Jeffirean Stories
Thursday, June 28, 2007
On Tuesday, I met up with my secondary school classmates (sec 3 and 4). In any sense, the guys in my class are all interesting characters. Heh. Met some of my closer mates who sit near me, and my table tennis mate. Our class football team still exists! In another form though, with added people. That's real class spirit, I say. Even the foreign guy, the Taiwanese, is still in touch as the people who met on Tue dialled him on his phone and spoke to him. I remember this TW chap was the first person I spoken to, on the first day of my secondary school life in CHS. LOL. And you know what, I bought his hp no yesterday and struck both the 1st and 2nd prize (I-bet though =x) simultaneously! That's like $200+ won. Hahaha.
Nice to see most of the class people still making the best of their lives... I had also linked up with the team and hopefully I would be able to play for the team soon. The usual bickering with my seatmate and the guy who sits behind makes us laugh so much. Hahaha. Funny times when we were all the young men with silly but fun ideas. And now, each of us seem to be cast in a different role, except for some people who still stay the same as usual... heh.
I didn't get my internship.... What to do now? I am prepared to graduate later though. I guess I should just take it easy as usual.
Today I bought 2 portions of unagi at $13.90! I wanted to wait till my family to eat the 2nd piece of the 1st portion, but they aren't back yet. So I finished 2 big pieces myself! YUM YUM~ Haha. I also made chicken with molten cheese, they are so juicy!! But I ate these with bread rather than rice. Easier since I'm eating alone.
Tomorrow is midnight shopping. Saturday is football and then gathering at night and then send-off of the Canadian friend LSY. Sunday is football again with my secondary school classmate and probably work at the library too. My weekend is so packed~~
My current GSS information is : John Little's sale isn't really fantastic. Metro at Tampines is having clearance sale, not too bad. Fox's sale isn't tempting at all. If there are some good sales around, do keep me informed!
Lastly, i post some photos of the Harris Resort when we stayed there. =) I think going there is akin to a chalet. Just a little tad more expensive.. hehe.
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10:00 PM
Sunday, June 24, 2007
After playing so many role-playing games, RPGs, somehow I think I have a dream to be a hero. Not those hero that saves the world and gets liked by the whole world, but to be a hero for just one special person.
I just realised that today when I saw a petite cute girl with a smoky, teeth-ugly, sunglasses, ear-ringed guy. He said "$400 salary how can survive?" as he slinged his arm around the girl's back. And while I didn't hear anymore of the conversation because I heard that sentence when they were walking in front of me before boarding the bus and after I boarded the bus, I couldn't really hear him. Apparently he was saying things about his experiences.
As a fantasised situation, Jeffire would want to say "Quit your job, I would be willing to feed you forever!" Of course, this would be the worst proposal you can ever make to a girl, though it could be quite a "heroic" promise to make to certain girls. ROFL! (To me, this is really quite a joke on myself)
Earlier in the day, I was "molested" by a little boy when helping his sister to find a book. LOL. He held my hand as we walked towards the shelf, hugged my arm after caressing for a while, pushed my butt as I walked off. PENGZ! I tickled him in return for disturbing me. Hahaha. "You tickle me!!" he cooed. His sister was quite strict with him when they were alone though.
I think the weekend was quite "beauty-oriented". Not that I met many ravishing beauties, but I visited many skincare counters and also squeezed with the throngs of female shoppers at the big John Little and Robinson sales. I thought such sales were overated because the discounts aren't deep enough to tempt me. Hehe. Learnt many beauty stuff from several counters and a book written by Paul Begouin. (hope I din spell wrong). Maybe I shall wait for the post X-Mas sale then. I also met WG, Pika's friend, whom I only met last year once. He was looking for an Ipod nano and there's a shop on Sim Lim Square 6th level selling $290 for 4GB. The same thing cost $348 at Takashimaya Gramaphone. So, if anyone knows any better offer, please tell me!
The 2nd last thing I want to say is about food. There's a friendly Chinese lady selling bubble tea and Ramly burger at Blk 731 Yishun St 71. Her Ramly burger can make chicken + fish double lei! Hehe. Also, I would like to say the Beer Battered Fish and Chips at the Fish n Chip counter at Takashimaya's makan section is pretty good! Loved the taste. Hehe. $7.90 only!! Yeah, yeah!
Finally, regarding the entry topic. Jeffire wants to be a hero, but an underdog kind of hero. One good definition of a hero is one that helps out when it matters most. So to be a hero, you needn't have all the powers in the world but just throw in your best when you see someone in need! Hahaha. Okie, this is quite a cheapskate hero..
