My Job Anniversary

Yesterday was my job anniversary. So fast I've work for 1 yr. In 1 day there's 24 hrs, 1 week 7 days. Every morning 0630 wake up and 1930 reach home. These 13hrs I cannot do anything to it. It's all spent on travelling to work, working and back to home. I've only 11hrs left. 7 I spent on sleeping. Left with 4 hours. Only these 4 hours are the time which I can control. Live is so short. That's the partially the reason why I seldom blog. On average spent 1hr for each simple blog - thinking and editing.

About my job. I love my current job at st John MAC. I like the working timing (quite short actually, work is done only on the island), environment(clean n nice air), colleagues(really nice people to hang out with), workload(mostly physical work, it's like a gym to me - I love it). No stress nor dislike. In fact everyday I'm looking forward to work to see how the fish are, how much fish will be left, how big they grow and so on. But I'll leave my job by the end of this year. Mainly because of the salary. No matter how hard I work, I know that my pay increase $90 yearly and I can calculate how much I'll earn for the next ten year. I'm a hard working person. I'm gonna find a job which can allow me to earn as much as how much effort I put in. Maybe Insurance, Property or Broker? A step of faith.

Actually I learn alot from this simple workplace in st John island. Even simple thing like drinking a cup of water. The water from tap sometimes secrete white substance from it. Two things I've learn from this. 1 Watch before u put anything into your mouth. 2 Never take things for granted, be grateful we have fresh clean water in Singapore.

Working here definitely change my life. Since after I leave my secondary school until I leave army, I seldom speak English. I cannot barely speak a proper complete sentence. Very bad. At my work place, I got lots of Malay and Indian worker and I have relearn how to speak English. Ever since I work here, , I would spent time to learn to drive, read books and newspaper, play a guitar and cooking during my off days. I also have the time to visit my granny and have lunch with her. I also also got to know god only after working here. Definitely I've learn and experince alot. Change is part of growing up.

What I've done - Really cant think of anything much. For movie I watched Transformers and The Bourne Ultimatum. I think Transformers the computer graphics very good and I slept for 1 hour while watching The Bourne Ultimatum. It could be due to the mahjong that morning that's why I slept during the movie. Somemore the screen was so shaky which made my eyelids even heavier. For nice food, I would recommend Clementi Ave 3 Blk 328 the claypot rice($10). Very nice. I went to Ding Tai Feng to eat. It's nice but I dun think there's anything very outstanding. It quite expensive too (fried rice $9.50 without 17% service charge). Went Bedok Blk85 market eat the Ba Chop Mee($2) and Oyster Omelet. Standard went down by alot. Just like the STI these recent weeks.

Oh ya that Stew Pig Odex company. I hate that company. Please do not receive any files from msn with verify with the sender. It maybe a virus.

Really very busy for the past 5 weeks. Studying my M9 test. Yet I failed. T_T .... Got 2 summons within a week. Arggghhh... Never struck the 5 million toto. Not very good weeks.

Hmmm... But during the past weeks, been to a OBS camp at Pulau Ubin($15) with a bunch of colleagues. It was heavily subsidise. We were separated from each other and were mixed with different groups of people from other government ministries. The OBS I went is meant for people of all ages(working adults from 20+ to 50). The obstacles there pose not much of a challenge. Seriously I felt no excitement going through all these. Yet I enjoyed it very much. Haha. It's the group of people that I'm with makes it so interesting. Most of the people there never tried things like rock climbing, flying fox, kayaking and water jump.

For the rock climbing, it was really simple flat wall. It took about 1-2 mins for a guy to clear. When the girls were climbing, everyone were busy giving instruction and cheering. Some of them made it and the amount of time take varies from 3 mins to 10 mins.

For the Flying Fox, it was really slow. I estimate the speed of coming down is the same as driving 1st gear on the road. But amazingly still got people screaming while doing that. Haha.

The water jump is like a plank sticking out of the sea (like those in pirates movie), then jump into the sea from there. By the time group went was in the afternoon. It was high tide at that point of time and the plank was just 3m above sea level. There were some girls who cant swim. But yet they still jump. They scream as they jump, drinking seawater. Haha. But I'm sure it's something special or unforgettable for them. It something like overcoming fear and a whole new experience. Overall I find the whole OBS trip quite meaningful and enjoyable because it show how people can overcome their fears by words of encouragement and trust. I'm sure if all these obstacles take place during my NS, it'll be a boring and meaningless one. That why I feel that the group of people that I'm with is also quite important. Such simple activity can make it an enjoyable one.

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I been missing from the computer these days. Someone even sms me if I'm still alive. Haha. I'm not dead yet. Recently I've been studying for the M9 insurance book. Haiz... 26 Chapters. So far manage to study only 6 chapters. Trying to restrict myself to use the com for only 2hrs a week. So hard. But I did it. While studying, I was still finding a quiet place to study. I found a reading room in Zheng Hua Community Centre. Nice environment. But it only open till 10pm.
This week I tried the dunno what Japanese flavor KFC. Although it look like normal KFC chicken with a few very small and thin strips of seaweed, the taste is different. Very nice and it's worth to try.

