Milo Truck
I miss the milo truck. The smooth cup of milo they make, the green green van, the nice man that pours and serves the iced cold milo. No mamak stall can compete with the cup of milo the milo truck makes. The smoothness, the rich creamy taste, the green cup. Milo trucks were always on the sports field during school sports day. The milo truck was a sight to behold. I would always queue up again and again for more iced chilled milo. Heck, I can sometimes make a mean cup of milo, sometimes with lumps of Milo powder still floating (crunchy crunchy). But nothing beats drinking milo made from the milo truck. It's the BEEEESSSSSTTTTT!!!!!

Minum Milo Anda Jadi Sihat Dan Kuat!

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Spreading The Wild Flames
Recently a friend of mine forwarded an email to me. It's regarding some prediction about another occurance of a tsunami due to hit some coastal areas again in some other part of the world and was warning people not to go to the countries which would be hit by the tsunami. Also included in the forwarded email was a "true" story about how her friend (probably the source of the email) went to Phuket and was consulted by some "dragon king" to leave the island immediately. And then the tsunami hit Phuket...

I feel that such act of forwarding such unconfirmed reports will only cause more harm than good. Some people could be really gullible enough to believe such reports and start to spread rumours and probably add some "spices" to make the stories even more convincing! I mean come on people! Don't you realise the damage such stories can cause? A false claim could easily become "real" after going through so many channels. And what with the wonders of email, a click of the button and wah-lah! Everyone will start spreading all the unconfirmed reports and another urban legend will start.

So I emailed my friend (in a nice manner) that such unconfirmed reports ought to be ignored because forwarding such stuff could only cause more harm, and that such stories should not be taken seriously. She replied saying it's up to people to believe and that she was actually forwarded the mail because she was"TOO DAMN FREE" typed in caps. Her very close girlfriend also asked me the same thing, and I gave her the same reply. Now the 2nd girl are thinking I'm being all judgemental and too serious about the whole thing. I've blogged about these 2 girls before, a long time ago. Talk about stating facts, and they think I've got something against them. Man...

All I'm saying is that there could be some malicious characters out there working on pranks to play on unsuspecting people like us. Due to such catastrophic disasters, one simple false claim could set a worldwide panic. Much like the recent SMSes telling people to avoid eating fish for fear the fishes could be feeding on floating dead corpses in the ocean. Such reports could be considered as a little prank to the people who started it, but it could grow to a much larger scale and cause panic among the society. Please have some thoughts before spreading wild flames across.

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The Men's
*Note: Blog owner was on overdrive when writting this blog.

What goes on behind the closed doors of the men's shower rooms? I've heard stories about the men's shower room, where all the men parade around without towels wrapped around their waists. They'll just walk around freely in and out of the showers, with no qualms whatsoever about covering up. They walk into the place, take of their clothes, walk around in the nude, shower, walk back out in the nude and put on their clothes again. Fats, flabs, stretch marks, different sizes, flubbers all over... everything lah. Is this true?

If that is indeed true, well, that's an interesting fact :P I mean, we should be comfortable with our skin right? Anyway the shower room is strictly divided to men & women, so hey... I guess this is the one place men can parade around in the flesh without feeling shy/getting caught about being naked... But how did this start? I'm a curious girl, so sue me :PpPpP How does it feel, to walk into a room filled with "kkcs" dangling around? LMAO!!! Do you compare with your next door shower neighbour? "Hey there! I see you got a strong friend!"... "Oh yea, a love machine I tell'ya!"... "Eh kawan, tadak minum tongkat ali ke?"... "Hey hey, cute butt you got!"... "Wah, your tummy so big now ah?"

You don't see the ladies parading in the nude. Everyone's covered up in a towel. Some would be covering their heads as well. I wonder why women don't walk round in the shower areas naked like the men? Are we not comfortable in our own skin too? Maybe women are shy, or maybe we don't want to expose our flaws like cellulite, stretch marks, dimples, uneven skin tones etc.

