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土曜日, 11月 26, 2005

[idols,superstars galore]

On tv recently, esp those without cable television, we are mercilessly slapped with an onslaught of 'idols' programs. It was not that bad with Singapore Idol, then it was Super Idol...After Super Idol came Star Idol, Super Host. NOW there is the upcoming Super School Idol,Singapore Idol 2. I believe soon there will be Super Idol 2. A successful Super Idol program brought on a entire spawn of idols, stars, hosts...do the small entertainment circle in SG really need all these?

The initial Super Idol program came as a breathe of fresh air to the, frankly speaking boring TV shows by channel 5 and 8. After Channel U was assimilated with Mediacorp, there were a series of not bad variety TV programs. Now, riding on the 'idol' wave they gave us almost a overwhelming series of more stars and idols wannabes. I thought Star Idols was not bad, then came Super Host with a 17 YO geek. Now there are more.

So I believe the future roadmap for free TV will be idols,stars and more idols stars wannabes. Soon after School Idol, there might be Super Office Idol, Super Executive Idol, Kindergarden Idol, Doctor Idol, Lawyer Idol, Super Cute Nurse Idols, Teacher Idol, Princpals Idols, Prefect Idols, School Belles Idols, Best Cleaner Idols, Super Hawker Center Idol, Bus Drivers idols, taxi driver idols, Biker idols, Clubbers Idols, Pubbers Idols, Hardwarezone Idols (under forum idols), Flowerpod Idols, Ohgenki Idols, CosyCot Idols, Female Factor Idols, Spree Idols, Sales Idols, Accounting Idols, Admin Idols, IT Idols, Biotec Idols, Designer idols, hairstylist idols, Boss and CEOs Idols, Minister Idols, Members of Parliment Idols, PAP Idols etc...

The future of television never seems more exciting.

:D

elow at 3:32 午後 | (0) comments


月曜日, 11月 21, 2005

[New job, coincidence? Harry Potter]

After some contemplating, I accepted the job which was offered to me by a commercial fishing net company situated at Ubi. This job once again is Japanese related. In other words, I was employed because I know Japanese. In this job I am required to speak Japanese to the company's agent in Japan. Kinda gets me worrying since I am not that fluent in speaking. Really have no idea why they offered me the job though. Oh well, hope I can pick up more on the job. Come to think of it, ain't it too much of a coincidence? Last year I was retrenched and soon after I was offered a position which required me to use Japanese as well. I might be starting work this Thurs or if not latest 1st of Dec. I am supposed to call the lady but I could not contact her.

Finally watched Harry Potter and The Globet of Fire! Watched it with a dear old poly friend. Was supposed to catch it at Cineleisure at ard 2+ but the seats were ALL sold out til the night slots. Walked ard to find an AXS machine and finally picked GV Marina to catch the anticipated movie. But before that we 'walked horses see flowers'.We had some quick bite at McDonald's. Tried out the new teppanyaki burger. My friend also bought Coke with Lime, eh not much of a lime taste leh.. WHHAHAHAHA. We walked from Centre Point all the way to National Library to see the Zheng He Exhibition. Was quite impressed initially from the models of the ships. Zheng He is a Muslim! Some of the set-ups are abit sloppy esp the places where we saw economical 'stick-ons' for those areas (on the walls) which have some mistakes or what. Anyway, China was VERRY advanced during that area. It is almost like the America of today, until it could have been a superpower if not for Communism.

We toured round NLB. Basically, it is just spacious with more reference books areas and exhibition than books for borrowing. The area for borrowing is at the basement. Very typical library feel and the whole place is just messy with kids all over the place. We had wanton noodles at Bras Besar Complex. Fwaah, its really good!!! The noodles are cooked nicely with an alluring glitter from the char-siew sauce. The texture is excellent and so is the feel when u slurrp the noodles into ur mouth and started chewing. It has a springy feel, the 'QQ' feel coupled with the nicely brewed char-siew sauce and sambal chilli...The wanton soup is delightfully refreshing with the sweetness of ikan bilis and pork bones. The wantons are full with fresh sweet shrimps with tender minced pork thoroughly marinated.

Oke so we walked to Marina. Wah big difference compared to 2 months ago. It is so big lined with plenty of shops. Anyway, my feet was sore from all the walking.

