Worlds Singles Day was yesterday.

Now i understand why nobody knows that it was WSD yest. I read bout it frm my SDU magz and today i went to find out more on this unique day.

Its a day tts only celebrate in China you see.. (No wonder lor..) I found this article which explains the origin, the celebrations and the way this day is commonly spend. Now it explains why there were so many weddings yesterday. (To date, i'd heard of 5)

Now, come to think of it, my 090909 plan seems MissionImpossible, so maybe i shld postpone it to 111111. Haa... Give myself more time.. rubbish..

The only constant in life...

Another powerful line i kept hearing recently is 'The only constant in life is changes.' In other words, everyday, everything is changing.

I may be changing my job soon. Again. I know. But this may be the last change for a long time, say the next 2-3 yrs.

TXY, we might be able to go Bintam in Dec liao.. heeee..

I feel so guilty. Lies building upon lies. Gosh.. Help me!

Metro will be having a sale of 20% discount on selected items frm today till sunday. SO go shop nw!!

hmm

Went dinner & drinking w some of the new colleagues on wed nite. The initial plan was to go to some nice cosy wine bar and open a bottle of red but we ended up at Alley bar aft dinner. No wine.

I had my usual Diaquri, apricot this time and i cant taste any alcohol. Serious. After that round, we went to Ice Cold Beer for a round on beer. We had Stella Artois. It was alrite at first taste but after more than half a glass, it started to taste bitter. yicks.. not good when it was drunk for punishment.

Anyway, that nite, i didnt have as much a fun time as i had when i'm with my drinking bros. As there are still some slight discomfort with drinking with ppl i dun noe very well. Just dun dare to let it all out and drink. But well, it is entertaining to be out drinking with different grps of ppl. So, thats that.

*Updates* I've no motivation in going to work now. See if u know what i mean ;(

I forgot...

I forgot to bring my phone to work.. AGAIN

So, i wont be able to reply any sms or calls today.

Just back frm Subaru challenge

wow.. just had my bath and nw relaxing on e edge of my bed, trying to message my poor feet. As promised, i went down to accompany contestant 218 at car6 for her third night. Different feelings wash over me during the short 7 hours i spend there.

At first it was heartache for her. Seeing her in that trance like behaviour. Its funny at times to hear her speak but dangerous and heart stopping else. Den it was my own tiredness. I was only there for 7hrs plus, being able to lean on the fence, walk around and such but i'm already tired. What about her? Being there for 50 over hrs. Den it was worry. Is her body able to take it? Is her mind able to take it? Den it was pride. I'm proud of her to still be standing after 60hrs, to still not even think of giving up. Her stamina was amazing. I really do not know wat to say for this yr female contestents. Because several are still going strong and i seriously hope that they do not need to endure another nite.

Her bro and uncle spend her last 15 mins in the comp trying to persuade her to drop out. The reason for this is because the other contestants are simply too strong and very well prepared so it will be better that she fall out herself instead of being carried out. Her final reason for staying in this comp is because she didnt want to disappoint us but we all cld see that she is unable to take it anymore. Finally after much persuasion, she decided to walk away. Now, just let her rest and let it be.

To all those who are thinking of joining next yr challenge, one thing sincerly frm me to you, Dun expect me to be down there supporting u. Becaause i wont, anymore. My feets hurt.

changes in direction.

Hmm.. i do not know how to express my thoughts. I realised that my tenses are really bad now. Sometimes i wonder if i understand what i'm trying to say.

My title refers to my taste wrt guys. It was bad. But now, i think its a complete change. I used to like lean guys, but now i prefer guys with a bit of flesh to go around and hmm.. ok, not a complete change but change for a more mature look. Last time was geeks, now is stablility. Someone with a steady glaze and who will listen intently to what i'm saying as well as making sensible remarks instead of butting in before i can finish my sentence.

Wow, i'm getting old now. Or am i just seeking more attention?

And yes, i'd found some motivation in going to the office now. Heee... *blush blush*

Shall we dance?

We started a new dance yesterday. (Tues is dance nite) All along since our first lesson we had been learning ballroom dancing such as Foxtrot, Vienese Waltz and American Smooth. But yesterday we move on from gracious sweeping moves to lots of hips tilting.

Why hip tilting you may ask, reason is simply because i sucks. For one complete hour i were trying to move my hips the way i want it to. But unfortunately, it was unsuccessfully done. If there was any passerbys, I bet we wld definitely made their night.

Later last nite, one of the dance mates showed me a clip of the original version of the dance. I was shocked because I can never ever imgine myself doing that. Gosh. I was shocked beyond words. Take a look for yourself and try to picture me doing that. (Warning: Dun do this in the office as I reckon you will burst out laughing NON STOP)



After surfing and looking thru more clips, I feel that this is more achievable after a few more months of intensive buchata. But luckily, we will only be doing 2 lessons of it before moving on to rumba. Which, I have not search for in utube.



Now I can understand why Richard Gere danced in his office toilets in the movie Shall we dance. Because there is no other private places with large enough mirrors for us to practice. But dun think I will be caught doing tt. I will at least go to another level to try twisting my butt.