What say you? *wink*

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My Last Day
Today's my last day in this company. Can't believe it's been like, 3.5 years. Never thought this day will come. I've been ranting a lot I know, especially for the past 6 months. The place and chaotic manner and management has made me quite an unhappy person, and I'm glad to be able to get out of it now. There's just too much of negative energy around, it's just killing your soul. I don't want that to happen to me, so I made the decision to quit and walk out of this hell hole. Yet despite all the negativity and chaotic manner, I still feel a sense of... I don't know how to describe it lah... But I will miss some of my mad colleagues (no more breasts staring. Haha!). Today, the gang wants to have lunch with me, kinda like a farewell lunch for me. Later I'll be clearing all the programmes I installed previously in my PC, leaving just the basic programmes. The new girl will be coming next week, so being a responsible person, I'm leaving my PC to her intact, free from viruses, with the basic programmes and all files & folders arranged very nicely. See? I'm a nice person :)

Ah well~~~ Time's up. Gotta go people. Keep in touch and all the best to everyone here :)

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Random Conversation
Colleague #1: *stare stare stare* *smile smile smile*

Oli: *smile smile* "Why ah?"

Colleague #1: "B Side Player..." *grin grin*

Oli: "Stop staring at my breasts!"

Colleague #2: "If you stop wearing t-shirts with prints on your chest, maybe we'll stop staring at your breasts!" *laughs*

Everyone: *laugh laugh laugh*

Men :P Makes you wanna kill them at times.

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A New Word
During the recent blackout, I learnt a new word from my colleagues. Yes we learn something new everyday (besides knowing TNB screwed up somewhere again, hence causing a major blackout). The new word I learnt is "KAKA".

Now if you were to check with Dictionary.com, the word "KAKA" is a noun and actually means "A brownish-green New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis)." So basically it's a bird. No, not that kind of "bird" you men have, that would be "kkc". And I'm not referring to Lilian's "kkc" either (she's got one heck of a HUGE kkc by the way, the envy of everyone). I'm talking about a real bird with beaks and feathers.

But my colleagues told me another meaning to the word" KAKA". It seems somewhere else in this peculiar world we all call home, "KAKA" also means "SHIT". You didn't hear it from me ok, my mad colleagues taught me that word. "KAKA" = "SHIT". Suprise? I was too (more like intrigued). So the next time you think of saying "SHIT", try saying "KAKA" instead.

"Fuck this kaka!"

"Oh kaka! What have I done!"

"Go eat kaka!"

"Kaka-lah!"

"You stupid pile of kaka!"

The new word sure makes these sentences sound more interesting, doesn't it :P

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The Current-Generation (C-Gen)
The recent blackout proved a very important point: We are all "current" dependant. Electricity powers our livelihood. From watching TV to typing up that resume on the computer (haha!), we all depend on power. Tadak lektrik, tadak life. Look at the recent blackout... The moment the power went down, traffic was havoc. We can't do any work cos there's no lights and computers don't work (unless you got backup generator lar). Some restaurants can't operate as well. Everything we have today practically runs on electricity. Even water supplies to some parts were disrupted due to the sudden power failure. And the recent blackout was probably one of the nation's biggest, affecting several southern states in the country. Remember a few years back there was a major blackout as well, some places lasting up to 12 hours or more?

The recent blackout lasted about 3 hours++ (much to the disappointment of us here *blek*). But such incident would be very very costly to many other industries. Factories, heavy industries and such all lose millions of dollars in production costs due to such blackouts. TNB was very efficient to restore the power in a couple of hours, hence helping to reduce further loses in production costs. Although I believe employees working in offices would be a tad disappointed cos if there's power, means there's work. "Aiya, why so fast got power wan?"... "Yalor, mebbe the cat that got fried wasn't big enough!"... "Cheh, thought can go home..."

But on a serious note, this recent blackout actually proves to us that we're so dependant on power, most of us are handicap without it. We don't know how to go about without electricity. Just about everything runs on current these days. So how did the people many generations ago survive on oil lamps and candles? For one, there were no modern contraptions like computers or fax machines during those days. Everything was done manually, pure sweat and blood (we sweat too, maybe not so much kua). If you were to think back, you'll start to appreciate what we have today. But you can't help but salute the previous generations that had no electricity. Because eventhough there wasn't any power then, they still managed to live :) Heck, I think having no water is FAR WORSE than having no electricity!

