everybody...dance to the music...!!!

Hey Macarena!



Remember the silly macarena dancetrack?

Remember the silly macarena dance?



I DID THE MACARENA DANCE, FULL TRACK.

OUTSIDE TAMPINES MRT.

ON CHRISTMAS DAY.



TWICE.



*clap clap*



HEY macarena!!!!!!

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Roadshow at Tampines. Focusing on medical insurance using CPF medisave.

And CPF investment.



"but cherub", you say, "what has CPF investment to do with macarena?"





HOW I KNOW? ASK THE MANAGERS LAH!!!!





Financial Service consultants that use window 95, may I add.

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Aye, actually the logic is this, if you dare to muster the courage to dance in the public (and such a ridiculous dance, may I add), you won't feel so paiseh & will face less restrictions in approaching and canvassing the public for deals.



In any case, the dance caught the attention of the public, one of which eventually closed a deal with this lady colleague of mine. In 1 day, she netted almost $1,700.



Hell, I will dance Macarena in Orchard if you pay me half of that.

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My only consolation, as always, it could have been worse



If we had danced the Ketchup Song, I will cry.





I tell you, insult the tomatoes and they will KILL you.





Seriously.

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in this line, you need tons of motivation and those peer talks, know what I mean?

Those "I am the best, I can do it" BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Yes yes, those are the lines that they keep on reinforcing to me, again and again.



And all I hear is, "BLAH BLAH BLAH".



I mean, I know this job takes patience and you must be able to hand rejections. (blah blah blah)

but i'm a cynical dude who hates motivation talk. save it dude. I motivate myself, and I hate those "special case" motivation.

"last road show, miss xxx earned $6500 in 1 day!!"

I know lah, there are bound to be a few talents and lucky ducks now and then, but don't use that to motivate me, I hate it. I know the law of large number. I know the idea of "a big fish in every 200 rejections". (blah blah blah)



don't motivate me. don't give me glorious war stories.

(blah blah blah)

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Of course, the bad thing abt managers is that u tend to develop too close a talking r/s with her, and U forgot that she is YOUR BOSS.



hence, nxt time u wanna put down a product or motivation talks, take it from cherub.



SHUDDUP.



been there, done that.

{referring to the consequences of not shutting up}

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Once again, I have proved that where cherub's academic results is concerned, hard work has a negative relationship with excellence.



i think this semester is the one that I put in the most effort. (yah yah, to those who I copied researched your tutorials, i know i may not be the most hardworking guy, heh heh, but I got study very hard, lah. REALLY.)



but the result is less rewarding than those semesters in which I really lazed till the cows gone home.



Lesson #47: The less effort you put in, the better your CAP

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I think I'm soooooo gonna score in my thesis, judging from Lesson #47.

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SHIT!!!

I just realised something...... no wonder I got such tough result in today roadshow!!!



OK tomorrow I shall SIT THERE AND WAIT for my sugar mummy to come in with her CPF statement.

"boy ah, i got $100,000 in my CPF, can help me invest in some safe funds?"

And so the F1 driver says

Stupid things I've done.

• 1) Failed to unlock my car using the remote control system.

Was in a semi-state of confusion, wondering how the hell to get into my car. Until my friend pointed out that I alway use the normal key.

• 2) Walk into a glass door
  
  

Now I know why glass doors in shopping centres have a strip of sticker across it. to make the glass door more visible!! Now now, I walked into a glass door with no stick, no knob, no handle. Just a glass door surrounded by a small frame of wood that mergered into the surrounding.



the door was locked and even got jolted out of its locked position, so u can imagine the sheer force one can impact on simply by walking into it.



Yah lah. the cut on my lip and the bumps on my head were from the knock.

• 3) Telling WaRpEd and his brother that I walked into a glass door.

Enough said.

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Dangerous car stunts for the past week.

• 1) Almost caused an accident.

At an unholy hour of abt 3 in the morning, did a sudden U-turn that almost crashed a scooter boy.

thank god he moved fast. Sorry!!!

• 2) Driving against the traffic

Entered the bus lane near Funan (the special 1 lane that caters to a bus-stop at the side of the church). Nothing wrong with entering a bus lane at 1am.

Except that I entered against the correct flow of traffic.



and only realising it after driving till the end of the bus lane.



And I attempted to turn right into a "correct direction" road. Only to realise I'm driving against the traffic AGAIN.



so there u are, a car doing a circular anti-clockwise turn to the LEFT, in the middle of the traffic junction just in front of the Padang.



all these with no other cars around.



I'm a blessed motorist.

• 3) Drove without the headlights in the middle of the night.

Twice. Thrice.

• 4) Gave way to an ambulance.

OKOK, this may not be a great feat, but hey, at least i did something right as a motorist.

I'm a hero!

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Juz got to meet up with this goddamn gorgeous babe.

Sizzling hot and sexy!



you know the very best part? she is very different from what I expected of a model.

haha.

and she actually encourages me to study (do your thesis or you'll regret it)



sizzling hot. so much for the monsoon season

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I just fixed an appt with Dr Chang, energy and resources economist, regarding my new decision to write a thesis paper.



I'm actually 1 mth late in writing a thesis.

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wenzi told me a rather meaningful story, abt Heaven and Hell.



Once someone in church asked,

"since all non-christians go to hell, what about great men like Buddha and Socrates?"

The priest could not answer this, for the bible holds no answer, so he turned to the bishop.

The bishop was equally puzzled and turned to the archbishop.



Well the archbishop was stunned by the question as well and decided to ponder about the question. In the end, he prayed for an answer and went off to bed.



He dreamt he was in at this train station, and there was this train moving, eh, up? so he took the train and alighted at another station. This was clearly heaven, he thought. He approached the station master and asked,

is this heaven?

yes, this is it.

have you been here for long?

for the past few thousand of years.

*excitingly* So do you know Buddha?

nope.

do you know Socrates?

nope.

so the archbishop was happy, as he clearly has the answer. Buddha and Socrates were clearly not known in Heaven.



Just then another train pass by, and since it moves in the opposite direction, he reckon it should be the train to hell. Curious, he boarded the train and arrives at the other train station, Hell. Surprisingly, it looked proper and decent.

He approached the station master and asked,

is this hell?

Yes, this is it.

Do you know Buddha?

Oh yes, he is a great man here.

Do you know Socrates?

Yes, he is one of my friends.

The archbishop was elevated, he got his answer. Clearly Buddha and Socrates, 2 great men did go to hell as all non-christians do.

but he was confused, this hell seems a bit too calm and serene.

Isnt this hell?

