July 2009

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  • They finally going to show the series The Mentalist in SG. About time. #
  • Blow the whistle to stop #Singapore's misery. #
  • 5th goal. #Singapore 0 #Liverpool 5 #
  • #Singapore are being whipped. #Singapore 0 #Liverpool 4 #
  • Torres scored the 4th goal!!! #
  • 3rd goal for Liverpool!!! #
  • Torres is good, but best striker in the world? Oh, please. #
  • Torres is sub in. #
  • F1 is interesting too. Hamilton is leading. #
  • #liverpool scores again! 2-0 now against #Singapore #
  • Torres best striker in the world? Yah, right. #
  • 2nd half starting between #Singapore vs #Liverpool #
  • The whole National Stadium is filled with red. Football fans are very passionate here. Are you watching Spurs? #
  • Have a sudden urge to eat dinner with a pint of cold beer. But do not want to do it alone. On the road to being alcoholic? #
  • Caught many Liverpool supporters at Clarke Quay cheering the Liverpool team as they took a boat cruise along the Singapore River today. #
  • Guitar Hero : World Tour is those family game where you whip it out when the family gathers at your place. #
  • It feels to be back home. Now to unpack. #
  • Waiting for flight home in HKIA. http://twitpic.com/bewmp #
  • I am glad my gym membership will begin in Aug. Else all the gym effort will be wasted with the amount of food I ate for this week. #
  • Packing, ready to go back to SG tomorrow. It has been a nice short working trip. Best part of it, lots of good food. LOTS. #
  • OMG I feel so sinful, so much good food in HK for the past 2 days. #

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23072009215It was one of the better working trips. I was not required to give any presentation, nor any demonstration for this trip to Hong Kong and China. I was there to observe and listen. The stress was much lesser compared to my previous working trips.

The food was good, the wine was good, and the company was not too bad either. The clients were happy, joking, and talking with us. My bosses seem happy too. All in all, it was a pretty good working trip.

The hotel that I stayed in was a bit old, but I chose a better room, so it came with a harbour view, and the Hong Kong night lights from my room was breathtaking. I regretted not bringing a camera for this trip, instead I had to rely on my Nokia N95 to take a few shots.

And after everything, as I sit on the sofa beside the window looking out at the Victoria Harbour, that familiar feeling slowly sip through the walls. The familiar places, the familiar food must have triggered it.

Taking a deep breath, and then sighing wistfully, I decided to join my bosses in the pub below for a few drinks. I have long told myself that no matter how thick I built the walls, it will never be able to completely block out everything. I just have to learn to ignore whatever that sips through the walls.

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  • HK airport is more crowded than changi airport. http://twitpic.com/avanz #
  • Terminal 3 is really crowded this morning. #
  • S'pore reports 1st H1N1 related death. #
  • The WoW Mobile Armory app for iPhone works better and faster than the website. Slick interface too. #
  • Leaving for HK tomorrow morning and I have yet to pack. I shld really start packing, but it has been a lazy Sat. #
  • The thing about pets is that they become so much part of the family when they passed on, it's just too heartbreaking. #
  • RT @cnnbrk: Witnesses: Explosions at two luxury hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia http://bit.ly/3LzzT1 #
  • Regarding SMRT catching pple drinking/eating on the train, I once told a student off for eating on the train. #
  • RT @Jon_Favreau: You wanted it, you got it. Here's an early look at Scarlett as #BlackWidow. http://bit.ly/woews ***Scarlett is hot! #
  • The biggest advantage of having a Kindle 2 is that I need not find room to store my books. #
  • Found a way to get my hands on a Kindle2, and to purchase Kindle books from Amazon to read with it. Now wondering if I shld get it. #
  • Just managed to get my hotel booked for Sunday's work trip to HK. Now to prepare for tomorrow's impt meeting. #
  • Taking baby steps to healthier lifestyle by starting to look for a gym. #
  • RT @cnnbrk: "Major quake strikes off New Zealand's coast; tsunami warning issued" – http://tinyurl.com/lqanpw #
  • RT @BreakingNews: The Australian govt says potential tsunami threat to New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Norfolk Island and Lord Home Isl #
  • Going through resumes with my boss to see who to ask for interview. Interesting experience. #
  • RT @miyagi: RT @GenkiGenki: Steven Lim's tribute to MJ (wait for the singing) http://bit.ly/5Dgkf (via @iammyy @furrychan) ****WTF?!!! #
  • Wonder if I can get 1 month of MC to rest at home since I am getting chest pains and feeling breathless? #
  • Everyone wants a piece of me. Everyone wants me to do something for them. Sad to say, there is only ONE me. GET IN LINE! #
  • I am so glad that I didn't bother to queue up for my iPhone 3GS during the weekend. Recontract offer has been extended to end of this mth. #
  • Thought of joining a gym. My colleague calls it my '3 min heat'. #
  • Blade : The Series is a very bloody show! #
  • I think I sigh too much nowadays. #

