My Ah Gongz hairdo

This cannot be lah. How come people take pics always look so nice. But When I take pics sure to something go wrong? Pimples get magnified, one eye big one eye small, crooked smile and in this one I look like I'm wearing my grand farder hairstyle.


I must start banning cameras around me. Starting to develope saycheesiphobic.

Birdy wedding

Was invited by my cousin to Jurong Birdpark this saturday. She is holding her solemnization there.

So interesting. And this happens to be my FIRST time going there.

Yah, I never join any school excursion to Jurong Bird Park before. The closest I've been to that place was when I visited the Jurong Reptile farm during Pri 6. That place happens to be next door.

The solemnization's outdoor so I was thinking if all their birds there are toilet trained. A major turnoff if you get additional seasoning
from the sky.

I think their behinds are wet

40 year old virgin

I went to catch this show yesterday, thinking it would be another american pie. It wasn't. It was more like a mushy love story so I was left pretty disappointed in the cinema.

But there are hints of gags peppered throughout the show but surely ain't worth the price of 2 movie tixs.

Go get the disc instead.

I did however break a record in smuggling record amount of "illegal" food into the cinema! We got in a can of barley, a MOS cheeseburger and half a dozens of sushi.

Yeah not a lot but my wife's handbag got limited space. Next time I'll try to squeeze a kfc family feast in.

Immune to coffee

It started with one cuppa in the morning, then one more after lunch and one more during teabreaks.

And suddenly there are a lot of teabreaks.

I still need to drink coffee but finds it to be more of a formality or a standard procedures because it can't seemed to keep me awake at the right time anymore.

I'm having my 3rd cup today anddddd.........Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

Frustration!

Is it so hard to find a pragmatic and nice skin for blogger? So many skins are made with attempts to squeeze everything into a small window and has no indications of where to click.

Come on people. Be practical. Your 17 inches monitor is already so limited, you still want to make it into a 7 inches view?

And the buttons that nobody will ever know. Geez... It's not a mobile phone you know. People won't be bothered to explore to find out.

Words more powerful than writing?

I find it very interesting that while the people from JTC, Hyflux and UTAC were unanimously verbally condemning Andrew Kuan's credential, Andrew seems to have all the written evidence to prove them otherwise. Written evidence that doesn't get much press space in newspapers.

MP defends what he said about Kuan

In court papers, he says views about ex-presidential hopeful were true

By Aaron Low
Oct 15, 2005
The Straits Times

BUSINESSMAN and MP Inderjit Singh says statements he made about former presidential hopeful Andrew Kuan's employment record and work performance were both true and amounted to fair comment.

Mr Singh made this point in his response to a defamation suit launched by Mr Kuan against him.

In his documents filed at the High Court last Friday, the People's Action Party MP also said that he had made his views about Mr Kuan known as there was public interest in the matter.

Mr Kuan, who is not represented by a lawyer, filed his defamation lawsuit on Sept 13, alleging Mr Singh defamed him in a statement to the press on his employment record and work performance when he worked at United Test & Assembly Centre. The company, founded by Mr Singh, hired Mr Kuan as a consultant for several months in 1998. Mr Singh was then its president.

Mr Kuan claimed Mr Singh's comments, which were published in newspapers on Aug 13 and 14, were meant to be understood that he was not competent and therefore fired from his position.

He also alleged that the remarks by the MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC implied that he was not reliable. Mr Singh responded to the suit and his lawyers filed his defence at the High Court last Friday.

The Straits Times applied to the High Court legal registry to view the document. In it, Mr Singh said his remarks provided a 'balanced account' of his experience with Mr Kuan.

Mr Singh, who is represented by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh and Mr Adrian Tan of Drew & Napier, added that he made his views known because they were a matter of public interest at the time.

Mr Kuan was applying for an eligibility certificate to contest the presidential election.

The remarks were meant to mean that Mr Kuan did not have the requisite qualities to become the president of Singapore, stated Mr Singh.

He added that he had a 'moral and social duty to publish the statement' to the public and that Singaporeans 'had a corresponding interest in receiving the information'.

