A Happy Man
After anxiously waiting at the Internet Banking website to see my cheque succesfully turn into ready cash flow, I was off into a huff for the shopaholic ritual.
Before staring glazily at the numbers at my e-account, I actually sms-ed a few peeps to tag along as my shopping partner.
Apparently, EVERYONE WAS BUSY.
FWINE, nobody wanted to accompany me shopping to get over y-day flattened infatuation incident.
Vernon had something on, Eugene had classes, Wen Jun has job training, JM was slaving at NCC, Richmond & Clara has something on and Aaron & Irene had to write something defaming about how our school toilet stinks or something like that.
Well, on a positive note, no shopping partner is much MORE BETTER (trying to make myself feel better).
No second opinions to slap your hand away, no comments like "Are we done yet?" and "I need to go somewhere to look at something", no need to look out whether somebody is tired, thirsty or hungry and nobody to stop you from flashing your wallet openly to the various cashiers hungry for your moolah.
SEE. Shopping alone is so much more fun.
I shopped till I had to restrain myself.
Below are the full details of my shopping escapade:
My first destination was Sim Lim Square. The cowboy town for technological goods.
I walked up and down the escalators like 7 or 8 times, exploring all 6 (or was it 7?) floors before I made my purchase.
I got my 30 GB Hard Disk Drive combo. My first purchase. = )
Followed by a Logitech Marble Mouse and a Headset for JM.
I was then pondering should I go get an iPod, Creative's new Zen Touch or a Discman for army.
I thought precariously for 30 minutes. I was on the verge of getting the Zen touch after asking around for quotations (In Sim Lim, you need to ask around for the best prices) before I decided I needed to be practical.
I bought a Discman.
Alot of people will say I'm stupid. Now is the mp3 age. Discman is like SO 20th century. But there is an invisible law of the army where recordable stuff are not allowed, like CD-Rs and mp3s. Thus, I made a wise move. I feel. I'll get the Zen Touch when I'm bored of purchasing costly $15.99 CDs where only 1 track is only worth listening.
Leaving that place, I felt pretty pleased with myself as I restrained myself from grabbing Xbox games & nifty Xbox controllers and Xbox accessories from the shelves.
As I had to teach tuition later in the evening, I proceeded onto Tampines.
This was where my mind went beserk.
It seemed that all the shop fronts were screaming "COME IN, WE HAVE A SALE, DUMB ASS"
The first stall that I popped into was Body Shop. I needed to get a body foam scrub for my dead skin tanned body.
They didn't have any but I was rather tempted to pick up a 500 ml bottle of Oceanus shower gel.
I behaved.
Next stall was Watsons. I managed to get a body scrub which cost 5 bucks but I uwittingly got a Nivea sun block lotion SPF 30 (swimming is tmr, that's why), a Breathspray (I don't know why I pick that up but it was 30%, itchy fingers me) and a pack of Mini M&Ms for JM's lil bro.
Then, I mentally told myself. I should stop spending money. So, I made it a point that the Adidas concept store was my last stop.
Luckily, it had the old stock there so nothing caught my wallet's fancy.
I headed off to the direction towards the toilet, avoiding Isetan, Sportslink and Hush Puppies.
At the escalator, I saw the word SALE 50% off at Sports Connection.
I JUST HAD TO GO IN. I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF.
And fuck, I loved the items there. Most of the stuff there are like Deuter-type brands and backpacking items and I couldn't resist. $169 items were going at $80 plus.
I non-descriptly bought a pouch. But I'm going back again for a backpack either tommorrow or Saturday.
I just need a bag. Oh god, I feel like a woman lol. And sandals to go along with it?
Leaving Tampines Mall, I was rather pleased with my purchases. Who wouldn't be?
I was heading to KFC for dinner but I bumped into Lee Tat, old Hai Sing Catholic friend and the convo stop short my shopping fantasy trip.
But after a 10 minutes hiatus, I JUST had to drop into Challenger superstore to go look at some Xbox games and peripherals.
I gloss over the display with gleaming eyes. I so wanted to pick one game up and run out of there. What's worse, there is this mat where you lie on it and play Xbox games and the head cushion that supports your neck like an airplane seat will play surrond sounds and I SO wanna get that.
I folded my arms all the way, refusing to touch my perty wallet. And I left, with my wallet's ego intact.
So, I continued my way to KFC and I absent mindedly passed it because I saw a Game shop that was selling Xbox from afar. I'm such a sucker for shops with my straying eyes.
So as I ordered my sumptuous meal from KFC, which was a Satay burger meal, I investigated my purchases. I simply had NO regrets even though I've pretty much splurged half my cheque on this faithful day (or to be accurate, half a day).
I shall now list a breakdown of my guilt-free purchases from my cheque:
30 GB HDD Drive - $189
Logitech Marble Mouse - $49
Local Brand Headset - $18
Playworks (Xbox magazine) - $6
Sony D-NF600 CD Walkman - $190
Batteries for Discman - $10
Freebies like mug, post-it pads, calendar, 2 pens, a coaster - Free (duh!)
Watsons Body Scrub - $5
Pearlie White Breath Spray - $4
Bite size Mini packs of M & Ms - $4
Nivea Moisturising Sun Block Lotion SPF 30 - $16
Deuter X-Lite 300 Orange Pouch - $28
Newman magazine - $5
Not forgetting I pre-borrowed my father's credit card (Which I have returned him when I reached home) for a new line & Nokia 3120 with a 2 year StarHub plan - $200 (I paid him for 3 months bill in advance)
Total expenditure: $724
Wow, it is mind-blowing as I typed out how in half a day, I can exhaust what I have earned for working for 14 days as an account executive slave.
Before you think I'm going to stop there, I STILL have a shopping list.
3 good CDs from HMV
Dry food rations for army
Mini toiletries for army
Xbox controller
Xbox games (at least 3 which cost an average of $69 each)
Jeans (maybe...)
Slippers
Send a package to Holland to thank Kris (Must call Faith & Daphne...)
That is why I'm still going shopping tommorrow with Clara, June and Gwenne. I promise I will try to limit myself. But promises are meant to be broken. = )
On a side note, with regards to previous post, I've thought about it and discussed it with my best friend, maybe it is an infatuation because it's been so long since I really take a liking and had chemistry with someone and maybe I felt a strong affiinity of getting to really know her.
But then again, it's still pretty rare to hit it off straight with a stranger in a 15 mins conversation in a loud place right ? Also, comments like as long as she's not married, she's still fair game.
I just wanna say I don't subscribe to that theory but if I had spent more time with her, getting to know her inside out, maybe then, maybe I will then um, snatch it from her bf if she's slowly losing ground with her bf. What a fantasy if that happened.
But then again, I had my shopping fantasy fulfilled today and nothing has OR will dampen my mood. One fantasy a day is enough. Thank you very much.
Happy preppy shopper,
Benjamin
P.S. Who said laughter is the best medicine? Apparently doctors don't go shopping.
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Love lost
As I recovered from an awful flu in the early morning, I went to get my cheque. Finally.
Somehow, my pay is pro rata and I miss out the dates in my contract that I should work until the following tuesday but I ended it earlier on a Friday. Damn myself for not reading between the lines.
Hence, my pay is obscenely obscene to look at.
After that fiasco, I went to school to attend a DMC event.
To meet with lecturers and just see old faces, laughing at the yr 2 & 3s and waving a diploma in their faces.
But to some irony, I manage to chat with someone casually and um, I kinda like her.
It's been a long time since I felt some chemistry in a conversation with a complete stranger.
And yes, my heart fluttered a bit. My cold heart is unfreezing itself !
I know that if I don't approach her to probe further, I would never stand a chance anymore.
I then decide to do some background check to check her availability. Initially, news of her being an unattachee made me squirm in excitment.
With further confirmation with one of her project mates, I discovered she just recently got hitched to somebody.
Shattered and forlorn, I was visibly upset.
I don't do 3rd parties. Too complicated.
I truly enjoyed her company for 15 minutes or so and could feel some form of "connection".
Maybe the "connection" only applied to me : (
She is a nice and affable gal though. I wish I could spend more time knowing her.
Maybe if she weren't attached, maybe if I was still studying in SP, maybe...
Sigh,
Benjamin
P.S. Although in one of the earliest post I mentioned the perks of being single, being attached and being in love overrules all of it.
I sound as though as I'm desperate but I'm really not, it's not everyday you meet somebody and you feel that there is some possibility of you walking down the aisle & starting a family with her, right?
P.S.S. I don't think she'll ever read my blog and hence, I poured out the emotions that I went through today which has been a whirlwind of late. If only she knew...
As I recovered from an awful flu in the early morning, I went to get my cheque. Finally.
Somehow, my pay is pro rata and I miss out the dates in my contract that I should work until the following tuesday but I ended it earlier on a Friday. Damn myself for not reading between the lines.
Hence, my pay is obscenely obscene to look at.
After that fiasco, I went to school to attend a DMC event.
To meet with lecturers and just see old faces, laughing at the yr 2 & 3s and waving a diploma in their faces.
But to some irony, I manage to chat with someone casually and um, I kinda like her.
It's been a long time since I felt some chemistry in a conversation with a complete stranger.
And yes, my heart fluttered a bit. My cold heart is unfreezing itself !
I know that if I don't approach her to probe further, I would never stand a chance anymore.
I then decide to do some background check to check her availability. Initially, news of her being an unattachee made me squirm in excitment.
With further confirmation with one of her project mates, I discovered she just recently got hitched to somebody.
Shattered and forlorn, I was visibly upset.
I don't do 3rd parties. Too complicated.
I truly enjoyed her company for 15 minutes or so and could feel some form of "connection".
Maybe the "connection" only applied to me : (
She is a nice and affable gal though. I wish I could spend more time knowing her.
Maybe if she weren't attached, maybe if I was still studying in SP, maybe...
Sigh,
Benjamin
P.S. Although in one of the earliest post I mentioned the perks of being single, being attached and being in love overrules all of it.
