Tuesday, September 27
The Rich
Taking a slight glance at our neighbours..at the sheltered car park slots that are allocated..they are seriously under utilized..take a look at ours now..Cars flood the sides of the narrow road towards the back of the building..On average..every three weeks there bound to have a new vehicle..People here really spend money like nobody's business..money come and go like the tap..-__- Assume if everyone's in..Two BMWs, one Alpha, Six Nissans, Three Toyotas, One Mitsubishi, One Suzuki, One Honda, One Mazda, One Ford, Four Company's pickups and One Company's van..Six motorcycles..a car garage huh..Hmm..can imagine the amount of debts each has to come up with every month on instalment and petrol..+_+ Arent these liabilities? Would you pay more for transport every month for more convenience and time reduction on travelling? Hmm...
The Peanuts
Of course there's the people living in poverty as well..Subtly being pushed around..from one to another..and yea..lacking in empathy is the cause of all these..top management invokes dissatisfaction because they fail to see from another's perspective..see from someone who is inferior to them..from what i think, the really successful bosses are those who are willing to sit down and think about the difficulties their employees face.."live with them" and not merely delegate and solve problems arising from work related stuff..There are actually many other psychological barriers which workers face while doing their work..like the different instructions in orders given by the many top people..it doesnt help much when each individual leader gave varied instructions all the time..=X
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2:52 PM
Wednesday, September 21
From An Old Friend
Received an sms from ZH on Sunday..some forwarded message that says Happy Mooncake Festival..and for the first time since we became friends..I replied to his message..with similar but short well-wishes..and so coincident, Peiyi was just telling me she happened to browse through some friends' web page and found out that he has had a new squeeze..Finally..seemed as if some of the heaviness was lifted off me..in which I dont know why I felt this way since we last turned into friends..but what I can safely say now is that..I'm glad..really glad that he has moved on..and doing well..=D
Am I That Scary?
Hehe..just remembered a scene back at office..I was penetrating through the hoards of doors in office after 5pm..heading towards the ladies..when behind this filmed door..someone opened the door for me..I was a bit taken aback..=X Yet, how come I got the impression that the guy is more stunned than me? Nevertheless..I remembered my manners..I said "Thank you"..but as I proceed to my "final destination", I suddenly realised that there are a lot of hooha behind me..I saw the same guy's bag being stuck in the door that I just passed..and that he had another guy's help to tug his bag off some door latch.. -____-''' Weird..am I that fat that he had to squeeze to the side of the door to get out which ended up with his bag got stuck in this huge door? What's up with two big guys tugging at one small haversack? -____-?? I giggled as I walked on..Something's wrong with this guy..or am I that scary..??
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2:59 PM
Wednesday, September 14
The "Complete" Sleep
Was taking office transport home yesterday..supposedly trying to sleep soundly on the bus but no..was awakened by the conversations and loud giggles around me..and I was guilty of something..yea..ignoring them completely when they called my name..asking me about something that I do not wish to answer..~,~ I simply closed my eyes..Sometimes it's much easier to just make your upper and lower eye lids meet and avoid all confrontations..no doubt it's a way of escaping from reality..shutting out all awkward questions..but who cares..as long as I can get out of a temporary difficult situation..why not..
Recently, I read about an article.."Dodging the Bullet" about some natural behaviour of avoiding people whom you have no intention of getting into small talks with..Detouring to avoid..or outright pretention of not noticing the person..blending into your background..how come it sounds so much like me? Anti-social? Shy? Not fluent? Nah..to me..it's just that if I dont feel like talking to you..I will not talk..and most of the time..I have nothing much to say to acquaintances..Isnt it? What should I say? "Where are you working now? So..how much are you earning? How's you and your BF/GF going on? Oh..when are you getting married? Have your heard from..thought I heard that..yea yea..how can like that..??" Define gossips.. Come on! All so fake fake fake..so what do I choose to do? Sleep my way through..Shut the whole world out..Out of sight and hearing..out of mind..=/
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2:25 PM
Thursday, September 8
The Satisfaction of Seeing People Smile You may not believe this..just spend a half a bomb yesterday, eating into my tight cash flow but I do feel satisfied..and happy that I have actually made the people around me smile..sincere ones..and I really havent seen that for a long time le..Went Taka mooncake fair with dear yesterday..whoo..you can find all shapes and wrappings and sizes of boxes of mooncakes..accompanied by sales people at the counter who are just too eager to encourage you to try out their 'samples'..fun though..tasting them..analysing them..working out budget and the targetted recipients..see who can offer the best deals. With a customer like me..who wants good taste..good packaging..good variety of mix and match..(Imagine a customer who wants a box of both Snow Skin and Baked mooncakes -__-''' ), you will not want to bump into a consumer like me..haha! But but, I managed to find one..completed in a pretty box..for my aunt! Heehee..and she loved it!Anyway, I bought Tong Hai mooncakes for my grandma..and dear's mom..yea..one reason is that grandma will definitely love this cantonese brand..another is because of tradition..though she reprimanded me for spending money..but she did it with a wide smile..interesting eh? At least it's comforting to know that she knows I do care for her.. ^_^ Dear's mom said that I was too "ke qi" le..I feel sweet..or rather feel so much connected to people whenever I made them smile..so it's possible to care for people whether they are closed to you or not..Compassion that comes from the bottom of the heart warms people..and in turn..warms yourself..this is definitely a beautiful trait that is found in the quiet human world and necessary to keep the world a better place to live in..it's a cliche..but think about it..and define the power of smiling.. ;D
