Jeffirean Stories
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Waa! Actually I have a trillion things to say but have to do some selective blogging, otherwise I will be typing into the late morning...haha.
Firstly is to report the casualty rate at the battle of SMU. 99% casualties were sighted, battle was lost with huge detriments. Well well, looks like I need to rebuild a new army and work again for the next battle.
Secondly is to report an interesting observation I have. It's about the spread of good looking people by area:
North - not many
South - many artificial ones
East - mostly pretty girls
West - mostly suave chaps
Maybe someday I go and find out the reason why.
Thirdly I have to reiterate that I'm on the losing side of the W Challenge...and CNY is so early! I didn't expect that. But anyway any effort tried is still good ba.
Okie, I don't have anything much to say except that recently I have added quite a few interesting people to my MSN..hehe. now I have 183 contacts! But too bad not everyone is so friendly to click on me to chit chat. Think maybe they busy...come on, click me and chat with me if you are bored, ok?
Lookin forward to the ktv on Sat, the soccer on Sun...don't care about the casualties liao. Just enjoy the festive season and try to look better by CNY =)
Hey, anyone buy stuff from New Urban Male?
Enjoyment
Jeffire
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Monday, November 28, 2005
I have been absent for one whole week! Did anyone miss me? Actually nobody should miss me because I have been always available whether on or offline. Yep, that's what I think and if you differ, then show me why you need my attention. =p
Anyway the week has been very packed, but mostly of activities not mugging sessions! As you all know by this time, I have never mugged much unless forced to. The problem is, at this age, nobody will force you to study because you are supposed to take care of it yourself. I guess to me, mugging or studying, isn't my cup of tea! I rather be practising cooking, be practising football than to be studying because a. I won't be able to invent anything great for the academia world. b. Studying for exams is not in my life-long learning philosophy. Anyway, no matter how I say it, I will still have to flip the books for an hour or two and quickly recap the key ideas learnt before I go to the exam. This is to help soothe the nerves and up the confidence level. Nonetheless I still see myself helping to prop up the league table. =p
Jinki has been back for a week past and the 7seas have been getting together pretty often over the weekend. Firstly on Friday night Jinki, Kevin and I met up for supper and some late night chat which was very fulfiling, covering topics from love stories to business explorations and a little debate on investing.
Next, on Saturday afternoon we gathered again, including Alex, and played a short game of basketball court football near the NP area with my friend Johnny and his buddies. We thrashed the opponents despite them having 1 more player! Haha. Unfortunately, one of the opponents was too good and he managed to dribble 3 of us and score against us. We need to improve our defense mechanisms man! Hopefully after my exams we can have Leslie and co to play again, probably at NUS or if necessary NTU. I certainly love playing with the 7seas because teamwork is very very emphasised, although most of the times we aren't playing fluid football (since none of us are technically talented). Perhaps with more training together we can identify the correct positions we can play in and then the synergy will improve from there.