I sound as though as I'm desperate but I'm really not, it's not everyday you meet somebody and you feel that there is some possibility of you walking down the aisle & starting a family with her, right?
P.S.S. I don't think she'll ever read my blog and hence, I poured out the emotions that I went through today which has been a whirlwind of late. If only she knew...
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Down with Flu
Why am I sick? I seriously question myself.
For the past 3 years in poly, I've only have 1 Medical Certificate to take from the doctor but 2004 is like the year of the damned sick benjamin with a wheezing nose.
Cough virus, throat inflammation and flu bug are frequent visitors to my apparent weak frail immune system.
Why me ?
I'm down with flu, a record of being sick for 4 times already by July.
I hate being sick.
Usually, I brush it off or just pop a panadol and I'm miracle-ly cured.
Now, I have a membership card for Raffles Medical Centre and the receptionist knows me by my first name & what I would like to eat for dinner.
That is not a good thing. At all.
Wrapped under blankets of sinus-filled tissues,
Benjamin
P.S. Listening to Ordinary by Train from Spiderman 2 soundtrack repeatedly. The harsh acoustics are kinda soothing for my trouble sunburned leaking sinus-dripping faucet.
Why am I sick? I seriously question myself.
For the past 3 years in poly, I've only have 1 Medical Certificate to take from the doctor but 2004 is like the year of the damned sick benjamin with a wheezing nose.
Cough virus, throat inflammation and flu bug are frequent visitors to my apparent weak frail immune system.
Why me ?
I'm down with flu, a record of being sick for 4 times already by July.
I hate being sick.
Usually, I brush it off or just pop a panadol and I'm miracle-ly cured.
Now, I have a membership card for Raffles Medical Centre and the receptionist knows me by my first name & what I would like to eat for dinner.
That is not a good thing. At all.
Wrapped under blankets of sinus-filled tissues,
Benjamin
P.S. Listening to Ordinary by Train from Spiderman 2 soundtrack repeatedly. The harsh acoustics are kinda soothing for my trouble sunburned leaking sinus-dripping faucet.
Monday, July 26, 2004
Discoveries & Declarations
Random discoveries and declarations for the past few days:
~ I ate a pint of Cookies & Cream ice-cream without any guilt
~ Starhub is AMAZING, hence I got a new line (plus phone)[for army] so that my pop can join the Hub Club (I'm paying the bill btw, I'm NOT a spoiled brat)
~ My company is taking a long time to issue my cheque. Starting to get irritated as my wallet is bursting with a to-buy list
~ My to-buy list consist of a Discman, an Xbox controller, a Xbox memory card, Sudeki Xbox game, Ninja Gaiden Xbox game, The Simpsons Hit n Run Xbox game, A Frutti Di Mare treat to my parents, brother & sis-in-law at Carlton Hotel and a 20 GB HDD portable drive. Total estimated cost of $1,200.
~ I'm transmorgifying to an Xbox geek. Already. And it's only a week.
~ I should remind myself to teach tuition. Wednesday morning and I shall not procrastinate.
~ Some girl is pestering me for help. Not that I'm not willing to help just that me and her has a bit of weird romantic history.
~ I'm in the process of arranging my room and packing documents. I feel so neat.
~ I need to get back to exercise mode. I've been complacent.
~ I love xbox games. Somebody should slap me before I get addicted.
~ I borrowed some library books and it has to do with me being a stockbroker, a copy writer and why advertising is dead. Somebody shoot me.
~ I should start returning books on time. I just paid a S$9.90 library fine.
~ I shall put moisturizer or aloe vera cream on my face after a swim. Reason being, only my face will peel and the rest of my body is just boiling red. And for every 5 seconds, you'll be thinking how people are staring at your dead skin infested face.
~ I went to City Harvest church on a bloody Sunday morning. It cemented the fact on why I shall remain an atheist and why I love to sleep in on a Sunday morning. Why waste it ? = )
~ I've been thinking that I want to be a banker or a finanical manager. Somebody torch me.
~ My lovelife is like nil on the love-o-meter and it seems it'll stay that way for the next 2 years n 2 months. Sigh~~~
Xbox fanatic awaiting cheque or love,
Benjamin
Random discoveries and declarations for the past few days:
~ I ate a pint of Cookies & Cream ice-cream without any guilt
~ Starhub is AMAZING, hence I got a new line (plus phone)[for army] so that my pop can join the Hub Club (I'm paying the bill btw, I'm NOT a spoiled brat)
~ My company is taking a long time to issue my cheque. Starting to get irritated as my wallet is bursting with a to-buy list
~ My to-buy list consist of a Discman, an Xbox controller, a Xbox memory card, Sudeki Xbox game, Ninja Gaiden Xbox game, The Simpsons Hit n Run Xbox game, A Frutti Di Mare treat to my parents, brother & sis-in-law at Carlton Hotel and a 20 GB HDD portable drive. Total estimated cost of $1,200.
~ I'm transmorgifying to an Xbox geek. Already. And it's only a week.
~ I should remind myself to teach tuition. Wednesday morning and I shall not procrastinate.
~ Some girl is pestering me for help. Not that I'm not willing to help just that me and her has a bit of weird romantic history.
~ I'm in the process of arranging my room and packing documents. I feel so neat.
~ I need to get back to exercise mode. I've been complacent.
~ I love xbox games. Somebody should slap me before I get addicted.
~ I borrowed some library books and it has to do with me being a stockbroker, a copy writer and why advertising is dead. Somebody shoot me.
~ I should start returning books on time. I just paid a S$9.90 library fine.
~ I shall put moisturizer or aloe vera cream on my face after a swim. Reason being, only my face will peel and the rest of my body is just boiling red. And for every 5 seconds, you'll be thinking how people are staring at your dead skin infested face.
~ I went to City Harvest church on a bloody Sunday morning. It cemented the fact on why I shall remain an atheist and why I love to sleep in on a Sunday morning. Why waste it ? = )
~ I've been thinking that I want to be a banker or a finanical manager. Somebody torch me.
~ My lovelife is like nil on the love-o-meter and it seems it'll stay that way for the next 2 years n 2 months. Sigh~~~
Xbox fanatic awaiting cheque or love,
Benjamin
Saturday, July 24, 2004
Whatta Day
I just took one step closer to Geek Nirvana. This is the story of my day.
Slacking around the computer for the early afternoon or so, I decided to go "army shopping" and be a typical kiasu Singaporean to prepare early.
So, I went to Beach Road market with Jun Mian (an officer aka my best friend) to go get all that nitty gritty army barmy stuff. JM was there as my consultant.
Technically, I was bored out of my wits and had no idea, no where and no notion of going anywhere after I got my stuff.
However, after browsing through the newspaper in the early morning, I wanted to go peek at the Starhub roadshow to go check out downgrading my Starhub cable 1500 plan to a daily plan. (I worked out the costs I'll only save 8 bucks, so I'm not gonna change)
So there I was snooping around, as I wanted to go get a phone that has long battery life & no camera because of army (Told ya I was a ks singaporean).
Another reason was that I like the fact that Starhub charges you by the second and I can join the Hub Club with my Father's account to get all the freebies and discount (Once again, I emphasize, I AM A KIASU SINGAPOREAN).
In addition to that, Starhub has an excellent rewards system unlike M1 and Singtel and I can't believe why I have yet to switch to Starhub. It's time for me to hub over to be a hubber.
Upon reaching there, the crowd wasn't much for the early evening but I popped in to snoop around for information (Stage 2 of Decision Making Process from Consumer Behaviour Module).
Anyway, up on the stage at Ngee Ann City Atrium, there were contests being held. The first contest was something to do with Jeopardy with regards to Starhub's amazing cable/mobile/internet plans.
The second contest involved contestants playing Xbox live. The crowd was listless although volunteers were plenty from the lollipop age group.
The host pointed me and JM out from the crowd. I pushed JM forward to go for the try, as I honestly wasn't interested in winning the Xbox.
The emcee instead asked both of us to go up on stage. Without hesitation, I climb up on stage with JM.
I thought I was done for. The game should be some fighting game with bloodshed filled with punches & kicks.
It turned out to be a racing game. I was pitted against JM in round 1 and won by a comfortable margin. I was in the finals now facing a family man with 3 of his kids urging him on.
I wasn't thinking clearly though. My mind was on the racetrack and I'm super competitive.
Off in the finals, I came off with a good start. I was leading by 6 seconds after the first lap before my car head banged headfirst on a U-turn which caused me to spin crazily.
Shit. I panic ! I tried to reverse and it did a 360 degree on me. That was no good. I'm still headed to the frigging wrong direction.
Seeing the competitor within metres of me on the mini lap, I swerve to the proper direction and sped off. To some miracle, the guy's car was stuck in a rut or was in a wrong direction that he couldn't manoeuver his car.
I won. And I couldn't believe my frigging luck. I got a Xbox console. FREE.
((( Kiasu Singaporean sniggers )))
When I was asked to go to centre stage, a pang of guilt hit me and I had a thought to share the prize in some manner possible. But it was impossible.
I think the kids of that guy are cursing me to death at the moment but who cares, I've got an Xbox.
Back to the headline. Yes, with the Xbox, I'm a step closer to Geek Nirvana.
I should be buying monthly magazines with cheat codes and DVD trials. I should be buying accessories. I should be naming my Xbox "Sheila". I shall spend hours and hours of hogging the TV console playing Gotham Racing & not allow my parents to watch a decent 30 mins of news.
Gladly, I'm not THAT evil. But I don't think I can make it as a geek. I'll get bored easily of the games unless they are RPGs.
But then again, I'm a lucky bastard. That's what JM says.
Some random photos of my lucky day. = )
Xbox geek,
Benjamin
I just took one step closer to Geek Nirvana. This is the story of my day.
Slacking around the computer for the early afternoon or so, I decided to go "army shopping" and be a typical kiasu Singaporean to prepare early.
