Been a while seen I last blogged. A new phase of life that I have joined. All the fantasy and dreams shattered. The truth is that I have signed up to be a modern day slave.
I hope it is temporary. I hope this will pass. I hope I can see the rainbow after the rain. But the tall buildings are obstructing my way, blocking my view to the goal.
Maybe 20 years down the road, I will look back at this post and laugh at myself for being childish and stupid. Maybe I will not live another 20 years. Nobody knows.
While friends all around are jostling to tell of their wonderful trip to marvelous places, I can only smile stupidly, not knowing what to say. For traveling is not in my dictionary. Slaves do not travel. They just work and work and work day and night, and yet still will feel the lash of whip.
Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.
Regards,
SING
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Monday, November 02, 2009
Curse of death?
Is suicide rate in the country high? Those who say that it is low is not in touch with reality. The fact is that in the three HDB blocks I stayed in during the past 4 years, I have heard or seen the aftermath of successful suicide.
Just last Friday, I went out in the evening to meet brother for dinner. In slightly over half an hour, we are back at our HDB block, only to see a police cordon, with a police tent and a broken roof of sheltered walkway. Apparently another suicide has happened.
Such a show of courage and the lack of it. The courage to take own life and the lack of courage to continue living a sucky and hard life.
May he or she rest in peace now.
Just last Friday, I went out in the evening to meet brother for dinner. In slightly over half an hour, we are back at our HDB block, only to see a police cordon, with a police tent and a broken roof of sheltered walkway. Apparently another suicide has happened.
Such a show of courage and the lack of it. The courage to take own life and the lack of courage to continue living a sucky and hard life.
May he or she rest in peace now.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Desperate acts or thrill seeker?
April 17, 2009 Friday
It is the end of the week again. Since I started working, Friday is one of my favourite days other than public holidays and payday. The best thing is the dress down option for employees on Friday - one less shirt to iron on weekend.
It has been quite a tiring week for me. Not because of work - work is quite relaxing. It is the interruptions and dreams that I have at night. (No, not wet dreams) People who dream a lot are having light sleep and don't rest as well as those who have a deep sleep without any dreams.
Anyway, the other reason why I love Fridays is because tons of ladies will dress up - or rather, dress down (less) in anticipation of the Friday party night.
And so, my eyes were darting all around after I got off the train, hoping to catch a glimpse of sexy ladies.
Then suddenly I spot this lady in business wear standing beside a shelf of cookies which was outside the shop and hidden behind a wall. Her actions was lightning quick as she pick up a jar of cookies as if to examine them then when she turn her body and walk towards escalator, the jar of cookies was missing, presumably inside the paper bag that she was holding.
While she was on the escalator, she looked around to check if anyone noticed her act. There I was, squinting my eyes at her. Her heartbeat must have shot up instantly as she showed me that ladies in heels can run surprisingly fast. I was in no mood to play "catch thief" so I just let it pass when she ran into a pathway that few pedestrian walked.
By the way, the jar of cookies was priced at $5.50.
As I continued to walk towards office, I wonder if times are so bad or she is a thrill-seeker.
Well, something different on a sexy Friday.
It is the end of the week again. Since I started working, Friday is one of my favourite days other than public holidays and payday. The best thing is the dress down option for employees on Friday - one less shirt to iron on weekend.
It has been quite a tiring week for me. Not because of work - work is quite relaxing. It is the interruptions and dreams that I have at night. (No, not wet dreams) People who dream a lot are having light sleep and don't rest as well as those who have a deep sleep without any dreams.
Anyway, the other reason why I love Fridays is because tons of ladies will dress up - or rather, dress down (less) in anticipation of the Friday party night.
And so, my eyes were darting all around after I got off the train, hoping to catch a glimpse of sexy ladies.
Then suddenly I spot this lady in business wear standing beside a shelf of cookies which was outside the shop and hidden behind a wall. Her actions was lightning quick as she pick up a jar of cookies as if to examine them then when she turn her body and walk towards escalator, the jar of cookies was missing, presumably inside the paper bag that she was holding.
While she was on the escalator, she looked around to check if anyone noticed her act. There I was, squinting my eyes at her. Her heartbeat must have shot up instantly as she showed me that ladies in heels can run surprisingly fast. I was in no mood to play "catch thief" so I just let it pass when she ran into a pathway that few pedestrian walked.
By the way, the jar of cookies was priced at $5.50.
As I continued to walk towards office, I wonder if times are so bad or she is a thrill-seeker.
