Jeffirean Stories
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
I trashed the FreeKicks section as I felt it made me look dumb. Haha.
Dan recently got back to this world and messaged me. I wonder what kept him so long in outer space!!!! Gotta get Pius and Jason to go see him after our term ends.
The projects are progressing pretty well. Hope nothing goes wrong...
Lastly, my computer should be back to health this weekend. Phew..
Okie good luck to everyone for schoolwork and since the weather's pretty weird these days, do take care of your health!
Silly silly
Jeffire
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Friday, October 22, 2004
Last night I was looking for my bank book, but the search was interrupted by memories of the past. It was actually the letters and cards I have received over the past years, dating till 1998! I took out some of the letters and read, realising that I was always that childish. However, the interruption did remind me that it's time to look for some old friends, perhaps send them a card or something, since Xmas is coming. Hehz. I hope that I find Xmas cards that aren't that expensive as I predict I may be sending close to 100 cards! Probably most of them I will have to send by hand to cut stamp costs. Hahaha. I will also be writing a letter to a pen pal who stopped writing some years ago. I guess she may be completing her secondary school life soon....Also I read a photocopy of my letter to Jinqi which was describing one of my best moments with Gracia... haha. Wonder how Gracia's doing now?
Yet in the treasure i kept was a Xmas card from Silun, a friend who was nearly killed by me. I saw him at the junction of Khatib MRT on Wed, he was going to work and as usual was listening deeply to his music. I didn't dare to go and approach him. What could I say? The last time I met him while buying breakfast, he did not want to tell me much about his current life. I guess he doesn't trust me anymore... What should I do? I'm thinking of sending him a X-mas card this time together with a photocopy of the card he sent me 6 years ago. I wonder if it will help in anyway to mend the gap.
I missed Stats class again today, twice in a week. I wonder what will my lecturer think. I am just hoping to get a pass for this course... another 5 weeks to go before the end of school.
I had my Comms presentation on Thu. It was very entertaining. However I did not mention much about the product I'm presenting, and did not explain the link between the examples I described and the book. I hope I will get a pass based on the response from the class! Looks like I have to pray for the other segments of the course.
I am very tired of school now. I don't have the drive that I used to have in JC. I must be getting old.....Should I freeze school for one term and go to work instead? Anyway I want to say that I can't find my desired job with an A level certificate and some work experience. Applied with 2 handphone shops to sell handphones, Downtown East for customer service... Actually I'm looking for a night time job selling western food (those kopithiam/stalls kind) If there is please tell me, ok?
Lastly, I finally managed to sign one contract for my SCS portfolio! It is a cosy little pub called Hideout at Circular Road, Boat Quay. When I was there, the boss treated me to a free drink! Hahaha. What a good boss he is. Well, if you are a NUS/SMU/NTU student, you will get discounts there so do remember to go down there for a chillout ok! There's a Halloween nite event next saturday, 30th Oct. Haha. Check out www.hideout.com.sg for more info!
Out of fire..
Jeffice
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7:37 PM
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Hey,
I've added a Free-Kicks section where I will offer my soccer tips. Although they have never been traditionally accurate, I just hope more people will come and visit the website.
Currently, I'm reading Robert Kiyosaki's The Business School for People Who Like to Help Others. It's a very interesting book to read as it tells us more about networking and how you can change your life with ownership of networks. The book is also my Communications presentation's showpiece, so I have to finish reading it by tomorrow and then do the presentation on Thursday morning. After that, if you want to read the book, you can rent it from me for 25cents a day. The book is only 100+ pages so buying it for $20.90 (and it was just $17.90 last month! Cos Robert is coming to SG so they upped the price) is not worth it unless you want to keep it as an asset. And mind you, why am I renting the book instead of borrowing it to you is because in Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert said that an asset is something that generates income for you, which is somehow different from conventional definitions. And yeah, I'm applying it in real life now! Hahaha.
The project crunch is coming again but this time I'm feeling pretty nonchalant about it. I'm very sorry to all my teammates. It's just one of those periods where you just want to shut down and forget about deadlines. Anyway, reality doesn't allow me to slack that much, so I will just put in some effort to come out with something that just about works. Feel free to criticise me on this.
I did some thinking after the previous post regarding why I blame my inability mostly on being poor. I realised that people tend to look to rich people because they are successful. They have already done what we want to do, and that's why we look up to them. I guess this applies to school. We usually look out for the smartest person who does well, and then try to stick around him if possible, so as to do better for our results. I guess it's normal human behaviour, since animals are like that too. The strongest tend to be the leader of the group... Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Yet Robert said that if the leader of the team is also the smartest in the team, the team is doomed. That means we need not be the smartest, the strongest, nor the richest to be the leader.
