Jeffirean Stories
Saturday, October 25, 2003
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5:49 PM
Oh man, this weekend is so long that I am still confused whether today is Saturday or Sunday.....thanks to whoever declared that Friday was Deepavali. This break is really much needed after the high tension week I had. After the break it will be time to chiong for the final moment before I can finally call myself a 'lao jiao' with understudy to tekan and arrow. hAHAHA.
Yesterday went Ktv with my unit guys and sec sch buddies. I was with my sec sch buddies though. We sang many songs, because we only got 3 guys so I really sang alot. It was a refreshing change because these buddies like a completely different musci portfolio from my unit guys and I had enjoyed the changes. This time it was more Wu Bai action, plus I could choose the songs I liked and wanted to train on. With my unit guys, it was very difficult to hear myself and because they cannot hear my mistakes (or not willing to tell me) I am not sure whether my improvement is on progress. Nonetheless, KTV is more of a relaxation session and not a singing training session so i guess it's best that we keep it cool and easy!
Hehz. Dunno what to do this weekend. I wanna play football but nobody got time to spare for me leh. Anyway, in the unit we also rarely play football nowadays because the guys like basketball more, or rather, there are more basketball players than soccer players. hmm...
Lastly i hope that today can win enough money to cover the last 2 losses I made! Muz at least profit $60 this weekend to break even.....sigh. Good luck to myself!
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5:48 PM
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Wow, another week just flew past me! It was so damn busy last week with the ranking all that stuff, so luckily everything went well and I broke the record again with the fastest ranking meeting that finished in 6 hrs! Hehz. Boss decided to grant LWE to me which I din really wan if that meant the off was gone, but I also couldnt say anything. Just take first then see how la, but poor Kenny, he has to do duty tml and then still have to help boss on Sat. I also dunno how to help him but do hope he takes it easy. He also quite busy with those stuff while I just took a break without doing all the long winded things, next week when valliy returns den do lor.
Nowadays the friendster thingy very powerful, i got so many ppl I know but dun dare to add them leh. sigh....but hope more ppl can be found so that I can establish back a link to them. really hope so.
This week very lucky. Din lose money at all since Sunday. So I hope this weekend still can continue the good trend and cut away all the deficit as I had set the target to be zero deficit b4 this wy ends. hope i can do it with the luck and superb pickin of bets. hehz.
Lastly wanna say that nowadays the unit is full of hopes and wishes for their lovelives, but i still stuck at the zero target level. dunno when can upgrade! really no fate with gals sia. i also dunno how la. heck first then later go uni see if got many gals to tok to. muz really cut down on my blatant haolianness and criticism as requested by charles, my buddy in the unit. den maybe will have many gals like lor. i also muz make sure i become better looking....haha. hope so.
Let's try to acheive all the targets set!
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7:08 PM
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Hey,
So many days had passed since my last post. Actually I did want to post and did wrote a long article on Sun, but the computer hanged on me and I couldnt get it back...ah....so suay.
Well, updates by day...
Fri - Nothing much except the soccer trial was not conducted by KTSC. I dunno why. Oh Chief asked me to go to his office and speak to him. Initially was quite afraid it might be I made some stupid mistake in the ranking or posting or he got a big question to ask me. Luckily it turned to be a pep talk. He praised me for my growing confidence and leadership. He also liked my participation in the various sports activities etc. However I guess he neva saw how much extra time I put in, neva saw that I neva took MC before, neva saw that I stayed back often and even broke the late working record of my era. (2340 hrs then book out, u try?) However I guess I am pretty honoured to be praised and encouraged by a 3 crab. Many people dun even get to talk to a 1 crab except to greet.....so thanks to Chief Sir!
Sat - Nothin much except that it was a well spent day, my fren and i declared my old computer unrevivable = totally dead, had a good dinner treated by my father's colleague.
Sun - A even better day. The 5th KTV challenge was up on this day and I finally took part as a contestant. I was always the judge. Anyway this time I did pretty well, while I din do my best in the jap songs (which I neva do well anyway), I did some good numbers like Coco's Wang Ri Qing, Fish Leong's Fen Shou Kuai Le. I think I will try Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng and a whole lot of female singers' song in the future. Yeah, this time I was crowned the champion so I guess I have to work harder in the future to defend the title. Dinner was great! It's the indonesian food store called 'riverside' blah blah 'indonesian' cuisiine or dunno wat. Get the bbq chicken rice and put their chilli. Very sedap!
Mon - A boring day, the trial was not held again due to the rain...I cleared plenty of work and had a relaxed evening as many things were smooth-going. However my boss, after twisting and turning, finally declared the internal ranking meetin to be on this sat , an external life run day! What a waste as I have to be back at the office for the meeting. Aiya whatever la, after next tues, I will submit this final big project and get ready to clear my annual leave for this year.