This 4th installtion of Harry Potter is probably the DARKEST of all the HP movies. Not only the movie itself is enshrouded in darkness but so is the plot. No wonder it is rated NC-16. The characters have grown no doubt and Emma Watson is stunning...and so are the French gals. WHAHHAHAHAHAHA. In fact, Emma is so stunning, her makeup was actually played down so that she will look more normal on screen. Some parts are confusing though cos I felt they are 'cut' from the original novel due to the 2.5 hrs constraint. For eg, the part where the 4 champions were supposed to battle their dragons. Only Harry's battle was showed.

Anyway, looking forward to the next HP.

elow at 6:58 午後 | (0) comments


火曜日, 11月 15, 2005

[Interviews and interviews]

Yesterday's interview at Walt Disney was hell. No, the interviewer was a nice guy but the trip there was not all that smooth sailing. I think I got the directions wrong and I walked round Loyang. Nice hor? Walt Disney is at Loyang Lane, I walked down Loyang Way, Loyang Drive... -.- Finally I managed to find the place which was so near. Anyway I was not in best shape when I met the interviewer and I apologised for being late. Overall I find the place very cosy, jobscope is fine as well since the successful candidate is paid to literally watch tv. haha..What I find cumbersome is the irregular working hours and also the distance. Its at Loyang, at the furthest end of Singapore. But then, the company is WALT DISNEY!!!!! It is a VERY BIG NAME and it is a highly decorative name in your resume. Anyway, I will not get the job.

Rushed down to one job agency to brief me on some jobs which I went for an interview this morning. So I went. Er what I like is the jobscope and also the location which is at YCK. Also I will get to test use new mobile phones which are not launched yet. Woooot...But according to my agent, there was another gal whom this company found to be highly compatible for this position, so this mean, this morning I was called to go there for the sake of going there. The benefits are quite good too as well as the pay. Oh well...

A 'good' thing is I was selected for the job @ Ubi for a fishing net company. But I am still hoping I will get the Motorola one or the Walt Disney. Tsk...

Oh I got accepted by UniSIM! Need to pay $$$ sooon.

elow at 4:32 午後 | (0) comments


日曜日, 11月 13, 2005

[When married huh? got gf anot? is she coming?]

Today's my cousin's 21st BD. I was abit reluctant to go down cos the weather was sweltering hot and it is still sauna hot NOW. I can almost feel the heat from everywhere. Anyway, it is not nice to put aeroplane to others, so I went down with my mum. It is the lure of the buffet which made me to go in the first place. AHAHHAHA..

Her Malaysian cousins were there by the time my mum and I went down. I did not know them anyway. But I know the food. I not seen the 2 of my cousins for sometime and I almost could not recognise them anymore. They are in JC Year 1 already! I remembered they were like this small and one of them was so tom boyish and rowdy. So disheartening when I saw my uncles, aunts and cousins. Why? Cos they were saying stuff like, "wah now u so 'big-sized' like ur father!" Literally, they are saying I am fat. I am NOT FAT. Just pudgy, oke?? Then they will ask," Eh got gf anot? When getting married? Ur gf coming later? etc etc" I just brushed off saying I got no gf.

The food was oke, nothing much. There's fried bee hoon, curry chicken, spring rolls, prawns, sweet-sour fish or is it pork? some funny looking meat, some cold desserts. The only thing which kept me entertained was the TV and digital cable. Not bad leh, digital cable. Shld be getting if I can find a more permanent job. Later more of my cousins came, I also nv saw them for the longest of time.

At ard 3pm my mum was whisking me to go Thomson Plaza cos we wanna look at TVs. Later, we stopped by AMK's Courts and some other electronic shops to look ard for TVs at a reasonable price. Saw a Toshiba one at one shop which we used to patronise like 10 yrs ago. My Panasonic steroe was from there I think. This new TV is not bad! $799 but we cld get at a lower price la..with trade in of my old tv. It looks like the 16:9 wide edition and it is a new model. Anyway, nowadays lcds and plasmas are the in thing. For me I still very much prefer good old CRTs cos their pic quality are better. For lcds and plasmas, I wil go go for those which are 1080i HD ready models which will add on to the price of cos. My mum was also looking for gas cookers.

The disgusting weather was forbidding and we went home shortly after. We met one of my cousin and my aunt while @ AMK Station.

elow at 11:41 午後 | (0) comments


金曜日, 11月 11, 2005

[Falling apart]

Things are falling apart at home.