只要有不放弃的勇气, 要成为勇者并不难!
ご苦労
砂漠王子 Jeffire
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10:46 PM
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Before I delve into my luck stats as a blog topic, someone posted a interesting blog on the Punggol forum, . I read a few posts and it has reinforced my belief that money makes the world go round. Although I'm not very money-minded, I believe in getting fair and value for my money. If you read some of the posts around blogs and forums from the locals, some blogosphexperts, some simple people like me, most agree that we should not pour so much money into "luring" foreign raw talent into Singapore and try to cast them into the Singaporean mould so that they will be attached and remain to serve the country. Since I'm one of the products of such a system, my modest views would be somehow flawed, but still, I believe that given our fantastic "hardware" (good environment, great facilities, ease of transport, accessiblity to education and materials), I rather we spend the "lure" money to develop our own talent, especially for the under-privileged, since our hardware should be attractive enough. (I don't know about the software though) I believe that many of the talents remain untapped from that group, whom we don't really see much and that our system does not allow them to carve their niche because most of us are engaged in paper chasing and climbing corporate/government ladders. No doubt it takes huge risks to try to develop talent from people who maybe have some problems leading normal lives like you and me, but there are scores of examples of many great people lead abnormal lives anyway.
Away from the serious topic, I shall let you in on some of the developments in my life.
First noteworthy event was Tuesday's movie Shrek 3. Interestingly, as the organiser, I did not get to watch the movie at all as my "extraness" came into reality. Originally 4 girls and me were slated to watch the movie, but an evening sms added 2 VIPs to the guests list. However, the unlucky, forgetful me had assumed that the change of venue was informed to the 2 VIPs , which only nearly until the movie began, the phone call from one of the VIPs made me realised that they were at the old, predetermined venue. Silly me decided that $21 wasn't worth the loss of the VIPs' trusts and hence off I went to apologise to them personally. This time I was lucky and found the enigmatic VIPs without much hassle despite being in one of the biggest malls in Singapore.
Second noteworthy event was yesterday's interview. I was late again, for perhaps 5mins or so, as I struggled to find the elusive (but posh) Duxton Hill. My luck came this time as there was someone later than me, plus the interviewer came in late too. And the interview was a group session, with even food catered. Hopefully I would be selected based on my merits for I believe this time the peg fits.
Sometimes people disagree with me that luck/fate plays a role in life. Well, my explanation is that we must first acknowledge that there are things in life we have little or zero power, control or influence over. This could be things like the bus arrival time, power shortages etc. The influence part we have is what we can do for ourselves, by ourselves, or through ourselves, so that our goal/destination is reached. For example, we could prepare earlier and use the extra time to hedge against the risk of being late but still, there is a possibility that the bus had broken down halfway and the replacement bus comes really late etc. The latter part constitute the luck/fate part that we may not have control over. Although there is no scientific way to prove so, my brother has commented that we all have equal luck in life. We just gain or lose it someway during our life, ending up with a zero sum game by the end of our life. However, to add to that, I still believe that we must do our utmost, to the best of our ability (or to the best of our judgement) so that even when things do not go right, we can take into heart that we have expended our best effort. Yet again, there are times we easily fall into a trap thinking that a certain level of effort is our best, we do not have the talent or the means to push up that level. I certainly disagree so. There is a realistic limit to all what we can do, but we must have an unrealistic desire to attempt to break that limit so that we can do better and reduce the luck/fate component. We must at least try, if there is still some hope for success, even if it is very little, very difficult. We can depend on our friends, families and the people around us to help, but ultimately we still need to take the initiative to take the job upon ourselves so as to ensure the goal can be reached. Leaving it to others to do so places a huge risk on the success because not everyone has the same vision and goals.
And oh, JK found the movie we watched briefly in Batam! No DVD is available yet though, according to him. Watch it at http://www.crunchyroll.com/showmedia?id=31927 (I haven't done so though)
Finally, before I end another boring post, I would like to thank all of you, brothers, buddies and friends, for being part of my up-and-down life. Hopefully we get to move on together for another long journey on this road we call life.
