WORLD NEWS 2007

Not much of 2007 is left. Beside looking at how I made it for 2007, let's look into the news of the world also. They may look like other people's business but it may indirectly affect us in some other way.

Singapore

GST, the famous Goods and Service Tax has raised from 5% to 7% since July 2007. For your information, the GST is not going to stop increasing. The target 10%. It will occur in the coming years.

Despite the increase in GST, sales of daily necessities have not gone down. It actually showed a growth in consumer buying for the year. Main reason would attribute to the bigger bonus that many Singaporeans will get in the coming year.

Property prices have also seen a boom. It had raised by 22.6% in the first 3 quarters and it is believed to max out at 30%.

Hikes in transportation fees and fare was driven to a new high. Fees for ERP have been raised. More new gates were setup and the operation hours have extended. These have set private vehicles owners if they should continue driving. The latest hike in fares for public transport will the ones by the taxis. Apart from the raised flagged down fee, the metered fare is now jumping at the rate of 20 cents instead of the 10 cents it used to be.

CPF drawn down is raised from 62 to 65. Those aged 57 and below as of Dec 31 will be affected.

The news that shook the whole world will be the one create by SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA). Its flown in the world's biggest airplane on Oct 17 to the uncompleted Changi Terminal 3 as the world looks on. All highlights were on Singapore on that day. The maiden flight for the A380 was on 25 Oct from Singapore to Sydney, with one of its seat auctioned off for more than S$150000.

Myanmar

The overnight price hikes for fuels have seen thousands defy military junta by staging protest in the city of Yangon. The protest were led by monks. Students and young also joined in the protest forming a ' human wall ' protecting the monks as they become the target of the military. The anti-government demonstrations saw death at more then 31.

Thailand

We have heard many about the legendary rule of Thaksin in Thailand. It was reported that he would face charges on corruptions and frauds if he were to return to Thailand. Despite these, people still supported him and his allies in the People's Power Party showed the result by winning the election. Now living in exile, he still owns a home and Manchester City Football Club in Britain.

The 24th SEA Games were held in Thailand. With the host emerging Champion in Gold medals (183) tally. Malaysia positioned second with 68 gold, Vietnam in third with 64 gold medals. The fourth and fifth place goes to Indonesia(56) and Singapore(43) respectively.

China

China reputation as exporter have suffered in the year of 2007. Goods that was made in China were recalled. Toys, the biggest export of China, were mostly affected. It was said to contain hazard materials and there were design problems.

With the Olympics 2008 coming up, the property prices in China are going up also. Though the property market is on the rise, it has not put much earnings to the income of the Chinese. The rise in interest rates have outgrow the rise of rental rates living some in the 'red' after collecting rents.

US

The subprime mortgage financial crisis of 2007, which started in the US with a sharp rise in home foreclosures, has now become a global financial crisis. The foreclosures caused several major subprime mortgage lenders to shut down or file for bankruptcy, leading to panicked selling in stock markets around the world.

The Merill Lynch which saw a more than US$7b write down as reported in CNBC.com after the subprime mortgage crisis have received a $5B fund from the Singapore Company Temasek Holdings.

Its a long long time since we last saw Berkshire Hathaway in actions. Owner, Warren Buffett, has stretch his arms and reached into his pockets to 'buy' into 2 company and setup 1 in just 1 week. The 2 buys will be the Marmon Holdings and NGR the reinsurance unit of Dutch bank ING. Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp started business on guaranteeing the repayment of bonds issued by governments for pay for things like schools and sewage projects.

Review of 2007

There are only days left before the 'stop button' for 2007 will be pushed. The start of the 2008 will then begin simultaneously. MOre or less most people will be done with 2007 and are preparing for 2008. Let's see what will happened in the coming year bah.

Looking back at 2007, there was mixed results for me. There were the good and there were the bad.

In career wise, I went from the 'high' to lowly position, still '包山包海' but more relaxed. It was from the 'high' that i realized its not worth working long hrs and sacrifices time for money, even time for entertainment, rest. I was also looked down and the 'experienced' does not think i will make it coz i am 'young' as compared. In time they were proven wrong and all was muted in the end.

On being tired of the management and to give myself an excuse to quit after the expiry of a pact with one in high position, and to come out of the hectic life, I went on to register myself in a course after listening to some 'sound' advise. It was not hard to decide what course I want. the hard thing was to get the rite one to be in. Nearly took me nearly 4 months to look for the course.

MOved my lodging in the year. Though it was months already, still i am very blur about the surrounding. There are still lack of daily necessities also and i am still trying to get it.

I also went from the so called financially highly paid to lowly paid labor. It was a struggle for me. Adjustments was done and now nearly everything fixed.

Along the way I picked out many new frenz and met long lost frenz also. Old or young, they are my most valuables. From them I learned a lot of things, advises, they even give me a sense of belonging. Thanks Everyone.

That sum up the 2007. Look forward to 2008.

Nearing the END

Coming to the end of the week i hope everyone have enjoyed yourselves. Still the same same for me lah. i didn't really do much coz the sky's raining most of the time. Created a few new dishes but only one is good enough to be up for photo.

The highly prized POTATO SALAD

hehe i got good comments for that!!!!

Had a mahjong session on Wed. The battles of the gambling Kings n Queens!!!!! Long Long time since dunnno when liao. We become so obsessed that it stretches overnite. Xiao Qiang is reacting in a funny way. he kept counting his chips and reminding himself that he had lost at least 2 hrs of OT Lol....

The year's coming to an end. Not much of an achievement for me. In fact i found myself in the typical employee league. PAycheck to paycheck. Then spending everything by the end of the month :P.. but i don spent it anyhow lah...

Result is Finally OUt!!!! i did as expected. 1 Pass 2 Credits. So shld get better ones next time.

i think the last upcoming event for the yr will be the X'mas BBQ next week.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD

had an early day today. wake up at 0530 to go work. there is a mission waiting to be completed. we have to prepare breakfast for 60 kids camping overnite there. First time i prepare breakfast for so many kids leh.

went over to KKH after everything done. Discharge day for the newborn on 14 DEc 2007. Nothing much to do while waiting for the documents to be done. Finished the whole damn newpaper and tour the building.

realised that KKH looks good on the outside but inside it is like shit leh. very confusing then somemore got hidden corners. The environment 'feels dark' also. maybe i got too used to NUH liao. still feel NUH better when compared although KKH building is the 'newer one'.

after parting with the parents of the newborn went over to bugis. very crowded loh. give up the idea to walk around. 197ed back to Jurong.

i am not in my best lately. feels tired. my calf's giving me a lot of problems and the nose still bleeds ocassionally.

HAH!! I Got the Affinity with these 2 babies
DECEMBER and JULY 2007

"Time and Tide wait for no man." - Old English Proverb

Rainy days.... i don really like it. Spoil all the mood to do anything but still work have to continue.

The year's ending and many functions are coming up. The orders' getting more and more at Chevrons. Running up and down the whole club house to get things done.

Bizy bizy but it may be a blessing for me. it temp gets me off from thinking about some bothering things lately.

Went NUH on Tue to look for the new counselor. HE look LIke A BLOODY SNOB. i am wondering if i can work with him in future. tok to him for a few mins. ya really short one becoz it does not even last 10 mins. Was going Hm after but the sky start to rain. So wait at lobby and felt aslp. By the time i wake it was about 7pm liao hahaha. i think i have a habit of slping at the lobby liao.

I think i still have not lost my touch

Merry X'mas everyone.....

" Your failure to look at the situations have made you going off the tracks. You panic, become anxious and keep thinking of the unnecessary. You have lose your compose self. Most of all you have lost direction now. Pick out your direction. Regain yourself and get going. No one's going to wait for you. " - for @h MIng

To make a mistake is natural. To make the same mistake again is character - Anon

i realized its about a wk since i last blog. think that i don have much to say during the wk bah. not much happened during the days also. it was the usual loh. everthing assoicated with work so if i say too much then i think everyone will be bored.