Well, something different on a sexy Friday.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Nightmarish experience at Sakae Sushi Westmall
Me, my brothers, and friends totalling six person in number went out for dinner on a fine Sunday night. We plan to enjoy ourself after having good fun for the weekend.
So we went to this shopping mall near our place and wanted to have some chinese food. Unfortunately, the queue to get a table is quite long (maybe 45 minutes wait). So we went and look around other makan (eating) places in the mall. We found out that Japanese food have s shorter queue so we decided to have jap food instead. (as it turn out in the end, the short queue is a sign)
We got a table in no time and wanted to order. This is where service standards or rather service substandard showed. For 6 people, only one menu is given and the computer ordering system is not in use (according to the waitress). Well, we thought nothing of it and requested for more menu and we got 4 menu in the end (4 for 6... oh well, we can make do with it).
And the wait for the food starts with me being one of the first to get my food (which seems pitiful compared to the picture, but it is quite normal elsewhere. By no means do I think that it is the alright). Those of us that got our food starting eating ( I know it is polite to wait for all to get food first but we were hungry. It turned out that it is wise to start first).
And we ate and talked and laughed, except for 2 people who ordered the same item. When the rest of us are about to finish, one of their food came (notice that there is only one). At that time, we were still quite cool about it. But after like 15 minutes, our patience ran out. We asked the waitress to check on the food and told her that most of us have already finish our food while the other guy who ordered the same item got his 15 minutes ago. There was no smile, no apology or explaination. Only a sour face that tell us to wait for 30 minutes. How is it possible that two person ordered same item, and one of the item have to arrive 30 minutes later????
If you think that got me mad, you'll be terribly wrong.
After our meal, we went to queue up to pay (yes, unlike in other countries where the waitress or waiter come to you to collect payment, we have to queue up to pay the food). I noticed that a waitress and a manager of the branch (wearing coat, should be manager) are arguing while holding a bill of a customer who was queuing to pay. Well then, misunderstanding occurs sometimes right? So I did not think too much about it.
After some time, it is our turn to pay the bill. So we waited for the items to be keyed in. Surprisingly, 13 items were charged to us which does not make sense. There were 6 of us, so it is normal to assume that there will be at least 6 drinks and at most 6 main meals (side meals aside, which in this case, we did not order any). When the waitress checked our order list before we queue up to pay, we specifically confirmed with her that the order list stated 6 meals. Don't ask me why we didn't check the list. I did not have a chance to look at it and am in no place to put the blame on my brother's going to be wife (signing tomorrow). In the end, we managed to convinced the manager (another one, also waering coat) that one of the item listed was not ordered and not consumed. The bill was paid and we parted ways with the 2 friends.
Did I mentioned that the section that we sat was very stuffy? If not, it is. Whether they are trying to save on air conditioning or it is spoilt, I don't know and I don't care. At this point of time, I am angry at the lousy service and the food. I told myself and them that we should stop coming to this place to eat, ever.
(oh yes, the food. I am not picky or not used to japanese food. It is just the place there has food that leaves much room for improvement. Why did we go there? The queue at the other place was too long. Morever, there is no really nice food near my area.)
Sounds like the end of story? That is not all.
So we walked back home. When we were walking across a turn into carpark, we were nearly rammed down by a motorcycle. A food delivery motorcycle that turned into the lane where it is an exit (meaning in the wrong direction). Of course there is the sour face of the motorcyclist. Guess what food it delivers? BINGO!!!! Sakae Sushi AGAIN!!!!!
I am not trying to pick on Sakae, but all this in a short period of less than 1 hour. Is too much for even a calm person to bear. I say I'll ban all Sakae Sushi from my future makan places.
So we went to this shopping mall near our place and wanted to have some chinese food. Unfortunately, the queue to get a table is quite long (maybe 45 minutes wait). So we went and look around other makan (eating) places in the mall. We found out that Japanese food have s shorter queue so we decided to have jap food instead. (as it turn out in the end, the short queue is a sign)
We got a table in no time and wanted to order. This is where service standards or rather service substandard showed. For 6 people, only one menu is given and the computer ordering system is not in use (according to the waitress). Well, we thought nothing of it and requested for more menu and we got 4 menu in the end (4 for 6... oh well, we can make do with it).
And the wait for the food starts with me being one of the first to get my food (which seems pitiful compared to the picture, but it is quite normal elsewhere. By no means do I think that it is the alright). Those of us that got our food starting eating ( I know it is polite to wait for all to get food first but we were hungry. It turned out that it is wise to start first).