On Aug 11, JTC Corporation commented on Mr Kuan's employment record. The statutory board said he was asked to leave as it was not satisfied with his performance. His application for a certificate of eligibility was eventually rejected by the Presidential Elections Committee on the grounds that he 'could not have the experience and ability in administering and managing financial affairs as to effectively discharge' the duties of president.

Mr Kuan is seeking damages and legal costs from Mr Singh.

But Mr Kuan is also facing a defamation suit himself. Lawyer Chia Boon Teck, a former management council member of the condominium where they both live, is suing him for remarks he made to newspapers soon after he announced his presidential bid.

When contacted yesterday, Mr Kuan said he did not wish to comment, as the case was already before the courts. Mr Singh and his lawyers likewise also declined comment.

Why would they want to extend him for another 2 months if he's really that bad? So that they fire him then and not earlier???:

RESPONSE TO UTAC (MR INDERJIT SINGH’S) PRESS STATEMENT IN ST 13 AUGUST 2005 (By Andrew Kuan Yoke Loon on 13 August 2005)

The details of my contributions are set out in my 5-page Employment Highlights already released to the press previously. A copy of the Employment Highlights are available on my personal website www.andrewkuan.com. I was invited by Mr Inderjit Singh, President of United Test Center Singapore Pte Ltd (UTAC) to join as Consultant in July 1998. I never intended or sought to be a CFO in his organization. I was merely a Consultant through my company Blue Arrow International Pte Ltd, to set up his finance department and to advise on financial management matters. My letter of appointment dated 6 Augus t 1998, issued by Mr Inderjit Singh makes this clear: “We are pleased to appoint you as consultant with effect from 1st July 1998. This appointment is for a period of six months from the effective date. Both parties may terminate this appointment with a one month notice in writing.” “Your appointment is on a part time basis and you are expected to work on United Test Center Singapore Pte Ltd (“the Company”) business for a period of 2.5 days a week. You will report directly to the President and be responsible for the task assigned by the Company.” I was never terminated by Mr Inderjit Singh “after some five months”. On the contrary, after I completed my initial six months, Mr Inderjit Singh extended my appointment as Consultant for another two months. By a letter dated 28 December 1998, Mr Inderjit wrote: “We are pleased to ext end your appointment as consultant for another two months from 1 January 1999 to 28 February 1999.” My working style at UTAC had been open and inclusive, even though I reported directly to the President, Mr Inderjit Singh. Typically, I would conduct an open briefing at management meetings. Copies of agenda, including attachments for discussion are given to the President, Mr Inderjit Singh, and all senior management as well as the two financial managers. One example would be the Financial Meeting on 1 September 1998. I hope the above clarifies and corrects the factual errors in Mr Inderjit Singh’s press statement. I ask the members of the press to please publicize this response in full for the benefit of transparency and complete information to all Singaporeans for their informed choice. Thank you.

My answer

I chanced upon this interesting blog today called "orgasmic hansters" and this particular posting caught my attention:-

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A question to all boyfriends/husbands out there...

Would you mind if you other half sneezes really loudly at home?

I've suppressed my sneeze from such a young age that it sounds like a squeak now but i like it when i'm alone at home and i would force myself to roar with such vigor when i sneeze that it resonates throughout the house.

It sorta de-stresses i guess.

Therapeutic for stressed students like me :D

So.. What say you ? No politically correct answers like "I sneeze loudly too so i don't mind her sneezing as loudly as me" because thats complete bollocks as we know guys tend to sneeze in a more hearty manner anyway."
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Let me try to address that.

Why men like women? I read somewhere about this boy who thinks that girls don't fart. Naive but it very much form the basis of why men like women.

Women are supposed to be feminine. That is why we like them. Definition: Fine, intricate and delicate. Or you can take Xiaxue's definition: Shu Nu

Sneezing loudly is one of the many biological actions that does not belong to the feminine category. The same goes for farting loudly, snorting loudly(due to running nose), talking loudly, yawning loudly.

See the similiarities? High decibel.

Maybe that is why I don't find women who smoke a turn-off. How loud can one smoke? A smoker myself, smoking is a good time to take a break and think about stuff. Maybe that's why smokers at smoking point always click. They all bear the same characteristics. They are either thinkers or addicts or both.