X'mas coming and i think everyone's gearing up for it. walked from bugis to orchard after lesson on friday to have a look. the nice nice lightings are up and going. MOst decorated X junction will be the one in between the HEEREN and CIneleisure. The prize for the most gorgeous award shld go to PAragon. They got the most decoration and attractive up along the route outside their mall. the rest don seem to have many changes. there are some interesting setup outside TAka so shld go have a look don miss it. and the Orchard is packed loh. the ppl dunno come from where one leh. there is no freedom to do the normal leisure walk i used to do loh. i don get to take pics also loh.



Sat went to nite safari. hehe its once upon a time since i last went there. almost cannot make it coz get last min call to work. nothing much to see but i enjoyed it. refreshing trip. took only a few pics coz too dark for my limited camera on the phone.

" Its up to you now. The game is already ON for if you like it or not. Your choice now is the decision to continue with it or get out of it. You might not get any chance if you continue with it. If you get out of it that will definitely be the end of it. Stop ALL the DAY DREAMING already and start to think about it @h MIng. There is no definite answer to you now. You juzt got find it on your own."

' Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. ' - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi von Nagyrapolt.

SOme update from over the weekend.

Went over to Vivo on Sat to get the Starhub box changed. haha it's more than a month since it was not workable liao. A bit of weird becoz no question was asked and it was like 'Oh you want it change so OK '.

MSI vs TOSHIBA

Repaired a laptop over the Sat nite. took me a whole nite becoz of some unrecognized driver. So i had to download it one by one over the net. hard thing to do but i had to do the favor. Security update for Win XP is a total chaos. UPdating all at once takes Forever....there was like no end to it.

Dinner over at Holland V with Ernee and Jelene on SUn. went over to a restaurant for a break. ermm.... i don remember the name liao. We were a bit on the serious side for the day. Talking about what we are going to do for the coming months. We also touched on why we want to get a degree for. The answer we have differ greatly from each other.

SOme of the things we ordered

it was a case of using the degree to find a decent work, to make life more comfortable for Jelene. For Ernee it's about fulfilling a dream. My case will be really to get to learn about the things i don get from social life. i don believe in getting work with a degree or even a cert anymore. what we had studied is only a guide and it's not going to get applied often in actual fact.

' Life comes and goes. The circle of people gets bigger as you grows. They entered your life and exits just as fast. Many were mere acquaintances. There were only few whom are really the friends. '

If you don't understand it, don't do it

it's getting more and more pressured at work. there may not be much work but the pressure of someone pushing you from unseen corners is suffocating.There are indescribable things. or maybe i shld juz pretend to not see and hear anything. i may juz quit if things continue.

i donno how to explain it but i don get the satisfaction from working at the place anymore.

The gear's going up. Life's going to get paced up. TEst, Assignments and Exam dates are up. The first to be due will be somewhere next week. Then it continues on with things to be handed in every week. Nothing's going to stop until Feb. The Exam will be up and that will be the completion of 2nd yr of study. Ya valentine's day, ya..

My grade's not out still !!!! i wonder what they are doing over in Australia.... Stupid UNi....in any case i passed my first yr hahaha......

We met through the millions. its no coincidence that we met.

The days passed by too slowly liao. this November felt super long. Time don seem to tick by as quickly as before. There was much work to be done but it was like naturally completed. there was no feeling of urgency.

i found out (finally) on thurs what everyone are working as in my class through an intro to the new tutor. They are actually professionals!!!! For the public side, there are people from the accounting and HR deptment. from the govt, the MOE, RSAF, SAF and the Police Force. All of them had job something to do with Psychology. i am the only one who holds a job not related to Psychology in any way but i don care Lol.

Actually i did not intend to do a 'Pure' psychology as what i am doing now. i had actually wan something that is related to business or something like Business Psychology but somehow or other i got into this course. Anyway this is the course i wanted this time and its after long considerations. it's not at all like what i did for my diploma, i juz close my eyes and choose any course.

watched movie 'The Tattooist' at Tiong Bahru. the movie's about a tattooist whose tattoo can kill after he met with some incident. The movie was set at Singapore (Singapore made film) and gradually move on to New Zealand. it's rated NC16/horror but i don see the need. there was none bit of horror. PG rating shld be good enough. dined at commonwealth before going home.

Finally met Ah Bing but on the bus (odd places). Tok for a while before she get off. She seemed troubled and don look herself.

' Have you ever loved somebody so much that it makes you cry? Have you ever needed something so bad that you can't sleep at night? Have ever you try to find the words but you dunno what to say and where to start? '

Know where the variability is and be able to account for it.

Uncle called and said Grandma’s not feeling well today. She was brought to hospital for some checks according to source and is now back at home.

Finally I get to see Mom at home today (juz for the few mins). We say a few words before she go looking for her grandson again. LOl again I become home alone.

Had a frustrating day going around all the banks looking for coin services. I needed to change some notes to coins for cashiering. I went into most of the banks at JE central and none was able to do it. They can only do the exchange on Tuesday and Thursday for most. OCBC at JE don provide coin exchange service.

Had very light dinner n I am super hungry now. What shld I eat????

'Don’t tell me it’s the end yet, coz one day we will hold each other’s hand and never let go....for now....Sorry...'

If you work hard for money, then why not make money work hard for you

It is an unsatisfying week for me. I don really remember what happened the few days of the wk but i noe i am not in my rite mind for the days.

I called out to the wrong address while cabbing hm on Thursday nite. realised only when the route does not seem rite.

On Friday i purposely went in late for lesson. It was a good lesson taught though. N surprise!!!! the lecturer was Dr Paul the one teaching us Statistics 2 juz 1 wk ago. I think there is a lack of lecturer lol.

Then on Sat mah, i dunno if i was dreaming... I was on bus 97 on my way to NUH for some scanning. i was still not waken n i was slping on the bus the moment i step on it. i think i wake up at some pt to check where i was. I think i saw someone looking like 'Sotong girl'. she was looking everywhere but not in my direction. i tried waving to her but no respond so forget it n juz continued slpping.

So for today(Sun), was hm most of the time. JP for lunch at Long John with Ck. short meeting n back hm. out again 7pm. To DaPa resturant at Holland V. New restaurant setup through 4 partnership. Got 2 know 2 of the bosses. they give me a very good impression. they are no snobbish pple like some n i don get the strange feeling normally with stranger. they are really lucky. age of 25 n loaded. (shit i am beginning to envy them).

' Everyone should enjoy themselves, including You. Don't stop and go do whatever you want. Wherever you are, i'll be there. If i am left behind, i will catch up with your steps. Unless you choose to take a route i cannot find. '

It's the companion that counts.

Its another day passed. today's a relaxed day at work. Though there were many pple patronising us, we juz did it slowly. The queue also got long as a result LOl.

the aircon's not ON today due to some miscommunications. The food court was hot like oven n everyone was complaining about it n i was sweating like i am juz out from some workout. The situation quite down after the aircon was ON.

I argued with the boss about some accounting stuffs. There was some errors with their account update, but he juz said ignored it n continue. haizz too incorrigible liao.

Anyway i went looking for Mei jie after work. it took me a long time before i decide where to go. i seat at the bus stop watching the bus goes by one by one.

It was wks since i saw her. Toked to me about her stress, unhappiness at work. This is really a longlong story from her. i juz listen to her, juz let her tok her heart out.

We went PS after her work to look for AH Di. hahaha he had grown fat. EAt good, Sleep good loh. He also tok about the many mess at work.

Ya maybe everyone got their own problems. Good to let it out but i think u have to get the right person.