My com spoil during Thursday nite. Last week was horrible. Had to work for 5 days with an overnite. Tiring. Cant remember much except I went to Aquarama 2007. Keeping an aquarium was one of my favorite hobby. That's why I chose to work at my current job. Taking care of fish can be relaxing. But when there are hundred thousands of them, that is when pleasure become pain. Hmmm... There was a night I went driving alone. I was feeling cold and didn't bother to switch on the air-con. Initially it was abit blur. I thought it was due to my night blindness. After sometime whole windscreen got blurred so badly that I could see the vehicle in front. I could only see the different colors of traffic light, rear light and signal light. I couldn't see the side mirror either. I then manage to drive into a carpark and clear the mist.

Things I eat this week - Cant remember much except Fish and Co the New York Fish chip ($14.90). It nice. My friend ordered the normal Fish and chip($13.90). There was no difference. The only difference was that there was this America Flag on top on my lemon.

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Hmmm... Had not been blogging recently. My brother girlfriend went to Vietnam and he is using the com.

Monday Off Day. Drove to a coffee shop in Hougang near blk 636. Cant remember what I had. The only thing I remember that the rojak was horrible and drink the "Anything". After that attended a wake.

Tuesday. Today was fish sale. It was my second trip to the floating farm near Lim Chu Kang. Only today I had the chance to get on the farm. When I got on the farm, there was this horrible stench. Surprisingly this smell was not the smell from fish but dogs. There were 30+ Husky on the farm. I didnt expect to see so many dogs and puppy. Those husky were breed by the farmer and most probably he would be selling them. I thought husky were supposed to stay in air conditioned place. But these husky were playing happily under the scorching sun and enjoying the sea breeze.

Wednesday and Thursday working.

Friday, I went fishing at st John with my friends. The weather was bad and we had to cancel the fishing. Fortunately there was an empty chalet and spent the night in inside playing board games. Actually that chalet was rumoured to be very haunted. But looking at how contented my friends were enjoying themselves, I didnt told them. Haha. Nobody felt or encountered any supernatural things.

Saturday morning went to Maxwell market for breakfast. Eat the Oyster Cake($2) and drink the horlick soya bean milk ($1). Both are very nice. After that went to Clementi gym and went swimming. At the Clementi Singapore Sports Council(SSC), there was this Goodie Grab coupons. I bought the $10 coupon. It includes - 10 entries to Clementi Swimming Pool, 3 entries to gym + a $5 off for selected SSC fitness course. It's quite worth it.

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Thursday off day. At noon went the S-11 building next to centrepoint for lunch. Had Nasi Lemak on the second storey. Nice. After that went to buy a guitar string for my bro. Bad driving day. At a junction I lazy to change to a lower gear as the traffic light turn green. As a result, the van died and I had to restart it. It somehow annoyed my father.

Friday working.

Saturday went to my aunt house. She cooking Laksa, Oneh Oneh and Shao Mi. I like Shao Mi. It's a combination a mince pork, shrimp, hard boil egg wrapped in dumpling skin. After that attended my granny Mahjong workshop. Dinner went to Thomson to eat Zi Char. The Tofu and deer meat was very nice.

Sunday working. Happy Mother Day.

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Sunday I celebrate mother's day in advance. My cousin had to go overseas and on mother day I had to work overnite. Went to a coffee shop near Bukit Batok CC to eat. Nothing great. After that company my granny play mahjong. My mum sat beside me to guide me. Yet I still lose. I'm just a mahjong noob. My granny asked me to go to her house again this Saturday to learn more.

Monday working. At night I drove the van all by myself from my house to Gombak Mrt.

Tuesday working overnite.

Wednesday working. Hmmm... Today went to office to find out how much bonus will be getting. Getting bonus should be a happy thing. It's like if there's no bonus, we just a our month pay. Initially everyone was happy, knowing that we'll get half month bonus. But after hearing someone got a 1 month bonus, there were people feeling abit unhappy. Hmmm... Strange right? Get bonus also can get frustrated, disappointed and unhappiness. Something to think about.

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Thursday working overnite.

Friday working. Drove around the neighbourhood to do some errands. Drove to friend house to borrowed C&C 3 game. Slept at 2am. I was tired yet I couldn't sleep. Might be the effects of prawn crackers.

Today morning took bus 170 to JB. My friends are quite some energetic and adventurous people. We walked around and entered various shopping malls. At noon we took a cab (6RM) to a resturant at Jalan Maju. We ordered:
1. 36 Meat (14RM) Too oily

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2. Bat meat (23RM) Sux...