But I'd digressed. Why high decibel? Because those are things associated with men's behaviours.

Unfair as it is but that is men's expectations of women. Vice versa, who would want a sissy or super hiao boyfriend/husband? Who can tahan their man to visit spas and salons more times in a month than women does in a year? Who can tahan their man to have better skin than them, have better figure than them?

So there, that's my answer.

So chweet..!!!

Anniversary 14th Feb, Valentine 14th Feb, Wedding 14th Feb...

Women : Sooooooo chweeeeeEEtt!!!

Men: 1 stone kills 3 birds present!

Yes chweet chweet ladies, that is why it all happen on the same day.

US envoy comments about the Singapore system

Look at the contrasting headers between local and foreign reports. News sensationalizing or the brutal truth? I could only say different phrasing = different impacts.

US envoy slaps Singapore over freedom of speech
MSNBC - 22 hours ago
By John Burton in Singapore. The outgoing US ambassador to Singapore has criticised the city-state's restrictions on free speech ...

US envoy slams Singapore's political curbs Reuters.uk, UK - Oct 11, 2005 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The outgoing US envoy to Singapore criticised the city-state's limits on political expression, saying governments will pay an increasing ...

More can be done to boost Singapore-US ties: Outgoing Ambassador ... Channel News Asia, Singapore - Oct 11, 2005 By Farah Abdul Rahim, Channel NewsAsia. SINGAPORE : Singapore and the United States are the "good guys" - like-minded countries with ...

20th century political model won't do for S'pore: Lavin TODAYonline, Singapore - Oct 11, 2005 DESPITE its economic success, Singapore's political system faces a tough transition as its citizens demand greater participation, outgoing United States ...

US envoy in rare criticism of Singapore
MSN Money - 21 hours ago
The outgoing US ambassador to Singapore has criticised the city-state's restrictions on free speech in a rare public rebuke by a US official of one of ...

RELAX !!!

He looked like he just attained orgasm.

Honesty isn't the best policy. Silent is.

I just realized that a 4th blogger may be charged under the Sedition Act.

As much as I believe in freedom of speech, there are certain things that is better kept inside your head. Yes, I thought I could also be honest annoynomously on the Internet. You are behind a veil afterall.

But that's life. There will always be certain things you won't voice out due to possible dire consequences. I found out the hard way when I was much younger.

Being curt and straightforward was what I deemed to be my characteristics. I would just say things based on how I feel and how I see it. Hurt your feelings? That's your own problem.

Just like all causes, there is an effect. People started to ostracize me and in turn, I started to keep things to myself.

But it was good training though as I went into NS as a super low profile person coz I seldom talk. Of course, the low morale of being in-camp helps too.

Joining to become a Customer Service Officer after army forced me to talk, a job that I'm grateful for as otherwise, I would continue to be that muted boy.

One thing lead to another and soon I seemed to be ostracized again. For my actions and my big mouth, which also earned me a nickname that is the same as my real initial T.C.K (Tua Chwee Keong)

People who knew me from then til now would probably realise I had mellowed down, talked much less. It a precaution. Don't talk, most likely I can't possibly offend anyone.

Good or bad? I don't know.

What I know is telling the truth requires the listener to possess an uncanny ability to accept the truth. Of course phrasing can also have differing effects. But that's so much work. It's like writing a report for submission. You write the draft, you proofread, you re-do it, you show others for comments, then you come out with the final drafts and then make minor adjustments. By then the topic would already be stale and rotten

If these bloggers had kept to themselves, they wouldn't be in the spotlight now. Freedom of speech or a bad consequence? The choice is quite simple.

Everything also must Zhng!!

Wahaha. I can foresee this is goin to be the new buzzword in the blogging scene, ZHNG.

mb's podcast on this about car zhnging is simply hilarious. Reminds me of the Jack Neo's cassettes I used to buy and listen to.

But let me choose I think zhng face more impt. zhng car nice nice come out the driver face like kanna lorry drive over before also pointless right. haha

Interactive Car Wash??

