"Vocation" Job

On Monday, my friend asked if anyone interested to help her to sell tickets on Muai Thai boxing competition on Saturday. Selling tickets sounds interesting to me cause so far I have never do such odd jobs before. So I asked for details. It's $40 for the job, it sounds alright for a 3 hours job and we get to watch the Thai boxing competition.

My friend told me she needs 2 people helping her. So I jio Tes to join me. I told her it's not a lot of money, just go there for "life experience". She sounds keen on the job too.

The competition is held at Jurong East Sports Council. Being a xiao sortong again, I do check the location, however I didn't check where is the exact location. I assume that the bus interchange will have the bus to reach there.

We are quite unlucky for that day. It is raining; the bus interchange and even the roadside bus stops do not have any bus to reach there. All cabs are full, thus we are late for the briefing. The organiser is unhappy with us because we are late.

Anyway, we quickly listen to the short briefing and start to sell the tickets. For the first hour, we are quite relax. Practically being paid to sit there and listening to the rhythm of the rain. And some people walked to us, just to ask where is the toilet. Oh yah, we have become the "receptionists".

As more and more people coming to purchase the last min tickets, we start to get busy. The tickets were in denominations of $15, $25, $40 and $50. We always run out of $5 for the change. we are lucky to have another two nice stall owners who are willing to change for us, therefore everything is still in control.

Until the last portion, it is the most challenging part. We need to tally with the sum of money we collected and the number of tickets sold. We kept calculating the sum, it just doesnt tally at all. We had no choice but to recount and recount all the leftover tickets. Strangely enough, at the end of the day, the money and the tickets finally tally.

We went in to take a look. Tes started taking photos. I don't really feel like taking out my camera because we are standing right behind. My friend walked towards us and say that we could go right in front of the ring to take. We get to watch the final match of the most critical part of the show. Indonesian boxer vs Singaporean boxer. The winner is from Singapore!

Guess what has happened to that $40? We spent it on our dinner and cab fare haha... :)

Future is in our hands

Met up with my girlfriend today. We were discussing about visiting fortune tellers. She asked me how much strong faith do I have, in believing in these people. I told her that I will just listen and try not to think so much into it.

She shared with me that last time, she used to believe them word for word. In the end, nothing really changed in her life. She even told me she been to a place before that fortune teller told her accurately about her past, present and her future, despite she never say anything at all.

She is totally freaked out. She suspected that some spirts might have assisted that fortune teller. She believed everything has a price to pay. She realised that it is not good to listen to such things too much.

I will just listen but I will not believe fortune tellers totally. I guess fortune tellers are just psycharists. People visit them because they curious about their future or a problem, which they could not resolved. Hoping that fortune tellers could give them a direction to move on.

Fortune tellers could be giving you a CLEAR direction to move on. If you refused to listen, nothing is going to change. Normally when you are desperate, most likely you will listen, and you start to change. After you have changed, you see things are improving in your life. Thus, you think that what the fortune tellers said is true and you start to believe what he said and keep visiting him for advises.

But the truth is, you make your own decisions, you act on it and you see results. We are changing our destiny every hour, every minute and even every second. Whatever we do now, we are planning and doing it for our future.

If you do nothing about your life right now, 10 years later, it will still be the same old life. However, if you are constantly doing something new or making changes, 10 years later, you will have a totally different life. You have created you own life destiny.

Some meaningful quotes here to share:
"The future is in your hand
And here's the map showing the way
To find yourself again
A part of you we never knew
Tell yourself it'll be alright to give up
And swallow your pride

Believe in yourself, don't be afraid
All your worries will go away because
You will fight to win your life
With strength to carry on"

Young Photography Contest

Yes, I finally submitted my photos to Canon Young Photography Contest. Today is the final deadline for submission, I felt so excited after submitting. Yes, it is just a normal photography contest. But this is my first time, i submit my own works to a contest :p

2 weeks ago, my buddy sent me this LINK, he encouraged me to sign up this contest. I was reading the contest requirements. I saw one of the prizes is Canon 400D. Suddenly spurs me on to sign up.

Tes also interested in this contest and she told me the winner gets to have 1 month internship with the journalist. But my main intention is not getting that internship:p Anyway, I still decided to go for it, afterall not as if i say i will get it means i will get it right? There will be many strong competitors than me.

Whether it will be a success or a failure, it doesn't really matters. Because I know that I have done my best and that is all that matters. Success is just a bonus to me while failure is just show that i'm not good enough yet. I just want to prove that i have the capabilities to do photography.

Photography has become my interest, my hobby, my passion, a motivator to keep me going. I was organising my photos last night. Looking through albums and albums of beautiful and ugly photos, all sweet, sweet memories come back to me. I could felt immediately how i felt when i took that particular scene or moment.

Recall the moments of letting my heart to fall helplessly in love with photography and my life... Start to believe that life is about enjoying great moments and we can freeze them by taking great photos.