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3. Civet Cat (14RM) Not bad

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4. Fried Squrriel (12RM) Too dry

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5. Snake Soup (18RM) Nice

After that went to another stall nearby to eat Bah Kuh Teh. Real lousy. After that we walk for about 25mins to Holiday Plaza. Bought some bubblegum and some other foodstuffs. Took a cab back to custom(6RM). At the Singapore custom, I was spot checked by the officer. Damn bad luck. My friends they were infront of me were not checked. Until my turn I was checked. The officer found my bubble gum. She asked me to surrender my passport. The police took my passport and type somethings into the computer. She then handed me to the police. Then I followed the him to the duty office. There were few other people sitting inside. There he asked me to sign a book. He took out a penknife and slashed the bubble gums. T_T ... They worth 5RM lor. So wasteful. Just when I was to walk out, a lady ask me: "Excuse me, how much are you fined for the bubble gum?" Hmmm... I looked at the officer. He said, " No fines". Heh heh. At least I'm lucky not having fined for posession of 30 bubble gums. Though I was caught, at least I felt safer as the police are carrying out their duty more efficently to prevent weapons, drugs, bombs and any other thing that may cause harm to people. Maybe because the increase in civil servent pay that why they are working even harder. Went JB so many times never kanna check today first time check and got caught. After that we went CCK bus interchange. I ate oyster omettle($3). Real lousy. One oyster I ate inside still got sand. After that went to lot1 watch spiderman 3. Hmmm... I think the French man inside the show quite humorous.

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Monday working.

Tuesday May Day. Morning went to Gombak gym. Went with a friend whom I known for 10 years. He started going to gym only when he was in army. He used to ask me to help train him up. Hmmm... After army, he went to work in a certain gym as a Fitness Professional. Haha. Things changed as now I would have to humble down to learn from him. It has been 22 days since I last went to gym. Hmmm... Somehow his training pushes me out of my comfort zone. It had been a long time for my body to experience any aching. It's a good thing. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. At night, drove my family to Westmall Foodcourt to eat. Ordered mixed rice. No comment. After that went to visit my granny. A peaceful day.

Wednesday working. Read to newspaper today. I looked at the photos of 2nd page about May Day. In the article, there are photos of police or army standing there armed with weapon and shield infront of a large crowd of protesters. The crowds were looking very angry and the armed personnel looked serious. These were photos taken yesterday from other countries nearby. Only there was a photo of a small crowd with 2 person shaking hands and smiling. On the bottom there wrote the word Singapore. No protest, so peaceful. No wonder foreigner say feels safer in Singapore. They rather experience stress from the rat race than to experience chaos. Hmmm... I sometimes wonder if it's this peaceful contributed to the stress to our society.
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Saturday working till 0830pm. I dont need to stay overnite for Saturdays and Sundays as a new colleague would take over all weekend duties. So good. For dinner, my colleague cook pork rib soup and stir fired pork in light sauce. I prepared onion egg and kai lan in oyster sauce. The soup real nice. The soup was brewed in a rice cooker for 3hrs before serving. He mention from where he come from, soup was the most important dish. The soup is served in every meal. This is something that make me look forward for the next weekend duty.

Today morning, went to a golf driving range in Bishan. My friend ask me to go and see if I'm interested to learn Golf. Hmmm... It was quite interesting. The instructor offered as a 10 hours lesson for just $240. Actually I think it's quite interested to try out. But to play the game i have to buy the equipments and to book the field something like that. I have to pay $200+ for booking the field which allows a maximum of 4 golfers. Hmmm... Unlike my friends who work in business and office area, I just a lab technician working on a isolated island. They can benefit more from the course as they can play with their father, client and bosses. Hmmm... At noon went to my friend house at Senja Link. His son 1 month old. Frankly speaking I prefer children that can shout and run around. Baby is just boring. They are just good at crying and poo pooing. Occasionally they will smile or just wave their hand or leg. Try this http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qr96bDKVgm0

Thursday. Off day. Had a afternoon nap till I overshot my kickboxing lesson. Haha. At night I drove my parents to a coffee shop Sembawang near my CG area and had dinner. The Ba Chou Mee ($2.50). No good.

Today I got a guitar lesson. First lesson. . I brought my old guitar with a broken string to work. Then at LRT, some young people slowly walk in the LRT. The door was close on me. I blocked it with my right arm. The door opened and I managed to get in. Then the door went bersek. Students in uniform keep turning their head and look at me as if I killed their parents. Hmmm... At last LRT personal ordered everyone to get off the train. I'm late. Sms my boss and went to eat breakfast. At Marine South Pier, I order the Tea(good). Nice. At 10 I took the commercial ferry($11) to the st John. Haiz. Cannot claim for the ferry. At noon had soccer and my colleagues suggested tonite to stay back for fishing. I couldn't join them and also I had to work overnite tomorrow. After work went to a cafe in Republic Plaza for the lesson. The cafe was rather well furnished but it's quite empty. Ordered a cup Hazelnut Steam Milk($5.2). I dont like it. Now then I know why there not much people. At night went to Golden Shoe Carpark to eat the Nasi Biryani ($3.50) plus the Ginger Tea(good). Biryani so so. Hmmm... Whenever I go fishing I would remember the poster on the wall at my workplace.
"Give a man a fish and he will have fish today.
Teach a man how to fish and he will have fish for his life.
Teach men to grow fish and future generation will have fish."
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I hadn't been able to use the com these days.