So, I went to Beach Road market with Jun Mian (an officer aka my best friend) to go get all that nitty gritty army barmy stuff. JM was there as my consultant.
Technically, I was bored out of my wits and had no idea, no where and no notion of going anywhere after I got my stuff.
However, after browsing through the newspaper in the early morning, I wanted to go peek at the Starhub roadshow to go check out downgrading my Starhub cable 1500 plan to a daily plan. (I worked out the costs I'll only save 8 bucks, so I'm not gonna change)
So there I was snooping around, as I wanted to go get a phone that has long battery life & no camera because of army (Told ya I was a ks singaporean).
Another reason was that I like the fact that Starhub charges you by the second and I can join the Hub Club with my Father's account to get all the freebies and discount (Once again, I emphasize, I AM A KIASU SINGAPOREAN).
In addition to that, Starhub has an excellent rewards system unlike M1 and Singtel and I can't believe why I have yet to switch to Starhub. It's time for me to hub over to be a hubber.
Upon reaching there, the crowd wasn't much for the early evening but I popped in to snoop around for information (Stage 2 of Decision Making Process from Consumer Behaviour Module).
Anyway, up on the stage at Ngee Ann City Atrium, there were contests being held. The first contest was something to do with Jeopardy with regards to Starhub's amazing cable/mobile/internet plans.
The second contest involved contestants playing Xbox live. The crowd was listless although volunteers were plenty from the lollipop age group.
The host pointed me and JM out from the crowd. I pushed JM forward to go for the try, as I honestly wasn't interested in winning the Xbox.
The emcee instead asked both of us to go up on stage. Without hesitation, I climb up on stage with JM.
I thought I was done for. The game should be some fighting game with bloodshed filled with punches & kicks.
It turned out to be a racing game. I was pitted against JM in round 1 and won by a comfortable margin. I was in the finals now facing a family man with 3 of his kids urging him on.
I wasn't thinking clearly though. My mind was on the racetrack and I'm super competitive.
Off in the finals, I came off with a good start. I was leading by 6 seconds after the first lap before my car head banged headfirst on a U-turn which caused me to spin crazily.
Shit. I panic ! I tried to reverse and it did a 360 degree on me. That was no good. I'm still headed to the frigging wrong direction.
Seeing the competitor within metres of me on the mini lap, I swerve to the proper direction and sped off. To some miracle, the guy's car was stuck in a rut or was in a wrong direction that he couldn't manoeuver his car.
I won. And I couldn't believe my frigging luck. I got a Xbox console. FREE.
((( Kiasu Singaporean sniggers )))
When I was asked to go to centre stage, a pang of guilt hit me and I had a thought to share the prize in some manner possible. But it was impossible.
I think the kids of that guy are cursing me to death at the moment but who cares, I've got an Xbox.
Back to the headline. Yes, with the Xbox, I'm a step closer to Geek Nirvana.
I should be buying monthly magazines with cheat codes and DVD trials. I should be buying accessories. I should be naming my Xbox "Sheila". I shall spend hours and hours of hogging the TV console playing Gotham Racing & not allow my parents to watch a decent 30 mins of news.
Gladly, I'm not THAT evil. But I don't think I can make it as a geek. I'll get bored easily of the games unless they are RPGs.
But then again, I'm a lucky bastard. That's what JM says.
Some random photos of my lucky day. = )
Cheesy meets Kooky
The cows goes moo-ing
This picture might not speak a thousand words but it has 2 words & $349 on it.
Xbox geek,
Benjamin
Friday, July 23, 2004
Fattening Up
Lately, I've been binging on unneccesary food items that add to my waist.
Yup.
It's not that I want to beefen up for the army but just a natural inclination to reach out for chips off the rack.
I seriously should stop myself. Just this afternoon for Friday Movie Mania at Clara's house with June, I grap 2 pints of Ice-cream, 1 potatoe chips and some carbonated drinks.
I'm guilty as my conscience forced me to pen my thoughts here.
FYI, 1.5 pints are now in my freezer and it takes every inch of my aching body to not reach out and grab a spoon, a remote and a cushion to start scooping away.
Speaking of which, I went to the swimming complex at Chinese Garden with a couple of Aaron's friends from church and I got myself a tan.
Essentially, I was just there to kill time but who am I kidding. I want to look tanned = )
Reason being, comments from people who seen me like a fried goreng pisang were positive as it seems I look better being brownish. Maybe these people just want me to die of skin cancer.
Fine, I'm vain. Like vanity killed anyone before. Maybe Michael Jackson's nose but that's a long story to get into.
I'm now suffering from the afterburn of the red hot torture. I have yet to peel myself like a sundried orange but I think it's going to be hours soon that I'll disintegrate into sheets of dead skin.
In addition, I'm half-decided to post up my half-naked burnt overweight body to display to my blog readers how crisp I am. But hey, I'm not going to start blinding my blog readers right? = P
Sun baked Human,
Benjamin
P.S. I discovered a new flavour on my ice-cream dictionary that consisted previously of only two flavours of "vanilla" and "cookies & cream". The newest addition is "Blueberry shortcake". Yum.
Lately, I've been binging on unneccesary food items that add to my waist.
Yup.
It's not that I want to beefen up for the army but just a natural inclination to reach out for chips off the rack.
I seriously should stop myself. Just this afternoon for Friday Movie Mania at Clara's house with June, I grap 2 pints of Ice-cream, 1 potatoe chips and some carbonated drinks.
I'm guilty as my conscience forced me to pen my thoughts here.
FYI, 1.5 pints are now in my freezer and it takes every inch of my aching body to not reach out and grab a spoon, a remote and a cushion to start scooping away.
Speaking of which, I went to the swimming complex at Chinese Garden with a couple of Aaron's friends from church and I got myself a tan.
Essentially, I was just there to kill time but who am I kidding. I want to look tanned = )
Reason being, comments from people who seen me like a fried goreng pisang were positive as it seems I look better being brownish. Maybe these people just want me to die of skin cancer.
Fine, I'm vain. Like vanity killed anyone before. Maybe Michael Jackson's nose but that's a long story to get into.
I'm now suffering from the afterburn of the red hot torture. I have yet to peel myself like a sundried orange but I think it's going to be hours soon that I'll disintegrate into sheets of dead skin.
In addition, I'm half-decided to post up my half-naked burnt overweight body to display to my blog readers how crisp I am. But hey, I'm not going to start blinding my blog readers right? = P
Sun baked Human,
Benjamin
P.S. I discovered a new flavour on my ice-cream dictionary that consisted previously of only two flavours of "vanilla" and "cookies & cream". The newest addition is "Blueberry shortcake". Yum.
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Bored-er
I was showering and I was thinking when the week would be over.
Strangely enough or not, this one month break is strangling me.
I've always recognize myself as somebody with a purpose, somewhere to go, something to do and somehow busy.
The lull period of me slacking around has been rather moody for me. Mundanity.
For the past 3 days, I went to a visitation (will blog about it more next entry) to see how the lecturers are still breathing, met up with a couple of Aaron's friends to increase my social network and read 3 novels, courtesy of Wen Jun.
The novels are excellent. I've read them back to back about a shopperholic.
If you really must know, the author is Sophie Kinsella and I think she should be richer than J.K. Rowling.
Then again, my next book would be one of the Harry Potter classics.
I love to read novels, be it fictional or non, about anthropology of the metropolitian life be it in Shanghai, London or New York.
I think the specific area that I'm REALLY interested in is consumerism.
I've thought about branching off to study psychology or become a marketer because I so wanna know what delves deep in the minds of what people are thinking about silly bubble tea or that Hermes scarf.
I've also develop this crazy notion of writing a novel while stuck behind bars at Tekong.
I digress. One of my crazy interest is consumer behaviour, and that's why shows like Survivor & Big Brother has such an appeal to me.
How people think. How people make decisions. How people stab a dagger in your back without a whim.
Pseudo-psychologist,
Benjamin
I was showering and I was thinking when the week would be over.
Strangely enough or not, this one month break is strangling me.
I've always recognize myself as somebody with a purpose, somewhere to go, something to do and somehow busy.
The lull period of me slacking around has been rather moody for me. Mundanity.
For the past 3 days, I went to a visitation (will blog about it more next entry) to see how the lecturers are still breathing, met up with a couple of Aaron's friends to increase my social network and read 3 novels, courtesy of Wen Jun.
The novels are excellent. I've read them back to back about a shopperholic.
If you really must know, the author is Sophie Kinsella and I think she should be richer than J.K. Rowling.
Then again, my next book would be one of the Harry Potter classics.
I love to read novels, be it fictional or non, about anthropology of the metropolitian life be it in Shanghai, London or New York.
I think the specific area that I'm REALLY interested in is consumerism.
I've thought about branching off to study psychology or become a marketer because I so wanna know what delves deep in the minds of what people are thinking about silly bubble tea or that Hermes scarf.
I've also develop this crazy notion of writing a novel while stuck behind bars at Tekong.
I digress. One of my crazy interest is consumer behaviour, and that's why shows like Survivor & Big Brother has such an appeal to me.
How people think. How people make decisions. How people stab a dagger in your back without a whim.
Pseudo-psychologist,
Benjamin
Monday, July 19, 2004
Boring Days Ahoy!
The past 3 days are what you call decadence.
Sleep, binge on junk food, sleep and playing online games, that's pretty much how I wasted myself.
I was supposedly to go out and see the world but somebody was all so tired and irritated the bloody patience out of me.
Well, I amused myself to play gin just to kill time.
It never occured to me how time passes so slowly.
At work, time always seem so inadequate when deadlines are like "chop chop chop your head off".
At home, time trickles so slowly that every afternoon nap last for 15 minutes but you feel so refreshed.
Ah, how I beget not extending my contract.
Then again, it is a well deserved rest after all the shit working in the lower rungs of the advertising industry.
I now busy myself of "compacting" myself. I try to arrange, organize and sort out the junk that I have accumulated during my poly years.