' There are many more unhappiness in life then those happy moments. Be sure to cherish the happy moments spent. Remember it and forget about the unhappiness. BUT there is one most important thing. Those people that spent the unhappy times with you are the ones that really care about you. Remember them. '

Let your inspirations run wild

MILLION THANKS EVERYONE!!!!!

Looking back and its an emotional year. Many sad things happened and there were the least happy moments. But then it is still all the unhappiness that made the joyous things special.

Let's look forward to the new year.

Don't take things for granted

SATurday(10 Nov): i had lesson from 0900 to 1600. then went to meet Ah Shun at Vivo. had thought of calling more to meet but did not, coz it was more or less last min n it was lucky i did not also when was planned by MR Shun went down the drain flatly.

We shld have watch movie but the available tickets were left with row 2 n 3 and decide to abort it. N surprise surprise there was nothing to do after giving the movie a miss :( i thk it alway ended up like this.

We went Harbour Front for a KFC meal before 65ed to Orchard. Went Taka, the Toy fair for X'mas is up. As usual the mall's packed. 1930 we parted. he went bugis n i went Bradell.

After meeting those 'frenz', we went all the way to Fisherman Village. i think it was no more in operation. According to a regular there the 'center' was pulled down. So venue changed to ECP. We choose HK cafe for our dinner . we were there for a long time. Juz imagine that i am able to finish a total of 2 matches n some commercial times.

INstant Fries Noodles Fried Udon ( both very salty)

Sun (11 NOv): There was supposed to be lesson today but i did not go. i went to work instead. there was a Buffet for 150 pple at Chevrons. as usual waited after all preparations done n clear up after.

Had curry fish head for dinner at commonwealth n 198ed back. nothing much for the day.

The best recipes are the ones you create yourself.

Biz brisk today. Not many pple eating lunch. everyone was like hitting the houseflies. It could be due to the holiday. Pple may have taken off day today. becoz of this i leave early from work at about 2pm.

Went IMM wondering around. nothing new there but there will be No more free parking at IMM as from 1st Nov onwards!!!! WTH!!!!

197 to Bugis for lesson after but still too early. 4pm reached n lesson start 630pm. So went SIm Lim Square for a spin. its months since i went there. Those new laptops from ASUS are tempting!!!! and those setup of desktops are way cool loh n are prompting me to revive my own desktop hahaha. i still miss my old desktop. i can do so much with it but with the laptop now i can say its very limited.

i think Luo Zi Xiang from Taiwan is at bugis today. Many were queuing up for the autography i think. Super crowded also. So had to make do with 2 take away bread for dinner. i had to sit at the bus stop outside the school to finish it... SHit man... not my day.

So well light lesson today. Its for the module Lifespan Developmental Psychology. I more or less got what the lecture's trying to say so no pressure. i dunno why i had been uttering a lot of rubbish today at the lesson and writing rubbish also for decision. everyone laugh like hell man Lol.

AH Shun called to jio me out. Says he planning the things so lets see what stuns he can pull hehehe...

Anything is possible when a group of like-minded people hang together.

HappY DEepavali!!!!!

A Official public HOliday in Singapore and some other country. Though 'official', it's not celebrated in a big way for many (the indian does look at this day seriously). 1 reason may be that Christmas' coming. More people celebrate X'mas as compared.

Preparations are under the way for the celebrations. Lights for the 'day' are going up from TAnglin to Orchard and then all the way to City HAll and Suntec. The Shopping Malls started decorating their buildings. there are a bit of mess at Orchard with the upcoming very very big revamp.

As for me on the last few days, still work..... Sweating it out at kitchen most of the time. i still need to help in The Super hot kitchen environment. it's making me sweat like hell that i have to bring extra clothes (like free sauna hahaha). i cannot go home without changing if not i smell like shit.

for today i think i spent most of time rotting away. time spent betwn the bks, com and bed Lol. HAd dinner at Clementi with Hong. Got a plate of super salty char kuay tiao. Had a few bits and thats it. i cannot finish it.

Mom's missing again(hahaha). She's nowhere in sight since Sunday nite. I thk she forgot about her son when she is with her grandson Lol......

' The situations' getting tighter, the stakes getting bigger.Don panic and remain in composure. PIck task from the easiest to hardest n complete it. Things were said, challenges were given so give the BEST Shot at it. '

Think about what the future is like to hold for ourselves and those we care about as we progress through life.

Lesson starts 3 days ago and lesson ends today. Lectures for Psychology Statistics 2 juz ended today. So bye bye Dr Paul from Australia. This sure is fast leh. i still cannot get use to it. Now i will be left with all the tutorials and assigments. =/

Statistics is a very hard course. i still got ? all over even with all the very very detail explainations by Dr Paul. i am very satisfied with his teachings but there is a bad point. he got the 'lullaby' voice. u will 'agree' with whatever he say after a while. MAny will juz get 'KO' with all the super complicated formula and calculations. i tried hard to concentrate but most of the time i juz draw on my bk and not listen.

went for Movie GAme PLan on Sat nite. A film by Walt Disney. The Rock is the main cast. its a comedy. its a very good n interesting movie on my personal opinion. Laughed throughout the show. i think others agree also. this is the first time i heard clapping sounds while watching movie!!!!

The 'stadium' style cine at the cathay is best man. The seating's view is good, comfy and spacious, the sound is great, and the screen is super clear!!!! haha this may be the next best compare to the one at GV vivo.

We went Pioneer Mall Mac (near my hm) after the movie. It was 2 in the morning. It was still filled with ppl. Settled down after some wait. We had some toking. There was normal tok in the beginning. We planned on where to go for the next outing there was even suggestion to go Genting coming JAn BUT i noe these never work coz there will always be problems and we had to cancel it last min hahaha. Slowly slowly we came on to the relation topic.

CK had no plan (he juz broke up).
JQ plans on getting ROM with his girl 2008. he is putting the pressure on the remaining 3 of us :P
Jelene appears to have a crush with someone at work. she asked us for advised and we ended up suggesting rubbish for her hahahaha. (very bad) Anyway we could only juz wish her good luck coz she don really see the guy often at work (the guy is at another deptment). All she can do now is to take the initatives to go get close to him.
For me.... i still dun really noe about it. i think we have to tok about the 'click' and 'understanding' before anything else comes. nothing works with the rite click and rite understanding or communcations. But i can be really dim wits at these also. i may not even noe if 'she' appear before me.

A+B does not always give you an answer

The storm at work is finally over. All the early early report times, the packing, cooking, have all come back to normal.

I am fainting from the SUPERHEATED kitchen on the last 2 days. There was such chaos. The kitchen was super dirty n oily also. We would have been fined n called to stop operations if the NEA were to turn up.

Now everything is back to normal. the same things happen everyday still. i am still there with the 'KA CHING KA CHING' thing n helping out at the kitchen when needed.

the storm may be over at work but i feel that the wind is blowing somewhere already. i dunno what but i think its going to be big.

Collecting my text n lesson starting tomolo(finallY)!!!! hahaha my 1 month finally over. the days going to be rough ahead.

' Its hard to explain. There are no words and actions that can best represent it. Give it some time becoz time will tell the truth. This may be old and outdated but it's the most suitable thing to say now. I LOVE YOU.'- From the HEART

There are many ways to connect with someone you want to build a relationship with. Choose the areas of your life that could help everything come together in a more satisfying way.

Been trying to get the layout of the page to change a bit for 2 days. it shld be finished by just a few hrs of time but to my surprise, things chnged in IE don tally with Mozilla or so much so.

tried out using firefox n ended up messing it even worst. i keep getting the aligment out even with the 'fresh new templete' provided. So i had to 'Force' it in to the broswer LOl. ended up i added some bars to it to make it work. Scripts don really work in both IE n Firefox.

i got my very Old ICQ account working again also. hahaha the acc's still working after so many yrs of inactiveness!!!!! but i think no one uses ICQ now so no pt lah. MSN's the preferred now.

