IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE?

Hey! Hey! Hey! Are you in the mood for love? Are are you gonna propose someone this Christmas? If yo think you are in the mood but felt helpless to express your feeling? Wait no more. Go attend free workshop conducted by British Council at Orchard Library before it's too late.It is from 3:00PM to 4:00PM on 2 DEC,9 DEC and 16 DEC 06. Who knows you might meet someone like minded and potential other half. Even no, you might at least run into your idol guest celebrities.


But for those of you wanting to date your friend's ex, better back out your plan. Why? Look at the paper cut-out! Love specialists said "Simply No".

I totally agree with it. In a break-up, for whatever 1000 reasons,there are some bitter sweet memories lingering among them and even you. It's complicated. And we human beings very much fond of comparing everything evolving around us, material possessions, status and personalities. When you new date( Your friend's ex)compared you with your friend (unavoidable along the dating), will you feel good? When your friend casually ask your your relationship is going? Or how you new date is doing? When you are in good spirit, no problem. If your relationship hit a rock or you are in foul mood..Bang Bang! And this is just one minute thing and there are endless things that are more serious problems you might encounter....So ya.. I would say.. stay away from dating your friend's ex if you don't wanna lose a dear friend.

In recent days, there are so many season's promotional items stuff into my mail box. Christmas novelties..Fashion, Mobile Phones Household items...etc.. Oh my..I tell you..Tempting..
Giordano, M1 catch my attention. Giordano being on more affordable labels and the styles and patterns do fit me more than other Brands, so that I like it. Na..I am not going to buy something to warm me up in this hot and humid Singapore, I am going to see some Pants. I like their season colours.
And M1 Ads is simply cool because of their models. Asian! Well I am not bias towards any race but Singapore being Asian gate way, I just feel we should showcase more Asian Faces. I will write more about this topics in near future why I feel that way. So stay tune buddies.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME? MONOPOLY?

Well! I am not trying to confuse you by the song "The Name of the Game" and the game, monopoly. Really was I confused trying to figure out where the Singapore-Print-Media Giant, SPH is heading....

When I first took notice of its ads about it's setting up online jobs portal www.st701.com, I think nothing of it. It's just "oh! ok! maybe they are just trying to provide some value-added things to the readers by just trying to compile the job ads that its numerous papers are already carrying....

But now it is kind of launching another cash cow by SPH and it is going into HR. In my humble opinion, shouldn't it be in the hand of Professional HR Practisioners? Surely SPH would argue" Yes it is in their hand! We headhunted the industry bests to do the jobs. And just read the ads I put it up. They are conducting a fee based HR related workshops.

We should applaud them for creating income generating opportunities for professional trainers, HR practisioners but it is kind of conflict of interest. I wonder Jobstreet, JobsDb and alike would have to join hands and set up hard papers instead of putting their ads in SPH's papers. Or I won't be surprised if the free paper, TODAY classified will get thicker.

Could it be the reason why some people felt threaten to share their skills. You learn the ropes and later take away my rice bowl mentality...

Well...just my thought...might not be the case

WITH MONEY COMES HAPPINESS?

I don't want to go through what the report said but don't ask me a stupid question like " true? Money can make you happy?".....

YES! Money can bring happiness to me...I will go into it later but now let me share with you about survey things.........

Basically, I don't believe surveys. Especially those stop you on the road to conduct surveys..
Come on, in broad day light and standing stupidly and answering those neither this nor that questionnaires, who the hell will give you straight out of their hearts' answers. In my personal view, those conducted online and anonymous will get more sincere and truthful results I am sure.Well at least it is true for me or even majority lots.

And you know what! people these days are smart and scheming, know the art of giving the fantastic answers to impress you and they are not necessarily true. Be it the survey on if they only bought branded undies. Or ask me if I prefer protected sex over unprotected? Wanna know my answer? Aha! I better not say....

And ask me which clubs I patronize for a night out dancing? I am sure I will shoot out the big names like.. "ZOUK", "MOS"..rather than a cool and smaller joints that I really like and go......

Well... just throw me a million or two Singapore Dollars or better still if Pound Sterling..I am sure I will be happy....

But don't package that money with stupid questions like... this money comes with an old hag....

This money comes with broken hearted widow and you gonna fulfil her lust and so on...

Not just me...... throw that money to any Tom, Dick or Harry on the street without any condition. I am sure I will not be the one who is always high on booze or boobs..Or bought an expensive sport car and go on rampage..nah.......

So...give me the money if you wanna know I will be a happier person.. Don't need survey.. I will show it to you.. a ha!

MUSICA DE LOS ANDES..PERUVIAN FOLK MUSICS

An associate dropped me off Bugis after our meeting yesterday evening...7 PM and I was hungry and tired after a long day. It's friday! wondering to ring up buddies and going out for a drink or heading home while strolling back to office..

Suddenly a strange tune with kind of from unfamiliar instruments hit my ear drums. And I saw a crowd and I just couldn't resist to join them. Oh! What an evening guys! A 5-members troupe with thier synchonized steps and beautiful musics made my day. I did not want to leave but after 3 songs I had to drag myself and went away. Of course after parting with my $23 and came with a CD.

