We Need A Medic!!

When i plug in the thermometer into the mouth, the temperature started to climb. I can see from the side of my eye that it is climbing real high. When i took it out, i was shocked... 39 degrees... Wow... Im hot!! No wonder the pains on the joints and the bloated stomach are tell-tale signs of sickness. But today was a full day of rest. I slept alot... The doctor gave me drugs to bring down the fever and also some mild painkillers to stop the pains. As the counter nurse gave me my MC, she gave me a look as if i do not need it at all... I do not know what to say but when i left the place, i just curse alittle on her. Bollocks!! Haha... I did not proceed home directly. I went to the supermarket to get some bread and vegetables for lunch. As soon as i went back home, it was a strict diet of bread, lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. I admit i was not suppose to eat cheese, but i just could not help it when i opened the fridge. The mind says, 'No!! You can't eat that!!!' While the hand says, 'Just take a slice. It won't hurt much.' Lunch was pretty healthy and tasty, but drugs were pretty bad. Now i do not feel like sleeping even though the fever is still there.

I'm still alive...

Bollocks...

A new word i learnt to replace the word 'Sh!t'. I read an article where the word Bollocks is a less vulgar and formal word to use when things does not go your way. A good example of using the word would be this. When you have overwritten a new file with an old one. That is the point where you can say, Bollocks. I am trying to use the word more often as i see the potential of the word. If i say it fast, it sounds like buttocks. So it can replace another word that i usually call people, which is @ssh0le. I think it would take some time for the word to totally replace all the words i have been using. Maybe in the future, the word would be categorised as one of the most used words in the entire world.

Hahaha :D

Thinking too much...

Day @ Microsoft HQ

A simple lunch and a quick exit from the company landed me straight into the Central Business District(CBD) for a seminar by Microsoft. My partner and I arrived at the location early so we went around for a walk. Looking at the enviroment, i realise how the hustle and bustle of the CBD feels. Compared to the quiet industrial park here, it is like a huge shopping centre with a big sale going on. Our journey starts by walking around the make-shift stalls at Caltex House. We were discussing whether to get some snacks and consume it while in the seminar. I jokingly said, why not we get a bag of crunchy chips and munch on it loudly while they are presenting? It is something that i think would definitely drop the company's image to the basement level. When the time comes, we went to the venue and registered ourselves. There was a three tables there to promote the Chinese culture and the festive mood of the Chinese New Year. The table that intrests me the most is an old man who does two very facinating things. Firstly, he passes u a set of cards with lots Chinese characters. You choose your surname and place the card with your surname on a piece of board with hundreds of characters. When you place the card facing down, he will know what your surname is without looking at the card. Amazing!! After that, he asks you to write a word of your choice and he will analyze your writing to describe about your personality and your future. The way he speaks and stuff, seems to be taken out of a template most of the time. I guess most fortune tellers are like this. I did not managed to get my fortune told as we were being ushered into auditorium. The audtorium was pretty cool and the view outside is astonishing. After the seminar, there was food and drink. Simple snacks and glasses of wine. The wine was not very good but at least the standard was there. When we left the place, the lady that registered us gave us our door gift.

Post Trauma Syndrome - Spongebob Squarepants

Yesterday was a boring day. Nothing much happens but it was not that stressful. Both Boss and Boss Wife were not in the office. Boss was busy with clients while Boss Wife was sick. I guess she ate too much goodies during the long holidays. Funnything is that the staff are not eating snake, but the hardware are!! During the afternoon, the company laser printer did not react to 20 plus documents sent in for printing. After that, the internet server went down for around half an hour. We were stuck without any internet connection. Near the end of the day, the fax machine went bonkers. It could not send nor receive faxes. All of us were like thinking, the machines are revolting as the Boss and Boss Wife not around?? My partner joked and said that the age of the machines is here. The office wares will take over humankind. What a lame joke... If the machines were to take over, why this small little office with only five person inside? Anyway, we did what we could and still managed to finish our work in time. Some got carried over to today but it was completed soon.

