It's been a long time since I've written anything in this blog. I'm glad to say that my insomnia is gone.
However, there's a new problem. I feel extremely tired and lethargic all the time. That's even when I have had at least 8 hours of sleep the night before. I don't understand why this is so.
So I fell asleep in office today. Got screwed by Leon Lee (the sucks guy). He's just a 1SG but thinks he is some COL or BG. Disgusting behaviour. Bosses people around when the COL or BGs don't boss people around. His arrows are bigger and deadlier than anybody's arrows. Hate that guy. Pisses me off almost everyday. Obnoxious bastard.
Anyway, he himself got screwed today but my hero 2WO Alex. Bastard told me to go get some keys for him and 2WO Alex found out about it and screwed. Boy was I happy!!! But that bastard just had to ruin it by screwing everybody cause he got screwed. Sour grapes!!!
Yinlong is going to ORD on 25th September 2007. That's like next week. I'm sure going to miss him.
I'm gonna go on half day off tomorrow. Need the rest. So damn tired all the time.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
What Mythological Creature Are You?
| You Are a Phoenix |
 Driven and ambitious, you tend to acquire material success easily. You have grand schemes - both for your own life and for changing the whole world. You are a great leader, and you have no problem taking the reigns. However, you aren't all business. You also have great talents for performing and visual arts. |
Wow!! I'm a phoenix. LOL!!! Harry Potter here I come!! :P
Distractions
I'm not convinced we're brought up to deal with our problems. Mostly, we just distract ourselves when something tough comes up. We learn that early. As a kid, you were always given something good, to deal with something bad. Go to a doctor, here's a lollipop or sweet. Fall down and scrape your knee, have a cookie. If you'd cry hard enough, you might even get two. And when you're grown up, it get's even better. You get to eat the whole bag!! LOL!!
But the problem with distrations: lollipops, sweets, cookies, vodka, whiskey or whatever, is that they never really solve anything. Most keep you from having to face your problems. Avoid them long enough though, and you never end up living an honest life. At some point you've just got to stop distracting yourself and deal with what's really bugging you.
Like I said, you were give something good to distract from something bad. Then we grow up, hard to say when that happens. But it happens and distractions seem harder to come by.
Distractions is like running away. Running away from the problems we have at hand. If you looked hard enough, you'll find that you've distracted yourself in more ways than you could possibly imagine. And basically ran away more times than you could possibly imagine. Maybe it's time we all stopped distracting ourselves and faced our problems. Take the bull by it's horns. Maybe..........
But the problem with distrations: lollipops, sweets, cookies, vodka, whiskey or whatever, is that they never really solve anything. Most keep you from having to face your problems. Avoid them long enough though, and you never end up living an honest life. At some point you've just got to stop distracting yourself and deal with what's really bugging you.
Like I said, you were give something good to distract from something bad. Then we grow up, hard to say when that happens. But it happens and distractions seem harder to come by.
Distractions is like running away. Running away from the problems we have at hand. If you looked hard enough, you'll find that you've distracted yourself in more ways than you could possibly imagine. And basically ran away more times than you could possibly imagine. Maybe it's time we all stopped distracting ourselves and faced our problems. Take the bull by it's horns. Maybe..........
What Does My Birthday Mean?
| Your Birthdate: August 23 |
 People wouldn't take you for a passionate person - and that's where they'd be wrong. You can develop deep emotions quickly, and you're the type most likely to move in with someone after a few dates. Number of True Loves You'll Have: 3 Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 1 You are most compatible with people born on the 5th, 14th, and 23rd of the month. |
Now, can someone tell me what is the meaning of "True Loves" in this thing? LOL!!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Anti-Smoking Campaign
Ok. So I managed to catch the heavily debated anti-smoking tv campaign. There was this woman, who has mouth cancer and it looked really gross. But honestly, it has no effect on me. Heh.
The debate that is going on is why, when the campaign obviously targets those heavy smokers, is it aired on tv where everybody and anybody can watch, even little children. Concerned parents have actually wrote in to the forums on Straits Times and have voiced their opinion that it might actually be traumatising for the kid who watches it. In some way, I do agree with what they say. However, it's not all brickbats and no boquets. My friend thinks that it might actually scare the children from ever even starting smoking. He has two kids.
I personally feel, it's all a whole lot of tosh. Have the damn campaign or not, nothing's going to change. I could still remember the whole anti-smoking campaign we had when I was a kid. Look where I am now? I am a smoker. Did it make a difference? No!!! I only remembered there was a campaign, but what the content was? I have already forgotten. LOL!!