And we ate and talked and laughed, except for 2 people who ordered the same item. When the rest of us are about to finish, one of their food came (notice that there is only one). At that time, we were still quite cool about it. But after like 15 minutes, our patience ran out. We asked the waitress to check on the food and told her that most of us have already finish our food while the other guy who ordered the same item got his 15 minutes ago. There was no smile, no apology or explaination. Only a sour face that tell us to wait for 30 minutes. How is it possible that two person ordered same item, and one of the item have to arrive 30 minutes later????
If you think that got me mad, you'll be terribly wrong.
After our meal, we went to queue up to pay (yes, unlike in other countries where the waitress or waiter come to you to collect payment, we have to queue up to pay the food). I noticed that a waitress and a manager of the branch (wearing coat, should be manager) are arguing while holding a bill of a customer who was queuing to pay. Well then, misunderstanding occurs sometimes right? So I did not think too much about it.
After some time, it is our turn to pay the bill. So we waited for the items to be keyed in. Surprisingly, 13 items were charged to us which does not make sense. There were 6 of us, so it is normal to assume that there will be at least 6 drinks and at most 6 main meals (side meals aside, which in this case, we did not order any). When the waitress checked our order list before we queue up to pay, we specifically confirmed with her that the order list stated 6 meals. Don't ask me why we didn't check the list. I did not have a chance to look at it and am in no place to put the blame on my brother's going to be wife (signing tomorrow). In the end, we managed to convinced the manager (another one, also waering coat) that one of the item listed was not ordered and not consumed. The bill was paid and we parted ways with the 2 friends.
Did I mentioned that the section that we sat was very stuffy? If not, it is. Whether they are trying to save on air conditioning or it is spoilt, I don't know and I don't care. At this point of time, I am angry at the lousy service and the food. I told myself and them that we should stop coming to this place to eat, ever.
(oh yes, the food. I am not picky or not used to japanese food. It is just the place there has food that leaves much room for improvement. Why did we go there? The queue at the other place was too long. Morever, there is no really nice food near my area.)
Sounds like the end of story? That is not all.
So we walked back home. When we were walking across a turn into carpark, we were nearly rammed down by a motorcycle. A food delivery motorcycle that turned into the lane where it is an exit (meaning in the wrong direction). Of course there is the sour face of the motorcyclist. Guess what food it delivers? BINGO!!!! Sakae Sushi AGAIN!!!!!
I am not trying to pick on Sakae, but all this in a short period of less than 1 hour. Is too much for even a calm person to bear. I say I'll ban all Sakae Sushi from my future makan places.
Monday, September 01, 2008
First Day of Work
Today is the day where my life will be different. The day that I start to have minimal contact with the sun. However, today appeared to be relatively mundane and boring day. I suppose first day of work are not always happening.
There was the blunder and delay because the admin officer in charge of me was on MC. After that, I was introduced to the parent company, the company, the department and the division in about 5 hours with lunch break in between. It was a true test of patience as it is a one on one briefing and I have to refrain from making unneccessary movements. This resulted in me having stiff arms, legs and waist (from the leaning over to peer at lap top)
Well, there seems to be some clue on politics in the company but I am in good terms with my supervisor so I shall ignore the politics for now.
Nothing much to say about an uneventful and tiring day. Afterall, I am not used to working life yet.
Early night tonight.
There was the blunder and delay because the admin officer in charge of me was on MC. After that, I was introduced to the parent company, the company, the department and the division in about 5 hours with lunch break in between. It was a true test of patience as it is a one on one briefing and I have to refrain from making unneccessary movements. This resulted in me having stiff arms, legs and waist (from the leaning over to peer at lap top)
Well, there seems to be some clue on politics in the company but I am in good terms with my supervisor so I shall ignore the politics for now.
Nothing much to say about an uneventful and tiring day. Afterall, I am not used to working life yet.
Early night tonight.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Start of new phase in life
Finally, I am going to start work.
After searching futilely for 3 months, I manage to secure a job in the worsening market condition.
Never mind that some of my classmates may blame me for robbing the job away from them. Singapore is a competitive place. Everyone is competing.
Hopefully this job will be a catalyst for something bigger in the future.
Hopefully the property market will wait until I have enough savings before collapsing.
Hopefully I can meet a suitable life partner.. :) :P
After searching futilely for 3 months, I manage to secure a job in the worsening market condition.
Never mind that some of my classmates may blame me for robbing the job away from them. Singapore is a competitive place. Everyone is competing.
Hopefully this job will be a catalyst for something bigger in the future.
Hopefully the property market will wait until I have enough savings before collapsing.
Hopefully I can meet a suitable life partner.. :) :P
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