Sunday, August 28, 2005
Last night was pretty good, met up with the papemps and Jasmine to celebrate Mag's birthday. Been quite a while since I last met them, so it was really nice catching up with them. Actually I guess why I feel that I've not met them for a long time is because these are the very people whom I spent nearly every single day of my year three life with. I've to admit that I really enjoyed those days. It may had been stressful but it was lots of fun.
The other group of friends or should I say bros that I've not met for a super long time is the group of Elwin, Jop, Wil, Jos and Wings. Sorry bros, will try to meet up with you guys once I quit my stupid job, which is the end of the week. I tell you, these guys are prob the most understanding people in the world sia. It's my good luck that I've known them.
Tonight Juve kicks of their title defence and I'm actually quite pissed that Starhub doesn't seem to be covering Serie A matches this season. One of the main reasons why I subscribed to it is for Serie A and of course the other soccer matches. It's just so sad. Italian soccer isn't boring as it's stereotyped to be, think one of the reasons why it's perceived as boring is because of the lower picture quality and commentators (both as compared to EPL). O well, there's nothing really much I can do about not being able to watch Serie A other than to whine.
Anyway, back to Juve's title defence, think they stand a very good chance this season to retain the scudetto. They might not have added much to their team but having a team that consist of Buffon, Thuram, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Zebina, Emerson, Nedved, Camoranesi, Viera, Ibrahimovic, del Piero and Trezeguet to name a few, I think they do have one of the strongest squads in the world. Their midfield is definitely an envy to almost every club other than Chelsea.
My predictions for Juve this season, top win the Serie A assuming they don't try anything funny with Milan being their closest challengers. They'll exit the Italian Cup and make it to at least the semi-finals of the Champions League (they do stand a good chance of lifting it). Ok, fine it's skewed, but what do you expect?
he spoke at 11:36 am
Saturday, August 27, 2005
A month working and I realised that my job isn't suitable for me. It's the environment that I don't like and of course the "wonderful" colleague who seems to have a mental problem.
Why mental? Cos she can be nice to you for one second, next thing she does when she looks up, she scolds. No one has even dared to scold me the way she does and the best part is that it's usually not my fault. Let's put it that when she ask me to fill up the form in method A, I'll follow accordingly. Then, she'll scold me for filling it up that way and tell me to fill it up using method B. Ok, I change it, but she'll scold again saying that I did it wrongly. It's like macham I do this or that also get scolding. What the hell does she want in the first place? If she wants you to amend say part A of a form, she'll put the comments to ask you change in part C. You change part C and she'll scold you asking why you change part C. But who puts comments for part A in part C? Best thing is that she'll give you instructions half way and expect you to know. If you don't do it the way it's supposed to, she'll scold and ask you why you don't know. She'll go like if you don't know, why you never ask. Wait, how am I supposed to know what I don't know? She'll tell you that you can rearrange your documents the way that you are comfortable with, but when you're not around, she'll redo all your documents and scold you for putting them in a "mess". After the scolding, she'll tell you again that if you are more comfortable doing it your style, you can do so. And all these is only the tip of the iceberg.
Some things that I cannot understand about Singaporeans:
1. We are oblivious to people (handicap, pregnant, senior citizens) standing in front of us who definitely need the seats more than us
2. We can't seem to follow simple instructions like keep left on the escalator to let others pass by on the right
3. We have this mindset that people who step out of the train to allow others to exit it are cutting the queue of those waiting to enter
4. Two ATMs means there's a need for two queues
5. Some women think that all guys are trying to take advantage of them (not to be mean, but some of these people should really thank their lucky stars if there are people who want to take advantage of them)
6. Educated as we claim to be, we still cannot do simple math. Eg, if there are four seats and there's only two of you, it means that there are two empty seats. So when people ask you if there other two seats are taken, the answer is no.
7. As much as we see ourselves being sophisiticated, we are merely a bunch of wannabes who are not much better than uncivilised people. We do the very things that we frown upon when other people do it.
8. We only complain if it affects us.
On another note, Mag and I have had out first capsule for Podsreen uploaded. Do listen to us along with the other capsules from Podeejay. How to listen to Podeejay?
Via RSS feeds
- Be nice and install iTunes.
- Ctrl-click (right-click on Windows) on our RSS Feed links on the right to copy link location.
- Head to iTunes. Under Advanced in the menu bar, hit “Subscribe to Podcast.
- Cmd + v (Ctrl + v for Windows) to paste. Click OK.
- iTunes will start reading for our podcasts. Click Get to start downloading podcasts as desired.
- Ctrl-click (right-click on Windows) on the Column Headers (those that say “Time”, “Release Date”…) to show more details of the podcast.
- Sync with your iPod for aural pleasure
- Head to iTunes Preferences to delete old feeds and other options.
Manually
- Click on Listen at the beginning of every podcast. Cmd + s (Ctrl + s for Windows) to save. OR
- Ctrl-click (Right-click for Windows) on Download and “Save File As”
- Shove the mp3 into your music player and taste pure haven.
Source: http://podeejay.ejprojekt.com
he spoke at 8:39 am