Monthly Archives: March 2007

Just when I think a person’s intelligence is near zero, he manages to amaze me by finding that one millimetre of space to slither underneath.

Never have I seen such pointless rules enforced by such impossibly thick living objects.

Student is 3 mins late, student is forbidden from signing for attendance and attending class for the entire day. No explanations given. When asked why the rule was such, Imbecile just repeats the rule as if we didn’t get the gist of it yet.

No explicit/ specific reinforcement or even announcement of the prohibition of students to join the class after mid-class break if they’re late for school in the morning. Even theatre plays allow late attendees to join the audience at intervals, no?
Imbecile blatantly insists that he did mention it in class (just like the way he blatantly denies slamming down the phone on me previously) although, after double-checking with classmates we all agreed that all he said was we’re considered late and can’t join the class (when the lesson’s started) if we don’t get our ass there by 9:30 in the morning because “people want to start lessons on time”.

I respect that. That’s why I didn’t try to sign the attendance or join the fucking class in the morning cuz I was 10mins late.

Administration office girl tries to back him up by grappling to find the right words to flame me when I raised my voice. And she failed miserably. Try to improve on your oratorical skills or, hell, your English vocabulary before you even TRY to challenge me again.

I don’t believe all rules are meant to be broken; some are worth adhering to. But when extremities like determining punctuality by the minute is enforced, you better make sure whoever came up with that rule in the first place puts it in print somewhere conspicuous and justifies himself with why it’s there at all.

The school is supposed to be a place for learning, not a place for people going through mid-life crisis or inferiority complex to enforce pointless rules to make themselves feel a tad purposeful to be alive.

Is it too much to demand an explanation why a student is prohibited from joining a class when it’s about to continue from break time especially when she’s trying to go in by the back door as she doesn’t want to disrupt the class and just wants to sit in for the remaining half of the lesson?
Is it really that hard to let students understand the rationale behind the school’s policies?

Is it an Imbecile’s fault that he’s born without a fully functioning brain?

I guess not.  Hell, he may not even have one at all.

Just take a look at this…. I’m doing research on what’s good in NZ and I found The Polynesian Spa… Bleah… I can’t wait to start my working holiday there!!!! Hehehe

Anyways Bermuda came up as the best Commonwealth country to work in within the hospitality industry when we were discussing employment opportunities in class today. What can I say? It’s a dream location for beach bums. Being a Commonwealth country also means they use British systems for many things, and the official language is English, among other benefits (especially immigration matters)…

Oh and let’s not forget what I found on Sheraton’s Management Training programme. Looks absolutely attractive. London’s included as one of the training locations!! Yipee!! 

I love what I’m getting into.
And I love England more. Screw the Yanks! lol.

For people who understand, good. Those who don’t get the metaphor, it’s probably better that you don’t. lol.

Weekend in KL flew by, and I came back with an even flabbier tummy (partly because it’s that time of the month…excuses, excuses) mostly because I binged on Dunkin Donuts.. Don’t ask me why I did that cuz there are Dunkin outlets in JB too, but it’s just nice to sit there in the morning with gal pals, coffee and 2 donuts to start the day. Plus it was only 5mins walk away from Shane’s place.. lol.

For the entire weekend I didn’t sleep much… Explains the minor crisis on my face….My skin’s suffering!! (note to self: get Skin Food’s T-U mask) We had to do a fair bit of walking also because we didn’t have a car to drive around in… And we didn’t really get to shop much too… But I’m not complaining! I like KL. =)

I like KL because of the people…In most places people speak good English. Not news-anchor-standard-English of course, but decent, grammatically acceptable English. It’s really a far cry from the Singlish I hear on this island everyday… People there are also friendlier and more open than most people in Singapore… Which is really nice cuz you basically can start a conversation with anyone who can speak the same language as you… For me it means Mandarin & English.. KL in a nutshell just has more character. The streets may not be very clean, people do smoke in restaurants, on the streets, everywhere actually, and it may not be very safe to go out at night especially Bangsar area, but heck, every city in which interesting people dwell aren’t anything otherwise and I like that. At least there’s a sense of adventure and you know the chances of meeting a Singaporean is kinda small. Muahahaa.  

