Teresa Teng

鄧麗君 - 月亮代表我的心

This is a classic which I used to listen pretty often when I was in secondary school. It has been sang by other singers, notably Lee Ming.

Ring Finger

Have you wondered why wedding rings are worn on the "fourth" finger?
Came across this email that explains why. Here it goes:

Thumb represents your Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your-Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
Last (Little) finger represents your children

Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip
Now, try to separate your thumbs (representing the parents)..., they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong, and have to leave you sooner or later.

Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)...., they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children)...., they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse). You will be surprised to see that you just CANNOT....., because Husband & Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin!!

Kinship

A show that is worth catching (occasionally). The storyline is passable and the cast is relatively unknown. Least for Chen TianWei, XiangXun and Lin MeiJiao, the rest are fairly new to showbiz. Acting needs some improvement though the looks of the cast are already there.

Dinosaur(Elvin Huang) is really cute but Yusheng(dunno who) is even cuter! Dinosaur is the silliest lover since Romeo while Yusheng is the silliest lover since Dinosaur.

A concise summary of the storyline; Dinosaur is in love with Lynn who happened to marry Dinosaur's father for money while Yusheng is a step-cousin to Dinosaur who is hopelessly in love with him and does the craziest things for him. Villian Martin is out to manipulate Lynn, Dinosaur and his father.

Do tune in. Personally, I like Darren Lin's character who spices things up. Veterans Xiang Yun and co. add variety and substance in the otherwise lacklustre plot and inexperience newbies.

Ratings: 3/5

Choices

Time realli flies...I think this phrase is enormously overused that it has lost it's significance and meaning. Watever...

Back to wat i m trying to say. Looking at my tuition kids who are doing their O levels this fall, it suddenly struck me that i sat for mine 7 years back! Tt's damn long lar. Also, i m a NSman le for 2 years! Wat the heck? And in 2yrs' time, i m going to start work and gg to face the crazy world outside. No more fooling ard. Whatever I do will be judged all that more seriously and responsibilities will mount.

Am I prepared? Definitely not! Am i doing anything abt it? Nope...not realli. I am just following the mainstream route. Complete pri, sec, jc then uni route. Everything is pretty much planned up to the Uni stage. From there on, prudent choices haf to be made.

Choices are impt becoz some ppl made incorrect ones and lived a lifetime of regrets. For now, my most impt choice to make is to go SEP or IA.

SEP OR IA ???

Mess

timespassesverythefast.nowalreadyjulyninafewweeks'timeschisggtostartagain.madnessisggtorepeatitself.Cannotcatchmybreath.Seeppldosomanythingsduringthisholidayswhileislackednenjoyedmyself.feelingvguilty.tt'sallfornow.

GST

Checked your bank account yet ? I guess most of us have. Extra money from the government to alleviate the burden of the impending GST hike. Right. I received $300 and with some quick calculations, that works out to cover $15 000 of expenditure. It may seem alot but when it comes to breadwinners, $15000 barely covers a year's worth of expenditure!

I still remember some opposition MP saying that the incumbent government gives us a drumstick and wants the whole chicken back, loosely translanted from Hokkien. Singaporeans like to complain, just check the coffee shops and markets but that is just about all we do. Complain! Don't get me wrong, I am not fanning any anti-government sentiments or instigating some coups. I will be in ISD's custody quicker than you can say ISD if i ever habour that thought.

What I am driving at is we have to understand why there is such a need to increase GST. Unfortunately, I don't and I belong to the majority who complain. However, Singaporeans are peace-loving ( eh..hem, apathetic ), so we don't take to the streets. Give it 2 months and we will sweep our grievances under the carpet.

Now, the sand issue is another touchy topic. I just hope that some clever ppl in the top rungs of the government will resolve this issue because this may potentially stifle our country's growth.

There is another issue I wish to voice out. This has got to do with my job. My supervisor was approached by this customer from another country. She complained that our products are more expensive than the duty-free shops. Hello, excuse me! There is a reason why these shops are known as duty-free shops. "Duty free" is not for namesake, it means something.

Furthermore, she wanted a refund. When my supervisor refused, she was pissed. She retorted that back in her own country, customers were able to refund if they found another shop selling the same products at a cheaper price. Hello, excuse me! Almost none of the shops in Singapore practice that and besides, you are shopping in TOWN! Not your village! Also, we did not even mention that our products are the cheapest.

Before she left, she told us that we should have informed customers that our products are expensive. I was dumbfounded. If you cannot afford to shop in town, then don't buy anything. If you are stupid, keep your trap shut, you don't have to tell us how stupid you are.

If you want to know which country this customer hails from. I am not revealing. But here's a hint. They have lotsa human rights issues and their exchange rate is roughly 5 times smaller than ours.

Anyway, she made my day because I couldn't stop laughing after she said those things. hahaha

Updates

Yay, just gotten the Nasa thingy...a much welcomed financial help for next year's exchange program. Realised that I have written so much twisted truth and hidden so much damaging truth to gain "sympathy" that led the selection panel into believing that i needed the award. haha...3,500 is a big sum to forgo.
What can i get with 3.5K ?
Return airtix plus 1 mth spending money,

Began some work that needed to look prim and proper, which is so unlike me. Longsleeves and all. So hot and so uncomfortable. The good thing though is, free fragrance, moisturizers and ogling...The bad thing is, pay is meagre and tiring. The good thing is, traveling time is not too long. Bad thing is I am terrible in what i do. Good thing is I DON"T CARE. Also made new ( and pretty ) friends. Had a great time chatting instead of working...hahaha...Agreed to the job becoz it's something really different and it offers me a good chance to learn new things....stuff that my boring course don't teach...