October ends

Ytd after class met up wif dr. Went marina square and saw tv host guo liang filming a show on business review inside topman . Somehow I really admire people who are free-flowing with their conversation when in front of the audience and/or camera. Good presentation skills, exuding self-confidence, are so hard to develop seriousli.

Went dinner at chinasquare... drove past the car park and saw a few cars valued at more than the price of my humble (if not dilapidated) house. Later at dr's carpark saw even more, belonging to the same owner.

BM and Meserati - plate numbers were de same; besides these 2 still got 1 more bm, mercedez n bentley

Tis bm looks abit like dr's 6th series, although smaller

I dun even noe if i'll get de chance to own 1 even in ma next life... realised those who own such cars r either owning a business or managing director of big companies. now i am having a mixed feeling on whether i should go into service line.

Few daes back mum told mi to consider carefulli. she asked if i'm willing to kowtow to people if i were to enter de hospitality industry. Ma passion is to seek for fun element in a job, cos i dread doing something which i dun enjoy. yet while chatting with dr ytd, he said tat de most important thing is 不能没有钱, drawing upon his conflict experience within his family. our society is so materialistic. i believe without money, we can't do anything much. everithing feels so constrained. even though i feel it tis way, ma bank balance is approaching zero dollar when i'm oredi so old at 24? remarkable huh? haha...

i think teachers are to be blamed as well, for instilling materialistic doctrines onto students. Still remember most of ma teachers said: "without a good paper qualification, you can't go anywhere." Is it really true? Now even though I am on ma way to havin tat piece of toilet (business) paper, i still dun see tat i can go anywhere far in de future. Life isn't meant to be complex. It is de human mind (or de "thinking faculty") tat is complex and hard to tame. And anyhow, it is enough of ma nonsensical blabbers for now...

Moving on to todae...

Todae ma deary kc seriousli embarrassed mi while we were at de clubhouse tat sells no-pork, no-lard food, with a few muslim patrons.

Kc came to de counter and said to de stall attendant: "1 sweet and sour pork!"

I totalli flustered n gave an apologetic look to the stall attendant who might be muslim from de way he looked... damn embarrassing can! although i had a great laugh as well, which was a good way to end ma saturday nite.

it's halloween nite. but i should guai guai stay home tonite cos i din get to revise ma notes ytd and most of todae. Sian lah!

Julie and Julia

Spent most of ma time at de airport over de weekends mugging. Ylla came to find us on sat. from t1 we shifted to t2 to t3 and back to t2. Thank god ma bag got wheels. if not i'll be shorter by another inch carryin (1 x laptop) + (1 x big file) + (1 x umbrella) + (1 x water bottle) + (1 x plastic bag) + (1 x wallet - $).

Ytd met dearie for movie at ps. watched julie n julia. was veri nice. although halfway thru i almost dozed off.

tis daes super tired. keep havin headache due to stress.

am at de airport now n gonna start ma revision.

Gargantuan appetite

Had a brain draining day in sch today. 6 hrs straight of doing math isn't a joke.

Went orchard alone, hopefulli can hunt down good buys for sis' wed... either "too expensive" or "cheap but no size." Sad can...

Saw ION putting fireworks coz it was their grand opening. It was supposed to be spectacular, but I was blocked by endless row of tropical trees coz I was at Lucky Plaza there liao.

Took bus 36 to airport.... met up wif dearie.

Went supper at a coffeeshop near ma place.

Intially stomach wasn't feeling too hungri coz was tired. Who noes dearie order a 12 bucks plate of hokkien mee! Not onli was it a supper now, but it will be for ma breakfast tomolo as well. Nevertheless we finished it and this has also proven ma gargantuan appetite.

Going to bed at 3am, 2 hrs after eating.