I like KL also because there is Chili’s! lol. I had the Chili’s Cheesesteak for dinner at the KLCC outlet after a long tiring day walking around downtown area, and it was goooood. Took close-up shots of the food there… Shall update the pics when I get my camera back… :)

4 more months before I graduate from my diploma and degree (hopefully)… I can’t wait to start working to save up money to go do more travelling!!! :D

Regular dose of Craig Ferguson… Found the clip in which he talks about why he refuses to ridicule Britney in his show. :) It’s a 12mins clip, so might take a while to load. Enjoy! :p

I feel guilty. I didn’t study much today although I did go to the library closer to my home (to cut down travelling time cuz I had tuition today), and I ate fish & chips without asking them to replace the chips with vegetables! *horrors* I ended up polishing half of the fries they placed on my plate!!! I think the guy taking my order was too busy to remember what I said. (“Fish and chips without the chips please.”) And they sprayed mayonnaise on the small side salad which wasn’t even fresh. What’s wrong with people here?? Can’t they just serve boiled broccoli and carrots like everyone else who cares about my flabby belly??

I’m joining a bunch of classmates from the hospitality school to KL this weekend… Meanwhile I should study hard so I can look forward to it as my reward, kinda. Apparently we’re gonna hv easy access to FOOD. Dunkin Donuts 5 mins away…and we’re gonna watch 300 on IMAX!! lol. Mmmm. I hope I don’t binge myself to obesity over the weekend. :p

Anyway. Spent 4 days before this in JB… and ended up eating a lot of pudding-sweet mangoes and almost-like-the-real-thing durian ice cream, and catching Martha Stewart’s show in the afternoon; this one on “Brides-to-be”… I don’t know if it’s just me, but the gowns they chose and the flower bouquets for the brides look so… 90’s! I kinda gave up watching after 10mins cuz they showed these women trying to choose their gowns.. I think I’ve seen MUCH better ones in JB and Singapore’s bridal boutiques. 

Maybe it’s just a matter of taste, but God forbid, I won’t be caught wearing those treacherous-looking things AND be on the show… Or maybe it’s just the general idea of getting so over-the-top with the wedding in itself that grossed me out. They gave out a flour-mixer and coffee machine to everyone on the show!! I don’t mind the coffee machine but flour-mixer?? (or whatever else people call it)…. Martha Stewart was all like “with this you can start making your husbands waffles and pancakes and bread for breakfast”… It looked like a friggin Stepford Wives’ TV programme!! LMAO. ok fine, it was for charity and they were trying to promote the brand of the mixer, but I’m sure it’s just all publicity, and it’s WRONG to reinforce the misconception that every wife-to-be plans to make “waffles and bread” and any pastry for her husband-to-be… lol. Com’on, we got Pusateri’s, Whole Foods, Bread Talk, Seasons, Prima Deli, Bakerzin, tralala.. plenty of bakeries and pastry outlets to choose from…. Hail Capitalism, MALE (and hopefully hot) pastry chefs and all down the chain who spare wives from the obligation of BAKING.. Repugnant.
[No offence to female pastry chefs, women who love baking and everyone else who thinks I'm trying to get women to boycott the kitchen oven. NO, it's just my personal, honest and totally subjective opinion.]

Anyways again. Might I just add something… I just realised that I got this mental imbalance… Previously I said that I’m too calm in times when I’m supposed to be shocked. And it just hit me that I get paranoid for no reason when nothing’s happening… I think that was the reason why I couldn’t survive a long-distance-relationship. It’s not good. Sometimes I start to suspect if there’s something abnormal about me. Normalcy just doesn’t sit well sometimes.