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Thank You
Thank you all for all the well wishes. Yes I took a major risk by quitting my job, but it had to be done because the job was killing me slowly from the inside and I was turning into a very hateful and bitter person from day to day. And I really didn't like how things were beginning to turn out. I hated who I had become, and it's just not right. Something had to be done, and I had to pull all my guts to hand the letter in. And that move felt so right...

Right now I'm clearing some things up with the HR (small matter, they like to make some fuss everytime cos they are so takut the staffs wanna cheat them. Doinks.). My kampung boss gave me an all clear for me to leave by the end of this month, but HR will have a small say in this as well. My kampung boss did ask me to reconsider again, but my mind is made up. Plus he kept saying stuff which I didn't want to hear from him again... "It's like that"... That's the problem if you've worked in this place for too long. You are absorbed into the culture and your work ethics become like so. This place hasn't grown since I joint it 3 years ago, and it's unlikely to grow any further with such a closed culture. Time to move on babeh.

I thank everyone for your encouragement and well wishes. You don't know how much it all means to me, but it does :) Every single one of it. Thank you.

*Note: My eyes still feel macam bengkak cos on Wednesday the whole team was in the office working on a very very x 10,000 last minute pitch. I only went back the next day at 12pm++

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It Has Come To An End
I finally did it. It took a lot of thoughts and considerations and more thoughts, but I finally pulled all the guts I have and did it. Many would say I'm over reacting and that I'm being too harsh and stupid. I can't help it if you want to think that way. But I've been patient for far too long. I've "tahan-ed" for far too long, and I cannot "tahan" any longer. I broke down yesterday night, and it's not the first time I've broken down. I just broke down and lost my temper at my partner. I know it was wrong of me, but something inside me was so full of bitterness. The situation is causing a major riff between my partner and I. I had lashed out on someone who wants to help me, but just doesn't know how. I've come to a point I can just break down and start crying for no reason at all. I have to stop all this. I have to end it all.

And I ended it today.

I don't have a cushy job (a term I borrowed from Fly) waiting for me just yet, and right now everything may seemed a little blur to me. Maybe I'll drop by 1Utama and get myself a Sales Assistant job in one of the many shops *shrugs* At least I'm doing something and not just bumming around. What I know is... right now... I just need to clear my mind... Pick up the pieces... And move on. Wish me luck.

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Hokkien Lang, Teochew Nang
A scene from the movie "Star Wars", in Hokkien...
"Luke... Wa Si Lim Lau Pek!"
"Bo Ko Ling! Bo Ko Ling! Wa Lau Pek Sii Liaooo!!!"

Although I don't understand Hokkien that well, I understood that part of the dialogue and it just cracks me up! You see, I grew up in a relatively English speaking world. Besides English, I can also speak Cantonese (my mum's side is Cantonese and I grew up under the car of my maternal grandparents). I can't speak Mandarin to save my life :P Ok, I can understand a wee bit, but if you go too fast, I'll just give you the "blur sotong" look. My dad's Teochew, but he's from Klang and we all know Klang area is Hokkien dominant (southern Hokkien). Funny thing is, he never spoke to my sister & I in Hokkien. So we never really got to learn the dialect. He speaks Mandarin as well (chinese medium school), but he never spoke to us in Mandarin as well. Just English & Cantonese.

My smattering understanding of Hokkien came from listening to my dad scold people in Hokkien :P Yes, my first few Hokkiens words were Hokkien profanities. Hey, people always said that to learn a new dialect/language, you must first learn the profanities. That way, when people scold you, at least you know what they're calling you *grin*. KNNCCB, KNNB, PKM were just some of the many Hokkien words I learnt :P For those that understand Hokkien, you can make out the abbreviations lah.