SIA/Changi clubhouse

Had group presentation on tiger airways tis morning, and felt happi when it was over. although still got an individual presentation on banyan tree, and many more other presentations.

wc who's off tdy came to find mi, n we gone soaking in de pool at src beside hall 6. he who has tresspassed! shower room is under renovation in preparation for next year's YOG cos ntu will be de host? we had a one-piece fashion parade from the pool, all the way to the other end of the carpark to use fitness hall's shower room. walking barefooted on pebbles was torturous. cant wear ma black formal shoes on cos i'll look funny.

went airport n wc brought mi to SIA clubhouse at T2, for sia's employees' usage only... wonder if changi airport staff can use it cos seen a few, but maybe friends of SIA employees? 1st time i saw a badminton court, tennis court n gym in de airport. can go outdoor too. too bad no pool.
had dinner b4 returning home..

I still remember badminton was one of ma fav sports in primary sch; during sec sch teacher forbade us to play which i dunno de reason.... in de end din get much chance to play

I hate de gym cos carrying weights are a torture... i'll hit for the treadmills though

nice ceiling-to-floor window where i studied for awhile

Tennis' ball is too big and hard; i can't afford to have a fractured nose or blue-black eyes

Spice up ma life, more please!!!

Finalli got a full day break away from school work on sun... but it's over for now.

met ryan at ion orchard... finalli got a shirt n tie from topman... tink i wanna school uniform-look haha. two pockets at ma chest tat resembles ma sec sch uniform.

watched 500 days of summer at cineleisure... romance story? it was nice, but i viewed it with 100% skepticism. personalli i tink romance story practicalli puts people into an unrealistic thought situation. i find maself like de lead though, almost owaes unprepared to get into a r/s. but de show is definitely worth watching!

ken later met up together wif louis. thanks for helping mi to find a pair of leather shoes... although i dun realli see the point to buy one juz for ma sis' wedding occasion. i'll rather channel the 150 bucks into buying a fred perry's or zara's shoes.

had dinner at far east plaza before brian picked mi up for a swim at his place... swimming wif a full stomach isn't easi at all. thank god i din drown.

I juz doesn't look rugged enuf to undertake such painting job. so am of no help in tis aspects. i don't mind $50 per hour though, minimum hour of 4.

On mon was at T1 full day doing project using ma stupid laptop, where de batt died on mi so fast. Forgot to charge it de night before. as i overlooked de departure hall from above, saw so mani ppl gonna take a flight. somehow i got de urge to fly out as well, but still gotta wait till december. kc n i were like practicalli dreaming although we still got a thick textbook in front of us, yet planning for next year's trip probably to bangkok cos i miss it soooo much! but if onli air tickets are 0.01 cent? we were totalli reminiscing our chiang mai trip back then with sc... took tat elephant ride which scare de hell out of mi. don't even noe elephants with their big legs could climb treacherous mountains.

Spent ma full day at de airport yesterday as well.

In school now.......

Food Glorious Food

Guilty feeling of not touching ma books juz can't get over mi... so i spent almost a full day studying at de airport wif ken. got a shock when i saw ken taking a stack of A3 papers from de kid's drawing corner at de airport. since he got so much, i helped him use oso?

decided to make ma notes as colourful as possible. Red n green markers, blue pen, orange, purple and blue highlighters. Somehow I like reading ultra colourful notes, jus like how I enjoy varieties in ma life? when it comes to buying mixed vegetables rice, I oso make sure got 3 distinctive colours (tat's y i dun like wat mum buys for mi. usualli de dishes she select are steamed meat (gray), steamed fish (gray), cabbage (white). Oh my!) Tink i'll haf de flashiest notes during exam cos it's open-book? i juz dunno how some ppl can study notes tat are purely black n white. it'll put mi to sleep by juz reading 1 sentence alone.

Paper sponsored by National Museum of Singapore

Ken told mi today's sky looks veri nice (should be ytd cos it's sun now?). So I decided to take a photo of it. In fact, I like de car more than de sky. Dunno if i will haf de opport to own a car next time or not. Maybe next life?