The Unpro Photoshoot

Another round of photoshoot again! Model and Art Director is me, myself and Qiqi. Need to some corporate photos for the new series of brochures. The department wants to save money. So we have to DIY.

Problem 1: My colleague last minute back out. Her son is sick. We need at least 3 models so I become the "Stand-In" Model.

Problem 2: All props such as pen, organiser, laptop, need to be self-substained.

Problem 3: We could not find a good conference room. End up have to make do with ugly room. Wrong backdrop + Wrong lightings = Wrong feelings

Problem 4: Photographer has shaky hands and he doesn't bring his tripod. Hence, most photos are not clear and sharp. He still make this comment: Since you are a designer, I'm sure you can sharpen the photos rite? I just replied: if your photos are blur, no matter how good my skills are, the photos will still be blur...

Really appreciated TWO great models, they are quite professionals :) They can high tolerance level to tolerate the unpro photographer...

DIY is like that lah.. don't expect too much okay hahaha...

No Pain, No Gain

"Maybe I'm wrong... I hope I'm wrong... But somehow I can still feel that pessimistic bits in you.. although you are trying to be optimistic..." - Usu

Yes, there will always be a pessimistic and an optimistic Qiqi because sad to say, my life is never smooth sailing all the time. I could have a simple life, but i choose not to. Did i asked for it? I really don't know but I know that I just want to progress forward.

No Pain, No Gain.

Have faced lots of ups and downs in my life, I believe more will come along the way. I don't believe a person can always be optimistic / pessimistic all the time.

With pessimistic and optimistic character in me, i can see my "life road" so much clearer than before :) I don't want people to dictate my life destiny. i want to control my own life.

If you learn how to die and you will learn how to live! If you ever reached the bottom of your bad fall, what is more to be afraid and there is no way you can go down further... You are and you will going to rebounce...

I always remind myself that life is full of hopes!

Even if anything really bad that will happen to me in future, at least I know I have caring family and a group of loving friends who will always stand by me and I know that things will not as bad as it seems...

AMK HUB and my Da Bao

Talking about AMK Hub, I was rather disappointed with it. Seems like the building management wants to launch the opening of the building fast, speed is all they looking for. Although the place is opened for shoppers but bits and pieces of the places are still half done.

Firstly, the "AMK Hub" logo is so ugly. Poorly stuctured building with lack of directional signs. The "XTra" NTUC is so huge that you might lost your way for the first time. Some shops are not even renovated fully. You could still hear noises of the renovation. Not comfortable shopping there at all.

Those shops that are renovated, sold their clothes expensively and putting up "30% Sale" signs in the shop. Maybe the shop owners think that their clothes are branded clothes in the "orchard" area.

MOS burger is opposite of my house keke, I'm so delighted to see it there! :) Yes, it is my favourite japanese fast food. The only shop that i'm pleased to see :)

Hopefully, they will fine tune the unfinished work soon...

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My mum went to AMK Hub basement to buy Da Bao for breadfast. At first, I thought the Da bao is just bigger size than the normal bun...

After i saw it, this Bao is REALLY HUGE. I couldn't help but run to my room, take out my measuring tape. Its diameter is 6inches wide!!!

The taste of the bun is quite delicious. But I don't really like meat bun so I shared this big bun with my parents.

Don't write me off

Don't write me off
It's never been easy for me
To find words to go along with a melody
But this time there's actually something on my mind
So please forgive these few brief awkward lines

Since I met you my whole life has changed
It's not just my furniture you've rearranged
I was living in the past but somehow you've brought me back
And I haven't felt like this since before Frankie said relax

And though I know based on my track records
I might not seem like the safest bet
All I'm asking you is don't write me off just yet

For years I've been telling myself the same old story
That I'm happy to live of my so-called former glories
But you've given me a reason to take another chance
Now I need you despite the fact you've killed all my plants

And though I know I've already blown more chances
That anyone should ever get
All I'm asking you is don't write me off just yet
Don’t write me off just yet



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Loved the songs of "music & lyrics" OST. This is another sweet, sweet lyrics other than "Way back into Love" :) Can't get them off my head keke... If only, my guy could write lyrics like him haha :p

Anyway, feeling tired and shaq but happy. Took many great photos today keke... Will post up a few once i arranged them :)

The Phantom of the Opera

Went to watch International Broadway's most popular musical, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA with my friends.

This is the 2nd time, they have brought this musical to singapore. As all of us knew the storyline inside out, so we went there with some expectations.

After watching the show, I'm impressed with the stage props, sound effects, and good use of the stage. However, my friends think otherwise. Perhaps this is an international broadway, they have much higher expectations. They felt that the vocals are not good enough.

Yes, I agreed to some extend. They do not give me the "WOW" feeling after listening. After we analyzed, we think they did not sing with substantial feelings, losing the "connection" with us at some parts of the show.

People tend to compare and compare and compare. It is always much, much harder to win the audience hearts when the show "revives" once again. With no much expectations for this musical at all, I felt that muscial overall is quite good.

