Random Thoughts.
I'll be off to Aussie today and back on the 18/06.
After waiting for so long the trip finally arrived.
But dunno why...not very excited about it.
I think it's the "old man" mentality working up again.
or maybe it's due to the impending fact that I'll be dirt poor once the trip is over.
I hate the feeling of "money no enough"
I must think of a way to earn back the money in July.
I think I will also make use of this trip to do a 10 years plan for my future as well.
Singapore is very hot nowaday. At least Aussie is winter season now so it's gonna be more comfortable over there.
meanwhile, Miss Japan Riyo Mori won the Miss Universe 2007.
Yeah, an Asian face won.
1-0 for Asia!
Everytime I go orchard and watch the giant billboard, I always wonder why all the models are europeans and none of them are asians.
Asians are actually very pretty alrite...but pls ignore MSU. thanks.
I watched this during the weekend. Typical british show. Witty conversation and feel good factor. Hugh Grant is really a accomplished actor even though he is getting old. Somehow or rather he is able to get the right expression required for the role at different circumstances. And I'm rather surprised that he can actually sing.
Overall, the show is quite enjoyable.
Watched Pirates 3 on thursday with my colleagues. The CGI and effects shown are very well-done and convincing. I am totally impressed by it though the plot is a little too confusing with many subplot floating around. One will tend to get lost in the middle and wonder what the fuck is going on. It would be better if you can watch the show twice to fully understand the show, which is what I planned to do.
There might be a Pirates 4..judging from the ending of the show though I think 3 times of pirates should be just right. Starting-Middle- Ending. The fourth one is like a content overload and too much of the same stuffs can make people sick of the show.
On 25th April 2007, Elvis Presley came back to life to perform a duet with Celine Dion "If I can Dream"
Apparantly alot of people were freaked out/amazed when he saw Elvis on TV. They may have thought it was a TV double but hell no, somehow the producer of American Idol found a way with technology to blend both singers to peform the song seamlessly and what you see if what you get!
This is what we call..the power of technology
I realised I'm old as what my friends have claimed...
when I walked past a shop selling music
cds and shunned those of
Jolin, S.H.E etc and opted to buy
"
Teresa Teng Golden Oldies Vol 1"
but really
, the songs she sang are the best lullaby to listen to before you sleep
. so warm and soothing. confirm make a good night sleep after you listened to those classic oldies.
perhaps I'm not too old either but more practical instead. Haha
There is this show hosted by Belinda Lee on every
Thursday 930pm and repeated telecast 1130pm.
I like watching this type of show- travel, nature, social documentary show + an occasional
japanese serial drama on TV. As for the rest, I think they are trash.
But anyway, I caught this week episode and Belinda was off to China to find a social worker who is working in China for the orphans and the mentally ill patients. I'm not very sure which region in China but i suspect it might be in Yunnan. The social worker is a
psychiatrist and she studied in
England before, spoke good
English and give
everything up in Singapore to work with the foundation set up to take care of the people as mentioned
above. She do not draw any salary from the foundation, depending on her family members and friends for donation in Singapore to keep her going. To visit a patient, she hae to trek up the steep slope or mountain for 2 hours, just to visit the orphans or just 1 single patient. I think she is really an angel send from above.
There is a moment in the show when Belinda cried and wept tears. A grown up man was kept inside a mini "pig sty" constructed with wooden logs since the age of 18. He shit and urinate inside the small compound and have not bath ever since he was 'imprisioned' inside. He is only 25 yrs old this year. Apparantly, he was a schizophrenic ( for those who dunno what is it, it mean the patient can hear voice in his head ) and he burnt down the villager house. Guilty stricken, he just sat down in the middle offering no resistance while the villagers constructed the "prison" around him, condemning him to his fate.
The thing is, the social worker felt his condition was not that serious and if given the right medication and proper care, he can actually recover from the illness and go back to toil the land with his mother but who on earth or which doctor will be available to actually walk the same path and climbed mountain just to treat this nobody? The villagers are very poor, they are farmers and they have nothing to offer.
There are no moral of the story over here. Perhaps it is just a awakening moment to make us realise that we are a fortunate bunch, there are many people who are still suffering amid the globalisation stage and going offline without internet service and handphone is not the end of the world.
3 years of effort, 1 moment of glory
Manchester United- Winner of Barclays English Premier League 06/07 Season
I have been busy lately. No time to blog.
came across this article in TODAY on Monday 14/05.
another sad news on ageing.Haha.I am a self depressing person.
I have to self type myself because the damn Today website didn't carry this article on their website. But it is too good to be left alone so that why I think this should be shared, because what she went
thru may eventually happen to us in 50 yrs time. That's really a very long time indeed.
A documentary focusing on an elderly woman named Elizabeth Holt Hartford, who lived alone in a
Los Angeles slum. These were her parting words, which were aired after her death a few weeks later. She said," You see me as an old lady who's all broken down with age, but what you don't understand is that this is me in here. I'm trapped in a body that no longer serves me. It hurts and it's wrinkled and diseased, but I haven't changed. I'm still the person I used to be when this body was young.
Those who are younger may find it difficult to appreciate the full implications of being part of the "unwanted" generation, to be aged in a time dominated by the very young, to be unable to see or hear well enough, to have an active mind - Like Mrs Hartford-that's hopelessly trapped in an inactive body, to be dependent on busy children, to be virtually sexless, emotionally and physically, in an
eroticised society, to be unable to produce or contribute anything really worthwhile and to have no one who even remembers your younger days.
The article touched me. At the end of the article, it post the moral of the story- to extend our love and respect to those who have passed their prime.Is this value still being taught in Singapore? Will the current younger generation who are still schooling being
inoculated this value by their teachers? I doubt so but we still have to give it a try.
