Pregnant lady

I have always been told to tolerate the essentric behaviour of pregnant woman. They tend to be more short temper, enjoy bossing around, irrational behaviour etc. Yes, i know abt these. That is why i always give in to these ladies. It becomes a disaster esp if they get to work in an extremely stressful environment like ours. The atmosphere turns out to be very tense. If she could not endure in this type of stress, then take a break and come back when delivery is over.

I am not trying to be mean but come on, i am neither her husband nor close friends. I got scolded for nothing, just because of a little question that i asked. Seeing her walking ard with a big tummy looks pitiful. However, her behaviour does not justify. Someone said "Having kid and still behaving like tat, wonder wat kind of offspring will she produce?" It's true. Even if it is not out of her usual behaviour, i think the job is too stressful for her to handle. TAKE A BREAK PLS!

Anyway, i kept cool during the whole saga. Tried to tolerate a bit. Thankfully, things are over now. Going to have a day off. I am enjoying my break later. YEAH!

Paper Chase

Opps! My mistake. It was Toronto. Not Vancouver. My fault. Anyway these places are in Canada. So should be fun. ha... Will be looking fwd to meeting Ron, Joseph and Lilian next week. Wau lau eh... Hard to meet up especially when we need to work except lilian who could relaz relaz till her holiday ends. ha....

So much for that. Spent an enjoyable day with jun this evening. But sad to say, others are done with their papers while she is still struggling for her last. Guess she will still have to endure a bit. Nvm, we still have a holiday to look fwd right?

Life of a Singaporean Student ends when he/she finish the last paper in the final year. Like wat michelle said, an end to singapore's conventional education system. Of course, we still have masters, PHD but i guess most will want to put a stop for the time. Although i grumble a lot on work, i prefer working than studying. I hate the feeling of mugging for exams. Too stressful!

However, after a year to my final paper, when i think back, my school days are over. I pity kids nowsaday for all the changes in the education system. In our society, paper qualification still counts. Yes, successful entreprenuers are non-grad, but come to think of it, w/o sufficient qualification, u will be turn down by many corporation. Realistic! Do u think Mr Sim will allow his son or daughter to skip school? NO! Too bad, paper qualification may not be necessary but it serves as a useful weapon!

States? Anyone?

Lilian is going away for a long holiday in Vancouver. OMG! So nice.... If i have the chance... I have been eyeing for a long holiday out of Asia since my last trip to Europe few years ago. Whenever i saw the pictures of Vatican City, i always remember the time i went there. The Basilica, the museum and St Peter Square etc. I still recall there is this water running from the tap at the centre of St Peter's Square. How could i forget?

Wanted to go to the States for a very long time. I seriously wonder when would it occur. Not forgetting places in Eastern Europe and places like South Africa and Egypt. The tots of going there just keep running in my mind! Fortunately, this time round, i could go for a short getaway wif jun to BKK. ha... yes, BKK. Went there several times wif different pple. So the feeling always changes. It should be very very fun! ha...

Holiday holiday! Who can resist that? Unless u lack of monetary resources, i am certain u will get hooked to it once u leave our Lion City. Hmm... i am not a quitter but life can be pretty boring here....

Casino or not

Took some time to update my blog before heading off for dreamland. Been busy lately over work. Made a few blunders here and there. Hope to make more improvement as time goes along. Found out that my other colleague is also suffering from "work demoralisation". ha... think this is part and parcel of life. Maybe i would say working in the media field is so much different from corporate world. More bitching perhaps

Many things happened over the last few days. The govt have "finally" given the green light to proceed with Intergrated Resort. I do agree with PM and other MPs that it will indeed bring in employment and revenue for the country. As Lim Hng Kiang said, the tourism sector in other countries are booming but Singapore is slowing down. Something must be done. On the other hand, we are constraint by many factors. We dun have rich cultural and historical background, our land is so much limited. Thus, it is hard to focus on tourism sector.

However, it is important that the research conducted extensively MUST justify wat is going to happen. I mean r the resort operators really able to attract the number of crowd they wanted? Or how confident is the govt able to pull in tourists from other countries? It seems that IR is the ultimate route to boost our tourism industry. The govt is placing their bets on IR. It better win cos if it lost, not only will there be more social problems but the amount of investment and effort we put in.

A very good example is the failure of Asian Village, Tang Dynasty and Haw Par Villa. Oh yes, not forgetting the consolidation of 2 media giants, cos losses did occur. For now, it is no longer the decision whether to build a casino or not. It should be what MUST be done to give others a thumbs up for our intergrated resort!

I Heard a Rumour

Whoo hoo.... Enjoy my break finally. Had a great time last evening at Double O with Ken and Gavin. It's exam period and yet the place is still crowded. Well, u r right, NS boys again. The music was good with pple grooving and swaying thru the nite. Was trapped on the dance floor when a large crowd marched in suddenly. I was stranded and unable to move.

No choice but to move to the platform. That was a excellent choice. Could dance more freely, more movement! Love the song from Bananarama-- I heard a rumour. Yar rite, bound to have rumours everywhere esp in workplace. Pple loves to speculate and eventually a grapevine effect will occur. Hard to avoid, so got to play with the game.

Left ard 3am and headed to Changcheng for porridge. Din know that the place open till wee hours in the morning. My first time having supper there. The place brings me lots of memories. The days when i was in SR, lunch in with Limei. Chat, gossip and talk anything under the sky. How nice. Those were the days. Like i say many times, pple @ SR r less complicated. They can make good friends. No restrictions. But I gave up for a place that reminds me of hell. Could not believe wat i did. haiz... wat a joke!

Drenched!!