Now I always get Hokkien mixed up with Teochew. Both dialects are very similar, just spoken with different intonations. Hokkien is lower, Teochew is higher. Most people told me that because Hokkien is spoken with a lower intonation, it sometimes sounds rude/rough. I can't help but agree with that, cos I've heard many conversations in Hokkien among friends and it always sounds as though they're gonna break out into some fist fights. Haha!!! Teochew on the other hand, is high pitch hence it doesn't sound so rough. Either way, I still struggle learning both dialects :P

My bf is currently teaching me Teochew (since his whole family is Teochew), but I tend to get the dialect mixed up with Hokkien. I also picked up some new Hokkien profanities from him! LPPL is one example. Hehehehehe!!! Since both dialects are similar, can't blame me if I get the pronunciation wrong mar. I think I pick up Hokkien faster, I can understand it better, but speaking it would be an entirely different issue :P Wa Eh Hiao Kong, Eh Hiao Tia Dan Pok lah! Don't scold me in Hokkien ok, Wa Eh Hiao Tiaaa, ok?

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Monday...
Bah... it's a Monday... Stupid people making me so freaking bengang! Bah!

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What Kind Of Soul Are You?

You Are a Dreaming Soul

Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you. Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses. Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others. Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life. Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

"You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult" - Somehow this sentence speaks some truth. No wonder I've been labelled "international" LMAO!!!

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Parenthood : Instinct or Pressure?
*Note: This entry is purely my own opinion and does not reflect anyone else.

I have always wondered... do people (and by that I mean married couples) instinctly choose to have babies on their own, or is it due to society's pressure (or MIL's pressure) that being married, you just gotta have kids?

For the past 12 months, I've received news from friends that they're expecting their bundle of joy. The latest baby news was from Michealooi. Congratulations once again dude! You're gonna be a daddy! Let the pee & poo begin!!! *hyuk hyuk* :P Anyway, I guess I've always wondered if being married means having a kid or two to have a "complete" family. What is the definition of the word "family"? What does it take to have a "family"? Are you getting pregnant (or making your wife pregnant) because you want to have a child? Or are you feeling the pressure to produce the next generation, eventhough you may not be ready to be a mother/father just yet?

Some couples I know plan to have kids. It's good that they made plans, ensuring their next generation will come into the world, complete with both parents' love & rsponsibilities (and all the money needed). I also know quite a few couples whose pregnancy was all but planned. Accidents happen, they are forced to get hitched, the baby comes out, both parents are unprepared to shoulder such a tough responsibility, hence they have to rely on their parents for assistance, especially in terms of financial aspects. If the parents are willing to help, then there's still a glimer of hope for both baby & parents. But if there's no help from anyone, mother could be forced to put the child up for adoption. Which is very sad cos the baby is innocent, but is forced to part from both parents due to their negligence. Yes I call it negligence cos as adults you should know the consequences and realise what could happen if an unplanned pregnancy were to occur. Both parties are on the losing end, the baby carrying the heavier of the burden.

I know some friends who just adore children. They absolutely love kids! Me? Well... I can't say I hate them *ahem* I'm just not too fond of kids. And somehow kids have their radar sense and avoid me. LOL Maybe because they know I'm not fond of them? :P But really, I have no patience with kids right now. Can't stand their wailing, their crying, their fuss. And having/raising a kid in a city is f*cking expensive! Can't imagine myself doing night feeds, can't imagine myself with a bloated tummy & stretch marks, not to mention all those hormone rages. Eeeekkkk!!!! NoooOOOooooOOOOooo...

Maybe that's why many Singaporen couples would rather lavish their parental instinct for "fur-kids" - dogs. Then again Singaporeans are known to be weird :P

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Blackout!
Time: Approximately 12.16pm *bzzz bzzz* *lights flickering* *POOOFFFF*

Everyone: "WOOHOO!!!" *cheers of joy and glee* "LUNCH TIME!!!"

*drives to SS 2* *parks car and proceeds to walk under hot hot sun* *notices all shops in the area are in darkness*

"Eh, you got line ah? No line lar!"