Just gt back from the pantry with my 2nd cup of milo. I have a feeling that I will have diabetics if I stay here for too long. Not that their drinks are overly sweet but because I prefer less sugar. I am sweet enough btw.

Lets make a comparison for a local bank vs a foreign bank pantry.

Here, we have 3 pantry on this level. In each pantry there is a drinks vending machine, hot water dispenser and a 3 temperature water cooler.

In a foreign bank, there is 1 pantry only. In the pantry, there are at least 3 different types of biscuits to choose from, 2 brand of green tea bags, a kind of chinese tea bag, milo tins, sugar n sweetener, Nescafe, brewed coffee and an espresso machine. Now lets move on to its fridge, there is soft drinks such as coke, sprite and jia jia herbal tea, there are packet drinks such as Yeos n Pokka green tea, white chrys tea, ribena, milo, milk and several more that I cant remember.

Here in local, they have chocolates to share and most imptly, yest the boss bought freshly baked eggs tarts for the team and I had 2. Because its warm and just fall apart in ur mouth. Yummy. But I still dun noe where he got it from. Sian.

Feel like my actual job is a food connoisseur. A spy to go everywhere to taste all kind of food. Haa.. I work not to work but to eat.

A powerful line

I was reading an article when i chance upon a phase which i thought is very powerful. Be prepared, here goes..

'Averages can be very misleading: like every story, every average has two sides.'

Well, do you want to know why i say this short little line is very powerful? Simply because, so many times in our lives, we have apply whatever ways n methods we know of to obtain an average to determine if the results is good or not. But in obtaining the average, we have forgotten the 2 sides which may be VERY good or VERY bad. We just thought tt as long as the average is good, we shld do it, buy it or sell it. But how many times in real life does the average actually occur.

We have actually forgotten that the average is just a figure that we have come out with ourselves and its not even a real sample from a population group. So, instead of finding an average next time, why dun we just randomly pick a sample from the whole population size that we have. At least the chances of occuring is nw 1/(population size) instead of N.A .

Yes i'n bored with nothing to do. Feel like quitting already. Cause.. i feel tt this is nt wat i shld be doing..

lalala...

Just back frm lunch.. I didnt noe tt Raffles Place has so many eateries.. I'll defintely be spoilt for choice.. Sure grow fat.. n i thought tt Suntec was good enough.. hee

Also, i have more ppl to meet for lunch instead of just the colleagues.. haa..

Sigh, nw tt i've started working, i feel like going for a holiday.. I wanna go to a nice sunny island with crystal clear water and glarmourous sunrise/sets.. Where n when??

fun, fun fun!!

I had a great time over the weekend. It had been so long since i was out till 3am and yet not have to give a damn on how i were to get home.

Let me start bragging on the fun i had..

Friday after work, i went for dinner with my ex colleagues at suntec. Along with another colleague who had left the coy, we waited for the other 3 from 7pm till 8.30pm. Den it was dinner, complains and laughter all the way till 11pm where the staffs at Fish & Co started sweeping the floor. Only den did we left the restaurant reluctanly.

After which, i went to a ktv pub near maxwell food mkt to look for 2 of my bros as its YC birthday. And yes, we managed to get him drunk and he was a happy man that nite. I didnt drink much that nite as i didnt want to get drunk infront of ppl that i do not know. I still need to maintain my image. hee..

Den on sat, after my tuition, i made my way to expo to participate in Wine of Asia with Erica. All thanks to Cheryl that we are able to get free ticks and drink to our heart content. Actually i did not drink a lot but i'm still nt a good drinker. They have wines frm Aust, NZ, Spain, Italy, France, Chile, Greece and some more. But they do not have any from Canada. I was hopping to get some free ice wine!!! haa.. damn cheapo.. But anyway, i was rather high to the point that my whole face was red and i started blabbering which cheryl witness a bit.

Aft we left the exhibition, Erica n i went to the MPH sale in another hall. There i bought several books. And i saw books that i'd bought going at a price of $11 each when i'd spend an average of $18 on them. eikks... sian diao. But well, life goes on.. So looking at a brighter side, i can buy other books nw.. hee..

I went to meet my pri sch buddies at mind's cafe for dinner n games. I really think tt ppl in the finance field is the most cunning of all (aka me). Twice i was mistaken for being the sabotager when i'm only the miner. Gosh, i was all innocent and nice and they have to mistaken me. sigh... what have i done to deserve this?

After 2 hrs of games, we went to play pool. yeah... Think this was the first or second time since i gt back this time round. Cld see that they were very bored playing w me because i really suck big time.. suck suck suck suck sucks.... i wanna remaster my missing skills.. argg...

We gt home at bout 2am and i slept all the way till 1.30pm sunday morning. causing me to be late for my 1.30pm tuition. Hence i had to postphone it to later. Aft which, i went for a BBQ feast at non other than the usual BBQ pit just that its with different people.

Now that i think about it, i feel a bit paiseh. I mean, how come i was so thick skin to just turn up at other people's family BBQ just to eat. Oh man, what have i become. Then immediately after eating, i make myself comfortable on their grey sofa and lie down. Gosh. This is so not right. I need to improve myself.

I shall improve on my pool skills.

I shall learn to not go to sleep immediately after i eat especially in other ppl's hse.