Yup.

Isn't there supposed to be a lot of suffering and hatred here?

Oh, that was 2000 years ago. And then Buddha came and changed the place.

Its not the place that make the man, but the man that make the place.

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According to wenzi, one of the reason why pple may accuse me of being buaya *yes, she reads my blog apparently* is that I have a wide and prominent smile.

When I smile, its flashy and grabs attention.



so when I talk to girls, and I smile (natural wah. where got pple talk to girl cry one...)

and the smile reminds pple of a crocodile smirking when it spots its prey lapping water from the river.



wahliew.

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Oh btw, I'm in a quarter-life crisis.

I don't know what I want in my life.



*ACTUALLY I know what I want in my life. Its just that they are out of my range.

Yang Cheng Lin, a ferrari, plenty of dough.

Geez, I hope santa is extra generous this year*







Ask yourself, how do you see yourself in 1 year's time? 5 years? 10 years?

Yourself as in your career, your love, your finances, your family, your friends.



I don't know what life wants out of me.

The power of the press

Singapore's Nov NODX slip 9% - Straits Times, Dec 17, 2004

Whooo...NODX (Non-Oil exports) declined! Singapore economy in a bad state?



Fear not! our beloved nation-building press is here to rescue.

Within 15 minutes of spotting this headline in the internet edition of the Straits Times, someone (probably an enlightened guy who knows best. we can't handle the truth!) spotted the negative tone of the headline and adjusted it accordingly.

Ta-da!! Still the same information, but now so bright and sunny!!

Singapore's Nov non-oil exports up 16.5% on year - Straits Times, Dec 17, 2004 (15 mins later)

SINGAPORE's exports rose a healthy 16.5 per cent last month from a year ago, according to International Enterprise Singapore, the Government's trade agency.

But the country's non-oil exports (Nodx) were down 9.1 per cent in November from the previous month, the Government said on Friday

There must be a new guy in Straits Times who knows nothing abt headlines, ie, everything about Singapore PAP government must be wonderful and positive.







Whooo..i love our nation-building press!

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For those uninformed, there were some articles about the SPH's not-so-world-class journalistic practices recently.



SPH's ex-insider, Pranay Gupte bids farewell to Singapore and our nation-building press's "special circumstances".

A trusted friend of mine, a well-known American in New York -- and fellow life member of the Council on Foreign Relations -- said to me the other day, after hearing about the Straits Times episode, "Well, what did you expect? What kind of a place did you think Singapore was going to be when you took the job?"

Read about why he was fired.





Not only the issue didn't die down, as most negative news about PAP tend to do so in Singapore, the Straits Times is learningly, woefully may I add, that its very hard to censor manipulate control project a healthy slice of Great Glorious Singapore.



As we see, the drama continues between our ex-insider and the Straits Times.

How to spurn friends, alienate professionals, and not give a damn

by Pranay Gupte.

Excerpt:<

What explains The Straits Times' conduct?

I see from your cheque that you have deducted the settling-in allowance given to me when I came to Singapore at the behest of the editor. This is simply vindictive.



Of course, it's entirely up to you to decide if you and SPH wish to behave honorably and with professional dignity. But please don't make baseless accusations against me. You can take away my pen at SPH, but please don't ever forget that I've had an international voice well before I arrived in Singapore to work with SPH. And that voice was always a friendly and admiring one; I certainly would never have expected capricious and demeaning conduct on the part of you and SPH.

Ahhhh..... don't you love our nation-building press?

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i felt so guilty that our beloved monopoly press pisses this renowned journalist, i actually wrote an email apologising for Singapore ill treatment to her friends.



And unsurprisingly, he replied.

Dear Cherub:

That was very gracious, and very sweet, of you to write to me. I'm really very touched by what you said. Thank you.

Please be assured that I have considered myself a friend of Singapore for more than two decades -- ever since 1982, when I first started coming here as a journalist. My many writings and TV documentaries over the years certainly demonstrate this. And as always, I came to Singapore -- this time for The Straits Times -- as a friend. What happened at the newspaper was unfortunate, and I'm just so very sorry that I'm going to have to leave a place where people have been so warm and friendly and hospitable over these long years that I've known Singapore.

Please also be assured that I leave Singapore as a friend, too. The more enduring impressions will be those of the many friendships I formed, not of the still puzzling actions of Straits Times editors.

I wish you well in your scholastic career and beyond. Please let me know if I could help in any way. I don't know if you are planning to be a journalist, but may I say that it can be a wonderfully fulfilling profession (well, most of the time, anyway!). I can always be reached via this e-mail, regardless of where I am in the world.

With warmest regards, and every good wish for Christmas and for 2005,

Cheers,

Pranay

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I know this is old news but since today is SPH bashing day...with thanks from mrbrown

Singapore beats Iraq in Media Freedom index

Fellow Singaporeans, this is a GLORIOUS DAY for us! We have beaten countries like Pakistan and Iraq in the RSF's (Reporters Without Borders) third annual worldwide index of press freedom!

To see our glorious win, go to the relevant RSF page and then scroll.

No, scroll some more. Scroll some more... just a bit more... right at the bottom. Yes! There we are! Number 147.

As you can see, we narrowly missed beating countries like Democratic Republic of Congo and Bhutan. Never mind, onward we shall climb! This year, we only managed to slip 3 places from the 2003 index where we placed 144th out of 167 countries. With our return to good old media monopolies, I expect us to do much better next year.

Besides, this index did not take into account the fact that we have Asia's best designed newspaper, so that certainly affected our ranking. And some more, USA, Land of the Free, was placed 22nd. So there.

You cannot trust this reporters' organisation anyway, their initials are RSF, but the full name is Reporters Without Borders, which should be RWB. Must be the damn French and their poor spelling.

News excerpt:

Media Freedom Survey rank Singapore at bottom 20.



SINGAPORE has slipped down the latest world press freedom ranking, according to international association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF).

The Republic is now ranked 147th out of 167 countries, three rungs lower than last year, making it the lowest ranked developed country when it comes to press freedom.

Malaysia is ranked 122nd while Indonesia is 117th.

RSF, which has its national branches based mostly in Europe and with offices around the world, released its third annual worldwide press freedom index on Tuesday. (TODAY)

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In any case, as you will have guess it, do you think the Straits Times will publish such a result?

Probably not "news-worthy" for Singapores, who only need to know about great economic growth and maybe, the bust size of Fiona Xie.

Of course the usual reply from the PAP men-in-whites> government ministers: read about our special circumstances.

