus, whenever it is time for me to do the course evaluation, it symbolizes that my semester is ending soon and I will have the opportunity to feedback on my lecturers and tutors.

My first semester experience with course evaluation was disastrous and until now, it is still resonating in my head. I am unaware that I am supposed to do the course evaluation. I am still struggling to determine whether I have read it and forgot about it or inadequate instructions or reminders for me. Well, if Unisim did step up reminders like now to remind students, I will not forget about it. I remembered that, I did not receive so many notifications like this semester to remind me to do my course evaluation. I cannot help but to say that things may slip out of your mind easily when you are busy. So many things to remember every single day, thus reminders are greatly appreciated.

For my part, I do not want to go through the hassle to appeal so that I can register the modules for the next semester just because I failed to do my course evaluation. Thus, I will indicate all the important dates on my calendar for me to stay on schedule.

Because I did not register early for my modules that time and one of the year 1 module was unavailable. I had to choose a year 2 module to replace it. Wah, I must say it was damn stressful at that time. Maybe I am a year 1 student and all of a sudden, I am doing a year 2 semester 2 module. There were three assignments for this module and all were project-based, finding group mates was not a feat, where I had to face rejection and I had to be impervious to rejection. However, I managed to join a group but I could sense that they are kind but quite unwillingly. I think that this is quite understandable, thus I did not blame them. As time goes by, maybe because of tacit understandings, they began to acknowledge my contributions to the group. During the last lesson, they even asked me to approach them if I ever encountered any problems for my future modules. Which made me very much appreciated and comforted. I am still glad that I joined this group as they are extremely hardworking and always on the move because of that we were able to achieve good grades.

My Registered Modules For My Next Semester

Last Psychology Tutorial =(

2009-10-08T22:40:00.008+08:00

Today marks the end of my Psychology’s tutorial and thoughts on that bring hefty nostalgia. This semester for my Psychology module, I am fortunate to have an incredible lecturer and tutor. Both of their lessons were interesting and intriguing which helped to satisfy my inquisitive mind because Psychology is one tantalizing subject. They cleverly incorporate relevant video clips to arouse our interests in the topic so to relate it better to us. Which I much appreciated them for doing it, at least it makes me keen on the topics. They do not make their lessons very dry or hard to comprehend.

I think what makes my tutor remarkable is that she makes the efforts to remember each of her students’ names. By the second or third lesson, she almost can identity who are we by calling our names. I find it impressive and kudos for her initiative for wanting to know us. Haha, thanks to her guidance, I fared quite well for my assignments.

This is the last video clip that my tutor showed us before explaining what is “Bystander Intervention”. The video is quite interesting as there are different scenarios to show when bystanders will help you and under what circumstances they do not. For instance, making small talk, or blasting your music irritatingly, flirting with his/her partner, a beautiful blonde lady etc.

Here come the Botaks.

2009-10-07T23:19:00.008+08:00

I am so round till u can't see my legs from this angle.

My tongue sticking out shot is priceless

I love handsome fur so fluffy

handsome has his own adorable side =()

ok I feel naked, cold and insecure without my fur, I no longer can find my handsome identity.

I hate to reveal my heart shaped blackie forehead, it is like dark cloud over my head, so inauspicious.

Me, Myself & I and i don't like my NEW LOOK. (Harry: haha but it kinda cute like little lamb)

Well beautiful is not spared. haha

a long-lost gd Weekend returns

2009-10-04T17:21:00.048+08:00

Saturday: 03/10/09

I was awoken at 10am by a phone call delivering good news to me that nothing positive was found from my culture urine test. It is very comforting to know that I am in the pink of health. Thankfully, with this phone call I did not oversleep for my colleague wedding luncheon at Mandarin Oriental. In fact, I had mixed up the commencement time, I thought it would start at 12pm and instead the cocktail session started at 12.30pm. Haha, though I planned to be late for 30mins because all wedding lunch/dinner will commence at least an hour later from the given arrival time but in fact I was punctual. I must say that it was a blissful and superb wedding luncheon; the foods were delectable and the oriental ambience with red lanterns for décor because of Mid-Autumn Festival. They chose a very bubbly love song "Fallin’ For You" by Colbie Caillat for their wedding ceremony and I am now addicted to the song. Prior to this, I did not pay much attention to the song and treated it to be just a radio-friendly song. Now I do perceive that this song is quite a romantic and engaging song that delivers the feelings of being in love. Haha, thanks to the wedding because whenever I listened to this song, I will have inducement of falling in love too lol. I enjoy attending wedding luncheons/dinners not only I can relish good foods and witnessing couples to be husband and wife. Which I think is truly a blessing to find someone whom you can walk with eternally be it good or bad. Of course, I hope to find that someone too, though I much enjoy my single hood at the moment. I will trade it for love if I manage to find someone whom I want to spend my life with blissfully. Not to mention how exquisite the wedding gifts were, not your usual key chains etc. They actually prepared two types of gifts, depending on where you were seated as the two types of gifts were placed in an alternative manner. The other gift is a heart-shaped measuring spoon, which I think is something that is better to have but the gift that i have is perfectly fine too.

Hmm a heart-shaped paper weight with ding ding sound when shook

Well after the marvelous wedding luncheon, I went home with the intention to do my assignment to prepare for tomorrow group discussion. In the end, I could not contain my ineffable joy when I saw my Yesasia parcel in my letterbox. I had waited for eons for it to arrive and even tempted to send an email to report lost. I ordered the items on 12/09/09 and shipped on 18/09/09. By the time, it arrived in my letterbox; it was 03/10/09 (Usually, it will not take so long). That was a total of 21 days of waiting duration; those 21 days were aggravation, apprehension, anticipation and so on.

Therefore, you can imagine the tears when I saw it and to hold it on my hands lol. I decided to chuck my assignment aside and watched my Namie’s Best Fiction DVD after abstained from watching ready online clips. I must kudos to Namie for putting up such a magnificent show, the stage was impressive with huge LED screen lights that change to the beats of the songs, the exceptional-executed dance moves that makes you go WOO, a jam-packed concert of soaring energy that radiated from her songs, smiles, dances and thunderous cheers from the audiences. Well, I certainly hope that Namie will bring her future concerts to the next level and continue her legacy that never fails to amaze us =).

Haha, because of this 2.5 hrs of awesome performances, I had to take a cab to Vanessa’s house for our Mid-Autumn Festive celebration and had our very first hotpot session.

