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You're Beautiful
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A track by James Blunt, taken from his new album "Back to Bedlam". (More lyrics from this album are available here)
Maybe will get it downloaded via Soundbuzz tonight.
You're Beautiful
My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
F**king high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw you face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.
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Watch that blog post
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As mb mentioned on his post, some more people just got busted over their blog posts. This time, it was 5 students who were a little(maybe) too 'enthusiastic' in flaming their teachers and vice-principal. Duh!
Hmm... not so safe to blog freely anymore. Sianz ½!! WTF! Well, I can only say that ANONYMITY is getting ever more precious to us bloggers.
Ohh... and the 'informing the parents' part was SOOOOOOOOOO VERY scary siah! We so scared our mother and father know about our blogs one! So scared lehz! Dun tell them lah... pls pls!
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Decision Made!
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 Swissflex Rainbow Series Frames
Decision made. Swissflex Rainbow it is! Collection on Monday evening!
My combination : OLIVE Fronts + TANGERINE Legs
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Spectacles for Me
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My old/current pair of spectacles are very much used to the fullest. There are cracks at the 'legs' but it is still going good. As my birthday was coming soon, Janet suggested getting me a new pair. So sweet of you... *muacks*
After some window shopping and also some trying, we have more or less settled on roughly what type of spectacles to get me.
I amWe are mainly eyeing Rainbow frames from Swissflex. I am a bit hesitant to get it (will set me back SGD400.00+!!!) but the design and features sure are tempting!
Alternatively, I could choose to get frames from eyephorics instead. These feature highly flexible materials as well and come in equally attractive designs too.
Aarrggghhh! Decisions, decisions, decisions!!!
Which would you get?
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Of pee-drops, poo-piles and the toilet throne
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Bored and surfing around when I came across this rather interesting page on "How to use a Japanese-styled toilet bowl".
Thinking of which... which do you prefer? Squat or seat toilets?
All my childhood, I was used to the squat type as this came installed in most (all?) HDB flats. Only the master bedroom had seat type toilets. Therefore, I was most annoyed by the seat type as I had to clean the seat before I could use it.
Some commonly seen 'stuff' on the toilet seats/floor include (but not limited to):- 'Pee-drops'
You guys got a leak somewhere is it??!?!?
- 'Poo-poo'
Some people just can not hold their shit. Ha!
- Shoe prints
Ooi! This is a seat! Not something for you to squat or stand on!
- Soiled Underwear
We acknowledge that there are times when timing and nature do not work together. Hence, sometimes you will need to sacrifice that Calvin Klein undie...
- Toilet Paper covering shit
Some kind souls will cover the shit on the seats. Curious ones will uncover the TRUTH under the paper! Hurhurhur!
The worst thing would be a missing toilet seat. How the hell am I to do my business while more than half the time, my mind is focusing on the germs and shit and...yucks! Call me a cleaniness freak or whatever, but no way am I going to sit on a toilet bowl without a proper seat! Hehee!
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CBD Withdrawal Symptom
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 My New Cubicle
Let me explain the situation.
Two canteens (or so I heard) within a radius of 5-10 minutes' walk. Lots of heavy vehicles moving around the roads. Loads of dirt on the road. No signs of CBD working life here at all. Not much 'executive' looking people walking around, no fairs being held, nobody wearing 'Lose Weight Now, Ask Me How' badges, nobody carrying bags to work out at the nearest California Fitness or Planet Fitness.
Welcome to Tai Seng Drive. My new workplace, the same old company.
We have finally finished configuring the servers to get our support services working and things seem to be working per normal. However, the people here seem to be suffering from mass CBD withdrawal symptoms.
First up on the list of 'oh-my-gods' would be our tea-breaks. There used to be at least one kopitiam, coffee house, fast-food restaurant, eatery, etc. right around just about every corner in Raffles Place. But it is a totally different story here. Our nearest 'watering-hole' is located about 5 minutes walk away from the office and situated smack in the middle of a JTC industrial estate. It is daunting just to think of walking there for a cuppa. Therefore, I missed my daily morning shot of kopi-o this morning.