You want to know what I think the government should do?? Ban smoking altogether, if not at least public places. Instead of spending money to advertise, don't take money from ciggarette tax revenue. Remember, this is coming from a smoker. A smoker saying that we should ban smoking. I mean if many other countries, especially European countries, can do it, why can't we?? If they stopped selling cigarettes, I would stop buying them. It's that simple. Yes, there will be people who will be unhappy. But come on, it's life, you don't please everybody. There's bound to be someone who will be displeased with every decision you have made.
That being said, I will wait and see what the government decides to do next.
The debate that is going on is why, when the campaign obviously targets those heavy smokers, is it aired on tv where everybody and anybody can watch, even little children. Concerned parents have actually wrote in to the forums on Straits Times and have voiced their opinion that it might actually be traumatising for the kid who watches it. In some way, I do agree with what they say. However, it's not all brickbats and no boquets. My friend thinks that it might actually scare the children from ever even starting smoking. He has two kids.
I personally feel, it's all a whole lot of tosh. Have the damn campaign or not, nothing's going to change. I could still remember the whole anti-smoking campaign we had when I was a kid. Look where I am now? I am a smoker. Did it make a difference? No!!! I only remembered there was a campaign, but what the content was? I have already forgotten. LOL!!
You want to know what I think the government should do?? Ban smoking altogether, if not at least public places. Instead of spending money to advertise, don't take money from ciggarette tax revenue. Remember, this is coming from a smoker. A smoker saying that we should ban smoking. I mean if many other countries, especially European countries, can do it, why can't we?? If they stopped selling cigarettes, I would stop buying them. It's that simple. Yes, there will be people who will be unhappy. But come on, it's life, you don't please everybody. There's bound to be someone who will be displeased with every decision you have made.
That being said, I will wait and see what the government decides to do next.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Scholarships
I was just reading this column article on yesterday's NewPaper titled "Time we reviewed our scholarship system?" The title alone caught my attention.
In this article, Ng Tze Yong actually talked about a big problem with our scholarship system and I have to agree with his viewpoint. The bond!! No. I'm not saying that we should do away with the bond. In fact, I think that the bond is an integral part of the scholarship to the extent that I think it is symbiotic.
Majority of students apply for a scholarship when they are 18. Right when they have completed and gotten their A' Level results. The problem is, at this stage in their lives, not many of them really do know what they want to do. They may end up getting a scholarship with a bond they would not be happy to serve when they realise that it's not what they want to do. That is definitely a very big problem.
Tze Yong mentioned in his article a solution. Centralise scholarships into a common pool. Companies put their money in this pool. When students get their scholarships, they'll still be bonded. But they won't have have to choose where to serve it yet. They do that only when they return from their studies, older and wiser. A central body then matchmakes them with the companies. Each scholar gives their top three choices. Each company gets their share of scholars, according to how much they put into the pool.
I think it's quite a good idea. It's a win win situation for both the comapnies and the scholar. In fact, the Singapore government has something similar already in place. It's called FIREfly. It's a human resource collaboration amongst seven statutory boards - A*STAR, EDB, EMA, IE Singapore, JTC Corporation, SPRING Singapore and STB. Maybe the private sector could do something similar. It will be a bit difficult but definitely achieveable.
In this article, Ng Tze Yong actually talked about a big problem with our scholarship system and I have to agree with his viewpoint. The bond!! No. I'm not saying that we should do away with the bond. In fact, I think that the bond is an integral part of the scholarship to the extent that I think it is symbiotic.
Majority of students apply for a scholarship when they are 18. Right when they have completed and gotten their A' Level results. The problem is, at this stage in their lives, not many of them really do know what they want to do. They may end up getting a scholarship with a bond they would not be happy to serve when they realise that it's not what they want to do. That is definitely a very big problem.
Tze Yong mentioned in his article a solution. Centralise scholarships into a common pool. Companies put their money in this pool. When students get their scholarships, they'll still be bonded. But they won't have have to choose where to serve it yet. They do that only when they return from their studies, older and wiser. A central body then matchmakes them with the companies. Each scholar gives their top three choices. Each company gets their share of scholars, according to how much they put into the pool.
I think it's quite a good idea. It's a win win situation for both the comapnies and the scholar. In fact, the Singapore government has something similar already in place. It's called FIREfly. It's a human resource collaboration amongst seven statutory boards - A*STAR, EDB, EMA, IE Singapore, JTC Corporation, SPRING Singapore and STB. Maybe the private sector could do something similar. It will be a bit difficult but definitely achieveable.
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