In other words, I have just spring cleaned my wardrobe and got rid of clothes which I will never see myself wearing. They go into a "clothes I'll keep but I'll never wear again" big container. I should consider selling it to karang guni or give it to charity.
I'm moving onto the miscellaneous stuff like pizza boxes and mucus filled tissue paper found in weird corners of my room. I should get rid of some books that just accumulates dust. Like the "How to succeed in finding Love" & "How to find Love in the right places" books that I've bought in secondary school & polytechnic respectively.
I'm also gathering all my army stuff as a humane bid to find something useful or meaningful of my mundane home existence. I have compiled a list.
One of the expensive purchases is getting a cheap handphone which has a long battery life and is able to let me yak for hours to random people/ voice answering machines on 1900 chatlines when I'm bored and lonely in my bunk.
Another item I'm getting is a Discman. It can be a bore at camp after you've destroyed and abused all the gym equipment and shower for like 8 times in the last hour or so. Hence, music is like the only entertainment you can get besides the faithful newspapers, so I heard.
Anybody got lobang or advice with regards to handphone or discman? Would be decent for yall to post a comment or at least I know you exist or you all can at least help.
At least I know I won't be talking to a granite wall. I'll do that when I get enlisted.
Boredom's best friend,
Benjamin
The past 3 days are what you call decadence.
Sleep, binge on junk food, sleep and playing online games, that's pretty much how I wasted myself.
I was supposedly to go out and see the world but somebody was all so tired and irritated the bloody patience out of me.
Well, I amused myself to play gin just to kill time.
It never occured to me how time passes so slowly.
At work, time always seem so inadequate when deadlines are like "chop chop chop your head off".
At home, time trickles so slowly that every afternoon nap last for 15 minutes but you feel so refreshed.
Ah, how I beget not extending my contract.
Then again, it is a well deserved rest after all the shit working in the lower rungs of the advertising industry.
I now busy myself of "compacting" myself. I try to arrange, organize and sort out the junk that I have accumulated during my poly years.
In other words, I have just spring cleaned my wardrobe and got rid of clothes which I will never see myself wearing. They go into a "clothes I'll keep but I'll never wear again" big container. I should consider selling it to karang guni or give it to charity.
I'm moving onto the miscellaneous stuff like pizza boxes and mucus filled tissue paper found in weird corners of my room. I should get rid of some books that just accumulates dust. Like the "How to succeed in finding Love" & "How to find Love in the right places" books that I've bought in secondary school & polytechnic respectively.
I'm also gathering all my army stuff as a humane bid to find something useful or meaningful of my mundane home existence. I have compiled a list.
One of the expensive purchases is getting a cheap handphone which has a long battery life and is able to let me yak for hours to random people/ voice answering machines on 1900 chatlines when I'm bored and lonely in my bunk.
Another item I'm getting is a Discman. It can be a bore at camp after you've destroyed and abused all the gym equipment and shower for like 8 times in the last hour or so. Hence, music is like the only entertainment you can get besides the faithful newspapers, so I heard.
Anybody got lobang or advice with regards to handphone or discman? Would be decent for yall to post a comment or at least I know you exist or you all can at least help.
At least I know I won't be talking to a granite wall. I'll do that when I get enlisted.
Boredom's best friend,
Benjamin
Saturday, July 17, 2004
Mahjong Mania!
Mahjong was next on the itineary after the last day of work.
A sex gathering at the mahjong table.
Sex god (eric), Sex guru (ivan) and Sex goon (moi).
Gathering at Sex guru's friend's (Tab) house, which I have affectionally named her Sex Chi Chi Chi because she "coos" whenever she needs the Chicken animal tile to come to her.
By the way, the shrill of her Chi-Chi-Chi-ing away is piercing to the damn ears.
Anyway, it was damn great with the 3 musketeers all huddle together.
Huddle we did as deep in the owl hours of 3 am, the thuderstorm clouds brewed a mix of torrid wind and rainwater. Although we were playing at the porch, the brew toppled our senses.
Especially when the storm starting churning thunderbolts and lightning.
It was absolutely shocking.
You know how the old saying goes that the time difference between a lightning and a thunder, for every second it lapses, it means the number of miles (1.6km) it is away from you.
There was this flash and then an immediate lightning bolt. Right in front of us.
We were all scared SHIT.
We discovered minutes later that the bolt hit the roof of the terrace house we were playing under as the lightning tripped the main circuit.
If I hadn't phrased it as how scared shitless in the situation we all were.
IF NOT FOR THE FREAKING PORCH, WE WOULD BE FRIED SENSELESS.
I was sitting in the direction of the open porch and I swear I saw the streaks of blue whitish lightning.
We braved on with our mahjong frenzy as the night slowly calm down to a stir.
But what a night. Human chicken sounds and near death experiences.
All for the game of 144 tiles.
Mahjong siao,
Benjamin
Mahjong was next on the itineary after the last day of work.
A sex gathering at the mahjong table.
Sex god (eric), Sex guru (ivan) and Sex goon (moi).
Gathering at Sex guru's friend's (Tab) house, which I have affectionally named her Sex Chi Chi Chi because she "coos" whenever she needs the Chicken animal tile to come to her.
By the way, the shrill of her Chi-Chi-Chi-ing away is piercing to the damn ears.
Anyway, it was damn great with the 3 musketeers all huddle together.
Huddle we did as deep in the owl hours of 3 am, the thuderstorm clouds brewed a mix of torrid wind and rainwater. Although we were playing at the porch, the brew toppled our senses.
Especially when the storm starting churning thunderbolts and lightning.
It was absolutely shocking.
You know how the old saying goes that the time difference between a lightning and a thunder, for every second it lapses, it means the number of miles (1.6km) it is away from you.
There was this flash and then an immediate lightning bolt. Right in front of us.
We were all scared SHIT.
We discovered minutes later that the bolt hit the roof of the terrace house we were playing under as the lightning tripped the main circuit.
If I hadn't phrased it as how scared shitless in the situation we all were.
IF NOT FOR THE FREAKING PORCH, WE WOULD BE FRIED SENSELESS.
I was sitting in the direction of the open porch and I swear I saw the streaks of blue whitish lightning.
We braved on with our mahjong frenzy as the night slowly calm down to a stir.
But what a night. Human chicken sounds and near death experiences.
All for the game of 144 tiles.
Mahjong siao,
Benjamin
Friday, July 16, 2004
Farewell
I'm going to miss this family of mine.
5 entire months which I've shared my waking weekday hours in Dentsu. I'm sure gonna miss the cadamadrie and bitchy humour that I shared with them.
It was a pretty eventful day for me as I was kept busy by the Client on my very last pay day from morning to late noon.
It being the last day here, I bought sushi and frozen strawberries for my entire company as a form of thank you for their kind treatment to a green thumb like me.
A pang of regret that I have to leave the company so soon hit me really hard as I packed my belongings at 7pm. I wasn't really about to leave as I did enjoy myself there as much as there was dozens of work to execute.
I gave a speech at 5pm in front of my colleagues, where we were celebrating the July birthday peeps. I stood in the spotlight and gave my "Oscar thank-yous".
I thanked the different departments and the boo boos came from when I mentioned the receptionist as the secetary and that the Traffic manager was mean to me sometimes.
Ah! I was so unprepared. Total humiliation. (I'm having fun over the colours :P)
My collageues bade me their best wishes and encouragment was endearing and reassuring.
Up till now, for the last 5 months, I've never revealed here in my blog where I've worked but now that I'm no more an employee, I'm just gonna show photos of my final day with some of the close colleagues I work with and where I work at.
I will miss my colleagues loads. Hope to work with them in future.
Me at the client side of course "grinz"
Boss (Michael), Me & Amelia - 1 of Dentsu's A/S team - Lunch at Toast at OUB (damn xxx!!!)
Michelle (receptionist) whom I clicked very well as we quarrelled like kids everytime we meet
The view that comes along with the job hazards
I'm going to miss this family of mine.
5 entire months which I've shared my waking weekday hours in Dentsu. I'm sure gonna miss the cadamadrie and bitchy humour that I shared with them.
It was a pretty eventful day for me as I was kept busy by the Client on my very last pay day from morning to late noon.
It being the last day here, I bought sushi and frozen strawberries for my entire company as a form of thank you for their kind treatment to a green thumb like me.
A pang of regret that I have to leave the company so soon hit me really hard as I packed my belongings at 7pm. I wasn't really about to leave as I did enjoy myself there as much as there was dozens of work to execute.
I gave a speech at 5pm in front of my colleagues, where we were celebrating the July birthday peeps. I stood in the spotlight and gave my "Oscar thank-yous".
I thanked the different departments and the boo boos came from when I mentioned the receptionist as the secetary and that the Traffic manager was mean to me sometimes.
Ah! I was so unprepared. Total humiliation. (I'm having fun over the colours :P)
My collageues bade me their best wishes and encouragment was endearing and reassuring.
Up till now, for the last 5 months, I've never revealed here in my blog where I've worked but now that I'm no more an employee, I'm just gonna show photos of my final day with some of the close colleagues I work with and where I work at.
I will miss my colleagues loads. Hope to work with them in future.
Me at the client side of course "grinz"
5 months of slogging off at this company
Amelia & Me - Account servicing colleague - We cry, tear and scream when we receive a fax
Boss (Michael), Me & Amelia - 1 of Dentsu's A/S team - Lunch at Toast at OUB (damn xxx!!!)
Michelle (receptionist) whom I clicked very well as we quarrelled like kids everytime we meet
By the way, don't we look like an endearing couple?
My lunch khakis - We chat, ate and bitch. (I'm the unanimous company update radio)
The view that comes along with the job hazards
Luckily, I have these photos to keep memories of my first advertising job at bay. Moving on to the next phase of army training and followed by my university studies, I wonder how my second advertising job will open my eyes.
I can't wait to find out.
I love Dentsu,
Benjamin
Thursday, July 15, 2004
China Jump
Had drinks with Cameron, Lisa and their pals over at Chijmes.
