95...94 days or rather 94..93 days..

Oh no... I just realised I made a mistake on the countdown... it is supposed to be 93 from today 30th Sept) instead of 94 days... what a silly mistake..

I decided not to blog everyday just in case whoever is reading this gets bored.. if you think I should blog everyday then drop me a message and I may revert back..

For a start, the children day celebration on saturday went off quite well.. like i said in my earlier blog, nothing can go wrong when handling children. I have to thank the 2 lovely ladies who volunteered to help out in the celebration. One of them even brought her son to help out just in case.. thanks.. I wonder what I will do without them. I have to make a point here, as term "volunteer" implies, you are supposed to volunteer yourself and time for such committee work, it is not something that you come and go as you wish.. as you dun get paid for doing volunteer work but it is a commitment thing.. so for those idiots who dun even bother to answer to my e-mails on this event or even let us know they are not coming.. if you had problems fulfilling the commitments, then you should consider quitting.. instead of screwing someone's life up.. shit you..

My sunday went on quite well, went to market with Mom and had breakfast followed by some shopping. Got back home at about 12 pm, had a quick rest and decided to call Zhu.. she picked up the call and sounded so so very tired.. apparently she had to invigilate the exams over the weekend and had woke up at 6 am this morning... when I called her she was able to have her afternoon nap before continuing the exams till 6 pm after which she will have to mark the papers till late in the night.. poor Zhu.. we did manage to chat for a while before she go for her afternoon nap.. she will be having a week break next week due to the national day in China.. told her will call her next week..

I tried to take a short nap before going for my sushi dinner with the Divine One.. but emm, maybe I had too heavy a breakfast.. I just can't get to sleep and woke up an hour later feeling dizzy and with a running nose.. glad it clears nows.. the dinner went on quite well, emm, lots of foods.. I am beginning to realise that my money could be more worthwhile spending on food instead of my other unworldly ventures which often brought me frustration instead of joy and happiness.. next week is going to be a busy one.. after which I will be going in camp training for 2 weeks.. ya, 2 more things to whine about before I end here, firstly.. can the dxxm HSBC bank had alternate methods for paying the Personal Line of Credit payment, your stupid machine is alway down when I go down to the branch and there is only one stupid machine down there.. no to mention that there are limited CDMs around for poor souls like me to make payment... sian ah.. have to make a trip down to Dhoby Ghaut or AMK again to make payment.. waste of time.. the next thing I want to whine about is stupid opening hours of the post office.. can't we have more post offices that opens at least till 7 pm so that we can send our registered mails.. or can we have something like an account where I can deposit all my registered mail in a collection bin with my account ID on it so that you can bill me after processing the mail... emm, have to go down to Paya Lebar Post Centre soon cos I have some really outdated mails to send... sian ah...
Anyway, have a great week for those who still cares.. good night..

96 days

Today is a real busy day... went to Bedok in the morning to attend a conference call.. some new corporate objectives that we have to implement at our side.. emm, I was commenting to my boss on how unhappy I am with the state of how the EHS system is run at my plant.. he was kinda pissed off and stopped me. Then after the meeting, he held me back and we had a long long talk about all the arguements and disagreement we had.. o.k, I am glad we thrash things out.. emm, anyway will see how things go on from there.. I cannot afford to lose my bonus.. back to my plant in the afternoon and it is meeting after another meeting. I was challenged by the management today on some EHS related issues and I think I did not give a good and convincing enough answer... my boss is there but he did nothing to help.. after the meeting one of the supervisor commented to me that he like the way I manage things... emm, sounds good but emm, I am still quite new so try not to be taken in by what people say.. had to work late till 7:30 pm as last minute got some issues come up.. emm, ended up doing the minutes of meeting and also created some sort of a 1 page simplified summary of the meeting for briefing the staff as I know they never read the minutes...