Had ma favourite ice cream cone from mac before returning home.

Reached home at 10 plus. Rested before having supper wif dr at east coast park, at 0100! Tat's realli sinful. But can't help when I am understress, and i realli wanna put on a little weight.

Coconut is fattening, satay is oily + chilli worse

I had de remaining half plate of wantan noodles, which ought to be ma portion for tomorrow's breakfast.

Nevertheless, I muz eat more. Cos ma BMI onli 18 now!

dr told mi researchers haf conducted various eating hours on mice to see what hours will result in the fattest mice. Indeed it was supper time tat yields that fattest mice! Poor mice though.

Now I gotta stay up for the next hour since I have not fully disgested.

Tired.

SATS

Todae on de train to school i came to realise i forgot to bring ma ic out. todae haf to bring ic cos nid to exchange for airport pass. in de end i onli met jojit n sh for a short while before i returned home. to think tat prof henderson was jus saying ytd tat i have to "cross the country" everidae since i dun stay in hall.

reached home n gone out again. met all up at t3. i tink de SAC simulator was interesting. Tis is where dey test the food quality at de same altitude n pressure as an aircraft. Cos tastebud tends to be different in the air compared to "on ground."

met up wif av for dinner at citi hall, so gotta miss dinner wif ma thm mates. gone shopping for peacoats for sis' coming wed. saw one from topman @ 189 bucks. But sleeve length was too long? Cos am too short? LOL.

I mms de pic to sis n she said i looked like a flasher! but i feel like buyin one, aniwae it might come in handy if i ultimateli go beijing tis year end or next jan? still rem i had to wear 4 layers of sweater (internal) plus 1 external jacket during ma trip there in december in 2007. yet i still felt cold.

Shall continue on ma hunt over de weekend. it's long weekend, ultra happi!

Struggling with chinese language

Had a terrifying time today as I gotta fill out a resume in chinese for possible attachment in china.

Academic Projects I've done in University:

civil aviation development in Singapore becomes -> 新加坡民用航空的发展
tiger airways' customers' experiences becomes -> 虎行廉价航空乘客经验
Perceived service quality of public transport in Singapore becomes -> 新加坡公交服务水平
Marketing strategy of Creative MP3 becomes -> Ｃｒｅａｔｉｖｅ　MP3 播放机营销战略
Giordano's marketing strategy becomes -> 佐丹奴服装营销战略

Ma past CCA:

De changi youth ambassador becomes -> 新加坡国际机场青年大使 - 公关/乘客服务
Gotta omit others such as school committee cos dunno how to translate. So jialat!

More About My Application:

(Tis part is best. I can write so long in English, yet translate to Chinese become soooo short!)

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPOSE MYSELF TO OTHER CULTURES. AS WE MOVE INTO A GLOBALISED SOCIETY, I WOULD LIKE TO GAIN A FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES. MY INTEREST IN CULTURAL APPRECIATION WOULD ALLOW ME TO EMBRACE A NEW ENVIRONMENT QUICKLY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUT MY INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS LEARNT DURING MY COURSE OF STUDY INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.

居住在全球化的社会里，主要目的是首先体验在国外工作，与来自世界各国的人民交流。　更希望能够对东道国的文化有进一步的了解，并且能够实习在课程上学到的交流技能。　

God bless!

anihow, i watched the "Ugly Truth" with cal at vivo yesterdae. super funny show!

returned home to do proj on tiger airways, mostly on issues faced by customer complaints. singaporeans r realli hard to please. want to fly cheap, yet expect a champagne on budget airlines. i believe in "wat u pay is wat u get!" it's not tat i'm a spokesperson of tiger airways or wat, but if those who aint willing to pay more for gud service or cant afford, den better shut up n be happi to get transported from point A to B. for 1 thing, i realli admire tiger airways' adherence to its business model of cost leadership. unlike valuair (budget carrier but tried to serve food) in which de company doesn't haf a distinct business model such tat it gotta merge with jetstar. positioning is so important by looking at tis simple case alone.

gg orchard later with mum n big sis, b4 having food tasting session at meritus mandaring for 2nd sis' wed ceremony on 15 nov 2009.

