Thursday, August 24, 2006

Things You Should Not Say To Yourself In Your Cubicle (TYSNSTYIYC) #1

had a brainstorm, and i think i shall come up with a "Things You Should Not Say To Yourself In Your Cubicle."

and to start it off........the first on the list:

"You are so small, you make me depressed."

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Revelations

i suddenly had a revelation.......

my next present from J might just be a pair of ear muffs........most probably in pink and fluffy

The Sounds We Feel

blogging on location 8 floors above street level........jus a quick one before i start work........

with J working in a company full of chinese nationals/taiwanese and a fair number on my side as well, the topic of their accent and the way the ladies speak has come up several times........J finds their speech very "teh" which is dialect for "saccharine sweet"...........

im not sure how it shld be spelt exactly cos "tea with milk" is spelt "teh" as well but pronounced differently........but once again, i am amazed at how a dialect is able to squeeze so many words and letters into just one simple term that can be pronounced so many ways and used in equally as many ways........

so J finds their speech "teh"..........

me, ive finally found the reason why sg men are falling head over heels for them.......their "teh" voices can really tug a few heart strings.........this is coming from a person who has a chinese national sitting on the other side of the partition in front of him.......so i have had the opportunity of listening but not seeing.........

so, for the sg girls here's my take on things.......

Good news is, guys can be attracted to a multitude of things abt you and not necessarily your T&As..........

Bad news is, if you want to be a winner, get a voice coach........either that or start gorging on some really sweet stuff...........of course that would make you lose your figure........and your friends might not take you as seriously when you talk.............

btw, I am not interested in my office co-worker in anyway.........

Sunday, August 13, 2006

An Update

well, ive finally found the time and energy to blog alittle.......sitting in J's room waiting for her to return from her relative's place just a few blocks from here..........how convenient it is to have relatives nearby........u can pop by for a little change of environment every now and then........and food too.....

im settling down quite nicely into my job........trying to come up with a routine so that i can continue with the stuff i enjoy doing during the wk...........

but to quickly summarize wat's been happening:
1. work has picked up sufficiently to keep me occupied during the day
2. ive begun on a self-imposed diet
3. ive finally squeezed out the time to detail my ride. doing one step an evening over the course of 3 evenings. with the help of J on the washing bit.
4. im gonna start rearing new fishes. i.e. cichlids
5. ive learnt the meanings of 'chichi' and 'caveat emptor'. Merriam Webster online is a godsend.

the reason behind no.2 is the amount of food ive been taking in and my dropping of an exercise routine........lately it's always been hokkien mee + 'oh jian' (translated: oyster omlette'), or porridge + hokkien mee + 'oh jian', or chicken chop + .......nah, not hokkien mee + 'oh jian' tho they were very tempting at the time..........yee mian (translated: yee noodles) + chicken wings..........

im surprised ive not ballooned yet........

there have been times when a nice juicy bit of blog fodder surfaces, but i never get down to putting it in words.......mainly cos i dun have the energy or time to do it at the end of a day........
there is an incident or 2 that has stuck sufficiently for me to blog abt........
first, on a more serious and self-reflective note, an indonesian colleague asked me this question recently, "So why do you like IT?" IT being information technology, not sex.......

my answer wasnt immediate........but when it came, i realised how true it actually is considering those who know me probably think i enjoy the field.........my answer was, "I don't really like it (per se). It's just something I am good at and have the patience for it."

on a less serious note, 2 of my pet gripes have surfaced enuff times recently for me to warrant a post on then...........i guess it happens everytime i meet new people..........the first being my colleagues (particularly my director) mispronoucing my name........they (particularly him) jus cant seem to get it rite no mater how many times i try to 'reintroduce' myself..........there are times i jus give up and use my chinese name to avoid feeling like a certain 500 pound WWE wrestling star.......

the other gripe is the whole issue abt my age.........was having lunch with my colleagues and PM yesterday (yes, it was a saturday, i had to go back to office this earlier this morning too incidentally) when the topic of discussion came round to how old we all were and when the year of my birth was revealed, my PM had this to exclaim (translated from mandarin), "81 only?"

sighz...............

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

National Day

first up, happy birthday sg.

alrite, bad boys 2 showing on tv. blog later. or maybe 2mrw......then again.......

i promise ill post soon.

crap, this feels like a marriage.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Nutz

check this out........



a porsche gilded in 22 carat beaten gold.........only 10 are to be made of which 9 will be sold and 1 will be used at motor shows........

pure madness......

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Update

voila~!!!! the new 4ft tank. a joint project btwn my dad and i. scaped by yours truly.

a shot of the full setup.......


a close up


a closeup of the left side of the tank


the right.......


the center area


and the fishes that my dad's been going nuts abt.........


and the current stock of fish......
17 Rams
25 Neon Tetras
12 White Tip Tetras
12 Emperor Tetras

my dad's absolutely nuts abt the whole tank.......he enjoys watching the fish eat, swim and even sleep........

me, i only get to fully enjoy it on the wkends.........i dun come home early enuf to see the tank lights on........

~ . ~

behold my new remote control holder..........