You Know You're Addicted To Facebook When...

10. You play with it even in office, especially games like Pacman, Scrabulous and World Traveller IQ.

9. You don't update your Friendster or MySpace accounts anymore.

8. You try to add as many friends as you can as if it were 2002 (during the Friendster craze) all over again.

7. All the latest updates of your friends came from you reading their Facebook profiles.

6. Scissors, paper, stone challenges became fun all over again.

5. "Do you have a Facebook account?" became your new pick-up line.

4. You begin to feel that the fastest way of communication is by drawing or writing messages on your friends' walls.

3. You scour through friends' album pictures hoping you can tag yourself in any of their pictures.

2. You refresh it every 20 seconds to see if there are any new invitations/friend requests/notifications.

1. You neglect updating your blog for 2 whole weeks because you spent too much time on it.

Land of Tai Mei

Just back from Taipei.

It was a really fun trip with the guys as we partied each night till dawn. Tai Meis (Taiwanese chicks) are really something. No pix taken with any of them though, else kenna taupok by the girlfriend.

Tai Mei Observation #1 - Act Cute Face

Spends a hell lot of time dolling up and acting cute. Eye-liner thick like Goth, macham like dun need money lidat. And their fake eye-lashes are so long they can poke your eyes out. Everything done with act-cute spirit. Even their voice also try to act cute. Can't blame them, they make really great eye-candy.

Tai Mei Observation #2 - The Shorter The Better

I have no idea why they even bother wearing shorts. They have a thing for ultra short denim shorts, so short that they're probably illegal in Singapore. Makes their milky-white legs look all the longer perhaps?

Tai Mei Observation #3 - Damn Open Minded

At a club called LAVA, they were having a dance competition for selected Tai Meis who wanted to earn a 2,000NT (~SGD100) ang pow. At first I thought it was a dance competition, but I was wrong. It was more like a striptease competition. C'mon this was like any normal club like Zouk or Dragonfly and these kids were on stage stripping out of their spaggetti straps and denim shorts (G-strings galore!) and dry-humping like their lives depended on it. The eventual winner collected the ang pow with ONLY her G-string on, much to the enjoyment of perverts like ourselves.

Well aside from all that testosterone-pumping night action we also did the touristy bits during the day time like go up to the Taipei 101, shop at Shilin, Xi Men Ding and Wu Fen Bu.

Also when in Taipei, we do what the Taiwanese do. We were gouging ourselves with Ji Pa (fried chicken breast), Aw Lwa Mee Suah (thin noodles with oysters) and Chou Dou Fu (smelly tofu) evert single day! Topped with bubble tea almost every single meal. We also played the silly Zua Zua Le (catch catch fun), stupid UFO game to catch softtoys. Bloody crafty Tai Mei salesgirls would help you to arrange your target softtoy to tempt you to try again. Basket. Then there was the arcade basketball shooting craze too.

Ok. Thats all the pix I have right now. I'll totally encourage anyone to go Taiwan.

Oh, and did I mention that Taiwan TV has got like 10-over channels devoted to investments analysis alone?! Its like technical analysis and fundamental analysis courses on TV!

Addicted to Heroes

Somehow, I can watch the 1st season of Heroes for free. Don't ask me how, but I can. And by golly am I addicted to it. Been spending the last couple of days watching 3-4 episodes a day. Its awesome! I really recommend it to everyone. The cheerleader's so damn hot!

So our golf trip came and went. I didn't play as badly as I thought I would, was decent enough. Probably need more practice and I can turn pro liaoz...hahahaha...

Going to Taiwan this weekend. Its a stag party of sorts.

Getting ROM-ed on 1st Dec. Dinner's gonna be in late 2008. If you're reading this you'll probably get an invite in June perhaps?

This quarter has been the best so far. I just officially became the record holder in the whole global office for most accounts acquired in a single quarter. Its been a good 3 months.

Lets hope next quarter will be better.

Top 10 Reasons Why Golf Sucks!

1. I'm so gonna get pwned by everyone else this Friday at SouthLink.

2. My arms hurt and feel numb at the same time after an hour in the range.

3. All the hot babes at MBGC hit better and further than I do.

4. My Pitch hits further than my 7.

5. All my shots fly right. Waaaaaaaaaay right.

6. I've almost never ever touched my Sand Wedge before.

7. I go home way past bedtime.

8. And have too heavy suppers at River Valley/Old Airport Road/Blk 85 Bak Chor Mee.

9. I've gotta wake at 6am on Friday.

10. My entire golf set costs HALF of one of Eugene's single driver. Thats including the bag.

To Fix A Fan

My computer's fan has been down for several days,
And I can't operate it long before it overheats.
The over-heated indicator blinks from on till off,
I felt it time to get my computer fixed.

I went to a PC store in Siglap centre,
I thought they could fix things right.
But when they told me the cost and wait,
I left the PC store in ghostly fright.

They wanted to charge me eighty friggin' bucks,
"Just for the consultation", he had the cheek to say.
"It would also take two days to fix it up",
By then a bomb I would have had to pay.

So I picked up my toy and left the store,
Not believing the obnoxiousness of that twit.
I then drove straight down to Sim Lim Square,
And found my favourite store to take a look at it.

The guy was closing, shutters down and all,
Nobody would fault him rejecting me.
But when he saw me distressed, running to the store,
He gladly waved me in enthusiastically.