After the football game we gathered again at Jinki's place and they ended up watching tv. After that we rotted for a while before deciding to go out to eat (2am+ in the morning). The prata place we frequented did not have the food we wanted to eat. Luckily we drove, so Kevin suggested going to eat dim sum at Jalan Besar (Swee Choon). The dim sum was kind of over-rated I supposed but the portions were huge and generous. After that, we drove over to Punggol to take a look at the construction progress of my new home. The lights were up but still looks quite far from being finished with the debris all around. Sianz. Then as I drove through a deserted road, Jinki starting telling stupid ghost stories like 'what will you do if you see a girl waving at you at the bus stop', like 'night fishing is discouraged as those who possessed the 3rd eye can see them pulling your legs from the sea' (and the other 2 chaps still asleep in the back of the van). I jokingly replied that I would slap him if there was a girl waving at the bus stop. Anyway the truth is that I will stop to check if necessary. Yet depending on the situation like if she is drunk or if she looks drugged, etc, then I supposed it will be better to call the police instead. Hahaha. We arrived at Punggol beach but because the guys were too tired, we didn't get down to go to the beach. Then we drove back to Jinki's home and fell asleep till 7pm. Jinki had to sleep on the floor (to prove the floor was clean since he mopped it that day) and we felt fine sleepin on the sofa. Hahaha, brother, so sad we didn't sleep on your CLEAN floor. =p
So for Sunday, I woke up around 12pm as this old friend of mine, Chris Zhuang ( the only remaining from my McDonald's days, 7yrs ago) called me to see if I wanted to go out with him. I was fine with it so we decided to meet at Bugis as he wanted to go and pray at the temple while I needed to go Sim Lim to buy blank discs. There were so many people at the temple. Some old ladies were touting for their 4d tickets (nope, I didn't buy) or peddlers were selling their ware like joss papers, flowers and etc. Bugis is certainly the mix of the old and the young. Bugis Street is a trendy place but once you walk out of it, you find youself in the middle of all the uncles and aunties. Interesting, isn't it? There were plenty of ice cream vendors there too, and with the fine weather I supposed they had a good day. We went on to Bugis Junction / Orchard as he was looking for formal wear for the countless functions he had in camp. This was the first time I stepped into these shops:
a. Sasa (cosmetic shop)
b. Calvin Klein
c. Guess
d. Timberland (oh there is a very cute salesgirl there with a very diaoz voice)
e. Esprit (Meritus Mandarin)
f. Golf House (went to look at sunvisors and golf clubs)
Too bad I didn't go into Zara & Hugo Boss to take a look at their stuff.
But of course after going through all these, I decided that branded stuff are really out of my league. However shopping is really enjoyable! Hahaha. (window, that is)
Finally, to sum up my shopping experiences, here goes:
a. Departmental stores counters have the best service people.
b. Singaporean shoppers are really a terrible lot to handle (like my friend)
c. Cineleisure's Kobayashi (a Japanese restaurant) sucks.
d. Don't eat too much if you are on a shopping adventure. Very tiring and demoralising if you are trying out clothes. lol~
e. Look at good looking people as much as you like, gives you ideas on how to dress up.
f. Be prepared to split up often because not everyone likes looking at the same label / brand.
g. Beware of running kids! (nearly crashed into one)
h. Don't be shy at the lingerie section (this is a joke! I always squirrel past quickly)
Okie, look forward to more shopping experiences in the near future. Especially the Xmas season is coming!
Enjoy the exams and the post exams activities!
Oh ya, I will be going with Chris to KL from 11 Dec onwards till 14 Dec. He is meeting his Ragnarok Online guild members (he's a guild master) and I'm just tagging along. If anyone is interested to go, let me know asap by the end of the week as I am putting up the itinerary very soon on Wednesday.
*Fortunasio!* (with Harry Potter's wand)
Jeffire
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Monday, November 21, 2005
My my. Maybe the first paragraph I should fire to Keanbon for his reply in his blog. Bon ah, rest assured the 7seas will not sell you anything. Xmas is about sharing and not about selling.
Hey but wait, I think I got it wrong. Xmas is really about selling. Everyone is selling you something to share for Xmas! Ah well, I guess I better put aside some money for a present. Yep, especially Xmas eve is Kai's birthday! And Serenez, yours even better 2-in-1, on Xmas! Haha.
Speaking of birthdays, I really want to apologise to Kevin for forgetting that it was his birthday when we gathered at Jinki's place for some late night gaming. Really sorry man. I mean it would be very nice if we had a cake down there for supper....sheehz. Wasted the chance to celebrate on the dot for you. Next year must remember ah! (Better put it as 'board expectations' then can remember..) Anyway I'm still thinking of what present to get you man... Maybe when I go SITEX I can find something nice for you. Maybe not. Maybe I should get you some weird present...haha.
So as mentioned, last night till 530am I was at Jinki's place. We had some tv, tea, biscuits, seaweed and WE9, KOF, DBZ action until I was konked out. Didn't really like playing DBZ as I have never liked fighting games but I scored some pretty nice free-kicks! Hahaha. I like Kai's version of WE9 and surely I would go and get it. Unfortunately I didn't manage to show my Master League team to the chaps, but that can be done next time =) Wow. Kai sure has loads of games. Very enthusiastic still in the gaming sector. I'm already outdated in such stuff man.
