still in office. waiting for julian so that can go for dinner. abit jaded now that the new scorecard criteria is out. is getting harder and harder to earn incentives and we also gotta work harder than ever. which sucks. alot of people are unhappy about the new scoring system. some things will haveta make way. shite. even the seniors around me are thinking of petitioning or protesting. haiz. hopefully something will happen soon, can't stand to have so many jaded people around me. still keeping a positive attitude overall though. am already on song to hitting my incentive target for this month as long as nothing goes wrong. today's been an alright day.
nothing much else goes on in office. these days lunch is just talk about where we're heading to next, plotting to get outta here and move on once we've gained enough "experience" points. seems like everyone has a plan. a plan or path to mvoe on once each individual feels his or her time in this place is up. not like its a bad environment, but over here the only way to surge up is to ship out and ply what you've gained elsewhere. seems everywhere else is more appreciative of the efforts and skills we have. so says those who have gone. maybe the grass always only looks greener on the other side of the fence? who knows. i'll find out when my time here is up...
had sakae again with chun yesterday. think i eat sushi too often. but can't help it lah. its a crave. anyway we shared the 1-2persons yusheng which was really alot, and it was actually quite good. i would recommend it to anyone, but just order the small size one, just $13.80. it feeds 4, no kidding.
anyone knows where jade cinema is? from shaw organization wan.
sunday had an impromptu gathering at tsen yeow's place. quite alot of people considering it wasa last minute jio-ing. won abit at bun luck. thomas was the big loser of the day. poor chap, go his house, eat his food, take ang pow from his mom and then win his money. haha. so everyone left happy.
had a good chat with daniel. that mortgage consultant in hsbc is doing good. but seems like everyone's got bad stuff to say about the bank they work for haha. what a joke.
anybody wants to apply for a standard chartered credit card? manhattan card? zouk 1-for-1 all night leh, dun pray pray...3 years free annual fee waiver. haha.
okie time for dinner liaoz.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Sunday, February 13, 2005
It's Only $80 Lah!
haiyoh. that was obviously a typo. so yes, it was only $80 lah...not treats blah blah.
this year cny holidays came and went like the wind siah. and the signatory auntie phrase has finally changed even though its none the better. previously was "wah ni zhang gao le"(my, you've grown taller yet again, my insignificant nephew!)!), which took them 6 good years to realise that i've stopped growing since way back when. and now its "ji shi jie hun"(when are you getting married, you poor sod?!, and i'm like, aiyah still early lah i'm still young, not so soon, yadda yadda yadda and isn't that my much older cousin who's ALSO not married? why don't you all attack him instead?
went to zouk on chu 1, wasn't fantastic, whole bloody place was a sausage factory. think must be the army boyz's only night out where they can cheong on a wednesday. music sucked not to mention. and i had a beef prosperity meal right before the clubbing. big mistake. i was out by the river hong bao merlioning my guts. luckily got my trusty gf there to help me pat my back hand me tissue, unlike some other frens whom i shan't mention names who just sit by the steps laughing at me and eewing and oohing and what i ate for dinner...nonetheless after puking felt okie liaoz. still can send gf home.
have only eaten yusheng once so far this year. i remember last year i ate so much yusheng till i got a sorethroat just from feeding on too much yusheng crackers alone...this year dunno why never got much chances to feed to that. but its okie lah no big deal, i just happen to like yusheng abit thats all.
went to weixiong's place to gamble on chu 2. left some of my gambling money behind when i left. shite. consider it tips for eating most of his cny goodies bah...
constantine was a good show. very male show ala matrix of sorts. adapted from vertigo's hellblazer comics, i thought it was quite a good guy flick that you can leave your brain behind. some people no doubt think too much into such flicks and he asks dumb questions which no one know the answers to. but i'm glad we were part of the luckily few who got to watch the ending credits cuz from the looks of people leaving the theatre i think only 5% of the audience knew there was a special surprise at the end of the credits. turns out that the taxi driver sidekick of constantine became an angel. there's probably gonna be a sequel.
time for breakfast...
this year cny holidays came and went like the wind siah. and the signatory auntie phrase has finally changed even though its none the better. previously was "wah ni zhang gao le"(my, you've grown taller yet again, my insignificant nephew!)!), which took them 6 good years to realise that i've stopped growing since way back when. and now its "ji shi jie hun"(when are you getting married, you poor sod?!, and i'm like, aiyah still early lah i'm still young, not so soon, yadda yadda yadda and isn't that my much older cousin who's ALSO not married? why don't you all attack him instead?
went to zouk on chu 1, wasn't fantastic, whole bloody place was a sausage factory. think must be the army boyz's only night out where they can cheong on a wednesday. music sucked not to mention. and i had a beef prosperity meal right before the clubbing. big mistake. i was out by the river hong bao merlioning my guts. luckily got my trusty gf there to help me pat my back hand me tissue, unlike some other frens whom i shan't mention names who just sit by the steps laughing at me and eewing and oohing and what i ate for dinner...nonetheless after puking felt okie liaoz. still can send gf home.
have only eaten yusheng once so far this year. i remember last year i ate so much yusheng till i got a sorethroat just from feeding on too much yusheng crackers alone...this year dunno why never got much chances to feed to that. but its okie lah no big deal, i just happen to like yusheng abit thats all.
went to weixiong's place to gamble on chu 2. left some of my gambling money behind when i left. shite. consider it tips for eating most of his cny goodies bah...
constantine was a good show. very male show ala matrix of sorts. adapted from vertigo's hellblazer comics, i thought it was quite a good guy flick that you can leave your brain behind. some people no doubt think too much into such flicks and he asks dumb questions which no one know the answers to. but i'm glad we were part of the luckily few who got to watch the ending credits cuz from the looks of people leaving the theatre i think only 5% of the audience knew there was a special surprise at the end of the credits. turns out that the taxi driver sidekick of constantine became an angel. there's probably gonna be a sequel.
time for breakfast...