I heard on the radio that scientists in Britain(those idiots again...) have made a ban on the up and coming Spongebob Squarepants movie. They are saying that the cartoon is cauing children to misjudge the sexuality or gayness and also instill overrated stupid actions and thoughts in them. They are also the ones that created a towel that does not drop when wrapped around a woman's body. One thing to say to them... Why can't they just keep their hands and minds where they are suppose to?!?! Why must they mess with life's most intresting things? What has Spongebob done to them? Is the movie or the cartoon a Weapon of Mass Destruction? I think it is more like a Weapon of Mass Laughter. I have seen the cartoon and i like it very much. It is a mindless cartoon that is the new age of humour. No more like Tom & Jerry where they whack each other silly. This time, the humour is something i do not know how to describe. A new age of cartoon for the new age of children. What sexuality or instill stupid actions or gayness. I doubt the children knows the meaning of sexuality at their age. I think the innocence of a child will never think of such things and continue their enjoyment on the cartoon itself.

Spongebob da best...

Poly 50: The Aftermath

Wednesday we had our inaugural annual event. The dreaded Poly 50, 50 rounds of 600m with 10 runners doing relays. My final year and i decided to join to make my life complete. When i arrive at the place, the adrenaline inside me pumps and i suddenly felt like i was ready. Ready for anything thrown at me. We did complete the event and had some good experiences too. This year we had more participants. I hope next year more participants will join in and represent the club. Even though my arms and shoulders hurt, my legs ache, i feel that the time spent there is worth it. A short period, but still a good short period of time. Now i realise the meaning of school and work. School is where the fun never stops. When you are doing projects or planning events, the fun factor is always there. Friends are always there to listen to you and enjoy time together. This is what i will never forget. My experiences in Poly life and my brothers i have made during my Scouting days. But time moves on, i will also move on. Nothing stops me. I think the next one i am going to enjoy would be the comradeship and companionship in the Army. I look forward to it and hope i make the best out of it.

An Interview with Ms SG...

Haha... The title is very misleading. She is not the winner but she is a good friend of Jamie Teo!! Haha... This type of friend should never leave my mind. The interview with her is pretty good. She was pretty nervous. I guess the training she had during her pageant days are fading. The way she sits and the way she replies show it all. But her smile is very nice. No wonder her past awards for being Ms Photogenic is substantial. The photos online and meeting the person is very different. If a picture says a thousand words, i guess meeting the real person says a hundred words. Haha... Hard to believe but she is a technical person. She got training from NUS and she is able to do coding and debugging. I was taken aback when she said she like the technical side of life. As i always think beauty queens and finalists are all vain creatures. They would like to dress up and do things that requires not much thinking. A basic example would be Paris Hilton. Not much thinking required and she is earning big bucks!! Well... Boss Wife says she is quite a good candidate. After a little discussion with Boss, she decides to back her up and try to get her in the office. Well... I think by the time she comes in for work, i will be out and never be back again! Sad ar...

Interview Week: Day Two

Yesterday was the first day that i sat in to a corporate interview. The first was rather uneasy as i do not know the steps and the situation well. Boss Wife scripted the interview by me asking simple questions before she asking the major ones. The first one i kind of screwed up a little. Instead of asking three questions, i forgot about them and asked only two!! So during the conversation between Boss Wife and the interviewee, she popped the question i missed and gave me a stare that tells me im in trouble. When the second one came during the evening, it was like a stroll in the park. Though i was tired, but i had to pay attention to what the candidate said. I am one of the evaluators. Jokingly, Boss Wife told me that my evaluation stand at 20%. Wow... I wonder what will the candidates think when they get hired and learn that they are being evaluated by an intern that is not even a Diploma holder. Haha... Today the third one came and we had quite a nice chat. The session was pretty good. The candidate had deep knowledge of the products that we are selling. That kind of impressed me. He was an Indian National so his speech had an Indian accent. Moved was heard as 'moo-ed'. Leave was heard as 'lee'. Quite confusing... But nonetheless, he is still on top of the previous two. This evening i will meeting with the Ms Singapore finalist. A runner-up of the year 2001. First time ever to meet up with one of the most beautiful ladies on the island. Hope the session would be a good one. Even better... Boss Wife hire her. Haha...