I want to be a leader like what Robert describes.
But oh well, I've missed lunch and now it's time to take a break. Breaks are important for more running in the long term! Pray that I will still be running normally with the crunch!
You will succeed in your dreams, if you follow me. (Hahaha, just trying to act cool)
Regards
Jeffire
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1:27 PM
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Birthdays
I must certainly apologise to some people for forgetting to wish them Happy Birthday on their birthdays. I am so downright bo-sim...sadz. My heart has been eaten by my worries.
However, as I said, 'To be late is better than never', I hope this entry helps me to show some sincerity. Well, as for the material segment, haha, all the presents are ready for delivering, so i'm not entirely bo-sim! Anyway, if you want a present, do remind me from time to time. Until I get a PDA, I won't be able to remember EVERY friend's birthday, although I really want to. Please pardon me if I had missed yours even without wishing you over MSN or SMS.
For now, let's see who are some of the Oct babies in my mind...
7 Oct 1985 - Bernice Koh
Oh well, Bernice, I did wish you happy birthday here and there, and unfortunately, I forgot to bring the present along when I met you yesterday. Sorry about it. Anyway, you are just a 19yr old girl this year, so I will just wish you all the best for your school work and business, and also stay as cool as ever!~
10 Oct 1983 - Eileen Oh
Eileen...hey we had a good dinner on Wed, and hope you like the present we had for you! Next year the present will be a better one so like I said, we look forward to celebrating again next year! And ya, hope you and Liguang can step on the red carpet soon~ALL of us are looking towards to be of some help on that big day!
17 Oct 1983 - Alex Tay
Alex! It's your turn to turn 21~ We all know you have been working very hard, so let's just wish you many many successes for the many many years to come. Brothers are hard to come by, so for that many many years, i also hope we are still close together! And then, dun forget, when are you stepping on the red carpet as well?
30 Oct 1983 - Kenneth Soh
You 'woolly' 'coolly' bully! Ahaha...no ah. Junhao has always been one of the best pals to me, and of course like Alex, you are so hard to come by...thank god we are now together. So for your big day, let's hope you will fulfil your dreams and remain as healthy as ever!
Brothers or friends, I wish you all the best for your future and do remember to work towards your dreams and strive to achieve them! Every birthday is just one great excuse for us to get together and make you the star for the day, so dun be shy la! Hope you guys will get the time to celebrate your birthdays!
Happy birthday!
Regards
Jeffire
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6:09 PM
Monday, October 11, 2004
Time flies, it's already mid Oct! I see secondary school students having their exams now while probably the JC students too, are having their A level papers. For us, the university students, we have past the mid terms and another month plus we will be having a good break, a good rest at year end as we look towards the new year. Heh.
For me, it's been a peaceful month compared to the beginning of the school days (mostly due to the stupid fire), except the accident that happened to my computer. Being slightly famous as a IT guy, I'm also quite at loss for what has happened to my computer. I am not sure if I should bring it to the experts, and PAY them to get my computer back to work, or should I use the Ghost-to-Ghost-Hookup and seek help from friends who are really the experts. Heh. Oh well, preliminary results show a CPU failure due to over voltage, but then, I can't really confirm. I hope my hard disk is intact though, for there are many important links inside - yeah, to all the blogs of my beloved friends! I miss reading your blogs so much that I am starting to wonder if I am out of the world... Of course I can remember some of the blog addresses, especially if they come from blogspot.com, like my dear seven seas brothers'. Oh well, to think I am stuck in such a situation.
And I attribute it to being poor. In fact, I put 95% of the blame of my blunders and poor performance on being poor. Why? Nowadays, being rich makes you outstanding, and if you are outstanding, you can know more people and of course knowing more people helps in the Ghost-to-Ghost-Hookup system. Being rich allows you to get a laptop so that you can work on the go in school, and you won't be despised on in school due to your need to go and find a computer in school everyday to work on tasks. Being rich allows you to go out whenever you like, especially when your friends asks you to. Most people I know don't understand why I am so calculative, but when you are very poor, every cent counts. Being rich saves you time, when you are rushing, you can just hail a taxi and get to your place fast. Or even better, you can afford to drive to school. And girls will be happy to know you since you got a car. And last but not least, being rich means you can wear better clothes. Do you know that most people judge others on how they look? This is the damn bloody truth. Yet there are only a few weird ones, like me who judges others on how much they smile.