They had just returned from their cruise and I tried to gather the rest of the mdd8 people along.
Only Farharri, Sara and June could make it.
We went to China Jump and ordered a few drinks.
The Australians were damn funny as they poured out their moments on the cruise. It was hilarious as they relate their time on the cruise where they danced in front of a lifeless Japanese tourist crowd that took photos of them and how they sang till their throats got hoarse at the karaoke lounge.
I left the place early with June tommorrow as we had to face the big W at 9am the next day so we trudge a cab home. And I didn't know June darling lived so near moi.
By the way, June is my sugar mommy. I need to snap a photo with mommy dearest. (FYI, I'm her toy boy and we just tease one another with these made-up pet names and I'M NOT paid all hor!)
I promised to go to her gallery and seems like I have a whole week free ahead :) I'll go down one of this weekdays now that week is concluding soon enough.
I hope to be able to get the photos from Lisa & Cameron so that I can post them up.
I had a belly good time though.
Drinks are on me,
Benjamin
P.S. I didn't know I had to be 25 years old and above to go to China Jump. I was wearing my casual clothes and I just breeze in without an Identity Card check. My wrinkles from work must be showing.
Had drinks with Cameron, Lisa and their pals over at Chijmes.
They had just returned from their cruise and I tried to gather the rest of the mdd8 people along.
Only Farharri, Sara and June could make it.
We went to China Jump and ordered a few drinks.
The Australians were damn funny as they poured out their moments on the cruise. It was hilarious as they relate their time on the cruise where they danced in front of a lifeless Japanese tourist crowd that took photos of them and how they sang till their throats got hoarse at the karaoke lounge.
I left the place early with June tommorrow as we had to face the big W at 9am the next day so we trudge a cab home. And I didn't know June darling lived so near moi.
By the way, June is my sugar mommy. I need to snap a photo with mommy dearest. (FYI, I'm her toy boy and we just tease one another with these made-up pet names and I'M NOT paid all hor!)
I promised to go to her gallery and seems like I have a whole week free ahead :) I'll go down one of this weekdays now that week is concluding soon enough.
I hope to be able to get the photos from Lisa & Cameron so that I can post them up.
I had a belly good time though.
Drinks are on me,
Benjamin
P.S. I didn't know I had to be 25 years old and above to go to China Jump. I was wearing my casual clothes and I just breeze in without an Identity Card check. My wrinkles from work must be showing.
Quiz about moi
Just came back from a great lunch. I have loads of PHOTOS !!!
Will be posting it up in the next couple days or so.
Found this link from June, and decided to make my own quiz!
So test how well you THINK you know me and get shocked =)
Take my Quiz!
After you are done sparing a thought of how "well" you think ya know me, go check out the Scoreboard! and see how well you fare.
I'll be at Chijmes later for a drink. And have a fully loaded camera to snap shots of the drunkard fool. Me.
Singing the hours away,
Benjamin
Just came back from a great lunch. I have loads of PHOTOS !!!
Will be posting it up in the next couple days or so.
Found this link from June, and decided to make my own quiz!
So test how well you THINK you know me and get shocked =)
Take my Quiz!
After you are done sparing a thought of how "well" you think ya know me, go check out the Scoreboard! and see how well you fare.
I'll be at Chijmes later for a drink. And have a fully loaded camera to snap shots of the drunkard fool. Me.
Singing the hours away,
Benjamin
Manifique
The food tasting session was simply manifique.
After work, I lugged my dreary working class arse to the place where my brother will be having his wedding.
Hence, the food tasting session.
It started off with what you normally see during Chinese New Year, where families will stand up and "Lo Hei" but the ingredients were different. In fact it was like a dish of Chinese hors d'oeurves.
Mini sausage with stuffed carrot stick, some squishy jellyfish, Pig skin (my fav!) and some other miscelleaneous stuff you normally find a cook who can't cook stuff and just dump whatever miscelleaneous stuff to make you think he can cook all this weird stuff that are barely edible.
Okay, I admit, I'm not a food connossieur but I'm a food critic who is fussy, picky and "will only eat when I want to eat".
Quote from my very queen Momma.
But the slew of dishes to follow was manifique.
(((Does an Italian chef kiss with his fingers plucking my lips)))
Shark fin soup (Environmentalists, bite me!), steamed garoupa (nice and tender, unlike how my momma cooks it...), herbal chicken (lovely), Peking duck pancake (I'm getting fat just mentioning this....) and Tiger prawns (Not drunk enough).
We sampled the wine too and I totally act like a poseur to "stir" the wine and "sniff" the aroma. I simply cannot comprehend what you can measure by that but those who "stir" and "sniff" to figure out which vineyard and which year, my hats and undies off to you.
Okay, the reason why I mentioned all the ABOVE is not to make anyone green eyed but simply because....
I NEED A DATE !
DAMMIT !
Although I'm gonna sit on the VIP table, I have to bring someone in as a date even though I will have the classic army bald head look looking out of place in a tuxedo/suit so the gal might need to shave her head to complement my look.
Just kidding.
As I was trying to push the point of this dinner description, it is a call out to ANYBODY, my friends, blog readers, single ladies or even the auntie with the nice fat pouch screaming KOPI-O ZI TAI.
I NEED A DATE ! DAMMIT !
Fill in your application form now at the comments link.
Terms and conditions apply. The wedding date will be held in the later quarter of the year at Marina Mandarin Hotel. Corsage and transport will not be provided although when requested, I can go "hmmmm..." and then decline you with the echoing evil laugh of "muahahahaha". This is a contract for a FREE escort service where you get a FREE banquet meal as payment. Applicants will be chosen based on waistline, stilleto height and cup size. The final decision is up to my discretion. That is if I have any to make lol.
Offer ends 14th of August,
Benjamin
P.S. I really don't have a date to bring to, if there are really no applicants, I will call my gal friends lor.... but if anyone is interested in a feast. No harm applying in for a free meal, right? ;P
The food tasting session was simply manifique.
After work, I lugged my dreary working class arse to the place where my brother will be having his wedding.
Hence, the food tasting session.
It started off with what you normally see during Chinese New Year, where families will stand up and "Lo Hei" but the ingredients were different. In fact it was like a dish of Chinese hors d'oeurves.
Mini sausage with stuffed carrot stick, some squishy jellyfish, Pig skin (my fav!) and some other miscelleaneous stuff you normally find a cook who can't cook stuff and just dump whatever miscelleaneous stuff to make you think he can cook all this weird stuff that are barely edible.
Okay, I admit, I'm not a food connossieur but I'm a food critic who is fussy, picky and "will only eat when I want to eat".
Quote from my very queen Momma.
But the slew of dishes to follow was manifique.
(((Does an Italian chef kiss with his fingers plucking my lips)))
Shark fin soup (Environmentalists, bite me!), steamed garoupa (nice and tender, unlike how my momma cooks it...), herbal chicken (lovely), Peking duck pancake (I'm getting fat just mentioning this....) and Tiger prawns (Not drunk enough).
We sampled the wine too and I totally act like a poseur to "stir" the wine and "sniff" the aroma. I simply cannot comprehend what you can measure by that but those who "stir" and "sniff" to figure out which vineyard and which year, my hats and undies off to you.
Okay, the reason why I mentioned all the ABOVE is not to make anyone green eyed but simply because....
I NEED A DATE !
DAMMIT !
Although I'm gonna sit on the VIP table, I have to bring someone in as a date even though I will have the classic army bald head look looking out of place in a tuxedo/suit so the gal might need to shave her head to complement my look.
Just kidding.
As I was trying to push the point of this dinner description, it is a call out to ANYBODY, my friends, blog readers, single ladies or even the auntie with the nice fat pouch screaming KOPI-O ZI TAI.
I NEED A DATE ! DAMMIT !
Fill in your application form now at the comments link.
Terms and conditions apply. The wedding date will be held in the later quarter of the year at Marina Mandarin Hotel. Corsage and transport will not be provided although when requested, I can go "hmmmm..." and then decline you with the echoing evil laugh of "muahahahaha". This is a contract for a FREE escort service where you get a FREE banquet meal as payment. Applicants will be chosen based on waistline, stilleto height and cup size. The final decision is up to my discretion. That is if I have any to make lol.
Offer ends 14th of August,
Benjamin
P.S. I really don't have a date to bring to, if there are really no applicants, I will call my gal friends lor.... but if anyone is interested in a feast. No harm applying in for a free meal, right? ;P
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Lo and be Bowled
I'm blogging too much today lol.
Although I'm bogged with work that appears like moles out of nowhere, I take a breather by blogging.
I acknowledge the fact that I'm weird.
Lunch with the creative team was amazing. We went to this Thai restaurant that served really good stuff except Tom Yam soup because I don't like the taste of it. Yelch!
The atmosphere was good as light banter kept me laughing. They were so hilarious!
The reason I become a copywriter/art director is because of their influence. I want to emulate them!!!
The bill of 300 bucks is like so jaw dropping. Good food at exorbitant prices. Oh well. I paid my share okay....
Anyway, in about a few hours time, I'm gonna go BOWLING.
Yes, my favourite sport as I excel in it. Gutter being my best friend of course. And the company is SPONSORING. Cheap thrill. Somehow, the additional thrill of pins being striked down seems calming to the senses.
Once again, I acknowledge that I'm super weird.
Sigh, the last week of work, oh how I wish it never ends.
Moronic,
Benjamin
I'm blogging too much today lol.
Although I'm bogged with work that appears like moles out of nowhere, I take a breather by blogging.
I acknowledge the fact that I'm weird.
Lunch with the creative team was amazing. We went to this Thai restaurant that served really good stuff except Tom Yam soup because I don't like the taste of it. Yelch!
The atmosphere was good as light banter kept me laughing. They were so hilarious!
The reason I become a copywriter/art director is because of their influence. I want to emulate them!!!
The bill of 300 bucks is like so jaw dropping. Good food at exorbitant prices. Oh well. I paid my share okay....