Reach Bedok at about 8:05 pm and proceed to draw some money to pay my credit card bills, was surprised that there were money left in my Maybank account.. emm, I am in a sad state now when coming to my financial situation.. emm, in a flash a big chunk of my salary go towards paying off my debts.. wonder when I can be debt free... went to Seng Song to buy some food stuff for the children day celebration tomorrow, send a mail last nite requesting for help but only Janet and Hassanah replied... manage to get Janet to buy the cakes and drinks... emm, after buying 2 big bags of snacks from Seng Song.. I proceed to look for a discount shop to buy some gifts for the children tomorrow.. managed to find one just nearby Seng Song.. brought some forks and plates for 5 dollars (48 forks and 48 plastic plates) and get 8 color pencil set for just $1 each.. real cheap.. then slog through the interchange with my 3 big bags and got on my favourite 854 bus... reach home and had a so-so dinner , emm, white fish again... sian bor... call Zhu and she finally answered my call after trying to get her for the past week.. she was at a KTV with her friend.. told her to enjoy herself.. dun think she wanna hang up so soon but emm it was noisy what... so wish her goodnight.. promised to call her tomorrow nite... emm, Zhu ah.. do you know how much I miss you...

Proceed to finish my game plan for tomorrow... with some help from the Divine One (Shiv).. emm, tomorrow still need to go back to work.. a bit sian but think of the $$$ then I say not too bad... gonna be a long day tomorrow... hope all work out well for the children day celebration... real tired.. gonna take a shower and hit the sack... nite nite..

97 days

I slept late last nite, about 2 am cos the food I ate kept me awake.. It was raining and I had a real good sleep to the extend that I woke up late by almost 30 mins... Had a quick shower, pack my stuff and rushed off to work... and.. I was early at the waiting area again and it was raining real heavily. I was hoping to shelter some ger form my company to the bus but emm, they brought their own.. ended up sheltering the guys to the bus..

Had a real sloppy day.. take my time to finish off the stuff for Bahrum... and then had a late lunch with some of the guys... chicken rice.. nice... after a full meal, before I can start work again, I received a call telling me there are some training on this afternoon, ended up spending at hour or so to help set up the training.. by the time I get back to my PC, it was 3:30 pm.. so answer some e-mails and do some documentation.. emm, was also informed that there was a conference call tomorrow morning at 8:30 am, have to go down Bedok again. My boss is also getting on my nerve, dun even wanna come down and want to talk a lot.. come on, you think you can manage remotely through e-mails and phonecalls. Shit to him, I wonder how long more I can tahan him.. emm, the bloody kan cheong spider... Rush off to board the bus after making some noise to a advisor and maintenance staff on safety related issues.. apparently the more I try to understand the system and culture, the more shit I dug out and I think it is affecting me emotionally and physically.. have to relax.. cannot be like ODE..

I changed my mind of going to Singapore Post due to the heavy rain, ended up going to the Hawker centre at Bedok Interchange with a colleague to have hokkien mee and ice jelly.. emm, on the way home while on the bus , received a call asking me to buy breakfast for the guys tomorrow... emm, o.k.. on my way back, my mind was all on planning for this saturday children day event, emm, no one bother to reply to my request for help.. on well.. guess I have to manage all the logistics myself.. let's see.. foods.. games..gifts.. music.. emm, quite a chunk of things to do and somemore this saturday have to go back to company.

On SDU, received an e-mail from the guy organising the dine out, he planned for a Jap buffet dinner next friday and I replied to him that I will be going.. emm, I think I need to make some new friends.. even if it is guys only... and ya.. tina from SDU asked me to call her last nite but I forgotten and ended up she called me.. as expected, she got this ger to intro me.. I said o.k and was given the phone number... Tina told me she is 1.67 m and weight 64 kgs or is it 1.64 m and 67 kgs.. I think it is the former... told me ger next door type.. emm, I hope she got it right this time and intro me someone presentable.. I may sound demanding but emm... I rather stay single than been with some who m I dun like.. sorry... emm, is 64 kgs a bit overweight for a ger? After some analyzing, maybe not that much, especially taking in account her height... I only hope it is not over exaggerated and trust Tina comments on the "ger next door" thing.. Dun think will call tonight, maybe drop her an sms tomorrow morning... emm.. time to call Zhu... hope she is available... nite..

98 days

Tiring! Really Tiring!! Just got home after a 16 hrs days (6 am to 1030 pm). Will write this blog, have a quick shower and hit the sack...