Synopsis
Andrew Lloyd-Webber's phenomenal hit first burst onto the London stage 20 years ago, and continues to play to full houses nightly in London, New York and around the world. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has been seen by over 80 million people worldwide, has been performed in more than 20 countries, has won over 50 major theatre awards, and has grossed more than S$5 billion.

With 130 cast, crew and orchestra members, spectacular sets and more than 230 costumes, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA contains some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most famous and stirring music, including "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Music of the Night".

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is a world-wide sensation which will take Singapore audiences on an unrivalled musical theatre journey.

The Phantom awaits your presence...

Dream Car

It's friday again!!! Another happening friday, one of my colleagues has craving to see her dream car. We went to Thomson used car centre during our lunch time.

Her dream car is Mazda RX-8. It is a sport car that has 4 doors :)
I have to admit that it's external design is so sleek and cool :) Its design has captured my attention so much so that i do not want to look at any other cars anymore.

Every car has its pro and cons. My colleague told us it has high usage of petrol so it is a high maintainence car.

After hearing that, I think i will go back to my dream car, MPV!!! Always dream to own a MPV because it is a family car. I could bring my whole family out togther, without have to think not enough seats for any of my family :)

Having such a low income salary, really hard to get my dream car... :( Singapore Designer's salary really sucks manz...

Super unethical lecturer

I'm upset to hear bad rumours about me again from my ex-classmates. Rumours have been spreading around me since i left the school for so long and I could still hear news regarding about me. This is absurb! I may be the worse student in his eyes. Even though i can't click with him, he shouldn't be bad mouth me after sooo long!!!

He has been spreading some negative remarks to other students and i felt that he has spoilt my reputation. As a lecturer, he should not even do that. I really don't understand why a lecturer could bad mouthing his students after we have left the school for so many years...

He always complains to us, life is sucks. I think he is someone who cannot face up to the reality and who cannot take up new challenges. He always bad mouth students that he dislikes. He dare to tell students that he is super nice guy even though he always scold us for no reasons.

There is one term, he spilt the class into 3 categories: Best, Normal, Poor. These caused the students to be selfish and competitive. I really hate this kind of environment. I couldn't study in this kind of environment...

I am really, really upset about it and I could not do anything about it!!! This unethical lecturer has went to Guangzhou to teach arts. If he thinks he can survive in China, good luck to him then...

"Fighting" with my CO Doctor

I always have bad headaches on and off. I had a bad headache last week. Went to see a clinic doctor twice near my house. He told me if the pain still persist, he suggests i should see a Neurologist. I only remembered he said, "Don't wait".

I have told my manager about my health problem. She said i need to get the referral letter for the company doctor. I have super bad impression about this particular doctor. I felt that he is not being professional. During my first day of work, i was sick. I went to see him. He dont really check me and immediately prescribe the medicine.

Not only that, he was always late for consultation hours. I see it in my own eyes that a patient was sick and he just ask him to come back for the next day. Just because that patient is late for the consultation.

Despite all the unwillingness, i need to go and see him. Because only through him, i can get to claim my medical bills. I went to see him and told him about my problem. He just suan me that there is no such term as "brain specialist".

I was pissed by the way he said it. He was behaving so "YAH-YAH". I was just a layman. How would i know that there is no such term as "Brain specialist"!!!

Anyway, he started to get serious and asked lots of questions about my family history, asked me how i feel and how often i get my headache and blah blah blah.

He asked, "Does that doctor of yours asked these lists of questions?"

I replied, "No"

He said, "He is a lazy doctor who simply pushed the problem to others. You don't go and see a Neurologist just because you want to. I need to observe you for two weeks."

I rebuked back, "That's why I need know what is wrong with me and i need a professional doctor to tell me, what's going on with me!"

After "fighting" with him and the way he observed me, I have a high chance of having "migraine" and also could be wrong sitting posture, I have accumulate for all these years. Maybe he could a professional doctor after all. At least, he still bother to ask me what is really wrong with me and analyse with me on what could be the possible factors.

Yes, I want to see him again two weeks later if my health problem is still there.

National Museum

Have been writting non-stop for the past two weeks, decided give my mind a rest. Now is the photos sharing seasons :)



Went to National Museum with my buddy two weeks ago. We were suppose to go and see "Families and Friends" Exhibition. In the end, I'm more excited with the "Paper Cutting" exhibition more than the "Families and Friends" exhibiton.

The theme is "Bountiful Blessings - Ushering the Lunar year of the Pig".

Papercuts are traditionally used for decorating the home for the chinese new year celebration. They come in a wide range of designs and bear symbolic meanings of well wishes for the family. Papercuts are mostly made from red paper, as the Chinese consider red as an auspicious color.

Detailed Papercut is never an easy job to do. You need to have strong visual and creative mind and a pair of very skillful hands. Really hope that this skill will not be lost over the years.