Anyway, in about a few hours time, I'm gonna go BOWLING.
Yes, my favourite sport as I excel in it. Gutter being my best friend of course. And the company is SPONSORING. Cheap thrill. Somehow, the additional thrill of pins being striked down seems calming to the senses.
Once again, I acknowledge that I'm super weird.
Sigh, the last week of work, oh how I wish it never ends.
Moronic,
Benjamin
Feeling so nice
A quick blog entry.
Feeling so nice because it is my last few days at work and people are offering my lunch appointments.
I'll be going with my creative team today and it should be a blast of fun.
My week is fully book with drinks at Chijmes with the Aussies when they return from the cruise, Marina Mandarin food tasting buffet for my brother's wedding, bowling with my colleagues and Toast (nice eatery) with my boss for lunch.
One of the best news is that the Finance department is trying to ensure I get my cheque this Friday. Wahahaha.
I feel so nice. It's so gratifying to leave and yet the fruition of my depature is upsetting.
Okay, back to earn my grub.
A quick blog entry.
Feeling so nice because it is my last few days at work and people are offering my lunch appointments.
I'll be going with my creative team today and it should be a blast of fun.
My week is fully book with drinks at Chijmes with the Aussies when they return from the cruise, Marina Mandarin food tasting buffet for my brother's wedding, bowling with my colleagues and Toast (nice eatery) with my boss for lunch.
One of the best news is that the Finance department is trying to ensure I get my cheque this Friday. Wahahaha.
I feel so nice. It's so gratifying to leave and yet the fruition of my depature is upsetting.
Okay, back to earn my grub.
Mdd8 gathering
Hasty pictures taken after a meetup of with Lisa, Junaidi and Cameron.
Irfan, Jack & John turned out and we bitched, gossiped and lament about SingTel and Optus, on how the competition brought us much angst, suffering and fun!
Gotta get back to work, will blog much much later.
The local guys trying to sneak in a photo with teethy expressions.
Cameron & Junaidi sneaked in and all of us looking nonchalant.
Note 1: Irfan looks really photogenic in all the above photos.
Note 2: Never buy Olympus cameras because they suck the life out of your batteries & wallet.
Note 3: Never buy the cheapest camera because you will end up with Olympus.
Note 4: You can see how Cameron towered over everyone, he's 1.92m I think.
Hasty pictures taken after a meetup of with Lisa, Junaidi and Cameron.
Irfan, Jack & John turned out and we bitched, gossiped and lament about SingTel and Optus, on how the competition brought us much angst, suffering and fun!
Gotta get back to work, will blog much much later.
The local guys trying to sneak in a photo with teethy expressions.
Cameron & Junaidi sneaked in and all of us looking nonchalant.
Note 1: Irfan looks really photogenic in all the above photos.
Note 2: Never buy Olympus cameras because they suck the life out of your batteries & wallet.
Note 3: Never buy the cheapest camera because you will end up with Olympus.
Note 4: You can see how Cameron towered over everyone, he's 1.92m I think.
Monday, July 12, 2004
7,777
Had a great but tiring weekend bringing Cam n Liz around.
They are a hoot I tell you. K, I gotta be brief, I'm gotta go teach tuition soon.
I don't earn any $ from it anyway if you wanna know.
A countdown of 5 more days, it's vacation week for me as I slowly pass all my stuff over to my colleague so I'm relatively work free.
However, I was busy flying around the office the entire afternoon producing FAs & mockups for client.
Ah, the simple life. 1 month of slothing around before Army arrives.
I can't wait to talk about ghost stories, see my shaved scalp, run around in the mud and stepping on landmines.
Woo hoo!
War veteran wannabe,
Benjamin
P.S. The first person that does a screenshot of the counter reaching 7,777 will win a secret prize from me. A landmine perhaps.
Had a great but tiring weekend bringing Cam n Liz around.
They are a hoot I tell you. K, I gotta be brief, I'm gotta go teach tuition soon.
I don't earn any $ from it anyway if you wanna know.
A countdown of 5 more days, it's vacation week for me as I slowly pass all my stuff over to my colleague so I'm relatively work free.
However, I was busy flying around the office the entire afternoon producing FAs & mockups for client.
Ah, the simple life. 1 month of slothing around before Army arrives.
I can't wait to talk about ghost stories, see my shaved scalp, run around in the mud and stepping on landmines.
Woo hoo!
War veteran wannabe,
Benjamin
P.S. The first person that does a screenshot of the counter reaching 7,777 will win a secret prize from me. A landmine perhaps.
Friday, July 09, 2004
Arrival from Oz
I'm just back from the welcome wagon of Cameron & Lisa's virgin trip into Asia.
I was worried that I miss their flight and when I saw them upfront in real life, it was like Wow! Undescribeable. (Wrong spelling I know)
A bit of nervousness, excitement, anxiety, exasperation and joy, finally talking to them in person was nerve wrecking because meeting up strangers in real life and reading about them online is a little surreal.
My pop is such a GREAT FATHER. He drove the car willingly. I love my DAD !
After depositing their stuff at the horid hotel, we went for supper at Lau Pa Sat (again, i know, because Maxwell was closed) and we chit-chat till like 12.30 before we scoot off.
Tommorrow seems like a long day and they have an itineary of palces to go, then it's up to systematic ol' me to plan out where to go and how to go.
Leave it to the reliable tour guide, Ben.
Gold star nominee tour guide,
Benjamin
P.S. Cam n Lisa had so much to share, it was great listening to them ! More stuff tommorrow ! With pictures ! I promise !
I'm just back from the welcome wagon of Cameron & Lisa's virgin trip into Asia.
I was worried that I miss their flight and when I saw them upfront in real life, it was like Wow! Undescribeable. (Wrong spelling I know)
A bit of nervousness, excitement, anxiety, exasperation and joy, finally talking to them in person was nerve wrecking because meeting up strangers in real life and reading about them online is a little surreal.
My pop is such a GREAT FATHER. He drove the car willingly. I love my DAD !
After depositing their stuff at the horid hotel, we went for supper at Lau Pa Sat (again, i know, because Maxwell was closed) and we chit-chat till like 12.30 before we scoot off.
Tommorrow seems like a long day and they have an itineary of palces to go, then it's up to systematic ol' me to plan out where to go and how to go.
Leave it to the reliable tour guide, Ben.
Gold star nominee tour guide,
Benjamin
P.S. Cam n Lisa had so much to share, it was great listening to them ! More stuff tommorrow ! With pictures ! I promise !
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Fucking Cold
My office cooler system is damn weird.
It's practically cold and freezing out there and it is totally unbelivable.
However, inside this encolsed office is still freezing cold like shit.
And I thought the air-con was like set at 20 degrees but NO !
I took the remote control and aimed, realizing that the freaking aircon is NOT even ON !
Terrible weather I tell you. It feels like Melbourne cold weather here.
I'm wearing a singlet, a shirt and a sweater. And I'm still burring.
Grrr.....
Side quirk: I'm meeting the mdd8 peeps of Cam and Lisa later so if you're interested to meet them at the airport, give me a holler on my line.
Cursing the cold weather,
Benjamin
My office cooler system is damn weird.
It's practically cold and freezing out there and it is totally unbelivable.
However, inside this encolsed office is still freezing cold like shit.
And I thought the air-con was like set at 20 degrees but NO !
I took the remote control and aimed, realizing that the freaking aircon is NOT even ON !
Terrible weather I tell you. It feels like Melbourne cold weather here.
I'm wearing a singlet, a shirt and a sweater. And I'm still burring.
Grrr.....
Side quirk: I'm meeting the mdd8 peeps of Cam and Lisa later so if you're interested to meet them at the airport, give me a holler on my line.
Cursing the cold weather,
Benjamin
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Nuj n Jun
I got picturesssssss. From Junaidi's newest camera.
Canon Powershot A75. It's damn good, although design wise, it needs more tweaking.
Where was I? Oops Canon promotional blurb for free =)
Yes, outing with Junaidi.
Bringing him around my hood. The CBD area of Singapore lol, me and Nujjy brought him to the Merlion & the 2 Durians.
I created the story that some poor Lion end up fucking a fish or mermaid and ended up here. And the direction it's facing is suppose to bring the Singapore harbour, then a trading port, lots of wealth and prosperity.
Hey, I'm such a great tour guide =) I should consider switching.
Anyway, there was a slight panic as Junaidi had to go to the mosque for his prayers and I brought him over back to where my company nearby where there was an underground mosque, after which me and Nuj went for a cuppa at Starbucks.
After which, went for a seafood mini feast at Lau Pa Sat (translated old market) where I pulled my usual crap of us Singaporeans eating the weirdest food.
Oh, and Nuj is a CHATTERBOX and she has this British cum American cum Aussie slang which is shrieking and she should be a character on Shrek 2. Sorry, but the position of a irritating sidekick has already been taken.
Some personal thoughts:
I hate short people who flick their dandruff onto my face or shoulders.
Thursdays are definently better than Wednesdays because its closer to Fridays. Duh!
Enuff of me nonsense, pictures voila! (there are only 2 but I wanted to make it sound SPECATCULAR). [Drum rolls....]
The trio of me, Junaidi and Nuj. If you stare carefully, Nuj is actually in the Merlion's mouth.
Okay kidding, here she is now, from the orifice of our national mascot, in the centre of attention.
Future Award Winning Tour Guide,
Benjamin
Note: Never drink Starbucks Vanilla Cream Frappuccino Cream if you want a stomach upset, because I ate another vanilla based dessert (Ice bubor cha cha) and the concotion was lethal as I deposited it "fragrantly" in the comforts of my home.
I got picturesssssss. From Junaidi's newest camera.
Canon Powershot A75. It's damn good, although design wise, it needs more tweaking.
Where was I? Oops Canon promotional blurb for free =)
Yes, outing with Junaidi.
Bringing him around my hood. The CBD area of Singapore lol, me and Nujjy brought him to the Merlion & the 2 Durians.
