28th December 2006

No internet in the office for 2 days already!
I am bored to tears, maybe even to death!
Argh!!!
   
Yesterday’s clubbing with the climbers at the Last Mambo of 2006 was fun! But the side-effect of it is not so fun. Feeling sleepy and got a bit of a headache, all day! Oh well, just got to endure. Maybe for 2007, my resolution could be not to club if I’m working the next day. Below are the pics taken yesterday night.

 
Y.E.S

Starting today, lots of places were having sale. The all anticipated, wallet friendly year end sale (Y.E.S). The discount may vary, but the concept is the same: things are cheaper than before. Sadly, my wallet has become thinner hence I can’t go all out to spend, spend, spend. Anyone care to donate to the Dean’s Retail Therapy Fund? =P

Last Climbing of the Year

Despite my body’s complains of tiredness, I made my way to Climb Asia to meet up with the climbing gang for the last climbing for the year. The year wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t go for one last climb. This time around, instead of NUS climbing gym, we headed to Climb Asia.

Over there, I met up with Jessica, Kelly and Daniel. Jessica had just come back from holidaying in Australia. When I cheekily asked her for souvenirs, I was replied by an irritated Jess with ,’Please lor, I nearly killed a kangaroo there!’

It was much later that I found out that she and her friends were on a road trip and their car had knocked down a kangaroo that had ‘appeared out of nowhere’. Amazingly, the kangaroo survived the accident and happily hopped away. Unfortunately, the car was dented and they were made $2300 poorer for the repairs. Talk about bad luck. Poor Kangaroo.

Oh, I also found out that Jessica don’t have a habit of buying souvenirs so I was advised against asking her for any in future. Lesson learnt, point taken.

Anyway climbing would have been more fun if my body did not ‘die’ on me. After two endurance climb, my arms gave up on me and I couldn’t do any more climbing. And that’s after only one hour of being there! Argh! Bummer… The mind is strong but the flesh is weak. Oh well, I’ll do better in 2007!

26th December 2006

Happy Boxing Day!

Not so happy for me though because I have to go to work! Argh!!!

The Link Between Rain and Toilet

This is something I personally noticed. I'm sharing it with you to see how true or false this link is. The link between rain and toilet.

I noticed that when it rains, people go to toilet more often. Be it small or big 'business', it doesn't matter. The frequency just increases during rainy days. I'm saying this because I'm experiencing it myself.

And then it hits me (while going to the toilet for the countless times).

It's simple physics actually. When it rains, the temperature goes down. It becomes colder all around. When it's cold, matter contracts. Even the body. Does your stomach contracts more. So does your bladder.

The result? More visits to the toilet. Simple, right?

Thus the link between Rain and Toilet. More rain = more toilet visits!

You learn something new every day. Hahaha...

People Who Don't Flush Should Must Be Hanged!

As the heading goes, people who don't flush must be hanged! Hanged by their genitals especially.

I would understand if people don't flush because the flush is faulty. But this is rarely the case (especially in toilet conscious Singapore). More often, people just go in, do their business and get the hell out. Without flushing! WTF???

These are the people who must be hanged (by their genitals) or shot (at their genitals) so that they don't have the experience of going to the toilet and causing anguish and disgust to other people. Imagine this: you get a sudden case of the 'big one' coming while shopping around. Hence you rush to the nearest toilet, all ready to 'let go'. But the moment you step into an empty cubicle, you realized to your utter disgust (which is worst, smelling or seeing?) that the toilet bowl was already 'occupied', leftover crap courtesy of he-who-must-be-hanged. And since it was left there for some time, attempts to flush it away proved fruitless. In addition, you're rushing to 'let go'. So how???

Find another cubicle. Curse and swear as you do your business.

I did not experience this personally though. But as I was going to the toilet in a hawker centre, I passed by this empty cubicle and saw someone's 'leftover' in the toilet bowl. Disgusting.

After feeling disgusted, I felt pity. Pity for the toilet cleaner who has to clean up after the mess.  I'm sure the toilet cleaner would gladly volunteer to hang the culprit or pull the trigger. Or make the culprit clean up the worst toilets that can be found in Singapore. Kinda like CWO (Corrective Work Order). It could be called CTT - Corrective Toilet Training. And culprits, besides wearing neon-coloured blazers, will be equipped with only gloves and tissue papers to clean up the mess. Nope, no water at all too. They have to wipe the mess clean with their hands and tissue papers.