Kinda dangerous because drivers cannot focus for blind spot, because of our lanterns and us.

haha, I think it is definitely worth paying for the cab fare lol. Without any doubt, cabbie loves to talk to me, when I just want enjoy my newly transferred mp3 of Susanna Kwan's songs.

Yesasia provides free shipping when you ordered more than US$39 (It used to be US$25), which explained why you see two other items in my parcel. In order to make up the sum to US$39, I ordered a movie, which starred my favourite actress of all times Carol Cheng (I first noticed her from her TVB drama serial "The Legend of Lady Chung aka 钟无艳" [I bought that serial lol]), haha I just adore her she is so witty, comical, classy and yummy haha lol. Susanna Kwan a veteran singer who possesses an excellent voice, I know her through Heart of Greed and Moonlight Resonance, she acted and sang the theme songs. Haha, she is one noisy woman in the top-rated shows. Who can deny that she acted very well in both shows, especially her role in Moonlight Resonance so bitchy, grumpy, and irksome that you will hate and love at the end of the show.

P.S. Susanna’s collections of songs are good, heng it was not a disappointment purchase.

Sunday: 04/10/09

My Sunday afternoon started with my second and last group meeting for my final assignment for the module. Haha, it is just incredible to be able to finish our discussion and delegate our tasks within two meetings. To be honest, I do not really fancy having to always meet up for discussions and glad that we did not have many hinders.

After the 90mins discussion, I headed to Rina’s house for Hari Raya celebration. My first invitation from her for Hari Raya celebration was in 2004, the year we were acquainted. Since then every year, I feel privileged for the invitation to her house because not only the foods that her mother prepared are scrumptious and the most integral is that we are good friends. I am glad to know her at NYP though we were from different course. Ever since, we became good friends; times shared with her are truly amazing, always loaded with laughter, and ineffable joys. It is cool that we are still in close contact despite being preoccupied with our own obligations.

Here I am, with my D&D Bakit shirt lol.

This is the first celebration in 2004.

Beautiful & Handsome have sth to Holler.

2009-10-02T17:14:00.018+08:00

I was scatterbrained for the past few days me as I kept leaving my stuffs at work. Monday: Handphone, Tuesday: Medication and Wednesday: Handphone again. It was quite antagonizing to do without my handphone not because of connectivity but it serves as my alarm. I need it every morning for my wake up call and I hated how alarm clock gives out those irritating buzzing noise to awake you. Haha, my handphone alarm alert gives snoothing music that will not spoil my lovely morning.

I collated some pictures of Beautiful and Handsome that I took over the days before they undergo a major makeover.

Awoken Beautiful by my Mum for water parade.

Look @ how lazy she is lol

Ok i am done with water parade, I need my beauty slp. DND!!! Mummy

I don't bite, I SMILE =D

I love you Harry, I wana marry you lol!!! (This is wat she does everytime she slp near you...) lol

I am tired AGAIN, Gd Nite, wish you nightmare =).

Don't be fooled by my big dreamy eyes because I will BITE you. BUT i am always being bullied by Beautiful she loves to bite my tail =(.

I do SMILE to conceal that I do not bite.

I look better on the left side.

I am a little lion. I am SO handsome keke

Finally showing your True Colours ...

2009-09-27T23:05:00.021+08:00

It was a fun-packed Sunday, with F1 happening in Singapore. Haha I did not go and watch the race because I am not really into that. A few days before meeting up we agreed to meet at Cityhall subconsciously not realizing that FI was held there. Upon reaching there, I could not help but was trembled by the loud sound produced from F1. Haha even though I am at around Bugis area I could still hear the sound crispy clear.

Kailin was the last to arrive about 2hrs later with valid reason so we just closed one eye lah. Everyone was extremely late including myself late for 20 mins yet I can be the first to arrive lol. We headed to Mind Café to play our lovely evening there.

Maybe it was due to F1, Mind Café was empty for the first time.

True Colors

There is one interesting game that we played for the first time. It is called “True Colors” and it is a game that assesses your friends’ perception of you. It has innumerable questions that are moderately acceptable not too personal or hurtful. Which is important, if not it will spoil the game.

Each player gets to choose a colour to represent him or herself. After which, each player will be given two of the same colours cards of other players for voting purpose.

Lastly, there are three types of voting cards to be given to each player. If you think you will have no vote for that question asked, you will place the vote card of a 0 icon, if you think you will have some votes you will place a +/- icon’s card and lastly if you think that you will have the most votes, you will place a + icon’s card.

If you managed to deduce correctly for zero & most votes you get 3 points and some vote will get 1 point. Haha, like there was one question like who do you think is the most easygoing among the players; being very confident that I am the most easygoing I placed most votes card for myself. But in the end, the verdict was that I did not get the most votes and it was Jia Wei. Thus, that is quite interesting, to know how your friends perceive of you. Going back to that easygoing question, I think it is quite true that to a certain extend I might be easygoing (agree?? lol) but maybe just not the most. Just shortly after the game we went for Zi Char, I picked up the menu to see what dishes to order and unknowingly I suggested four dishes and Su Ying requested for one dish. Then I turned to them and made a causal remark and said “We have 6 people here, do you all want to order one dish for yourself”, whereby I already suggested four dishes leaving the rest with not much of preferred dishes to choose. After that everyone unanimously commented that there was nothing much to order where I already suggested 4 dishes lol. Suddenly so united lor. Haha, well I have to say that I am just merely providing suggestions and not being bossy lol. Definitely a recommended game if you want to know what your friends think of you. =)

My Mother bought Snowskin Green Tea Mooncake from East Ocean for me and every year she will buy it without fail. This is the only type of mooncake I like to savour.

hmmm so yummy my fave. haha I like the box and gonna use it at work to store my stationery.

a "LOST" Saturday

2009-09-26T23:58:00.014+08:00

In the morning, I went back to Unisim for my project discussion and it was quite a drag to go Unisim on a Sat morning. Not only the journey was long but it is a Sat where I can have the opportunity to sleep late. Thankfully, the discussion went swimmingly and after lunch I left Unisim at 1pm. Next stop was Yishun where I went for my haircut, well it was not too bad the cut but I prefer something else. By the time everything was done, I reached home at about 6pm. Wah!!! I did not do much yet it took up a large portion of my time. It is as though I went for work; it is all because of the traveling, here and there, wasted so much time on it.

I managed to squeeze out some time to watch Lost after borrowing it for ages from my friend. Well, first few episodes were quite lackluster, talking about how are they going to settle on the island after they survived from a plane crash.