I created the story that some poor Lion end up fucking a fish or mermaid and ended up here. And the direction it's facing is suppose to bring the Singapore harbour, then a trading port, lots of wealth and prosperity.
Hey, I'm such a great tour guide =) I should consider switching.
Anyway, there was a slight panic as Junaidi had to go to the mosque for his prayers and I brought him over back to where my company nearby where there was an underground mosque, after which me and Nuj went for a cuppa at Starbucks.
After which, went for a seafood mini feast at Lau Pa Sat (translated old market) where I pulled my usual crap of us Singaporeans eating the weirdest food.
Oh, and Nuj is a CHATTERBOX and she has this British cum American cum Aussie slang which is shrieking and she should be a character on Shrek 2. Sorry, but the position of a irritating sidekick has already been taken.
Some personal thoughts:
I hate short people who flick their dandruff onto my face or shoulders.
Thursdays are definently better than Wednesdays because its closer to Fridays. Duh!
Enuff of me nonsense, pictures voila! (there are only 2 but I wanted to make it sound SPECATCULAR). [Drum rolls....]
The trio of me, Junaidi and Nuj. If you stare carefully, Nuj is actually in the Merlion's mouth.
Okay kidding, here she is now, from the orifice of our national mascot, in the centre of attention.
Future Award Winning Tour Guide,
Benjamin
Note: Never drink Starbucks Vanilla Cream Frappuccino Cream if you want a stomach upset, because I ate another vanilla based dessert (Ice bubor cha cha) and the concotion was lethal as I deposited it "fragrantly" in the comforts of my home.
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Meet-ups
From the Monday blues, Tuesday suddenly becomes laden with cannon balls to drag around Work feels more like a burden which you just want to shrug off as fast as possible.with.
How ironic it is when some youngsters aspire to make it big in the real world and some adults just wish to return the good ol' times of what school life once was.
We always crave for what we use to have.
On other interesting snippets of my life, I'll be having 2 meet-ups later.
One at lunch with my cozzy who is back in S'pore trying to boost her resume during her vacation, smart lass who is studying in the states.
My uncle will also be joining us, who is 1 year older than me. Don't get me started on my family tree. Maverick (my uncle), is heading to the cheena NTU to study engineering. Stupid lark, I must say.
Okay lar, he not stupid, I'm the stupid once since I don wanna stardi in NTU becoz have to study 4 years lar and I cannot make it lah since my engrish is so louzee.
Anyway, we'll be having lunch around Esplanade, should be a hoot I hope. FYI, my cousins don't meet up unless it's CNY ($) or weddings (free food). So, it's a pretty rare occassion if I may input.
Then the other meet-up after work is with Junaidi & Nuj. Nujjy and moi is gonna bring Junny around the harbour and hopefully catch a glimpse of the said Merlion knocking our bumboats around and maybe see them spit water from their nostrils like the big fat whale statue it is.
Note to random blog readers, Jun is from Perth and he's here on holiday, partially sponsored by the Big Evil Red Telecommunication Organization (BERTO).
By the way, I've totally lost all faith with BERTO (you would be dumb if you don't know who they are if you're a Singaporean), I swear for the rest of my lifetime that I will never support their products unless I have no choice.
I'll make sure my future company, relatives and anybody associated with me will not make them earn a profit in their coffers. In other words, I WILL TOTALLY avoid using BERTO's services at all. Not that I'm childish but if you know what I went through and how depiscable they were in the treatment of me and the contestants, you would understand.
By the way, I met Jun and Nuj because we are thinking of starting an organization called ALBERTO (Anti-Liberal-BERTO), and I shall be the chairman.
Just kidding. We are just out to have fun.
Technically, I don't hate them that much, just that they stoop so low to exploit us. It's totally unbelivable.
I digress, back to Jun n Nuj(I like the implied rhyme, sue me).
It will be a hoot to meet them after seeing them blog for so long.
Side diggression, according to some Oz contestants, after the mdd8 competition, the SG contestants who kept in contact with them avidly has totally lost contact already.
Goes to show how sincere they are with their friendships.
A N Y W A Y, I'm bogged with work but I decide to only shift to gear 2, it's only Tuesday after all and I'm frigging tired with the induced-sex-connated-chat in MSN with Nuj last night.
Your friendly neighbourhood meet-up pal,
Benjamin
((((Update 1.51pm - Ate at Thai Express, I was the usual crappy self. I should stop scaring all my relatives)))
(((Update 10.39pm - Ate at Lau Pat Sat, and met up with Jun n Nuj. Nuj looks like a half-Japanese half-whatever-religion-u-can-think-of and Junaidi looks much better in real life. Nuj is damn talkative and I can imagine us as damn bitchy people. Jun is reserved and sounds mature, why CAN'T I go to Oz to join them, stoopid damn frigging army jail term)))
From the Monday blues, Tuesday suddenly becomes laden with cannon balls to drag around Work feels more like a burden which you just want to shrug off as fast as possible.with.
How ironic it is when some youngsters aspire to make it big in the real world and some adults just wish to return the good ol' times of what school life once was.
We always crave for what we use to have.
On other interesting snippets of my life, I'll be having 2 meet-ups later.
One at lunch with my cozzy who is back in S'pore trying to boost her resume during her vacation, smart lass who is studying in the states.
My uncle will also be joining us, who is 1 year older than me. Don't get me started on my family tree. Maverick (my uncle), is heading to the cheena NTU to study engineering. Stupid lark, I must say.
Okay lar, he not stupid, I'm the stupid once since I don wanna stardi in NTU becoz have to study 4 years lar and I cannot make it lah since my engrish is so louzee.
Anyway, we'll be having lunch around Esplanade, should be a hoot I hope. FYI, my cousins don't meet up unless it's CNY ($) or weddings (free food). So, it's a pretty rare occassion if I may input.
Then the other meet-up after work is with Junaidi & Nuj. Nujjy and moi is gonna bring Junny around the harbour and hopefully catch a glimpse of the said Merlion knocking our bumboats around and maybe see them spit water from their nostrils like the big fat whale statue it is.
Note to random blog readers, Jun is from Perth and he's here on holiday, partially sponsored by the Big Evil Red Telecommunication Organization (BERTO).
By the way, I've totally lost all faith with BERTO (you would be dumb if you don't know who they are if you're a Singaporean), I swear for the rest of my lifetime that I will never support their products unless I have no choice.
I'll make sure my future company, relatives and anybody associated with me will not make them earn a profit in their coffers. In other words, I WILL TOTALLY avoid using BERTO's services at all. Not that I'm childish but if you know what I went through and how depiscable they were in the treatment of me and the contestants, you would understand.
By the way, I met Jun and Nuj because we are thinking of starting an organization called ALBERTO (Anti-Liberal-BERTO), and I shall be the chairman.
Just kidding. We are just out to have fun.
Technically, I don't hate them that much, just that they stoop so low to exploit us. It's totally unbelivable.
I digress, back to Jun n Nuj(I like the implied rhyme, sue me).
It will be a hoot to meet them after seeing them blog for so long.
Side diggression, according to some Oz contestants, after the mdd8 competition, the SG contestants who kept in contact with them avidly has totally lost contact already.
Goes to show how sincere they are with their friendships.
A N Y W A Y, I'm bogged with work but I decide to only shift to gear 2, it's only Tuesday after all and I'm frigging tired with the induced-sex-connated-chat in MSN with Nuj last night.
Your friendly neighbourhood meet-up pal,
Benjamin
((((Update 1.51pm - Ate at Thai Express, I was the usual crappy self. I should stop scaring all my relatives)))
(((Update 10.39pm - Ate at Lau Pat Sat, and met up with Jun n Nuj. Nuj looks like a half-Japanese half-whatever-religion-u-can-think-of and Junaidi looks much better in real life. Nuj is damn talkative and I can imagine us as damn bitchy people. Jun is reserved and sounds mature, why CAN'T I go to Oz to join them, stoopid damn frigging army jail term)))
Monday, July 05, 2004
Countdown
Today, I have an insatiable desire to count down the remaining work days I have left.
10 days.
Cranky Monday you have to say, 10 full working days more before I leave this god-forsaken place.
I have yet to take an official leave for more than 2 days to relax in the comforts of the fast paced working world.
After Ivan's birthday on saturday/sunday, one idea came clear to me.
I need to learn driving. Badly.
That's because you'll feel empowered with the mobility to travel at any time and any pace.
Coupled with the fact that my father still retains his Mazda 323 for my nightly disposal if and when I have to travel. Yay !
In some strange form of irony, my father got a job in his old company with a slightly lower pay but with the ability to upkeep the car.
Just have to get my lazy ass to attend driving lessons. Which are damn costly in my opinion. Note: From my own pocket.
I can just imagine the endless possibilities of where I could go with a car !
Midnight madness wandering around town, Changi, Fisherman's village, Siglap, Downtown East and East Coast Park. The east is super duper cool not forgetting Geylang, Katong and Joo Chiat.
The west only has ummm.... Holland Village ? and Bukit Timah area ?
The Eastern Singaporeans have way much cooler hangouts. Period.
Approx 5 weeks countdown before I head to the army.
A feeling of sian-ness and "looking forward to".
I need the "drive" for the next 2 years. I need to learn how to drive. = )
Mazda RX wannabe racer,
Benjamin
Misc note: Damn the Trojan horse. Flamboyant Portugese soccer rules.
Misc note 2: I've updated some links >>>> Boring strategic Greek soccer sucks.
Today, I have an insatiable desire to count down the remaining work days I have left.
10 days.
Cranky Monday you have to say, 10 full working days more before I leave this god-forsaken place.
I have yet to take an official leave for more than 2 days to relax in the comforts of the fast paced working world.
After Ivan's birthday on saturday/sunday, one idea came clear to me.
I need to learn driving. Badly.
That's because you'll feel empowered with the mobility to travel at any time and any pace.
Coupled with the fact that my father still retains his Mazda 323 for my nightly disposal if and when I have to travel. Yay !