Monday was just a normal working day. Until at night, my friend called me out for supper. I was abit reluctant. Not confident to drive alone. I had to summon my bro to tag along with me. Went to pick my friend up at his house and went straight to Bukit Batok Central. My van died 4 times on the road tonight. Sometimes I feel sorry for it when I was driving. The carpark there was for lorries. Had no problem parking there. We had oyster omelette. I dunno the price cause my friend paid for it and i forgot to pay him back. LOL. It was nice. But the most delicious I ever eaten is the one at Bedok 85 market. It's legendary. Whenever I thought of oyster omelette I think of that stall.

Tuesday working overnite.

Wednesday just returned back to Singapore. Need to company my PS2. Try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanpakut%c5%8d

Morning went Ghim Sheng CC play basketball. Long time since we had gather for basketball. At noon, went to Tiong Bahru market eat Duck Mee($3). Okay. Then after that went Tiong Bahru shopping centre and later to friend house. Borrowed some PS2 CD. Straight after went back home. My dad demanded me to drive the family to Tao Payoh to treat them for dinner. Hmmm... Quite far. Never been on the expressway. I was thinking could become a ticket to heaven for the my family if something bad should happened. Hmmm... Not long after I leave home, I drove across the junction despite the red light. I dunno if I was caught in the camera anot. All was smooth one the road except the occasional wiper which appears when I doing my turning and overtaking. Not used to the signals on the left handside.Things turn bad when I was trying to park. It's very different to park a van than a car. Everyone was giving me instructions to park in 3 different languages (Teochew, Chinese and English). They keep shouting like "turn somemore", "look in mirror" and "somemore somemore" +++. But I really dunno what I'm doing and what to look out for. Somehow manage to get the van parked properly.

Today went to make my temp car license. After that went and visit my granny. Evening I waited for my mum to return home so that I could drive her van. Muhaha... It was raining. My bro accompany me. The van was so different from normal car. The clutch was alot higher than car. The worse thing I hate was that the signals was on the left instead of the usual right hand side. Hmmm... I was turning on and off the wiper throughout the journey to Clementi MRT and turning without signalling. Nice experince. At night, went to the coffee shop opposite Bras Basah complex. I ordered Bah Ku Teh($4.5). Okay. The BBQ chicken wings order from the BBQ sting ray stall was real lousy.

No Fear

Today went for conference from morning 9 to 12. In the conference most are old man and women. Felt so alienated. Meet a poly classmate during there. Hmmm... Seen some familiar face met during the orientation. After that went to Amoy street and ate the vegetarian Bee Hoon($2). Normal. At noon, someone ask me what I "fear" the most. Hmmm... Spider? Cockroach? Water? Nah... Nothing. Until at night, I thought of it again. I realised I had this fear of losing my job. I like my job - the people, the environment, the working hours and the workload. I was chosen for the job not because of my capabilities but my avalibility. Hmmm... At night, I asked my brother of how to overcome fears. He taught me the 3 C's. Confront the fear. By admitting and not running away. If I don't confront I'll never be able to overcome any fear. Conquer the fear. By know that there is a god. What fear is greater than the being that create this world? Channelling. It means to set a strategy and following it.

Today Off Day. Went to Clement to collect my photo. Looked at the photo. My nose. The right side is larger than the left. Hmmm... At home, I took a look at the mirror. It's something I never realised throughout these 23 years. I know my ears one high one low, my back bone is bent to the left and right side of my body is slightly larger than my left. Hmmm... Just a normal body would be nice. Need not to be perfect. Had my dinner at Sembawang shopping centre Kopitiam. The Lee Kwang Kee chicken rice was good ($3.50). Strangely this store sells Otah. I thought it was weird to have otah with chicken rice. But then I think her Otah must be really nice that's why she's selling them. I'll try it next time. Around 2330hrs I was at Chua Chu Kang LRT. Police were surrounding a man in pink sitting on the floor. At the scene, the perimeter was fence up by the police white and blue tape. Could the man in pink was dead? I couldn't see clearly due to my night blindness. Hmmm... Better buy newpaper tommorrow. Gotta watch bleach. Bankai. http://youtube.com/watch?v=gBOvHqi6k-c

Went to work overnite yesterday. I had to cover my colleague's duty. I accidently left my lunch and dinner on the boat. My lunch and dinner gone. Work overnite till this evening.
Today got a arrow to go HQ to attend a conference on this coming Friday. Hmmm... From 9am to 12noon and after that no work. Good or bad I dunno. I somehow prefer Soccer during lunch. My colleagues were discussing to go on a fishing trip at the Indonesian seas. Hmmm... They talked about how rough the sea will be and how big the catch will be. All the cost will be $300 only. Hmmm... Quite expensive. They say it's worth it as the price of fish caught would certainly exceed $300 easily. They mention about eating a kind of sting ray which the flesh is blue in color and other kind of rare fish during their last trip. Such fish aren't avaliable in the market and even so it would certainly cost more than $300. Hmmm... Should I go? http://youtube.com/watch?v=iQHjcICZdbo

Working overnite yesterday. Left my watch in the bathroom and later went to the kitchen to cook our dinner with my colleague. After dinner I went back to find my watch. It's gone. Bad day.

