公司福利社最近主办兵乓比赛
三组人马–专业(男)，业余(男)和业余(女)，每天午餐时间打得如火如荼
在威逼之下我缴上了保命报名费，参加了业余(女)组
不料！我竟一路杀进了大决赛。嘿嘿
我连开球都不会所以这是个神奇的战绩
昨夜专业(男)爆出了个大冷门
胜者今天说了句名言
“石头再大也会有裂缝
对着大石头乱打死路一条
只有攻击裂缝才能杀出重围”
他真的让我刮目相看
现今我和对手正马不停蹄地练习
希望呈现一场精彩绝伦紧张刺激的大决赛
努力~
It wasn’t the most preferred occasion to gather, but no other event compels all to make time at such short notice.
2 of them arrived at the 1st seating, the rest of us arrived at the 2nd seating. It was a quiet night, being the first, we were the only filled table. We started reminiscing how we used to hang out at this neighbourhood (at the playground) after school almost 20 years ago. Yes it has been THAT long.
It has been awhile since we met, it was good catching up on each other’s lives. Some moved away to another town, some moved back for the familiarity, some moved within the same town.
Soon it was time to part and you’re not suppose to say 再见, for a wake is not where we want to see each other again.
Take care and may your dad rest in peace.
Visited the clinic for the 2nd time in 2 weeks, thanks to the super crazy infectious bug going around, when I seem to get better I’m down with sore throat AGAIN!!
There was no one in this clinic so I was called into the doctor’s room almost immediately. When I first got into the room I thought I went into an empty (or wrong) room cos I couldn’t see the doctor! It took me 2 seconds to realise he was actually sitting behind the door close to the wall.
Anyways I sat down beside his desk and he started talking. Non-stop. I mumbled a few words about my condition but the rest of the time he talked. He examined my throat and nose and concluded that I have sensitive nose (true) and that is the cause of my sore throat and tiredness.
Because why? First, my nose gets blocked while sleeping at night and that resulted in breathing through the mouth, which lead to sore throat. Second, with blocked nose, quality of sleep is compromised, thus the tiredness.
He even handed me a mirror and showed me how red and swollen the inside of my nose is. He got me pretty convinced.
Brilliant theory right?! That’s what I thought too until I discover that’s what he told every other (at least one other) patient with similar symptoms.
The medication he prescribed me? Standard flu stuff.. tho he also recommended nasal spray if my breathing through nose during sleep doesn’t improve.
Ok doc.
Saw this in Cold Storage, smart play with words, but ofcos you must know who they are referring to.
榴莲的精华 — 榴的华
As for this packaging from Hong Kong, it sounded innocent enough in Cantonese I suppose. But to Singaporeans a total different story.
It’s just wrong.
We had a 2-day short course on Effective Management this week, and here’s what I’ve learned.
1/ We are the “meat” sandwiched between 2 buns — staff and boss.
2/ We are part of management, so don’t fight the system, be loyal to the right camp (the camp that pays you).
3/ We are to let people be responsible in finding solution for the problems they’ve created (ie. 太极problem back).
4/ To be a good manager you must win the hearts of your staff and boss (see 15).
5/ Management is not science, it’s art.
6/ Praise speaks louder than money (I beg to differ).
7/ Leadership charisma is in-born (so if you don’t have it, too bad).
8/ How to retaliate when you are not happy with your boss — provide wrong feedback, provide delayed information, submit work full of errors (but errors make boss feels important), miss deadlines.
9/ The role of leader is to influence people to change.
10/ Don’t feel threaten when staff voice out differing opinions from you. Just get angry.
11/ If your boss gives you ambiguous instructions and you can complete the task successfully, it means you are ready for the next level (up or down not sure).
12/ Repeated stories/illustration helps drill boring theories in your mind.
13/ Problems are always caused by women and when things doesn’t go well at work, she will go home and scold her husband, resulting in divorce and family breakup.
14/ Solution to all staff problems — promote him/her and he/she will feel incompetent and resign = problem solved.
15/ Most important of all, find out how you can be the blue-eye girl/boy of your boss by reading your boss’ mind and wearing their shoes.
This morning as I was turning out from my carpark, after checking there is no oncoming traffic I stepped on my accelerator only to be greeted with the butt of a woman!! I jammed the brake and stared at her butt as she bent over to pick up a bird from the road.
I assume the bird is unwell cos it seems to be in serious need of feathers and when the woman dropped the bird on the grass patch, it didn’t even try to hop away. All these while I watched in astonishment and am just glad I didn’t step hard on the accelerator.
Really not in need to be in the headlines tomorrow — “woman killed by car when saving sick bird from road”.
> Xmas gathering with the poly gang was at Small Boobs’ new place. We now have 2 kids to entertain and I was totally exhausted by end of the day, tortured by the kids, and one hasn’t started walking yet, wait till THAT happens. Ash was totally spoilt by the aunties when she received PRINCESS stationery set, PRINCESS book and PRINCESS watch (no i did not get her anything PRINCESS) for her Xmas presents. I highly suspect it would be everything Thomas & Friends or Bob the Builder for Travis next time. HA. Over the top aunties.
> Watched NYE fireworks at our usual place and with all the shouting and laughing at dinner, I woke up on first day of 2010 with NO VOICE. Everyone found it amusing, except me. Those who called me on mobile that day — not funny.
> Attempted to clear my leave (for the first time in my life) during the last week of 2009, at first I thought it would boring cos I would only be staying in S’pore, but it did not turned out too bad. Shopping, movie and eating on a weekday afternoon is fab. The only 2 downsides were the malls were packed like weekends (cos 10,000 others are not at work as well) and I fell sick from first day of leave and is STILL coughing now. =(
2010 HUAT AH!!
Poor baby.
[via Awkward Family Photos]
Last night was 冬至 (literally mean: winter reach), which according to mom is a festival of greater importance than CNY. So per Chinese tradition we are to have dinner together and eat 汤圆 (dumplings). Mom bought the old fashioned glutinous rice dough in pink and white and we rolled our own汤圆. It really gave my arm a good workout cos they started aching when I was half-way through the rolling. End product was YUM!