Lee Boon Yang did not agree with RSF's conclusions and he was quoted as saying that "We have a different media model in Singapore," and goes on to add that "This model has evolved out of our special circumstances and has enabled our media to contribute to nation building."

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There is a reason why I haven't been blogging recently.

I think I misplaced my sense of humour.

Seriously.

I don't have any topics to blog anymore! will u guys pls kindly help?

come on, give me some topics to poke fun at.

=(

I saw something abt "helpfulness" while out with Captain & Passerby that will make me think twice whenever beggars ask for money.

I saw an old beggar at the underpass (linking Taka and Lucky Plaza) in his yellow singlet playing harmonica and asking for money.

An hour later, I saw the him at Scotts boarding a cab.



HELLO!? I didn't even drive my car today! I took bus and mrts (and cabs lah, i admit) today. I didn't drive coz I was trying to save money....

AND THIS BEGGAR TOOK MONEY TO TAKE CAB????



Why? the MRT too low-class for you?*





Eh the Tokyo Metro system. wow.

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what about the famous blind man that likes to squat in the middle of the traffic crossing, right in the danger zone, so that people will buy from him?

Someone, who didn't know that is his business practice, rushed to help him...

Uncle uncle....You're standing in the...

Do you wanna buy anything?

huh? er..no.

Then fark off!! don't disturb me.

I am serious. He used vulgarities on a stranger whose sole intention was to help him out.

And as reported in the Straits Times, he rejected help, he denied a foldable chair from another kind soul, prefering to squat in the middle of the road instead.



I am not too sure, if he doesn't want pity and sympathies, prefering instead to conduct a business, then why squat in the middle of the road?

And helpful pple don't deserve to be furled with vulgarities.

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I used to have this mentality: better support them in their business than them begging.



I seldom reject any of these people selling tissue papers.



Better that I buy something and support their livelihood than them degenerating into outright beggars.

They have prides too, and selling tissues is much better than begging.



I pay $1 for 1 pack of tissue, it may be an expensive price, but the mere $1 buck to us goes a looooong way for them.



Problem is, there are so many of them, and with so many negative incidents, I am beginning to doubt the authenticity of most of them.

Even before the cab-beggar, the rudeness of the blind man, I was already dejected over helping people.



Remember the $80 i lost to a cheater that preyed on my kindness?

The man that took his daughter a 6yo kid in his con job just so that we will lower our defensive shell and readily hand out money to help.



he didn't just steal my hard earned money.

He took all my kindess away.



I haven't bought a single tissue pack since then.

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Meanwhile, Miss Concubine is away in Taiwan......



for this show....!!!







I can't believe it. there are times when the host will introduce certain segments of the 'live' audience that came all the way from Singapore for the show....

but now Miss Concubine has a ticket to the show, and she is in Taipei now!!!

cherub : tat day the Guess girls really really chio

Concubine: haaa..im going taiwan tml

cherub: the 1st one is..... wahhhh

cherub: wudi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Concubine: damn excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

cherub: i hate u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Concubine: hahahaha

Concubine: my flight is damn early

Concubine: i gotta wake up at 5.30 tml

Concubine: shit man..think i really gotta slp le..or else

tml sure cham

Concubine: gotta go already. see ya after i come back!

Concubine: byebye!!!



cherub: OEi!!!!

Concubine: ?

cherub: help me get YCL's hp!!!!!

cherub: 9*censored* is my hp number

cherub: :)

Concubine: that's not possible man

cherub: hahahhaaha

Concubine: hahaha

cherub: i know lah

cherub: goodnite!!! :P

Concubine: okie byebye!!!

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Apparently, there are people who can sleep till the end of the world.



Captain encountered this incident in which a girl feel asleep in a cab, and totally can't wake up.



Despite SHOUTINGS, vigourous shaking....she just slept through everything.



its only when they (an entire crowd has gathered around the cab) applied ointment, then the girl just suddenly wakes up.



Someone in Taiwan did the same thing, fell asleep in a traffic jam and didn't wake up. With the whole world horning and shaking her, the police has to bring her to the hospital which she wakes up mysterious and obviously damn embarrassed by the incident

I kid you not.

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From mrbrown's blog-link,

Hands up moms who have received flak from their moms and/or moms-in-law for breastfeeding their kids!

Yep, I thought so. My missus will also say amen.

Famous words from a Milk Powder generation of grandmothers:

"Your milk enough meh?"

"You so weak, how to breastfeed?"

"Your breasts so small, sure enough milk or not?"

"The baby still looks hungry, maybe we should also give it formula/porridge/cornstarch...



Huileng shares her experience and also talks about the old wives' tale that breastmilk is actually blood.

Boys and Girls

Had a very interesting night out with CaptainPlanet and MrPasserby.

And oh boy....



if you know me, you probably would have guess that I get along with girls more readily than guys.



so i don't have much topic with normal guys.

• I don't play sports. NOT a single one. hell, i even refuse to play "Virtual Tennis".
• I have no interest in soccer. I only learnt recently that EPL stands for English Premier League. Enough said.

and come on, look at me.

• I'm the lousy emotional, sentimental bitch. lol.
• I'm -sigh, this is embarrassing- the more feminine guy. in terms of feelings. NOT actions.
• I study in Faculty of Arts and Social Science!! (Faculty of ASS for short). Come on, i won't kid u here. the ratio is like 5 to 1? Just in my Money and Banking tutorial, there is a overwhelming number of 4 guys in a class of about 30 girls?

(btw, now you know why arts canteen is full of engineers. Yeh yeh, the food is better here. Riiiiiiite.)



so, obviously i developed a negative reputation among those guys who dunno me well.

they will tend to label me as a buaya. (definition from Talkingcock.com)

BUAYA

Malay for “crocodile”. Means “lothario” or wolf, i.e. sleazy pick-up artist. May also be used as a verb.

1. “Johnny’s after Jane, even though he’s supposed to be with Jenny. What a chao buaya.”

2. “Look at Johnny buaya-ing Jane.”

Now now, I guess its natural that I get labelled, *unjustly, may I add* as buaya by people that are unfamilar with me....



but the magic topic of our conversations is....



Why is CaptainPlanet spared the bad press?

What is his aura????????



CaptainPlanet, in my humble opinion, from the surface, appears waaaaay more buaya. (OH COME ON captain! You admitted that yourself :D)

But he has not suffered much bad press.

WHY DUDE WHY?

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Captain feels sorry for me, and I am goddamn sorry about it too.

MrPasserby thinks its because I'm too AA (attract attention).



Rats. Come to think of it, my extraordinary height is surely not helping.



And yes, sigh, I think I'm too cartoon.