I am trying SssooooooOO hard not to imagine what that means. The background of the flyer sure doesn't help.

Honey, I be going out this Friday. Er... to watch Arm Wrestling.

LTA's sincerity and foresight

I actually thought this was authentic the very first time I got it. I was hoping it is because it would really be interesting.

Anyway it turn out to be a hoax. Not an intended one. Just happen that there was this Sec school kid who is very into this kind of stuff. Using his creativity, he extended our current MRT tracks layout. Very neat if you were to ask me.


LTA is also very sincere in their view about this. They are pleased to know about his keen interest in an interesting area such as land transport. Should he want to pursue a career, go and take a look at their job ad.

Riiiigght. Remember people. You could impress many people but you still gotta take a queue number. You can't expect to jump queue with just your interest and talent?!?!

Also highly educated Singaporeans can be easily misled. You almost made me consider an immediate house moving to somewhere near the future Temasek MRT Station. Now imagine realizing only long after that is just a hoax. People are going to get pissed and start rioting. Unrest everywhere. The horrors!!

And when you do need to use material as a basis for your creativity or school work, remember citations are not enough. Permission is also required. Don't worry, our gahmen agency very efficient one. You can expect overnight responses from them.

Excerpts:

"Said an LTA spokesman: 'We are pleased to hear that the school student has strong interests in the land transport system in Singapore.'

And the spokesman added: 'Should this student wish to pursue a career in land transport, he can apply to LTA when we put out our job advertisements.'

However, LTA does not approve of his work because the circulation of such unauthorised maps may be misleading. Also, its official map cannot be reproduced without permission because it is protected by copyright laws."

My hobby is to play mah-jong

I met my ex classmates a week ago for a reunion dinner. We were talking about how we kinda missed school. Missed it in a sense that it occupied our non working hours meaningfully.

And because you paid for it very expensively, you will force yourself to participate in all scheduled lessons, tutorials, projects meet-ups, etc.

We graduated last Dec after two years of part-time studies. Most of us yearn for a break, to take a short breather before planning the next step. It is now Oct and we are still planning. Or rather, we are trying to start planning.

Also it's rather hard to get a buddy to participate in the recreation that you want to embark on.

I wanted to try diving but find it expensive and keep procrastinating.

Ideas were tossed across on what could we may do and enjoy together.

It seems mahjong is one thing.

This is something that had kept me occupied for quite a number of weeks for the past few months. Not a cheap time-burner if you suck at it and I do suck at it.

Is life in Singapore really so limited???

Ti-Ki(stubborn) women

It came to my attention quite some time ago that there is a segment of Singaporean women who are very obnoxious. I call them ti-ki women, some of them even attain the Super ti-ki women status.

How do I tell if they are? Oh, it's vveeerry obvious. They are the kind of people who must do things THEIR way but the kind of things are really so mundane and minute that typical human beings will not even be bothered by.

They are the kind of people who frequently wrote to ST Forum complaining about every single show that Mediacorp is busting their butt to come up with. They are the ones who would complain about the sexual theme, the single mother theme, the children play game don't want to go to sleep theme. Basically they are the ones who feel that TV(esp Channel 8 shows) can seriously brainwash a lot of people.

They are also the ones who would sign off with not only their name, but also the fact that they are (Ms) or (Mdm).

They are also the ones that complain about WWE being shown on TV on late nights and bearing a negative influence on their children when these group of children should have been made to go to bed.

They are the group of people who over react over the slightest possible issues. They would use words like outrageous, ridicule their intelligence, shocked, disgusted. These are also normally the same group of people who would earn a spinster title in their later life.

Personally I am also disgusted(hey, I'm using their lingo) by these kind of people. But as with all things, if you don't irrirate me, I won't reciprocate.

But today, one of their kind step on my toe. The fact that I wasn't in a pleasant mood at that point in time didn't help. Basically I had over-calculated her salary and over paid her. It came to my attention only today. Thus I told her we will do the appropriate deduction in her next pay.

Not a big deal to me. I didn't underpay her or delay her pay.

She retorted that she is shocked to know about it and feel that it is outrageous(???). She quoted e.g about her ex comp whose payroll made such mistake today and over paid someone's claim. Ooookaaay.