There was one scene which I think is quite amazing and miracle that a pregnant lady who is about to due anytime can be safe and sound after she was pushed away to escape from one huge falling debris. It was quite an impact when she dived onto the ground. Though the ground is sandy because it is a beach but it is that realistic that she can be unharmed. She was able to stand up and walk after that. Haha, it really beats me. It is one interesting topical island with polar bears and you can witness them being attacked by it.

Aiyo, I think I am really getting lost as I continue to watch it. It is just like what the series title is "LOST". The things that keep me watching are because they will touch on the survivors’ past, who are the “Others” mentioned in the series and the reason for the plane crash (which will be revealed in Season 2).

Fortunately, the 5th season of Lost was aired a few months back and it will conclude in its 6th season which is scheduled for release in 2010. Thus, I do not have to wait for years to watch the finale season. I could not imagine if I had watched 1st season in 2004 and i have to wait for 6 years to watch the finale. Haha, I do not wish to be in suspense for 6 years.

OkOk Another Day of MC: COPY THAT

2009-09-25T23:54:00.019+08:00

Today I decided to see another Dr. for second opinion as I do think that my family Dr. is not being very helpful for my case. This Dr. is very renowned and has many people waiting to see him everyday. The queue can start 1hr 30mins before the clinic open and walk-in have limited slots because he has patients with appointment to see him. Haha, I used to see him frequently when I was in Primary school for fever. I can remember that I am very susceptible to fever during my childhood.

I spent $80 for the medical bill, which I did not expect it as I expected it to be more. I was given 3 types of medications and did a culture urine test to detect and identify organisms that are affecting my medical condition. He informed me that doing a culture urine test is essential to understand my condition. For my previous 2 visits to my family Dr., he did not even suggest that and merely conducted a normal urine test to test for blood, protein, glucose and leucocytes and I was charged $82 for each visit and he gave me 1 type of medication.

He is the Dr. that treated my ears previously when I injured it due to clubbing. It was quite terrifying to hear ringing sound in your ears even after 1 day of clubbing. He told me that I had damaged my ears’ nerves and luckily, I did not suffer from hearing loss. I still remember I had seen the condition of it being bloody and raw, like bruises. It is quite serious as exposure to loud music/noise kills our hair cells, and once our hair cells are gone, and it is gone eternally, which will affect our hearing sensitivity. Now I have learnt how to protect my ears from damage.

I was surprised when I saw this latest Vidal Sassoon commercial. Prior to that, there was no notice that the release of the commercial is today. This is the fourth highly-anticipated Vidal Sassoon advertising campaign that once again features Namie, Patricia Field and Orlando Pita. What is groundbreaking about this Vidal Sassoon advertising campaign is that it comprises of Fashion, Music, Vidal Sassoon to create an epic hair care and styling series commercials. It is an extremely high-budget and glamour commercial. Just when I thought how beautifully, the previous commercials were and definitely, that was already an epic and I personally did not expect it to get even better when Vidal Sassoon rolls out these two new commercials.

They have come together to present “Reborn” and “Amuroad World Styling” the latest Vidal Sassoon hair care and styling series.

Patricia Field is responsible for designing the outfits and Orlando Pita for the styling of the hair. Just a little background information on Patricia Field, she is the costume designer for Sex and the City, The Devil Wears Prada, Ugly Betty and many more. Orlando Pita has worked with many big names like Madonna, Julia Robert, Janet Jackson, Prada, Miu Miu and many more. Namie is responsible for the music aspect.

Reborn

Wah!!! how the shiny beautiful hair has no gravity and goes up in the galaxy. COOL!!!

Amuroad World Styling

3 chic looking Namie, and my personal fave, the Russia Namie lol!!!

Vidal Sassoon never fails to bring excitement and glamour in their commercials.

Ayu-Ebayer?

2009-09-22T22:47:00.023+08:00

HohOhO, I am pleased to flaunt my Ayumi’s Remix CDs on my blog. I have just received one of the CD today and I still have 4 CDs more to go to complete my collection lol. I defrayed an average of $10 for each CD, haha quite a good bargain. Cheap deal, Cheap thrill.

The seller that I purchased from actually made a mistake in the description and photo. He stated that the CD will come with a CD Box which it failed to deliver. Thus, I sent an amicable email to enquire on that as I was thinking he might have forgotten about it or wat. He is a Japanese seller and he apologized profusely that it was his mistake for the misleading description and photo. He even suggested refunding partially for his mistake. Wah!!! What a good seller. Since he apologized earnestly and I also show understanding that to err is human. Thus, I told him that I do not wish to pursue the matter and accepted his apology. Well, since he is so nice and I bought it for $10 and still make a big fuss over it. I will be very ashamed of myself for being such a difficult person.

All these CDs were purchased from ebay and I have been an active user on ebay since Jan’09. I believe I have purchased around 60 over CDs from ebay lol. Initially before bidding on ebay, I have to admit that I am quite skeptical to it. As I will always hear negative reviews like receiving damaged items or defrayed the money but never receive the item. It was being portrayed with a high tendency of meeting swindlers that are out to cheat you. Having to undergo a myriad of seamless dealings, I must say yes it is undeniable that swindlers will be around; and you just have to take cautious before bidding and always scrutinize the buyers’ feedbacks for credibility. Most of the items on ebay are used items and as long as the CD has minimal scratches on it and does not jerk when playing, it is absolutely fine with me.

At ebay, the seller has the options to allow you to purchase the item without bidding and vice versa. When someone bids the same item as me and the price has already exceeded my limit. I will not want to continue to bid for it and I will be evil to purposely place a few more bids to increase the selling price for that buyer lol. Haha, it is quite a sweet revenge and sicko thing to do lol.

It would be good to register a Paypal account for easy dealings as most ebayers use that. It is very hassle-free and safe to use Paypal, all you have to do is to have a debit/credit card to register for it. To add on, if there is any glitch in the transaction with the seller, you can actually report it through Paypal for a refund. It will protect the interest of the users so as to enable them to request for a refund for valid reasons. Haha, I am glad that I found this excellent service and it has been around for eons.

Lastly, I am still a hardcore fan of Namie, as I only purchase Ayumi’s stuffs on ebay lol.

