big metal bird gone!?

once upon a time, the authorities decided that building a big metal bird and placing some big metal palm trees together with some benches and an "amphitheatre" would somehow enhance the roundabout aesthetically...

it was completed. and as expected, none of the residents of this very busy suburb is going to sit next to the roundabout, inhale tonnes of carbon monoxide and look at the metal palm trees not swaying in the wind. especially since the nearby "amphitheatre" was rumoured to be housing some druggies...

a few months after, the whole area was cordon off... i think the big metal bird which had costs the taxpayers millions (don't have the exact figure)... has disappeared! don't know what else the authorities' relatives are selling... i suppose what will appear next will be yet another round of suprise... and more white elephants?

and again, i wouldn't protest... but would just vent my frustrations here...

sorry.. no posting..

coz broadband became noband... for about a week. called 1300-88-9515... technical assistance provided by very courteous technical fella who seems to know what he is talking about!!! (competent)... not to mention patient!!! wow!!! too bad... i forgot his name by the time my broadband returned... so... whoever it was on the phone on 18 March 2007 (11:24 am) report no : 4341643... teng kiu very much!!!

contented or complacent?

i was sitting down with some ex-colleagues many moons back… and conversation, inevitably, revolved around work. How the too-stupid-to-live clients could not provide the much needed information on time; how bosses couldn’t have been more demanding; how subordinates should never have applied for the job; how interpretation of the latest standard is such a bitch; how life will equal work for the next century or so…blah blah blah...


and I thought to myself, how lucky I am to have moved out of the industry.


Sure, I can’t bitch about work like before (I suppose bitching about work and a lot of other people give one a sense of superiority and it might even feel like the job is so tough it provides job satisfaction!!)… not to mention not being able to climb the so ever glamourous corporate ladder; wear that office suit which lends an air of importance (really??!) - when we are really just feeling poor due to the super low pay and exploited due to the super long hours…


but now, I get to see the sun, I have time to meet up with friends at decent hours, I’m not always the last one to appear at a gathering, i have time for gym, for tennis, I’m more patient with my family members, I have time to read, I can just lie around and do nothing on a Sunday morning…

bliss…


let’s think about job prospects, higher pay, respect and recognition … another day. After all, I didn’t want a job where people will think “wah… so smart”… I wanted a job where people will think “lucky b@#$h… so much time for all that… no need to work ka???”, alternatively, “wah… so much marni one… somemore no need to work like dog”…


not quite there yet… but feels like I’m on the right track… (hopefully?)


p/s : some people out there might not agree… well, that’s too bad. Live with it!

p/p/s : does this mean i finally know the meaning of being contented??? or is this what being complacent is all about? being in comfort zone etc etc? i'm NOT gonna analyse that! kakakakakaaka .. not today, anyways!

whining

whine
v. intr.
v. whined, whin·ing, whines

1. To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.
2. To complain or protest in a childish fashion.
3. To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining.

v. tr. To utter with a whine. n.
1. The act of whining.
2. A whining sound.
3. A complaint uttered in a plaintive tone.

why do people whine?
it makes them feel better.

how does it make them feel better?
you know what?? i have really got no idea why. but i know it works.

somehow, doing it virtually is not very satisfying... but it worked to a smaller degree... so, i shall get out of it.. and get ready for wedding dinner. i hope i take good pictures. which will help me get out of this whiny stage...

i'm gonna cyberly whine!!

nobody has read my blog within the past 1/2 hour... the counter has not increased.... :(

kissed arse today...

some idiotic kelisa emergency braked... causing the handsome-but-super-young chiku in the honda accord in front of my car to brake... causing me to not be able to brake in time coz i was eyeing the stupid ugly brown colour wira which was following close behind... causing me to have my second accident with this car within 6 months...

*sob*

feeling shitty... feeling whiny too...

so, i shall get over the whiny stage by bloggin' ...

i think this is probably what life partners are for... to have somebody to share these kinda shitty moments with!! of course, i suppose there are happy ones to share with as well!! :) but i suppose events in life just isn't as happy/ sad/ exciting if nobody else knows about it... imagine buying your first ferrari... and there is nobody to tell!! nobody to fetch!!! who would u tell if u've just bought a ferrari today?? would telling that person make u feel super gud??

ego

noun
1. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
2. your consciousness of your own identity [syn: self]
3. (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

~WordNet~


1. should not be the size of an elephant...

~2senworth-of-tots~

pix still blur ... sigh*

why ar??? i dunnnooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... why still blurrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.... too big ar?? maybe should just display as small.. :(

so blardy frustrating...

so tired...

so...

.

wah... nice pix... so "artist"!!

taken at old china cafe... a singaporean friend brought me there... it's a quaint little place near petaling st...

girls' nite out

girls' nite out~! woo hoo!! one of my gorgeous gal friend...

ithmus, northpoint - ambience : tops, food presentation : tops, service : ok ler, food taste : ar...., price : probably paying for the ambience....

the bride-to-be...

i suppose a place more for dates than a group thing..

broadband...

i have been "promoted"... from dial up to "temperamental-not-so-broadband-which-sometimes-drop-off-but-sometimes-behaves-like-how-i-tot-broadband-would-be"... and thankfully... it's behaving like broadband at the moment.

according to jason, i'll first have to send my modem to yean... to see if the problem lies with the modem... which by the way is a "HUAWEI SmartAX MT800"... which i bought for RM88... although they claimed it was free and the RM88 were installation fees...

now... let's see if i can forward a chain mail before the line drops off... and i'll be doomed to 2 years of bad luck as stated in my zodiac sign description...starting tomorrow morning and will only get worse from there... thanks jenn for the mail... lol

after one glass too many...

Ok.. now, i can't seem to control the sequence of the pictures uploaded... though they are getting clearer! will get that fixed...

Hope the following would generate the hits i wanT!

After one too many glasses of whiskey neat...



This is "before"!!

This is "getting there!"

This is "after way too many glasses"! :)

Again... the "getting there"...

being single...

... is not so bad mar... ~ was at a gathering today... jason asked "what's so bad about being single??".... nothing ar. there is nothing bad about being single. as a matter of fact, it has it advantages. for one, your emotions are totally within your control. does not correlate with anybody else's mood... doesn't depend on whether you are pissed of at someone or if someone is pissed off at you!

but i suppose nobody consciously strive to remain single! afterall, the ups and downs can be quite fun..? i suppose being constantly happy can be alittle boring. afterall life's short... play hard... "nike"

p/s: we should always recognise the ppl who invests alot in advertisements. good advertisements.