I don't know. Maybe throughout her life, she never made a mistake before. I made one, apologize and told her what could be done at her least inconvenience. I could have asked her to draw out the amount and return it to us but that would be so stupid and troublesome.

Thus I was appalled to witness her reaction. Seriously, what is the deal here? If you look at it from another angle, I am basically paying her a portion of her NEXT salary earlier.

I am not indemnifying myself from the mistake but to react in such manner is a bit too over for me.

Coming back, such people are also mostly well-educated, sufficient enough to know their rights and probably won't have a huge network of friends. They would also be the same kind of people who would scrutinize every single word of a terms and conditions, super paranoid about every policy and services did not address their exact demands.

These kind of people, please stay away from me.

A Meaningless Life

What is this life I live? Everything seems like an illusion.
Every day passes like a haze in utter confusion
I crave to discover the mysteries that lie beyond
The comprehension of an ordinary human mind
Like the stretch of shimmering sand on a lonely beach,
My mind wanders aimlessly to the places where my body can't reach.
My desperate dreams lie suppressed,
Within the cavity of my heart waiting to be fulfilled
This is endless wait I know deep in my heart
But still this restlessness tears me apart.
From this excruciating mental pain I want to be free.
Why the mystery still continues to elude me?
Hopeless I longingly wait for that day,
As of now, it seems so very far, far away.

Author: Kavitha
Kavitha, 18, lives in Calcutta, India and likes bird-watching and playing her guitar.

A new phone, a new option, a new dilemma

Just as I thought I would settle and get the Sony Ericsson K750i, this came along. At this rate, I think I be sticking with my O2 XDA II for some time to come.

Retail therapy

O....Mi....God... This is considered my lifetime budget for expensive apparals. The feeling was good, it was reeeeaaal good. I haven't had so much fun buying stuff since I can't even remember!

No I didn't strike 4D or win soccer(Fuck U CHELSEA!!). I just happen to go out shopping when my salary is still sitting in my bank.

Of course I need to thank my wife for paying for half of it (my face was white during the whole shopping trip).

I used to think G2000 shirts were good, at least enough for someone like me you know. Just wear it for work. Yah, 7 out of 10 working men wears them but who really gives a shit. Men's shirt are the same. Color change a bit, stiching change a bit and you have a new design.

As if most people can noticed. Thus, I live by those rules and stayed faithful to G2000.

But think about it. You spend almost 10 hours a day at work(I'm counting in transit timing) and you do it 5 days a week, some even 5.5 or 6. That is enough to really suck and you could sulk in your everyone also have G2000.....

Or you could bask in your NEW RAOUL shirt! Woo Wee...

Yup ladies and gentlemen, the one on the left is a Raoul (how to pronouce anyway?) shirt. It cost a bloody, heart-aching $119!!! But damn, it feels so good. It just seemed to give me that extra bit of confidence. I feel that I just look so... different.

The one on the right is from Crocodile. Not cheap too, it cost $79(Argh, my heart!) before discount. Lucky I got SAFRA card and gained a 10% off.

Guys, trust me on this one. Shirts with cuff links really make a world of difference. Don't ask me why but give it a try. Drop by Raoul boutique and just try it on. No obligations(Beginning to sound like their sales person)

Not just cuff but also shirts that are not plain. I'm not referring to those checkered, heavy material, some even woolly shirts that those from your IT dept people would normally wear(add in a haversack that you would carry to school, perfect!). I'm talking about shirt with 2-ply, fine-woven cotten, with collars to match the shape of your face and with vertical or horizontal strips design to match.

So much to write about the shirts that I have not even touch on the shoes yet!

Ok, that's it. I'm going to put it on again.

*things that can trigger a men's heart attack*

My new perfume!

Yeah!!! I came back home from soccer session and realised I got a present.

A CK perfume. My ex-colls in Starhub had given it to me before as parting gift. Many commented it is very nice. I think it complemented the smell of my clothes softener.

I only told my wife once about it and she remembers. So good memory leh. Thanks ah but I can't really remember that you want a Gucci bag in return. haha.