MC for Today

2009-09-16T22:57:00.009+08:00

I went to see my family doctor for the second time due to my persistent medical condition. He gave me two options, first option is to continue on the medications as he said I am convalescing with the prescribed medications, second option is to go for a detailed check in the hospital. Well, I chose the first option and shall observe how my prognosis would be like after completing my course of medications. I went for five tests and the results were the same which worries me quite a bit. Since NSC had referred me to TTSH for follow-up. Thus, what I can do now is to constantly check with TTSH whether there is any earlier appointment slot and also to take my medicines faithfully. My initial appointment with TTSH was on 20/11/09 and after a few calls I managed to secure an appointment slot on 02/11/09. Hmm, still quite faraway the date and I shall pester them to check for earlier appointment slot, every now and then lol. Since nothing is confirmed yet, I shall not make myself worried too much.

Tonight I had my inaugural group meeting with my groupies. We are known as absentees group because we missed one tutorial where everyone was supposed to form groups. Thus, we are known as the legendary absentees group. From there I even acquired that they will be group members for another module for the same reason lol. Haha upon hearing it, I can’t help but to burst into laughter. Aiyo, grouped together because of absenteeism. Though we are much inclined to absenteeism but we are diligent students, just that for some reasons we are unable to attend class lol. I was appointed as the group leader, wah stressed, haha I prefer to be an ordinary group member.

After lesson, I received a phone call from Rina because her friend spotted me at the bus stop. Haha, she brought up something which I reckoned it to be quite funny and thoughtful. We were supposed to meet last Friday during her one week school holiday, but in the end we did not because I did not give her any affirmative on it. Haha, so Rina’s style when she mentioned it, so dramatic. Ok, we should meet up soon!!!

For today and last week, Ji Tang’s friend Mr. KK offered to give me a lift home so nice of him. Therefore, more savings for me as I do not have to spend money on taxi.

Undone Assignment that Dues Tomorrow

2009-09-15T11:00:00.010+08:00

Haiz, I am crestfallen, I am so not motivated to complete this assignment and I have to submit it by tomorrow noon. Gosh!!!, i know it is frustrating to read this post as you would probably know that I will do it eventually. Just that i need to ventilate my negative ions.

Just a piece of good news, finally I can submit my overdue stats as it was being held up by one of my colleague. It can be quite a distress and horrifying to have people chasing after you for the submission. Aiyo!!! just when i thought everything was settled and now more problems evolving. Aiyoyo!!! More crisis management to embark on.

I have a Weekend with no Company's Affair

2009-09-13T22:35:00.023+08:00

Saturday: 12/09/09
I went to Elvis birthday celebration at Pasir Ris Chalet.

While I am heading to the Pasir Ris bus interchange, I met Sze Hui and this time around we did not depend on her friend for us to spot each other lol. I reached there at about 7pm+ and went to the bus stop at 0044. Amazingly, I still managed to catch the last bus. I was taking a chance whether would I be able to make it for the last bus and was elated that it was worthwhile to take the chance. The last bus timing is 0038 and I was 6 minutes late. WhOoo, I still managed to catch it lol. After boarding the bus, I knew why I am so heng, because the bus was moving at quite a turtle speed. Haiz, I shouldn’t grumble if not I would be taking a taxi with midnight charges that night.

It was great to see Elvis and them after so long and updating with one another’s affairs. Gossiping about someone, this never fails to crack us up lol. He is a classic I must say. I ate a lot of my favourite sambal stingray, haha, they were so accommodating. It was a simple gathering yet provides a boon moment to all.

Unknowingly, i was standing in the middle stealing the limelight from the birthday boy. lol

Friday: 11/09/09

I had a mahjong session after work at my house with Susan, Melissa and Cai Luan. It has been eons since we had mahjong session together because the host is pretty tied down with his personal obligations lol. Well, I think I performed quite fairly as I did not lose much. I lost about $6+ which I can consider as relatively good, as I am not a good player lol. I can’t observe or surmise what tiles are the rest of players holding or waiting. I just go accordingly to my guts and also luck. Therefore, I don’t prepare myself to win; to win is considered as a bonus to me. Haha, so I am like the ATM to give money away if you are willing to play mahjong with me. Susan made a wonderful suggestion that we should not torture ourselves to play late @ night and to play in the afternoon on a weekend. Phew!!! Finally, she can understand how tiring it can be. I always have this unanimously conclusion with my colleague that when we start to age and have late nights, it is hard for our bodies to recuperate the lost vitality. It is so damn true!!! After the late nights, I can be listless on the next day and even the day after. Compared to my younger days, the more late nights I had, the more alive I would be.

We listened to Disney love songs at one point of time and wah immediate flashback on our poignant memories with Disney. This Disney CD belongs to one of my secondary school friend (Ms. Bey) and I didn’t return it lol. It has been with me for 10 years as I remembered I borrowed from her in year 1999. If not, we would not be able to reminisce our childhood memories during mahjong. Haha, zhang wei ji you lol. Susan borrowed “Beauty and the Beast” and “Cinderella” DVDs from me as she said she never watch before, haiz deprived childhood, and since she lent me her 101 love songs CDs which I wanted to buy badly. I lent it to her willingly lol.

The Disney CD that we listened.

The tracklist, which explains why i keep forgetting to return it lol.

I like the cover very romantic with numerous lovely dovely post-it note messages.

Lastly, they were so evil to comment on facebook to wish themselves good luck and asked me to stand aside!!!!

09/09/09 BEST FICTION TOUR LIVE RELEASE!!!

2009-09-09T23:51:00.037+08:00

Today is a special day aside from the significant meaning of 09/09/09 to some culture’s beliefs.

It is the release date for Namie new live tour BEST FICTION TOUR 2008 – 2009 and it debuted #1 on Oricon Daily DVD chart. Her record company has created a special site to commemorate the release.

DVD Edition

Blu-ray Edition

There are many first time for this tour as follows:

1. It is released in 2 formats DVD and Blu-ray.

2. This is the largest scale of Arena concerts Namie ever had in total of 64 shows. The tour was played to 450,000 concertgoers for 60 shows in Japan alone and that sets a new record for Japanese solo female artists for having the most attendance record. Including her 4 overseas gigs, 2 shows each for Taiwan and Shanghai, Namie wooed a total of 500,000 audiences for her BEST FICTION TOUR 2008-2009.

3. It is the longest tour she ever had; it spanned a total of 10 months.

4. Namie performed in Shanghai for the first time and she held 2 shows there.

5. The live release used an overseas show (Taiwan) for release.

6. She performed 30 songs for her concert and that is 2.5 hrs of non-stop singing and dancing.

7. For a limited-period until 30/09/09, it comes in digipak packaging.

8. Her covers for the release were airbushed to create a FICTION touch to it.

9. A special site is created to view the tracklist, photos and also for people to provide views on the DVD or the concert they had attended.