I really a real layback day today, I practically spent the whole day doing the stupid blue file thing.. emm, I was so tired during lunch time that I fell asleep in front of my PC... I also realise that my table is in a big big mess, I promised myself to clear it up by friday. I got another stupid e-mail from my boss today, he is very good at prata-ing, one moment say that and now say that is not what he meant.. have to be careful of him... never wanna answer my e-mail and say he reply already... ya... right... I registered for a seminar at Goodwood Park hotel on the 24th of Oct, gonna be free flow of food and drinks (alcoholic), only thing is that it is on a wednesday... think maybe take leave after that.

Well, my auction did not end so well last nite despite some help from Victor.. on mine, I am going to lost bigtime on my investment this round... oh well.. that is what you get if you play with this thing call luck... Promised Victor I will be going KL on 20th Oct.. we planned to chill out at some interesting places... emm... dunno but I am spending money like water... maybe have to control a bit liao..

Today supposed to go home and rest and I had made up my mind this morning to do just that. But then the SDU lady called me at about 3 pm, I did not pick up the call and she message me to remind me to go for the networking event... finally after some much reluctant, I took the train down after work... emm, as usual, buffet dinner but did not eat much cos I am having a bit of stomach flu... I saw Tina (not seen her for almost a year liao) and she commented that I lose quite a bit of weight... I dun really think so, I was about 80 kg last year and I am about the same of not more... anyway, the event went quite well but I did not mixed around much as my cough is acting up again... at the end of the event, we were asked to exchange phone numbers which i did with a few guys.. planned to arrange some outing by one of the guys... the ger is o.k, a bit of mix, one caught my eye but she left before I managed to get her number... too bad but then, no big deal lah.

I am still wondering what music to play this saturday during the children day celebration, anyway everything had to be done by tomorrow as I planned to work late on friday.. yawn yawn, time to get to bed soon... still so many things to do... oh well.. night night..

99 days

Today is the mid autumn festival.. emm, so woke up today and asked mom for some offerings to burn at my company, I scared the guys forget to buy.. After reaching the company, do my usual task and proceed to do my offering.. there were the Malay cleaner IC and the gardener round the area, luckily they just go ahead and do their stuff and did not bother me about the smoke and the burnt incense..

I spent the rest of the day helping the guys update their machine status file... I have to finish the stuff or at least try to by this week.. but emm, there are so much outstanding things to do... some which like the EHS audit, I have no head or tail and I am supposed to "analyze" the audit report submitted to me.. ya, so much for the "help" and "guidance". My boss also pissed me off by sending me a stupid e-mail requesting me to do some test on the machine before using it.. Though I told him last nite that the chemical for the machine is not approved for use yet, if chemical not approved then machine not running, machine not running then cannot do test... got it?

I was planning to do OT today, need to start clocking some to help offset some of my financial burden. Most prob thursday and friday will do OT... also saturday need to come back... emm, maybe I should skip thursday to prepare for the children day thing... Btw tomorrow suppose to go to SDU for the networking thing, but as I was scrolling through the e-mail list, which consist of most civil servants from MOM, MOE, LTA.. a name catch my eyes, it was the name of some ger they tried to intro me.. not nice and also really DAO... emm, having second thoughts about going now.. especially have to do those stupid things to "break the ice"... emm, we shall see how.

On the way back today, saw a ger from my ex-company.. as I was about to board the bus, we just exchange gestures and smile... emm, we enter the company and undergone the training, as mentioned in my earlier blog, it is people like her, young supposively ignorance and not able to take hardship type that make me change my views. She is one of the young things that prove to me that their character is much much stronger than me.. anyway wish her best of luck in her appointment..

Auction ending tonight, so far not doing so well and have been receiving ridiculous and not even decent offers from some idiot bidders... have to take desperate measures... shall stop here... good night...

100 days (3rd Attempt)

This is my 3rd attempt today to post my blog. My PC hangs up on me last night when I was trying to do a post and now it is starting all over again, seems like there are some kind of virus or software conflict. Anyway, to keep it short, it is another 99 days to the new year and I hope to make the remaining days as fruitful and as meaningful as possible. I will try to make a post of the things I do or encountered everyday for the next 99 days.

