yes it is my big day soon.
lots of celebrations coming up.
Wee...
Getting sloshed with alcohol...
Puked for the second time in my lifetime outside Thumper.
Si bei tak glam.
Photos coming up soon ....
More bottles opening tonight loh.
Please pray that I can still run the nike run.
Cross fingers.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
the price of success
Hot on the press right now is the success of Singapore striking silver in the Olympics with our foreign talent scheme. I congratulate the Singaporean team effort and applaud them for their accolades.
That aside, I will not backlog the amount of debates going on in the papers and online forums of the brickbats of foreign talent is yadda yadda. If you are bored, go read them, each side of the fence having their own detractors and supporters.
My focus however does tread on the topical issue of foreign talent. Scholarships are being offered to more overseas scholars to bond them to our country, in the hope of them being chained down to Singapore, of some even willing to sacrifice their own mother land citizenship.
Granted that Singapore has a small talent pool of say 20,000 soon-to-be local students each year (numbers are just an estimation), and only 200 makes it to the elite universities, the rest of the cohort attends local universities or sponsors themselves overseas.
Also granted that all of us cannot be academically inclined, naturally those that are financially strapped are unable to afford tertiary education and move out into the big bad working world.
I believe that are many local aspiring students, each wanting to do well, craving for success and each embarking on the opportunity to strive through the hardship of getting a breakthrough like American Idol.
However, the sad case is as such seeing scholarships being offered to foreign students, each not having a strong inkling of what is Singapore made of, how our forefathers churn out their own success to create a 1965 backwater town to a 2008 bustling cosmopolitan city. In a way, they are here to emulate the success of striking gold, striking rich of having the guile of venture from where they originate tom come to stress-bound Singapore.
For that, I give them credit and hats off to them.
The only thing I cannot stand, is the fact that these scholars are ungrateful. Reading up news articles of same scenarios of mine, a personal encounter or chat with such a scholar really made me infuriated.
The bond holds them down to Singapore for 6 years or so, but essentially they are not proud to be Singaporean. The person was not proud to be associated with what carried him/her to success and is thinking of various mechanics on how to break or circumvent the bond breaking.
Not to digress, bond breaking happens to both Singaporean and foreigners alike, but that aside, I have acknowledged it as existent and each has their own circumstances.
The plight I am trying to bring forth is why support foreign talent that are here to seize the opportunity and abscond when they can whereas local talent has more of its roots here and essentially want to establish themselves here.
On a PR note, I know it is not the case for many and I am not trying to draw conclusion that one encounter is the mould of all scholars but it seems a prevalent cases from what is echoed around the walls and the black print I get to read when I do my morning dump.
I just find it very saddening that our own parents taxpaying money is to support ingrates rather than their future offspring.
It is understandable that if there are better opportunities out there besides our little red dot. And if many could leave for better options, who would be silly to not escape from the coop. But to weigh the scales of a true blue Singaporean and a make-shift Singaporean who’s here for the opportunities, who do you think is likely to escape. Again.
P.S. I understand it’s a dog eat dog world out there, a desperate climb to the highest rung of the ladder, but I do have this hope of humanity, that it is not about chasing for top dollar and #1 distinctions, but I understand what the government is trying to do is for the goodwill of the prosperity of future generations, but maybe on this particular note, the result has turned out rather flawed =(
That aside, I will not backlog the amount of debates going on in the papers and online forums of the brickbats of foreign talent is yadda yadda. If you are bored, go read them, each side of the fence having their own detractors and supporters.
My focus however does tread on the topical issue of foreign talent. Scholarships are being offered to more overseas scholars to bond them to our country, in the hope of them being chained down to Singapore, of some even willing to sacrifice their own mother land citizenship.
Granted that Singapore has a small talent pool of say 20,000 soon-to-be local students each year (numbers are just an estimation), and only 200 makes it to the elite universities, the rest of the cohort attends local universities or sponsors themselves overseas.
Also granted that all of us cannot be academically inclined, naturally those that are financially strapped are unable to afford tertiary education and move out into the big bad working world.
I believe that are many local aspiring students, each wanting to do well, craving for success and each embarking on the opportunity to strive through the hardship of getting a breakthrough like American Idol.
However, the sad case is as such seeing scholarships being offered to foreign students, each not having a strong inkling of what is Singapore made of, how our forefathers churn out their own success to create a 1965 backwater town to a 2008 bustling cosmopolitan city. In a way, they are here to emulate the success of striking gold, striking rich of having the guile of venture from where they originate tom come to stress-bound Singapore.
For that, I give them credit and hats off to them.
The only thing I cannot stand, is the fact that these scholars are ungrateful. Reading up news articles of same scenarios of mine, a personal encounter or chat with such a scholar really made me infuriated.
The bond holds them down to Singapore for 6 years or so, but essentially they are not proud to be Singaporean. The person was not proud to be associated with what carried him/her to success and is thinking of various mechanics on how to break or circumvent the bond breaking.