Needless to say, the popular 'tissue-culture' of Raffles Place does not work anymore. Your packet of tissues that you used to 'chop' the seat will most likely end up in somebody's pocket, AND your seat taken too.
While moving over, I decided not to bring along my mug. It was a thermal cup but seem to be starting to rust. Big mistake. I forgot to bring a new cup here and will have to depend on water dispenser styrofoam cups for the day (or two, maybe three). Our coffee machine decided to call it quits with the move. It does not seem to want to start up. Maybe it also does not want to work outside the CBD area?
Looking on the (only) bright side, the bus ride from my house to office is a mere 25 minutes - during the rush hour in the morning. Hooray! Duh!
I. MUST. BE. HAPPY.
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Over at the new office
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Moved. Finally.
Now, the main thing is to 'up' the servers and various other systems. It's officially 'BYE BYE CBD' for me. :( WTF!
Most important of all, BLOGGER IS NOT BLOCKED!!! Hahahah! Fantastic!
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Ice cream, ice cream!
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So you get these teenagers running up and down the HDB estates nowadays. What are they doing? Selling ice-creams on push carts/trolleys for the extra pocket money.
Nothing really bad about this except the ATTITUDE!
Here's how they work.
First of all, they (usually in pairs per area) will take the lift up to the top floor of a block. From there, they will start going from house-to-house, floor-to-floor trying the 'peddle' their ice-creams.
Now, the most annoying thing about all this is, the way they try to convince you to buy.
A knock on my house door.
Cute Boy(CB): Uncle, good evening! Care to buy some ice-creams? <-- WTF! UNCLE! I'm not so old ok!
moe: I'm sorry, but this is not a good time as my kids are all down with cough and runny noses...
CB: But our ice-creams are very nice! <-- well, he didn't get my point
moe: (still sounding very nice)I'm really sorry but I guess I'll have to let this pass.
CB: Come one lah! Look at us two teenagers running around at this time selling ice-cream... support us lah! Help us lah! <-- Time was about 2100hrs
CB#2 comes closer...
CB2: Yah lor! We are so tired and wanna go home earlier lah! Help us out here!
moe: ...
CB2: How about this, we sell you Cornettothis cone ice-cream at a super discounted price of just a dollar each??? That way, you can buy 5 from us and we charge only 5 dollars! 5 dollars only lah you can't afford meh? <-- Hey, I know my maths and besides, I. DO. NOT. WANT. ICE-CREAM!
moe: (Getting annoyed)Look here, I do not want ice-creams, not today.
CB2: ok, how about these then? (Turns his 'sales brochure' around to show more pictures of tubs of ice-cream).
moe: (VERY VERY ANNOYED now)This is still ice-cream right? No thanks!
CB: (to CB2) Let's go lah! He dun wanna buy lah!
CB2: (mumbling VERY AUDIBLY)Ok lor, wasted so much time and strength, still not even one cone he bought.
moe: ...!
This is not the first time this happened to me with these ice-cream peddlers. This kind of shit attitude sucks big time! The ice-cream companies should really look into this matter!
By comparison, those aunties peddling Vitagen or Yakult are much better sales persons in terms of attitude!
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I want my Herman Miller!
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 The Aeron Workchair from Herman Miller
Management has decided that it would be preposterous for us 'ordinary' workers to be using chairs of this quality while the CEO used something of neighbourhood furniture store quality. It seems that our new colleagues (as a result of a recent merger take-over) did not enjoy the same level of comfort as we did. And now that we are together as one company, the management feels that it is most right for us to be EQUAL. Hence, the 'reshuffle' of Herman Miller chairs for fairness. WTF!
Don't even think that you can keep that chair even though you've been sitting on it for the last 5-8 years! Hmmpf! This also tells us very much how this management team thinks of long service employees when it comes to headcount/salary cuts.
So...
People started suggesting ideas to keep that beloved chair:
- Carve 'xxx was here' on the chair to 'mark' your property.
- Remove some screws and have it marked for scrap - offer to help move it to throw. (Of course, you know where it actually goes to!)
- Move it off late in the night when no one is around the office. The bosses do not know exactly how many of these chairs there are around the office. *evil* *cool* Hur hur!