Nowadays got this song I cannot recall who sang it, but it's the high pitched addictive 'mai ya ho, mai ya hee' that song la. The Mandarin version is the cover by GMM titled '不怕不怕'. Gee. I admit I'm really afraid of cockroaches and I absolutely hate cockroaches to the core. No other animal/insect gets that honour. But I like singing this verse as it's fun trying to pitch high notes. Akon's digitzed 'Lonely, I'm so lonely' is so difficult! Have to learn Donald Duck's squeals first. Hahaha.
Pool and Chelsea romped to a 3-0 win in their various matches! I forgot to change my team and my two Portsmouth strikers didn't play at all, but Morientes, Carragher, Reina, Del Horno and Hyppia brought me 80pts! Many of the other members of Champs League didn't score much points so I am now in the UEFA cup position wahahaha. I love this man. As for the SMU side, there's a new addition to the league, making it a 5 team league and this guy is in the 11 hundreds range! So good! And that pushes me to 2nd.
If you have seen my MSN nicks these days, they seem to be more on the negative side, but after writing all those stuff above, I have forgotten about them. To end this blog on a positive note, let me report that I have won 4-d on Sat! $40. Hahaha. That added some stuff to the pantry in the office like coffee and milo. Then I also won 2 tickets on Sat thanks to a late penalty from Sunderland and a romping Villa. That brought me profits of some $100. Wahaha. But I did lose some money in the week before so this evens things out.
Oh well, anyway I'm happier now and so I hope you are happier too, as well. Enjoy!
Warmest Wishes
Jeffire
PS: The other Jeffire took leave today as the weather is freezing and he has been missing sleep recently with the showing of El Classico (Ronaldinho's show) and the WE9 showdown. Haha. Z.zzzz.zZ.z.z.......
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Okie, as the title suggest, my brother is back in camp from this week onwards. Hopefully he's training for his fitness as several S-League teams are holding trials. Unfortunately these teams are looking for youth players, so it will have to take connections to get him a trial. Did you know that Roy Keane wrote to the clubs to seek a trial session before he became a professional player? I suppose we will have to take this route if he really wants to be a player. Time is running out though...
The MPW presentation on Wednesday was gruesome. Firstly I wore pink as the group did not inform me to wear white, so I had to buy a white shirt. (Anyway I dont have a white shirt as the only one became another colour) so buying one is fine. In the end I bought it one at $73! Woohoo. This breaks my record of the jacket that cost me $70 a few years ago. Maybe next year CNY I will break this record again...but hopefully not. Anyway our team was still underdressed compared to all those who came in suits or at least tie. They are so rich! I think someday soon I may need a suit too... but if it's really required in school and work then I will get it. It's not easy to keep one as I have totally no idea how to maintain it. Anyway I digressed and the presentation turned out well although I was really tongue tied and said the word 'advancement' thrice as I keep getting the pronounciation wrong. Sigh. The eventual observation I gathered was that three of the teams had nearly the same best answer but their construction of the answers was better than us. I felt that we ought to have mounted a stronger challenge on the other teams by focusing on more creative initiatives but those were only better explained in our report instead of our presentation. Hopefully the report can bring us back on par with the best presenting teams. Looks like I need to score very well on the exam to get a respectable score...
Lessons are all over with the end of the last lesson of MPW, and now only 2 reports and 2 exams await me before we conclude the term. This term has been pretty special as I tried very hard to manage time between work, school and CCA. Luckily most have been very supportive and understanding. I must really thank them for that.
