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Sister Act

I love Jessica Hsuan's hair in the show. It actually prompted me to rebond my hair upon watching the show at the end of 2003. My hair is nowhere like hers now. So much for rebonding.

Picture Source: http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/golden_faith/scene/index.html

Golden Faith..

Gallen Lo and Jessica Hsuan

The above show is a must-watch. Besides the gorgeous looking cast, one can take away many important values such as kinship, integrity, the ability to differentiate right from wrong (black or white, no such thing as grey) etc. To spice up things, the complicated love triangles are inevitable. Basically, the show revolves around an upright man who places family above everything else (inexistent character in reality), a gullible (stupid in my opinion) young man and a scheming uncle who attempts to siphon the family business from its rightful owner. The touching scenes involve Ding Shanben (Gallen Lo) and his mentally-challenged sister, Ding Shanying (my idol, Myolie Wu). Before anyone dismisses her role as insignificant, she actually won the 'Most Promising Actor/Actress' award for that character. Ok, that's all I'm divulging. Want to know the rest of the plot? Stay tuned to Channel U on weekdays 10pm starting from 4th April 2005.

P.S : I'm neither an employee of Mediacorp nor HK TVB.

Picture Source: http://tvcity.tvb.com/drama/golden_faith/scene/index.html

Useless Wimps..

I hate guys who tag along their gfs when the latter are doing their shopping. Or, put it another way, I dislike girls who expect their bfs to wait for them stupidly outside the changing room while they take their own sweet time inside. Whichever way it is, it reflects badly on both of them; the guy having no backbone and the girl being too domineering. Getting the guy to wait outside the changing room is not a sign of love; it's a selfish act by the female. If the girl really loves the guy, she wouldn't make him do such a time-wasting thing. For god sake, departmental stores are huge. There are many other better things for him to do than pacing up and down the female section like an aimless dog. I feel sorry for those hen-pecked guys.

The Untouchable..

Don't be mistaken. I'm not talking about the Indian Caste System here. The title is taken from the ATP website which is obviously describing Rog.

The Swiss Ace won his 17th consecutive final, extending his season record to a personal best of 26-1. And Swiss Miss is ashamed to declare that she didn't even catch a single minute of her idol at this Indian Wells Masters. She wanted to at least watch the finals 'live' but upon knowing that Lleyton Hewitt was going to be Rog's final opponent, she decided that beauty sleep was more important and that her idol would have no problems demolishing the Aussie. Thankfully this over-confidence did not lead to his downfall. As usual, her idol breezed through the match in 3 sets. It would have been a different story if Rog's opponent was Roddick, especially it being a best of 5 final and a friendship at stake. Roddick was close to beating Hewitt in the semi-finals, the match going down to 3 tie-breakers. But I guess the mental strength of Hewitt once again got him through at the expense of Roddick. Next up, the Miami Masters.

Thoroughly enjoyed yesterday's mahjong session despite losing. Almost ended the big loser of the day until the last game, when I managed to salvage some pride for myself by winning a ping hu. It would have been pretty embarrassing had I lost to a novice :) Damn, I think I'm addicted to mahjong again. But I've to discard the thought of playing anytime soon as my two essays are due a couple of weeks time and exams are drawing near too.

Activities for tonight: Touch up my macro essay and come up with a nice conclusion.

How exciting. Inspiration is very much needed at this stage. Wonder where I'm going to get that from though.

Waiting Impatiently..

I loathe playing the waiting game. I'm getting impatient. I wonder how long it takes to reply an email when all I ask is a simple question. I keep refreshing my inbox every 5 minutes till 6pm, when I grew tired of it and realise that I won't be getting a reply today as its past office hours. I can't stand inefficient workers. I wish people could be more responsible and put in more heart and effort in their jobs. I shan't be naming the people and organization that I'm currently irritated with in view of the fact there may be spies lurking around my blog. I still need to get employed to live.

Grouchy Bear..

Feeling sleepy and moody right now. Sleepy because Rednose, my 12 year old teddy bear, wasn't around last night as she went for a bath. I need to hug her before falling asleep every night if I'm at home. Borrowed Bluenose from Mr Lim hoping that it would be a good replacement. However he wasn't. Took 2 hours to fall asleep. I don't care if Rednose still reeks of detergent. I'm going to have her on my bed tonight.

In a foul mood coz I got reprimanded by someone this morning. Can't stand it when I'm forced to do something that I'm not interested in. I'm not a 12 year old kid who can't make my own decisions. I don't need someone to control my life. A lower starting pay doesn't imply a low pay for the rest of my life, especially if it's a job that I'll enjoy and have future prospects in. A high pay is attractive but what use is it if I know I'm not going to excel in it. I reckon my pay would be stagnant there for the rest of my life and that I'll be dreading to go to work every day.

Being angry is bad for health. So silent war is over but the damage has been done. I wish they could understand me better but it's partly my fault too because I seldom do any explanations. I don't see the need to elaborate on my own plans and actions. Most of the time, I'll get negative responses if I do so. So why bother? It's not as if I'm going to engage in some illegal acts. As long as I'm comfortable with it, I should just proceed. It's my own life after all. Sick and tired of listening to naggings and what I should do.

Somehow, I focus better when I'm in a bad mood. Actually had the patience to dig out my 2 year old Basic Maths Toolkit notes to figure out the inverse of a 3 x 3 matrix to solve my financial tutorial . Being in a foul mood proves to be a blessing in disguise yet again.

Indian Roads..