"What's the problem, my friend?",
He asked with voice full of concern.
"My fan's broken", was my reply,
My money was there for him to earn.

"That's easy!", he said with a chuckle,
Screwdriver already digging in,
"I'll fix it up in about five minutes!"
My heart started dancing from within.

Indeed thats all the time he took,
To change that dusty faulty fan.
And how much did it cost you ask?
35 dollars, it was such a bargain!

The moral of my limerick wannabe,
Is not about who's right or wrong.
More about getting things done swiftly and efficiently,
And not having to wait too long.

More about not paying through your nose,
Just for something simple as can be,
And get straight to the heart of the matter,
So that everyone can leave happy.

I guess I'll never go back to that Siglap store again,
To fix any old PC of mine,
Instead I'd rather drive further down to town,
Where I know I'll have peace of mind.

This is where my story ends,
My dear friends please beware,
Stay away from Siglap's PC store,
Or your wallets will be bare.

Just That Quick Update

Been awhile since I last blogged.

Just dropping by to update that I haven't had much to blog about actually.

Had a great month of August work-wise. Hopefully September will be the same or better, but I'll have to start working on it if I wanna make it. Life is good for now, but I really can't see 3 months ahead to save my life.

Our HDB 1st appointment is on the 28th of the month, so we've gotta book our ROM date soon. Will probably be having a quiet little ROM in a hotel suite somewhere with only both our families. Chinese wedding will have to wait till late next year perhaps.

I guess that's about it for now.

Oh and I finally get to own a BlackBerry - for now. Haha.

Can You Keep A Secret?

Haiz.

I'm a sap.

And I think too much perhaps.

Watched Jay Chou's directorial debut last night (because the girlfriend dragged me to it) and as much as I really hate to admit it, I thought it was a pretty good movie. It had two really hot babes, killer piano rifts and a super twist at the end that would've blown me away had I not have read Aly's blog.

Still it was twisty enough to impress.

It is similar to the Korean love story Il Mare or the lousier Americanized version, The Lakehouse, and conceptually like The Butterfly Effect or 6th Sense. Not the same, but in the same category. So if you liked them, then you should watch this.

Just some notes even though I think I've just about solved everything:

*warning* SUPER SPOILERS - highlight to read.

Had 小雨's mom gone mad? Else how can we explain both times when first she says 小雨 was sick and the other time when she said she was in the room (but wasn't)?

Why is it that Jay can appear in the photo in the last scene? Isn't he not supposed to be seen by anyone but 小雨?

Why is it that Jay can go back to the time when 小雨 was still alive? Isn't she dead by the time he goes back to 1979?

小雨 isn't really dead lah is she? The one who's dead is really Jay Papa who suffers a heart attack while running back to school at the last part.

Why is SKY so damn hot?

Ok lah so the main female lead was quite good too. She has this really cute, plain jane but vulnerable thing about her too lah. Sheesh.

Ok ok, so I haven't quite solved it all. But go watch it lah, and bring the bf/gf along with some Kleenex.

I will gladly discuss any logical hypotheses for my above notes with anyone who've watched the movie.

Summer Party 2007

Yesterday was our summer party (I know, its autumn already).

Was at Sentosa from the afternoon. Beer was free-flowing, everyone was wet and games were played everywhere.

We played beach volleyball and lost to the team from customer service (the humiliation!). Then we played beach soccer and lost to the team from sales trading too. Which sucked. In the end, of all games, we won the raft-building competition when Eugene and I kicked our way to leg-numbing glory by taking the first spot on a technical disqulification (Kasper was standing on the seabed to push his raft most of the way!)

Won ourselves an expensive bottle of Moet, 3/4 of which were sprayed all over Christin and Eugene. Felt like F1 winners, us all.

The night was more exciting with alcohol in free-flow. Sounds familiar? That's because its happened before so nothing should come as a surprise. There was a cool arm-wrestling competition by anyone you wanted to see wrestle anyone else, though I didn't get a chance to wrestle anyone. Haha.

Alot of slutting-it-outs and new gossip. Its nice to stand by the sidelines to watch once again...

If anyone saw the left side slipper of my Tevas right beside the beach tent where the bags were, I'll be very glad if you could return it.

Will post some pix if the release them to us.

One Half - 881 Duet Version

Just caught the movie. For once, I'm really strongly recommending this local movie.

Its just awesome lah. Makes you feel all Singaporean and patriotic, because only a Singaporean will appreciate all the Hokkien and its references. Treat it like a Hokkien musical. Go buy the soundtrack. Blast it in your car and sing along! Then blog about how good it is and spread the word.

Just love it!

Complexity

These days, there are things that happen so disgustingly fast that you don't know what to make of them anymore. Friends are lost, colleagues are lost, new ones are found and everything turns with the blink of an eye.

I have always recognised that I'm working in an industry that lives and die by the second. And the old adage that time waits for no man holds its most ruthless truth within the realms of this industry. Within a split-second, rewards are gained and lost, in a matter of instants, people around you change. That is the sad reality that I'm in. I have to constantly adapt, I have to constantly change to match the settings of my environment.

Is this what I really want? I don't know. But probably the large draw is the money. Maybe thats why it pays so well to survive here.

I may be the best salesman today, but I'll be fired tomorrow. My boss may share a beer, private stories and an unfunny joke today, but tomorrow he'll totally ignore me as I clear my table. We work, play and live everyday like it were our last in the company.

Come carpe diem baby!

Amen.