So about what i have been doin the last days. i think more or less the same. Nothing much special about it. Mr Flu is with me for the days so i layed dead also.

Yesterday went KBox at JE with the same group as last wks. We have some habit lately to try n meet up on late Sat n go places. its good to meet up once a wk to catch up a bit.

N lesson's starting in A WEEK TIme!!!!! The HOrrible nites sitting at the 'cold' rooms starting again!!!!!! haha but the least i am getting things to do rather then wreaking the brain on where to find entertainment.

Lesson may be starting soon but results not out yet tsk tsk....... some 'GOOD' adminstration loh n they still have the cheek to ask us to buy text before the lesson starts. i am going BroKE buying the TEXt!!!!!!

My Starhud box quits on me!!! SHIT!!! i am going to miss matches!!!!

Take advantage of the situation and steer it in a direction that's better for you and your people.

ok 2 slow slow days have juz passed. the days are getting longer n longer. There does not needed much to do as it appears to. everything was like dragged till the last mins so that everyone appears busy. (hehe sounds very familar) i think anyone will have the habit of doing it also.

it may be slow days now but the storm is brewing coming thur n fri. the 'tea break' thing starting again. rest if i can bah. busy busy days ahead (though its not going to be a chellenge for me hehe).

watch the TV to past time during work. ya there are 2 BIG plasma TV in the foodcourt. 1 programmed at CNA n the other will be at Channel 8.

i think NIke's in the news today. they bought over Umbro (another sportsware group) n Umbro may never appear again in our eyes soon.

Then the robot by HONDA have started running!!!!. Considering its only able to walk n do some simple chores 2 yrs ago, its a big improvement OKay!!!!

we may see the robot more human like in the coming yrs....

shit may eyes feeling very dry today....

' things have come to this very crucial stage that we have to take it real slow and steady in order not to messed it up. It may be difficult but its gonna be needed to give it time to let it fall in place. Taking an anxious and uneasy mind to finish it up will not yield any favourable result. we may even need to take it as it is now, finished whatever there is before going foreward again.' - A Complicated Idea

Old assumptions can get in the way on a person's perception.

Went to the much talk about 'Mind Cafe' at Prinsep street with a group of frenz yesterday(sat).

u get to play with the in house board games or intelligence games with a small fee. (billed with timings) not worth the money considering there are already cafes offering board games to customers for free.

food n drinks pricing is a bit on the high side. no interesting menu also. serves mostly pasta. snacks also available.

Noisy and rowdy environment becoz of the games. may even have to raise the voice in order for the other party to hear u. enclosed cafe (aircon), no outdoor area (becoz on second floor).

SO i think u can guess what's my conclusion. People may go becoz of the 'fresh' idea. to visit regularly is not recommanded. For me personally i don think i will go there anytime soon.

oh yah. there are 3 pubs along the way showing LIVE EPL matches on Over HEah Projectors. and they all show the same live match on all 3 screen. Cool huh.

So i got the last mins Liverpool match yesterday there. hahaha Phil Neville was send off becoz he think he is the 'goalkeeper'!!!! everyone was laughing like mad when he dive n deflected the ball away with his hand!!!! Penalty given n kuyt took it to goal. 2-1 to Liverpool (some luck)

' The path ahead was blurred. Doubts and questions were starting to fly. What future holds, no ones knows. Constant reminders were needed that all these were all temporary.'

Everyone has a story to tell. its a matter of how they express it.

its Friday!!!!! wkend means rest time!!!!

same old things for me loh. wk, hm, wk, hm........ very boring rite??? not much social life left.... i feel like beginning to lost touch with the social world Lol...

no plans for wkend, alone at hm, lessons not yet started.... haizzzz

but anyway i get to be 'taxi uncle' for the past three days. i have been delivering catering stuffs for the days and now i noe its hard to be a taxi driver. a lot of concentration is needed on the road. 'accidents' do happen if not careful.

' Cash Is King, CreDit is the Best, Car Is a Necessity, ConDo IS a MUST, CAreer is IMpt ' - A BUllshiT Statement

It's important to let people know that you love them for who they are.

Humm.... it's a messy day at work today. Total Chaos too. can't find this, can't find that. not enough of this, not enough of that.

everyone was totally lost. i was busy throughout. helping them whatever i can. yap, i was also the errand boy for the day. i run betwn IMM n CHevrons several times to get things needed.

a bit of stress also. i was handle the task to update the account bks. i am not very good with numbers.

that's it for today. new task new things to learn so be prepare for the challenge.

'The most impt is for you to be happy always. Lending you the shoulder when needed. The need to see you in person is impt but not always needed. it's enought to know that you are still alrite. its best to see u smiling always. ' - A Simple Guy's Wish

Good combination of objectivity and charm will put all the people around you at ease.

ok the wk ended with mixed feelings. As usual there was more unhappiness and disappointments.

Most planned events were not carried out or eventually called off. 2 working at Chevrons suddenly call it quit over the wkend. Someone i noe was gone with the God on Friday. nothing goes smoothly. maybe it's the rule of the the game called 'life'.


anyway i was still enjoying myself over the wkend or maybe so.

went for preview of the movie Brothers. This is no movie for me but hong n Jess seem to enjoy it. there is no beginning n there is no end to it. leave it all to ur imaginations. BUsed hm after n it was about 0230 am.


Woke up at 0615. this time to KUSU Island. it was an outing organised by the telok ayer kopishop. they went there for praying. i juz walk around relaxing. i think i will juz chose to remain neutral from now from all religious. saw the small lonely sea turtle at the lagoon. there was a pair in the lagoon from my last memory.



receive call from boss after we came back to Singapore. he says me n my manager were to rush to Chevrons asap to take over some documents n familarise with the procedures at Chevrons before the 2 are gone. the 2 of us of course did not do so loh. we went for lunch with the rest before taking our time to reach there.


total Chaos. everthing in a mess as expected. so did juz what i can n case closed. then the few of us who were present get to be 'food taster' we got new chef to take over. hehe lucky.


went hm before going out again after the food tasting. it was 2030 already before i met CK n JQ at CCK. after we go pick up Jelene before chiling out at hillview.


the cafe we picked was ULU loh. it is at Hillview. unreachable from any public transport. it some very quite environment. there are only private housing in the surrounding. suitable for small group of frenz. there are not fancy menu. it serves some small dishes n drinks not a place if u want a full course meal.


went for pool session at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. Its a long time since i touch pool. i think the last time was with JiaSheng n Shifu (months ago liao hehe). i lost concentration towards the end n could not play properly. Hmed 0300. the poor driver have to send us hm one by one.


Met Ah Shun today. we meet Orchard as usual. this boy keep pestering me to bring to pubs. very irritating. he's desperate i think hehehe.


i tried shopping for some clothes but only one polo shirt from Addias got my attention. i did not buy it becoz i still cannot decide which color i want. we also went Vivo. nothing to do over there so juz walk walk have dinner n go our separate way.

Marina Pier

KUSU

FOOD!!!

Keep running away and things will never get resolved.

Problems are brewing up at the Raffles branch. I met this 'working partner' n he told me that the interpersonal relations among the people working there is getting no better by the day. there have been quarrels among them but its getting out of hand. there are unhappiness among them. the 'boss' does not know yet.

Shld I or Shldn't I speak about it to boss??? I dunno What to do.....

Perhaps I shld not meet him so i will not know about it. Perhaps he's juz trashing out his feelings. Perhaps nothings' actually wrong. Perhaps........ (too many liao)

I was suddenly made out to be the Fire Warden today for Chevrons Food Court. There was this stupid fire drill today at Chevrons. its was then that i realised that i was the Fire Warden for the food court. its very uncommon coz i am only working part time.