Oh great, now that I mentioned it, a super tall dude flapping his arms.

very very helpful.



I have "high exposure" too, apparently, as voiced Passerby coz I'm helpful and do a lot of things.



wait a minute. isn't "helpful" supposed to be a cherished value?

Because you're helpful, you get labelled as buaya?



FLASH BACK: TO my VERY FIRST blog entry.

Staying in Block E at a NUS hostel, there was a time when someone asked me to go block A to fix someone's PC.

It was a double room and while I was there, trying to enable internet connection for her, some jerk walked past and exclaimed loudly "Wah, u buaya girls all the way from block E to block A"

Hahahaha. I was referring to another jerk, but after tat I realised CaptainPlanet was there too with that jerk and he was there saying the same thing, stabbing me hard and silently.



haha. Okok, captain, i promise I won't remind u again :P

(meanwhile, will someone kindly remove this dagger sticking out of my back?)



Yeah. Helpful is not a good thing.

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But it can't be that factor that makes me a buaya but not Captain because Captain is a very helpful guy too (though limited, he can do a lot of things. Like mobilising funds for social projects, aka "Fridge of Love")



Maybe coz he got a core group of male friends?

Oh come on, I too have a strong supporting group of hardcore friends!!!





WAIT. I take that back.

Two-face: Aiyah cherub shoot 10,000 arrows in the air, see who he can get lor....

cherub: -.-"



Yanzifan: Cherub is the author of the 10 Commandents of Chasing Girls.

cherub: -.-"



Someone: Did cherub chase miss so-and-so?

MrPasserby: that was such a long time ago.....dunno lah.

cherub: will someone kindly remove that dagger from my back?



(for the record, its a solid NO, for god's sake)

Haha. for all their silliness, I just can't get angry at them.

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Maybe, as Captain first used the word, coz I'm "slick"?

oh god. I sound like those...you know...



Chinese-snake-oil-salesman.

Haha..you know those old men that set up a stall with a mat and pictures, and start demonstrating the power of their snake-oils.

Lelong ah Lelong ah! Eat this everything also good ah!

having a glib tongue reduce your trust level, I learnt.

(not the first time I got in this, this is crucial in ur love courtship life too)



Shit. How can pple trust me in my job then?

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It was only hours later, we finally analysed the reason why Captain escaped all the bad press.



He had (whether its a "had" or a "has", debatable, but that will be another blog entry)....



......a target in hall.





That explains it!!!

When he declared a target, he made it totally legitimate to go around buayaing!

No one bothers to give him a bad press, because technically he is not interested in any other girl!

And everyone support him in his courtship!



whereas cherub, since he is not chasing anyone.....

that means all his helpfulness and all his friendliness are all part of the 10,000 arrows in the air!

its all a big sophiscated plot to source out a girl for him!



Tongues wag when they see cherub in a room configuring playing with the laptop. OH confirm he buayaing.

but if u got a target, then no one will say anything, because they all know you're just interested in that target and no one else.



That, my friend is his holy aura.

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This is a great game that reflects society

Big fish eat small fish.

just don't get eaten.



The fishy game - Play it!



The games that u discover during exams. Haha.



Now you know why god shot down my internet.

And then the boredom opens....

according to the Singtel technician, the reason why I got my ADSL internet disrupted most recently was.......

(substation) struck by lightning.

Damn ironic, considering that I'm the make-believe CEO of Zeus Corporation.

I think the real God of Lightning ain't that happy with me.

Beside, I thought lightning doesn't strike the same place twice??

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No matter how many friends you have, how connected you are to the network...



when u need that someone to talk to....

when u need the movie partner....

when u need that someone to whine and listen....

when u just need a hug.

no one has time for you.

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A look at my ICQ list, my two MSN lists (yes, I have 2 MSNs) and if you insist, a glimpse at my AIM (AOL instant messenger, got it while I was at the States) and then, my hp list.



People look at Cherub as someone, talkative.

okok...VERY talkative.

Cherub as sociable and easy-going. Humourous guy.

Someone who knows a lot of people.



They forgot that when Cherub goes home, he's just a little guy who is alone.

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Must be the lack of internet at home. seriously.



Wandered into this topic with xinxiu, swiss miss, nomad some time before. You may have so many friends, but in many moments in time, there are none who can make time for you.

And then....





you don't make time for others too.

till its too late.

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Talk abt AIM. The only reason why I resist YahooMessenger is because I will be a real IM (instant messenger) freak if i get YM.

Absolut loving ICQ.

Life without internet. Here's help from MSN.

ICQ. MSN. AIM. and then if i join the dark side, YM.

MSN has overtook ICQ as the number one most used IM on the net. I'm so disappointed with ICQ which I had loyally supported since the beginning of life as we know it.

Inefficient ICQ, half-hearted attempt to create a common platform for ICQ and AIM. Something that should be relatively easy since AOL owned both ICQ and AIM. And the lacklustre attempt in creating similar ICQ-Photo-display and whatever.

Mirabilis! Why did u sell ur soul to AOL????

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On the topic of Instant messenger, give me your comments.

What is the most popular or the best IM, in your opinion?

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Somehow, the topic of the month evolved into WRONGS.

a 3 hours chat session with Captain Planet and Yanzifan. A bitching session with my B3, marsque.



You see, I'm a true-blue scorpio.

Alright alright, a nasty orangy fiery scorpio :D.



Or as Two-face has kindly pointed it out, Cherub is a 小气鬼"Xiao Qi Gui" (Little Petty Ghost, literally)



Oh well. I take wrongs seriously.

I don't forget gratitudes and goodwill, BUT neither will i forget nor forgive wrongs, breaches of trusts, backstabbings etc.



I can actually, seriously, understand the pains pointed out by yanzifan, though to be frank, this rarely happen. I mean the agreement with yanzifan's way of thought.

Its painful to be wronged.



hurtful and insulting when you realise your friendship is nothing but a manipulating block of relationship that can be belittled.

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But slave to the wrongs, I shall not be.

Karma will repay me.



Preferably in cash or credit.

And so the books closed.

Open book exams!

Textbook! check.

Lecture notes! check.

Readings! check.

Tutorial notes! check.

Classmates' term papers. check.

umm, pens, pencils?

Exams Tip #101Always bring pencil case to your exams.

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A few friends of mine asked if I mind them spreading my blog around.

Apparently people like to laugh at my silly mistakes. (pen purchase, without the pen, for example)





Of course not. Go ahead. :)

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Exams tip #102 try ur best not to waste time drawing typhoons, houses, and err, hearts during exams.



