Posted by the writer on Jul 6, 2010 in
funny Someone has been talking of a certain ring with a diamond the past few weeks. And then suddenly stopped.
Being the nice person I am, I picked up the conversation thread where it left off by talking about diamonds for the past two days.
And being the efficient worker I am, I asked friends for recommendations on where to get the best diamond.
So everything is in place and ready.
For the someone to pay the bill.
On the same subject, to yikor… i’m completing the dreaded dissertation soon (like almost tomorrow!)…so please send me the chopard necklace you bought two years back for me! i miss u so much. will u turn up at the doorstep with the necklace?
Posted by the writer on Jul 1, 2010 in
heart So this post is titled as such because that is exactly what is on my mind now after more than 40 hours of non-sleep.
The eyes and body are weak though the brain is somewhat overactive, at the moment.
Spent the 1st of July on the phone with police officers of all people… and a visit to the station. -_-”
Caught not a pot of gold but a fever which is nursing itself up to a frenzy at the very moment, threatening explosion if I still do not get myself off to bed.
What a start to the month of July!
I discovered that we do have telepathy between us. And yes… 
love the world!
Posted by the writer on Jun 27, 2010 in
general Yes! Finally bringing back the retail after a break of four years. It’s been that long!
This time, it won’t be niche niche market. Will be catering to the masses as well. 
I’m so excited. Additional income and fun!
Brand new concept, brand new designs, brand new goods and most importantly, my own brand.
There’s gonna be a huge variety of stuff available for sale at rock bottom prices.
Posted by the writer on Jun 19, 2010 in
heart I finally figured that there is something wrong with my attitude to life.
I take things too easy, too nevermind.
Most things are OK for me while to others it doesn’t seem to be so. And then I say, nevermind.
-_-
Honestly, what do you expect me to do?
I don’t like to recall unhappy stuff so I’d rather let things be. Of course there are times when I’d do something on purpose but it’s all in the name of fun.
See, I rather choose fun over anything else.
I’ve never seen it as a problem even though many people had very pointedly told me that I ought to take life more seriously.
Till now.
Like ten minutes ago.
When I woke up from an early night… to work on that paper. And after a few lame, and when I say lame…it is REALLY LAME!, badly constructed paragraphs, I emailed the thing out to my poor Professor and it just hit me. I ought to take things seriously. At least, for a start, take that paper seriously.
But that is not to say I’ve not been taking that paper seriously so far. I mean, I am serious about completing it. Just that it seems to me, that 12 minutes ago, all my effort has not been enough and I am actually having too much fun than being serious.
You know, some people are just so dead serious about everything and that makes them so boring stiff? I don’t want to become someone like that. And some people are so dead serious that it makes them so scary and murderous. =X
Nevermind. Shucks… there I go again.
Posted by the writer on Jun 18, 2010 in
general About nothing and yet everything.
I hope I’ll be able to get my iPhone 4 and iPad latest latest by next month. =D
Some people are really irritating and I finally figured out why we call these people lowlife. Pests that crawl at the lowest level are the ones who usually survive longest. A good example are the cockroaches. They are considered rather primitive and I ever read somewhere (not sure if it is accurate though) that given to the day the world ends…cockroaches would still be alive! Ohmygawd! So yes, some people are like cockroaches. And I usually smack these to a sticky death.
A man who has no pride is worse than the poorest beggar and yet he still thinks himself top of the world. That is the irony of man. Generally, the average Singaporean man is useless. And my observation is that it is the economic pressure here which has made them so. The average man expect the wife to share in half of the financial burden (if not more), hold a good job and take care of the household. Yet at the same time, the so-called ‘traditional values’ still holds; kids take after the father’s surname, women are a ’subset’ of men kinda mentality. So to all men who are reading this: DO NOT EVER GET MARRIED IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY. Unless you are OK with your kids taking after your wife’s surname. *smirkz” And then to make matters worse…if these average men marry a foreign woman (e.g. from Cambodia, Vietnam or China) they do not expect these women to work but to stay at home and at this junction…these average men would willingly hold two or even three jobs just to make ends meet or pander to the whims and fancies of these women. Men are just weird. They really do think by their balls. So no wonder why the economic pressure is such too.
The World Cup 2010 so far has been hilarious. All the supposedly good teams have really ‘outperformed’ themselves by making the most impossible mistakes possible and all the supposedly lousy teams have really ‘outperformed’ themselves by scoring the most impossible goals possible. Whatever is the world coming to? I guess, the betting centers must be laughing all the way to the banks.
I wish, I could write as much as I can debate. For that dreaded paper.
You know, I hate politics the most. I really can be alone. I don’t care much for unpleasant company. So just leave me alone. An insincere call is a million times worse than not calling at all. So no thanks for the fake concerns.
Partner has been very busy lately. Actually I’m very busy too. Everyone is busy. So far away. Wondering how cold it’d be.
Posted by the writer on Jun 11, 2010 in
general Bosses have been encouraged to allow staff leave and flexible hours so that everyone could enjoy the World Cup event. To the extent of rescheduling “not-so-important” meetings. Sigh! Sports sponsorship is still the most profitable legit business.
That reminds me of my almost foray into that industry 8 years back. They deemed me too young after flying all the way down to Asia from Europe to interview me…without asking for my age in the application. And it was the HR in Europe who discovered the discrepancy and called to terminate the second interview. Most esteemed and most ridiculous interview ever in my life so far.
Terrible sleepless nights for the sport fans and gamblers alike.