As I pored over BOSS again to see what should I do with my timetable, I decided to risk it by dropping my successful bids and rebid for the timings I really need to have a less-rushy timetable. I want to finish the Business Core as much as possible, so except for Ethics (which is pre-assigned) I will want to clear Qualitative Methods (QM), Marketing (MKTG), Technology and World Change (TWC, pre-assigned) and I will be taking Strategy (STR) first instead of International Economics A (IE A) as the timing of STR is much helpful than IEA. Hopefully I get all my 3 bids and I will be able to enjoy a good term next term. I am not sure how should I deal with next year's term 1 again as the majoring subjects will be coming in but I think they will still be dealable. Perhaps the work in office may change, which will also affect how I plan the timetable, but that's next year's headache. For the holidays I will apply for internship in my current workplace :p. That practically sums up the major plans for school for the early part of next year.
Well, this December holidays seems to be packed with plenty of activities. I look forward to having more mahjong and ktv sessions! However, these are all group activities which require some planning. Apart from that I will have to integrate new training programs so as to keep you guys on the disadvantage for the W segment of the WF Challenge. Heh. I will have to do it gradually from now onwards after finishing my contract with the FLU company, so perhaps will begin with some simple stuff like slow (but long jogs), swimming. And of course we have to start training for IVP for table tennis. I want to be selected into the playing team.. not the reserve team but man, my skills sucks. Haiz. Ever since Dan went into seclusion, I had never found any good table tennis khaki that is both tough and challengable...
The good old days...are now part of memories...how do we recreate them?
Retrospective mode
Sabaku no Jeffire
Define your own success and work towards it. There is no point looking at others' success and then not doing anything about it. Defining what is success to you is the first big step people never do because they only think that success is what others have achieved and what they have not. Try to differentiate your own targets from others and achieve success where others have not done so. That's the pioneering spirit!
--the other Jeffire
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Monday, November 14, 2005
To be awfully honest, I'm skiving at work now. It's 6.41pm and my bosses are around but there is simply no more urge to do anything.
My day was wrecked with a wrong decision in my BP project where I made a last minute change and it caused me to drop 20 places from a commendable 7th. It was not what I had in mind. Yet I still went on to do it. Now it just shows how idiotic I can get.
Besides that, I never had any good sleep these few nights with the constant coughing waking me up in the middle of the night. The heat in the night did not do any help either. I was stuck in an oven, an getting out meant climbing down the cabinets, jumping off to the ground and walking in the dark till I reached the door. How I loathe my bedroom! Unfortunately, as the end of year draws nearer, the hope of moving by Xmas gets dimmer.
A few other stupid things I did recently include:
a. Betting on football which had no worth in their results (friendlies)
b. Losing my matriculation card without knowing how it disappeared in school yesterday (barring any erroreneous memory retrieval, someone in my MPW grp must have mis-taken it)
c. Buying a can of Addidas deo-dorant spray (the smell sucks)
d. Forgetting to take off the waist size label on my jeans, needing some stranger from school to inform me so, and worse still, the label is wrong (34! for god's sake, if i wore 34, it would have dropped all any moment I moved)
e. Keeping my pencil case in my personal drawer (and forgetting about it) instead in my school bag.
and so on so forth.
Lastly, I need to bitch about BOSS (Bidding Online SyStem). Why didn't I get the vacancy!? The 2 classes I bided had some vacancies left and I couldn't comprehend why I didn't get it. It must be some idiots copying my .88 magical move (and bidding 11.88 same as me). Otherwise I cannot comprehend why I did not get the vacancy!
Usually I will then switch back to the positive mode and talk about the positive bits within all the negative mess, but WTF, I'm gonna give up being the saint and let me just drive all the anger nails into this blog (you would rather me drive it here than to drive it into your head, right?)
Infuriated
Sabaku no Jeffire
Being sad is a usual thing. Being continuously sad means you are in deep trouble. Before you sink further, get help. If you cannot get help, go to the nearest person and tell him or her you need help. If the nearest is very very far away, help yourself by rearranging your thoughts as long as possible to reach the nearest person. If you don't understand this, ask your own heart.
-- the other Jeffire
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Friday, November 11, 2005
I didn't want to add a post so quickly because it may lead to indigestion for you, dear readers, but then, for the sake of my brother, we will have it here on my blog in black and white.
The WF Challenge arose from my brother's claim that he will lose weight from his current 90+ to 70+kg by Apr 2006 before his ORD.