Today straight after I reached Singapore went home and rest. Later went to Clementi interchange with my cousin to take photo for our driving license. There I bought a new watch ($94). Later went to try the Botak Jones's "Botak Burger" ($7). The queue was long and there was a customer spending 5 mins asking about the menu and couldn't decide what to eat. He was a 40 year old man who can speak fluent English and had to take so long to choose what he wants. The staff attend to him was very polite, answering all his questions, spoke politely, smiling and paid full attention to him. It was my turn. I quickly ordered the burger and he informed me I had to wait 30 mins. Hmmm... Very long. Then I went to the Aquarium shops around there to walk walk see see. The spicy fries was quite nice. The burger's beef patty was huge but I didn't like the taste. I felt that the service was good and most like come again to try the other menu. After that went Bukit Panjang Plaza. The Hang Ten shop was in a mess. Real messy. Moving out sales. Maybe tomorrow or day after tomorrow I'll go and take a look. Hmmm... Monday Tuesday not working. What should I do? Try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dcmDscwEcI&NR=1

Friday 13th

Took leave today. 0430am I woke up and couldn't sleep. 0730 am went for driving. 1st time I went in circuit with my instructor Raymond. He was shocked. I went in 2months ago with my old instructor, he spent most of the time scolding me. Raymond was pretty worried for me. Especially my S course was super horrible. I just learn today. It was 0900, I said good bye to him and went to the exam room. There I met my cousin. She was having TP today. Going for her 5th attempt. Hmmm... 5 attempts. We both were very inconfident and had a bad morning. I told her today pass anot nevermind as today is just an new experience for me. My test route was route 3. Quite hard. Got a slope, a short U turn near Phoenix. It means that I have to do lane changing before and after U turn. I may fail easily. The invigilator didnt even look at me and talk before,during and after the test. The circuit during TP is a very nice experience. It like I'm driving a bomb truck. Everywhere I go people would stop and let my car go. Everything went smooth. Zero points deducted. Just outside the BBDC, I do a left turn and my left hand accidentally hit the wiper. Hmmm... I never touch that thing before. While driving, I tried closing it by turning up and down. But I failed. Hmmm... Disturbed by the wiper, the invigilator closed it. I drove to Keat Hong LRT. Just before the petrol station there, he said "turn right". I glance signal right and look at the side mirror. The cars were far away from me. Perfect situation to change lane after the traffic light. Everything screwed up when the traffic light turned red. I had to stop. About 7 cars were on my right. The traffic turn green I signal right and watched the right mirror carefully.I couldn't cut in as the first 5 cars do not want to give way to me. Lucky the 6th was a lorry. I quickly cut in as the 5th car drove pass me. I saw him scribbling. Hmmm... I think I did quite that well. Later at a junction, I had to turn right. 2 bird flew down. ... I didn't know why they want to do that for. I slow down. He spoke "why slow down? Please speed up". He began scribbling. Topid birds. After that he ask me immediately go back BBDC. Hmmm... I haven't do my U turn yet. I dropped him down and went meet up with my cousin. She was very happy that she finally pass. Then we went to watch the safety video together. After that we were told to queue up to make a temporarily 3 weeks license. Sux man. Had to wait for 1 hr. We went off to shopping and meet up with Big Aunt for lunch Bukit Batok Blk 640. They recommended Ba Chou Mee and chicken rice. I ordered chicken rice($2.50). The rice was lousy and the chicken was okay. But the portion of chicken serve is quite worth it for the price. Went visit Granny and slept till 4pm. Later went to see Benny Hinn. Tomolo working overnitez.
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Sleeping Early Tonite

Yesterday working overnite till today evening. Went for kick boxing. After that went to a coffee shop at Bukit Merah View. I had wanton mee ($2). Good. My friends they order Teo Chew Porridge ($15+, 7 dish - mince pork, Gong Bao Ji Ding, mussle, curry vegetable, fish cake, Bean Curd and Salted vegetable) After I finished my mee, I ordered a porridge and joined them. Hmmm... The dishes were nice and I like the fish cake the most. Have to chop chop go home cause tomorrow is my Traffic Police. A day that may change my life. Gotta watch bleach 121. Bankai.

Wok on fire.