Sleepless nights for myself as well cos of the rush in trying to complete that paper. What a mess I’ve got myself into…
Anyway, keeping late nights aren’t good for health and definitely not good for the complexion. Just saw a picture of a barmaid, albeit a make-over picture…seriously old and haggled even though the subject was only in the early twenties when the picture was taken. Said subject was also seen as balding, with wrinkles on the forehead and around the eyes, sunken and bloodshot eyes, a very prominent nasal labial fold, decaying yellow teeth and with very yellow complexion in other pictures.
Sometimes I really wonder about the ironies in life.
You know, corporate leaders don’t sleep a lot too. My guess is, the corporate leaders sleep even lesser hours than a barmaid BUT there is a remarkable difference in the presentation between the both.
Maybe it is a different set of worries that causes the difference in the outer appearance. You seldom find corporate leaders looking haggled, withered and yellow. They always look glowingly radiant although sometimes with dark eye circles and real messy hairdo.
And of course, the sky-high difference in earnings.
Life has never been fair.
And we aren’t talking about those born with a silver (or gold or diamond or platinum) spoon yet.
Each to his/her own. Everyone has a role to play. Just play it well.
Posted by the writer on Jun 3, 2010 in
heart I don’t like to see the back of people I love. It makes me feel I’m being abandoned. Perhaps I’ve not gotten over it. The fear haunts me still. Even though I don’t have any memories of what had happened because I was too young to know, the fear remains.
I’ve forgiven them for choosing to lead a life of their own without me. I understand their reasons for doing so. But there is no way I can ever get rid of the fear that haunts me because even when I didn’t know anything, the fear was there. It can never go away.
Despite having everything I could have, I have always felt a certain fear. Before I knew the story, the reasons, the explanations, I could not pinpoint what that fear was. A child, no matter how young, even a baby just days old, can feel such a fear. And it remains.
Shuttling between countries only made things worse because there was no anchorage. It doesn’t matter that everything was first rate; material comfort is no substitution for emotional comfort.
So please, don’t let me look at your 背影. It throws me into confusion and hopelessness.
Posted by the writer on May 27, 2010 in
general Honestly, I didn’t finish reading everything Robert Greene even though I’ve got the entire collection. But he isn’t really relevant to this post entry.
I suspect I have the propensity to attract insanely creative people (sometimes famous, most times yet to be) because I am one eccentric mad hatter myself. That said, I just love people who are themselves. They are cool or not because they are who they are.
But recently, I realised that I am attracting all the ‘wrong’ people or attention. There are just so many vultures out there waiting to get to know so-and-so or wanting to be introduced to so-and-so… that my patience is wearing membrane thin.
It is NOT ok when you pretend to be all friendly and genuine when all you want is to data-mine my friends for your personal or career gains. You know, maybe one day I will start a blog and post up names and details. Well, you want to be known so I’ll give you a head-start.
Don’t say you’ve not been warned.
Posted by the writer on May 26, 2010 in
general Finally recovered my writing bug with the incessant redrafting of the dissertation which is making no head no tail and no middle yet. That is a huge problem. But I’m sure it can be solved.
The World Expo at Shanghai is superb. Impressive is an understatement but the lack of manners of the Chinese left much to be desired. The black sheep are more than the white. ’nuff said on that.
I shall migrate the entries from this blog and add on some past entries which I’ve written on previous blogs onto a new blog address. This domain is going offline for the time being.
Life has been rather busy and sad lately, with funerals. The only good news is that one of my besties is getting married in July and everyone is excited over that. It’s gonna be a traditional church wedding!!! Lots of restrictions but it’s very special. Few people go for traditional church weddings now.
The grey clouds of the dissertation is hanging very much over me and sad to say, it does nothing to relieve the hot sunny weather these days. Business has been brisk… as brisk as it could be. I just hope that money will continuing to flow in and not flow out.
A revival in the interest of trading in some stuff and exporting them. But this will need time to develop.
Still campaigning for my own theme club. Lots of difficulties here because the property owner is in a tight fix himself (the Lehman shock). I will not give up.
The two casinos have been receiving a lot of flak. But the revenue is surging like no tomorrow. Greed is the terminator of the human race.
Getting closer and spending more time with my loved ones are the foremost of my priorities now. Yes, even the dissertation has taken a step back. What with all the recent funerals and sad stories all around, there has been a huge paradigm shift in priorities. Of course I am not giving up my studies but it just have to take a step back. Kudos to business too. It is frustrating how the modern civilisation is built on a foundation of dollars and cents such that one has to have a certain amount of financial freedom before one can start to enjoy time with loved ones without worrying about how to get the next meal onto the table. With proper planning, most people can at some point in time achieve this but how many people would bother to plan properly? A change in mindset is also required as we have all been socialised into placing material gains over other values.
Considering adopting a pup. I’d like a medium size mongrel (local bred). They are loyal and protective. A pedigree does not guarantee anything better except a higher cost. I think this apply to humans as well.
I think I’ve pretty much ‘grown’ up in the past few months especially within these 2.5 months. It is another turning point in my life. But like most times, I resist changes like this because a big part of me doesn’t want to grow up at all.
June is approaching. Half a year is soon gone. What have you achieved so far?
Posted by the writer on Apr 5, 2010 in
general yeahz…redraft will be done this Wednesday and then emailed to Prof for checkings…followings will be the amendments and re-amendments etc.
I’d wish I could live permanently in a clubhouse but there really is no place like home.
I miss you so…
And now to more important topics: MONEY!