*check check* *some got, some don't have* *don't bother*

Restaurant: "Sorry ah, cannot eat lar, only can drink here. No electric!"

*walks back to car, proceeds to drive to some place else* *notices all shoplots also in total darkness* *parks car and walks to bak-kut-teh restaurant* *orders and makan in humid place* *sweat sweat* *joke joke* *laugh laugh* *gets news that certain southern states also kena blackout* *EUPHORIA!!!*

"Maybe we should head back, just show our faces, then go yamcha!"

*walks back to car, takes a slow drive back* *traffic is havoc, cars honking, cutting in and out of lanes* *driver screaming profanities in the car* *passengers telling driver to cool it, we ain't rushing anywhere* *reaches office area, walks to nearby yamcha spot* *sits and drinks and crack stupid jokes* *confirms news about major blackout* *EUPHORIA!!!*

*walks back to office* *cracks jokes about going home* *spreads news about major blackout* *yada yada yada* *bzzzz bzzzz* *TAAAAKKKK* *power came back on* *major boo-ing all around* *some people cussing*

Time: 2.45pm

*Note: Reason for blackout- Click here

UPDATE (Time: 5.33pm) : Was informed that the restoration of power is only temporary. Could have another blackout at night. Big question mark here.

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The Next Level
There comes a time when a girl and a guy decides that the time is right for both of them to take their love and commitment to another level. After 4 years of courtship (is that what people still call it these days? Haha!!!), my bf and I will be taking our oaths and signing the papers. The big day is drawing near, February 3rd, 2005. And we're both looking forward to start a new chapter together :)

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Random (silly?) Thoughts
1) Why is Winnie the Pooh, called Winnie the Pooh? Winnie's a girl's name... but Winnie the Pooh's a male bear! And if Winnie is actually a male bear, why is he given a female name? If Winnie the Pooh is actually a male bear, then he should have the male genitalia, right?

2) In Smurfs, there is only ONE female: Smurfette. Why is there only one female among the many hundreds of Smurfs, whom coincidently, are all males? Where did baby Smurf come from? How did the Smurf committee multiply?

3) Why is it in most super hero teams, there is only ONE female? Voltron had one girl, Thundercats had only Cheetara (ok, 2, I forgot the smaller girl character), Silverhawk also had one girl. Pink seems to be the favourite colour for girls too, sometimes lah.

4) Why does Garfield love lasagna so much? And why does he keep kicking poor Odie off the table? You don't see cats kicking dogs off the table today :P

5) Sponges that talk are scary. Sponge Bob is scary.

6) Do road runners really go "Beep Beep"?

7) Did the pig cartoon character in Bugs Bunny invented Pig Latin? Iyay Ovley Ouyay

8) Why doesn't Ultraman have huge biceps like most superheroes do? Japanese men don't work out ke?

9) Teletubbies is the invention of some demented mind, right? Right? Right?

10) Barney is an absolute disgrace to the dinosaur world. Purple dinosaurs??? Me thinks he has iodin for blood.

11) If there is such a thing as "Snowman, shouldn't there be "Snow woman" and "Snow kids" too?

12) Men can tahan all the punches, broken noses and fist fights, but cannot tahan a paper cut.

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Jobs I Cannot Fit Into
1) Sales
Reason: Ain't got a car, ain't got the passion for sales, ain't got the skills for business development, ain't got the sweet lips, ain't got the attitude & thick skin. Haha!

2) Marketing
Reason: Ain't got a car, ain't got the skills for business development, ain't got the understanding.

3) Administrative Work
Reason: Can't type fast enough, don't know about PA responsibilities and stuff.

4) Client Servicing
Reason: Ain't got a car, ain't got the skills for business development, ain't got the attitude & thick skin, I don't say "YES" to stupid comments, plus I don't believe the customer is always right.

5) Telemarketing
Reason: I put the phone down when telemarketeers call me (I do it nicely). I don't want to be on the other end of the line. I have no patience to talk cock. I don't like to tell people that they need a certain gym membership or credit card to have a better life.

And off late...