In short, the tour was toured for 10 months, 64 dates, 3 countries and attracted 500,000 audiences in total.

Not for the fainted-heart.

BEST FICTION TOUR 2008 - 2009 Teaser

"Do Me More" one of my fave songs and the opening song for the concert. An introductory video for the tour made by a fan.

I have seen critics by people who bought the Blu-ray that the video quality was superb and it was crisp clear until they were able to see the sparkle from the glitter powder on her body. Wah!!! That is so detailed but it comes with a hefty price tag, for the Blu-ray it costs $90+ for Japan version. Btw, I have not watched any Blu-ray thingy before. Furthermore, I think that DVD quality is already very good and Blu-ray still can beat it, wah!!! bu ke si yi.

I have not watched the concert yet even though there were leaks as I do not want to spoil my anticipation when seeing it on DVD. I am just waiting for the overseas version as Japan version for the DVD costs about $80. Hmm, quite pricey lol.

NSC Family Day & Samuel 21st Bday Celebration

2009-09-06T23:48:00.022+08:00

Yesterday was NSC annual Family Day and we had it at Jurong Safra. It commenced at about 9am and ended at about 3pm.

I spent an hour travelling time there and East West line is not really a cushy ride. It is rather bumpy and shaky. Haha, travelling that line makes your body undergo a mini gym routine.

I woke up at 7:10am to meet my colleague at 8:40am to go together. I dragged myself out of bed as I slept at about 2 am, it was an extreme inadequate of sleep.

I am glad that I had exhibited determination to make it there if not I would not have won third prize for the lucky draw.

Actually, I was quite unlucky even though I won the third prize because if my fellow colleagues had stayed for the lucky draw, I would not have won it. Those people who did not stay until the lucky draw, which was the last programme for the day, they had to draw for another winner. Imagine, there were 50 lucky draw prizes and not all employees of NSC went for the family day and that significantly reduced the number of attendees therefore, the chances of winning should be quite optimal. Nevertheless, I still won a third prize and I heard it was a $200+ crystal bowl. Well, I am going to claim the prize tomorrow =). To add on, during my company’s D&D I won about $160 too lol. Therefore, can I declare myself as lucky or not? To wrap up, I was immersed with joys and laughter for the event and to be honest I did not expect myself to have enjoyed it to the fullest.

My 3rd Prize Notification.

My Yellow Teammates.

After it was over, I headed to Orchard Ion to collect my jean (cannot wait to wear it). The watch that I bought for my mother required some adjustment on the watchband as it was too big for her wrist.

After running those errands, I had to head home to prepare for Samuel 21st birthday celebration held at Tanglin Club. Samuel indicated the dress code to be formal wear and I was quite opposed with it initially because from Monday to Friday, I have to wear formal to work and on a Saturday too. Once reached there, I realized that if you did not dress in formal wear, you would feel quite awkward and underdressed. That place is posh and the buffet spread was lavish. I must say this is not really the usual 21st birthday celebration more like a corporate event like D&D or a wedding dinner; he even hired a professional MC for the day. He had a video of flashbacks on his life, something like what people usually do for their wedding dinner. Indeed, it was really a lifetime experience to witness how out of the ordinary that birthday celebration was. In short, it was a blast birthday celebration and Samuel thanks for the invite once again. Ohh ya, we bought for him a tutorial book on photography which is something he is into and glad that he wholly accepted the gift as he likes it very much! hehe lol.

Same colour tie with the birthday boy. lol

I believe if someone at the front move back, the photo will look nicer. Don't you all agree? lol

**Before i say it it a wrap, i would like to take this opportunity to wish Christelle and Samuel a very Happy Birthday and bountiful of good returns. Though i wished them in Facebook but i still insist to be long-winded lol.

Ion, Marina Square, Suntec City & J8

2009-09-04T23:43:00.021+08:00

I had a shopping spree @ Orchard Ion, Marina Square & Suntec City today. Supposedly, I should meet Rina to go shopping together but recently I have been a big sotong and mixed up the date. We should meet next Friday and not this Friday. Since I have already applied my leave, I have decided to utilize it wisely. I set off at around 1pm and ended my shopping sprees at 6pm+.

After which, I went to meet my Uncle and his family for dinner at Lao Beijing to celebrate his birthday. He is like my godfather who dotes on me and i went to Suntec City to purchase a Braun Buffel wallet for him. Haha I like that wallet very much.

In all, I had an ineffable joy swiping my cards lol. This is my inaugural shopping sprees that I spent $870.35 in a day. I HAVE NEVER SEEN myself spending so much on shopping in a day lol. After spending such a big portion of my wages away, it motivates me to stay on to my job if not how I can subsist. I guess I am beginning to love myself =).

P.S. to my Dear Friends who still own me money, may I appeal to you all to IBANK me soon? Thanks. Your dear friend here is having depleting money in his bank. lol

FOX @ Bishan Junction 8 (I am a member therefore I enjoy 25% discount from 4-6 Sept & 15% discount from 7-21 Sept)

RIVER ISLAND @ Orchard Ion (I love the belt there as it is reversible, one belt two colours, just twist the buckle, there you go another colour to match your clothes.)

UNIQLO @ Orchard Ion (I bought a skinny jean and it is not in the picture as it is in the process of alteration. UNIQLO alters for free if it costs above $29.90. Quite a gd deal!)

TOPMAN @ Orchard Ion (The Donald Duck T-Shirt caught my attention instantly as it is my fave disney character lol. I gotta have it lol. I am a member therefore I enjoy 10% discount.)

Swatch @ Orchard Ion (My Mother's birthday gift and the coloured crystals that were embedded on the watch are from Swarovski. She likes coloured crystals especially when it is from Swarovski.)

Domanchi @ Marina Square (I like to get my working shoes from there because it is comfy and reasonable priced) (I am a member therefore I enjoy 10% discount)

Tomorrow is NSC's family day and i am going to grace the event. It is at Jurong Safra, it so faraway from my house. Well, hopefully i will have a good time there.

Next blogging entry will be an ugly epsiode that happened on last Tuesday at work that ignited my aggravation. I shall not spoil this blissful post.