I tell you..go take one for yourself and taste a live performance. Though the whole CD is instrumental you will love it. I have been repeating over and over again.


But until I reached home, put the CD in my home theatre system...I got no idea what is the "ANDES". From the CD cover I know it is Latin but ANDES?

As usual I google it a hummmm! there we go.... " Music of the Andes"

ONE NIGHT STAND....

HELLO! Did I scare you off? Probably I guess.... Some people do and I am amazed really.

But hey! I didn't intentionally went all the way to Clark Quay, standed in front of this Pub and took this shot just to write this post.

And I don't even have any idea this shot of photos will come in handy till I think of the post title " One Night Stand"..You think it is very suggestive too. Don't you?

Haaaaaaa! I am not looking for a quick fix though. Just that I want to relate something about some unfortunate moment that can breakup friendships and some friends that overly sensitive over a joke, or put it as on some suggestive BIG words (in my view. You may choose to differ).


People! see our conversation over gtalk. XXX in my online friend and we know each other for a couple of months from mmchat. Though we don't know about each other much but considerably well enough as an online friend and very often we do throw jokes to each other.

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me: singapore has no season
no winter
XXX: come to here
live with me
hehe
me: wow
nice
hehehe
aren't you afraid of me
i will rape you
you know
XXX: har
dont use such words
i will block u
me: hahahah
do it
XXX: really
me: yah....... if just because i use that and knowing that i am just kidding
by all means
block me
XXX: dar so yin
bye
me: bye
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Well! He logged off. He blocked me or not I don't really bother to check either.

I just noted that it is not not the right joke that I happened to tell not at the right time.But what a pity to lose a friend just like that!!!!!!!!!!

And when I was browsing my camera and yeah!!! I think it is the right photo and the right title to relate my feeling... and yes so far I have yet to come to term with " One Night Stand" for you information. I don't really fond of it.

And just like in my conversation with XXX, look at Sunny Singapore. It is Rain or Shine throughout the year. No winter. No snow. Arr... but it is chilly you know even no snowfall nor winter here.

Even this morning in the NOVOTEL HOTEL's conference room, I was almost frozen. Me and my colleague Yanti was attending HYENA 2-half-day workshop ORGANIZED by THE INSTITUTE OF FIRE ENGINEER, SINGAPORE there.

It was a computerized hydraulic calculation program. As our firm specializes in Fire Safety Engineering, we were tasked to attended and learn the software and yes it is interesting and useful for us.
After seminar, we stroll along the Singapore River boasted with many hip and chic restaurants and night spots. That's how I happened to pose in front of One Nite Stand.

And yes it was empty as it's in a broad day light when we took these photos. It's lunch time. But tell you! when the sun goes down you hardly can have a seat. It's packed with multi-coloured crowds all over with the people from all over the world and locals.

I have yet to check out Crazy Horse and Ministry of Sound (MOS) there.

AS TIME GOES BY.......

Time flies.....

It's been a year since I started this blog and thanks everyone who stumbles upon and read it.

The yearly christmas decoration at Orchard Road is pretty much the same so far and nothing much to shout about. I took a shot the other day I went for an inspection somewhere there.

And the night shot was taken on my way back from office. It's more lookable and gave me sort of festive mood.
Well guys! To commemmorate my blog anniversary, I attempted changing the layou and colour to give you a fresher feeling to look at..

I don't know about you guys but I am quite happy with it. Thanks to Google's Blogger Team as it is pretty much easy to make a switch from older version.

This Week in News...

This week I have quite a number of people in the news whom I admire for their achievement in their fields.

Well! basically, I admire those people make it big in their respective fields and they are under 40. Of course there are some older chaps that I look up to. Some of them are bankers. Some are Actors, Politicians. Poker Players, too. They could be from all walks of life and so my admiration do not just based upon their sound financial success but their appearance, their uniqueness or could be their contribution towards the community, their organization.

Hmmm! so! This week I have Liz Lieu, Andy Lau & a banker, Lee Hock Boon.

Let's talk about Liz Lieu first. Frankly I don't know her till recently. Singapore hosted a Poker Tournament and this acclaimed "Poker Diva" took part in the event. She was featured on the cover with the tag like "Poker Diva", " I make millions and I lost millions". Her young and stylish Asian look attracted me to know more about her. I was wondering she is being labelled Diva because she made appearance at each and every poker tournament as scantily clad models or rather a girl friend of a well known player?

Man! was I totally wrong. This Vietnam born a US girl is a pro poker player. She is young, hot and making millions playing poker. And she shares her winnings with the poor and that one of the reason I admire her.

We use to hear " Life is a gamble".. Yeah... such a meaningful gamble. Bravo Liz..

And next, Andy Lau...the one of the heavenly kings of the Hong Kong entertainment industry. I don't really understand Chinese but I like listening to Chinese soothing musics and Andy's. Being in Chinese-Majority Singapore I am no stranger to commercial fronted by Andy and his movies.