Best regards
Jeffire
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12:10 PM
Sunday, June 17, 2007
This entry would be a sequential listing of events... thrown in with some bits of comments on my experiences.. hope it doesn't bore you~
Wednesday
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I term it the unlucky day as the rental vehicle I wanted to drive couldn't move for a cool 20mins due to a stupid lock by the previous user. Dinnered with Pika's family because they have been very nice to me. Also it was Princess Pooh's birthday, Father's and Mother's Day trip rolled into one. We had buffet dinner at Family International Restaurant, at Tampines Mall. Think of it as a watered-down Pariss buffet session which is cheaper. The variety and the quality was value for $ though for some items it was nowhere better than the cheapskate Sakura. One thing to note is that it is extremely difficult to find a lot in Tampines Mall.
Thursday
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Played through the entire morning till 530am before running into bed as I feared my mother's scolding. After a short nap, I swung into action for the Batam trip, packing everything I needed in 5mins. But I spent 10mins checking again. Haha. After being confident with my time, I strolled downstairs only to miss the bus. As I waited for about 5mins, I reckoned it would take forever for the bus to come, so I ran to the interchange and hopped onto the zero-seats-already train. (Punggol in the morning rush hour tends to see full seating). Was reading a book and contacting my 7Sea brother JK and he was in fact just a train before me. He then alighted and joined me, but he got in at the wrong door and had to wait till we passed Dhoby Gaut to talk to me. We were on time for the ferry check-in, and also had a little bit of time to buy some stuff and change money. I changed S$30.
The ferry was quite lok-kok (Batam Fast) and it was so crowded with noisy children because it was Family Day for Agilent Technologies, also Harris Resort bound. They filled up the resort and made my stay slightly inconvenienced. Harris Resort is kinda like a old resort trying to squeeze as many $ out of the outdated hardware as much as possible. If you are not too picky, you wouldn't find it too bad but of course most reviews you see are filled with negativities. Nonetheless, we had our fair share of fun from Go-Karting ($12 for 15mins), Kayaking ($10 for 1hr), Spa (2.5hrs, included in the package). I raced JK for the go-karting but lost to him at the last corner. Safety first! As for kayaking, the sea was calm but there was nothing to see in the dirty sea or the surroundings. Plus, the drizzle came so we ended the session at the 45min mark. My 7sea sister Bird (take it as nickname) said we should had tried the banana boat. I have no idea what it is except that it looks like a floatable crayon with 5 straps to strap you onto while some boat will tug you around (i think so). Lunch and dinner were both pizzas. I like their pizzas as it is really freshly made and the crust is super thin. At night we wanted to play games but it was really too expensive and cumbersome so they watched tv and I read till I fell asleep. I wasn't really asleep but just closed my eyes, so when they discussed something and I interupt them, they thought I was sleep-speaking. DOTZ. By the way, Batam's sunset is really early, 730pm, after my spa (scrub, massage and facial), the sky was totally dark. (Similarly, the sun rise too, 7am everything looks like 10am in Singapore).
The next day began with breakfast and a Korean movie served on the hotel channel was the best dish but we were unable to identify the movie. I have asked quite a few people after I got back, for the title. The setting is a bunch of overage (imo) guys studying (or tuitioning) in a Christian school who are kinda perverts deep in fantasy with their hot female teacher(s). Show is a comedy though. 1030am was the time to say goodbye to Harris Resort and we were on the bus soon on the city tour. The tour guide's name is called Nelly. She brought a whole bus of people including us to 2 temples (one buddha, one tuapekkong), to 2 tourists shops (selling dry foods etc which were grossly overpriced), a seafood lunch at the kelong which really sucked (my table had 1/3 of the food untouched even though we had 8 people eating), went for another massage ($20 only) at a so called "mass massage centre" (quoted by JK). Me and Kevin were in adjacent stalls and I noticed my masseur kept looking at Kevin. Hahahahaha. They sure have super fingers and my feet were really treated to a huge dose of pain. Didn't think the massage was good, plus different masseurs seemed to apply different skills despite all of us asking for the same treatment... hmm. Anyway one result I noticed was like my muscles were more defined and I kinda lost some rentented water because I kept going to the toilet every hour or so despite not really drinking much water.... heh. We also went to a apparel boutique that sells Polo stuff (which I felt was overpriced and ugly). The last stop, the shopping centre was pathetic but Bird bought interesting stuff - hygiene pads! I was quite pengzified by her but ah well, cheap means cheap...
When we were returning, at the Batam ferry terminal cafe, I nearly forgot my wallet if not for the cafe staff's shout. Was chided by JK. Later again, upon leaving the ferry when we reached Harbourfront, my passport fell out and landed in the corner of my seat, yet I was occupied with my earphones which fell on the floor. Luckily again JK spotted it and chided me again. I was pretty siansifed to be such a forgetful dumb stupid guy.... sigh.