Chin, Empire, Minds & Rosy

2009-09-01T15:52:00.031+08:00

Sunday: 30/08/09

Rosy Business aka 巾幗梟雄 Official Promotional Poster

I stayed at home for my Sunday to watch TVB drama serial. I watched “Rosy Business (Click on the link for Synopsis) aka 巾幗梟雄”, it is currently the top rated TVB drama serial but I think most probably it would be for the year 2009. If I have indulged myself with 17 episodes in a single day, it somehow informs you how superb and intriguing the drama serial is. It is really very intense especially the acting by Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang. This drama serial revolves around this family being the biggest export in rice business and how rice business defer from other businesses. As rice is the daily need of foods for human thus, they could not afford risk anyone with evil intentions from taking over the business. Sheren Tang in the show has the obligation to stabilize the sale price of the rice and keeps it affordable for the public. If not, the public will have to buy expensive rice and leads to serious consequences. Before she can achieve it, she has to overcome the overwhelming obstacles to protect her family and the business. It is a witty drama serial that portrays the scheming and benevolent aspect of humans. Just prepare a lot of tissue papers as there are many scenes that can cause you to be emotional and maybe you will end up wailing. I have finished the serial yesterday and it is definitely a must watch TVB serial drama of 2009.

Rosy Business aka 巾幗梟雄 Teaser

Saturday: 29/08/09

I went back to NSC in the morning for our annual Community Outreach Programme. The purpose of this programme is to assist our needy patients and hopefully by doing this small act we can help them to tide over their deplorable state. As I reside in Hougang therefore I was assigned to visit those patients staying in Hougang with my colleagues. It was quite a fulfilling experience, witnessing everyone coming together to give something back to the society and of course our recipients were very appreciative, which made our time spent even more worthwhile.

At night, we celebrated Jia Wei’s birthday in advance at Empire State at Iluma. Empire State is like a cheaper alternative to New York New York. There is quite a lot of similar between the two, from the décor to the foods. Fortunately, Empire State can be considered as a good alternative to New York New York. After the dinner, we went to Minds Café since it is within walking distance and even though we spent an hour there but it was definitely an enjoyable moment.

Jia Wei's Sweetheart Birthday, because of the cake that we bought for him. Strawberry Sweetheart from Four Leaves

Friday: 28/08/09

After work, I went to meet Samuel, David, Chris and Wen Jie for dinner. David introduced us to a Zi Char eating place called “Chin Eating House” at Purvis Street. Initial thought was it would be quite impractical to eat Zi Char at town district because our neighourhood’s coffee shops have it and there is no need to travel to Purvis Street. Haha, that kind of mentally, but it was a good recommendation, the foods are reasonably priced and even though the place was fully packed with people the servicing of foods are relatively quick. The service is quite good and the foods are scrumptious. Definitely, I would want to visit there again.

After the dinner we located ourselves to Minds Café which is a few shops away. I love their brownie served with vanilla ice-cream and their earl gery float.

The games that we normally play are as follows:

Jurassic Jumble

This game is something similar to heart attack. The first player to collect the cards with the same colour will take the bone discreetly. The rest of the players will have to snatch the remaining bones. The player who did not manage to have a bone will lose. Prior to that, you can exchange any amount of cards with any players to get the cards of the same colour. In the midst of exchanging there will be a lot of hollering because you need to get the attention of other players to exchange with you. It is a noisy and heart racing game.

Saboteur

For this game, there will be two groups of people the Saboteurs and the Miners. Saboteurs’ role is to prevent the Miners for obtaining the gold and they have to go all their way to destroy their paths. It is a mind game as you will not know who are the Saboteurs. It is all about plotting and framing other players to make yourself less suspicion if you are Saboteurs. As in the game, there will be more Miners than Saboteurs and everyone seems to be your friends.

Uno Stacko

This can be sabotage game; because you can allow the next player to draw cards and eventually making the stacko to collapse.

Uglydoll

This game is all because good eyesight and attention span. You must be able to spot 3 identical figures and stamp on it with the shouting “Ugly Ugly”. If anyone is able to fulfill the criteria, you can take the cards.

Taboo

You need to think on your feet for this game as you are given a limited time to help your partner to guess the word by not verbalizing those help words found on the card.

Sleeping Queens

This game is actually quite relaxing to play, just wake up the Queens and you have some power cards to help you to win. Quite an easy game that is not brain draining.

Mercedes Benz Cab "Meter Jump Faster" ?

2009-08-31T23:18:00.010+08:00

Thursday: 27/08/09

My tutor revealed the highest score for the assignment and I realized that I did quite well for my assignment. Indeed, I was elated, as my efforts have paid off.

I took a cab home after the tutorial and it was my first time taking a Mercedes Ben cab. I was in a queue and the moment I saw my cab was a Mercedes Benz. I was thinking to myself, OMG!!! I have to pay a hefty cab fare for it. Prior to that, I would always shun it because I have the misconception that Mercedes Benz cabs meter actually jump faster than usual cabs. I was so ignorant. I heard it from other taxi-drivers but this is not the case as I clarified with him and he told me that it is a myth. The difference is the flag-down fare, for Mercedes Benz cab it is $3.20. Upon reaching home my cab fare was almost the same as previous rides with a few cents difference and the traffic flow for that day was similar to previous rides.

Verdict: Since the difference of the rate is almost the same, I shall not shun Mercedes Benz cab again lol.

On a side note, when the clock strikes 12 am tonight, August will be gone. This means that I have been with NSC for 1 year. How time flies! I still remembered that I haboured the thought that I would quit after my first year but right now I am pretty much settled there. In short, I am a satisfied employee.

a NEW LOOK

2009-08-27T17:01:00.010+08:00

It is time to blog again, after neglecting it for a few days.

Whenever it is time to submit my assignment, I will have to sacrifice my weekend and also my personal time. To add on, given the fact that I am working, it is even more demanding for me because I know if I try to procrastinate it, I would suffer a dreadful ending. Therefore, last Saturday was supposedly reserved for my assignment but I decided to give myself a break after a hectic week. Last Saturday, I had Yoshinoya’s beef bowl for breakfast and I simply love the beef bowl there. It is considered as my favourite dine-in place too. The Yoshinoya outlet at Kovan Hearthland Mall is very supportive of Namie's PLAY album, haha, it just adds to my dining experience having to surround myself with Namie's music lol. Now you see the reason, why I keep going back for at least once a week lol. Apart from that, I am a faithful customer of Yoshinoya for years; it can be traced back to my Secondary School days. I started from their “Teriyaki Chicken Bowl” to “Salmon Bowl” and right now “Beef Bowl”.