Exams tip #103 take into account traffic jams and delays when u do drive to school. ESPECIALLY for 9am paper.



My friends pointed out that in open book exams, the thickness of the papers has a negative correlation with the confidence level.

I forgot to point out to her that I print all my notes DOUBLE-SIDED.

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Marsque pointed out a serious flaw in my previous entry.

Zeus is the God of Lightning. NOT lighting.

Haha.



For the confused, lightning is what occured during a thunderstorm. Lighting is the fixtures that brighten up your home during night time.



What a silly mistake.

The next time you know, I will have the God of microwave, god of refrigerators, god of telephones.....



Hmmm....I wonder if there is a God of Internet.

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If i vanish without a reason, and there are no proof of this blog, whatsoever. Then the Matrix has struck.



For the 3rd time since I got my new Singnet package, I'm out of internet again.

they happily waived off the $20 charges to send someone over to take a look.

and its been 4 days! goddamnit.



You know you're an internet addict when.....

1. You arrange to go to WaRpEd's house for internet the next day, on the pretense of err, printing out past year exams paper.
2. You dreamt of using internet at his house on the night before.
3. After ur last paper in NUS, u proceed to the computer labs and stayed damn long for the internet. And yah, u blogged.
4. you start to prepare the backup internal ADSL modem in case the Singtel guy dun come today.
5. you proceed to format and boot up your old laptop, just in case ur internal modem fails too. 56.6k modem is better than no modem.

I kid you not.

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"People with disabilities ask not for patronising pity, charity, welfare benefits or freebies from the public and government. we ask for understanding, empathy and just that bit of basic human decency. and a fair, fighting chance in daily life."



A fair, fighting chance in daily life. That is what we all want for our children, isn't it? Be they "normal" or special.



Sometimes, all we need is a chance in our life.

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As peanutbutter has pointed out, "action lah".

"help some poor kids in india who r dying of water poisoning"

She's helping out Youth Expedition Project, who are going India to help out with their water shortage problem. Building water tanks and spreading water conservation measures, as there are a lot of kids who die of water contamination.

I hope they don't have to drink piss like we do.

Anyway, Christmas is coming, so do drop me a mail if you wanna get some christmas cards from her. The procceeds are for a good clause, so do chip in!!!

Zeus is the GREEK god of lighting. LKY is Singapore God of Lighting Party.

wat are these? (pointing to brochures in my car)

oh, brochures of my marketing project.

the company is listed as Zeus.

why Zeus?

He's the god of lighting (our company is related to electricity)

Oh, i am not familiar with this as I'm not a christian.

-.-"

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It's nice to have a project submission deadline smacked right in the beginning of examination.



Yes, a huge business plan.

Oh did I mention a major presentation just before examination?



Don't u hate project work? where everyone got different ideas and different styles of doing things?

its one thing when there are many indian chiefs trying to do it HIS way.

Its another when there isn't any leader.



I was initially lost when I had to do this project group with 7 other pple I hardly know.

8 indian chiefs.

8 workers to share ideas, work, and a single grading.



Phew. Thank god they're the best project mates ever.

1 astonishing business plan.

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God/Fate/Heaven/The Matrix really really hates me.

Either that, or it wants me to study really hard for my exams.



As mentioned earlier, my Singnet got discontinued as I forgot to sign up for another plan after i cancelled my existing, more expensive internet package.



Ho ho, but i got it back.



And then The Matrix/Heaven/Fate/God strikes back.





Somehow, all the phone line to my home got disconnected. I can't hear a single tone when I try to dial out. And when u attempt to call me, u get connected to a fax machine.

sounds reasonable.



Except that I don't have a fax machine.









They took 2 days to send someone down to the sub-station nearby and rectify the problem.

and another 2 days for a technican to rectify watever problem with my ADSL when I realised that the phone line may be back, but the ADSL doesn't work anymore.



I tell you, the matrix is out to get me.

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The jedimaster has kindly showed me this link





ahhhhh.

and the slavery states lost the civil war.

bloody freedom, liberal states, wake up! u lost the elections, grab ur guns now!

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jedimaster asked whether I'm part of metafilter.



metafilter: a community blog, an American civil blog-ring that cares abt politics.



U can't do that in Singapore.

They will probably highlight ur unconsultative, and confrontative ways, and how ur views can damage the fine fabric of our nation.



Blah, we may be ready for bar-top dancing, and hell, even a casino......

but nay, the PAP government knows better.

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An annoying guy who was recently employed as a local bank's customer relationship officer managed to destroy the reputation of financial advising.

cherub: customer relationship officer?

neofik: its essentially the same as us.

cherub: they have fixed pay, we don't have lah.

neofik: they sit in office waiting for customers. we go out of office to find clients.

cherub: ooooh. i see. just that they represent banks, we represent insurance corporations lah.

This guy went on to spam mass email all his friends, friendster noticeboards, and god-knows-wat to promote a few investment funds he's selling.



In his email,

There are two investment funds that will earn us a tidy sum of profit which im recommending, since im at XXX Bank of course i got inside info!

Inside info my ass.

Min investment for this one is 5k,but imagine u put 10k for this,return rate will set u jumping for joy!

All joy and no mention of risk. Must be a very good fund.



In 1 email, he swept away the integrity and ethics of a professional financial consultant.

Without doing any proper financial reviews for the buyer and shoving the pure benefits of the investment vehicle right in your face, this guy isn't any better than a vacuum-cleaner salesman.

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According to recent news, the financial sector in Singapore is undergoing some reforms and dramatic shakeouts.

About half of the current level of financial advisors will be fired let go.



The old will go, the new will arrive.

For higher standards, higher professionalism. (Less vacuum cleaner salesmen, more real financial advisors)



GOOD.

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Econometrics is evil.



*repeat after me*

ECONOMETRICS IS EVIL.



The very last topic of the last chapter of my, err, most hated subject.

its beautiful, I tell you.



We have to study, oh gosh, HECKIT Model.



By the time u reach the last topic, Heck it lah.

The bush fire that was extinguished...

Funny that exams are coming, and I WAS panicking for a moment.

After a while, I got tired.



Seriously, u dun hv to study too hard / early for NUS exams.

just study intensively the night before. thats really very important.



and hands up, those guys who agree with me that during exam period, EVERYTHING is so much more fun.

u just got to check out that old magazine u decked out sometime ago, the latest movie. The new flash game is soooo...well, playable. u see extra money for shopping, and well EVERYTHING is simply more enjoyable. Everything EXCEPT studying.



and yes, u find urself with lots more to blog.