Eventually I guess it boils down to the character. But am I that bad as a person? Maybe some people only look on the surface. I read all 58 friendsters testimonials I have and generally I see that people tell me that they don't have good first impression of me. Yet as time goes by, they find that I'm one of the fun people to be with. I guess 9 weeks in school is not exactly enough for some people to understand me. I acknowledge that I have very quirky thinking and ideas, but it all boils down to being poor. Being poor makes me think of how to cut costs all the time, or when you cannot cut costs, you will think of how to maximise benefit. Yet I'm not really such a person. I think maximising group benefit is more important than maximising personal benefit, but most people are selfish, so they think otherwise. I think when you maximise group benefit, you needn't necessarily lose out, and the key here is to find the win-win situation. I don't mind losing anyway, because I think I have the capability to earn all the money I want in the future. Even if I don't manage to, there must be some experienced earned. I believe in giving and receiving, and not giving and taking. Taking is different from receiving. Receiving is passive, but justified by others' willingness to give. Taking is active, but I'm not sure if everyone is willing to let you take something from their life.
Money makes the world go round. One day, when I have more money to spend, I hope I can use it to make my dreams come true. I believe my dreams will come true because usually they do! Hahaha. I always have this sense of de ja vu for some situations because i believe i had dreamt of it before! And I like dreaming~~~ it's an out of the world experience that no money can buy. cos it's free! (see how much i can save, instead of watching movies? haha)
Share your dreams with others from time to time and see if you can find friends who pursue the same goals as you. They will be your good friends as you can work together to realise those dreams. This is why I always tend to talk about the future. Be positive and think of your future as the best it can get!
Feel free to share your dreams with me, no matter how ridiculous, how difficult it is, it is still a dream. Having dreams gives you hope. There's some economics term for hope as a 'free for all to take' thing, what's the term? Hahaha. So another example of a win-win, maximise group benefit situation.
Remember, no dream is ever stupid or ridiculous, work on it. Even if you can't realise it, you will still be happy working for it. That's it! Stay happy like me~ (even though I'm very poor...hahaha)
Regards
Jeffire
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7:20 PM
Monday, October 04, 2004
Heaveno!
Jeffire is at the media theatre now, the best place in SMU to work. It's much quieter than the library, though occasionally there are people having their project discussions. But best of all this place is not as crowded as the library, so I can use a computer that is temporarily personal to myself! Most importantly, the media theatre is open 24/7, so I can even work till 11pm at night, which I did last week. Heh, busy with the occasion chunk of tasks from my CCA.
The week has been pretty peaceful with only a few lessons as the mid term tests begin (for me it has already ended today) so it's the one week holiday now. I will be having a job interview, a few meetings and probably some celebrations for the social aspect of my life while for my personal time I will just find something to do, like sleeping or reading or playing WE8!
Anyway I hope to kickstart some cardio training program, but I am not sure how should I go about it. Should I do like last time, swim everyday, or have a mixture of swimming and running.. Seriously I feel bored doing either because there isn't much effect to be seen in terms of weight lost or shaping up. On the strength front, I've been doing some push-ups and crunches, like in sets of 10 and 20 respectively. I am using the 5 stroke character, 正, as a guide, in the sense of each 正 is equivalent to n, and i'm doing 1+n sets of the 10-20 thingy. Now going to the 3rd level already, so should also infuse some cardio to burn off the stubborn fats. Hmm..anyone got any suggestions to improve this?
On Sunday, I managed to play some soccer with the kids at the street soccer court. The 'kids' refer to the secondary school guys, and man, they are quite good. One of them is faster and more stylo than my brother! Had a good training trying to tackle them or dribble them (tackle success - 3/10, dribble success - 1/10). One thing I realised is the Brooks shoes from SAF work very well on dry surfaces but performs extremely badly on wet surfaces. Simply put there is no grip on wet grounds! That was why my brother and I were playing quite half heartedly for fear of slipping.. oh well, anyway i hope to play with my friends soon, esp the army chaps and the 7seas..my mother is screaming at me again for injuring myself with my kneecap's skin gone again due to diving on concrete to save balls. oh well, do i always get injured when playin soccer? i think so...i enjoy sliding shots sometimes, that's why..
well, my finances are still looking bad...i hope i can get the job today and start working soon. although that won't correct it that soon, but guess i should be able to celebrate the festive season in good spirits. i certainly hope so! This week will be a severe test of how i juggle social life and my finances...which one should i give in to?
what to do what to do...time will tell..
regards
jeffire
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