         

         

         





         

Sweet Porridge

I had sweet porridge for breakfast. Every this time of the year, my mum will cook, sweet and salty Fuzhou porridge for us. I'm sure a lot of you do not know what is sweet porridge. Sweet porridge is my Fuzhou tradditional delicancy.

It could also name as a dessert and we are allowed to eat this once a year. Eating this Sweet Porridge will make you "heng heng", meaning that you will be lucky or good fortune for the whole year and if you are lucky enough, you can even win 4D or TOTO!!!

My mum is a cantonese and she loved to cook. She learnt sweet porridge from my grandma. This traddition is going to lose in our family. My aunties or uncle wives no longer cook this sweet porridge anymore. However, my mum practise it faithfully...

This sweet porridge is basically sweet. The porridge goes with red dates, longan and peanuts, brown sugar, boiled egg. But how can a porridge be sweet??? Last time the thought of it, puts me off totally. Strangely, my whole family loved it, esp my sister. She always eat few bowls of sweet porridge.

However, asking me to eat, is equivalently asking me to "die". My mum will still enforced that i must eat it, no matter how much i hate it. There was a time, my sister joked that im not part of the family because i hate to eat Fuzhou's sweet porridge. I almost believed her. Start to think, maybe i could be an abandon child.

Even though, I'm not that extreme now, i still dont like the taste of it. I will still eat, not to waste my mum's effort. She needs to wake up early in the morning, just to cook this porridge for the family.

When i eat one small bowl of sweet porridge this morning, alright lah, it is not as bad as i thought in the past afterall.

Bottle Tree

Was feeling to rot at home today... After my mum asked me a few times to go and have dinner with them. I decided to join them for dinner. Since my sister last min wants to join us, my parents decided to eat some seafood for dinner.

As usual, i never ask them where they want to go for dinner. Because they always have their means and ways to find nice and good food around in singapore. Tagging along is always quite an advantage :)

My buddy sms me if i want to go Bottle Tree Park for photoshoot. I am curious where is that "Bottle Tree Park"
and i promised him to meet him after dinner.

To my surprise, my parents actually want to bring us to Bottle Tree Park for dinner. What a coincidence. However, we did not eat there, before it is fully packed and reserved.

My dad told us there is a seafood restuarant, somewhere near sembawang park.

It is really super "wu lu" place. Finally i realised that it is still "Bottle Tree" loh... but it is now is "Bottle Tree Village". Really take my hat off to my parents. They are really resourceful people when comes to food.

I didnt meet my buddy in the end but i have enjoyed the time with my family, quite a nice dinner afterall :)

PS: THIS BOTTLE TREE IS REAL!!! ->

Strengths and Weaknesses

When we go for an interview, most of the time, we were asked what are our strengths and weaknesses. If you ask me, this is my most fearful question. If you could answer this question well, you stand a very high chance of getting the job. If you can't answer well, most likely, they are not willing to give you this job and also means that you do not know yourself well. How could you expect people give you this job in the first place?

Why most interviewers would think this question is important and why does this job is suitable for you? That is because your potential boss will want to know whether your character is matching with the company or himself so that not to be a job mismatch.

Recently i learnt that weaknesses can be your strength only if you know how to handle it well.. eg. if you are straightforward person, you can say that you are being frank and you are not a fake person. Or if you are lazy person, it can be seen as u know how enjoy life and you work smart. Or if you are softspoken like me, you can say that you are a good listener...

That's how you can turn your weaknesses into strength. Every character has its strength and weaknesses if you use it apporiately and correctly, you can changed your life totally.

This is not a joke. I'm saying it seriously.

I'm going to relate this between a pessimistic and an optimistic person. That's the huge difference between a pessimistic and a optimistic person. A pessimistic will think that life sucks and drag his feet and wait for miracle that may or may not come... A optimistic will think that life sucks but trying his very best to change his life for a better one and normally it does...

Another typical example is a pessimistic person will think that their weakness cannot be changed while an optimistic will think that they can change their weakness and normally it does...

I think it is very important to have a positive mindset and it is more realistic. Hoping for something that doesn't exist, it is very hard... how many times does miracles comes across in our life? Almost close to zero unless you are damn lucky. Only working through a painful road, will make you become a very successful person in life.

Way Back Into Love

Synopsis: A washed up singer (Hugh Grant) is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written lyrics in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman (Drew Barrymore) with a flair for words.

Watched this funny, sweet and romantic movie last night. Simple plot yet it has intriguing, beautiful romance between the couple. I loved the theme song "Way Back Into Love". Would like to share this lyrics with you guys :)



Way Back into Love
I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need 'em again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end

Designer Babies

Would you design your own baby? The science exists... but where should we draw the line? Title of the article is "The technology is in place to order up a child’s physical traits or intellect. How are how far we want to take it."

Extracted from MSN, written By Scott McCredie for MSN Health & Fitness

"It started a decade ago with Dolly the Scottish sheep, the world’s first cloned mammal. Then a year later came Lucy the Canadian mouse, the first mammal with artificially implanted genes that could be inherited by her offspring. Since then, the world has expressed a mixture of confusion, horror and optimism at the potential of genetic engineering to prevent diseases in humans and “enhance” physical or cognitive traits.