Sorry for the temporary absence, there wasn’t anything inspiring and mostly I was trying to watch some Taiwanese drama on crunchyroll.com… Anyways. Just so everybody knows,
For the span of 36 hours I only had 3/4 of soggy vegetarian quesadilla at The Penny Black & Dubliner, a few pints of beer, a few cocktails and 2 ciders. Came home today to wholesome homecooked chinese food. Heaven.

St Patrick’s Day… It’s the first time I drank in its honour. No green beer in Singapore, just seriously watered-down & overpriced pseudo-beers, people pretending to be Irish (think it happens everywhere… any excuse to get wasted… ;) ), white people gaily proud of being white, asians basking in the atmosphere, etc.

Fatigue spoiled it for me; that and we were supposedly on a pub crawl but I felt so emotionally detached from everything that was happening… I’m scaring myself, really. Shocking events that happen to other ppl or to me don’t seem to shake me up much, and I generally get this very Zen aura within myself… I just walk away unaffected. It makes me feel like a friggin’ android. I think the moat of indifference has widened. Metaphorically speaking. I’m quoting myself. lol.  

Group of Indian people I had for company told me I’m really good at chatting people up in general. I’d like to point out, I only get better with more drinks. I’m not being arrogant about this, but I find that I am pretty good at persuading people… Maybe I should list that down as my superpower… I convinced my parents to let me go to Canada with my ex when I was with him for barely 2 months, I persuaded my friends moms/dads who’re very strict to let them crash at my place (worked on quite a number of friends on many different occasions), dares to hit on men don’t faze me at all, being totally blunt to strangers is something I do when I get irritated (like those Turks who wanted to haggle over SGD15 St Paddy hats that we had, they saw and liked… Meanie misers make me mad)
I think that should come in useful in my career in the hospitality industry. lol.

Anyway, this makes me respect Craig not only as a comedian but also as a celebrity who doesn’t lose his head over TV ratings. Rock on, Craig!

I’m disgusted. And feeling terribly sad. And fraught.

Some unknown person in my neighbourhood in Johor Bahru threw glue on one of my family’s cats last night, just before I returned to Singapore. We couldn’t find Oupi (direct translation from Teochew, Black Nose) because he went into hiding after it happened… Oupi and Charlie (the other cat) are actually strays which my family keeps as pets… They usually roam around the neighbourhood when they don’t need food or their basket to sleep in… and when they do, they come back to mine because they know my family loves them. :)

I hope Oupi’s ok now… And that the person whoever that psycho is, gets stricken by lightning… Grrr. How can anyone not love cats, especially they don’t do shite to harm you at all????

Love… I don’t want to talk about it but I keep missing the feeling of having someone to lean on everyday. If I don’t have my cats to cuddle up with, I miss my Mom who never says no to me needing a hug… And then now that I’m single and pretty much living on my own I miss having a guy around. Just so I can lean on him.. lol. I’m beginning to be like a cat. Always need someone to cuddle up with. hehe. Mew!

Wala’s yesterday was standard fun. Standard EIC music (I wish they played more obscure band music though), standard Jack Ho smile *swoon*, standard crowd, standard favourite waitress (who got promoted to work at the till), standard drinks, and I got a bunch of Indian friends who were with me. That’s kewl.

I love being a girl because guys don’t believe me when I say I can take care of myself. Didnt happen with the ex, didnt happen with guy friends I know. People always worry about me. About whether I get enough to drink (that’s the part when guys say “It’s unfair, girls get free shit all the time” but that’ because guys are stupid enough to think that by buying me a drink they can get my number), about whether I’m having a good time (more free drinks), about whether I can get home by myself so can I give them my number so they can check up on me to know I’m safe (doesn’t happen that way, I don’t give out my number to random ppl).. lol. And it keeps happening.

Last night ended gloriously when I gave Jack that jug of Hoegaarden which nobody could finish…. Jack’s smile just for me! lol.

Anyway, here’s Craig Ferguson talking abt the movie 300.. enjoy!

I want everybody to support Craig! We all love him don’t we. lol.

PS People hv found my blog when they search for Craig Ferguson’s videos. I’ll try my best to update them regularly! :)