Most of us took a stroll to the basketball court during the drill. Some were left behind to continue with the work. Weird fire drill. we get to chose if we want to participate.

everyone get the chance to try out the fire extinguisher. haha i did not try it but i think i am up in the pics cause i was ask to 'pretend' to press on the 'alarm'. haha i thnk i will be up in the mag for Chevrons :P

Sometimes people need a push to take the next leap of faith

today's not a good day. its not going well for me. my mood's juz like the weather of day = gloomy. lost all mood to do anything.

i did not turn up for work at the Raffles branch as told in the morning, went straight to Chevrons instead. Slack some hours away as usual.

Went NUH to collect some docu n was planning to go IKEA after but the weather sort of prevented me from going.

took a nap on reaching hm. had instant noodle for dinner. i don still see MOm hm.

we missed this chance to meet, when will i see your face again

You left before I have the chance to say it or perhaps I shouldn't have let you go.

ok its already 2 whole days hm alone liao. Mom's not Hm since sunday nite n still not yet back. She went missing.... hahaha maybe i shld call the police already :P (she's staying over at Sis hm)

as usual i survived mostly on fast food n take aways. very typical. cooking for myself is expensive. yap i tried it n it cost more then take aways or maybe i shld juz go into a resturant n order something.

i was also 'sealed' at hm for these 2 horrible days. all windows was closed n doors were shut. i found out only when i cleared all the already dried laundry. the kitchen windows that were covered with all the clothes were shut. when normally its opened even if it rains.

@h Ming style Alfredo

come to think of it, i actually have a passion for cooking. but thinking of the times where i always laugh at those guys taking Hmecon lesson is a bit of funnny. haha nobody will get to taste my cooking unless u happen to be with me when i cook. on the other hand i wish that there is someone who would appreciate it. very contradicting.

The Sentimental Age

its Sunday. nothing much to do. wokeup early despite being hm only in the early morning.

did some shopping with mom at JP. ya usual thing follows loh. i was made to become the coolie. carrying most of the shopping bags. :( come to think of it i think i also needed to overhaul my 'wardrobe'. most shirts were at least 3 years old liao. some with holes, some become out of shape after all the washing.

finished downloading Photoshop today. ( haha i like illegal stuff!!!) my first time using leh. i very 'shan gu' rite??? ;P but anyway i think its a easy to use program. (ya even a idiot like me can use it). kept fiddling with the program n is still unfamilar to some of the functions.

found out some secrets of Win Vista today. (consider secret to me) the network discovery n sharing is turned on by default!!!! with all those sharing n dicovery on, internet connections will be slowed tremendously. so be sure to turn it off for faster connections n also for security reason. Go figure......

the birthday boy n his girl

If nothing last forever, will u be my nothing...

A day juz ended for me.... so one more day before the wk start all over again. (haha i juz reach hm)

was hm for most of the day. went out only at 5 plus. the birthday boy (Hong) cannot decide where to go for his dinner. we actually planned going Redhill for some food but was change to Bugis for steamboat dinner.

went playing arcade games at Bugis while waiting for LOng. the place was crowded loh not like wkdays where its usually empty. hahaha get to challenge some 'Homeground' guys there. some struggling here n there. there was also a bit of audience behind me.(paiseh leh)

i think i saw the girl in the pics at Bugis. (haha very drama liked hoh??) i don think she noe me bah.... :P

shifted to Cineleisure after the dinner. had wanted to watch some movies but only left with front seats n the rest is too late so did not watch it. So the few idiots went playing games again at the 4th floor. it was not until 3 before we stop n decide its home sweet hm.

so its going to be a new wk ahead. wreak the head on what to do bah Lol

Exercise your power by imagining yourself the way you want to be, not as you are

Hah!!! hows this???!!! my new so call skin/templete!!! i purposely spent a FEW hours doing it leh.... (i still cannot understand most of the script used)

its one wk since lesson ends liao.... i was like suddenly got too much time on hand. still not used to idleing life. my adjusting ability is a bit slow at times.

nothing much for the wk. most of the days was juz btween hm and workplace. did went bugis on Wed. nothing much to do since alone. went to the campus for enrolment of the mondules for coming Nov. Result not yet out but enrol new modules first, very weird.

followed Hong to PArkway on thurs to meet his GF. haha i am the lightbulb :p.... we had chicken rice for dinner. taste very good, cheap also. environment is the downside (hawkercentre). All in all 5 star rating food 2 star surrounding.

usual for friday lah.... the 'abracadabra' thing will alway be in effect. no mood to do anything except relax

Keep working on being clear in what you want. Break it down into what you need, and what you hope for.

haha good rest over the wkend. felt rejuvenated. i was mentally fatigue for the whole wk.

the statistic exam on friday was totally a flop. i think i did badly. never get to understand what the questions are toking about. i may fail it.

Sign..... juz wait for the result bah...

Met my longtime Prof and Social Worker during the wkend in NUH. its never good to see the Prof. coz i always have to do some test for her whenever i see her.

As for the social worker, i think it depends on situation bah. i see her as my counsellor. sometimes i tok to her more than i tok to my family members. weird rite??? but i think its better this way. when she is in the mood to tok then i think better not tok to her. she can tok for the whole hour over 1 question. but no choice coz i never noe what is her mood for the day so i am always at her mercy :)

they also asked me some questions which i dunno how to answer. (yes i meet the both of them together). i am still thnking about it.

Owell... its the start of the so call holidays. so still work minus lessons. shld be a relaxing wk ahead. work at the Chverons so its going to be a wondering time. wonder here, wonder there, EVeryWhere!!!! ;P

Read these over some webpages see if it applies to u.

1. New college students often believe that they will not be able to form friendships and that no one at school cares about them. The friendships they make don’t seem as intimate as their high school friendships were.
2. We can be alone yet not lonely; sometime we want and need solitude. On the other, we can be surrounded by people and feel desperately lonely

there is actually some truth in it. i was somehow still in contact with friends from secondary school but not anyone from poly anymore. those from poly is like lost somewhere in memories. then the other statment is true to some extend also. we may be surrounded by pple but still find something missing. feelings that u cannot explain.

no matter what i still did not forget you pple around me.

Thanks for everything, let me see that smile always

Doing something nice for someone else will help you feel good about yourself in a whole new way.

YES!!!! i completed the last paper for my lesson!!!! haha the end of misery for the time being until everything begin to repeat itself one month later.

Holidays for me now.... i don really look forward to holidays nowdays already.... there was nothing to do except work. i seemed to be always the one with time to spare during these days. veri horrible to spend days with nothing to look forward to u noe.....no plans for those days yet also.

with me now enrolled in a degree course, my bro-in-law will be taking degree in finance after his bridging course. My cousin will be joining the same school for a Dip in BA. haha its like a whole bunch of idiots studying together. free ride home from nxt sem if they got sama time slot as me lol. they got the machines!!!!

Went for a dinner with Chunkiang, Cheekuan n Jelene yesterday at The Clap Resturant along UPPER BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. Passby the resturant many times but never dine in there before.

not very accessible with public transport considering only buses n not MRT reach the place. Buses that reached are only from BP n CCK or i think perhaps also 1 from BB. there are a few resturant down there. all seems good to me. relax environment, good ambience.... its got many of the points that i look for in a resturant.

food at the clap resturant is not bad but not the best. actually some hawker centre serve better tasting food.

Enjoyable dinner i would say. there is not enough time to catch up on what we individual was doing though. (we met around 9 pm for the dinner) ya we still needed to consider the working time for each other.

Shit holidays' coming, no plans for it yet...........

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us wolud have to settle for something less. - Lee Lacocca, Chairman and CEO of Chrysler Corporation.

ok first thing first Sept 24th Wenbing birthday. HAppy Birthday AH BIng!!!!!..