So where does this technology stand? Are we any closer to creating so-called “designer babies”? And is there a developing darker side as well?"

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After reading the whole article, I'm quite shocked and sick over it. I personally feel that it is totally immoral. Why humans could never give up hope in trying cloning animals and now it has tap the ideas on the humans.

What are the scientists trying to prove anway? Just because they want to challenge their own intelligent? What will the world turn to eventually? I really dunno and dare not even want to think about it... It is good to be "creative and thinking out of the box", but it must be a positive cause.

Why do they want to "customise" the babies? What is the main intention or motive? If the humans are successfully being designed in future, what does it makes the humans so unique and special since they are being customised.

I remembered few years back, it was rumoured that singapore actually wanted to place a micro chip inside the body so that we will not have to carry ICs or too many cards anymore. The thought of it makes me so sick as well...

Since they want to do such an immoral move, might as well programmed our life path, people will not have to suffer in choosing the wrong career path or love path... Make us just like robots, probably robots with feelings.

This idea suddenly reminds me of the movie "Artificial Intelligence"... Is that what the scientists wanted to see? What were their mind thinking anyway??? For a Good Cause or Bad Cause, at the end of the day, I really don't know...

Technology is moving so fast, that practically everything can be done. Everything happens for a reason, if that really happens, we have to face at immorally and sickening reality... Are we dare enough to face these consequences?

Men cannot be trusted

"Men cannot be trusted."

This is a strong statement and this is quoted most of my girlfriends, be it they are singles or attached or even married. They wanted to warn me about guys. I start to ponder... if men cannot be trusted, then what about women like us? What makes woman be a trustworthy and faithful partner?

I seen too many unfaithful guys towards their partners but I also have seen gals being unfaithful to their partners too just because they want excitement. So being faithful is worthless nowadays? It's very libral nowadays that be it women or men, it is common that we have high rates of divorce rates.

Sometimes is due to our own pride and ego. It's hard to be the first one to say sorry when comes to quarreling. But if a relationship will lead to divorce, then why do they want to get marry in the first place? A moment of passion? Thinking that he/she the one for you but turns out likewise? Because they have been together for too long so its time to get married?

What is the real reason behind it? Only the couple knows the answer best.

Trust is mutual. Problems can always be worked out at the end but if you have lost the mutual trust and commitment and worse love, probably this relationship is never been yours in the first place.

So Just Let It Go.

Teaching Illustrator

My poor twin sister kenna saboed by her boss to do artwork in Adobe Illustrator. She has no design background at all, however she still need to deliver design work. She got no choice but to ask me to teach her illustrator in skype. This idea is already going to "kill" me loh... Actually I'm not good in teaching people things and now the most challanging part is to teach in skype!!! Okay, she nearly killed me...

After that day, I jio her for dinner. She loved japanese food like me, so we went to Sushi Tei, our favourite jap restuarant. We think super fast loh. After the waiter brought us to the seats, we really decided what to eat already. The waiter is amazed that we could ordered that fast...

We were wondering why are we so alike... then we start to "analyze" our parents. Then we realised that our parents are so alike loh... Our mums are those super friendly and our dads are super impatient one... We really have those telepathy even she gives me one look, i will know that what is she thinking about... Sounds scary right? But to me, is fun keke...

I'm someone goes with my own feelings. Sometimes when you are tired, you just want that person to know what you are thinking, even without having to say much about it. And it saved alot of "time" having to guess, guess and guess... Life is too short for guessing games...

After the dinner, i went through a crash couse with my twin sister. Maybe we have same frequency and she has some basic skills already, it's quite easy to explain to her what are the tools and techniques in Illustrator.

It's such a nice feeling, mentoring my own friend :)

Speakers faulty

One of my speakers spoilt for few months le... Wanted to get something small, have been searching for it high and low. Was looking at Edifier MP300 last time but that time it was sold at $150... wasn't really willing to pay that kind of price for a good quality speakers...

Recently i was abit pissed off with my spoilt speakers when i bought a few nice music cds... Yesterday at the IT Show, saw it selling at $89 was so tempted to buy however my friend told me not to be implusive, cause actually $50+ could get a very good quality speakers. Yah but the woofers are all bulky ones loh...

After thinkin deeply, i still decided to buy my new speakers because it's too attractive to say "NO" le..

Hahaha i know it's my own desire... I really want to pamper my ears with good sound system as well as my eyes keke :)

Bargining Freebies at IT Show

It's another tiring day for me again. Went down to IT show with my friend. I was very much focus on what to buy in the IT show. First thing in mind, my Canon A640!!! The moment I stepped in the exhibition hall, I immediately zoom to Canon booth. The place are so packed with people. My friend and I had to really squeezed our way through.