Please note SUGGESTING only hor! Not really going to do it! If anything missing, don't come looking for me!
Removed the Recent Comments section from the sidebar. Creating too much 'noise'. Heheeh! Might put it back though - if there are more customizable options that I can configure through the scripts!
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Crimes are getting scarier
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A woman's head found in bag behind Orchard MRT station! This is scary shit man! Imagine walking along the shopping district and making this finding! Aarrghhhh! Those fucking murderers are really sick in the head!
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Simple Calendar Days Tool
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 Something interesting (not exactly very useful, but interesting nonetheless) which I remember from my childhood days. My father was the one who taught me this.
A 'portable' calendar that helps you find out on what day a particular date of a month falls on. Nothing really fancy to this but kinda useful sometimes. This makes use of nothing more than your own hands (fingers, actually).
It works pretty fine except that you will first have to memorize the positions of the month groups on the indexes of the fingers - and these gets 'pushed' one index per year.
Note:
The calendar layout on the finger sections differ year to year. But if you'd noticed, the months get 'displaced' by ONE section per year! (e.g. If September was in Section Three of Index Finger on 2005, for 2006, it should be on Section One of Middle Finger! Go figure!). This might be different for some years though... have to try it out lah! But generally, this is how it works! :)
Take the date 3rd September 2005. Which day does it fall on?
Using the 'tool' above (refer YEAR 2005):
- Locate the month on the finger section. (September is on Section Three of the Index finger).
- Count the number of sections per the date. (e.g. 3rd will mean that you count THREE sections DOWNWARDS, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT).
- We find that we end up in the SATURDAY section. Hence, we conclude that 3rd September 2005 is a Saturday.
Ok, so much for boring you out! Haha!
Edit:
Please Note!
If it seems too cheem, please do not attempt! Don't want to bore/scare/frighten you off!
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High-rise living
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The idea of living in flats that are more than 20 storeys high is not something new in Singapore. Neither is the fact that there will always be some annoying/irresponsible/selfish/etc. people living above you.
Some examples include (but not limited to):- People who wash clothing and stuff that have colours that run, AND still hang them out to drip dry. (Hey, like got people staying in the flats below you hor?)
- People who wash their air-con ledges, windows, or any other external 'fixtures' of their flats when it is a hot and sunny day! Hot and sunny days are best for drying clothes right? Anyway, while starting to wash, are they blind to the fact that there are others' clothings hanging below?
ChimneysSmokers who dump their (cigarette) butts outside their apartment windows.
- People who spit out of the window. I think we have enough rainfall in Singapore lah... no need for you to make artificial raindrops.
- Of course there will be more... no time to list down lah!
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Where's your State Flag?
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It's September.
I was cleaning the house yesterday when I saw something that made me remember another... my FLAG!
Wah... totally forgot about it man! It's been hanging outside since National Day and I have clean forgotten to take them down - procrastinating lah! Per guidelines (particularly Point 1 of "How It May Be Used" section), we will have to put the state flag on a flagpole if we were to hangfly it beyond the National Day celebrations period, which is the month of August.
So, I will have to (definitely) remove the flag tonight before my area's RC members, or the police pay me a friendly visit.
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Happy Birthday Dickson!
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To Dickson,
Happy Birthday Dude!
May your wishes, crushes and teenage dreams come true! :)
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Happy Birthday Calvin!
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To my cousin Calvin,
Happy Birthday Bro!
May all you wishes come true!
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Chaotic Office
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To all Teachers,
Happy Teachers' Day!
Email services in the office is down again this morning. Seems like head office do not want us to work too hard. Hur hur!
Anyway, I had to set up an 'emergency' SMTP email channel for the service guys to inform customers of the communication outage. Ok, no more of this technical stuff to bore you! :)
Whenever things like this happen, there would be mini chaos in the office.
You have people 'running' around trying out 'ideas' to solve the problems, people screwing others up over the phone, people sitting around looking blank, and people sitting in front of their desks smirking away while filling up a blog entry (that's me!).
Hehehee! Hang loose dudes!
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moe at 9/28/2005 06:14:00 PM