Firstly, my TV is going bonkers. It is flickering and quite often the 1/5 of the screen at the top will be distorted. Eg, the head of the person will be smaller than the body? Then after awhile it will get back to normal. For the past 2 days, the distortion field is expanding and there are more fine lines in the distortion field. :o Anyway, I think my mum will be getting a new TV soon. Another thing, the gas cooker is going soon. 2 out of the stoves are not working anymore. Only the one with the biggest flames is working.

Things dun last as what they used to be anymore

elow at 7:32 午後 | (0) comments


火曜日, 11月 08, 2005

[Interview @ Ubi I win Ipod Shuffle =D but not Nano =(]

I think this is the 2nd or 3rd time I went to such a far place for an interview. This position needs someone who is rather proficient in Jpn. It took me almost 1.5 hrs to reach that place in Paya Ubi Industrial Park. In the nice sunny weather hahahaha..spoke to the lady blah blah, showed me some Jpn fax and asked me if I could understand what's being written. I looked at the fax and really had some difficulties deciphering the bad handwriting + the technical jagon. -.- Anyway, I will not get the job.

Good news for me though, I won a 1GB Ipod Shuffle. It was some lucky draw thing which needed me to name some tracks which will groove Denise Keller. Since I hardly listen to English songs, my friend helped me to participate with my details of cos. I got a call from him in the afternoon telling me the good news. Haiz...how come I nv win the Ipod Nano?????? I wan the NANOOOOOOOOOooooooOOoooo Anyway I rather win Denise Keller anytime. Orh hohohoohooohohohoo but then again she is probably having some 'fun' with her Mr Wolfgang now.

It is another farking hot day...Even at ard 5pm the sun was disgustingly strong. It is so bright that when I draw my curtains which happen to be orange, my flat is basked in some fiery orange glow.

elow at 12:24 午前 | (0) comments


金曜日, 11月 04, 2005

[smlj agency?]

sibei tulanz, got a call from the same agency which 'promised' me the job at the ministry of xxx. They called telling me they assigned another job for me at Shenton way. I happily took down the address thinking i can go to work on Mon. Fuck, within an hour the ccb agency called telling me, they just sent my resume to the company and they said I am over qualified. SMLJ? Dip holder cannot do such work issjit? knn, if not confirmed dun geh kiang called job seekers say confirmed la...ccb, I thot there are only mind fuckers in the fields of love. Cannot believe there are mind fuckers in the employment industry also. That lao chio needs a slap from my lj seriously.


Anyway got a call from a fishing net company to go for interview on Monday. Venue is Ubi! D: Need to know Jpn one, funny still asked me to go down even tho i said im not fluent. Skali is just a statistic again.

elow at 7:30 午後 | (0) comments


木曜日, 11月 03, 2005

[wtf?]

Went down ytd to an agency which told me I cld start work tml @ a Ministry of xxx. Happily went down to take time sheets, who knows while I was waiting at my usual salon, they called and told me now that Ministry of xxx has not confirmed with them for my temp position and what some crap over some other organisations. If cannot confirm asked me go down for fark? Anyway its a small agency in a dodgy place. But the boss is a lao chio tho orh hohohohoho :X

elow at 7:41 午後 | (0) comments


火曜日, 11月 01, 2005

[neighbours now and then]

For those residing in newer HDB estates, how well do u actually know ur neighbour?

Personally,I find it so embarassing that I hardly know my neighbours at all esp those who live further away from my flat or even more so those who are living NOT that far. There were a few occassions where I took the lift and this couple or whover came into the same lift. When I asked them on which storey do they live in, then I realised they are living on the same floor as I am. Im not sure about how they felt but to me it's quite a shame cos I have been living here since 1998 and I hardly seem to even know their faces well enough.

I often envy how close neighbours were during my parents' and grandparents' times. During CNY, dishes, red packets and well wishes will be exchanged sincerely. People were warm and friendly. Now it is like everyone is cooped up in their little flat, doors closed, windows shut. The only verbal contact will be a "Aunty,Uncle' IF u see them walk by or if u happen to see them.




Christmas is coming soon and I have yet to find a job. A perm job that is. I have a list of things which I wanna buy; new specs, new phone, new digicam, new HDD, more RAM.

elow at 12:28 午前 | (0) comments


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