In some strange form of irony, my father got a job in his old company with a slightly lower pay but with the ability to upkeep the car.
Just have to get my lazy ass to attend driving lessons. Which are damn costly in my opinion. Note: From my own pocket.
I can just imagine the endless possibilities of where I could go with a car !
Midnight madness wandering around town, Changi, Fisherman's village, Siglap, Downtown East and East Coast Park. The east is super duper cool not forgetting Geylang, Katong and Joo Chiat.
The west only has ummm.... Holland Village ? and Bukit Timah area ?
The Eastern Singaporeans have way much cooler hangouts. Period.
Approx 5 weeks countdown before I head to the army.
A feeling of sian-ness and "looking forward to".
I need the "drive" for the next 2 years. I need to learn how to drive. = )
Mazda RX wannabe racer,
Benjamin
Misc note: Damn the Trojan horse. Flamboyant Portugese soccer rules.
Misc note 2: I've updated some links >>>> Boring strategic Greek soccer sucks.
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Wonderer
In this day and age when nobody ever knows what they want, how are we then certain that we lead our life to fulfillment.
As the world advances and knowledge empowers all, choice is an option to those who are free willed and enabled.
Lately, I wondered and pondered over how should I lead the remaining part of my life.
Some people lead their life with blind faith, an obsession to a cause like a pastor or an artist.
Some people lead their life not knowing what they want at all, an oblivion to what is at stake and confusion abound.
For the majority of us, I feel, is that we are all in between the above 2.
We think we know what we want from the choices we have made but we reminiscence to what could have been.
My best friend is in a conundrum. He's liked by 3 gals but he's held back by the very one gal he truly likes. He is in a phase of choice of whether he should compromise or look ahead.
For me, I wonder how my life would drastically change when I'm attached. How I would be "sacrificial" and be "understanding" to my partner.
I wonder if I would be able to do that. Because I would then be easily find myself in a relationship and compromise my own values, which eventually leads to an internal argument with my brain and my heart.
Because as it is, I'm an obnoxious fella who thinks for himself for the moment.
That said, bachelorhood rules. You only need to answer to yourself. Period.
You bum. You laze and you answer to your aching stomach and your lungs desire to inhale deep breaths of oxygen.
If I'm meant to be single, so be it. Maybe one day, I would wake up in cold sweat to find out what the entire reality it is like to be single in an old folks home 40 years down the road.
For the moment, at least this is what I know what I want now.
Being single and carefree with the occassional skirt chasing.
How about you ?
Have you ever spared a thought about yourself lately ?
Selfish swinging bachelor,
Benjamin
P.S. I think it's impossible to achieve my target (refer to last post) as she is totally oblivious to my advances. Then again, I need to improve on how to pick up gals.
In this day and age when nobody ever knows what they want, how are we then certain that we lead our life to fulfillment.
As the world advances and knowledge empowers all, choice is an option to those who are free willed and enabled.
Lately, I wondered and pondered over how should I lead the remaining part of my life.
Some people lead their life with blind faith, an obsession to a cause like a pastor or an artist.
Some people lead their life not knowing what they want at all, an oblivion to what is at stake and confusion abound.
For the majority of us, I feel, is that we are all in between the above 2.
We think we know what we want from the choices we have made but we reminiscence to what could have been.
My best friend is in a conundrum. He's liked by 3 gals but he's held back by the very one gal he truly likes. He is in a phase of choice of whether he should compromise or look ahead.
For me, I wonder how my life would drastically change when I'm attached. How I would be "sacrificial" and be "understanding" to my partner.
I wonder if I would be able to do that. Because I would then be easily find myself in a relationship and compromise my own values, which eventually leads to an internal argument with my brain and my heart.
Because as it is, I'm an obnoxious fella who thinks for himself for the moment.
That said, bachelorhood rules. You only need to answer to yourself. Period.
You bum. You laze and you answer to your aching stomach and your lungs desire to inhale deep breaths of oxygen.
If I'm meant to be single, so be it. Maybe one day, I would wake up in cold sweat to find out what the entire reality it is like to be single in an old folks home 40 years down the road.
For the moment, at least this is what I know what I want now.
Being single and carefree with the occassional skirt chasing.
How about you ?
Have you ever spared a thought about yourself lately ?
Selfish swinging bachelor,
Benjamin
P.S. I think it's impossible to achieve my target (refer to last post) as she is totally oblivious to my advances. Then again, I need to improve on how to pick up gals.
Friday, July 02, 2004
Geek's lovelife
I'm currently wearing my geeky specs to work now.
Squarish with thick black plastic frames, I'm officially geek of the office. Coupled with spiky hair and big bowtie, it's no wonder I get stared at during lunch hour.
The specs are for my army and I thought it would be matching with my black shirt & pants coupled with my black laptop bag.
Men in Black ....... Nah ........ not that suave.
Geek in Black ....... Uh huh Uh huh.
The saving grace is that I look like a pseudo-creative bookworm.
Other misc. stuff so far:
2 peeps have moved in with me and I have to be bosom buddies with them so that they can feel right at home. Hence, my freedom on weekends have now been handcuffed to support my overseas studies in future (aka tenants = money = me entertaining guests = future studies).
I've decide to take a stand to be relationship-free (aka emotional burden-free)for the next 4 years or so as:
a. I don't wish to tie down somebody I like to eventually find out a few years later that I don't love her that much (unless I meet her in uni and things evolved from there)
b. Long Distance relationships or Long Weekends relationships hardly work unless both places in loads of effort and commitment and even so (refer to above a.)
c. I love the freedom to dig my nose without anyone slapping my digging finger and the freedom of anoymity of standing starkly in contrast with all the lovey-dovey couples happily sauntering around gleefully with handcuffs wrist
But then again, who knows if I'll meet anyone special.
I've been keeping an eye out though and I have 1 target. Just a matter of me to take action. Argh. I'm scared she'll reject me and I'll feel terrible for life. (btw, I'm afraid she'll reject me for a date; i'm not asking for a r/s).
My lucky bastard best friend, has 3 gals chasing him. And guess what. He wants neither!
Ah, the ironies of life.
Benjamin the geek
I'm currently wearing my geeky specs to work now.
Squarish with thick black plastic frames, I'm officially geek of the office. Coupled with spiky hair and big bowtie, it's no wonder I get stared at during lunch hour.
The specs are for my army and I thought it would be matching with my black shirt & pants coupled with my black laptop bag.
Men in Black ....... Nah ........ not that suave.
Geek in Black ....... Uh huh Uh huh.
The saving grace is that I look like a pseudo-creative bookworm.
Other misc. stuff so far:
2 peeps have moved in with me and I have to be bosom buddies with them so that they can feel right at home. Hence, my freedom on weekends have now been handcuffed to support my overseas studies in future (aka tenants = money = me entertaining guests = future studies).
I've decide to take a stand to be relationship-free (aka emotional burden-free)for the next 4 years or so as:
a. I don't wish to tie down somebody I like to eventually find out a few years later that I don't love her that much (unless I meet her in uni and things evolved from there)
b. Long Distance relationships or Long Weekends relationships hardly work unless both places in loads of effort and commitment and even so (refer to above a.)
c. I love the freedom to dig my nose without anyone slapping my digging finger and the freedom of anoymity of standing starkly in contrast with all the lovey-dovey couples happily sauntering around gleefully with handcuffs wrist
But then again, who knows if I'll meet anyone special.
I've been keeping an eye out though and I have 1 target. Just a matter of me to take action. Argh. I'm scared she'll reject me and I'll feel terrible for life. (btw, I'm afraid she'll reject me for a date; i'm not asking for a r/s).
My lucky bastard best friend, has 3 gals chasing him. And guess what. He wants neither!
Ah, the ironies of life.
Benjamin the geek
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Errors
I keep committing more errors at work.
Misplacing stuff all around and not spotting major mistakes. I need to be more observant than I already am.
With errors slipping through the cracks, it all boils down to the executioner (me) to correct it.
We've had a hurricane warning (client's fury) yesterday but the tidal wave (client's rage) is hitting us badly today.
To sidetrack to weird happenings.
Out of nowhere, people are asking me to introduce friends to jobs.
It's just so freaky. A new gal I introduced to the Agency is coming in tommorrow (as an accountant) and my new Group Account Director is asking whether I can source for my friends to fill in a research executive position (part-time).
Then, I so happen to talk to my colleague and it seems one of her sis is looking for a position as a research media assitant (full-time) for MediaCorp I think.
And then, she know's of a friend who is the head of a Media purchasing conglomerate and I asked her to enquire if there might be a postion for media executive (not sales...).
I feel like SWDA (Singapore Workforce Development Agency).
Need a Job? Ask me. I have one successful referral so far.
Job Search Assistant,
Benjamin
P.S. The jobs above are for friends that I know of only .... I won't entrust my reputation to refer a stranger to my friend's goodwill.
I keep committing more errors at work.
Misplacing stuff all around and not spotting major mistakes. I need to be more observant than I already am.
With errors slipping through the cracks, it all boils down to the executioner (me) to correct it.
We've had a hurricane warning (client's fury) yesterday but the tidal wave (client's rage) is hitting us badly today.
To sidetrack to weird happenings.
Out of nowhere, people are asking me to introduce friends to jobs.
It's just so freaky. A new gal I introduced to the Agency is coming in tommorrow (as an accountant) and my new Group Account Director is asking whether I can source for my friends to fill in a research executive position (part-time).
Then, I so happen to talk to my colleague and it seems one of her sis is looking for a position as a research media assitant (full-time) for MediaCorp I think.
And then, she know's of a friend who is the head of a Media purchasing conglomerate and I asked her to enquire if there might be a postion for media executive (not sales...).
I feel like SWDA (Singapore Workforce Development Agency).
Need a Job? Ask me. I have one successful referral so far.
Job Search Assistant,
Benjamin
P.S. The jobs above are for friends that I know of only .... I won't entrust my reputation to refer a stranger to my friend's goodwill.
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