If he succeeds, I will have to contact football clubs on his behalf to enrol him into trials and get him on track to a football professional career.
If he doesn't succeed, he will have to call me 'kor' onwards whenever he wants to talk to me.
Isn't this challenge quite interesting?
Likewise, here let me set a challenge to myself against all of you readers. You need to comment onto this entry as an indication of your agreement to adhere to the terms set below.
If I lose weight from the current 60kg to 57kg by CNY 06, each of you will chip in $5 to buy me a new chic and trendy sleeveless top.
If I don't lose weight to 57kg by CNY 06, I will buy each of you a present valued at $20 or less.
Now this sounds real interesting. Hahaha. What if everyone starts doing this on their blogs?! Okie, anyway since this blog is up here, the deal's for real.
Lastly, WF stands for Wei-Feng (the last character of both me and my brother's Chinese name)
Competitive mode
Sabaku no Jeffire
PS: For those who will like to comment but not take part in the challenge, put it into the previous post.
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Hello all....
The ending is beginning at this very week. The wars on the examfield have begun! We are all in this together, so that's a good thing, isn't it?
Jokes aside, several stuff I've completed over the week include getting my digital camera from Starhub, rebuilt my desktop which was down 2 months ago (thinking of building another one with the parts leftover, Kev, interested?), got 7th for my BP project2 (an online factory game) despite forgetting to read about the case, projects are near completion and yep, the last class I have is next week Wed, which is a presentation class.
In fact, now I already feel quite liberated. however I'm still acutely aware of the many tasks awaiting me which include rounding up the projects and reports, my CCA requirements, and of course work in the office! When you are totally liberated, I will still be working 8hrs a day! If you view it positively, it means I need not find a holiday job =p.
Some upcoming recreational events include Aloy's bdae party at his home (wanted to visit his home long ago), the office chalet, KB's chalet, post-exam ktv challenges, our overseas trip and my parents say the Xmas weekend we are going to Malaysia. I don't want to go! I mean, we will end up eating and eating...Anyway that's not up to me to decide. Nonetheless, how are your holidays lined up? Hehe. See I'm already in holiday mood.
Actually the positive side of me is overwhelming the other because these few days I've fallen ill. Now I have to be careful of what I eat because I've only partially recovered, only to be left with a coughing irritant. I cannot really speak properly and worst of all, I can't practise singing... grr. Sleeping is also a problem as I wake up in the middle of the night coughing... sianz. Funny thing is that some of my friends had a little humour out of me since they rarely see me sick. Haha. I don't mind that, since it means they care. Thanks people~
One last thing, today's TODAY had an advertisement saying that Sentosa now offers go-karting. So probably it doesn't make sense to go Batam now. Well, guys, why don't we go somewhere else, like KL or maybe Penang. I've never been there before. Haha.
All right. I hope everyone stays healthy and be able to go at full throttle for this last stretch of the race! (Do remember to pit in to refuel!)
Regards
Sabaku no Jeffire
Every action has two resultant forces. Here, let me talk about gain and loss in terms of giving and taking. Giving entails receiving, likewise, taking entails losing. If we can understand this, the idea now is not to gain more or less, since they equalise anyway, but to learn how to gain what you NEED and lose what you DO NOT NEED. This is a life skill to be learnt. So now do you think it's worthwhile to be more giving? Only those who have grasped the idea will truly understand the joy of giving.
-- the other Jeffire
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Thursday, November 03, 2005
Lastest Update after blogsurfing....
You Are 10% Boyish and 90% Girlish |
Even if you're not a girl, you're very feminine. You're in touch with your feelings, and your heart rules you. A bit of a emotional roller coaster, one moment you're up and the next you're down. But no matter what, you try to be as cute and perky as possible. |
-_-" so that's me!?
Firstly, if any of you are already stressed and pressed for time, I suggest you stop reading and perhaps come back at the end of the month.