For a start, today is Monday, the worst day in the week for most people including me. I woke up gingerly for unknow reasons and went off the work real early. It wa sonly 6:35 am when I reach the place to wait for the company bus (20 mins earlier). Upon reaching the company, I told myself I gonna take it easy today as it is going to be a long day (I had a dinner appointment after work). Cleared some e-mail and do the usual stuff and then spend basically the whole afternoon clearing some stuff that isn't suppose to be done by me but oh well... that's life! The morning past by slowly by it speeds up after lunch... soon it was end of the day and I proceed for my dinner appointment. The dinner was for my Regional EH&S Manager who had resigned to spend more time raising her kids.. what a noble thing to do. The dinner went off quite well, the food is not bad, some lame jokes and chat with the managers, some champagne.. then time to go off. Real tired day.. Vincent send me back and as usual I told him about some ideas that I had in improving the EHS system and as usual he replied that it can be taken into consideration... ya... consideration..

Reach home and my bro passed me $300 (not bad!), he strike first prize in 4D on Sunday, a cool $10000. Not bad for him and also for me.. I am feeling kinda regret after spending a large some of money on cardboards, emm, my auction is ending tomorrow night and it is not doing so well, wonder if I can recoup even 20%... oh well.. that is the price you had to pay...

Ya... SDU called me today to go down for a networking session on wednesday evening, upon probing the coordinator, Tina, further, she told me that she dun have enough guys and asked me to get my guy friend if any is interested. Oh well... I told her I am going but I am having to have second thoughts especially when wednesday is suppose to be my rest day.. It is going to be a tiring week, need to do OT and also come back on saturday... still have to prepare the children day celebration this saturday... emm, better get some sleep... nite...

SUNDAY Wedding & Personal Thoughts

Yo, today is Sunday and it is one of my best friend's wedding. Emm, everything went according to plan except for a few hitches during the reception in the afternoon. PC interface problems, Solemniser late, missing ring bearer... but like they always say, things will goes well in the end. Overall, I think that it was a great wedding., Congrats to Spencer & Sue..

Emm, when will it be my turn... I simply dunno.. fate had a way of playing with your feelings and emotion, when you think you finally found someone you love, you are both separated by distance and countries.. if only the transporter machine in Star Trek is a reality, distance will not be a problem.. Love is a happy thing but sometimes when you think you got it, it is actually so close yet so far. It is painful when you lost it or you can't be with the person you love just becos of distance, time.. or various seemingly insignificant problems.. All I say now is my heart yearn for love but it seems like an insurmountable task. I hope the pain will go away soon and I will at least be contented with my position with the one I love now, a very good friend. To love someone is something to let them be happy with where or what they are doing...

I had to move on... to greater things I hope... there are still many thing left undone.. time is something I cannot control... emm.... I am sorry but I dun think I will ever continue with my post on my trip to Hainan... it is just too much for me to bear... I have to be strong... and move on...

OUTdated Post

Hi All, firstly I would like to apologise for the late post on my trip. The reason been I had been down with a bad bout of flu since last saturday. So here is a breakdown of my trip to Hainan.



24th Aug 2007



The flight was at 1220 hrs but had to check in 2 hrs earlier. I took a cab from home to the budget terminal and check in. After which I had an early lunch and check into the DFS waiting area for the gate to open. At 1150 hrs, proceed to the gate and wait. I called Zhu but she did not picked up the call so sms her. She replied and told me she will be waiting for me at the airport. I am very excited and was looking forward to see her again.


The flight was delayed by 30 mins due to a fueling problem. Managed to get on the plane and find my seat rather easily. Am I glad that they remove the free seating thing and I got a window seat as requested. The plane was almost full for the flight, mostly at senior citizens, uncles and aunties as well as some Chings. Most which I believe is going to visit their relatives in Hainan. So off we go, a 3 hrs and 30 mins journey. I plugged on to my Zen Stone and dozed through almost the whole journey, waking up occassionally to check the time and view the scenery outside. As it get closer to the destination, I feel more excited.


Finally, amid all the delays, I reach Hainan Mei-Lan airport at about 1700 hrs and checked out with my baggage. I was afraid I might not be able to recognise Zhu after not seeing her for almost a year but there she was. We exchanged greetings and I commented on how skinny she looks. She booked a cab which will take us to Qionghai where I will spend the next few days. During the journey to Qionghai, we only talk about Singapore and also some of our life and work stuff, nothing too personal. I asked her how much to book the cab but she said nevermind the cost.