Weekend gone

Yesterday went airport to study with ken.. reached t1 feeling abit disoriented due to poor sleep. Had pig's organ soup at de staff canteen again. Damn nice. Tink it's one of de few stores with people queuing.

Reached home at 10 plus and had satay later at lau pa sat with dr. Ordered from stall no. 6 - power satay. but wasn't powerful enuf. chicken abit hard. mutton was nice though. reached home at almost 2am n finalli had a gud slp till tis morning.

Studied as usual. Wat else but studying? Had a stressful dream ytd. Someone told mi "you are student now, if you don't devote your time to studying, why be a student?"

But tis daes I think I am better. I work hard and play hard too.

So after doing ma stuff today, i went ecp to cycle wif kc. I got de opportunity to perform ma new stunt and kc said: "Eh! Finally know how to cycle without using any hands liao huh?" The word "finally" sounded sarcastic to mi though.

So I said: "Yah lor! I felt safer learning on ma own when u're not around!#$%"

Felt veri happi... same feeling as when I first learnt how to cycle. Still, ma aim isn't to perform in cirque du soleil with my new stunt or watsoever.

Reached home and did some questions on workforce scheduling using linear programming.

Time to sleep. Early class tomorrow. Thank God I aren't feeling any blues, at least for now.

De-stress

Intially wanted to go swimming upon waking up. After putting on ma trunks, thick dark clouds set in...

The rainy season is here *guarantee chop!*

In the end I settled at home to do 1 past year paper on research methods. Was sooooo difficult. Mental block. Rain stopped and I was in need of a good de-stress.

Decided to head out to east coast park for a good cycle. Weather was perfect. Felt like I was in aircon room.

Learnt how to cycle with free hand. Now I confirm I learn much better when i'm by maself. When kc was around, I could not last for tat long.

I like tis bike pic most.

I can't imagine maself sitting there for hours, waiting to fish! I'll rather be fished.

As dusk falls and sun set...

"i SCREAM for ice cream"

Decided to indulge maself in this ice cream. I realised tis daes when I eat ice cream, I'll giggle to maself... Tis ice cream is nice, although Mac's vanilla ice cream is even nicer - such that it made mi tripped 2 steps on the stairs 2 days ago in citylink as I was so engrossed in frolicking it...

thank god ma leg isn't fractured.

I am re-energised =)

To ma gud fren cum bestest clubbing kaki shawn who's enlisting for army tomorrow, all de best man! I've got one less pole partner.

2 years no doubt is an utter waste of time (equivalent of $15,000 opportunity cost per year for my case about 3 years back), but it will whiz past in a "slow blink of eyes" - a quotation from bahnu.

Oh, and 2 years later, where will I be?

Goodnight Singapore.

Fame

Watched "fame" movie earlier at marina square with dearie. nice! sort of musical, which is to ma favourite. had dinner at thai express, of thai fried rice, tom yum glass noodle, kang kong and toast. the toast was superb. Went clarke quay and temple in bugis before that. Reminded mi of those daes where mum & I would go clarke quay to sightsee. About 10 years back. Time realli flies. Tis daes I keep reminiscing. Wonder if ma daes on earth r coming to an end. Jus like how people say that when a person is dying, he'll have many flashbacks.


Just read an article, a super long one that took mi 1.5 hrs, on "food in tourism." It classifies tourists as two types: neophobic (one who is afraid of trying local food) and neophylic (one who likes to try local food).

I think I am more of a neophobic. Although I don't mind trying local food for 1 or 2 times, but I can't have it for every meal! A classic example of me in europe: I was frantically in search of chinese food almost everyday, which was soooo hard to find. I juz cant settle for pasta everidae.