And he is beyond 40 and can you believe how he is so youthful and well-maintained? You may say he is required to do so as he is an entertainer. I totally agree and I am just putting him up as a model so everyone can related to what I am saying.. And personally he belongs to a group of people I admire.

And the last man for this week is less well-known to the industry(Banking) outsider, Mr Lee Hock Boon of ABN Amro's Van Gogh Preferred Banking.

We share the same age and that's it. Nothing else we share in common. Oh yes..size maybe. We both are kind of fat but his pocket is definitely far more fatter than mine...And while I am nobody he is already the head of the prestigious bank. So he is one that I admire. He in not one that making big riding through family fortunes but on his own hard works and under 40.

Hello! Mr. Lee if you ever stumble upon this blog...will you hire me?

You said that "it is not always about intellect. The right attitude and enthusiasm count. And that the banks are always on the lookout for people who have a willingness to serve and eagerness to make things better for their clients."

I do! I do! though I am working in different industry I am always willing and eager serving clients without effecting the bottom lines of the organizations I work for...

STEP UP....CHANNING TATUM, JENNA DEWAN..

Oh my.....Thanks God...I dragged myself to the theatre after a hard day at work to watch "Step Up"........

The casts are beautiful and it's entertaining throughout. Not a single second that I felt bored. It is not a classic plot...but who cares..These days, I am lo0king forwards to seeing more of this kind of movies. Light and easy. No heavy drama and not so out of tune with pleasant-in-the-eyes casts. I love it.

My detractors would say..Hey man! It's a movie for kids but you..Haha... whatever..I am what I am. I know what I need to make myself happy..Why would I want to load myself with craps right! Tell you that's how I stay young..

Step Up..everyone deserves a second chance...and that is the message this movie wanna tell us...


And here is my take...... to make a second chance works..a step up.. or many steps perhaps.... but go for it...as long as you don't step on your friends or any one else to make yourself good..


You know what! After watching this movie I miss the days I went dancing haha..and feel like hitting the dance floors since it's TGIF....haha.. but to look good on the dance floors I gotta hit threadmills and grab dumdbells in gym first...dont wanna be a ball rolling even I cant be the master of ballrooms...aheee..

The lead actors are rather new to me. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. Their names and appearance remind me that I have not been watching movies for ages..Well as the saying goes,"Better Late than None" haha...But as usual, I comfort myself saying "ummm.. at least I read papers regularly so that I knew about this movie making rounds at the box offices all over the places..

Hey those of you not having watched it yet...here is the TRAILER. I am sure you will like it.


Brief Review...(I google it..)--------------

Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore¹s tracks ­ and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of one day making it out of there. Nora is a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore¹s ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts -- and the only thing standing in the way of her obviously brilliant future is finding a great dance partner for her senior showcase. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an angry outsider, until his skills as a gifted street dancer draw Nora¹s attention. Now, as sparks fly between them, both on and off stage, Tyler realizes he has just one performance to prove that he can step up to a life far larger than he ever imagined.

SEPARATION...

These days I failed to post regularly though I attempted many times. Working day in, day out really burn me out and lost all my motivation to share some interesting encounters with you guys. And since I left my 1st job I don't have a car to drive around and I commute by means of public transports. In Singapore, it is very convenient by just taking buses and trains or taxis and they are very much affordable but I think I still need a car.... I need to travel around the town frequently and hailing, waiting a cab taking up too much of my time. But then..
Nothing much has changed and still me, myself and no one else. Career wise, I take a turn and moving on to a challenging role though it is still in the same industry and I never regret it so far.

Now, my office is located at the Waterloo Street amid many artistic centres and it is rather refreshing. It is not hip and happening and neither much of powered-sharp-suited executives like Shenton Way. But what I like most is I do not need to worry much what to eat during lunch hour as there are so much things here. Cafe? Bistro? Hawker Fairs or you prefer Oriental? or there are even east-meet-west food junctions. I tell you! now I even have to think a way how to shake off my growing pot-belly haha..

And just around the corner, it is Bugis Village Street where I went for a dose of caffeine and people gazing after work. And buying some stuffs like China-imports Musics CDs and and there are so much more street fashion outlets to check out.
Just look at me I look rather exhausted huh!! And kind of feeling out of place while roaming around Orchard Posh Shopping Centres.

And I don't think I ever introduce my younger brother in my blog here before yeah! So here he is...He just came back from Myanmar after spending a good one month with his family. Ya!!!! He is married with 2 kids. So... I can say I am not alone in Singapore and I have next-of-kin hahaha..
Well...I went off topic too much I guess and back to "Separation"....(Hkwel Hkwar Chin)..I guess it is an extract from a novel by well known author, Min Lu which I spotted on a myanmar blog, MYANMAR POSTS (in burmese). I like it so much that I can't wait to share with you guys. But bear with me if you have different view on the translation.....

"Separation"

'Be don't sad and let me tell you..'''

'It's said living apart is better off than togetherness"..Then there is hope we would be together one fine day.....'

"Being near could transform to-Separation- any time my dear.

"LIKEWISE....not in love would be more relieving than having to expect worryingly when would the time the hatred would come along'................

Oh... sweet man!!!!!!!!