Tue - Another boring day. It drizzled in the morning so I tot the soccer match won't be held. On the contrary they held it in the rain. I heard from my teammates, Gordon and Jason that the KTSC MTO only chose his own players and neva touched our guys. Did that imply our guys weren't good enough? Nonetheless his choosing of the team caused us to lose 4-3 to Sch of Arty with the first goal conceded as an own goal. He's a joker. Why din he hold the trials to see who should play, and who should play where, what tactics to use? Another example of the cannot make it WO.....no wonder so many NSFs tink that their superiors cannot make it..
OK, a reminder to myself that I must email SSG SOW to give us the 1 day off (half day also better than nothing ) for AHM 03. I recently saw my off for AHM 02 was only taken this year (another case of too much work, no time to take off)....
Regards
Jeffire
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11:43 PM
Thursday, October 09, 2003
Oh man,
Today started well with our soccer players preparing for the training. This WO Cat saw me today and asked me about my unshaven chin. I replied that I rushed from home down to work and will shave it after training. She just quit and left. Man, why can't she just take it easy.
Our soccer training was quite well, nobody got injured, and we got a few problems solved. The problem is Encik Quek (a sergeant) said we have to go through WO Selvakumar's selection trial tomorrow. The bad thing is that I cannot join the trial since my boss didn't permit to join the tournament. Ridiculous, I say. I mean what's wrong with me not around a few hours for this week? I have done everything I need, and just left a few things to prepare for the ranking meeting. Last year it was so smooth and much faster than my predecessor. Moreover my preparation was much better, but I dun understand what my boss really wants. Sometimes I just feel that he never trusts our work. Then why not he get another clerk?....Anyway again I say, another 2 more months i will have a new boss and hope he will be betta.
Lunch was a treat by Dy Hd MP, a famous stingy man whom doesn't even have the power to control his own personnel. He's a bully when he makes all the good, hardworking clerks work more. My boss is betta in this field as he makes everyone do alot of work, so it's kinda fair. However I will like to see if there are betta bosses around? Like my old boss, although naggy, he was much a better person to talk to....anyway the lunch was thai food and i really ate alot. Thai food got so many sour and sweet and hot stuff......and seafood, which i dun take, less fish. Uh, my colleague LCP Soo KS took the liberty to order more food. Ironically, he's the one with the least productivity but when it 's comes to benefits, he always wants the most. Life is so unfair...
One day I hope when i become my own boss, i want to lead by example and also i hope i can strike a balance so that my employees won't be put off when they see me. Maybe a good example is Chief of Arty. Yet sometimes I feel that the big boss is too far to see the small things that are the main culprits making our lives worse....like those stupid WOs, DXOs who think 10, 20 yrs of experience means they can be king. If they were outside, i guess all of them will be retrenched...since they are so reluctant to change.
I have to go tuition now...what a chore to me....if not for the extra cash, i would have quit. the challenge i set myself now is to make sure the chaps work smarter (since they dun like to work hard) and then score some improvement. I dun see them becoming a top student in their primary years, but i guess in the future they would do well to join at least poly and become a good professional in the future. i hope i can guide them to a great future and they will remember me as the teacher who helped them changed their lives.
Thanks for reading.....hope you will contact me if you have any enquiries.
Regards
Jeffire
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7:41 PM
Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Ok, this is the first time I writing this. Anyway it was Sirong (my army colleague) who gave me a link to his blog, so I just thought of creating my own.
Today started with a frantic rush. Basically, it was my brother who dragged us down with his slow bath. I was nearly late, but luckily my running saved me from being arrowed an extra. The luckier part is that WO Cat saw me but couldn;t do anything to me because she was commencing an exercise....haha
Ok, so I decided to do some of my work today. I started with checking the email and also thinking how should I arrange the next 2 outings on hand. The 1st one was the monthly KTV Challenge, while the 2nd one was the unit's outing. Actually, I am feeling very tired trying to organise this and that. My actual aim was to engage those outcasts so that they could mix in with the main group, but everyone was saying they had something on. I guess one month's advance isn't enough. I should ask them whether they are free or not next Good Friday. That should be enough advance for an outing. But what the heck, I dun care anymore since nobody cares. I just ROD and forget about the life I had in army....nah....i cannot do that...i am too emotional a person to forget things....
Well, drifted too far away. for the afternoon I was supposed to go train for the inter-unit soccer tournament but my boss said he would yank himself out of a meeting and meet me instead to discuss some important stuff. Yet in the end he took all the time clearing his stupid emails. I mean he's so stupid to reply to EVERY email...duh....let's just bear for another 2 months and see if the new boss is betta.
So just now I had my driving lesson. It sucked. I sucked. I dunno why my feet sucked but I guess I needed more decisiveness in my driving. I should heck care more so that the instructor will feel more comfortable with my driving....
Ok....tomorrow morning let's practise for the soccer tournament . I have yet to find my dribbling boots back since last week so let's work harder!
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10:04 PM