Not to digress, bond breaking happens to both Singaporean and foreigners alike, but that aside, I have acknowledged it as existent and each has their own circumstances.
The plight I am trying to bring forth is why support foreign talent that are here to seize the opportunity and abscond when they can whereas local talent has more of its roots here and essentially want to establish themselves here.
On a PR note, I know it is not the case for many and I am not trying to draw conclusion that one encounter is the mould of all scholars but it seems a prevalent cases from what is echoed around the walls and the black print I get to read when I do my morning dump.
I just find it very saddening that our own parents taxpaying money is to support ingrates rather than their future offspring.
It is understandable that if there are better opportunities out there besides our little red dot. And if many could leave for better options, who would be silly to not escape from the coop. But to weigh the scales of a true blue Singaporean and a make-shift Singaporean who’s here for the opportunities, who do you think is likely to escape. Again.
P.S. I understand it’s a dog eat dog world out there, a desperate climb to the highest rung of the ladder, but I do have this hope of humanity, that it is not about chasing for top dollar and #1 distinctions, but I understand what the government is trying to do is for the goodwill of the prosperity of future generations, but maybe on this particular note, the result has turned out rather flawed =(
Monday, August 11, 2008
08.08.08 weekend
I guess the date of 08.08.08 is pretty much talked about.
The buzz of the 3 fat ladies. People getting married, the big Toto draw and the Beijing Olympics.
So what was I doing that faithful day.
Well, I was at work, having a fruitful week wrapping up my deliverables and headed off for dinner at Tetsu.
It was organize by Clara's friend, Rayner who is a food blogger.
Rayner's webbie
So this was a special blog outing for about 30+ people ?
Anyway, for the price, it was really worth it since I never spend on such cuisine. And yes, it was 40 bucks.
Hole in my pocket but a little slice of experience tucked into my pocket of life.
Took loads of photos. Was happy feasting with Anthony (my colleague), Clara, Junne, Lucia and Pearlynn.
So after the sumptuous and filling meal, headed to nearby Dempsey and settled for Oosh.
Apparently everyone was packed at Chijmes according to Anthony who headed there instead.
Left me, Junne, Clara and Pearlynn as we settled for a cozy veranda spot sipping our drinks.
Trying to chill among the poseurs. Technically we are one since we are there haha.
Manage to catch a few glimpse of the Olympics ceremony with the big screen TV at a distance, and yes the fireworks was spectacular.
Headed home at 1 am as needed to rest for gym in the morning.
So its National Day next, went for a short workout then lunch at Straits Kitchen @ Hyatt with my family.
Saw my nephew who apparently doesn't wants me to carry him = \
I think he will remember me as the uncle who always wear a trucker cap who always tease him.
Need to nurture my fatherly skills. Bah.
Went shopping with my mom n pop around Orchard. It was relatively crowd free as everyone was chugging their way to NDP.
Had an exhausting Saturday. Sunday was awoken to the tune of blading.
Went blading again with Junne, Clara and Jason.
The rain dampen the experience and we settled for HK Cafe for lunch.
We talked about our future travel plans, so fun to think and talk about vacation plans.
Went to become a nerd and played Magic cards in the late afternoon, feeling damn dorky.
All in All.
It was a good weekend. Family time. Gym. Shopping. Friends. Food. Alcohol.
Couldn't ask for more. With the exception of Mahjong of course. But that can be left for another week.
Without further delay, the pictures of the 080808 weekend:
Tetsu - Location of the sinful food haven
Me and my colleague, Anthony Kunihiro, having pseudo jap names, Bento and
Starters: Kajiki Tataki and Kani Tofu
Sashimi Moriawase
The real bento set - scrumptious
The buzz of the 3 fat ladies. People getting married, the big Toto draw and the Beijing Olympics.
So what was I doing that faithful day.
Well, I was at work, having a fruitful week wrapping up my deliverables and headed off for dinner at Tetsu.
It was organize by Clara's friend, Rayner who is a food blogger.
Rayner's webbie
So this was a special blog outing for about 30+ people ?
Anyway, for the price, it was really worth it since I never spend on such cuisine. And yes, it was 40 bucks.
Hole in my pocket but a little slice of experience tucked into my pocket of life.
Took loads of photos. Was happy feasting with Anthony (my colleague), Clara, Junne, Lucia and Pearlynn.
So after the sumptuous and filling meal, headed to nearby Dempsey and settled for Oosh.
Apparently everyone was packed at Chijmes according to Anthony who headed there instead.
Left me, Junne, Clara and Pearlynn as we settled for a cozy veranda spot sipping our drinks.
Trying to chill among the poseurs. Technically we are one since we are there haha.
Manage to catch a few glimpse of the Olympics ceremony with the big screen TV at a distance, and yes the fireworks was spectacular.
Headed home at 1 am as needed to rest for gym in the morning.