After all, everyone will grow old someday.
Meanwhile Mother day had just passed and now Father Day promotion is already popping out across the town.
Actually I think this year "FATHER OF THE YEAR" award should be given to the father who kneel to apologies on behalf of his son in the public to bus driver who was kena beaten up by his son because he wanted to "protect" his girlfriend. Congrats, we have an undisputed winner afterall. Haha
Son is a totalLoser.If you make a mistake, be a man enough to admit it.Beating up someone and saying it's a misunderstanding reeks of cowardice.Just what is happening to our youths nowaday?
Kenneth Cole Watch.
Very nice. Will cost roughly Sing$250. Very nice.
Every good gentlemen shld have a good watch to complement his bearing and status though the $250 watch above will definitely pale in comparison to say a Mont Blanc watch.
What a difference between last week and this incoming week
Last week, my future is still a little unknown. I did not receive any news regarding my SMU appplication ever since the interview was conducted on the 28th april. During this week Monday as mentioned in my previous post, I have to face the NTU interview panel to give a "good" reason why they should accept me.
On Wednesday, I received a email from NTU admission stating I got accepted to study @ NTU Biz, which is a little surprising because the efficiency was so damn good which I don't remember I have ever received before during my time in NTU.
On Friday, I checked my application for SMU and was notified I am also accepted for SMU business.
If given a choice 3 years back ago and this 2 offers come along, I would have select SMU without any hesitiation.
But 3 years later at the age of 23, choosing the SMU option don't seem to be a very wise choice for it's a 4 years programme and by the time I come out I'll 27 years old.
I am sad when I am reminded of my age as it mean I'm getting older and another step of getting nearer to the pain and suffering of old age.Haiz...
Sometimes in the middle of the night before I sleep,I will think of what have I achieve for the day and it often fall short of my expectation. I will feel a tinge of emptiness and wonder what can I do more to make better use of my time. Sometimes I just hope to talk to someone, anyone about anything ( manning the phone line at Starhub call center is not counted!) to end the day on a complete note, but I always feel regretful the day will be gone the moment I closed my eyes and Zzz away.
I guessed it's time to look for a suitable partner..not those short term "ai mai ai mai" types but those of long term plan, someone that share the same ideal (very difficult nowadays) someone that can relate to. But till then, I know it myself that my 'door' is sealed and until someone that is so breathtaking and powerful enough to unseal the door, I'll be focusing 100% on my studies first and career after that for the next 5 years ahead.
Dear god, please send "Sister Encarnacion" to unlock my door pls...Haha
I have just watched finish Nacho Libre. It is an old movie probably shown last year. But the person that caught my attention is not Jack Black but Sister Encarnacion.
Her real name is actually Ana De La Reguera and she is a Mexican. Apparently, she is very hot in Latin America. To find out more abt her, she have her own personal website: http://www.anadelareguera.net/index_en.html.
I "heart" Sister Encarnacion...HaHaHa
Last Sunday, I knocked off from work, feeling very tired and was making my way to the MRT station when a sight-handicapped lady walked past us. I seen her before in the area and I think she was making her way to the bus stop nearby to take a bus. I was thinking whether to help her to the bus stop but I was feeling very tired and wanted to get home as soon as possible. There were also a sort of group influence spread by other in front of me because all of them were walking towards the MRT and no one stopped to help her along. In the end, I did not help her.
Reaching CCK mrt, I came across another lady but this time she is not a handicapped personnel. You know normally at neighbourhood shopping mall there are always some handicapped/old people who will sell tissues or street-bask to earn some money. I ignored them most of the time but this time I saw the lady stuffing money ( $1? $2?) into the hand of the desitute and the destitute was thanking her profusely and offering her packets of tissues. It brought a smile to the lady who didn't take up the offer, saying it's alright and proceed on.
Sometimes lending a helping hand to others who genuinely is in need of help can be simple. It's only a matter whether we choose to do it or not. Walking towards the bus interchange, I came across another destitute playing music instrument at the side of the passageway. He was playing in sweat, perhaps having played for some hours already. Coincidentally, he finished playing his piece just as I was walking past him and paused for a break. I continued walking past before turning back again, inserting a 50 cents coin into his donation box. Thinking back, I can have donated more but don't ask me why I choose to donate only $0.50 at that moment of time.
I think it all boils down to the sight-handicapped lady at Buona Vista. It sorted of 'chain-effect' during the entire journey, making me feel that I missed the chance to help on the first try, got taught a lesson on the 2nd, and providing me an opportunity to make things right on the 3rd.
What a journey back home...
meanwhile, I went for the NBS interview at NTU yesterday. It was a challenging interview, 2 prof vs 1 me that lasted for 35 mins. They seem to have a issue with my age 23 entering into the NBS and graduating later than my peers. Of course I have thought of this before I came for the interview and answered to the best of my ability. So to those who always feel I don't talk much, it's actually I'm deep in thought! I made a very glaring mistake during the interview, partly because Iam a greenhorn in business studies which I also admitted in front of the professors but they were also quite fatherly. After telling them a little of my goals and career paths ahead, they provided me some insights and advices. Overall, the interview was ok and now it's all depend on god will to see whether I can get back to NTU. It is not the only route available, there are still some options available but of course it is still the most ideal path thou.
It all start with:
-a slight itchy sensation of throat
follow by
-a sore throat
-blocked nose
-feverish
-headache
-hecking cough
really sick this time...but stocking up medication to defeat the germs and bacteria to make more money~ haha
Yeah, an Asian face won.