Today off day. Mum left some buns in the wok. I went to heat it up. Hot steamed buns would be nice for breakfast. My friend was discussing to go Sentosa today. Chat and chat. Then there was a burning smell. The whole wok was on fire. This photo was taken 1 minute after the incidence. Poor buns. I had to rush for my driving. My house was cover with smoke. I hope no one call the Civil Denfense. I do not wish to see my home to be broken in. Have to fast and pray. For driving, I practise on lanes chaging. Still no good. 3 days to Practical Exam. At noon, It rained and we were forced to cancel the trip to Sentosa. Sux. Went to cut my hair and later straight home. Good to see my door is still intact. Try this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D2kJZOfq7zk

Gym Outing

Sunday working till overnite. Cant remember much.

Today working. After work went to a big gym near sommerset MRT. Have you been there? Everyone been there knows that their "Fitness Professional" and "Fitness Consultant" are really annoying. I been there once about six months ago.

Went you enter, the Fitness Professional will ask you to take seat then fill in a form which ask question like: "how many week can you come, which body part do you want to improve in how many weeks +++". All those very professional questions. 15mins gone. After that, he will ask you fill up the another personal particular form. After there will be a orientation to the gym and later a Fitness Analysis Test. Hmmm... This was part of the reason I come. After the test, the Fitness Consultant will come and let you look a file. Inside the file there is an old leaflet inside stating price of monthly memebership $120+, registration fee $300+ and a dunno what fee $400+. Very frightening. The consultant will say you very lucky to have this coupon which enable me to have special discount. After that he ask you to how much you're willing to spent a month for this gym. First I say $30, then he say this gym facilites real good then I have to say $50, $70 and later $90. Then later he find someone and say that he is the boss and offer me: the Corporate Plan ($79/mth + upfront $20 registeration fee). The boss went off. The consultant say I damn lucky tonite left 2 slots of the Corporate plan. Hmmm... From $700+ to $99. Tempting right? Then he say must put a deposit for the Corporate plan or else the offer might be taken up by others. Hmmm... I come to meet my friend for gym session and now all this admin took up 1hr of my time.

Later I told my friend about the Corporate plan, my friend said he was offer $59/mth without registration fee. ... Double standard? Corruption? I say unprofessional. Tempted of signing up but who knows that there maybe another Super Saver Plan which could be $30/mth. Haiz... How to trust them? My friend complained the people called several times a day, 100% everyday without fail. 100% is tested and proven. I been there once and I experinced it before. Even my mum dont call me that often. After that went to pork rib rice + barley $5.50 at the S11 buliding between centerpoint and cuppage. Cannot comment as I cant taste really well. Got to visit the doctor restore my taste. Try this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HRVJTlj3dps

Tasteless Life is Boring

Yesterday was a short day. I slept till 1 pm and woke up for lunch and ate 2 panadols. Slept at 5pm and woke up at 7.30pm for dinner. After that went to my friend's granny funeral nearby.

For today morning driving, I did lots of vigorous lanes changing and parallel parking. Very worrying. Today is my 3rd last lesson before the test. At noon remembered I bought a Big Sweep ticket last during CYN. My number 3272393. I saw a number 3272381. Arghhh... Almost got a Consolation Prizes @ S$2,000. If only the last 2 digit was 81 not 93. Just too bad. Hmmm... Maybe you thinking that I'm a gambling addict. Well, it's just $6 a month. The possibility to get a prize is real low (I estimate about 1.33/30000). But if I dont buy and do nothing, I never stand any chance to win at all. At least I buy, there's a chance even though it's very small. In this way, I'm also contributing to Singapore Pools for their annual donation for NPD fireworks display. Hmmm... Whatever. At night went ECP went4to eat the Wanton Mee ($3) and Teddy Bear chicken Wing($2). My friend ate the Mee and was sweating alot. It must be quite spicy I think. Sianz. Couldn't smell or taste anything. Stay home or go out equally boring. Sunday working overnite . Try this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lz0adK-Yc8o

Starve the Fever, Feed the Cold

Today off day. Woke up in the morning feeling feverish and sore throat. Went for driving. Cant concentrate. After that went granny house. Bought a pizza bread for Break talk($1.30). Hmmm... Maybe the bread was cold so it was tasteless. Later went to HQ gym and do some light training. Real hungry. Went for my kick boxing at 1830hrs. Feel much better. Went to Orchard Emerald BK eat Double Cheese Burger meal ($4.90). Hmmm... Should have order Whopper instead. Went opposite Shaw Tower to have dessert. Ordered some Mango+grapefruit+grass jelly dessert ($4.50). Everyone complained the mango was very sour and was amazed that Ifinished it. . I could feel my tongue slighty hurt due the "sourness" or the mango but I couldn't taste anything. Then only I realise I lost my sense of taste. So sad. I finally understand why people say when sick better stay at home. Because no point going out when I cant taste anything. Waste all the $(1.30+4.50+4.90= 10.70). Went to watch the reaping. The screen seems very shaking. I dunno was it my head is spinning or the camera man trembling. The storyplot was okay but then I hate the soundeffect (Loud screaming, shouting and banging). I supposed the sound was added to make it a scary movie but it annoyed very much. Hmmm... Whenever I have fever I would fast for a day and do some training to sweat it out. If tomolo got fever, I'll take some panado. Sweet dreamz.l

Idiot and Stupid Technician

Yesterday working overnite. Forgot what happened or what I done. Hmmm...