This Ms E was at Vivocity again and asked if she could meet me. I asked her to join us for dinner, with JK and Kevin. Didn't really speak much except for some post trip discussion and about a possible cruise experience which I politely refused due to my holiday credit hours being used up already. My brother is already very unhappy with me as he is now working 7days a week like my father... while I'm still not really fully occupied with work.
On the NEL, JK's girlfriend joined us at Outram Park but she was at the opposite end of the train. JK asked her to come over, while my opinion was that he should go over and find her. Haha. Anyway a compromised was made and he caught her on the platform and then finally joined us for a short while. After Ms E transferred to the north-south line, Kevin asked what kind of relationship did I really had with Ms E. I replied to him that I treat her kinda like a sister. Kevin also noticed that when we are together I consciously make a gap between her and me. Ha ha. This actually stems from the original situation that I am extremely fearful of pretty girls. Anyway I think I wouldn't like to stand too close to anybody except 7seas brothers and army chaps whom I know very well. So if I always stand with a gap from you, and you are a girl, it means you are very pretty. Haha.
That was Friday.
Today was KTV with Charles and co. 5 people only this time. Sang most of the songs I wanted, including this Aaron Kwok song below, some Stefanie Sun songs, Gary Cao etc etc. I find that my singing sucks now. Sorry to jar your ears... KBox is also getting exhorbitant so I guess I would just stick to K Lunch or Partyworld in the future..Kbox's service SUCKS.
That sums up the past few days... sorry it sounds rush. I don't really care anymore if you read and end up confused but if there are any must-clarify stuff, please feel free to MSN me and let me know about it.
To end, let me write my feelings down:
SIANSIFIED, TIRED and FAT-FEELING!
Ciao
Jeffire
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12:13 AM
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
也许我一直害怕有答案
也许爱情仅在风里打转
离开释怀
很短暂又重来
有时候自问自答
我不要困难把我们击散
我责备自己那么不勇敢
遗憾没有到达
拥抱过还是害怕
用力推开你我一人留下
有一束光
那瞬间
是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线是谅解
为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光却看见
那是泪光
那力量
我不想再去抵挡
面对希望逆着光
感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在我身旁
我不要困难把我们击散
我责备自己那么不勇敢
遗憾没有到达
拥抱过还是害怕
用力推开你我一人留下
有一束光
那瞬间
是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线是谅解
为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光却看见
那是泪光
那力量
我不想再去抵挡
面对希望逆着光
感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在我身旁
我以为无路后退
反复证明这份爱有多不对
背对着你如此漆黑
忍住疲惫
睁开眼打开窗
才发现你就是光芒!
有一束光
那瞬间
是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线是谅解
为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光却看见
那是泪光
那力量
我不想再去抵挡
面对希望逆着光
感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在我身旁
光芒
你是光芒
公路在荒漠无尽的延伸
车窗内你我聊起彼此人生
像一生只见一次的缘份
最难忘陌生人搭载的热忱
渐渐放晴的天空
旅行的寂寞
独自在异乡生活
没有爱多么难走
雨后看见彩虹
像你见我挥手
立刻为我停泊解忧
雨后看见彩虹
在落单的时候
朋友多么暖人心窝
回忆里你陪我一程
这份情我永远留我心中
雨后看见彩虹
不知何时还能重逢
雨后出现彩虹
总会看见你的笑容
我不知道
为什么这样
爱情不是我想象
就是找不到
往你的方向
更别说怎么遗忘
站在雨里
泪水在眼底
不知该往哪里去
心中千万遍
不停呼唤你
不停疯狂找寻你
我是不是该安静地走开
还是该勇敢留下来
我也不知道
那么多无奈
可不可以都重来
我是不是该安静地走开
还是该在这里等待
等你明白
我给你的爱
永远都不能走开
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2:17 AM
Friday, June 08, 2007
Yesterday was a heart-breaking day as again, my stupidity has bummed myself into a dead end. You know about the Chinese saying that says the desperate dog will jump over the wall. In my case it's 猪急撞墙. Since I mentioned I'm stupid, banging the wall doesn't seem too good an option, isn't it? However, jumping over the wall (like Buddha does) isn't a great idea all the time. One day the stupid pig will demolish the wall!
Interestingly, I'm writing this on my bed. The thing is that while feeling sad, I always have pretty nice dreams. Probably a self-defence mechanism? Too bad when you come back to reality, it's just a fleeting experience, though I still think it helped.