Second thing its the moon cake festival !!!! ahaha nothing to be excited about......but it made me remember what i alway did during the festival. ITS THE ONLY DAY WHERE U OFFICIALLY PLAY WITH FIRE W/OUT BEING SCOLDED.

i always dig some holes in the ground (if i got the time), put in some metal stuff to retain the melting candle oil to keep the fire burning for longer time. find whatever can be burned for the burning fire. (ya my lantern was alway the first to go into those holes). after a while u get some nice burning holes. some would turn into a small campfire if not careful :P...

everyone's bit of ganjong this morning at work. not sure why coz i onli reached at 9++ haha. i didn't bother to ask also ;P . got my own stuffs to settle.

Sometime i am wondering why i can still remain so 'motionless'seeing all the commotions going on. but i think i can explain that i prefer to settle things calmly rather than making everyone anxious. i got complains that i seemed unconcerned when things got wrong also. it may be the look on my face that made them thnk that way bah. haha dunno how to explain leh....

got some msges from SIs telling me to join some networking things. haha i thnk its a joke on me..... its the same old things which i did few years ago. i tried asking her to do it but she refused it flatly n now this thing happens.

its a people reco people things n selling products at the same time. i regret doing it. ya totally. i messed up many relationships becoz of it. its not worth the doing.... there was nothing in return..

aiyah forget that. there more things to look forward then to remember about those.....

Establish relationships between circumstances and behaviours then fit the relationships into an orderly body of knowledge.

Humm....sthing happened today at work. it shld be a small matter the pple shld juz cover it. (the rice not fully cooked). Since there is no complain from the customers.

ya difficult people in play. A simple task become a very difficult one with how they do it. things got worst that it goes all the way to the boss. making them come all the way juz to solve the problem.

Sianzz..... complete lost of mood to work with those pple.
forget about that bah... not worth to get mooody about it.

We pple are a bunch of complex creatures. on one hand, we tell ourselves to not do this and not do that. on the other, we did it unconsciously.

we pple are somewhat the same in nature. we tend to hold onto things that could be long forgotten. we often fail to look at whats in front of us, there is tendencies for us to keep looking back. therefore missing the golden opportunity in front of us.

we yearn to see each other, seek company of the other someone. there is a problem though. the communications btween may be weaken by some barriers. there lacks courage of speaking up, fear of being reject. the timing n place n maybe the occassion for the right words. the many situational factors.

we are some pple who are afraid of loneliness also. most of the time we seek company with some 'outer space frens' n our family members. we never truly get to meet the pple who we really want to see. the ones who we misses very much.

Some msg gotten lately. dunno if its for me. but there is no reason to give up now. a baby step is a gigantic step.

The perversity of animate subjects has, of necessity, whelped a remarkable degree of experimental sophistication in the behavioral sciences. - S.N. ROSCOE (1980)

Sthing's wrong these days but i can't explain what is it... the feelings' juz there. There are pressure everywhere. i feel like the meat in between the burgers.

Everything's fine. work, home, studies..... no problems or at least does not give me the headahce. AnyONe PLease be kind to enlighten me...

Stayed up till late also. can't seem to get much sleep. its the only time where nobody get to bother u. the only time which i feel calm.

there is not much of quiteness late at nite if would juz do nothing and listen. concentrate a bit n there are things u will hear not from the day. like ur HEART speaking to you.....

The very nature of life is such that when one dissects it, it ceases to be life. Behaviour, being the by-product of life, is even more elusive. - K.Z LORENZ

wokeup by a call today. have been getting morning calls nowadays i wonder why those pple don get more rest.

it was from my boss reminding me to report to Chevron for work. he said that there will be catering for 40++ pple so muz be there early to prepare. big affair haha. it like his catering bizness depending on tomolo outcome.

as usual, it took a long time for me to get going. i was still sleepy after the call. went doozing off again after the call. i was like slept at 6am trying to do the last assignment for the sem.

woke up at around 2pm. wash up slack here n there a bit. some programs playing on the tv but could not care to watch it. Blast the music in my room until someone complaint its too loud. so went out for some fresh air.

slow stroll to the MRT station n could not decide where to go. but still i took it JE. went to the library see see look look. no particular book or readings to look for. went IMM after also. i found a HK named dunno what bay hidding at the a corner of the second floor. the menu looks good. but it look more like a western restaurant from the menu. Check it out bah. should be a good one from the look. i not yet taste the food.

went back JP again. decide to walk walk around before going hm. to my surprise i met my bro-in- law and sis and my 3 little newphew. they grew really fast!!!! or maybe its becoz i did not see them for i think a month already bah. we part after a little chat. i got my bread for dinner. i very poor leh..

Life's full of uncertainties. MOst of the time u also never get to know what it really means, what it is trying to tell u. time is needed to adjust to it and to understand it. People tend to get insecure or annoyed because they may need to take a hell of time to understand it. Many may even give up halfway in due.

in the social context, we are to give ourselves some time to take things one by one. we cannot push things to far till that its stretch to the limit. we may not get the opportunity to reclaim whats supposed to be ours if the limit juz breaks away.

Direct, intuitive observation, accompanied by questioning, imagination or creative intervention, is a limited and misleading prescientific technique - C.F Monte (1975)

humm..... i seem to have a problem on a friday nite. My mind was like always switch off on friday nites. like some magical spells, i switch off the moment after work. 'Click' and there goes everything. HAha

i was like stoning at home on friday. the laptop was on, the music was blasting. i was juz staring into the screen. i think my mom was asking me some questions which i did not reply. i think i still have the tendency to leave no comments to questions somtimes.

today was more or less the normal day for me. slept till late(dunno until what time). woke up to some unimpt calls.

went doing some shopping for necessities at JP. got a lot of sweets to top up the jar. trying to get some present also but cannot find leh.... i got very little experience to buy things for pple unless told exactly what to buy. (i think that's no meaning liao leh)

back hm then sleep AGAIN!!! hahaha lack of sleep??? or shld i say i becoming more like pig liao

Observe and listen to others - don get too involved in it- and apply its experience to your life and adjust your attitude accordingly.

Its was the last lesson for the term yesterday. the dramatic quake which took place makes the end of it. i will always remember the last lesson with the quake.

Sort of not in the mood to touch anything about my studies for the moment. i dunno why the feeling juz there (hope its not lasting too long, the exam coming up)

not in the mood to go hm after work today. my legs naturally bring me to Vivo. (took 188 outside chevron and off to Vivo without stopping). walk around aimlessly. went to the rooftop and slack. maybe u can say there is much needed quietness before tasks begin pouring in. (i was there staring into space for at least 20 mins).

there are constrction at the Coastline of Sentosa. i think its for the coming IR bah. major recontructions are taking space.

went to Central for some socialisation. I find that i was beginning to lost grip of social life recently (work, hm,sch and hm again.) it actually feels good to see the familar faces n tok to them personally. its some feelings u can never experience over the virtual world.

technology may have make the world smaller but its pulling interaction between pple apart. u never get to see the expression on a person, the body language, feel the warmth and hear the voices.

i agree with the msg that there are not enough communcation among us now...or maybe its me who have been avoiding and afraid to answers to some question.

Caught a glimsp of the result of England against Russia on the paper. Owen scored 2 goals !!!! haha we still cannot write him off for now. he still got the instinct for goals. This is going to secure himself the place in the NAational squad as well as the a starting lineup in the club.

Do not squander time for that is the stuff that life is made of - Benjamin Franklin.

Work today's not good today. Everyone's seem to be in bad mood. its kind of hard to work in this situation. i got no ideas what is going on.

took 197 to Bugis after work today. too much time to spare liao. (lesson starts only at 7pm) ended up slping on the bus all the way until GM called to get contact number for Dessert Auntie.

There was earthquake at 8 ++ ??? initially i thought i was fainting from hunger. (haha i did not have dinner before going for lesson). then i realised it was not only me that felt dizzy. the building was shaking also. My first earthquake experience :P..