But in thailand, it doesn't pose much of a problem to mi, since most of de cuisines are also common in my daily life.

So now do I look like a busyman working with 2 laptops concurrently?

Shall turn in now!

Funny people

tis morning almost fainted on de train. luckili i was seated. i felt getting out of breath and hot. asked kh beside mi if she's feeling warm too. but she wasn't. suddenli i blacked out. lol... sweat profusely. but in de end got better.

presentation on negotiation was ok. after dat attended jap class. returned home to sleep.

den watched Funny People at cine wif dr. wasn't funni at all. some ppl were laughing, but i juz can't laugh. de joke totalli has no substance.

returned home n read on forecasting demand for services using subjective methods, causal methods and moving average method. So mani formula, die!

Tiger Airways: Singapore and Australia Based Airline
About Singapore and Australia based airline Tiger Airways.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1489372/tiger_airways_singapore_and_australia.html

September Issue

Watched September Issue at ps yesterday wif dearie. initialli i tot it was gonna be like "devil wears prada" kind of movie, but turned out to be a documentary on VOGUE fashion magazine.

Anihow, it did not disappoint mi cos i was fascinated by how much work a fashion magazine company has to undertake in order to publish an issue. And September issue is the most complicated issue yearly, because of the change in season into autumn? but i dunno wat's so special abt autumn. perhaps de caucasians celebrate mid-autumn festival on a grand scale haha.

saying of mid-autumn festival reminded mi of mooncakes. sis bought mooncakes fr bakerzinn. left mi salivating. snowskin with brandy even. sometimes i don't realli like to try out new stuff, but tis one was nice. but i can't eat too much, not because i am poor in holding ma liquor, but eating too much will make ma stomach bloat!

And oh, the director of VOGUE magazine being documented portrayed a character that was outrageously picky, demanding, blant and fiery-looking. I wonder if successful director has to have such traits. She looks soooo style despite her age. Used to be fashion model.

(Source: http://images.google.com.sg/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/)

Of all the shots I've seen in the doucumentary, the one where de camera man was also made to jump was de best of all. Isn't it kind of revolutionary, floating in empty space? Eagerness for the camera, as portrayed by the female model. The female on the right, Grace, was a veri gorgeous ex-model in her teens, but was met with an accident and had to work in fashion designer department. She said: "We're all perfect in our own ways."

Veri interesting! Must watch. Good for students studying arts, management, marketing, design...

after de movie, had dinner at Xin Wang outlet in citylink tat sells taiwanese food. Ate tis beehoon with minced pork. ichiban!

later we went east coast park. no wind at all. walked along bedok jetty and came across tis particular shelter... suddenli, i had a flashback, well, i should say a reminiscence...

...of stormy sea, heavy rain and strong winds... rain water was splattering on our whole body. we were all wet and yelling in excitement. the one pathetic umbrella din work well for the 3 of us, so we were stranded under that shelter which looked like a bus stop. As i looked far out into the sea at that moment, I imagined myself peering out of the window on a cruise ship. Treacherous sea though. When the rain was almost gone, we left too... time flies indeed. it was 4 years back, in 2005? And yes, each of us is no different from a single rain drop, one that ultimately gets diminished after a rhythmatic dance. Nb, shaf and I formed an individual rain drop during that passing shower.

I wonder wat 4 years later will hold for me.

todae, i studied with ken at de airport. suddenli, i asked: "hey, y r we still studying together now after 6 years since we graduated from sec sch? And jokingly, *i'm getting so sick!*" Haha.

todae am on vegetarian. so onli got to eat 1 apple pie from mac for dinner. vegetarian stall in kopitiam foodcourt in t3 had closed down.

de thought of coming mon is making mi nervous. presentation on negotiation for business communication module. 10 mins will seem like forever for mi.