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2:42 PM
Saturday, September 3
Hypocrites
Episode One An ex-Prudential colleague called up few days back..havent heard from him for a while..call me at this time..when my voice's gone and nose running like a tap..-__- The moment I picked up my phone, he immediately asked.."Hey, you not feeling well ah..should take care..recently got a lot of people kena virus.." Then the next moment, he asked.."So how? You are..working now right? For how long already?" In his background, I can hear people talking over the phone..yea right..think he's in his office..a call centre to which all advisors call their "long lost friends"..then he added "Well, I lost most of my contacts' numbers..now trying to catch up..you still have my number right? Not this number that I call you..this is the office number..We should catch up on lunch one fine day.." -__-'''
Weird..I dont feel like talking to him as compared to the past..What is he doing in office at this 8pm plus hour calling me? There are only 2 motives..One, to get me change my job..Two, when the previous fails, get me to buy policies from him..if he told me that he was at home at that time..I may not mind talking to him..maybe he really wants to catch up..see howz life for me..but what is this??! Giving him a strong hint that I was reluctant to talk to him..I emphasized..with a slightly louder tone..that I'm happy in my job..fulstop.Episode TwoNow I can fully relate to what Peiyi told me the last time we met up..the word "Puiz" to describe how disgusted she was with her colleague's behaviour..Geez..now here's my story..Was on MC yesterday..and received one lengthy msg last night.."June ah..you going office tomorrow? Can help me buy breakfast? Btw, are you feeling better?" -_______-''' '''
What's this??! Puiz puiz puiz! I simply replied yea..going..and she replied again.."Okay..help me get anything but no bread pls..if it's convenient, help me get yam cake..with black sauce and chilli..thanx" @#*%#* This is not the first time le..it's not that I mind getting breakfast for her..with "orders" like that..hard for me not to be condescending..She sent me another msg.."If it's not convenient, dont need buy for me..thanx.." What's with the "Thanx"??! She knows very well it's convenient for me..she has been to my place for many times le..
Episode Three
In the late morning, someone from upstairs poped me a msg.."June..heard that you on MC yesterday..feeling better?" The next moment..before I start typing "Yea better..thanx" she told me.."Btw, I need this job form now.." Puiz! I will rather she straight away tells me that she needs that job form now..dont act as if you are very close to me when you know that you are not..do not need to be so diplomatic in such cases..too fake for me le..-____-''' Brrr...that's cold..
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3:55 AM
Friday, September 2
For the first time..I watched most of Superstar..haha..and it's the finals le..gosh..never like to follow through though..so just watch finals lo..^,^ Well well, who have we got here? Kelly and Kelvin..Heaven seems to put a little more time on their vocals..simply beautiful voices..
Kelly seems the sweet and typical girl-next-door..someone who sometimes..er well..tries too hard..but well, she did put up an entertaining performance..with all her cutesy images..from afro-head, ballerina skirt, to a pretty little princess..a pleasant surprise for all her fans..Kelvin on the other hand..is a pleasant looking and simple dude..someone whom you cant tell there is something wrong with his eyes..all because..he's such a natural on stage..it's only when Peiyi told me and the newspapers reported that he was born blind that I believed that he really cannot see..nevertheless..he did a wonderful job..using his voice to atone for his imperfection..he captured steadiness..control of the stage..and moved people with his voice..bravo..!
There's always the debate..whether the first Superstar should be dedicated to a person like Kelvin? On a more pessimistic note..perhaps this is one breakthrough in the music scene..a superstar who can sing but not dance..hard to believe this..to which a superstar is supposed to have the whole package..or maybe this is one gimmick that Singapore used to share a piece of the limelight in the music scene ..to bring the attention to us..yes..us Singaporeans..it will be tough on Kelvin though..On the other hand, people here seem to have become more open-minded to things..no more sterotyped ideologies..Well, given a situation like this..hard to say..yes..no doubt this is written after watching the finale..but somehow in me while watching..I know I will not be surprised if Kelvin clinched the title..he has managed to move people..that's enough..Initially, it's easy to think that most of the votes he got are sympathetic ones..yet after watching him sing..his voice commands..his dispostion..his way of talking..I do think otherwise..and all I can say is that he deserves the champion as on equal grounds to Kelly..nothing less..Throughout the show..Kelly kept changing her attire..her image..Kelvin? Not really..merely clothes..
The courage that comes from Kelvin..who is able to hold his stage and voice well in a world of blackness is superbly admirable..That alone has moved people..Courage plus control..not disability..sometimes..when one of the five senses are not in used..the four other are more sensitive..hence allowing him to appreciate more of the people around him..and he never took things for granted..thus earning him the extra votes..^_^
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2:59 PM