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Saw this website, sorryeverybody.com, from my dose of michaelmore.com



From the 49% of americans that are truly sorry.



For all those americans that did NOT vote for Bush, we forgive America. :p





screenshots taken from the classic computer game. SIM CITY!

LOL. I love this Richard already.











All these photos from http://www.sorryeverybody.com/

Most of the Americans, I must say, are still literate.









Any americans claiming aslyum, welcome to Singapore!



wait. *look at Singapore's PAP government*

eh, forget it.

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A lot of people have been waiting for me to blog about Bush's victory.

sorry. I didn't blog about this earlier as I need time to get over it.



Its almost as bad as a failed relationship.



4 more years. sigh.



American has been kidnapped by the conservative far right.



Kerry lost not because he wanted to get out of Iraq.

He didn't lose because he wanted to roll back tax cuts for the rich.

He didn't lose because he has a sound economics plan, concrete health and education polices.



He lost because he is pro-choice.

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When my friends, a good hefty number of them, and I declared that Kerry will win, we were super confident.



even the betting odds showed it.



The huge turnout on election day was overwhelming. It made american history. The turnout was frightening to the Republicans. A huge turnout will be more favourable to Democrats, whose supporters, the poor, blacks, women, etc are more pro-Kerry and LESS likely to vote.



A huge turnover on election day. The odds for Bush's victory rocketed skyhigh.

(for those non-gamblers, increasing odds reflects decreasing chances)



I saw photos of democrat supporters crying.

I can really feel the loss. In fact, I was goddamn pissed tat day. And surprisingly, there were a lot of young people of my age, who felt the same about Bush's victory. (I was at NUS arts computer lab checking the results)

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If there is any consolation, as michael moore as pointed out.

Contrary to all predictions and to tradition, MORE young adults (18-29)

voted in last week's election than in any other since 18-year-olds were given the right to vote in 1972.

The youths of Americans voted overwhelmingly.

Not only did they come out in historical numbers to vote, they were the only age group to vote majority for Kerry.

Unlike 2000 when Gore and Bush almost evenly split the youth vote (Gore:

48%, Bush: 46%), this year Kerry won the youth vote in a LANDSLIDE, getting a

full ten points more than Bush (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%).

And he gave "17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists" after Bush's victory.

Basically america is still within salvation.



Oh well, 2008. Looking forward to that.

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You know, I'm pretty amused by the names of the presidential team.



John F. Kerry, and John Edwards.



Imagine, instead of the "Kerry-Edwards" team, we use their first names....



Classic. John-John team.



I can imagine some dumbos going.....



Aye, who's tat dud running for president again?

john.

Oh, and who's the other guy running for vice-president?

john.

eh? Hmm..did i heard wrongly? i asked for vice-president.

yup. its john.

huh. what about the PRESIDENTIAL candidate?

JOHN!

eh! wat the hell? why is he running for both position!!

WAT A FLIPFLOPPER. that's it. i'm not going to vote for him.



Oh well, if bush uses his last name, and cheney uses his first name...

that will be the Bush-Dick team.



Nice.



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From a classic satire newspaper, one that make up news and write great articles. :)

my favourite read each week. www.theonion.com



its beautiful how satire, and stuff that makes u laugh....it often speaks the truth more boldly than the mainstream media..

WASHINGTON, DC—The economically disadvantaged segment of the U.S. population provided the decisive factor in another presidential election last Tuesday, handing control of the government to the rich and powerful once again.

"The Republican party—the party of industrial mega-capitalists, corporate financiers, power brokers, and the moneyed elite—would like to thank the undereducated rural poor, the struggling blue-collar workers in Middle America, and the God-fearing underpriviledged minorities who voted George W. Bush back into office," Karl Rove, senior advisor to Bush, told reporters at a press conference Monday. "You have selflessly sacrificed your well-being and voted against your own economic interest. For this, we humbly thank you."

Added Rove: "You have acted beyond the call of duty—or, for that matter, good sense."

According to Rove, the Republicans found strong support in non-urban areas populated by the people who would have benefited most from the lower-income tax cuts and social-service programs championed by Kerry. Regardless of their own interests, these citizens turned out in record numbers to elect conservatives into office at all levels of the government.

"My family's been suffering ever since I lost my job at the screen-door factory, and I haven't seen a doctor for well on four years now," said father of four Buddy Kaldrin of Eerie, CO. "Shit, I don't even remember what a dentist's chair looks like... Basically, I'd give up if it weren't for God's grace. So it's good to know we have a president who cares about religion, too."

Kaldrin added: "That's why I always vote straight-ticket Republican, just like my daddy did, before he lost the farm and shot himself in the head, and just like his daddy did, before he died of black-lung disease in the company coal mines."

Kaldrin was one of many who listed moral issues among their primary reasons for voting Republican.

"Our society is falling apart—our treasured values are under attack by terrorists," said Ellen Blaine of Givens, OH, a tiny rural farming community as likely to be attacked by terrorists as it is to be hit by a meteor. "We need someone with old-time morals in the White House. I may not have much of anything in this world, but at least I have my family."

"John Kerry is a flip-flopper," she continued. "I saw it on TV. Who knows what terrible things might've happened to my sons overseas if he'd been put in charge?"

Kerry supporters also turned out in large numbers this year, but they were outnumbered by those citizens who voted for Bush.

"The alliance between the tiny fraction at the top of the pyramid and the teeming masses of mouth-breathers at its enormous base has never been stronger," a triumphant Bush said. "We have an understanding, them and us. They help us stay rich, and in return, we help them stay poor. See? No matter what naysayers may think, the system works."

Added Bush: "God bless America's backwards hicks, lunchpail-toting blockheads, doddering elderly, and bumpity-car-driving Spanish-speakers."

The holy day of Mankind

Stupid things I've done so far (this is getting far too regular in my blog)

1. Need a pen. Bought a pen. Paid for pen. Left the cashier. without the pen.
2. Wanted new internet access package. Cancelled exisiting internet access 1 mth in advance so that can take up new plan. After 1 mth, internet cut. had forgotten to take up new plan.
3. Dialup with my laptop. Didn't realise virus can survive speed less than broadband.

Solution I've came up with:

1. Bought another pen
2. Bought a new internet access package.

In fact, I got a better internet deal, since I went down to NUS and took up the SingNet student offer. There is however, a registration charge of $42 applies.

The sweet babe in charge waived it off for me coz of my birthday.

(Nay, who am I kidding. She didn't waive it coz of my bday. I don't go around declaring my bday. *look at my MSN nick* okok, i take that back.

she waived it coz she's nice)

The only bad thing is I have been without internet at home for the past few days, and till 12th Nov. Can you believe it?