6) Creative line
Reason: Some cultures I just cannot accept. And working efficiently & professionally could result in being labelled as "international" and this just cannot do in a local company. Either be one of them, or take a hike. I think I lost the passion. Maybe I never really had it in the first place.

Been considering the retail line. A pet store once offered me a job, and eventhough I prefer facing animals more than humans, I don't advocate the idea of keeping exotic animals as pets at all. This is something all pet stores are doing now, introducing exotic animals as household pets. I don't agree to this idea at all, and since our pet industry is driven through pure profit, I don't think the bosses will see things from my perspective, and kick me out for causing trouble.

It's times like this I just want to be near the beach with a couple of dogs & listen to the waves. Excuse me while I go whack my head against the wall.

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Random Thoughts

I hate people.

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A Message To All The "Generous Souls"...

This message is specially written to all the "generous souls" that took their precious time to donate their soiled clothes, torn bras, discoloured panties, plaques, trophies, namecards, dirty diapers, used lipstick, dirty pillows, dentures and other unusable-by-humans materials...

May your bad karma come back to haunt you for the rest of your goddamn life. May you wake up every morning with severe warts growing all over your body and all your teeth and gums fall out. May every step you make cause you to fall flat on your face and break your nose. May you go to bed every night and feel the bed mites bite and suck your blood endlessly. May the clothes you attempt to wear just disintegrate right before your very eyes. May the lipsticks you use cause you to have dry cracked lips 24/7. May the pillows you sleep on give you hair lice. May the expensive bras you buy cause your breasts to sag until your knees. You guys don't deserve good karma, not one bit.

*Note: I'm sorry I cursed these "generous souls" so badly. But it's very cruel of such people to treat this tragedy as their personal dumping ground. The victims are in terrible conditions now, what they need is sincere help and usuable and clean materials. They are humans just like you and me. Their blood is red, just like yours. They too have dignity. Respect them.

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MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta

The new MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta. Quite a few new features included here.

Screenshot 1

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Sreenshot 3

1. "Winks" - Each "wink" sent kinda like pops out to your face :P Send a kiss and huge lips will smooch ya. (screenshot 3)

2. "Nudge" - The "Nudge" works the same way Yahoo Messenger's "Buzz" does. The whole chat screen vibrates.

3. "Handwrite" - Click on this option and the editor appears at the same slot where your emoticons appear. You can use freehand to write your message, erase your message, choose the colour and even add a grid. Pretty cute feature. (screenshot 2)

4. "Type" - Click on this option and the editor reverts back to normal (screenshot 1)

Donwload MSN Messenger 7.0 Beta here.

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Random Conversation
This conversation took place this morning at a training centre somewhere in PJ.

Trainer: "bla bla bla bla... and remember never never NEVER copy and paste the info into it."

Colleague: "Why can't we copy and paste?"

Trainer: "Because you'll be pasting the HTML code as well." *smile smile*

Oli: "Can you show us what will happen if we were to copy and paste?"

Trainer: *takes a deep breath* "Caaaannn..." *opens page, copies text, paste into column, approves and publishes content* "And then you refresh the page..." *keeps silent for a while* "Do... you see any difference...?"

Colleague & Oli: *smirks* *trying very hard to tahan our laughter*

Trainer: *silence* "No difference hor?" *silence*

Colleague & Oli: *smirks* *keeps quiet* *trying very very hard to tahan our laughter*

Trainer: "Actually right... it depends on your luck. If you're lucky then everything turns out ok..." *gulp gulp* *panic panic* *plays it cool* "But as I say... don't copy and paste lar. Ok, next we move to bla bla bla..."

Colleague & Oli: *smirks smirks*

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Making Resolutions
*Note: This entry is entirely my own opinion. I don't expect anyone to agree with me.

We've heard this line before: "So what's your new year resolution?" It's very common to ask people about what their resolutions would be. Some will tell you they want to be a better person, be more sincere, have more compassion, treat my folks & friends better, be kind to animals, etc etc etc.