Another Weekend

Another week has passed and i am on my way to installing a new software for the company. On Monday, i will be conducting a Hands-on Operation for the entire office staff. All staff will be taking the lesson. Well... Like they always say, a teacher is always harder than the student. This is no exception too. I had to type out a operation procedure document. It sucks to the core... It is something like my FYP project phase 2 where the document teaches you step-by-step on each function and what you will see. That is a chore man... No wonder documentation are hated by the software consultants in my office. I guess i am together with them. Today i did something that was really intresting. The company is hiring another three more staff. The resumes are in and Boss Wife gave the oppurtunity to filter through and select the ones i think it is appropriate for the company. Of course i had some guidance from her, a set of requirements the resume have. If it fits all the criteria, than he/she will be called in for an interview. If it falls between 75%~99% than it will go through another round of filtering. At the end of the day, i got eight interviewees and they will be coming next week. I even plan out who to come at what time and what are they applying for. Well... Just a little let out, one of the interviewee is a Miss Singapore contestant. She has gotten the rank of Top 5 in the competition in 2001. She does attach a photo, but it was blur and hard to comprehand. My partner and i are looking forward to meeting one of the most beautiful ladies on the island.

I always belive in cause and effect. My Boss Wife always tell me that the one above us will decide for us. Maybe that is why i am such a lousy believer. Those that knows me well will know that im a person with high determination. Nothing will stand in my way. Yesterday when i was speaking to a friend who is also a strong believer, she said that she put alot of believe in the one above. 'I hope i can do well. But it all boils down to where He wants to put me.' After hearing this, i asked her, 'So in terms of percentage, how much would u split them?' '50/50,' was her answer. I asked her if she wanted things to go her way. She just say she tried her best, which i am glad to hear, and the rest just let Him decide. I think such people just find comfort in thinking this way. It makes them feel better when things does not go the way they like. For me, i do it in this percentage. 90/10. I believe in 90% of myself and 10% on the one above. If i do not fight for it, it will never be mine. I do not want everybody to dis-believe in your own religion. But do think about this... When you fail, do you think that it is your fault? Or do you think that it is something that we cannot control ourselves?

Fate in hands...

Lost Update Pt.2

I got too tired again... Everyday i am spending so much energy at the office and i come back home to rest. But it seems that i do not have enough everytime... Hmm... Can't wait for this to end and back to doing more important stuff. As this week is my deployment week for the software im testing, i have been reading page after page of installation manual on the microsoft web. It is very brain stressing... After reading all of it, i think i only absorbed 25% of it. The rest of the 75% is... Well... Dumped into the recycling bin! Haha... After work, i went to attend a meeting with my outside club. Another brain-wrenching event... Preparing for the AGM of the club and the year events of the club. When the meeting ended, i arrived home very very late. Bathed, prepare for work and went to bed early.

One month has passed and it went on pretty well. A lot of memorable stuff and alot of complaints too. But overall, looking at how the company treats me... I can see that they do care about the interns after all. Even though we are like cheap labour to them, i have learnt a few skills on intra-personal and office skills. Something that i have not learnt in school. As for the colleagues in the office, we have got closer and now we are able to joke and laugh. Sometimes we do shoot each other but i guess it is the bond that the past month i have experience that bonds us together. Now i begin to look at the brighter side of the office life and not always on the dark side of it. But i know something about myself that will motivate me for the rest of my life. I do not like to work much, but i like to see people working with me towards the same goal. If they are working towards the same goal as me, i would definitely put in more effort than what i am doing right now.

Working as one...

Lost Update

Last night i did not update my life... By the time i was jacked in, i was too tired to think. Yesterday i went to settle some things that i left it undone for weeks. Thanks god the things are not mouldy and filled with fungus. But they are covered totally by dust... Not a pretty sight... After completing those stuff, i had my dinner and sat down infront of the TV. After awhile later, i went to sleep.