I am a movie buff and I like to rent movies from Video EZY. The rental charges are quite reasonable. I usually rent movies that have 5 days catalogue sticker on it. Personally, i think it is a better deal because you can rent 5 of these DVDs for a week for $20 but the movies are not the latest releases. Having to say, this is quite cost-saving compared to $10 per movie ticket lol.

Movies that I rented are as follows:
1) Dive!!!
2) The Coffin
3) Suspect X
4) Pleasure Factory
5) Red Cliff 2

Recently, Unisim has launched a new criterion for submission of students’ assignments. Students are now given 12 hours grace period after the deadline; it sounds good right, 12 hrs extension, after which students who fail to submit will have their marks deducted accordingly. On the other side, if I require more time due to unforeseen circumstances, I have to write-in to Unisim and defray an application fees of $50+ for an appeal for extension. Aiyo, unlike previously, can just request from the tutor. Unisim has become quite stringent on this. Nevertheless, it seems to benefit me more, as I am always the diligent student that submits his assignment on time therefore, with this new criterion it did not impose much of a problem for me and it provides more time for me to complete it lol. Hopefully, I won’t be in a situation where I have to appeal to Unisim for extension, if not I will be $50+ poorer.

I took MC on last Tuesday, maybe due to inadequate of sleep, I had tension headache. It was quite shiok to spend almost the whole day at home sleeping, it is a luxury to be able to do it.

Yesterday, I was quite apathetic to go for my tutorial for the first time for this module, so I went for a haircut to have morale boast. Indeed, after the haircut, my moods were lifted up because I like the cut by my hairdresser. I defrayed $18 for my haircut and if I went for my tutorial I would have spent $12 on taxi fare. So looking at it, actually it is quite advisable to skip the tutorial and spend $6 more for a haircut lol. Of course, there is a price to pay for any action taken, by skipping this tutorial; I missed the integral part of the tutorial which was the grouping for my last assignment for this module. Haiz, whenever I skip lesson, it sure have something essential, so rubbish lol. Hopefully, next week, there will a group for me to join.

Fortunately, my tutor for another module informed us that she will go through our next assignment with us. I like her pre-notice at least I know what to expect for the tutorial.

Overdue: Friday’s Entry: “Where Got Ghost”

2009-08-23T23:29:00.012+08:00

Friday: 21/08/09

Hmm, I should continue the effort on blogging on Friday but I was too listless. I guess that is the “working syndrome” that makes you burnout lol. Nevertheless, I shall do a backdated entry.

I met up with Vanessa, Melissa, and Susan for dinner @ Ion and movie @ Shaw. A little confession to make, actually when I was working, I am already having second thought that maybe I should head home after work. Really bth!!! Just too restless!!! Amazingly, on my way to meet them, I felt invigorated and there was no sign of fatigue.

We had dinner @ Ion, why Ion!!!. Well, that is the hippest place to go now lol. Haha, ok I am not usually late when comes to meet them after work, but this time around I was late for 1 hr 30mins. We had dinner @ Aoba Hokkaido Ramen, it was not that fantastic and definitely not worth your time queuing for it. There was a long queue for it and I am pondering whether after they ate it, would they think that they had just wasted their time. The ramen is not cheap; it costs $15 for one bowl. My initial thought when I ate it was the image of this Korean instant noodle. The ramen tastes like this Korean instant noodle and the soup base is just ok and not many ingredients to go along. Well, it is just as if you are eating a $15 instant noodle. Lastly, if you would like to dine there just make sure you have Citi Bank Card, for card promotion!!!

After dinner, we had coffee @ Coffee Club @ Taka to spend some quality time. We had their signature dessert “Muddy Mud Pie” I could only say after savoured it that it will send you to chocolate paradise. YES YES card promotion: UOB and Citi Bank =)

It's been a long time since I catch any movies and my last movie was “Hangover”. Due to the fact, that Melissa does not enjoy bloodly/gruesome/horror movie. Even though, we wanted to watch “Orphan” but because we are accommodating people, we settled for “Where Got Ghost”. I do think that Melissa was duped thinking that it is a comedy movie with minimized horror elements. Well it is true for most of us except for her, there were a few scenes, like a female ghost dressed in red with blood coming out from the mouth and as usual the sound effects to create the horrifying atmosphere. It was because of these aspects it sent chills down to Melissa’s spine. Haha, I must say, even though you escaped from “Orphan” but you cannot hide from “Where Got Ghost” from frightening you lol. Critics for this movie were bad and it is true “Where Got Ghost” pale in comparison to other Jack Neo’s movies. The jokes were quite corny and duh.

In short, it was a gratifying Friday night and Vanessa still owns us the photos. She is back to her slowness once again, just when we thought we saw some improvement lol.

Wah!!! I was still contemplating whether to continue to blog on my weekend but since it is already 11.23pm. I shall sign off and go to bed.

To be continued…

WHAT A FEELING: A Superb Day

2009-08-20T15:19:00.010+08:00

This morning started off with another round of briefing for my Clinic Operations (Op) Colleagues. It was because of the H1N1 preventive measure and the Clinic Op meeting was divided into two teams. Haha so indeed of giving the briefing once to everyone, I had to do it twice. Well, I gonna said that both sessions went swimmingly which I am truly glad about it. I did not fumble much throughout both sessions and this time around they were quite engaging and prompted queries. This was good as I am able to answer their queries and better comprehend their concerns. In all, I am complacent on today’s briefings.

There were two reasons that I felt it was a seamless and delightful day for me.

Firstly, I managed to extricate myself from the outstanding bills as today I have settled it. Haha to be honest, it was not something I like to do, to chase after the relevant parties in order to facilitate the payment. Well, I do perceive it as part and parcel of life, where we have to perform certain tasks that may not to our liking. I do think that it is no use to elude from it as there is always a saying “You can run but you can’t hide”, which I strongly believe in it. It is always good to accept the challenge so that you can move on and who knows maybe in the future when you encountered the same issue you would not feel apprehensive about it.

Secondly, I am almost done for attaining confirmation from NSC’s patients to be involved in our Community Outreach Programme. These few days, were all on calling patients to inform them about this Community Outreach Programme and whether would they be keen for us to do a home visit and providing them with daily necessities. Well, hopefully by doing this small deed we are able to cushion their current situation.