Had no time to update my blog every night after returning home from work. Felt like sleeping when i reach home. Decide to make myself update a bit before sleep. Well, work is still the same except for a few hip cups here and there. Sometimes, i really wonder why pple likes to make a big fuss out of a small issue. Maybe just "bian tai"?

Anyway, was caught in the rain while on the way to work. Cannot believe it. It was bright and sunny at one place, then downpour on the other. I was so worried that i might catch a cold. Fortunately, i was fine. The rain turned heavy all of a sudden and i was like thanks.... Soaked tshirt and jeans....

Another day before i enjoy my 2 day break. After 1030pm, i will be away from work... YEAH!

Sunny Tuesday

Enjoyed a sunny afternoon at the pool earlier. Pretty warm today so decided to go for a swim cum tan. The pool was unusually quiet. I was the only one swimming in a public pool. Can u imagine that? Having a pool by yourself... I was so indulged in the luxury, away from work, away from all the stressful thoughts.

Then went over to the tanning area. Surprising, there were quite a handful of pple. Found a spot and lie there till i fell asleep. My first time! I dozed off while tanning! And i think i was snoring a little. ha.. so embarrassing. Hopefully, it din attract the attention of other tanners. If i could have this kind of lifestyle, i would really love that. Reality is reality, if u dun have the money, how much can u relax? Come to think of that, i will be in the harsh environment later. Better catch some sleep before a new day comes....

Survival Kit

There are some thick skinned pple who just cannot stop but enjoy stabbing others. Although i am not the unlucky one, i cannot stand the way pple being ill treated. I got to agree that there are some who are very "JIAN". So left with no choice, but act like an idiot and see pple being bullied.

So much for that, i have finally gotten another day off after two days of hardwork. Was very stressful on Sunday due to NKF. As usual, the "charity organisation" came up with fantastic gimmicks, stunts to lure pple in donating. Singaporeans are not tired and they enjoy these kind of treatment. Kidney patients deserve our empathy. However, the way NKF do their canvassing somehow pissed many pple off.

I would dedicate April as NKF month. Kind hearted Singaporeans donate generously in view of brand new condominium and car. Very commercially driven. But i would say well done cos they achieved wat they wanted. Within 3 hours, they earned more than 6 millions? Not easy. Other charitable organisations who are not so ambitious have to depend on MCYS funding. Haiz... irony....

Weekend Eve

Our dearest Pope has finally laid to rest. Millions of Catholics gathered at St Peter Square to mourn for the pope. I was watching live pictures at work and was asked to edit a 40s shot where his coffin was carried into the catheral. I guess most catholics must have mixed feeling by then. He will always be remembered including non-catholics ard the world.

Anyway, i was disturbed by telephone call this morning. Once again, i need to salute to my sis again. Her dispute with her in-laws seem never ending. Behaving like little kids, they argued over minor issues. In the end, her poor son was left unattended. She begged my mum to take care of little jordan while she headed for work. Fortunately, she came home early to pick his son up. If not, my mum will be part of the dispute too. Guess if any gays or lesbians happen to read this, they will bound to shake their head and say, it will never happen to them. ha.... No wonder our population has indeed a growing gay population....

Efiling Problem

Was efiling for my dad and uncle for their tax return when i encountered this problem. I have been efiling for them for many years eversince IRAS launch its online Form B1. It was pretty easy and convenient over the last few years particularly after IRAS had a tied up with most organisation. In the past, most employees need to declare their income after receiving Form 8E from their employer.

Eversince the tie up, employees need not declare anything since the income has been forwarded directly to IRAS. Unless u r some sole proprietor or wat, it is pretty simple to efile ur returns. I was once a student volunteer for IRAS. I still remembered filling up Form B1 manually about 8 years ago. For now, technology has made way for manual task.

There was another revamp this year. Surprising, the IRAS server got "cock up" and i had a hard time logging in. Not only to that, the server was very slow. Previously there were no such problems. Even if u manage to log in, u may get booted out or worse still, submit ur tax return halfway and got hang. That happen to me. My god. I emailed them and this was wat i received.

"We have received your email. Due to the overwhelming volume of emails received, we will not be able to advise you immediately. However, we willtry to respond within 5 days to requests for tax form or IRAS (e-Filing)PIN. For all other queries, we will try to respond within 2 weeks. "

Cool rite?

Bosses with different Attitudes

I find myself getting into problem when u hv many bosses with different attitudes. A has his own style while B has another. So the million dollar qn is who to follow? Some said use ur brain to judge who has a better say. I would say tat is not easy. A will say A's right, B will say B's good. Then, who is rite eventually?

I tot i have trusted someone and once again i was wrong. Irritating. Shared so many secrets with each other and now somehow felt like being accused. Dun really feel comfortable. As a proverb say "once bitten twice shy". I am like bitten several times and dun feel shy at all. Shit. Wat is wrong with me? I guess probably the atmosphere must have allow me to loose my vigilance. Anyway, a lesson learnt. Be careful the next time!

Tired Brain

Had a wonderful chat with jun last nite on various issues. I feel that i get to know her better each day. We ended our phone call almost wee hours in the morning at 3am. Definitely not easy for her since she is studying very hard for her exams. And yet her mind is still working while we gossip over the phone. ha....cool....

Anyway, finally get to be the assistant editor for the evening news today. The name sounds good but also mean more work. My brain was squeezed till dry. This is the first time i am working with a newly promoted boss. Luckily he is quite "zai" but then he still get very stress as the time approaches the finale. hee. Great working experience with him. So much better than working with demons and insane pple. ha....

Got to work over this wkend. No time to go out or even see little jordan. Aiyah, too bad. However, i am seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully, this postive mindset will always be there before i leave for my next job.