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  • Carbon calculator for SG home. http://bit.ly/D061m #
  • RT @sciam: Why the #$%! Do We Swear? For Pain Relief: Bad language could be good for you, a new study shows. http://tinyurl.com/luk4pd #
  • Why do pple like to drag their furniture across the floor at 9+am on a Sunday morning?! Weekends are meant for pple to catch up on sleep. #
  • I wish I have the time and money to travel to Churchill and see this. http://bit.ly/Ndxr1 #
  • what's with the hazy skies? #
  • I always wonder why taxi drivers have no change for $50 and insist on me paying with small notes even though I don't have. #
  • Today has been like a fish mkt. Phone ringing non-stop, working on multiple things at the same time, with problems arising from everywhere. #
  • Trying to justify myself why I should not upgrade to iPhone 3GS. Yes, can have video, but no video call?! #
  • RT @cnnbrk: H1N1 vaccine should be ready by mid-October http://bit.ly/14x8Gx #
  • Sigh, in a meeting for 3 hours already and no end is in sight. Brain going numb. Dazed. #
  • I received a pamphlet from Singtel today abt a recontract offer for iPhone 3GS. I am confused. Think I call them up tomorrow. #
  • New TweetDeck has a few nifty features. #
  • RT @google: Introducing the Google Chrome OS http://bit.ly/N1rNZ #
  • RT @google: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Talk are out of beta – yes, really http://bit.ly/Xl7OQ #
  • Bottle of red wine with nice juicy steak. Nice way to unwind after a hectic day. #
  • RT @JoeAugustin: Agree. They are totally pissing off a LOT of current iPhone users, including me #
  • Physically and mentally drained. Juggling too many hats. Need a break. A long one. #
  • The higher you come, the most costly your mistakes will be. #
  • Where is the plan for current existing Singtel iPhone users for the new iPhone 3GS? Come on Singtel, reward your existing customers! #
  • If all of us are sensitive to each other's feelings, then a lot of miscommunications can be avoided. #
  • Rival to the Bible. http://tinyurl.com/3v4fkg #
  • The haze is back? Can smell it. #
  • Knowledge is power. Every single time. #
  • RT @BBC_Earth: Geology.com: Saidmareh, Iran: World’s Largest Landslide: Dave’s Landslide Blog has an interest.. http://bit.ly/i0L6i #
  • Just settle some stuff at the POSB Bank. Excellent service. #

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Have to keep telling myself, nothing lasts forever.

You do not stay in a place forever. People come and go. People you know will leave eventually. The job you have is not forever. That favourite eatery place might not be around tomorrow.

Stop being sentimental. Stop trying to hold onto the fast moving threads of time. Impossible. You will only get hurt.

Nothing lasts forever.

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  • Got this from mrbrown. http://bit.ly/Rc7EW OMG so true! This happens everyday in my work! #
  • Boy Bawang snacks are really tasty. Can't stop. Where to buy in SG? http://bit.ly/aClI3 #
  • Still trying to get used to the new layout of Google search. #
  • Yet another excellent song from Green Day. ? http://blip.fm/~9e5t2 #
  • RT @singapore_news: Butter Factory reopens! http://sn.im/lmjai Celebrate by clubbing for a cause. [Clubbing *NEEDS* a cause meh?] #
  • Learnt something new today. Very interesting lesson. The stress was worth it. #
  • RT @SCDF: (news) Singapore confirms 82 new H1N1 cases, makes transition to mitigation phase http://tinyurl.com/m8guhh #
  • Does telemarketing actually works? Or they actually pisses people so much that they will never get credit card from that bank? #
  • Just upgraded to Firefox 3.5. It definitely feels much faster when surfing. GMAIL now loads much faster than before. #
  • RT @wired: Firefox 3.5 is available for download: http://bit.ly/ZOFyb Plus, read all about it on Webmonkey: http://bit.ly/gqBH6 #
  • Tuesday night Ch 8 22:30 Extraordinary People program never ceases to motivate and inspire me. #
  • Received a SMS to say I have not collected my 2 Return Airticket to Phuket for 5D/4N wif accomodation. These scams are illegal right? #
  • RT @lucian: @micamonkey Physical presence isn't a pre-requisite for patriotism. *Agree! Esp when pple travel everywhere for work etc* #
  • The more I think of it, the more pissed I am. I pay S$70+ per mth to play WoW at latency of 600-700ms. WTF? #
  • Or that when I surf internet at home feels like crawling, is that considered broadband? #
  • Is playing WoW with latency 600-700ms considered I am on broadband? #
  • SG has 88% broadband penetration 2nd in the world. http://tinyurl.com/nj2ox6 #
  • It is a challenge trying to get people to do work for you. Especially so when you want to punch him in the face. #
  • RT @TIME: Seen the new Burger King ad? It made our list of the top 10 tasteless advertisements | http://su.pr/4ZStRd #
  • End of the day, where your roots are, is where your family and friends can be found. Not the food, nor the buildings, nor the places. #
  • Emi Fujita has such a soothing nice voice. The kind of voice that you want to listen to after a day's work. #

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I scrolled through the list of names that were from the same secondary school batch as me. Some of the names are familiar, some no. Going through their current career, ‘Head of so and so’, ‘GM of so and so’, ‘Director of so and so in Ministry of so and so’, each and every single one of them holding top and senior management positions in both the public and private sector.

And then, inevitably, I look at myself and asked, ‘What happened?’ At which point in my life did I got sidetracked? What did I do that put me like 10 years behind my peers?

I looked back, and sigh with regret.

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