Ohh yeah, on Tuesday I went to “Waraku” for lunch with my colleagues for OCBC card promotion deal. Having to say so, “Waraku” has this lunch promotion where you order one main course and you can choose one out of three choices of pasta for free. Sound good right, 1 for 1 deal per card, but please bear in mind because it is free; the quantity is not a lot, especially the ingredients. Therefore, if you are famished for the whole morning, you may not want to have that for lunch, as it is not very filling. If not you can opt for their lunch deal which is quite ok not really a good bargain. One main course and free drink (relatively small cup) priced at $8.90 or $9.90++. Last time, it was quite good, $9.90++ with one main course, drink and either pizza or toast bread (tuna or corn).

Ok a bonus, Nat Ho was there dining too, haha ok in real-life he looks quite dashing more or less like on TV and he was dining with a girl. Haha can’t see the girl’s face as her back was facing us. If not, curious to see how the girl looked like lol.

Lastly, “Waraku” has another OCBC card promotion where you can get a $10 return dining voucher when you spend a minimum of $30 and also people with kids 10% off for kid menu with every main course ordered.

My First Briefing @ Work

2009-08-19T17:23:00.017+08:00

Yesterday, I was asked by my Clinic Assistant Manager to brief the Appointment Colleagues regarding Medifund’s 3rd party billing codes. That was because he enquired about the workflow of the Medifund’s 3rd party billing codes and I highlighted to him about that. Therefore, he thinks that it is a good idea to brief the Appointment Colleagues on it as they might be required to do billings when they need to do cross-coverage. Of course, I gladly accepted the request for learning and sharing opportunity.

Previously, I only do presentations for my school projects to my classmates and lecturers and this time around it was different because even though they are staff of NSC but I do not know them well. This time around my audiences were different and of course, I would feel a certain level of pressure. Aiyo stressed, my Clinic Manager, Clinic Assistant Manager, Appointment Executive and Appointment Colleagues were presented during the session. That added up to be about 20+ people. While presenting I received a lot of confused/puzzled looks from my Appointment Colleagues, it further traumatized me as I was thinking to myself, shit!!! izzit they don’t understand what I am talking about and they were inflicted to be more confused or what. Though, I wanted to know whether they understood and it was difficult to know as most of them looked baffled. Thus, I composed myself and briefed them on the essential points and emphasized to them to contact my colleagues or myself when they have difficulties doing MSW’s billings. I didn’t want to stretch my briefing for too long as it would delay their knocking off because they could knock off after that.

When I did my self-reflection after the briefing I discovered I did something quite amusing, I informed them how many billing codes for Singaporean & Permanent Resident but I didn’t inform them what are the individual code for Singaporean & Permanent Resident which made it quite redundant because even though they know how many codes but don’t know which code is for what is meaningless lol. Heng!!! they were given handouts to refer if necessary. Nevertheless, it is a good experience and I am thankful to have the chance to do the briefing and I have one more tomorrow lol. For the next briefing, I must not allow myself to make anymore silly mistakes lol.

Yesterday, I watched all my missed episodes of “Sayang Sayang 2” on YouTube. Personally I do think that “Sayang Sayang 2” is well-produced and scripted and my personal fave is episode 1. It is damn hilarious and entertaining, in order to keep it suspense for you, I should not divulge it. Give it a watch, it is totally recommended. For your convenience, here are the videos for "Sayang Sayang 2" Episode 1. =)

Sayang Sayang 2 Episode 1 Part (1/3)

Sayang Sayang 2 Episode 1 Part (2/3)

Sayang Sayang 2 Episode 1 Part (3/3)

Haiz, it is about time to knock off but I need to go for my lecture later on, so exhausting lol.

do you FOLLOW "Sayang Sayang" & "First Class"?

2009-08-18T10:58:00.006+08:00

It is Tuesday and “Sayang Sayang 2” and “First Class” are installed for you. It is provided that you are as interested as I am lol. Both are shown on Ch 5 at 8pm and 8:30pm respectively. I didn’t watch Season 1 of "Sayang Sayang" due to study commitment but I am glad for this semester that I don’t have lesson on Tuesday. If you want to have a good laugh or light-hearted sitcoms, these two sitcoms will set to tickle you. Must show support for these two local sitcoms if not there will be no season 3 for Harry after work entertainment.

Yesterday when I was looking through my wardrobe and decided to jettison some of my clothes. Well it is not because of augmented of clothes due to extravagant expenses on clothes. I still have limited clothes which explain why sometimes you could see identical clothes on facebook. Just that some of the clothes I have already outgrown or the style of the clothes appear weird compared to last time. You may have noticed that some clothes look familiar and that is because some were birthday gifts from you lol. Hopefully, I will not offend anyone by discarding it because I think it is rewarding to pay it forward to those who need it more than I do. Even though it is not physically around but the joys of owning it once will leave an indelible memory on me. Nevertheless, I took one precious photo of it before giving it away. Haha, I am gonna post it and who knows maybe some of you don’t even remember giving it as a birthday gift for me lol.

It is SO CRAZY, my inaugural post. =)

2009-08-17T09:23:00.011+08:00

Well this is my inaugural post. =)

I know the craze on blogging did not start now and I can be considered as slow/late in it. Most people started to blog in 2004 or so. I still remembered vividly when we had breaks in between lessons during my Poly days; my classmates would rush to the computer lab not to do their assignments but to blog or read others’ blogs.

Back then, I used to habour the thought to follow the trend and lets blog. Somewhat I decided to be different and wanted to keep my affairs private. Well, the main reason for not blogging attributed to the myriad of wonderful events that had happened and were not listed. I felt that it would cause my blog to be flawed. I decided not to blog back then and allowed my limited memory space to be a substitute and of course photos to remember those events/thoughts/feelings.

It was only today, I thought it through and gonna make it happen. If I started to blog in 2004, I would have 5 years of entries. Gosh!!! Why didn’t I expect myself to feel the regret until today? To be honest, I didn’t expect myself to feel remorseful.

I would like to promise myself that I will at least give brief non-fiction events that happened in my life as far back as possible (make it happen) and also on my current life.

Ok I think I need to stop being grumpy before anyone gets agitated (Ji Dong).

For being a hospitable blogger, I would like to introduce a cantopop song by Pakho Chau (周柏豪) & Stephanie Cheng (鄭融) called “Nothing Done” (一事無成).

Give it a listen, haha it is a type of music genre that I like. I hope you will like/enjoy it. =)

P.S. I think the older generation maybe ours’ parents era will think huh what kind of music is that bring back the Teresa Teng/Sally Yeh/Alan Tam/Liza Wang/Adam Cheng’s music. Haha actually a little secret which is yup I do have their songs in my ipod lol. Cantopop classic is formidable!!!

Stay tune!!!