Asked for the price and see what's the best offer, the sales consultant could give me. She is quite a nice lady, so she offered to give me extra 1 gb of SD card, on top of the given freebies, 2gb SD, Casing, Camera kit, rechargable battery kit, SD card reader. I'm so tempted to make payment already.

However, my friend who are still considering what camera to buy. She stopped me from purchasing first. Cause she wants to scout around first. So we walked around all the cameras booths eg Nikon, Fuji Film, Olympus, Pentax, Samsung, Panasonic etc... Get the feel of almost each and every one of the cameras...

Finally, after she gone through all the brochures. She picked the best 2 cameras models: Canon A640 and Samsung NV10. Canon is great for usuability while Samsung is great for the sleek look. Both are 10 Mega Pixels and awarding cameras.

Once i settled for something, my heart will not changed. So even Samsung NV10 claimed that it is better than Canon A640. My heart still choose to believe that Canon A640 is the right camera for me :o)

Samsung is giving away 6gb of SD cards!!! So we went back to Canon booth to bargin even more with the sales consultant. I know that I need to be thick skin abit, hence I really bargin like an auntie loh... On top of the given freebies, I still managed to bargain another 2 gb of SD card and a screen protector haha :P

The only bad news is i have to wait for a week before I can collect my Canon Camera!!! Sad rite? nvm, I can wait.. what is that 1 wk compared to the 2 months i have waited...

Great stuffs need to wait keke.

Decisions... Decisions...

For the past 2 days, i had been suffered from bad headaches. Why? Cause I have attended Decision-Making course sent by my company. The friendly course consultant makes the whole course itself, fun and interesting.

Supposed to be a 3 day course, the organisation wanted to cut cost so they removed "creative thinking" element from the full course. We were quite pissed off... Anyway, we need to give feedback about this course. I'm going to highlight this point to my boss on why do HR has to removed the "creative thinking" element from the course. Do they mean that small fry like us, don't need to be creative???

The course is all about using various types of Decision-Making techniques to tackle the problems. We did 8 different kind of case studies, brainstorming, organising and evaluating our work. It is quite generic kinda techniques that we can apply in our work or even in our daily lives.

During the break, I spoke to the consultant. It is all depends on individual. Not all people will find this course useful. Because this course is to train logic/analytical people. Creative people will not find it very useful.

An interesting fact that he shared with us was, most creative people are mostly those top management people. They do not like to think in logic, simply because they have vision ahead of others. Decision making techniques will only slow down their thinking process.

And the end of the lesson, we took a short test. This is just to test us how well we are good at the techniques. In the end, i got 6/10. It's a good news to me 'cause afterall, I'm not an analytical person and i hate figures :)

Mr Right and Ms Right

My buddy once asked me when will I settle down. I simply replied him when i found my Mr Right. He said there is no such thing as Mr Right or Ms Right, I could be waiting for nothing. Yes, he could be right. But I just want to wait for my Mr. Right. I strongly believed that he is just out there somewhere...

When we are younger, we could just declare our love to that person when our feeling is right. As we grow up, our love gets complex. Despite even the feeling is right, we could not do that. We will think about if there is future for this relationship or whether he / she could be "right" person that could be spending for your rest of your life.

There are many factors behind it: He/She could be too young or too old for you, He/She could be attached/married with someone else, your love could be stopped by different religious belief or even parents.

Your love will not be blessed. That's when your love gets so much tougher. You will feel so much painful and ironically you will feel that your love is much more precious than any other couples. You will love more and cherish one and other more.

It may or may not work eventually, it all depends how fated this relationship is. I always trust my own feelings when comes to love. 1st time lasted for a year, 2nd time lasted for 6 years, my next relationship that comes along will be a lifetime.

Even my secret admirer said he loved me. I just felt nothing over it. When i met my mr right, the feeling will be felt strong... I will know that even when I want to lie to myself, I will not able to...

I just think of him everyday. I just feel happy when i think what are the great things we can do together. I just want to love someone and be loved by him. I will just smile and cry to myself for no rythm or reason, and still feeling great mood for the whole day. I know it is very silly. But love is meant to be silly and it is something you can't use your rational mind to explain.

Love is just a feeling, that comes along at a right time and a right opportunity. May all couples be blessed with lots of love.

Working with Care Bears

"It's Care Bears Stand!"
"No, it's Care Bears Share!"
"All of you are wrong, it's Care Bears Stare!"

Yesterday my colleagues are debating about the slogan of Care Bears. My colleague go to the website to check. It's really "Care Bears Stare". Why is it stare? Care Bear Stare is the ultimate weapon for the care bears.

Few years ago, i did the care bears quiz. So have the urge to do it again. Last time i was the "Sleepy" Care Bear now I'm a "Love A Lot" Care Bear keke... Maybe I'm more loving now but sleeping is still my favourite pastime :)

Maybe want to try the quiz? It's quite fun :p
http://www.ladyrebecca.com/quiz/carebears.html and let me know which Care Bear are you :)

	Love-a-Lot Bear You love to take care of others and people love being around you because you make them feel appreciated. You are very sweet and soft-spoken. You are also a romantic and consider yourself an excellent matchmaker, so you tend to be a bit nosy. But everyone still considers you the sweetest person they know.
Take the Which Care Bear Are You? Quiz!