Today, my boss didnt come in the morning. So happy. Hmmm... Did what I have to do. Had our usual lunch break. Straight after that I put on my lab coat. And I slept. zzzZZZ. Haha. I intend to sleep till 3.50pm to do something at 4pm. But was I woke up by my boss. My god. Then I followed him. He ask me where are the others colleagues. They were working and he ask me to help them. Hmmm... His face damn black. You might think that I'm a slacker or a bastard, while others working I can still sleep. Actually I'm handling dieased fish. If I go around helping others, I may cross contaminate and cause more harm than good. When I reach my colleague place, my boss somehow remember I'm handing the sick fish today and ask me to go away. We left the place. While walking, he say commented that he can understand if I sleep at 6pm while working overnite. He say he couldn't accept it when I sleep during working hours. Hmmm... True, but I thought he not coming and that's why I sleep mah... Heh heh. Just too bad I was caught. He reach the 3rd colleague place, he was abit angry and told him that he caught a Idiot technician sleeping just now. He saw my colleague didnt wash something and commented that "only stupid technician will not wash that...". Lol. My colleague he never sleep and was working so hard and yet he was award the "stupid technician" title. Hmmm... I was thinking. Is there a need for such words like stupid or idiot? What was his intention for using such words? I only know such words can be very insulting and may cause resentment or anger. Maybe he thought by using such words can make people feel bad for what they done or remember the mistake they made. Wrong. I think people most likely to remember the harsh remark and will badmouth him. Hmmm... Whatever. I'm not bothered with him but my colleague is quite disturbed by his remarks. \Haha. What we eat cannot defile us but is what comes out from our mouth. This link is more gruesome. http://youtube.com/watch?v=85srTdF5YXQ

Office Politics

Today working. In morning I got an extra chicken drumstick from the Aunty selling mixed rice at Golden Shoes Carpark. She told me from today onwards she selling $2 for rice plus any 4 dishes. Hmmm... Maybe she's facing competitions. My boss not here today. Heh heh... After the afternoon soccer, we gather for our usual lunch break. Heard about colleague A talking about an Oldbird's bad working attitude. Hmmm... Office politics. This Oldbird work in another department and has always been friendly and kind to me. Hmmm... For me when people talk about these kind of politics, I'll sit and listen. When everyone talks bad about him and I'm keeping quiet, sometimes someone in this group will look at me. The person looking at me is normally who started this conversation. Hmmm... Probably he may think that I'm on the oldbird side and maybe wants me to give a negative comment on him. Well normally, when people look at me like that I'll say "Oh... Is it? He like that one huh? I didnt know man. Hmmm...". Act blur live longer. Haha. But 3 things I'll learn. Firstly, listen to what the talk is about and remember it. Sometimes what the speaker say maybe true and take extra precaution of both the speaker and the person. Secondly, think why the person started this talk and for what purpose. Is he angry with that person or is he worried about you associate with that person and become like him. Lastly see how they interact with each other. Hmmm... Some people can backstab each other at work and talk normally outside. Hmmm... Best is don't involve in politics unless I can benefit something from it. This link below is abit gruesome for some but not for me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDmOeWe51fI
Hmmm... I still love Chicken.

The Worst April Fool Joke

Yesterday afternoon driving learn right turn, lane changing and vertical parking. Dinner at Capitol Centre in a Thai restuarant call Magic Wok. We ordered chicken omelete, sweet sour tofu, tomyam soup, stir fried mix veggie and fried fish($66.8). The fish was most probably grouper. I think the soup was nice and the rest was ok.

Today morning went driving. At Jelapang LRT buy 3 curry puffs and I took it up to the train to eat. One 40+ year old lady looked at me shaking the head and look at the no eating sign on the wall. Hmmm... I'm just hungry and was rushing for time. I know after I finish eating I will not throw the plastic bag on the floor. I really dunno what to say. Other than it is a law that eating in train is an offence, am I wrong to eat? If I litter on the train, then I think I am wrong. Sometimes I think we shouldn't ban from eating in train but to ban littering instead. On the other hand if speeding on the road is an offence, shouldn't we ban driving too? Hmmm... This reminds me of the old Singaporean new Singaporean theory.