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Happy CNY Everyone!!
its the year of the cock. so this should be a good year for all the cocksters around us. haha. gonna be another quiet new year. probably visiting on the first day and thats it.
reuniion dinner was fantastic. we ate at the punggol seafood restaurant at east coast. service was terrible, i think they didn't have enough staff and those who worked were clumsy and blur. throughout hte meal food was given in the wrong order or the waittress accidentally spilled the washing bowl liquid/ crab sauce. even splashed crab sauce onto my father's spectacles...
waitress: aiyoh sorry, sorry!
pa: careful, careful, you make my spectacles take a bath in crab sauce!
waitress: haha, sorry sorry(bring cloth and proceeds to drop spoon)
haha, but funnily enough it wasa fantastic dinner. i don't think the last few were this memorable. i think its the first time in a long long time that only the 5 of us(previously sure got an auntie here or an auntie there) ate reunion together. so really minus away all the courteous talk with the aunties and i realise we talked alot more over dinner this reunion dinner. i don't think i've talked so much with everyone as much in previous reunion dinners. so that made this time's dinner quite special. talked about uni life since chuen and fen going into uni liaoz, talked about chuen's upcoming taiwan trip and my own trip previously, talked about chuen's bike riding, talked about uni courses that fen should choose and alot of other things. and even talked about movies since pa claims ma is addicted to movies of late(ma alleges that she's just catching up), and about all the shows we've watched and how we find them. so it was perfect family interraction all round. don't think we've talked this much over dinner for quite a long time liaoz, what with our busy schedules and lives(mine especially). then we strolled back home. meal was surprisingly quite good and filling too. and not like it was super duper expensive.
bought myself a red shirt for cny. think thats the only thing new in my wardrobe. was down in town with some colleagues yesterday. it was some last minute shopping everyone wants to do, the girls especially, dunno why they are so scared they have nothing to wear. in the end found myself a nice red shirt at 77th street at far east plaza. then try on let everyone vett through SQ and comment here comment there and then they decided i should buy it and i guess since i hadn't bought anything then just buy lor. afterall we all received an 480 ang pow from the bank yesterday. how nice.
visiting starts in the late afternoon...gonna nuah at home till then...
reuniion dinner was fantastic. we ate at the punggol seafood restaurant at east coast. service was terrible, i think they didn't have enough staff and those who worked were clumsy and blur. throughout hte meal food was given in the wrong order or the waittress accidentally spilled the washing bowl liquid/ crab sauce. even splashed crab sauce onto my father's spectacles...
waitress: aiyoh sorry, sorry!
pa: careful, careful, you make my spectacles take a bath in crab sauce!
waitress: haha, sorry sorry(bring cloth and proceeds to drop spoon)
haha, but funnily enough it wasa fantastic dinner. i don't think the last few were this memorable. i think its the first time in a long long time that only the 5 of us(previously sure got an auntie here or an auntie there) ate reunion together. so really minus away all the courteous talk with the aunties and i realise we talked alot more over dinner this reunion dinner. i don't think i've talked so much with everyone as much in previous reunion dinners. so that made this time's dinner quite special. talked about uni life since chuen and fen going into uni liaoz, talked about chuen's upcoming taiwan trip and my own trip previously, talked about chuen's bike riding, talked about uni courses that fen should choose and alot of other things. and even talked about movies since pa claims ma is addicted to movies of late(ma alleges that she's just catching up), and about all the shows we've watched and how we find them. so it was perfect family interraction all round. don't think we've talked this much over dinner for quite a long time liaoz, what with our busy schedules and lives(mine especially). then we strolled back home. meal was surprisingly quite good and filling too. and not like it was super duper expensive.
bought myself a red shirt for cny. think thats the only thing new in my wardrobe. was down in town with some colleagues yesterday. it was some last minute shopping everyone wants to do, the girls especially, dunno why they are so scared they have nothing to wear. in the end found myself a nice red shirt at 77th street at far east plaza. then try on let everyone vett through SQ and comment here comment there and then they decided i should buy it and i guess since i hadn't bought anything then just buy lor. afterall we all received an 480 ang pow from the bank yesterday. how nice.
visiting starts in the late afternoon...gonna nuah at home till then...
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Almost Friday
still in office but glad its almost the end of the week though i've gotta work on saturday. this whole week the calls are like crap. i dunno what's gotten into people, everyone's so darn grumpy and impatient. haiz. as shirley mentioned about how this week's customers are akin to the character in harry potter - the dementor - where it saps the soul outta people, these callers do exactly the same to us man. argh. xianz.
anyway on a brighter note i'm currently hooked to the latest version of counter-strike:condition zero. i'm not too good - those with good memory should recall me struggling with my laptop back in 1st and 2nd year. haha but those days it was fun, now i play against bots which are either too hard or too easy...haha but still fun lah.
think besides that there's really not much else going on in my life liao. haha. so no life. welcome to the rat race. thankfully work isn't so boring lah, talk about the excitement of anticipating that every next caller is gonna screw your backside upside down. adrenalin rush siah!
anyway on a brighter note i'm currently hooked to the latest version of counter-strike:condition zero. i'm not too good - those with good memory should recall me struggling with my laptop back in 1st and 2nd year. haha but those days it was fun, now i play against bots which are either too hard or too easy...haha but still fun lah.
think besides that there's really not much else going on in my life liao. haha. so no life. welcome to the rat race. thankfully work isn't so boring lah, talk about the excitement of anticipating that every next caller is gonna screw your backside upside down. adrenalin rush siah!
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