I read a book and it said something like learning,unlearning and relearning. After some digesting and understanding of the meaning. I know what i can learn and what i can unlearn. It is pretty confusing but when you are learning something, you gain the knowledge. Easy to understand, easy to grasp. When you are unlearning something, you are erasing it totally from mental and physical sides. Hard to get the logic, but it takes sometime to get the full meaning. When you are relearning, you start from not knowing anything and experiencing it all over again. Relearning is very hard for many people. But when you relearn, you see things in another view. You see things and do things differently. Try it. A simple example... Unlearn the lesson of saving money, spend all you want. When you are broke, you will begin the learning of saving money at every possible way.

Relearning for life...

Giving More Than Receiving

Today was a very boring day. A superb boring day... I had to do data correcting for a client. I had to edit almost 2000 rows of entries on 2 seperate Excel files. It is something that i hate doing. Practically the whole day, im editing both files. But the good part is that both Boss and Boss Wife were away from office. They had to look after their son who underwent dental surgery. Nothing serious but he went through it successfully. The only thing that help me ease the tiredness is the times where i am able to relax my mind and read intresting stuff on the web. At the end of the day, i said my goodbyes and left the office. The feeling is like having your freedom back again. I always hated working for somebody, working for a salary. Maybe it is just myself. Maybe it is how i was brought up. But i know that i would not like to work under other people and receive orders from them. I want to work for myself and see the revenue roll in. Nothing special was done today as both of them were not in. It was a rather relaxing day. A relaxing day with a boring job.

The past year i have seen and heard so many needy organisations requesting for financial aids. Each event, the collected amount is always quite huge. Some have reached their target. Some even surpassed their intended target. It we are to sum up all the donations we have made in a year, i think the sum is unimaginable. If anyone is able to provide the donations we have made last year, i would certainly want to know it. A simple example of how Singaporeans are ready to give more than receive. There was a fund raising at one of the orphanages during a weekday. I repeat, it was a working weekday. They only open their donation box in the morning. At the end of the morning, they collected more than $40,000 worth of donation. Imagaine... One weekday morning they collected that much. If they extend it to the end of the day, I wonder would they break the $500,000 limit? It is times like this that i really hold my head up high and say that i am proud to be a Singaporean. I cannot compare with those that hand out thousands of dollars to these aid requests. But i can tell them that i have participated and gave whatever i can give. Lastly, before i end this. Now is the question on whether do the donations we give out reach the intended targets. As i am typing now, aid packets are given to the Tsunami Victims. I hope the rebels of the country or insurgent armies do not get hold of these aid packets and boost their military strength. Another point to note... What happens if there is an overflow of donations to these countries?

The Singaporean Pride...

1 More day...

Tomorrow will be the day where i will be submitting my log book to my supervisor. But currently my supervisor is a marketing head. So do i pass the book to her or to Boss Wife?? Dilemma dilemmas... Well... Today is not a fantastic day, just a little more excitment than usual. I met accidentally one of my ex-classmates. She is working at the same building as me, and i do not know it at all!! What a waste... My classmate working one floor down and i have not met him once yet. One month has passed and i hope to have lunch one day with him. Nothing much happened today. Boss did not give me any special jobs. But he told us to learn to install a new software and he is getting the neccessary soft/hardwares to get the program running. All i have to do is install, configure, train the staff and fine-tune it so in future they can settle any problems without us. My partner read up on the installation while i did up the configurations. By next week friday, this whole software should be up and running. The sofware will be given one month's grace. After one month, a quick review will be done on the program. If a good response is receive, it will be accepted forever. If not... We will strip the program and throw in a new one. By then... I hope it would be the former and not the latter.