Power of Love

Yesterday my colleagues are gossiping about a girl got attached with a rich guy. It was rumoured that there is a guy used to chase her before she got attached. There is a huge controversy going on between us.

I talked to that guy, i asked him what kind of girlfriend is he interested in? He just simply said in relationship needs to a lot of commitments so love is essential. He don't go for shallow girls. I simply agreed to what he just said...

Will you marry for wealth or would you marry for love?

I personally feels that i will marry for love. If I can't find my mr right, i rather be alone. Wealth is something that you can earned as long as you work for it. It is not that difficult. But love is something you wished or desired to have but not necessary you will get it.

When you faced problems in your life, two heads are always better than one. Someone who loves you, he will always be there for you. Sometimes he may not able to solve the problem for you. For me, as long as he is there, i will have enough strength to move on and try my best resolved that problem and move on. There is no perfect relationship in my eyes, only love can conquer it.

My colleage says I'm naive. Bread is always more important than love but that isn't what marriage is about?

Special Blog: Tremors felt in sg

My company building shakes for 3s. Shakingness was felt around 11.50am. At first, I thought it's because i shake my chair. Then I felt strange because i stopped moving and yet my body still moves.

One of my colleages asked if we felt anything shaking. All of us suddenly get so worked up. My manager thought her chair screw came off, my collegue thought she's having a headache, my xiao mei just thought because she shakes her chair.

Then we saw other colleagues in other dept come out of their dept. We think it is quite serious, so better get out of the building. But luckily major happens in our building.

I went to Channel Newsasia website to see the news.

Headlines: Tremors felt in Singapore after quake rocks Sumatra.
"Singapore's Meteorological Services Division said an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Padang, Indonesia at about 11.50am on Tuesday. The epicentre was 50 kilometres north-northeast of Padang, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and some 430 kilometres south-west of Singapore. Tremors were also felt in many parts of Singapore.

Callers to the MediaCorp News Hotline said they felt tremors in areas such as Beach Road, Jalan Besar, Robinson Road, Shunfu and Toa Payoh. Some buildings, like the Concourse at Beach Road, Capital Square and Centennial Tower in the city, and even Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Clementi, were evacuated.

Witnesses said several tall buildings in the central business district swayed slightly."

After seeing the article, I just can't help but feeling sad. This time dunno how many thousands of lives need to sacrific for this natural disaster.

No matter how lousy our life is, we can control and change it but we do not have the ability to control our life and death. We do not know when are we going to die so just live our life to the fullest.

Heavy Breakfast

My colleague says he wants to buy breakfast for us for today. Today he buys 5 different types of "kweks": Chee Kwek, Orh Kwek, Soon Kwek, Chai Kwek, Ben Kwek and also you cha kwek, chee chong fun and soya bean!!! Everyone says the food are delicious. He said all these food are bought from "branded" stalls one... He really very "hardworking" loh...

Chee Kwek is always my favourite. My mum knows how to make delicious chee kwek. I know it is very difficult to make delicious chee kwee one. Someone said the chee kwek is nice. Then I made this comment that its "more than nice". It is very delicious. And guess what within few minutes, all my delicious chee kweks are gone loh...

I'm upset. My colleague says it is bedok chee kwek very famous one. He says next time he can buy more for me. But it is okay lah, I managed to eat 3 Chee Kweks so I'm quite contented le.. normally I will eat 5 at least loh if my mum make it :p Maybe bug my mum to make chee kwek when she's free..

It's a long time since we eat breakfast together le. It's so fun to eat breakfast with large group of colleagues. There are 10 of us. Got the cleaner like Ah Ma, Senior colleagues like Papa and Mama and kids like me and xiao mei, esther, just like one big family.

I ate my favourite Chee Kwee, Orh Kwek, Chai Kwek, You cha kwek and soya bean!!! Wow I'm so full now!!!

1st lesson in Cardio Mix

My membership in california fitness has expired. A few of the consultants called me and asked me for renewal. I told them i do not want to renew any more but they still trying their best effort to convince me that it's good for me to renew.

The reason why i stopped is because i personally feel the renewal contract is too long for me and the package is not as good as they claimed to be. The classes are getting more and more boring and probably it's just me ba... Feeling like im doing a routine exercise over and over again. I need something else to excite me... Any place is a good place to exercise if u really want to exercise...

End my membership and sign up the Cardio Mix at the YCK sports complex. It's near my working place so it's quite convenient. I find that the instructor quite friendly and helpful and sometimes crappy. Only think that i mind is that the techniques are quite old. But generally overall it is okay. I think need to adjust myself back to the normal exercise lessons...

It's quite a tiring exercise. Think i will go and rest le... Good nitezzzz....