Birthday without internet? Oh my god.

I'm the one that defined "INTERNET ADDICT."

fear not, my laptop to the rescue. In my attempt to access the world wide web (actually MSN and ICQ are more like it), I braved my unprotected (anti-virus software expired) laptop using a ridiculous dialup 56.6k in the last frontier.

The entire WindowsXP got corrupted and crashed at 11:52pm. just 8 minutes before my birthday.

I kid you not.

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Bday has been quite heart-warming so far.

This semester has been sort of a culture shock for me. (Okok "culture shock" is exaggerating) Out of hall life, I'm now exposed to social life within this bigger but tighter economics honours batch.

And damn glad I made these new friends... for they really warmed my heart.

For many of the economics students, my fellow comrades-in-arms, ahhhh, how should i put it?

Before this semester, I have NOT seen most of you, ever.

Nope, I haven't seen u, supercarwash. Neither you jedimaster. (wait, i remember the super blue hair!). Nor Swiss Miss, Miss Kong, Ivory, Ling, muddyger, Samantha, JX, Nomad etc.

Not even the 4 beauties who I nicked the Four Seasons.

And what a great brunch of kids they are. Haha. Had my fun for the semester washing cars with supercarwash, light-sabering with jedimaster, blah blah blah.

Oh man, i didn't know there is a social life beyond hall. And I tot all NUS students are nerds!

Turn out that the nerds belongs to other faculties/departments. heh.

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Got a home made card from Miss Kong and Swiss Miss!! and delicious chocolates to boot.

And of course a fiercely red hong-bao. :)

ivory, one of the sweetest girl in NUS, was rather sweet. She was chatting with me when my laptop took a vacation to "XP-blue-screen-of-death-land". She knew I was upset, and she declared she gonna bombard me with sms and wishes every hour of my bday.

And her song, marvellous, except for the part..

"happy XXth birthday to you!!!!!!"

haha. Its good that pple don't know my age.

rats. I've aged.

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the many birthday greetings and wishes via ICQ, MSN, SMS, emails and of course, those personal face-to-face wishes.

You warmed my day...and my life.



THANK YOU.

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The good thing about sharing a birthday with someone in a tightly-knitted group is that celebration is double the fun. The group does more for your birthday, because, ahem, economics of scale. Haha.

Of course, you get twice the cake. :D

Thats two cakes! 1 huge sticky chewy brownie cake, and 1 warm, delicious apple pie cake.

Damnit, just for that, I love you guys!!

(PS to the UNC gang: My brother didn't ate much of the leftover apple pie. I finished most of it.)

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Talk about sharing birthdays with the most interesting person

I just watched shark tales.

Damn nice. The fish really looks like will smith.

And the female one, really looks like renee

Angelina jolie looks like Angelina jolie.

I don’t get it. What you mean the fish? What movie is that?

Oh, the actors act as fish in this new movie.

Really ah?

How they act as fish?

Oh, they wore costumes. You know, add fins and flaps.

Put some make-ups.

Then how come their face still can look like the actors, i tot costumes liao, should look like fish.

They don’t put on so much make up, so u can see the actors’ faces.

Really meh? very interesting leh. I wanna watch!

By then, the rest of the group is not exactly controlling their laughters.

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Ended the day with 杨丞琳 (YCL) in 我猜, 我猜, 我 猜猜猜!!.

Okok, it was just my pure fantasy that 杨丞琳 ended my bday with me. OH WELL.

Apparently, there are some people in Taiwan, who works at consoling dejected people who just suffered from a broken relationship.

And this guy who is working in this line, said that his main aim is to help people realise that the best way to recover is to get out of the slump, and be a better person.

At the end of the day, make the other party REGRET that he/she dumped u.

对！对！对！说得真对！( 阿雅 Aya's quote of the show)

In any case, its a weird coincidence that in that particular (old) episode, it was Jacky Wu's birthday.

生日快乐！！ Happy birthday, funny dude!!!

Pre-birthday excitement

A few more days to the grand day of mankind's joy!!



I've already received my first birthday present, can you believe it?



Its from my manager. Talk about good service.

Guess what it is?



A Purple Tie!!!



haha. I believe thats a subtle hint to my dressing habit.



I must be the most causally dressed financial services consultant ever.

The minimum most agents dressed is a formal shirt and pants.



Guess what does Cherub usually dress in?



Jeans and, er, more youngster-kind-of-shirts lah. (just to clarify, i think the shirt above is ugly)



Heh. Hey, I'm young (i AM young) and I need to connect personally to my clients you know?



In fact the last time I met a client dressed formally in shirts and pants, he was feeling awkward, so I thought maybe I should have stick to more youngster-looking-attires. (I AM YOUNG)



In any case, the purple tie must be a subtle hint to get dressed really formally.I haven't told my manager yet, but I have actually tailored lots of shirts and pants, not to mention bought a few more ties (non-purple) in the past few weeks.



Professionalism starts from carrying yourself professionally.

(beside, I look good in professional attire. enough said.)

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And mizu_ayuko has pledged to buy a nice wallet for my bday.



eh. especially after seeing my current one.

People who don't know me usually thought that I went through the Iraq war after seeing my wallet. Hell, its worse, they probably thought I went through the USA presidential elections.

Its battered, torn, and old.



Nope it didn't went through any wars (or elections) but I had to resort to this old wallet after I lost a newer wallet to some evil forces.



Eh, I placed it at a chair in a MRT station and walked off without taking it.

Meet cherub the forgetful.

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Alright, I have to admit. I love receiving gifts.



Its not the gift in itself, not the monetary value.

Its the pure joy of receiving a token of love, appreciation and nice stuff.



You feel much warmth and sunshine receiving even just a card.

Yup, I'm that easily contended.



All along growing up, I seldom receive presents for any reasons. Its just the way my family is. Seldom any gifts or exchanges of appreciations. Typical Asian family?



The first gift I bought for a family member is a Play-Doh set (to make "french fries & burgers") for my kid brother. Although he's 8yo now and I no longer see the Play-Doh set, but I remember clearly that he was damn excited and happy about the gift..haha...

and that started my penchant for receiving gifts.



to mizu, my manager (although she won't see this), "fallen angel", and those who have expressed birthday greetings to me so far, really really appreciate this. :P



to those thinking of buying me expensive presents or even, outright Hongbao, DON'T!!

I will not accept it. YES, tats to you, Swiss Miss.