Too tired to think of something to write here. I have been writing so much of my inner thoughts for all to enjoy. These thoughts range from stories to personal feeling on the event. I think as time goes by, i have enough to write a book. By that time, it will be my second source of income. Haha... Well, one of my sub-dreams will be a columnist for a local newspaper. That way, i can reach out to the mass target on my thoughts and feelings on the local situation. It would be nice if it happens, but that is not i will work for. I will work for my final dream. My dream will always push me to achieve greater heights. Mark my words, and mark them well. I will achieve what i want and nothing will bring me down.

Live, Dream, Enjoy...

Copy, Paste, Copy, Paste... ARGHZ!!!!

Im going crazy?!?! Documentation of a program is the most boring work one can ever do!!! Word document after Word document. I think i have typed almost 40mb of Word files. ARGHZ!!! Why must interns do such labourious jobs? Like what i said... Professional training for data entry salary.

Listen to the Wind

Woke up with a stiff neck this morning. What a pain... I did things slowly and with a pain. After some stretching, it did not hurt that much. Furthermore, it was raining. I carried my brolly and walked to the busstop. The rain was rather heavy and i had to slog my way from the busstop to the office. This time, i was early. So things was rather smooth for me. Like usual... My life in the office is split into two. Morning was to learn and evaluate the software. After lunch would be ad-hoc jobs for the company. Today special job was sales call... Man, i had to learn the ropes of a sales person and call each and every company on my list. It is a very tiring job. Repeat the same sentence over and over again. At the end of the day, i check how many i called. I totally called 250 companies?!?! What the hell?!?! That is the 1/4 of the target the actual sales person shud get in a week. I did it in a day... The Boss was rather impressed by me and he told me to go home and have a good rest.

If you had the patience, sit down where the wind blows and listen carefully to the wind. You will understand that listening to the wind is one of life's most relaxing thing. You cannot find much wind here in Singapore, but if you find a windy area. Take a break and let the wind blow onto your face. Listen to how the wind blows and tune your mind to the wind. After awhile, you will realise that you have forgetten all your worries and pains. Even a few minutes or a few seconds would help you feel better for the day.

Find windy place...

Starting Anew

The second entry of the new year. My blog is not even a year old. The birthday of this blog is coming. I still do not know what to give. Any ideas for it?? Went to work in the morning and i realise Boss came in earlier than me!! Was stunned so i quickly went to my workstation. Than i realise something is amiss... How come there is so little staff in the office?? That is the point i realise that there are three more staff members still not arrived yet. But Boss did not say anything to the latecomers. I guess he was lenient as long as you contribute to the business. I gave my evaluation of the software i have been testing and learning last week. Boss threw me some problems and i had to solve it at that momment. It is like presenting my FYP all over again. This time, i was prepared. I knew what is to be done and how it is to be done. A few minutes later, the Boss ask if it was logical and feasible to get the software for the company. I did not hesistate and said yes to the question. Next momment, he told me to write a report on the project and the budgeted time and money for the entire program. My very first company project. More work to do, but at least the mood was there. I finally able to contribute to the company. During lunchtime, Boss Wife sent me out of the company. She sent me back to school. But the motive was to promote our school food to them. I was suppose to buy 10 packets of good food in one foodcourt. I wanted so much to go to FC6, but i know during lunchtime. It will definitely kill me on the timing. So i proceeded to FC4. I bought different kinds of lunches. After lunch, Boss wife gave out survey forms and told everyone to rate my choice of food. Overall was 100pts, i got 89pts. Quite high, but the highest the intern got was 94pts. Man... Another six points and i could have beaten his highscore. The next trip will be my partner. Hope he does better than me.

How do you actually start anew?? What is the actual meaning of starting anew? Today i realise that starting anew is not just starting a new year. It means starting all over again. Doing things that you usually do another way. By doing so, you actually find new points to learn and more experience in life. By looking things at another angle, you find that it is totally new to you. Do not try to aim high-level tasks or daunting stuff. A simple change of hand of brushing your teeth everyday is something you can try. Trsut me, using the other hand to brush makes you feel like giving up on brushing teeth. But if you continue to do it for a period of time, im sure at some point you would want to try brushing your teeth with two brushes instead of one. Try something, take the risk and go for it.

Risk it all...