England's up against Russia. Lets see if Eng can fend off the In form team for the moment. Russia's performance better recently when compare to England.

Get rid of any self-doubt lurking in the dark corners of your mind.

Personality refers to the enduring patterns of thought, feeling and behavior that are expressed in different circumstances.Personality psychologists study both the structure of personality (the organisation or patterning of thoughts, feelings and behaviors) and individual difference in dimensions of personality.

Cognitive-social theories argue for the importance of encoding, personal value, expectancies, competancies, and self-regulation in personality. the schemas people use to encode and retrive social information play an important role in personality.

Personal value refers to the importance of individual attach to various outcomes. Expectancies are expectations relevant to desired outcomes. A behavior-outcome expectancy is a belif that a certain behavior will lead to a particular outcome. Competences are skills and abilities used to solve problems.

Self-regulation means setting goals, evalutating performance and adjusting behaviors to achieve goals in the context of ongoing feedback. Cognitive-social theories view personality as problem solving to attain goals.

Kind of not in the mood today. i was told to help out in the kitchen for the time being. 1 of the kitchen helper is transferred from Jurong to the Raffles Place branch. So that means more work loh (sigh...). back to square one again. lol complicated work for now.

People alway say Singapore is a small country with a small population but u don seem to meet pple u noe on the street that often. Consider that 2 person frequent or go to the same place for the day but never seem to meet anywhere. weird rite???

things may not be easy but it will get sort of done or solved somehow or at least. (haizz still very complicated). i am lost for words. i dunno how to explain myself.

No success in public life can compensate for failure in the home - Benjamin Diraeli

Rest day for me today. Same same like what i used to do.. Slp slp slp. haha rest day is always the catch up for slp that lack behind during the wk :p.

Kind of finish most of the assignments. Exams in the way now. its kind of hard to imagine that i am already finishing the first year!!!! i am actually still blurish on what i have been studying leh. don really understand most of the lesson. step by step now. its going to be on my own.

work in Chevrons is kind of easy but boring leh. nothing left for me after making all the drinks except wait...... therefore i get to loft all i want. no complaints haha.

watched England's match against the Israel. the final score come to 3-0.

first goal through Mr Right Field (Phillips). then the No. 2 goal came from the in-form Shorty Striker, Owen. A spectacular goal from juz outside the penalty box. probably the best goal of the match. the third is from Richards. He head in the final goal into the net thanks to the confusion from the corner. A deserved win for England with all the efforts put in.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concetrating all your energies on a limited set of targets. - NIDO QUBEIN





Language acquisition is the process by which the language capability develops in a human.
Second language acquisition is the process by which people learn languages in addition to their native languages. It is language learned after early childhood.



Cognitive linguistic involves the understanding of language creation, learning and usage.
Factors that affect second language acquisition include environmental, and the need and goal.



Environment factors such as the learner’s peers and home support will affect how an individual learn a second language. The peers and home support often affect the learner’s abilities for second language because they were the ones that the learners interact with the most.



The need and goals of the learner would depict how fast the language will be acquired. It may be for usage in another country or for communication among people who does not know its own languages.



In Andreou, G., Vlachos, F. and Andreou, E. (2005) research, they state that females performed better than males in syntax and semantics which is explained by the general female superiority on verbal tasks based on differences in hemispheric specialization for language functions between the sexes.



In fact some studies have shown that some psychological functions are processed by one side of the hemisphere. The left hemisphere as shown in Luis Hertz-Pannier et al (2002) study is respond for language acquisition. Whereas there are cases where language related network may shift to the right hemisphere for example after a brain operation. The right side of the brain takes over some language functions.



Although left and right brain have its own coordinated functions, there can be times where the functions overlapped. The brain remains a complicated myth as no studies can explain its overall functions.

its amazing sometimes to know how a person can leave such a deep impression in u that u cannot easily forget. it does not matter if the timing is short or its the small little help u got from. that particular can juz make the spark between the 2 of u.

Life's a bit of boring these few days. work, school, home. thats the norm for me.

a bit of change in the nature of work. i was ask to make drinks for catering. meaning make many many drinks at one go loh. work destination will be Cheveron. (haha near hm leh!!!!) for those who dunno its located near the IMM.

met Albert today also. he is now safety supervisior of some company (forget to ask the name of the company). hahaha he will be the one instructing those blangadash to do work!!!!

Planning to go PS to look for AhDi. dunno if i will be able to make it.

Some have succeeded greatly is proof that others can as well - Abraham Lincoln

i went for the first operation of the operation of ' My Teahouse ' in PS. it was total caos. very messy.

the bar counter is too small and very space constrained. sharing with the dim sum deptment is a big headace. The oil from the dim sum keep dripping into the drinks.

for your info i was the only singaporean in the whole resturant. (haha proud rite??) the rest come from China, Malaysia n the Chef from HK.

the job was easy but we keep knocking into each other. tiring job also (only 1 person working in bar).

Some EPL update.

Man U seem to be struggling for now without Star Ronaldo. A team that depend on 1 person for victory.

Chelsea is boring this season. playing very defensively.

Arsenal looks very promising but its depth of the squad will give it the problems in future.

Liverpool will be a very serious title contender among the big 4. still its too early to say anything.

Yawn... i am tired. more than 12 hrs at work today

The very best proof that something can be done is the fact that others have already done it - Bertrand Russell.

Peer pressure is a term describing the pressure exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change their attitude, behaviour and/ or moral.


A person affected by peer pressure may, or may not want to belong to the social group that they are in. They may also recognize dissociative groups with which they would not wish to associate, and thus they behave adversely concerning that group's behaviors.


The three main forms of peer pressure will be as follow:


1. Youth Peer Pressure.
2. Financial Peer Pressure.
3. Expert Peer Pressure.


Different groups have different norms or rules to which group members adhere to. This can be to do with behavior, attitude, dress, language, etc. The degree to which other people adhere to the rules indicates their desire to be a group member.


Members who conform strongly are core group members who are asserting the identity of the group, or peripheral members who are trying to impress the core members, perhaps to be accepted into the 'inner circle' . People outside the group may similarly emulate group members either to seek admission to the group or to form an admiring group who are seeking to gain some reflected glory.


The strength of desire to conform is a personality trait whereby some people will try to conform to whatever group they are in at the time, whilst other 'non-conformists' will go in the other direction, deliberately asserting their individuality by rejecting all but a very few sets of norms.


Some groups are mutually exclusive, where the rules of one group are that you are not a member of specific other groups. Gangs and families are an example, as are political parties and different religions.

haha i am going to be a man on mission for a few days. (at least on Sunday) There is this new HK Cafe opening up at PS. i will be the one who will be setting up for them. its actually a sudden callup. (haha sound like the army mobilisation!!!) Beep... beep.... calling for @h Ming...

So hope to see everyone there. i will be in action for the first operation day ( 2 Sept 2007) as for the rest remains in questions.

i am tired was at the restaurant the whole day today.......

Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve - WILFERD A. PETERSON.

无限的可能

The Stroop Task is a psychological test of our mental vitality and flexibility. The task takes advantages of our ability to read words more quickly and automatically than we can name colors. If words is printed or displayed in a color different from the color it actually names, we will say that words more readily than we can name the color in which it is displayed.The words themselves have a strong influence over our ability to say the color. The interference between the different information our brain receives causes a problem

As in the study by John Ridley Stroop (1935), there are 2 theories that may explain the Stroop Effect.
1. The speed of processing theory: the interference occurs because words are read faster than colors are named.
2. Selective Attention Theory: The interference occurs because naming colors requires more attention than reading words.

In Cartell’s (1886) work, he explained that words are read very automatically and color requires more attention to be named. The brain would subconsciously recognized words with effort. In other words, reading is an automatic process which cannot be turned off. People would see the meaning of words without much effort and consciousness. On the other hand, naming colors would require much more effort than reading words.