I appreciate it, and I stand by Miss Kong's sayings (future economics lecturer), its the thought that counts.

A card will suffice. :)

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Ooo..u know the 5 wanted gifts i wrote earlier?

You people really really shouldn't have ponder so much.....its for show only...



I don't want them.......



....









....only.



Muahahaha..



6) A mobile phone!!



Actually this will be the birthday gift that the most important, most handsome, most clever, and almost certainly most humble person in the world will be going to get for me.



Me.



But I'm not too sure what model should I get? I think I'm sticking to Nokia, despite my current model 6510 auto-restarting at the most critical time. Yes, right just after you typed that sms. That really make my day.



I want a phone that

1. Looks good. I'm a mobile phone fashion victim.
2. Allows simple note-taking, calendar-planning etc (no PDA-phones, pls, I'm a non-engineer)
3. Preferably with blue-tooth technology. For that accident-prone driver.
4. Did I mention "looks good on me"?

But which model? so far, while searching on the internet for a decent phone, this model is the one I like best.



Nice (phone) model.



Any phone model to recommend? And I mean either the phone or the person.

Heh, leave me a comment if you have phones to recommend.



7) A cool pair of shades.



What do you expect? Going to drive an "ah beng"(chinese gangsters) car liao, of course must get "act seh" (seh: hokkien for cool) shades!



Sunshades for the governator of the sunshine state.



I'm making a new comedy film "California: when the wrong dude govern"





Paris Hilton, posing as usual.



Look at that pair of.....shades.



8) An elegant name card holder (to be placed in car)



Something that is classy, and oozes sophistication.

Should be heavy enough so that it will stay put in the car when I'm driving. (people who have been my passengers before can testify to this important requirement)

Something that make pple "oooooo, what's that...soooo nice"





NAME cards holder! NOT pokercards holder!!



9) Accessories for the car.



Black Lancer.



I do think I need a spoiler at the back.

For those uninformed, a spoiler is this addition wing u add to the back of the car. When the car is running at very high speed (>120km/h), it act as a drag to force the car to stay close to the road. [as opposed to flying off the road]



For safety of course.





This guy must be a really really fast driver.



For those unskilled in bengness, a spoiler is also an "act seh" instrument.



Other kind of accessories:





Neon lights at the bottom of the car.



Flame thrower



For those moments when U just can't light the BBQ charcoals.



10) A blonde



Imagine Paris Hilton as my, ahem, financial client.

Manage her million dollars trust funds. Muahahahhaa...the best of both world.



KTV with Britney

Tennis with Anna.







Man, I need a life.

Stumbling Semester

I did it again.



Yes yes, I did something dumb, again.



Before I tell you about the dumbest thing I did in this semester, perhaps we have a mini recall of the dumb things I did so far in this semester.

1. For an anticipated lesson at 5pm, I had lunch at arts canteen at 2 pm plus, spent the next 3 hours chatting and savouring the cut fruit. When I turn up for the lesson at 5pm, I realised the actual lesson time starts at 2pm and ENDS at 5pm. I sheepishly went back home.
   
   
2. For an anticipated lecture at 9am, I got up at 7plus, prepared, and was just leaving the house at 8am when I realised the lesson starts at 8am (I need 1 hour to travel to NUS). Since I'm already late, I went back home to sleep.
3. I went school on a particular tuesday for my only lecture of the day. Upon reaching the lecture hall, I realised the lecture was already cancelled, and prior notice was sent out ages ago...just that i forgot about it.

For a term paper of 2,500 words due at 5pm, I worked throughout the night rushing for it (okok, i fell asleep between 2am to 5am), and got to a draft of 1,500 words at 9am.



At 9am, I had to rush off to meet a client in NUS, to finalise his saving plans to meet a promotion deadline for his discount.

So obviously I was expecting to wrap up everything by noon, and the grand plan was to proceed to AS7 computer labs to continue typing my term papers for submission by 5pm.



By 1130am, with the saving plans firmly wrapped up, a wholesome healthy lunch, I sat down at one PC and prepared for the typing.



I forgot to send the draft documents from my home PC to my email.





In the end, the taxi industry earned an additional 22 bucks today.

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The title for my term paper:

Satisfying the dragon's thirst.





Guess what discipline is the paper from?

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There is no birthday party this year, a departure from the past few years.....



In fact, at this time of the year, I usually get roughly 5 birthday parties.

All my friends, heck, strangers i don't know, come one fine day to gather in celebration of my birthday.



Each birthday party is usually so huge, only the MPSH in NUS can host them.

And we will be there to sit for 2 hours of silence and swearing praying.



Heh. I love my birthday, right in the midst of exams.



For some reasons or another, semester started really late this year, and this means exams started at a much later date than normal.

Finally a birthday that I can enjoy without any books. :P



I'd sure miss the parties.

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Since so many of you are so determined to buy me a decent present, I shall be frank here.



I really really don't want you to waste your money. :)















...really.















Therefore, I shall give a top 5 list of what I need!!!!!

muahahahahahaa



1) A Wallet



Since I'm gonna be rich, i better have a much better wallet to keep all the cards and money.

I'm kidding.



Okok, I'm serious.



But the main reason why I need a new wallet is coz my old one is so battered and spoilt, my ATM cards are broken at the edges coz of my wallet

And all my cards are forever dropping out.



I will like a professional looking one. Black leather.

One with sufficient cards components.

Actually anything Gucci (click here!!) or Prada (or here!) will suffice.



Just don't get me a wallet like this.





2) A very nice professional black bag



Man, i have no professional bag to holds all the documents and contracts and I look like an idiot all properly dressed up, professional attired with tailored clothes.....

.....and a bag that screams "I'M A STUDENT!!"





I don't need a bag to hide my face.

SERIOUSLY.



3) An elegant pen

What better way to seal contracts and long lasting financial relationships!



The pen is - mightier than the sword.



Eh, i meant it figuratively!



4) A financial calculator



Obviously! Whats a financial services consultant got to do without his calculator to calculate present value, future value, discount rate, returns blah blah blah.





Where is the pi?



5) Recommend me more clients!!!



I need the experience and the business....:P

I am going to concentrate wholeheartly in december holidays, so MAKE ME BUSY!







Aye, I'm kidding lah.

As in the top 5 list. I'm not that materialistic (yet).

Beside, I'm soooo used to not-receiving gifts for my bday. Having your bday smacked in the middle of your o'levels/a'levels/exams means that everyone around me will be busy with studies and work.

Heh, even if u get me anything, i will probably find fault with it.



So save the trouble.













An hongbao (with lots of money inside) will do nicely.