I'm sure that way they will remember to flush after use. ;)

13th December 2006

The day is finally here! The day for my department’s Christmas dinner! The best part of it is that it’s on the company! Yay~~~ Hahahaha…

By the time I arrived in office, I hadn’t bought a gift for the gift exchange yet. Thus I rushed down to Vivo City during lunch to start hunting for a suitable gift. There was a budget of $30 for the gift. In addition, it has to be something that both guys and gals can use. Very tricky.

Gift Hunting

I started off at Tangs. There were plenty of interesting things to buy. I spotted something nice but somehow felt weird about getting it. It was a designer trash bin. The design is pleasant to the eyes but I wondered how people would feel if they got a trash bin for a gift. I sent sms to some friends for opinions, and their replies convinced me that trash bin is not such a good idea.

Then I spotted a small pillow and figured that would be a good gift but it was over the budget. I left Tangs and started moving around, shop-to-shop, to look for the ideal gift.
Retail therapy may be enjoyable, but not when it’s gift hunting! After one hour of walking about, I still had not found something worthy.

That’s when I spot it. The greatest store in the whole of Vivo City. The Adidas outlet. I wonder why didn’t I think of going there straight-away in the first place. Hmm…

Anyway I went in, and within 10 minutes, I found the perfect gift for the gift exchange. An Adidas sling bag. The best part? There was free gift wrapping! And the wrapping made the gift looked like a million bucks! Hahaha…

Feeling good, I rewarded myself with a scoop of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Oh yes, the Ben & Jerry’s outlet in Vivo City is having a promotion on it’s one pint ice cream tubs. Buy 2 get 1 free! And the promotion is ongoing till end of the year. So if you’re a fan, go and get it!!!

Department Dinner

The dinner was to be at an Italian restaurant called Al Dente Trattoria located in Esplanade Mall. Very chic place. Surprisingly it was crowded when we got there. Seems like other companies were having their Christmas dinner there as well.

The food at this place was so-so. I had the steak, but the portion served was kind of disappointing. Not very filling. If I ever go there again, I’ll give the pasta a go instead.

The highlight for the evening was the gift exchange. It was done in a game. The game was called White Elephant Way. The rules of the game go like this: those participating will pick a number at random. The number will determine the order of gift selection. Thus the person who has number 1 will be the first to pick the gift, and so on. Whoever has picked a gift will proceed to unwrap the gift and show everyone what was picked. When a person turn comes, he/she can either pick a gift from pool of gifts or ‘snatch’ a present from someone who has already opened a gift. For the person whose gift has been ‘snatched’, he/she will have to pick another gift from the pool. Hence the player with the most advantage is the last player, because he/she will be able to see all the gifts except the last one.

Through-out the game, there were plenty of snatching. The gift that was snatched the most was a designer computer input device (read mouse). It was snatched about 4 times! That’s how hot it is. The snatching made the exchange more fun, because you won’t really know who is going to snatch your gift.

After that we proceeded to K-Box for after dinner entertainment. Over there we sang and sang to our hearts content. The singing was very entertaining as half of the time we sang songs that everyone can dance and sing along. There were even back up singers and dancers! Very fun indeed!

I had hoped of staying longer, however I had other plans. More specifically, an old friend was celebrating his birthday in Zouk! Hence around midnight, I found myself taking a cab to Zouk. The day is long and the fun never ends!

Happy birthday Calvin!

11th December 2006

Tired. Extremely tired.

Could barely keep myself awake at work today.

And there was plenty of work today. Typical of Monday.

Went straight home after work. To sleep. Slept early too.

Shiok!

1st December 2006

The Most Celebrative Months of the Year

I always look forward to December. Not just because my birthday is in December, but also because December will lead to the New Year! That, along with Christmas and school holidays, makes December the most celebrative month of the year.

And possibly, the most expensive. That’s why bonus comes in at the end of the year. So that you have plenty of cash to spare to spend. For holidays and for gifts. And in the season of giving, spending knows no barrier (especially with the help of credit cards).

Deck the cash registers with dollars and cents… fa la la la la, la la, la la… I suppose the people laughing the most would be the retailers.

Nevertheless, December is truly an awesome month. One can start counting down to the near year from now. 1 day down, 30 days left. 2007, here we come!

Birthday Countdown

I met up with the climbing gang for dinner at Vivo City before heading down to Wala Wala at Holland Village for my birthday countdown. This would be a first for me, to have a birthday countdown. The special moment starts at midnight.

However we got there pretty early, around 9pm, hence had plenty of time to kill. Thus we started to joke about and take photos while waiting for the golden moment.

All in all it was a fun night.

Many thanks to all for spending the time with me for the countdown! =)