Usually you can see that I'm a very positive person. Nothing can really put me down, but in reality, I'm just as frustrated as you. The catalyst that escalates my problem though, is that positiveness itself. While I'm confident that things can be done and are within control, sometimes, things just override that confidence. Mostly it's the fear of making people angry , especially when i have so many bloody things to do, and at times i need them to give some extra time for me to clear other stuff before doing theirs. And how should I repay them for giving me that extra time? I really have no idea. 神啊! 救救我吧! I guess even God, whoever he is, won't be able to help me.
However, the lesson that can be learned is how to plan a miracle timetable (read: miracle)that is able to accomodate many things at one go. This term's timetable absolutely sucks to the core (although on paper it looks very nice) but I am sure next term will be better as my boss has been very understanding and allows me to enjoy some flexibility in the working hours. Moreover next term I will be dropping my post in Music Interactive Club because their meeting times never coincides with my free time, and there isn't much I can do for them in terms of my post until the holiday arrives.
I'm so hard pressed for time these 2 weeks...so many things to clear...
Just now I happened to catch a glimpse of the 7pm channel 8 show (同心圆) and Pierre Png's role as a well-intentioned but slow-witted guy struck me again as one of the famous lesson taught in a Dragonquest comic:
"Justice without strength is useless, just as strength without justice is pointless. "
It's the same in this sense:
"Well intentions without capability is useless, just as capability without good intentions is pointless"
Many people are very kind-hearted, or are very helpful, but sometimes there are things that they cannot do eventually despite promising to help out of sheer kindness. I have a very clear understanding of this cold cruel fact, which is why I am trying to maximise my capability so as to be of help to as many people as possible. That intention to increase capability comes with a price of losing some of the kindness in the heart because the pursuit of perfection comes with an imperfection. We cannot be good in something unless we do it wrong for at least once. We may have to be less helpful, because we may not have enough time to help others while trying to make ourselves better. One good example will be having to study for an important exam rather than to offer help to a desperate friend who needs help to get his project done. Some people may have good intentions, like offering well-wishes, like giving suggestions, but what's the point? He needs someone to help him draw that diagram, to help him formulate that solution, not someone to give him a 'keep it going, you are there!' kind of encouragement. Of course encouragement does help in some way if this friend is receptive and positive; Encouragement does show that you care, but like i said, can your good intentions give him a pass in that project? This intention vs ability to provide help is a delicate balance we have to try to maintain throughout our lives.
Yet let me remind you again, some issues are long-term in nature. Without a sustained good intention, no matter how capable you are, you won't be able to help to solve those issue. Of course you won't be able to help your friend to get the pass for that project, but by offering wishes and then doing a post-project follow up (like meeting up or asking how did it go) will go a long way in making the friendship better. If this example is not comprehensible, think about saving the environment. If today I think that I should use less plastic bags, so I decline the offer of a plastic carrier from the supermarket stuff. But next week when I am buying loads of frozen food and going on a long way to perhaps the chalet, I will have to get extra plastic bags to ensure the dripping water doesn't dirty the taxi or perhaps even your own boot, then what's the point of declining the offer of a plastic carrier the week before?
Hence, let's just put the issue at the point where good intentions are far more valuable than capability. I hope that this perception is of use to you. But seriously, to me, I would rather be better in order to be more useful than to be more kind but still unable to be of help.
This is one source of my power in my pursuit of improvement. Hee, then what's the other? Let me talk about it next time since I'm feeling much better now.
Jeremy, if you are reading this until here, you are booked to go watch Harry Potter with me! =p
Stay strong, guys!
Prince of the Desert
Sabaku no Jeffire
The truth is that he believes that most of his peers are wasting time trying to nick that A+ for their course instead of trying to understand what is the course about. The culture in Singapore is absolutely screwed. We expect students to understand 500 years of research in 3months. No wonder when it comes to solving real problems, everyone is easily stunned. Nobody dares to try for fear of getting it wrong, nobody dares to risk a sure B for a possible A++. He will like to reiterate this - learning is a life-long process. Grades are temporary discrete values but experience is like an cumulative continuous variable in a time-series graph. Good luck.
-- the other Jeffire
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