So its National Day next, went for a short workout then lunch at Straits Kitchen @ Hyatt with my family.
Saw my nephew who apparently doesn't wants me to carry him = \
I think he will remember me as the uncle who always wear a trucker cap who always tease him.
Need to nurture my fatherly skills. Bah.
Went shopping with my mom n pop around Orchard. It was relatively crowd free as everyone was chugging their way to NDP.
Had an exhausting Saturday. Sunday was awoken to the tune of blading.
Went blading again with Junne, Clara and Jason.
The rain dampen the experience and we settled for HK Cafe for lunch.
We talked about our future travel plans, so fun to think and talk about vacation plans.
Went to become a nerd and played Magic cards in the late afternoon, feeling damn dorky.
All in All.
It was a good weekend. Family time. Gym. Shopping. Friends. Food. Alcohol.
Couldn't ask for more. With the exception of Mahjong of course. But that can be left for another week.
Without further delay, the pictures of the 080808 weekend:
Tetsu - Location of the sinful food haven
Me and my colleague, Anthony Kunihiro, having pseudo jap names, Bento and
Junne - The Ringo Starr
Clara Ichigo - Strawberry Cutie
Menu for the feast
Starters: Kajiki Tataki and Kani TofuSashimi MoriawaseBeing stuffed with Sashimi
The real bento set - scrumptiousGreat tea ice-cream with chewy balls - Lucia's favourite
OoshSaturday, August 02, 2008
it's the weekend
Everyone goes through rough patches in life.
I just had mine and I'm trodding through it well.
It is a lazy weekend ahead for me. I do look forward to the weekend to hang out with friends.
I already have the next friday all planned up for an expensive feast with Clara & Junne.
I woke up ridiculously early even though I played mahjong till 4am last night. I think I will head back to la la land soon.
My mood is much better now and I thank all my friends for the concern. Thanks to Clara & Choon Wee for being a listening ear.
And in the twinkle of an eye, it is already August. Goodness.
I have officially worked for 1 month to my astonishment, a landmark for me as I have kinda settled into my job. I vow to meet all my interim deadlines so cross fingers.
But for now. It's a chirpy weekend. Gonna enjoy the next 48 hours before I return to the grind.
Cheerios.
Everyone goes through rough patches in life.
I just had mine and I'm trodding through it well.
It is a lazy weekend ahead for me. I do look forward to the weekend to hang out with friends.
I already have the next friday all planned up for an expensive feast with Clara & Junne.
I woke up ridiculously early even though I played mahjong till 4am last night. I think I will head back to la la land soon.
My mood is much better now and I thank all my friends for the concern. Thanks to Clara & Choon Wee for being a listening ear.
And in the twinkle of an eye, it is already August. Goodness.
I have officially worked for 1 month to my astonishment, a landmark for me as I have kinda settled into my job. I vow to meet all my interim deadlines so cross fingers.
But for now. It's a chirpy weekend. Gonna enjoy the next 48 hours before I return to the grind.
Cheerios.
Tiffy, Aaron & Me.
Drank loads, all thanks to Tiffy
Intoxicating Tiffy
Open your mouth with with SK
Lucia n Me. Remember your virgin 13 yao =P
Delirious from Alcohol
I just had mine and I'm trodding through it well.
It is a lazy weekend ahead for me. I do look forward to the weekend to hang out with friends.
I already have the next friday all planned up for an expensive feast with Clara & Junne.
I woke up ridiculously early even though I played mahjong till 4am last night. I think I will head back to la la land soon.
My mood is much better now and I thank all my friends for the concern. Thanks to Clara & Choon Wee for being a listening ear.
And in the twinkle of an eye, it is already August. Goodness.
I have officially worked for 1 month to my astonishment, a landmark for me as I have kinda settled into my job. I vow to meet all my interim deadlines so cross fingers.
But for now. It's a chirpy weekend. Gonna enjoy the next 48 hours before I return to the grind.
Cheerios.
Everyone goes through rough patches in life.
I just had mine and I'm trodding through it well.
It is a lazy weekend ahead for me. I do look forward to the weekend to hang out with friends.
I already have the next friday all planned up for an expensive feast with Clara & Junne.
I woke up ridiculously early even though I played mahjong till 4am last night. I think I will head back to la la land soon.
My mood is much better now and I thank all my friends for the concern. Thanks to Clara & Choon Wee for being a listening ear.
And in the twinkle of an eye, it is already August. Goodness.
I have officially worked for 1 month to my astonishment, a landmark for me as I have kinda settled into my job. I vow to meet all my interim deadlines so cross fingers.
But for now. It's a chirpy weekend. Gonna enjoy the next 48 hours before I return to the grind.
Cheerios.
Tiffy, Aaron & Me.Drank loads, all thanks to TiffyIntoxicating TiffyOpen your mouth with with SKLucia n Me. Remember your virgin 13 yao =P
Delirious from Alcohol
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