Was supposed to be studying International last night but I ended up reading last week's Newsweek. Narain Karthikeyan. Newsweek labelled him as the 'Fastest Asian On Wheels". He's the first Indian to compete in F1. When he completed the whole race last weekend in Australia and finished in 15th position, he grabbed almost all the sports headlines. Seriously, I wonder what the fuss is all about. 15th position doesn't give him any points in the drivers' or constructors' championship. Some newspapers kept harping on the fact that he finished ahead of world champion Michael Schumacher. For goodness sake, he didn't outrace Schumacher. Schumacher's car let him down during the race. Anyway, I think the qualifying is a joke now. One's fate on winning actually depends on the heavens. If it rains during 1 of your qualifying sessions, that's it. Be prepared to start right at the back of the grid. That's what happened to senior Schumie last weekend.

A quote from Karthikeyan's interview with Newsweek:
What makes you more nervous, driving on the track or driving on Indian roads?
Driving on Indian roads, by a long way. It's really crazy in some places, though it's getting better. Foreigners always ask me "Which side of the road do you drive on in India? I say, "Whichever side we want." It's pretty dangerous out there.

Haha. Couldn't stop laughing when I read that. I don't want to be blasted for being a racist here. That's an Indian talking about Indian roads and I'm just agreeing with what he says. You just have to drive on Serangoon Road and you'll understand what he means. They don't observe traffic rules. They cross the road whenever they want as though their grandfathers own the road. They park along both sides of the roads. With pedestrains and drivers like that, no wonder that stretch of road is always jammed. The average speed of driving at night on that road is 30km/h. Any faster than that, you'll be at risk of having your driving licence revoked as the probability of knocking any one of them down is much higher.

Moral of the story to all drivers out there: Keep your eyes wide open while driving along Serangoon Road. Pedestrains are the kings of the road there.

Final Decision..

Whether to go, whether not to go. That was the question I was pondering over the whole week in the midst of studying for 2 tests. Just when I decided to go, Barbara gave me a lecture on planning for my future and the wastage of money. Dad asked me to decide myself. What could I say? So I told Mr Lim that I'm not joining him. I wasn't in the best of moods after that. I hate being lectured. I realise that studying really helps in drowning sorrows. Alright, I know that's a bit exaggerating. But that was also how I got over Federer's loss against Safin so quickly.

Next morning, Mr Lim booked his air tickets. Dad was shocked that I was not going. He told me to ignore Barbara and go ahead as it was a good experience. After much contemplation, I stuck to my decision not to go. I already declared to most people that Finland would be my last trip before I graduate. And part of what Barbara said was true. Anyway, I can't imagine holidaying and sharing a room with people that I'm not close to. So, while Mr Lim is searching for information on his accomodation and holiday, I'm flipping through the Recruit section every day. That's the difference between a soon-to-be employed and an unemployed person. It's also the difference between a straight As student and a nowhere near straight As student throughout PSLE and A levels. That's the reality of life in this dog-eat-dog world.

Car Matters..

Had macro at 3pm. Under normal circumstances, I would have left at 2.20pm. But since I was driving the toy car and there was a test, I decided to leave earlier. Now what's wrong with the toy car? It's pretty alright except that when one drives above 100km/h, the steering wheel will start vibrating and the car produces some funny noises. So being kiasu, I left at 2.10pm. Everything was going well until just after the Buona Vista exit. I was at the extreme right lane when I saw the EMAS signboard "Accident on lane 3 after buona vista exit". Started crawling after that. There was no way I could change lane. Btw, I had to switch lanes a grand total of 3 times to get to the Clementi exit. I was really panicking. I didn't want to end up in Jurong. There were so many freaking big trucks and lorries on the extreme left lanes. Finally after what seems like an eternity, I went pass the accident area. The accident involved at least 2 superbly long container lorries and 1 truck sandwiched in between. Was quite a frightening scene. Anyway, it happened slightly 100metres before the Clementi exit. So, I somehow managed to make my way through. Arrived in school at 2.50pm. Phew.

There's this P plate driver in school who drives an old model of the BMW 3 series. White one. SCP8803. Can't remember the alphabet behind. Always parks at the bottom car park at Temasek Hall. Her parking is absolutely horrendous. I've no other better word to describe it. The 1st time I parked next to her car, I thought there was something wrong with my parking. So i reversed and reparked. But I was still close to her car. Finally, I opened the passenger door and I realised that idiot had parked onto the line. Pissed off, I parked in another lot. Now, this is not a one-off incident. Every day, I realise that no one parks next to her car. Ok, only 1 side. She normally parks so close or onto the line on 1 side that it's impossible for anyone to park on that side unless you want to get a scratched door. I wonder how she obtained her driving licence. Having a P plate is no excuse for parking onto the line. I don't care if she needs 10 attempts to get in a lot properly. She should jolly well come 20 minutes earlier before her lesson to park properly and not cause any inconvenience for others. Today, there was this Toyota Camry driver who was much worse. One-fifth of the car was over the other lot. What's wrong with these people. Assholes. Being late is no excuse for being inconsiderate. Btw, I just assumed that the P plate driver is a female. I really don't know what to say if he turns out to be a guy.

It's hard to find people with integrity these days. This E class merc was at the gantry. I was behind him. His passengers, ah bengs and ah lians, judging by their hairstyles, signalled to me to move back. Thinking that there was something wrong with the gantry, i gladly obeyed. Now, after he reversed, he zoomed out from the entrance as the barrier was up. What the heck. You have money to buy a $190,000 car but you have no money to pay for $3 parking? He'a a real insult to all Merc drivers. No money don't drive such a luxurious car. Or if you don't have the skill to evade the parking fees, then for god sake, just pay up. Anyway, its not the money matter. It's a matter of honesty and integrity. Sadly you find more and more of these kind of people in Singapore. All thanks to our wonderful education system which is obsessed with producing students with straight As.