Maple Addict again...

Today rain for the whole day, feel like rotting at home. Saw the maple icon on my desktop, decided to login for awhile. Saw Nugget online. We are so excited to each other. I have been half a year or more, never play maple le... I was saying if training and chatting can gain exp, we would have long time lvl up to 100+ le... Then we got this conspiracy plan of asking usu to train for us then we can chat while he is training keke...

I decided to back to play maple again! Then I can be an ICE MAGE keke. Nugget is so happy that i can go back mapling. After crappy chatting, she went off for dinner.

I went back to my RED Drake training ground. Don't really feel like training. Since I'm wearing my CNY clothes, I decided to screenshot of my character. Was thinking to shoot my nice red ang pow, since today is the last day of CNY... shooting, shooting, shooting... then a guy walks passed me so ask him to take "photo" together... haha

Below is the comic strip of my maple screenshot :p

My New Maple Friend






My Ang Pow Money

Meeting Blogger Friends

I finally met my blogger friends yesterday:) We have been looking at one another blogs, make comments, chat in msn but for so many years, we never get to meet each other. There are 7 of us. Actually only 4 of us are bloggers: Minamiz, Ger, Tenshi and myself. The other 3 are Tenshi's friends, who I call them, Funi Guy, Shy Guy, Quiet Guy.

Tenshi's friends are quite interesting. Funi Guy is quite talkative and jovial. He's the comedian in our group. Cracks lots of funny jokes with us. When i asked Funi Guy what is his real name, he wished to be called "Funi". Okay that's quite unique name...

"Dont shoot me! Dont shoot me!" Why I called him "Shy Guy" is because he hates to be photographed. Me, Tenshi and esp Minamiz, purposely took photos of him when he is not looking... He gave the "Wei, don't shoot me!" expression and he starts to cover his face.

As for Quiet Guy, he just sat with us the whole night without saying more than 10 words. I almost forgot he is there... keke :) Oops Sorry purely for entertaing purposes. Not meant to be rude.

Probably we have been "knowing" each other for a long time through blogging. Even though its our first outing, the feelings are quite comfortable. We had porridge steamboat at Liang Seah St and KTV after that.

Shy guy hates to sing, but then again, we forced him to go ktv with us. End up he was "sleeping" at first then he was bored. The guys actually don't really like to sing but the girls want to sing keke so they "bo bian", got to compromise. Anyway, Funi guy borrowed a deck of cards from the ktv and the guys start to play. Playing cards in KTV Hmmm... that's interesting keke...

Good times always flies past fast. Got to catch my last train, no choice got to go off before 12. It was a nice outing.

PS: Just in case you are wondering where is quiet guy. He quietly moved himself away from the cameras keke :)

TOTO Vs Charity

Please bless me with lots of luck today :)

'Cause today is the Hong Bao TOTO's Big Day. My colleagues was talking about it. 10 million of rewards!!! I seldom buy any Toto or big sweep, even 4D. But dunno this time round, i feel so tempted to buy. During lunch me and my colleagues go to amk central for lunch so that we can buy Toto.

After lunch we went to queue for Toto, on our way there, a guy walks towards us to ask for charity donation. My collegue turned him down. That guy says loudly, "Got money to buy Toto, no money to give donation".

For one moment, I felt bad after he said that 'cause what he says it's true. Another moment, I felt offended that why he say until like that... Donation should comes from the heart, not because he asked me to donate then i must donate.

And guess what i did? After I buy my TOTO, I purposely donate from his friend who is so much sincere in asking me for donation. That guy saw it, quickly comes over and asked if my colleague is interested to donate from him.

Thinking aloud: "She don't feel like donating to such people like you."

Team Building Course

Today I attended an interesting course. It's our team-building course. The presenter is from "Potential People". She is teaching us how to improve on our presentation skills. I was thinking that it will be a boring course. Surprisingly, when I step in the room, the presenter walks towards me and asked me for my name and tries to make friendly conversation with me.

Then we were asked to draw a caricature of ourselves and describe two important facts that I think my friends would want to know. I wrote: I love to make new friends and I like to travel any place that is outside of Singapore. Just in case you are wondering why the drawing is so ugly.. it is because we have to use our non writing hand to draw :p And this is how it turns out...

We play games and learn how to use our own body language, our vocal, our eye contacts. It was very fun and entertaining.

The best part of the course, which I like, is to learn to use the fish card and feedforwarding card. Feedforwarding card works like a feedback card. You will write work / personal problems on Feedforwarding card. And you ask your friends or family on how to improve or resolve the issue. You may agree or disagree. But it doesn't matter at the end of the day.

The fish card is just a card that you will write appreciation words on the card and give it to the person. You will make that person feel appreciated by this little gesture. I felt this course has benefit me so I gave a fish card to the presenter to appreciate her good effort in sharing her knowledge and experiences with us.

There are lots of motivational posters pastes all around in the room. But the most inspiring one is: Knowledge is only rumor until it is in the muscle :)