The Old Singaporean ..........The New Singaporean
Selfish ........................... Socially Responsible
Indolence ........................Innovative
Nett Taker ......................Nett Giver
Gullible ..........................Globalised
Arrested Thinking..............Advance in Thinking
Problems ........................Problem Solver
Opprtunity-Shunning ..........Opportunity-Seeking
Rigidity ..........................Resilient
Empty-Headed .................Educated
Apathetic .......................Adaptable
Narcissistic .....................Nation Conscious

Hmmm... Today I learn left turning and lane changing and vertical parking. After that went gym. Had Mee Hun Kueh($2.30) at gombak coffee shop. Sux. Should be spending the rest of the day at home liao. Hmmm... Thinking why is there any April Fool Joke? Because you have been fooled. Try this http://youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

The 5 'D'

Thursday working overnite till today. Hmmm... Cant remember anything unusal during work except groups of young people came to the island for excursion yesterday. During lunchbreak my colleague ask me how to become fitter. I told him about the 5 'D's. Firstly, he must have the strong Desire to get fit. He must always know or remember the reason for that desire. Secondly, he must have the Determination to carry out what he desire. No use doing nothing and expect something to happen. Thridly, he must Dare go to the gym to train. He felt intimidated of going gym and thinks that people would mock at him. Diet sure have an effect on your body. I eat anything, but i always try to eat a balance meal. 1 meat 2 vege. I only eat 2 meals a day.I eat my breakfast and lunch together. It's my habit. Discipline is the key to success. Discipline means training to act according to rules or training to improve strenght. Hmmm... Gotta watch Bleach 120. Try this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU

The Blunt Axe

Today Off Day. Went to visit the dentist at Bukit Batok Polyclinic to polish teeth($37.8). He told me I have 1 wisdom tooth in my upper left jaw and 3 on the upper right. Painful man. After that went past my old house Blk123 just beside the clinic. Hmmm... Later went and visited my granny and had lunch. Reached home at about 2pm and do some reading about investment. Hmmm... Someone told me a story: If he was given a blunt axe to chop a tree within 10 hours, he would spend 8 hours sharpening the axe and 2 hours chopping. Hmmm... Gotta spent some time reading and researching before choosing any brooking firm or do any trading. Try this http://www.intelligencetest.com/

Another Off Day, so stress.

Today Off day. Went driving in the morning. Instructor say I need to improve on my speed up during lane changing, blindspot before turning, check blindspot faster, lookout for people on zebra crossing and prevent rollback during up slope. After that went Plaza Singapore meet up with my CG leader. He advised me that for quiet time, to write down what I gotta do for today and also the problems I faced with a list of solution. Hmmm... Later we went to Selegie to a 2nd bookshop. After that I went SGX to open a CDP account and straght back to home. Benkyoshimas. Hmmm... I gotta do my quiet time form today onwards. Try this: http://www.doshur.com/fun/games_ran.asp?id=173

Where your money goes is where your heart goes.

Sunday working overnite at st John till today afternoon. After work I went to Sim Lim with my colleague. He's quite careful on how he spent his money. He is the type that wont extra money on tibits. He could save near to $20k in 2 years. Hmmm... How much have U save? Well we went in a shop and he quickly bought a wireless lancard $45 and 1 GB thumbdrive $30 without bargain. Later we walk around and found another shop selling @ $38, $23 respectively. I looked at him he said "Nevermind I think $75 is still worth it". Hmmm... It reminded me of another colleague who told me that he went to some resturant in Boat Quay to eat "lychee prawn" + some other stuffs which total cost about $300+. Hmmm... Plus another colleague spent $300+ for just a fishing reel. Well I think different people will spent on what their hearts want. Gotta sleep early. Try this Boxworld http://web.singnet.com.sg/~eddie073/game.htm

The Stalker

After work today, I went to the coffee shop above Bishan interchange for dinner. Ate the mixed rice. Sux. There change alot. I used to go there almost every weekend for lunch after gym during my poly days. Hmmm... It was raining last nite, I took a cab to randal house for CG. After that I took the MRT home. When I reach Jelapang LRT, it was about 0033. I was walking fast then I heard a fast walking sound of a lady wear high heels. I turn my head and look. A slim fair looking lady, about 19-22 yrs old, carrying a school bag and some file in her hand. Decent looking. She overtook me after a traffic light. I was wearing slipper and was walking quite fast. I think she knows I'm behind her. When she reach my flat, I was thinking hmmm... Could she be living in my block? Then she happened to take my house lift. I look at her face. She was hugging her file. She like damn scared. Staring at me. She didnt press the floor. Hmmm... Well I think if a stranger were to follow girl inside the lift, I think too late for girl already. Scary isnt it? LoL. Try this http://file.suflash.com/game/game565440261_3774.swf

Juz Another Off Day

Today not working. At noon I went to meet up with Jacky, a beauty consultant regarding my face. After that went to MND gym and later for kick boxing lesson. During the gym I somehow felt a sharp pain at the back of my left palm. Feel so weak today. After lesson I went to Amos Street hawker centre to eat $3 Hokkien mee. Not bad. The best thing happened today is bleach 119 is out. Cant wait to watch. I think this link is interesting http://youtube.com/watch?v=1gvGDsIYrrQ

Test Fire! Test Fire!

I'm on off day today. I think of trying to start a blog to write down my daily experince so that I can remember the things I have done or happened to me and also to improve my English. Hmmm... I never wrote a dairy before. I'll try my best to commit to it. Good day.