We reached a popular 4 star hotel in Qionghai and tried to book a room but it was fully occupied so we waited for her friend who drove us to another hotel or rather an inn called Sentosa Inn. It only cost $80(SGD$16) yuan a day compared to the $150(SGD$30) yuan for the hotel. Emm, check into the room, not too bad and put down my things before proceeding to a seafood dinner with her friend and her hubby.


The seafood dinner was great, everything is alive and fresh instead of eating dead seafood like what we had mostly in Singapore. I had all types of shellfish and clams (yes, i dun eat clams but what the heck). Basically they had a pot of boiling water and you just throw in some clams, cabbages and flower crabs to cook up a pot of soup. It taste real good. Also had some dishes of clams, fish and prawns, emm, I really enjoyed myself. I offered to pay but again Zhu paid for the meal.


After the meal, we had a walk at a park nearby before her friend drove me round the Qionghai city and we stopped by a park where the locals were doing their evening walk or doing some dancing. It was very much like tap-dancing in Singapore except that this was more folk music. There were also tikam-tikam and battery operated toy cars (those we used to ride when we were small kids). Nice environment and atmosphere. I can feel that the pace of life is more slow pace and relaxed compared to Singapore.


Next we proceed to a roadside stall, where it was really crowded to have some desserts. I ordered a local dessert which looks and tasted very much like bo bo cha cha in Singapore. Had the dessert and chat for a while before they send me back to the hotel to rest. Zhu asked me to call her from my hotel room when I got back but the line wasn't working properly so called her on my mobile. I was surprised when she called my room a few minutes later, she had got the room phone number from the reception. We had a short chat before proceeding to call it a night. Great day...


25th Aug 2007

Zhu and her friend picked me up at the hotel at about 1000 hrs and we proceed to a cafeteria or what they call in Cantonese (sorry dunno how to spell), anyway, it is those that sell tim sum and all sort of bao. I tried several kind of bao including one with coconut filling, also had the porridge and chee cheong fun. Good breakfast. For Zhu, she was chewing away the chicken leg or what they called "phoenix claw" in Cantonese. I was surprised by how much the ladies can eat without growing fat.

After breakfast, I was told that we will be driving to Boao to visit the holiday resort there. It was about 30 mins ride before we reach. The holiday resort is located on an island and is accessible through a bridge link. At the entrance, we told the guards that we are viewing the hotel rooms before deciding if we wanna book a room. The guard told us that there will be a charge of $40 yuan if we did not book any room in the hotel. There was actually nothing much to view except for the decoration and the nice big building they had. I was told that the venue was used to held several important conference. Zhu asked me to take some photos but I asked her to take with me, she refused.

If the photo is badly taken, pls pardon it, I am not that photogenic. Eh, take some effort and courage to post the photo.

Anyway, we spent about 2 hrs there before proceeding to drive to a ferry terminal. Zhu friend waited at the ferry terminal while we board the ferry to visit a beach which is named the best kept beach where sea and freshwater meet (dunno what you call that). Nothing too interesting, just nice beach and lots of people. The weather was really hot and Zhu despite having her umbrella was red all over. Pity her. The visit lasted for 45 mins before we proceed back to the terminal.

The afternoon was spent at their favorite cafeteria where both Zhu and her friend just chattered away the time while I was left wondering what they were saying (they were speaking in Hainanese). We spent about 3 hrs plus there before proceeding to have "Goose" meat as requested by me. When we reach the restaurant at about 1830 hrs, it was already packed with people. The place was really run-down, and it looks more like a shop front rather than a restaurant. There were bones scattered all over the floor and the person that wipes the table for us did not make it much better. In the end, we had to clean up the table with tissue paper. When the goose meat comes, I observed that there wasn't much meat on the dish. Zhu told me it is because we were late. The meat wasn't that tasty also, in fact, it was rather tough and spongy and difficult to swallow. So much for goose meat.. When we had finished the dinner, Zhu asked me if I would like to visit their night life or night spot and I said no problem, as it was still early, I suggested them to bring me to the KTV thay alway patronised.

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