The first dream was about some guy in my secondary school which I had a crush on. This is pretty normal in same-sex schools! So don't be alarmed. He was carrying a baby (is he married already? i only know he's gonna be a doctor or bio-researcher soon) and had problems changing the baby's nappy. Haha. It's fun to meet an old classmate.
The second dream I had began with the lesson ending in a school that is both a temple built on it, and a residence corner/community centre combined. My classmates were girls and only girls. Girls whom I do not know at all, and some girls from SMU like Elise and Eileen etc. After leaving the classroom to explore the surrounding areas (which bore a little semblance to Khatib Vista), Eileen asked where is this place called "Xi Kong Mi Keng". Obviously this doesn't make any sense whichever dialect you use. But the other PRETTY girls came and helped to direct her to the place, and so I pointed in the direction she should go and off she went, leaving me with a bunch of nice girls.... which was gone once my friend from Canada, SY, texted me. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Regarding the bus issue on Tuesday, I just wanna say that the top-up machines that the elderly finds difficulty in using, should be simplified into a touch and slot-your-cash in system. I find the current one too troublesome, too sosphicated. We should had kept the old one (remember the $0.60, $0.70 square white buttons?) but changed the label to $5.00, $10.00 so that the old people can see them easily. Not all elders can see computer screen clearly. Because they couldn't use these new machines, to top up their ez-link, they had to queue up at the ticketing office. Now in some places, the ticketing office is also a card replacement centre, where each card replacement transaction could take 10minutes to complete. If you have a bunch of kids waiting, and only 1 counter opened, the legion of aunties, uncles, ah-mas and ah-kongs will start to nag and blast the counter. After all, each top up transaction would take 10secs at most. Hence if one of you, my dear readers, become a Transport Minister or something similar, please, please, please, spare a thought for the old people in the pursuit of profits, profits and profits.
Finally, may all the loving couples remain loving...so that the world can be happier..
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12:57 PM
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Er, although I haven't really tried the drinks before, Pika and I saw them on the Cold Storage shelves before the advertising came in thick action. Just note that the campaign was of mixed success as the empty cans they stuck on the advertising boards at various bus stops, were all opened, removed or stolen by people. If it's opened, it would be a breed-site hazard. If it was stolen, I believe it went straight back to the recycler.
Actually today's entry would be pretty mixed and diverse in topics, hence the title.
First up, I bought a bicycle which was on 45% discount and rode it back home from Suntec in 2hrs! But if you read this forum post, you would know how tough I had it when it could have been much easier.
Second up, again about my library experience. on Sunday, there was a pretty girl in purple tube top who wanted to find a book called "Introduction to Econometrics" but to no avail. I was doing roving duty then and was promptly summoned by the library officer to help this girl find the book. She said that she had searched all the possible shelves, Business, "Pick of the Day", General. I went to the General section again but I searched the Mathematics section instead. I found some similar books but they were of no use. Next up, I thought of looking at the Reference shelf instead and guess what, voila! She was so happy that she smiled and thanked me. I didn't really talk much to her as I had to replace a damaged keyboard at the children's section. Later when I returned to the counter I heard that she thanked me again. Aww, what a nice girl. Haha, actually I also helped an old couple find some DVDs, helped a Chinese mother find books for her daughter's assignment (but failed to find any) and many more. It's part of the job and I guess the good part of the job is that you really get to see young and pretty girls studying or borrowing books in the library. You also get to see some yandaos (like me), lol.
Third up, my report on my GSS loot lists the following:
1. cardigan and berms from IP Zone
2. Biotherm products
3. Phyto hair shampoo
4. Body Shop aromatherapy
I dun really have time to talk about buses again, i update that again soon. Ciao.
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1:45 AM
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Yo,
The GSS is now on full power mode! PC Show 2007 seems to be the top battleground for now, with the hall flooded by hordes of people looking to put their hands on the that next value-for-$ gadget, that many-free-gift internet access plan, etc. I was there yesterday and was pretty delighted at the great prices of the many things I think I would love to have.
However, if there is no necessity for any purchase, hopefully you would not make too many impulse purchase.
I enjoyed ramen at MOF and again the salad, but this time I ordered seafood salad instead of the usual tofu avocado. I still prefer the tofo avocado salad. MOF is certainly getting squeezy, so hope they would do something to rearrange the tables for more access space.
Then, there are so many late night shopping, sales etc. How should we resist putting our money down for something we may not need?
Excited
Jeffire
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1:55 AM