And then my friends will ask me... "So what's your new year resolution?" And every year, my reply would be the same: I don't make new year resolutions. "But why?!?" people would exclaim. Hey, you go ahead and make your resolutions :) Doesn't mean I have to make them too. "But new year resolutions can help you progress, then only got improvement mar!" Yes, I'm well aware that resolutions can help a person progress/improve... cos once you make them, you work hard to fulfill them. "You don't have to make big ones, small ones will do". Yes I'm aware of that as well, but I choose not to make neither big nor small resolutions :) In fact, I've never made any resolutions my entire life :P Yes, I'm guilty as charged, so sue me. Nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh!!!

I've never really seen the point in making resolutions. To me, resolutions made have to be kept and fulfilled. It's like keeping promises... once you make them, it's best you fulfill them. Breaking them wouldn't be a very nice thing to do. I admire people that make resolutions and really work hard to fulfill all of them. But how many of us really stick to the resolutions made and actually fulfill them sincerely? I'm not questioning anyone out there, it's just my own thoughts. I don't make resolutions because I don't want to be pressured into making them and keeping them. If I make a resolution, and realise later in the year that I cannot keep/achieve it, I would only get depress. I don't see it as a neccessity to make resolutions just because it's the new year. Why confine the idea of making resolutions during the start of the year? If you have the sincerity, resolutions can be made at any given time.

If I feel like doing something, I'll just go ahead and do it. I don't like to do something, I just won't do it. I don't want to feel pressured into fulfilling something. I don't want to be pressured to keep anything. And I don't expect anyone to agree with me on this. We're all individuals, with different opinions and mindsets. We do things our own way :)

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1st Day of School!

*Note: Parents, don't take this post so seriously. It's meant to poke fun. Hehe...

Listen to kiasu parents compare their kids academic (or otherwise) results and battle it out :P

"Eh my son so smart u know... 1st day oredi can remember 50 classmates name!"

"Watlar, my son lagi sibeh canggih. 1st day oredi can *kau girls lah!"

"Cheh, amateur stuff. My son 1st day oredi *kau the teacher!"

*kau : chinese saying, means "go after" or "court". Literal translation - "chase"

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Scrooges
Some people are very very stingy about their money. I'm sure many of us have encountered such characters, be it our neighbour, our friends, our relatives, or even your own family members. Hey, maybe you're the scrooge too! :P Such people are unwilling to open up their wallets and contribute to anything. Give them something free, they're as happy as hell (is hell ever really happy in the first place?). To them, as long as they can get something free without having the need to actually fork out their own cash, it's the BEEEESSSTTTT! To them, it's better to receive than to give. Heck better to receive a lot and not give anything, lagi BEEEESSSTTTT! Whenever the topic of money comes up, the most likely questions they'll ask is "Free ah?" or "Expensive ah?" It never fails...

Take for example a colleague of mine. A couple of days before Christmas, we had a gift exchange among each other. The budget was relatively reasonable: RM 20 - RM 30. An ok amount if you ask me. After all, it's all in the fun right? When we were told of the idea and the budget, she exclaimed "30 ringgit?!? What do you want to buy?!?" Hello, it's only RM 30, not 300 or 3000. Why so *'dai-fan-ying'? After that she flatly refused to take part in the gift exchange. Reason: "Busy lar, no time to buy present...". OMFG, what a lame excuse! We had at least 5 days before the gift exchange date, don't tell me you can spare some time to find a gift over the weekend? You see how some people are? Soooooooo calculative.... She requested to be excluded in the end. The weekend after the gift exchange, we attended a wedding dinner of an ex-colleague... guess what she did. She had "no time" to buy a gift, but had plenty of time and money to do hair rebonding (hair straightening). The cost of rebonding: RM 230. Go figure *shrugs*

Some people are so calculative, it's so difficult to be friends with them. They insist on calculating every single thing right down to the last cent. WTF? Relax a bit lar, can or not? Not everything is about money lah, dey! It's about having fun together as a company, chilling out and just be ourselves. Spend a little bit of money also make so much of noise. It's not like you're being asked to fork out millions of dollars lah.

*dai-fan-ying : big response/overwhelming response

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