A muz watch movie!!! very meaningful one. good animation. sure comedy. movie about a rat trying to be a chef??? Something new so be sure to watch it.

ok today i am going to share a story of one of my fren. he told me about it few days ago so no name mentioning so that things don get haywire. its an experience for everyone also.

Once upon a wonderful time, this fren of mine who was single got attached to a girl. they were loving. i saw some photo of them also. As a third party they look the sort that will have a long lasting love.

he brought this girl to meet me while i was still working in TAKA. they dine at the resturant and i gave them discount. they were a perfect couple at least to me. the male is handsome and the girl is pretty. Perfect match.

Gradually they stopped coming to the restuarant. i thought they went other places so did not take notice. (anyway food was bad over at the resturant).

the last few days when i met the male counterpart. he told me he had break with the girl already. Reason??? not enough time spent together. simple and short.

from the guy's point its a case of time managment. he explained to me that he is studying and still working fulltime(samewhat like me leh). he needs to meet his clients most of the time even on sat and sun. (he's a supplier) Thus leaving the least time for his girl.

to me he does not manage his time well so the outcome. but there is things i muz say is that there muz have this mutual understanding between the 2 of them.

the guy had put his priority on his work and studies and neglect the lady. the lady complained about not having enough time spent together. this happen most of the time for couples nowdays. there were no mutual understanding btween the 2. 1 does not noe what the other is doing. there are even more worst case where 1 does not even bother to find out what the other is doing. perhaps these was the case of why ppl choose to stay single bah.

it made me wonders if i will experience sthing like that. u may want to consider the slogan from Nike and Addias also. JUZ DO IT n NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

Life's full of uncertainties and unpredictabilities who knows..... Will a Miracle arrive in time???

It is a simple task to make things complex, but a complex task to make them simple - MEYER'S LAW

妳是我生命的所有

Impression management is the process through which people try to influence the impressions other people formed of them. It is a goal directed attempt to influence the perceptions of others about a person, object or event by regulating or controlling information in social interaction in conscious or unconscious states.

“Impression management theory states that when any individual appears in the presence of others, the individual will usually establish and maintain an impression that they want to convey in their best interest to the others.” (Goffman, 1959)

The goal of the theory is for one to present themselves the ways in which they would like to be thought of by the individual or group they are interacting with. People strived to create an impression of capability, consistency, morality, and attractiveness because these impressions can enhance their ability to influence others toward meeting their needs or goals. In most instances, impression management is used towards the peers to make the individual to appear in better light, and to improve the perceived image. In a more simple explanation, the individual will adopt different roles according to the situations.

Often when an individual are trying to control impression of himself, as opposed to other people or entities, the activity is called self-presentation. Self-presentation, on the other hand, is often tied with the presentation of oneself through the use of verbal communication and the physical appearance.

In the research by Shrauger and Schoeneman (1979) research, they found out that people do not see themselves as others saw them, but instead saw themselves as they though others saw them.

today's the grand opening of Central at Vivo City. I went to disturb the pple there. a bit of messy for for the bar side. the rest seems quite ok.

things are out of reach. the glasses put too far away from the ice machine. Toaster not with toast preparing section. Plates that are not used often were put on the bar counter limiting spaces. the bottles were also out of position.

New food and drinks on the menu. looks interesting. (may go try some other time bah) though of having lunch there but i think forget it. Services don seem good still. Food were out but no one serves it. everyone was like playing taichi (push here push there). haizzzz..... sad....

went hm around 4 ++ bah. have dinner with mom before going out again to meet OCK n PCK. (Phua Chun Kang??? haha!!! ) .

PCK change a bit. he grew fatter haha. he is coming out of the Police Force n may be starting F&B with some frens.

OCK still studying NUS. Graduating 2008. Now supplying some products to shops.

both of them started on something so where am i now???

Errant assumptions lie at the root of most failures - Alec Mackenzie

人往往要等到失去了才懂得珍稀

Love is the highest form of affiliation and attraction. However, the researchers ignored this area for a long time. Love was always considered as too mysterious to be studied scientifically. Researchers also believed that studying love is an intrusion into personal matters. The scientific study of love started only after 1960s.

Social psychologist, Levinger (1974) defined the stages of love. According to him, as the relationship develops, there is a change in both, the intensity and the range of behavior.

a) Zero contact: this is a stage where two persons are total strangers.

b) Awareness stage: at this stage, they become aware of each other’s presence. However, impressions are formed unilaterally. At this stage if negative impression is formed, repeated exposure makes it more negative. But if the impression formed is positive or neutral, then it becomes positive after frequent exposures.

c) Surface contact: at this stage, there is some interaction and the bilateral impressions are formed.

d) Mutuality: persons are drawn to each other and become good acquaintances.

e) Moderate intersection: at this stage there is some sharing and they become good friends.

f) Major intersection: this is the stage where the persons start experiencing love i.e. deep emotions for each other.

Walster and Walster (1978) attempted to study the concept of love, scientifically. They suggested that there are two types of love:

1) passionate or romantic love

2) companionate love

Passionate or romantic love is defined as a stage of intense absorption in another. The lover experiences an intense psychological arousal. He or she seeks a complete self- fulfillment in this relationship. It is observed that parental interference intensifies this type of love. This effect is called, Romeo Juliet effect. It is momentary but can mature into companionate love. This passionate or romantic love is blind to each other’s shortcomings. It is more self centered thus it can resemble to 'having crush'.

Psychologists, Clyde and Susan Hendrick studied romantic love in more depth. According to them there are 6 basic dimensions of it.

a) Eros: this is a passionate or sexual love.

b) Ludus: this is a coy game playing love.

c) Storge: this encompasses friendship and caring.

d) Pragma: a practical, logical approach to love.

e) Mania: this is dependent or jealous love.

f) Agape: it is self-less, altruistic love.

Companionate love on the other hand is longer lasting. It may be for a lifetime. The couple in love treats each other equally and respectfully. The basic of this love is 'caring'. This love encourages mutual growth. The love is based on understanding each other, caring and sharing. The couple understands each other's shortcomings and accepts them. The foundation of this love is trust.

However, according to the psychologist, Robert Sternberb, there is only one kind of love that lives underneath the diversity of human experiences. His findings are based on statistical analysis of questionnaires applied to hundreds of people. According to him, the aspects of love are:

1) Deep understanding of the other.

2) Sharing of ideas and information.

3) Sharing of deep personal feelings.

4) Reciprocal emotional support to the other.

5) Personal growth through the relation.

6) Helping the other.

7) Reciprocal dependency.

8) Reciprocal affection.

Though various researches have tried to study love, it still remains a mysterious concept as the nature of varies from person to person.

Hibernated today at hm most of the time today. Slept till 3pm then woke up coz too hot to continue liao. (no aircon at hm too poor liao... hehe)

then went into idle mode. totally lost dunno what to do. On the TV for 5 mins or so then off again. tried reading some notes but concentration lasted no more then 10 mins. Surf the web n read some rubbish here n there.

it was not until 5 plus then i start to think properly. Got a bit of the engine to work also. Called Ah Shun n found he alone at bugis doing nothing. (poor thing like me so lonely....) So we meet Vivo City.

Went walk walk n some window shopping then have dinner at Mr Kim's cafe. Went to new Central Resturant that is going to open tomolo. Met all the bosses there. Asked to go back work for them but i said we need to tok about the timing first. Lesson is the priority now. (they will juz call me to tok about it stime)

Happen to walk pass Starhub shop there n saw the last few mins of liverpool vs sunderland. haha they got TVs outside the shop with live matches.

Last goal of the match between the partnership Torres n Veronin. Final score 2-0 to Pool. Pool's becoming a more exciting team this season. Its going to be competing against the 2 super club for all the title this season